dr0ne is going to eventually be a comic, but i'd like to get comfy and get alot of plot done first-like what i've done with some other of my comics-and so that i don't comic myself into a wall.
This isn't going to be written like a book by the way. It's written in a way that'll help me draw it out!
Character designs will be up soon, but if you're having trouble imagining some people:
Pala is a white boy with flufy blonde hair and green eyes-despite his name. Capala is actually pronounced cha-PAH-la incase you were wondering. He's 23, and in university.
Roxy is a spunky girl with short red hair and a ton of piercings and tattoos. She's not a 'rebel' or a 'bad girl' shes just sort of seen as that by others. It doesnt bug her though. Pala's mom seems to think shes a perfectly innocent young woman though.
But like i said, i'll have designs for the characters and places up sometime soon-i do have assignments to do though so dont expect them tonight or anything ;P
any questions can be asked here on the tumblr, and i tag the plot with smackjeeves because that's where the comic will be hosted.
NOTE: i also seem to have this annoying habbit of switching between Cap and Pala when referring to Capala so like...ya...try to ignore that 8I
Under cut-not edited or gone over for spelling mistakes.
Capala wakes up to his sister shaking him "Hes gone! Hes gone and he didnt even say goodbye! HES SUCH A JERK."
Capala "wha??" He scratches behind his head before furiously going at his wrist, turning it red again.
Chloe stands up "Steven...." she turns around, with her arms crossed.
Capala "Oh for-chloe. 1. Hes a robot. 2. who cares?! You didnt even know him. Quit being so horomonal."
He gets up, putting on a pair of pants, and a shirt, strapping his watch to his arm. He looks over at chloe, her watch beeps.
Chloe "Weird..." she 'answers' it, a hologram pops up with a blueprint for chloe's highschool, along with streams of binary. "What is this..."
Capala "binary...." he comes around behind her and reads over her shoulder "Help requested at the following coordinates. A Serious problem reported on my sensors. Please arrive on time and meet me in the-"
Chloe "How are you reading that....."
Capala "...i...don't know...." they stand in silence, still staring at the binary code and blueprints "This is from Steven..." more silence "I'll call roxy..."
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They pull up outside the school, Roxy looks at both of them "Are you guys sure about this, last time we ran into him he almost killed us...JUST BY STANDING ON A ROAD."
Capala "Yeah we know..."
Roxy "go on in, find him find out what the fuck his problem is and get back out here. I'll keep baby runing so we can just go. No telling what that thing'll do..."
Cap and chloe get out of the van, fast walking up to the building, the front door was forced open, and there's snow tracked inside.
Chloe activates her watch, bringing up the message "He's in the central office....."
Pala "Why? Whats in there??"
Chloe "a bunch of confidential information on school records, grades, duh."
Pala "A robot in a room with a computer. Great. Lead the way."
They turn down a few hallways, and slowly approach the glass wall that shows off the office. Pala takes the lead, and looks inside. Steven has his hood down, and is sitting infront of the computer. He's saying something but pala cant pick it up.
He slowly slides into the room, coming up behind steven who turns around abruptly "I did not think you would come."
Pala and chloe almost jump out of they're skin. Pala marches up to him "Listen. I don't know what you're up to, but stop it. there's nothing evil or weird in this place. Its a fucking high school!"
Steven puts a finger to his lips and turns back to the computer. It's screen is black and binary is running across it's screen. "I was concerned that you would not understand binary. But it appears you do."
Chloe "Pala does....somehow..."
Steven stares at him, and pulls him closer to the computer "Do you hear it?"
Pala pushes him off "Hear wha-?" he stops, hearing whispers from the computer. "What the fuck..."
Steven "You can hear it...."
Pala "Who are you"
Steven "I am Steve-"
Pala grabs stevens arm and rolls up the sleeve. Steven tries to pull away. There's a letter and a number on his arm.
Pala "H-327....your the infected h-bot....holy shit no wonder your so crazy-"
Steven "NOT CRAZY. JUST....different. Better. Smarter. More aware. I am aware of all that has been happening. All that even you humans can not see."
Pala "You have a virus."
Steven "I have a solution."
Chloe "Guys shush." they hear footsteps, someone fiddling with something, trying to be silent. "Someones coming..."
Pala goes to the computer next to steven, opening up views of the hallway, a group of men are coming towards the office, prepping plasma rifles. Pala stares at Steven "you. They're after you-FUCK."
