Inventory

Everything he arrived with.


From the May 2022 TDM:

A mystery trunk has appeared in front of you and whoever you completed the trial with. Inside the trunk, you will find some of your canon clothes and a few canon items.

From the August 2022 TDM, a regain for an item from home. K received his LAPD-issued spinner: a modified car capable of flight, with an interior more similar to aircraft. It has a built-in, detachable pilotfish drone.




He's earned a few other item regains through TDMs/events that have yet to be determined. He has woefully few canon items to begin with, so maybe I need to start dipping into Deerington/Deer Country items...


For completing Baba Yaga's trials, a new power/ability that has yet to be determined. (Maybe something relevant to his CR that could facilitate deeper development? I'm open to suggestions.)


A portable vinyl player and three vinyls (Herbie Hancock’s album Maiden Voyage, Billie Holiday: Lady Sings the Blues, and a mix of Aretha Franklin's greatest hits) from Jayce for Christmas, which are the first gifts K has ever received and he's very appreciative of them. c:



From the January 2023 event, a shiny golden scale.

This scale will allow characters to temporarily become a dragon themselves. This transformation only lasts about half an hour, but studying with Baba Yaga can prolong the length.

And a Golem.

Consider it a little gift from Thoth herself. The Golems will follow Star Children, wanting to help them, and can obey simple commands - if you tell them ‘goodbye’ they will power down.

Each character will have their own Golem, who will show up whenever called by the Star Child. These Golems are smaller than the mech versions, and are not interchangeable; other Star Children can't give orders to someone else's Golem. If you don’t want one, you can simply refuse to accept Thoth’s gift, or at a later date instruct it to return to her. (You won’t be getting it back again if you do that, though.)

Permissions

⇓in character⇓

PHYSICAL AFFECTION: Yes. He'll likely be confused and highly suspicious if he has no prior CR with your character, and unlikely to reciprocate unless he's very comfortable with your character. This may change during game events that force characters to be more affectionate.

PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: Yes. He can defend himself, but if the person attacking him is human, he's unlikely to be able to attack them in turn (depending on the circumstances; game events and K eventually developing free will could change this). So it could be pretty one sided.

ROMANCE/FLIRTING: Yes. Refer to physical affection. K is very much a romantic at heart.

SEXUAL CONTENT: Yes, if it's ever applicable. K needs a strong emotional connection with someone before he's comfortable engaging in anything sexual with them; no gender preference. Game events may influence this. Please note I'm not comfortable playing out cheating storylines or infidelity in established relationships.

PSYCHIC ABILITIES: Ask first before using them on him. He's an android and characters possessing psychic abilities will be able to tell that his mind isn't like a human's — it's more on par with a supercomputer. The majority of his memories are false artificial implants and he's aware of this fact. He's been (literally) programmed and heavily conditioned; Nexus-9 models are renowned for their absolute obedience*. K has no psychic abilities himself, but he is capable of interfacing with other androids/AI/technology (and technology gods)/etc. and communicating directly that way. If your character happens to possess anything like technopathy, the connection will be all the stronger. I love getting to play with this kind of connection between characters and exploring the possibilities, please indulge me.

(*This doesn't mean he's compelled to obey every human he comes into contact with, it's restricted to his assigned superior officer/owner/handler within the LAPD, Lieutenant Joshi, in canon. But I'm willing to explore this within the game setting, especially when he's a Familiar.)

MAGIC/POWERS: He has superhuman reflexes, strength, agility, endurance, perceptive abilities, etc. He's a Nexus-9 android optimised for combat and law enforcement and contrary to his outward lean size, he's as resilient as any of the earlier, far more bulky combat specialist models. With the return of his Coldblood abilities, he now innately possesses elemental magic as well as what his role as a Familiar grants him.

