Name: Cee Age: 22 Contact Info:ceesawaseesaw Other Characters: England (Axis Powers Hetalia)
Character Information
Name: Aigis Canon: Persona 3 (FES version) Age: Actually 10, physically looks about 16/17 and goes to high school as such Gender: Female(-ish) Canon Point: January 23, after rank 7 of her social link Background Link:Aigis at the Megaten wiki Inventory: The Gekkoukan high school winter uniform, which consists of a white collared shirt, a black zip-up blazer, a black pleated skirt, long black socks, and black dress shoes. And her red ribbon, which is compliant with the uniform but is actually a personal possession. THAT'S ALL SHE'S GOT her school bag is getting left behind.
Personality: Everyone loves anime robot girls, right? Well, strap in, because that's basically what Aigis is.
The first encounter with Aigis in the game paints her as beautiful, but also mysterious, expressionless, and utterly awkward. She can't hold a conversation and has no sense of boundaries. She doesn't even realize why she's being spoken to in the first place, and doesn't seem to care because the people speaking to her are irrelevant to her search. She is, in all senses of the word, incredibly robotic.
Of course, this is only when Aigis is activated again after a ten-year sleep. She doesn't have a lot of experience with people or with pretending to be human, because she never needed to. Despite this, it is clear that she has the capacity to be more human-like even from the beginning; Aigis was created in the shape of a human and given a Personality Module that allows her to have a human-like psyche so that she can summon a Persona. The same is true for all the other weapons of Aigis' kind. So, even though Aigis starts out as being very strictly robotic, her humanity develops as she spends more time around humans and forms bonds with them.
Being that she doesn't have a lot of experience with normal everyday life, Aigis can be very curious. She asks a lot of questions about things like school, festival masks, and if she's passing sufficiently for a human. She is quick to ask questions or say that she doesn't understand something. Sometimes this can even become rudeness or downright invasive behavior, since Aigis lacks the proper cultural and social context to draw the line between curiosity and creepiness. She sneaks into the protagonist's (locked) room multiple times because of her inexplicable desire to be near him and make sure he's safe.
Though she eases up a little in this regard, even closer to the end of the game she still doesn't see any problem with asking a total stranger personal questions about loneliness. But, despite her issues with boundaries, there's a bizarre contrast in the way she treats everyone equally. She talks to everyone with a certain kind of respectful, formal manner of speech, and she doesn't anger very easily. She's even kind and respectful when talking to angry dogs and lost cats!
Because, despite her ignorance about humanity and social customs, Aigis is very kind. She breaks into the protagonist's room because she wants to protect him. She probes into the boy's personal life because she is worried about his grandmother being lonely. She expresses that she is concerned about Junpei when he's acting strangely after Chidori's death. As far as she has always known, Aigis' purpose has been to protect humanity from Shadows; she's absolutely devastated when she learns that this is impossible. But even after learning of this, and resolving to find a new goal in life, Aigis still tries to help people in the ways that she knows how.
That said, Aigis is also incredibly loyal. She even remarks on her own loyalty if you put her in the maid costume, saying that it's perfect for her because it's meant to designate someone who's very loyal. Of course, her devotion to the protagonist goes without saying, but Aigis feels very strongly for the other members of SEES, as well. Even when her programming has been interfered with, Aigis cannot bring herself to hurt her teammates, and instead of shooting them as instructed, she frees them from their restraints. This is even before Aigis comes to terms with her own growing humanity, showing how central it is to her character.
But that's far from the only time Aigis' feelings are in conflict with her nature as a machine. She spends much of her time caught between her human side and her machine side, which is probably to be expected when you put a human psyche into a robot. As she spends more time with SEES, she questions the value of only thinking logically all the time, and becomes aware of the disparities between herself and her human teammates. In fact, she becomes quite insecure about it close to the end of the game.
She wasn't insecure at first, but as her human side develops more, she becomes very self-conscious about being a robot. She cannot fulfill her original duty as a machine, but she can never change enough to pass for human. She is neither fish nor fowl, as she puts it. Aigis is used to hiding her robotic nature from her classmates, of course, but her insecurity comes out rather often around her friends who already know the truth about her. She might make a casual remark about not having a natural body, or not really being a person, or being useless because she cannot fully be either machine or human. But she tends to brush it off afterwards, smiling as if she's at peace with her situation when she's really not. She doesn't have the tact to hold her self-deprecating statements back, but she also doesn't want her friends to worry about her.
