perceive the rainworlders
hi hello here are 9 of my iterators please observe them
The iterators of SKYLIGHT! my beloveds (you can definitely tell who my favorites are based on amount of lore (only a little is included here since making all the stuff for individual posts will take a while))
From first to last built:
Silence for the Dissonant (He/Him)
A very early gen 1 (probably one of the first 50, even). Some of the taboos not initially included were caused by him; his lack of sanity and generally not-safe-for-Ancient-egos personality led to him being wiped from the structure very quickly and replaced with Dissonance of the Lost. Generally, he was a bit of an asshole with a holier-than-thou attitude and a god complex.
Dissonance of the Lost (She/Her)
Silence for the Dissonant’s replacement. She has the personality of a wet paper bag. Later on, she becomes very close friends with Stillness of Spirits and not-quite-friends-but-not-acquaintances with Fallen Bliss. Southwards for Morality despises her and Dissonant for no reason. Dissonant’s wipe was imperfect because the Ancients didn’t realize you can’t fully replace an iterator’s consciousness with another iterator without leaving traces behind, so Lost is left with lingering echoes of Dissonant that can cause drastic personality shifts at random, among other errors. Also known as Dot (mainly used by Spirits).
Glimmers Through the Void (He/Him)
He’s absolutely terrified of a specific type of key and padlock, but skeleton keys bring him comfort. He claims one of his closer friends is Thirty-Nine Crashouts, an iterator that does not exist. Yes, this is a Dwelling of Locks reference. He refuses to communicate in anything other than emoticons like :) and will flip out if you shorten his name in any way. He has tried and failed to invent teleportation numerous times, an endeavor generally mocked by his peers. He has tried an absurd amount of times to create a slugcat friend, but every time it dies within a few cycles because Void is old and has garbage labs. He feels a lot of remorse for trapping so many literal babies in a nearly never-ending death loop. (He does eventually get one though! Stillness of Spirits makes the Friend (do not use pronouns) and sends the Friend over using her own messenger :). )
Unprecedented Skies Torn Asunder (He/Fir)
(how to use fi/fir: Fi went to the store. Fir bag fell on the ground. Fi bought food for firself. That coin is firs.)
Initially, fi had decent admins, but sometime during the second generation they got swapped out and the new ones were awful. He’s very attached to his puppet compared to other iterators, so they ripped off one of fir arms. He does have gems on fir cloak and flexible sort-of wings though! :) He was also used as an update testing site for a while and nobody ever bothered fixing errors caused beyond the bare minimum. (Mostly, this affects for speech and logic abilities.) Skies is a die-hard Sliverist with a savior complex. Generally, non-iterators are considered lesser (and even iterators who have differing views are considered wayward children, mainly Southwards for Morality) and fi will not hesitate to sacrifice creatures for “the greater good”. Only some of this was caused by the Ancients, though he was significantly kinder prior to Mass Ascension.
Stillness of Spirits (She/Him)
The first 2nd generation in the local group, and purpose-built as an archive. She’s quite nice and generally pleasant to work with; during the era of global communications he did a lot of collaboration with others. She’s often inclined to worry about others and is happy to share research, information, and pearls. (He has a lot of pearls.) He’s very close with Dissonance of the Lost and is often the only thing keeping her sane. Spirits also has a purposed slugcat messenger: the Seer (they/it). (Or rather, six individual slugcats with the same base and differing personalities. Spirits couldn’t handle the death of the original and every now and then would create one to cope, which definitely does not help.)
Southwards for Morality (She/Her)
A standoffish ragebaiter. Hates Sliverists with a burning passion. She’s doxxed quite a few Sliverists during the era of global communications, and once sent Unprecedented Skies Torn Asunder a virus using her own purposed messenger, the Raptor (he/him). They’re mother and son. Don’t question it. Morality works mostly in isolation and isn’t on good terms with most of the local group due to her abrasiveness. She burns through all her power and half-collapses a lot earlier than most iterators. The area’s probably got a lot of earthquakes after that happens. 🤷🏻♀️
Searching for Solace (they/them)
Officially named Unending Oneiric Elegy, but they hate that name and prefer Solace or their nickname Neiri. The eldest of the island trio, a small and unofficial subgroup of friends further away from the others. They’re a medical facility and also meant to test weird shit with gravity or lack thereof. Even their puppet is wacky and requires zero gravity to not fall into pieces on the floor. (They are connected via mechanical arm and umbilical to the rest of their can like any other iterator though. No off the string for them >:). ) Their main fields of research after Mass Ascension are karma, void fluid, and occasionally gene sequencing. Solace refuses to sugarcoat despite their inferiority complex and is generally very sharp with their words. They argue often with Whispered Memory and Southwards for Morality, and are acquainted with Calling Comets (he/they, iterator from another local group).
Whispered Memory (They/Her)
One of two generation threes in the group. They, Searching for Solace, and Fallen Bliss make up their subgroup. They strongly believe in the preached values of the Ancient society and are the only one in the group to not dislike Unprecedented Skies Torn Asunder. (She disagrees with fir methods, but not fir beliefs.) She uses as little water as possible, but she does work on the Great Problem if only for something to do. They hate outside organisms being in their can and send overseers to spy on her friends (they never look at the footage). They’re very chatty. Also, her bow may or may not be glued on.
Fallen Bliss (She/Her)
Bliss is the last fully complete iterator to be built; there are younger, but they’re missing something, whether that be a few bits here and there or an entire section of their can. She’s excessively designed both in puppet and entire can as her primary architect’s final fuck you to society. (There’s a lot to that, but suffice to say she was toned down and the designer was ascended prematurely. She never takes off the necklace made as a reminder of the designer and has one cloak with zero patterns for mourning.) She has several other cloaks with lots of patterns, but the one shown is her main one. Bliss feels kind of purposeless for a long time and often puts up a cheerful facade. She does make some of her cloaks herself though, and she really likes the sound of beads clacking together. (If you don’t, never go to her grounds. The sound is projected almost everywhere.) She swears a lot and really cares about Searching for Solace and Whispered Memory even after her collapse caused by a few adjacent legs having slight but terrible errors.
(i tried to keep yapping to a minimum sorry T-T)
(there are other iterators but I don’t feel like putting anyone else up rn)