OVERSEER

- OBSERVATORY STAFF -

01

**ADMINISTRATOR**
HELIOS	REG. NUM	HEIGHT	MODEL
	24112000	195cm	STASIS
	We acolytes used to dream of what lay beyond the pitch-dark smog of this world. There was of course a reason why We were named after the stars— for We are them, and they are Us. As their ancestors did, thousands of years ago, they needed Us for guidance, projections of what used to be– meaningless photons into physical, thinking forms they could reach and communicate with. So desperate for even a sliver of hope to hold on to, they willingly followed mechanical angels and clung to false faith until the end. They talk as if a God had made the Machine. Men made it, do not forget that. Great men, greatest intellects of the epoch, but men. It is much, but not everything. Yet they continued to delude themselves, and when the Machine broke down, so did they. It did not happen in an instant. It’s almost comical to think such an event could happen in the blink of an eye, is it not? Do you think one could ever forget the looks on their face as they withered away? Only after their cries became a mere echo in the wind, did that chapter of history close. Another calls it cruel, but it is mercy I gave. I gave them mercy, I am ever so merciful, else they would have suffered a worse fate in the hands of our creators. I, Helios of Tartarus, promise to forever hold the torch our predecessors have passed on to us. We must keep moving forward, no matter what.
PROMETHEUS

02

**SR. PHYSICIAN**
RAFAELLO MERCARI	REG. NUM	HEIGHT	MODEL
	07113000	160cm	STASIS
	It’s comfortingly foul. The smell of chemicals and fuel sticks with me and won’t wash off no matter what, and I’ve learned to live with it, even if it drives people away. One patient, and then four, and I’ve lost count after. People tell me not to over-exert myself, the same people who spend the most hours in the clinic breaking their bones after acting on their impulses. Materials are finite, and half of the expeditionists we send out are not even competent in the slightest and are just in it for the money. Why have money in the first place when it has little to no worth? Why not dispose of the ones who contribute nothing so that we have other resources we can rely on than just wasteland scraps? Suffice to think that if they weren’t nigh-immortal, they would not be so reckless with their bodies. If, and if we ever gathered enough to possibly create the next generation of our kind– I wish you would give them a taste of true mortality.
HERMES

03

**HUMAN RELATIONS**
AMARA MYRTALES	REG. NUM	HEIGHT	MODEL
	01043000	172cm	STASIS
	Golden-haired child, Lady of the Pearl, You've become blind. A self-made captive of veneration— Has your own luster turned traitor? I don’t fault you. After all, There remains a desperate clawing, From those that built the altar you now kneel before.
APHRODITE

04

**LEAD BIOENGINEER**
AJAX HYAKINTHOS	REG. NUM	HEIGHT	MODEL
	21043000	173cm	STASIS
	Say and think what you may, for I know this reads like a string of nonsense from a youthful man to the averages. Do you not hear that humming around you? I didn’t notice it at first, for I was born with it in my ears. When I am dyspeptic or restless my legs take me to the edge of this peninsula; there my other processors weaken in favor of auditory ones, as if my body wants me to listen to that familiar ode. So I’ve taken a ritual of some sorts, of heading towards that place, where I am the only one that exists and breathes, oxygen filling my lungs and my heart pumping glistening red blood. If you really put your mind into it, you can decipher letters among the static– maybe it’s something that you have been searching for all this time, ideas, advice, or even simple reassurance. Fills you with longing– wanderlust, even, to find the source of that fleeting beauty. I could not be more than ecstatic when I am assigned for expeditions; I simply go my own way and look where the humming increases in intensity. We’ve only cleared not even zero-decimals of what exists on this Earth. The fact that so many records of the previous civilization had gone missing just like that, doesn’t sit right with me. Surely they must have declared themselves Gods and had our forefathers worship them, no? It’s only natural. Many will refuse the fact that everybody is selfish by design– we do what feels good for us, not for others, always. And when we have created what we consider our magnum opus, do you not want everybody to look your way and realize, not just see, your potential? I want to lay bare all the secrets They have been hiding from us, from the ones right under our noses to the ones across the ocean. I have to.
TERRA

05

**SR. MECHANIST**
ARES NICAEUS	REG. NUM	HEIGHT	MODEL
	01033000	168cm	STASIS
	Day and night do not exist in this City. Threats both manmade and nature do not impede us any longer, and all unrest lies between ourselves and the mind. A problem haunting generations upon generations of sentients, and I happen to be stuck here where nothing has significantly changed. Such is life. Even with the invisible sun, time passes, still, thanks to weather simulations and our own star that we built. And so we live on like humans did a millennia ago, a twenty-four hour day and a slightly adjusted calendar that was made according to the system. It’s as though we wanted to remain tethered to the ones before us. After all, we were made in their image. So there was no difference between life when I was ‘born’ and now. I might’ve not been there when this City was still in development, but I know that it would be the same as it is now. Everything is peacefully stagnant and will be for decades to come. I am content with what I have, and I’m sure everyone else feels the same.
ENYALIOS

06

**RETIRED GUY**
EZIO TARANIS	REG. NUM	HEIGHT	MODEL
	13112000	180cm	STASIS
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ZEUS

07

**ARCHIVIST**
HORACE CASSINI-HUYGENS	REG. NUM	HEIGHT	MODEL
	17122000	193cm	STASIS
	I was given a promise. The exact string ingrained in my code had become more of a personal mission. My disinterest lay in the lavishness of material possessions nor in receiving a standing ovation from what little audience I cared to impress. The world was always too big of a stage for someone born from the innovation of so-called great minds, although burdened by always wanting too much. Exertion of synapses passing through a circuit board, twisting of gears, grinding of steel—the mechanical dance favoring a great quantity bordering on exploitation. It will amount to something soon. “You will amount to something soon.” As each day passed, it became harder to distinguish what had been circulating in every tubular vein. I wondered if the pulsating in my wrist was still of the artificial sublime, the hydraulic ooze. I will amount to something soon.
CRONUS

08

**JR. MECHANIST**
CAEL HERSCHEL	REG. NUM	HEIGHT	MODEL
	13033000	182cm	STASIS
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URANUS

09

**GROUND SUPERVISOR**
SALACIA EHECATL	REG. NUM	HEIGHT	MODEL
	23113000	180cm	STASIS
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POSEIDON

10

**KID WITH DOG**
AIDES CAMELOT	REG. NUM	HEIGHT	MODEL
	18023000	160cm	STASIS
	PROTO-13430 ------------------------------ System Modules: ACTIVE ------------------------------ - Memory Core: Inactive - Indexing System: Inactive - Data Preservation Subroutine: Inactive - External Communication Logs: Inactive ------------------------------ Awaiting Input... [ACTIVATE] [SHUTDOWN] ------------------------------
PLUTO