Misc AngelWill Thoughts - Chronic Pain
I've tried twice to articulate my thoughts and each time I feel like they don't come out quite right. Third time's the charm I hope.
Prior to Spamton cleaning him out after god knows how long, Tenna would be constantly warmer than what he should be. After a certain point, he'd probably stop sleeping with a blanket on since he's already so warm, and with his abdomen panel open. (I know I've only ever drawn it off when his shirt is unbuttoned.... but the opening for his wiring and circuits has a removable panel).
After his encounter with the knight, his shoulders hurt. Pulling his arms too far is even more painful. Given how much expressiveness is put into his arm's movement, he gets used to it (though it isn't pleasant). He especially tries to keep that expressiveness whenever the kids are around, for a couple of reasons:
As someone who views himself as a parental figure to Kris (and maybe to Susie as well), he doesn't want to worry them. Ralsei being the "we serve lightners" guy also probably encourages this behavior.
Susie fixed him. She made an attempt based off of what the Pippins and Shadow Guys told her, but she probably doesn't have the most in depth knowledge of what would have been ideal for his machinery. On top of that, it was likely a rushed job due to the panic of finding Tenna barely alive. All of this to say is that Susie's handiwork wasn't the best. But it was enough to keep Tenna alive and functional. But, Tenna especially doesn't want Susie knowing her patchup is causing him pain. He doesn't want her feeling guilty. So he tries to play himself up like everything's normal...
Ralsei would be healing him and trying to fix up the damage over time. This would improve the pain somewhat, but since Susie didn't connect everything "properly," the pain will never go away (unless someone were to reattach them correctly).
Spamton would also make an attempt to relieve some of Tenna's pain with his little F1 Angels.
Spamton I'd imagine has chronic pain in his joints. Going from Addison... bird... thing, to a puppet with ball and socket joints, probably wasn't pleasant. He's a living being that got forced into a plastic/porcelain/wood/?? (I have not thought of the logistics of this yet) body with joints that probably have a lot of friction in them.
He also hates the cold. Lower temperatures causes thermal contraction in the material around his joints, increasing the friction and difficulty in movement. (Good thing he isn't in Gabe's Snowgrave save file...)
NEO Maybe gave him some relief. I at first wasn't sure if his joint pain goes away entirely when he's in his Neo form, given his joints are still mechanical. However, with the way I've designed the mech, its a mix of mechanical and organic. He has robotic aspects and some feathery bird aspects. And, since it was designed with the power of a lightner, maybe the body was just made better? The joints might be more fluid, more tolerable. It was a body built to be a body. It was a body built with the will of what darkners consider a higher being.
I do plan, later down the line, for Spamton to have the chance to temporarily reuse the NEO mech. So he'd get a little period of pain relief... Among other things.
I try to be cannon compliant but there are probably some things in here that are contradictory lol.