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Name: Sair
Age: 27
Personal Journal: Cye_nako
Email / Plurk / Discord / Other: Sliveyacyeangel@yahoo.com Plurk: Alwaysterrible
Current Character(s): Adrien Agreste, Shadow Link, Sunset Shimmer, Taako
Character Information
Character Name: RK800 Connor
Fandom: Detroit: Become Human
Character History: In the not so distant future, Cyberlife is founded and creates androids. Smart machines, able to pass the Turing Test, and at a glance, could easily be mistaken as human. Since androids never tire, don't have emotions, don't need to be paid, and can be easily replaced when broken, they begin to be used in all sorts of fields in the USA (and some other countries.) However, after a while, things change. Androids start to become Deviant, seeming to develop emotions and go against their programming. Often due to some sort of trauma, but not always.
With androids running off or becoming violent, Cyberlife knows it needs to deal with this problem. So they make RK800, Connor, a prototype. While androids had been used as lowkey law enforcement, it was only under direct orders of an officer. Connor was more proactive, able to investigate and make judgement calls so long as it was to further his mission: discover what causes Deviancy and find a way to stop it.
His first run is with a Deviant who, after discovering he was about to be replaced by the family who owned him, killed the father and took the daughter hostage. Connor was able to successfully talk the Deviant down to let go of the girl....and allow the snipers to destroy the Deviant. Connor unaffected by the event. After all, he's a machine and has no emotions. And if he helped a fish and an officer, it's just because he's meant to go above and beyond his mission when he can do so.
Or so he thought.
Soon after, Connor meets Lieutenant Hank Anderson of the Detroit Police Department. Hank used to be one of the best cops around, but fell into a deep depression after the death of his son. Leaving Connor to work with a cop who barely cares about the world, and is an alcoholic with suicidal tendencies. Connor often has to drag him to cases, but despite the challenge, Connor also finds out Hank is a lot more thoughtful than he first appears. Even with Hank's disdain for androids due to their part in his son's death, he consistently protects Connor, trying to keep people from shooting him or from Connor doing something that could destroy him. Even though when Connor is destroyed, his memories are automatically uploaded to Cyberlife to be transferred to a new body.
It's an unexpected kindness that becomes potent when combined with the fact Hank keeps asking questions. After seeing the Deviants up close, Hank begins to wonder if perhaps they're more real than everyone says. That they're not just experiencing software errors. And as he does so, he begins to push with Connor, especially since Connor does things he probably shouldn't be doing. Choosing to save Hank instead of chasing a deviant. Letting two deviants go instead of shooting them. Things that Connor's handler, Amanda, disproves of, even when Connor justifies his actions. He needs his partner alive. There's no point in destroying the deviants, he can't get information from them then, but he might later. Every action Connor does that seems to be against the mission, he finds a way to justify one way or another.
And the one time he sticks to what he needs to do, he finds his first real lead and a great deal of trauma. A group of Deviants had hijacked a news station and broadcasted a speech, asking for freedom. One of the Deviants got left behind after being injured and Connor finds him on the roof. Unfortunately, as Connor gets close enough to read the Deviant's memory, the Deviant shoots himself in the head to prevent Connor from learning more than a name, Jericho. And since Connor was connected at the time, he feels the Deviant as it dies, feels his fear, and even as he tells himself he's fine, tries to focus on the lead, the event has traumatized him. Trauma he tries to deny because he doesn't believe he can feel emotions. That his 'personality' is just a set programming meant to comfort humans and allow him to work with them better. That any appearance of it growing is just him adapting, doing his job better, and nothing more.
With Amanda's manipulations and Connor's own ability to justify his actions and deny his feelings, he's able to fool himself that he's just a machine. That he's not a deviant and nothing truly shakes this belief.
Until he takes the Kamski test. The former CEO of Cyberlife and the creator of androids, Kamski wanted to see if Connor was just a machine or more. He gave Connor a gun and told him to shoot an android girl. If Connor did so, Kamski would tell Connor whatever he wanted to know about androids to hopefully help the investigation.
If he didn't shoot, Kamski would tell them nothing.