Aigis often struggles with confidence in general, really. For a very long time, she had one primary directive, provided to her by the lab that built her. She didn't pick this purpose, and she never had reason to doubt it or herself until it was revealed that her enemy was one that was impossible to defeat. It doesn't seem to fully sink in for her until she's almost destroyed in a last-ditch effort to protect her friends from the awful fate that's about to befall them. She completely loses sight of a possible future for them, and especially for herself.
Of course, she does eventually decide upon a new purpose — to make the most of her unique life. She decides to fight with the rest of SEES in a battle that is apparently unwinnable. But even though she truly desires to move towards this future, Aigis doubts herself and her ability to actually achieve what she wants. Much of this is due to her inner turmoil of human versus machine, and her perceived failures in previous efforts to help people. Though she never really gives up for good, it's not hard to cause her to doubt her own value.
A lot of this conflict is self-inflicted, though. In addition to the questions that will help her gain context about human life, Aigis can often be found asking rather existential things, especially as SEES is forced to confront the impending death of all mankind. She yearns deeply to understand the human experience, even if it causes her to reflect on her own shortcomings. Because of this yearning and her tendency to observe, Aigis sometimes shows moments of surprising insight for a sheltered robot; though certainly not always, it's not uncommon for Aigis to pick up when there is a hidden meaning to something that is said, even if she doesn't know what that hidden meaning is.
And, though she lacks certain areas of knowledge, she is very competent in others. She's particularly insightful when it comes to danger and battle situations, owing to her programming as a literal living weapon. This is when her robotic side is most advantageous; she often speaks to the importance of approaching danger with a clear head and a plan. She can be the voice of reason when her team is caught up in the emotion of the moment. Even after the turning point in her character arc when she becomes noticeably more human-like, she comments about logic and fact, despite knowing that even her own emotions are often in conflict with reason.
Ultimately, at her canon point, Aigis is still trying to reconcile what she sees as the two sides of herself. She is not fully machine, and not fully human. She's aware that she has feelings, but often lacks proper context and understanding of them. There are still parts of her approach to life that are very robotic, such as her awkward turns of phrase, her insistent formality, and assertions to herself that she's a machine rather than a person. She's struggling with her place in life, but make no mistake: she does want to live.
Flavor Abilities: Aigis will retain her mechanical body and brain, so she's still pretty much completely a machine. However, she will be susceptible to mechanical failure from the cold equivalent to a human's sensitivity to it, she will need to eat and stay hydrated like a human, and if any of her parts are damaged or opened, she will bleed motor oil. She can be injured or killed conventionally like a human and will bleed everywhere, she just has a mechanical structure. She has guns built into her body--her fingers are literally barrels--but she will have no ammo and the crucial parts to make the guns fire will be missing so they can't be easily repaired. She also apparently has a drill and maybe other tools built in, but those parts will be missing, too.
She has the ability to understand animals through some bullshit fake science, but this will be nerfed; however, if Koromaru were to ever be brought into the game, I'd like her to still be able to communicate with him. She can also sense the presence of Shadows and Personas, which I figure would be okay to keep because it's not like it will apply to anyone or anything outside of her universe... Persona-users also seem to have some awareness of their own Personas even when they're not in use, so she will be aware of Athena's presence in the sea of her soul, but obviously unable to utilize or summon her.
And then of course she's got very specific knowledge of tactical theory and mechanical engineering, and then fairly good knowledge of mathematics and chemistry (those are the only two exam subjects she does well in), plus the knowledge afforded to her by her combat experience. This will all be pretty irrelevant most of the time anyway since Norfinbury's monsters cannot be fought.
Suitability: Given that she was specifically built for combat, Aigis is pretty used to dangerous situations! She's not as used to battles that are hopeless, but at her canon point, she's about to face the ultimate hopeless battle, so she is holding on to some hope of a future. That will be true when it comes to escaping Norfinbury, too. It will be interesting to see how she handles the monsters and the other residents' tendencies to put themselves in danger. Fitting with her character development in the game, Aigis will have to learn how to adjust to being useful in ways besides as a weapon. She'll probably have some difficulty with this, as it's difficult for her to change her perception of herself, but it should be a fun challenge.
Additionally, Aigis is also going to be subject to some very fun, very human sensations in her new sensitivity to cold and her need for nourishment. Since she's still struggling with the idea that she could be considered human, and tries to convince herself that she's still just a robot, allowing her a more human physical experience should result in some interesting growth, since one of her sticking points in the game is her artificial body.