MEDICAL INFORMATION: He's an android, specifically a biorobotic type — essentially his inorganic, robotic bits are fully integrated with the organic bits; replicants are not human clones, they are explicitly androids. He heals at an accelerated rate compared to humans, and can shrug off some pretty grievous injuries within days. It takes considerable damage to slow him down. He has blood, but it's neither identical to nor compatible with human blood — vampiric characters may notice this; it's likely unappetising. It also means blood magic is unlikely to work on him. What empaths can detect from him will vary depending on their individual abilities, but in general it will be far more muted and noticeably different from what they'd detect from a human, more on par with what they'd pick up from a sentient computer. He has emotions, they're just governed by his programming. He isn't required to eat or sleep in order to remain functional, though he's physically capable of doing both, and they will help accelerate recovery and healing. Per being a Coldblood, he's immune to freezing and burning conditions, is cold to the touch unless otherwise noted, and his blood is pale blue with a smoky odor and will immediately crystalise outside of the body like ice — it can also glow in the dark, be used for jewelry, and imbue things with elemental properties.

OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS OR TRIGGERS: Bigotry against androids/AI/robots in general. Invalidating his identity as an android. The closer he is to developing free will, the less he will tolerate being treated like property.


⇓out of character⇓

BACKTAGGING: Yes, always. I'm happy to backtag but I also understand if you'd rather drop older threads to start new ones. If you'd like to continue a previously dropped thread with me, feel free to let me know.

FOURTH WALLING: In general: no thank you, this robot has enough existential crises to deal with. I'd rather not have anyone inform K he's a fictional character or treat him as though he's "posing" as one. I'm fine with characters being canon familiar with the Blade Runner movies and/or the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick that they're based on if they exist as fiction in their own universes (just don't explicitly tell K this). I'm not really into face-twinning or mistaken identities in that vein and would prefer the characters are treated as though they look and behave recognisably different. Anything specific, just ask first!

THREADHOPPING: Yes, if all players are okay with it and it isn't a private thread.

OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS/TRIGGERS: Clearly label any sensitive/triggering or NSFW content and we'll be good. I prefer to avoid overly graphic descriptions of gore (think goreporn), graphic descriptions of non-consensual sexual violence, intentional misgendering, and animal abuse.

CONTENT I ABSOLUTELY NEED WARNINGS FOR, BUT CAN STILL PLAY: Excessive gore and body horror, discussion of sexual abuse.

CONTENT I ABSOLUTELY NEED WARNINGS FOR AND THAT I CAN'T PLAY: Graphic non-consensual sexual violence. Domestic pet animal abuse/death. Certain types of body horror may fall into this category but I will handle those on a case by case basis with other players if they come up.

ANYTHING ELSE: I also have a general preferences page.

The Blade Runner universe involves themes of enslavement and fantasy racism. Replicants are literally created to be slave labour and designed for the vocations deemed too dangerous or unfit for humans, including sex work. If you'd prefer such topics not come up when tagging K or if you'd like to opt-out of tags from me for any reason, let me know. I'm happy to accommodate other players, so feel free to talk to me if there's anything in particular you want to play out. (And it should really go without saying but) I'm open to interacting with characters from any medium and OCs.

Character Base

• Character Name: KD6-3.7, "K"
• Age: Chronologically only a couple years old, physically and cognitively an adult.
• Canon (Date/Year Released)/Canon Point: Blade Runner 2049 (2017) / After Lt. Joshi visits him at his apartment. Deerington CRAU.
• Items Coming Along: 10 items max for Deerington-Applicants. Your character's house can be considered 1 item. This is the only time a house-sized item will be allowed.
1. K's Deerington apartment
2. K's spinner (a flying car) that he had in Deerington
3. The Deerington Public House business
• Content Warnings for Character: The Blade Runner universe involves themes of enslavement and fantasy racism. Replicants are literally created to be slave labour and designed for the vocations deemed too dangerous or unfit for humans, including but not limited to sex work.