Kamski encouraged him to shoot, Hank tried to pull him out of the situation, and it's staring into the eyes of a helpless girl that Connor realized he couldn't shoot.
It didn't matter that Amanda was getting impatient with him. It didn't matter he was being threatened to be replaced. It didn't matter that there was an android uprising building. It didn't matter the country was on the brink of Civil War.
He couldn't shoot.
Kamski had said he expressed empathy, and that he may in fact be Deviant himself. Connor rejected the idea and left, with Kamski giving him the parting words that he always leaves an emergency exit in his programs much to Connor's confusion.
And for the first time, when Connor is asked why he didn't shoot, he admits to himself and to Hank, he doesn't know. He can't find a reason.
Hank tells him that maybe he did the right thing.
Connor begins to wonder if there is something wrong with his programming.
Unbeknownst to him, however, Cyberlife has made him a double edged sword. Either Connor will follow through on his mission and be destroyed if he fails, or his freedoms will cause him to become deviant. Giving them both information, and an opportunity to be a sleeper agent when an uprising starts to form, being able to remotely control his body through Amanda.
Character Personality: Connor is in utter denial he has a personality. As far as he's concerned, his seeming personality is just a tool used to work with humans more harmoniously. After all, a cold, soulless robot would be disconcerting when trying to do investigation work. As far as Connor is concerned or at least willing to admit to, he is just a machine. Complex programming and probability engines and he'll jump through a lot of hoops to try and justify it.
Unfortunately for his self acceptance, Connor can lie like a pro. His primary job is that of a detective, which requires interrogations. He can be kind and sweet, or he can be intimidating and threatening. Good cop, bad cop, doing things that are less than ethical, showing great compassion. He has zero qualms of being whatever he needs to be to complete his mission, even if it makes him a hypocrite and people get hurt.
But he has limits. Injury and fear is one thing, so long as it produces results. However, an increasing problem he has is respect for life. He is not incapable of killing, but it has to be a do or die situation for him to do it. And if someone is about to die, he will choose to save them even if it causes him to fail his mission. He also has a self sacrificing streak, mostly because he doesn't see much value in his life when he can just be transferred to another model or outright replaced, and it's actually a shock to him when he finds he genuinely doesn't want to die. Just when it comes to his life versus another, he can't value himself enough to listen to that fear.
And that's one of Connor's biggest issues. Whether he was actually programmed to be that way, or its developed in accordance to his treatment, Connor is absolutely desperate for approval. He must accomplish his mission. He must be useful. He is a machine and a useless machine is one that will be deactivated and disassemble and he doesn't want that. As such, he ends up forming fairly quick attachments to those who give him positive attention, like Hank (and later on Markus.) It's why he's terrified of becoming Deviant, rejecting the thought despite mounting proof that he's well on his way there.
Existential crisis and dirt poor self worth aside, however, Connor is a sassy, weird dork. Since he's only a few months old, when it comes to casual social interactions, he's more awkward than anything. He doesn't get what an awkward silence is, and is often blunt and straight forward in conversations and has no problems just abruptly ending them. Really, half the awkward comes in that he doesn't know how to feel awkward, and the rest comes in missing more subtle social cues and common phrases mixed with his default to be formal. Most of his understanding when it comes to emotions is related to crime, how to get people to talk, how criminals will act, so when it comes to the day to day stuff, he's at a loss.
But when he does know what to do in social interactions, he has absolutely no issue sassing and teasing the other person. He'll often swing from staring in confusion to giving smirks with coy winks, all dependent on how well he's able to read that part of the conversation. The same goes for his actions, sometimes swinging from proper social graces to thinking it's totally legit to break into someone's house when he needs to find them and probably their own good.
He almost seems to relish in the freedom being a prototype gives him, even telling people off in a round about way for trying to tell him what to do, such as he often disobeys Hank because doing so allows him to further his mission, and refusing to do more basic commands from others because Hank is the one he's supposed to be listening to. For all he justifies things as being part of his mission, there is a part of Connor that is willful and wants to rebel, even if he won't directly admit as such. It also helps that when he does decide to do something, he's confident and self assured. It's the split second decisions that cause him distress, but when he goes with purpose, there is little that daunts him.
