This is a submission to the War Girl Development blog’s “Submit a Robot” post.
Been watching @wargirldev‘s blog for awhile now after playing the demo of the game and saw that they were looking for robot submissions for War Girl and thought I’d submit something.
This is MARS Kyzuki, an OC of mine I created back in 2009. The reference image posted is an alternate outfit I recently designed for her.
A page of the design notes for MARS’ alternate costume can be found here: http://fav.me/daxmn5i
A somewhat recent drawing of her normal outfit can be found here: http://fav.me/dauduss
Recently, MARS has become somewhat of a mascot character for my work. Whenever I have a project that calls for a character, chances are I’ll use MARS for it.
MARS Kyzuki (Full name Melissa Ariane Rina Sizune Kyzuki) is an android who lives in the Lithia District of Drakoth City (A large floating continent in the sky. Part of a series of story ideas I’ve created called Joe’s Epic Life.) with her sister, Lydia Kyzuki. The two work together in the Lithia Café, a family owned business originally led by their parents before their deaths.
MARS was originally a human girl, but was critically injured when she was 14 in an explosion caused by the reactor in her old home becoming unstable. Her choker was the key factor in her survival as it protected her neck from bits of shrapnel when her home was destroyed. With quick thinking, MARS’ sister Lydia was able to create a robot body for her sister and had her soul transmuted into the robot body. During the transmutation process, MARS’ soul was split into two fragments. The main soul fragment was transmuted into the robot body while the other fragment was placed into the choker she wore. If the choker were to be removed, MARS would not be able to fully operate. Because of this flaw, a spell was placed on the choker that makes it impossible to be removed by anyone other than MARS or when MARS gives consent for someone to remove it.
Personality/Hobbies/Quirks: Calm, reserved, timid. Besides working with her sister with the café, MARS also works with her sister with projects utilizing their mechanic (Lydia) and technomancer (MARS) abilites. Despite not having to eat, MARS is extremely fascinated with toasted bread and enjoys eating it. If she were still human, toasted bread would have been her choice of food if she had only one thing to eat for the rest of her life.
As of February 2017, MARS has undergone 5 different upgrades. Each upgrade changes her appearance slightly and becoming more human-looking. Each version upgrade is mostly symbolized by the design of her ears. For instance, MARS Version 1.0 had more rectangular ears whereas Version 5.0, the current design, has more cylindrical shaped ears.
-As of this post, MARS has not appeared in any works other than my own. Some examples include small Scratch Projects for school and video projects.
Scratch Project Featuring MARS: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/80942886/
Video Project Featuring MARS (Version 3.0 Design): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJMOA6ZLT9U (Appears when choosing the Scrap Yard option)
-Previously drawn art of MARS can be found on several websites. (Mostly deviantart)
Deviantart: http://josephkoopa.deviantart.com/ (Includes older designs of MARS previously used in the past years)
Drawception: (No longer active, but previous works can still be found) https://drawception.com/player/231989/kaiphas-von-schroder/
-Preferred name/pseudonym/username: Kaiphas von Schroder (Just “Kaiphas” is fine)
That about sums up this submission, I hope you all enjoy MARS and look forward to anything I release with her in the future! Take care!