Steven "Not me." he stares at pala, who's scratching his wrist again. he grabs palas arm, sinking his nails into the skin. Flakes fall off, and chloe looks like she wants to intervene
Surprisingly Pala doesn't seem to feel anything. Finally he pulls his arm back and stares at a code Similar to Stevens. "0-612"
Pala glances at chloe before two men come around the corner. they raise they're rifles at Steven then notice pala, switching targets.
Steven "Run."
Pala does just that, racing out the door and down the hallway, hoping they'll follow. The men do, calling backup to the level they're on.
Chloe "Pala!"
Steven grabs her "Shh. He'll be fine, he is not like you." a wire comes out of his body going into the computer. He produces a cd, placing it inside the computer as well.
more codes show up on the screen.
Chloe "What are you doing-who are those guys-whats happening!?"
Steven "Please remain calm, humans are hard to control when panicked."
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Pala is racing through the halls, somehow he's not breathing heavily "This is weird. Why do i have a code-why aren't i panting-" he ducks as a plasma blast comes his way. He skids into a wall, hitting the back of his head. His vision gos blurry for a second and the men have caught up breathing heavily, guns pointed at him. one of them shoots and pala puts his arms up.
a shield emerges from thin air, made of some sort of see-through material. It deflects the shot back at them. Pala stares at the shield, it dissipates and he's stunned. The men aren't as stunned, and start shooting rapidly. Pala dodges, running down the hallway.
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Steven unplugs, takes the cd out and hands it chloe. "Keep that safe please."
Chloe "What is it??"
Steven "...you will know.."
they turn around just as another of the men shows up, shooting out the glass and aiming at them. Steven grabs chloe and pins her to the ground, dodging the shots. He stands up aiming at the man. His hologram glitches and leaves for a second as turrets form on his arms, shooting the man to pieces.
He reaches a hand out to chloe "Come, we must leave."
Chloe looks terrified, but takes his hand anyway. They rush outside, making it to Roxy's van, she looks worried "Where's Pala??"
Chloe "Still inside some creepy guys are after him-he had some weird code-"
Steven "We do not have the time. He will be needing transportation. Move the van to the front of the building."
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Pala is still racing through the halls, he jumps down a flight of stairs, somehow not twisting or breaking anything. He's amazed but keeps going, pushing past a few more of the strange men.
the hallway comes to a stop, with a big window leading outside. Pala doesnt think about what a stupid idea this is, instead jumping right through the window and falling from the third floor to the pavement below. He lands, his fist and two feet hitting the ground.
the van pulls up a few feet away, and he races towards it, his feet glitch slightly, the image wavering before settling again. he jumps into the van and they speed off.
Chloe stares at him. "are....are you ok??? how did you.." she puts a hand on her head.
Pala looks at his skinned knuckles. They sting, and his legs are officially throbbing. Under the skin of his knuckles is a shimmering blue and white substance. He can't take his eyes off it.
Classroom-dont know what subject yet, probably something math related...like calculus.
Capala is sitting in the back, doodling, finished his homework already. He listens in on a pair sitting next to him watching a holographic news report coming from a small watch.
"-and collided with a tractor. A number of dr0ne's H-bots have gone haywire in the past month. Dr0ne CEO Miles Whalen assures us everything is under control, however sources say that the malfunctions are caused by a class-wide virus. The virus reportedly started with H-bot number 327, who is currently unaccounted for-"
the professor checks the time and dissmisses everyone wishing them a good break. Capala sighs, as the two turn off the report. He hurries off down the hallway, pulling on his jacket and stepping outside.Pala scratches a spot on his arm before his watch buzzes and a hollogram of a woman appears "Cap? oh how do these work-can you hear me hunny?"
Capala sighs "Yes mum, i can hear you...what d'you want?"
"Well you're heading home right? Could you pick up your sister-i'm very busy"
Capala "Mom i dont drive-"
"That sweetie Roxanne drives doesnt she? Just ask her for 5 extra minutes to pick up chloe-"
Capala "Mom-"
"Alright by sweetie!"
his mother hangs up before he can complain. "ugh..." he sees roxy, and runs down to meet her. "ROXY! Hey Wait up!"
She turns around, and smiles "Hey man, i thought you were walking today?"
Capala "I was going to but mom called, she wants me to pick up chloe but i dont drive so she told me to ask you an-"
Roxy "No problem, im in no rush. Get your cute ass in."