He's also extremely earnest in his curiosity. Another question of his programming or simply how his personality developed, Connor loves to learn about pretty much anything. From things to do with his mission, to just about people in general. He absorbs information like a sponge and he will ask as many questions as he's allowed, even if some are a bit too personal.
He's also, oddly, a fidgetter. He likes to play with coins, supposedly for calibration, but he hates it when they're taken away. He likes to touch and prod and poke things, often rubbing his hands together despite the fact he can't truly feel, only analyze. He also has no problem licking things, since his tongue can analyze things.
At this point, Connor is still needing to accept he has feelings and from there, he can figure out what more there is to him beyond strong impulses and what developed out from needing to be harmonious with humans. With no mission to use as a means to justify his actions, he will become lost until he finds a purpose, or at least people for some kind of direction.
Powers and Abilities: Is an android. He is only somewhat stronger than a human, enough most people can't stop an android determined to move, but nothing extraordinary, and while he doesn't feel pain, things that would do serious damage to a human can do serious damage to him since he's made of mostly plastic and can 'bleed out' fluid necessary for operation. He doesn't need to sleep, eat, or rest save for when he finally needs to recharge his power, but he can go several days without pause. He can connect wirelessly to devices and he's a very good hacker. He has an extensive memory due to the computer brain. His skin and hair are artificially synthesized and he is capable of changing it to a limited degree, coloring being easiest, and he's able to change his voice and mimic others perfectly.
He's able to analyze things with a scan from his eyes, such as machines or the human body. He's also a walking forensics lab, able to use his tongue to analyze substances for what they are and where they come from, including blood. He's also able to use his analyzing abilities to reconstruct past events thanks to evidence, and preconstruct how certain scenarios will go based on probability. He's very good at interrogation, and is able to monitor the other's stress levels for best results. He also has programming on how to fight hand to hand and how to use various weapons, especially fire arms. He also has an LED on his temple that's a lowkey mood ring and indicates when he's doing certain tasks.
Samples
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Third Person:
Nautilus made a mistake.
It's one of the first things Connor thinks upon reading through the guide he was helpfully provided. Other simultaneous thoughts were this Irene kind of reminded him of Hank, and this was going to be a serious delay on his mission.
But Nautilus making a mistake is the thought he pursues right now. Because if he could find a way to convince Nautilus of this fact, maybe he can go home and forget about this whole odd detour. It's simple logic. If Nautilus is sending out a Call to Waken individuals with a basic ability that grows with each Ascension, the purpose of the Call is to Ascend people.
The base ability, however, is based on willpower. To have willpower means free will. The ability to force wants and desires onto the world, or to resist hardships. It's a contest where the strengths are varying depending on different factors. Things that aren't applicable to Connor. Connor does not have free will. He just does what furthers his mission, there is no question or debate, no ability to refuse. No free will, no willpower, no bending, no ascension.
He pulls a quarter from his pocket, starting to flip it across his fingers as he processes the information in the guide. He's always found calibrations with the coin helps his focus when his thoughts begin to spiral. Like how he's useless here, he has no purpose, what is he supposed to do, he can't do what he's asked, he can't accomplish this mission-
It's might be funny how akin an overactive preconstruction subroutine seems almost like anxiety. He should report this to Amanda. It's important for Cyberlife to know that if an RK800 is in a situation too far off the rails, they might calculate too much into possible failures.
Actually-
He looked over the second question again. He wondered how true that was for him? It would be easier than it would be for a human. In theory, there could easily be two Connor's in Detroit as is. Both with the same memories, same mission. It'd be a relief if that part remained correct. He still should find a way home, but as long as some Connor was still trying to fulfill the mission, it's a good thing.
He only idly wonders if Hank would become friends with that Connor. It's unimportant and a machine can't make friends.
Nothing is more important than the mission.
He almost playbacks his memory of visiting Kamski, but immediately aborts the action.
It was just a temporary glitch.
Nothing more.
It'd be improved in the final product.
He flips the coin faster and tells himself it has nothing to do with the thought of being replaced.
New Mission Objective: Return Home as soon as possible.