Original Deerington Application

• Link to Accepted Deerington Application: Here.
• Additional Adjustments to include: If you want to add anything significant such as CRAU bullet points for your own reference, explanations, or clarifications let us know here. This might also be a good place to update your application if you feel it needs it for our new standards in regards to relationships/key moments explained.

If you are deciding to have a canon update at this time, please include what that update is for your character here.

In K's canon, humans despise him for being an android, while other androids despise him for being a blade runner that's ordered (by humans) to hunt them down — he's an outcast even amongst outcasts. Because of this, he lives in isolation and has only a couple noteworthy canon Core Relationships as of the canon point I took him from.

Joi: She is K's hologram AI companion designed by the same corporation that manufactured him. These AI companions are marketed toward humans, but because K himself is also a form of AI, they share a unique relationship; he doesn't consider himself her owner, but more of a partner. They are both subject to their respective programming, with Joi's being less sophisticated in sometimes obvious ways that K is learning to accommodate while treating her like a person. Though she's designed to learn and adapt to the preferences of her user, K seems to encourage her to develop her own preferences and tries to give her what freedom he can in the form of an emanator, which allows her to travel beyond his apartment — from that point on he takes Joi with him wherever he goes.

Lieutenant Joshi: She is K's human superior officer in the LAPD as well as being his handler/owner. They share a cordially professional relationship for the most part, and though she seems fond of him (with an underlying sexual attraction if her proposition was any indication), her sentimentality only extends so far: it remains explicitly clear that he is her property and is expected to obey her orders without question, regardless of how he may feel about them. The canon moment I linked to is a prime example of that, where Lieutenant Joshi questions K's willingness to obey by asking if he's refusing her orders, which he soundly puts to rest with his reply: "I wasn't aware that was an option, madam." Because for him and all androids like him, choice and consent literally don't exist.


In Deerington, he developed significant relationships with several characters.

Technical Boy: Being a god of technology, K felt an immediate affinity with him from the start that only grew more profound the closer they became. For the first time in K's short life, he felt truly seen and understood by someone. As their respective defenses were lowered and they allowed themselves to be vulnerable with each other, their friendship eventually evolved into a romantic relationship. He is, without a doubt, the person who has had the greatest influence on K, having helped K to develop his sense of personhood and budding autonomy by always encouraging him to make his own choices. He is also why K chose to teach computer science at Deerington High, knowing that it would double as a sort of indirect worship for the god and help him in such a technologically limited dream world. They formalised their commitment to each other when they exchanged rings on their anniversary.

Fern: One of the first people K met in Deerington. They found common ground in their respective origins and objectification, and from there it steadily grew into a friendship with K sometimes taking on something of a mentor role, and doing what he could to encourage Fern's sense of self and personhood. He also taught Fern gun safety and shooting skills, and offered what relationship advice he could when Fern became involved with Varian. Both were curious about the human experience of school, and agreed to give it a try together with Fern as a student and K deciding to teach math and computer science, an experience that he wound up enjoying, enough to consider tutoring in the future.

Arid: A fellow AI. Though initially a bit mistrustful of one another, they quickly bonded over their shared experiences and oppression at the hands of humans and became good friends, often protecting and encouraging one another. K took it upon himself to learn how to maintain her combat suit, skills which would end up being needed on several occasions and helped to fuel his thirst for knowledge, compelling him to branch out and begin learning other sciences as well. Arid agreed to work as a bouncer at the pub K owned, a position which she held for the remainder of their time in the dream town.

Mad Sweeney: Another god from the same world as Technical Boy. And despite Sweeney and Technical Boy's constant antagonism toward one another due to the Old Gods vs. New Gods conflict, as K learnt more about the leprechaun and their particular brand of gods, he and Sweeney grew closer. K believed in him, in a literal sense, which is significant for gods of this type as belief is what keeps them alive. After Sweeney's event-given magical ring destroyed his little shack of a house, K was quick to volunteer to help him, expanding his repertoire to learn carpentry and related house renovation skills.