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Name: Cee
Age: 22
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Other Characters: England (Axis Powers Hetalia)
Character Information
Name: Aigis
Canon: Persona 3 (FES version)
Age: Actually 10, physically looks about 16/17 and goes to high school as such
Gender: Female(-ish)
Canon Point: January 23, after rank 7 of her social link
Background Link: Aigis at the Megaten wiki
Inventory: The Gekkoukan high school winter uniform, which consists of a white collared shirt, a black zip-up blazer, a black pleated skirt, long black socks, and black dress shoes. And her red ribbon, which is compliant with the uniform but is actually a personal possession. THAT'S ALL SHE'S GOT her school bag is getting left behind.
Personality: Everyone loves anime robot girls, right? Well, strap in, because that's basically what Aigis is.
The first encounter with Aigis in the game paints her as beautiful, but also mysterious, expressionless, and utterly awkward. She can't hold a conversation and has no sense of boundaries. She doesn't even realize why she's being spoken to in the first place, and doesn't seem to care because the people speaking to her are irrelevant to her search. She is, in all senses of the word, incredibly robotic.
Of course, this is only when Aigis is activated again after a ten-year sleep. She doesn't have a lot of experience with people or with pretending to be human, because she never needed to. Despite this, it is clear that she has the capacity to be more human-like even from the beginning; Aigis was created in the shape of a human and given a Personality Module that allows her to have a human-like psyche so that she can summon a Persona. The same is true for all the other weapons of Aigis' kind. So, even though Aigis starts out as being very strictly robotic, her humanity develops as she spends more time around humans and forms bonds with them.
Being that she doesn't have a lot of experience with normal everyday life, Aigis can be very curious. She asks a lot of questions about things like school, festival masks, and if she's passing sufficiently for a human. She is quick to ask questions or say that she doesn't understand something. Sometimes this can even become rudeness or downright invasive behavior, since Aigis lacks the proper cultural and social context to draw the line between curiosity and creepiness. She sneaks into the protagonist's (locked) room multiple times because of her inexplicable desire to be near him and make sure he's safe.
Though she eases up a little in this regard, even closer to the end of the game she still doesn't see any problem with asking a total stranger personal questions about loneliness. But, despite her issues with boundaries, there's a bizarre contrast in the way she treats everyone equally. She talks to everyone with a certain kind of respectful, formal manner of speech, and she doesn't anger very easily. She's even kind and respectful when talking to angry dogs and lost cats!
Because, despite her ignorance about humanity and social customs, Aigis is very kind. She breaks into the protagonist's room because she wants to protect him. She probes into the boy's personal life because she is worried about his grandmother being lonely. She expresses that she is concerned about Junpei when he's acting strangely after Chidori's death. As far as she has always known, Aigis' purpose has been to protect humanity from Shadows; she's absolutely devastated when she learns that this is impossible. But even after learning of this, and resolving to find a new goal in life, Aigis still tries to help people in the ways that she knows how.
That said, Aigis is also incredibly loyal. She even remarks on her own loyalty if you put her in the maid costume, saying that it's perfect for her because it's meant to designate someone who's very loyal. Of course, her devotion to the protagonist goes without saying, but Aigis feels very strongly for the other members of SEES, as well. Even when her programming has been interfered with, Aigis cannot bring herself to hurt her teammates, and instead of shooting them as instructed, she frees them from their restraints. This is even before Aigis comes to terms with her own growing humanity, showing how central it is to her character.
But that's far from the only time Aigis' feelings are in conflict with her nature as a machine. She spends much of her time caught between her human side and her machine side, which is probably to be expected when you put a human psyche into a robot. As she spends more time with SEES, she questions the value of only thinking logically all the time, and becomes aware of the disparities between herself and her human teammates. In fact, she becomes quite insecure about it close to the end of the game.
She wasn't insecure at first, but as her human side develops more, she becomes very self-conscious about being a robot. She cannot fulfill her original duty as a machine, but she can never change enough to pass for human. She is neither fish nor fowl, as she puts it. Aigis is used to hiding her robotic nature from her classmates, of course, but her insecurity comes out rather often around her friends who already know the truth about her. She might make a casual remark about not having a natural body, or not really being a person, or being useless because she cannot fully be either machine or human. But she tends to brush it off afterwards, smiling as if she's at peace with her situation when she's really not. She doesn't have the tact to hold her self-deprecating statements back, but she also doesn't want her friends to worry about her.