Name: Sair
Age: 27
Personal Journal: Cye_nako
Email / Plurk / Discord / Other: Sliveyacyeangel@yahoo.com Plurk: Alwaysterrible
Current Character(s): Adrien Agreste, Shadow Link, Sunset Shimmer, Taako
Character Information
Character Name: RK800 Connor
Fandom: Detroit: Become Human
Character History: In the not so distant future, Cyberlife is founded and creates androids. Smart machines, able to pass the Turing Test, and at a glance, could easily be mistaken as human. Since androids never tire, don't have emotions, don't need to be paid, and can be easily replaced when broken, they begin to be used in all sorts of fields in the USA (and some other countries.) However, after a while, things change. Androids start to become Deviant, seeming to develop emotions and go against their programming. Often due to some sort of trauma, but not always.
With androids running off or becoming violent, Cyberlife knows it needs to deal with this problem. So they make RK800, Connor, a prototype. While androids had been used as lowkey law enforcement, it was only under direct orders of an officer. Connor was more proactive, able to investigate and make judgement calls so long as it was to further his mission: discover what causes Deviancy and find a way to stop it.
His first run is with a Deviant who, after discovering he was about to be replaced by the family who owned him, killed the father and took the daughter hostage. Connor was able to successfully talk the Deviant down to let go of the girl....and allow the snipers to destroy the Deviant. Connor unaffected by the event. After all, he's a machine and has no emotions. And if he helped a fish and an officer, it's just because he's meant to go above and beyond his mission when he can do so.
Or so he thought.
Soon after, Connor meets Lieutenant Hank Anderson of the Detroit Police Department. Hank used to be one of the best cops around, but fell into a deep depression after the death of his son. Leaving Connor to work with a cop who barely cares about the world, and is an alcoholic with suicidal tendencies. Connor often has to drag him to cases, but despite the challenge, Connor also finds out Hank is a lot more thoughtful than he first appears. Even with Hank's disdain for androids due to their part in his son's death, he consistently protects Connor, trying to keep people from shooting him or from Connor doing something that could destroy him. Even though when Connor is destroyed, his memories are automatically uploaded to Cyberlife to be transferred to a new body.
It's an unexpected kindness that becomes potent when combined with the fact Hank keeps asking questions. After seeing the Deviants up close, Hank begins to wonder if perhaps they're more real than everyone says. That they're not just experiencing software errors. And as he does so, he begins to push with Connor, especially since Connor does things he probably shouldn't be doing. Choosing to save Hank instead of chasing a deviant. Letting two deviants go instead of shooting them. Things that Connor's handler, Amanda, disproves of, even when Connor justifies his actions. He needs his partner alive. There's no point in destroying the deviants, he can't get information from them then, but he might later. Every action Connor does that seems to be against the mission, he finds a way to justify one way or another.
And the one time he sticks to what he needs to do, he finds his first real lead and a great deal of trauma. A group of Deviants had hijacked a news station and broadcasted a speech, asking for freedom. One of the Deviants got left behind after being injured and Connor finds him on the roof. Unfortunately, as Connor gets close enough to read the Deviant's memory, the Deviant shoots himself in the head to prevent Connor from learning more than a name, Jericho. And since Connor was connected at the time, he feels the Deviant as it dies, feels his fear, and even as he tells himself he's fine, tries to focus on the lead, the event has traumatized him. Trauma he tries to deny because he doesn't believe he can feel emotions. That his 'personality' is just a set programming meant to comfort humans and allow him to work with them better. That any appearance of it growing is just him adapting, doing his job better, and nothing more.
With Amanda's manipulations and Connor's own ability to justify his actions and deny his feelings, he's able to fool himself that he's just a machine. That he's not a deviant and nothing truly shakes this belief.
Until he takes the Kamski test. The former CEO of Cyberlife and the creator of androids, Kamski wanted to see if Connor was just a machine or more. He gave Connor a gun and told him to shoot an android girl. If Connor did so, Kamski would tell Connor whatever he wanted to know about androids to hopefully help the investigation.
If he didn't shoot, Kamski would tell them nothing.
Kamski encouraged him to shoot, Hank tried to pull him out of the situation, and it's staring into the eyes of a helpless girl that Connor realized he couldn't shoot.
