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The realization that you are not confined to one name really breaks down a lot of barriers that people who don't have to do it never realize are there.
any chance you could offer any insight into what's up with all of the gear mari-anna wears? the goggles and metal around her mouth, the tank, the metallic-looking legs--are they all equally necessary, removable, that sort of thing?
Her equipment is not easily removable, but this is what she looks like without it.
The equipment she wears is required by SaFeL and the reason why will be clarified in-game
What's your favorite thing about your take on Pentious and Baxter's dynamic?-
I think my favorite thing about them is that they're both unhinged, evil and dark characters (Baxter more outwardly so) who have some key differences that give them some friction, but they still have goofy moments and take care of eachother despite that.
I wrote quite a lot so I'll crop this post!
In my head they both share a turf (relatively small compared to what overlords have but it's nothing to sneeze at), they own some factories and facilities, and they live in the same house (more of a mansion). They share responsibilities in order to lighten the load. Pentious is more the face of the operation, and while he does a lot of work himself, Baxter is always behind him tweaking stuff, giving him advice and making sure everything is working properly and in order, though he does do his own things too, he moves a lot of pieces behind Pentious' back and he doesn't even know it.
My Pentious is more akin to Pilot Pentious, where he's mostly evil with a side of goofy. He's a strategist, stubborn as all hell, kind of uptight and proper, very well organized, and while he is capable of being logical, he is very emotional and feeling, he wants other people's approval and he wants to fit in, and yet he is stuck back in his little victorian era with his machines and engines, and he cannot bring himself to let go of his fancy teas and biscuits and suits, they are part of his identity. He cannot adapt to the newer times despite him attempting to do so.
As for my Baxter, he's generally a very serious kind of guy who doesn't mess around. He's much quieter than Pentious and he lets him do most of the talking very often. He's much more logic driven and not in tune with his feelings at all, often preferring to squash or ignore them. Still screechy and neurotic, definitely a little paranoid here and there with anxiety issues sprinkled in. Unlike Pentious he often finds himself not giving a fuck about what others think of him, he's "in with the times" a liiiiittle more than Pent, but very much still stuck in some ways, he's not trying to impress anyone though and it comes off as more natural.
Often they will rub eachother the wrong way, mostly related to how Pentious is so warm and emotional whereas Baxter is logical and cold. Baxter has issues communicating what he is feeling, and Pentious often takes up the whole room with his chattering. Again despite that, they care a lot about one another, Pentious shows that he cares about Baxter more traditionally by barging into the lab and pulling him out of there whenever Bax has spent too much time there, getting him food, checking in on him etc, he's very physically affectionate and kinda clingy. On the other hand Baxter listens to him, offers medical attention, and he does a lot of background work so that Pentious doesn't have to stress himself out. They both also info dump to eachother about stuff that interests them because, of course.
They're both workaholics, but Pentious is much more... In control of that, whereas Baxter can and WILL just let himself drop from exhaustion in his lab. They both are very passionate about their respective fields, and the reason they joined forces was because of their complimentary abilities and relative level headedness.
They would both feel completely lost without the other. Pentious makes Baxter feel a lot more grounded and less anxious, and he provides a pillar on which he can hold onto during social interactions so he doesn't have to be afraid to say the wrong thing, not to mention the whole being taken care of thing, he gave Baxter a shred of kindness and that fish stuck to him like gum on a shoe
Pentious on the other hand is so incredibly happy to have a like-minded individual around, he feels like he can talk to Baxter for hours and hours and that man will just listen to him, provide advice and even be thoroughly amused by whatever goofy things he sprinkles in. He feels like he can vent to Baxter about whatever he is feeling and like he won't be judged or mocked for it, and at the end of it Baxter will ask him if he wants to watch a movie or kidnap some guy to then test the new Truth Serum that he's been working on to ask them embarrassing questions and whatnot... And it means the world to him.
And when they are separated they both feel a crushing sense of loneliness and like they're missing a part of themselves!! Whoo!