Aigis often struggles with confidence in general, really. For a very long time, she had one primary directive, provided to her by the lab that built her. She didn't pick this purpose, and she never had reason to doubt it or herself until it was revealed that her enemy was one that was impossible to defeat. It doesn't seem to fully sink in for her until she's almost destroyed in a last-ditch effort to protect her friends from the awful fate that's about to befall them. She completely loses sight of a possible future for them, and especially for herself.
Of course, she does eventually decide upon a new purpose — to make the most of her unique life. She decides to fight with the rest of SEES in a battle that is apparently unwinnable. But even though she truly desires to move towards this future, Aigis doubts herself and her ability to actually achieve what she wants. Much of this is due to her inner turmoil of human versus machine, and her perceived failures in previous efforts to help people. Though she never really gives up for good, it's not hard to cause her to doubt her own value.
A lot of this conflict is self-inflicted, though. In addition to the questions that will help her gain context about human life, Aigis can often be found asking rather existential things, especially as SEES is forced to confront the impending death of all mankind. She yearns deeply to understand the human experience, even if it causes her to reflect on her own shortcomings. Because of this yearning and her tendency to observe, Aigis sometimes shows moments of surprising insight for a sheltered robot; though certainly not always, it's not uncommon for Aigis to pick up when there is a hidden meaning to something that is said, even if she doesn't know what that hidden meaning is.
And, though she lacks certain areas of knowledge, she is very competent in others. She's particularly insightful when it comes to danger and battle situations, owing to her programming as a literal living weapon. This is when her robotic side is most advantageous; she often speaks to the importance of approaching danger with a clear head and a plan. She can be the voice of reason when her team is caught up in the emotion of the moment. Even after the turning point in her character arc when she becomes noticeably more human-like, she comments about logic and fact, despite knowing that even her own emotions are often in conflict with reason.
Ultimately, at her canon point, Aigis is still trying to reconcile what she sees as the two sides of herself. She is not fully machine, and not fully human. She's aware that she has feelings, but often lacks proper context and understanding of them. There are still parts of her approach to life that are very robotic, such as her awkward turns of phrase, her insistent formality, and assertions to herself that she's a machine rather than a person. She's struggling with her place in life, but make no mistake: she does want to live.
Flavor Abilities: Aigis will retain her mechanical body and brain, so she's still pretty much completely a machine. However, she will be susceptible to mechanical failure from the cold equivalent to a human's sensitivity to it, she will need to eat and stay hydrated like a human, and if any of her parts are damaged or opened, she will bleed motor oil. She can be injured or killed conventionally like a human and will bleed everywhere, she just has a mechanical structure. She has guns built into her body--her fingers are literally barrels--but she will have no ammo and the crucial parts to make the guns fire will be missing so they can't be easily repaired. She also apparently has a drill and maybe other tools built in, but those parts will be missing, too.
She has the ability to understand animals through some bullshit fake science, but this will be nerfed; however, if Koromaru were to ever be brought into the game, I'd like her to still be able to communicate with him. She can also sense the presence of Shadows and Personas, which I figure would be okay to keep because it's not like it will apply to anyone or anything outside of her universe... Persona-users also seem to have some awareness of their own Personas even when they're not in use, so she will be aware of Athena's presence in the sea of her soul, but obviously unable to utilize or summon her.
And then of course she's got very specific knowledge of tactical theory and mechanical engineering, and then fairly good knowledge of mathematics and chemistry (those are the only two exam subjects she does well in), plus the knowledge afforded to her by her combat experience. This will all be pretty irrelevant most of the time anyway since Norfinbury's monsters cannot be fought.
Suitability: Given that she was specifically built for combat, Aigis is pretty used to dangerous situations! She's not as used to battles that are hopeless, but at her canon point, she's about to face the ultimate hopeless battle, so she is holding on to some hope of a future. That will be true when it comes to escaping Norfinbury, too. It will be interesting to see how she handles the monsters and the other residents' tendencies to put themselves in danger. Fitting with her character development in the game, Aigis will have to learn how to adjust to being useful in ways besides as a weapon. She'll probably have some difficulty with this, as it's difficult for her to change her perception of herself, but it should be a fun challenge.
Additionally, Aigis is also going to be subject to some very fun, very human sensations in her new sensitivity to cold and her need for nourishment. Since she's still struggling with the idea that she could be considered human, and tries to convince herself that she's still just a robot, allowing her a more human physical experience should result in some interesting growth, since one of her sticking points in the game is her artificial body.
RP Samples: Two threads here