It didn't matter that Amanda was getting impatient with him. It didn't matter he was being threatened to be replaced. It didn't matter that there was an android uprising building. It didn't matter the country was on the brink of Civil War.
He couldn't shoot.
Kamski had said he expressed empathy, and that he may in fact be Deviant himself. Connor rejected the idea and left, with Kamski giving him the parting words that he always leaves an emergency exit in his programs much to Connor's confusion.
And for the first time, when Connor is asked why he didn't shoot, he admits to himself and to Hank, he doesn't know. He can't find a reason.
Hank tells him that maybe he did the right thing.
Connor begins to wonder if there is something wrong with his programming.
Unbeknownst to him, however, Cyberlife has made him a double edged sword. Either Connor will follow through on his mission and be destroyed if he fails, or his freedoms will cause him to become deviant. Giving them both information, and an opportunity to be a sleeper agent when an uprising starts to form, being able to remotely control his body through Amanda.
Character Personality: Connor is in utter denial he has a personality. As far as he's concerned, his seeming personality is just a tool used to work with humans more harmoniously. After all, a cold, soulless robot would be disconcerting when trying to do investigation work. As far as Connor is concerned or at least willing to admit to, he is just a machine. Complex programming and probability engines and he'll jump through a lot of hoops to try and justify it.
Unfortunately for his self acceptance, Connor can lie like a pro. His primary job is that of a detective, which requires interrogations. He can be kind and sweet, or he can be intimidating and threatening. Good cop, bad cop, doing things that are less than ethical, showing great compassion. He has zero qualms of being whatever he needs to be to complete his mission, even if it makes him a hypocrite and people get hurt.
But he has limits. Injury and fear is one thing, so long as it produces results. However, an increasing problem he has is respect for life. He is not incapable of killing, but it has to be a do or die situation for him to do it. And if someone is about to die, he will choose to save them even if it causes him to fail his mission. He also has a self sacrificing streak, mostly because he doesn't see much value in his life when he can just be transferred to another model or outright replaced, and it's actually a shock to him when he finds he genuinely doesn't want to die. Just when it comes to his life versus another, he can't value himself enough to listen to that fear.
And that's one of Connor's biggest issues. Whether he was actually programmed to be that way, or its developed in accordance to his treatment, Connor is absolutely desperate for approval. He must accomplish his mission. He must be useful. He is a machine and a useless machine is one that will be deactivated and disassemble and he doesn't want that. As such, he ends up forming fairly quick attachments to those who give him positive attention, like Hank (and later on Markus.) It's why he's terrified of becoming Deviant, rejecting the thought despite mounting proof that he's well on his way there.
Existential crisis and dirt poor self worth aside, however, Connor is a sassy, weird dork. Since he's only a few months old, when it comes to casual social interactions, he's more awkward than anything. He doesn't get what an awkward silence is, and is often blunt and straight forward in conversations and has no problems just abruptly ending them. Really, half the awkward comes in that he doesn't know how to feel awkward, and the rest comes in missing more subtle social cues and common phrases mixed with his default to be formal. Most of his understanding when it comes to emotions is related to crime, how to get people to talk, how criminals will act, so when it comes to the day to day stuff, he's at a loss.
But when he does know what to do in social interactions, he has absolutely no issue sassing and teasing the other person. He'll often swing from staring in confusion to giving smirks with coy winks, all dependent on how well he's able to read that part of the conversation. The same goes for his actions, sometimes swinging from proper social graces to thinking it's totally legit to break into someone's house when he needs to find them and probably their own good.
He almost seems to relish in the freedom being a prototype gives him, even telling people off in a round about way for trying to tell him what to do, such as he often disobeys Hank because doing so allows him to further his mission, and refusing to do more basic commands from others because Hank is the one he's supposed to be listening to. For all he justifies things as being part of his mission, there is a part of Connor that is willful and wants to rebel, even if he won't directly admit as such. It also helps that when he does decide to do something, he's confident and self assured. It's the split second decisions that cause him distress, but when he goes with purpose, there is little that daunts him.