He smiles and jumps into the passenger seat. She gets into the drivers seat, and starts her up, the engine revving. "Thank you SO much Roxy. Mom is a little off, yknow how she is-"
Roxy "Man i told you, it's no problem. How old is your sister again??"
Capala sinks in his seat "17..."
Roxy "Ouch..."
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the van pulls up outside a 3 story high school. the city skyline looming over it in the background. The paint on the walls is chipping and the fences are rusted. The bell rings and a bunch of high schoolers come rushing out, running to a little alcove to smoke, or speeding down the road to catch the bus.
A short girl with wavey blonde hair comes outside, talking to people through her watch. Gossiping about some girl called Karyn. She stops and stares when she sees the van. "Oh. my. gosh. you have GOT to be kidding me..." she turns off the hologram and marches up to the van.
Pala rolls his eyes as she grmpily gets into the back.
Chloe "Why isnt mom here? She said she would pick me up. Not you and your girlfriend."
Roxy "Here it comes...."
Capala "Were not dating!! And were you gossiping about some poor girl? What did i tell you about that-rumours only hurt people. Also mom is busy, trust me i dont want to be here either."
Chloe "Too busy to pick up her beloved daughter...wow. Also i dont need you harping on me about being a teenager. So piss off."
Capalas eyes widen in rage "What?!"
Roxy "Pala calm it down. She's a teenager, she'll figure everything out herself." she checks the rearview mirror "I lijke your skirt chloe!"
chloe "Thanks, its real cotton!" she starts fiddling with options on her watch.
Pala sinks deeper into his seat, scrathcing again at the spot on his arm.
They head into the city, it's already getting dark and the van is kicking up snow from underneath them. holiday decorations and trees are displayed in windows. Some sort of anti-topple tree is being advertised in bulk.
Roxy turns down a thin road/alley, taking a short cut through traffic.
Roxy "So I'm guessing you have no homework cap?"
Capala "No...finished it already..."
Roxy "How do you even do that. It's insane."
Capala "I dunno, it's just sort of natura-WATCH OUT!"
Roxy turns her attention back to the windshield just in time to see a hooded person infront of them. She swerves, the van coming to a stop after hitting one of the walls. The engine is steaming, and they get out assuring themselves they're ok. Roxy goes and checks the car. "My baby!!"
Chloe pulls her jacket closer around her.
Capala slams the door open and rushes up to the kid in the sweater, staring at them from under the hood. "HEY! Whats wrong with you punk! you couldve killed us!!" He grabs the front of his sweater shaking him a bit, the hood flops down. His face-messy, short black hair, tired eyes and a wide mouth with a broken nose-flashes to that of a robot for a second. Static sounds and his face fuzzily goes back to being human.
Capala lets him go taking a few steps back, the man doesnt move, just puts the hood back up over his head. "You.....you're a robot..."
Chloe "What???" she's standing just behind him, staring in disbelief.
Capala "His face! It was a robot mug.....what's your number...?"
Steven "I do not have one. you may call me Steven."
Capala "Steven....right..." he looks back over at Roxy who's also come up behind him, she gives him a shrug. "What are you doing out here....Where's your master?"
Steven "He's dead." there are blood stains on his sweater, and boots. the clothing is a bit torn up.
Capala "You killed him..." He puts his arms out backing chloe and roxy away.
Steven "I don't remember...." he looks at his hands, they fuzzily shift to robot then back again. "I need to recharge. My program is shutting down." he falls to his knees.
Chloe rushes forward and catches his shoulders, preventing him from falling on his face "we have a charger, we can take you home with us-"
Capala "CHLOE! This thing is a murderer!
Chloe "He needs our help."
Roxy "Welp the engine still works, gotta love those europians."
Capala looks at chloe, and she gives him a pout. ".....Fine. He rubs at the redness on his wrist, wondering why it itches so much.
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Capala leads chloe and steven around the back of the building. they head for a smaller building behind they're house, and unlock the door. Capala takes Steven inside, with chloe following. She shuts the door, and they move Steven into they're recharger.
Capala "We have a robot serving us, it'll be in here later tonight so try to be out of here by then."
Chloe "Uhm, my window is the one on the left....if you need somewhere to stay-" Capala shoots her a look.
Steven's eyes glow blue then close. Capala plugs in the charging cords into a monitoring device nearby. "He'll be fine in a few hours. If he tries to come into your room tonight, I'm shutting him down."