Martin Blackwood: Despite K's hostile regard for Martin's boyfriend, Jonathan Sims, due to his attack(s) against Arid, K and Martin surprisingly wound up becoming very good friends. They frequently assisted each other during the monthly horrors of Deerington, and eventually started spending time together outside of that by K's own request, with Martin helping K develop his creativity and cooking skills and K doing what he could to bolster Martin's dismal self-esteem and combat abilities. Both had led very isolated, lonely lives (Lonely in Martin's case) before Deerington and bonded all the closer because of it.

During the "pack" event, K found himself adopted into a family of sorts that consisted of: Ben Dearborn, Fern, Luna Lovegood, Peter Graham, Technical Boy (who also became K's bonded mate), The OA, Will Byers, and Will Graham. He continued to feel echoes of that familial bond throughout the remainder of his time in Deerington and it often influenced his interaction with these characters, especially Fern, Peter (plus Paimon), and Luna.

Wrench: The very first job K took in Deerington was at Wrench's barbershop, where he worked in a managerial position and used it as an opportunity to start meeting more Sleepers in a safe environment. Due to the unpredictable nature of the dream town and the frequency of monster attacks, K took it upon himself to double as security when needed and kept an eye on the shop even during off-hours. Desiring to better understand the nuances of American Sign Language and hoping to cultivate more of a friendship with Wrench in the process, K asked him for lessons, and often got to practise at the shop with Baby, who was also employed there.

Bucky Barnes: Though they haven't known each other long, Bucky (or "Matthew" as K knows him) has made a significant impression on him through the memories of Bucky's past as the Winter Soldier that K witnessed. He's very curious about this human who understands better than most what programmed obedience and lacking free will actually entails, hoping that they might one day become closer and maybe help each other.

The shiny Sandygast K acquired during the ghost Pokémon event warrants an honourable mention because he cares for it as a sort of pet-child. Previously he and Tech Boy had discussed their feelings on hypothetical parenthood in the future and the Sandygast (along with Tech Boy's far more mischievous Gastly) helped to solidify those feelings in K; he's been enjoying Poképarenthood and is curious what the future may hold for his little family.

Deer Country Attributes

• Canon Powers: As explained in my original app, K has no powers, as such, though many of his senses and physical abilities are essentially at a superhuman level. He also possesses the accelerated healing that is standard in replicants.
• Blood Type: Coldblood.
• Omen: A biomechanical bee (think xenomorph aesthetics) because of reasons; in its larger and more monstrous forms, it has the appearance of a biomechanical dragon.
• Blessed Day: November 12, K's incept date (the android equivalent of a "birth"day).
• Patron Pthumerian: The Tower.
• Blood Power Manifestation: I intend to have these powers develop as K settles into the new world, and once I have a better idea of what would best complement his character development and my plans for his arc. But, tentatively, I'm thinking elemental powers that he will apply in creative ways beyond just augmenting weapons. Weaponry will certainly be part of it because protecting those he cares for is his top priority, but as he is also striving to cultivate his creativity and distance himself from his canon job of being forced to hunt and kill fellow androids, he'll be inclined to explore more unconventionally beneficial uses for his new powers if possible. Of particular interest will be figuring out if any of his abilities (especially lightning-related) can complement or bolster Tech Boy's innate technology god abilities and/or be harnessed to provide an alternate source of power for him in such a low-tech world. I'm also very interested in possible healing applications for his powers, to whatever extent Coldbloods are capable of it.

The Player

• Player Name: Moz
• Player Age: 18+
• Player Contact: velthrir, PM this account, discord by request (or just check the userlist of the game discord server; you may message me without adding me)
• Permissions: Here. Includes the two new sections.

Link to your reserve for this character: Here.

They have one! Maybe there should be pictures or a description of it.


Android house visuals courtesy of Lynn.

Unfinished Library

Folkmore

Past games K was in that have either closed or entered a sandbox mode (available for threads upon request)...

We The Lost

Deerington

Deer Country

Glencola Reef

Neon Requiem