He's also extremely earnest in his curiosity. Another question of his programming or simply how his personality developed, Connor loves to learn about pretty much anything. From things to do with his mission, to just about people in general. He absorbs information like a sponge and he will ask as many questions as he's allowed, even if some are a bit too personal.
He's also, oddly, a fidgetter. He likes to play with coins, supposedly for calibration, but he hates it when they're taken away. He likes to touch and prod and poke things, often rubbing his hands together despite the fact he can't truly feel, only analyze. He also has no problem licking things, since his tongue can analyze things.
At this point, Connor is still needing to accept he has feelings and from there, he can figure out what more there is to him beyond strong impulses and what developed out from needing to be harmonious with humans. With no mission to use as a means to justify his actions, he will become lost until he finds a purpose, or at least people for some kind of direction.
Powers and Abilities: Is an android. He is only somewhat stronger than a human, enough most people can't stop an android determined to move, but nothing extraordinary, and while he doesn't feel pain, things that would do serious damage to a human can do serious damage to him since he's made of mostly plastic and can 'bleed out' fluid necessary for operation. He doesn't need to sleep, eat, or rest save for when he finally needs to recharge his power, but he can go several days without pause. He can connect wirelessly to devices and he's a very good hacker. He has an extensive memory due to the computer brain. His skin and hair are artificially synthesized and he is capable of changing it to a limited degree, coloring being easiest, and he's able to change his voice and mimic others perfectly.
He's able to analyze things with a scan from his eyes, such as machines or the human body. He's also a walking forensics lab, able to use his tongue to analyze substances for what they are and where they come from, including blood. He's also able to use his analyzing abilities to reconstruct past events thanks to evidence, and preconstruct how certain scenarios will go based on probability. He's very good at interrogation, and is able to monitor the other's stress levels for best results. He also has programming on how to fight hand to hand and how to use various weapons, especially fire arms. He also has an LED on his temple that's a lowkey mood ring and indicates when he's doing certain tasks.
Samples
Network: https://gotosleep-idiot.dreamwidth.org/191231.html?thread=24738815#cmt24738815
Third Person:
Nautilus made a mistake.
It's one of the first things Connor thinks upon reading through the guide he was helpfully provided. Other simultaneous thoughts were this Irene kind of reminded him of Hank, and this was going to be a serious delay on his mission.
But Nautilus making a mistake is the thought he pursues right now. Because if he could find a way to convince Nautilus of this fact, maybe he can go home and forget about this whole odd detour. It's simple logic. If Nautilus is sending out a Call to Waken individuals with a basic ability that grows with each Ascension, the purpose of the Call is to Ascend people.
The base ability, however, is based on willpower. To have willpower means free will. The ability to force wants and desires onto the world, or to resist hardships. It's a contest where the strengths are varying depending on different factors. Things that aren't applicable to Connor. Connor does not have free will. He just does what furthers his mission, there is no question or debate, no ability to refuse. No free will, no willpower, no bending, no ascension.
He pulls a quarter from his pocket, starting to flip it across his fingers as he processes the information in the guide. He's always found calibrations with the coin helps his focus when his thoughts begin to spiral. Like how he's useless here, he has no purpose, what is he supposed to do, he can't do what he's asked, he can't accomplish this mission-
It's might be funny how akin an overactive preconstruction subroutine seems almost like anxiety. He should report this to Amanda. It's important for Cyberlife to know that if an RK800 is in a situation too far off the rails, they might calculate too much into possible failures.
Actually-
He looked over the second question again. He wondered how true that was for him? It would be easier than it would be for a human. In theory, there could easily be two Connor's in Detroit as is. Both with the same memories, same mission. It'd be a relief if that part remained correct. He still should find a way home, but as long as some Connor was still trying to fulfill the mission, it's a good thing.
He only idly wonders if Hank would become friends with that Connor. It's unimportant and a machine can't make friends.
Nothing is more important than the mission.
He almost playbacks his memory of visiting Kamski, but immediately aborts the action.
It was just a temporary glitch.
Nothing more.
It'd be improved in the final product.
He flips the coin faster and tells himself it has nothing to do with the thought of being replaced.
New Mission Objective: Return Home as soon as possible.
