#314dog

holy shit watch out for the words

"dog" is a later model of the DCA, part of a group that was mass-produced for a short period. he uses the same base code & design, but he's lost the majority of his original characteristics from repeated rebuilds and heavy modding. he's a heel for a bot fighting ring.

once made for much lighter showbiz, dog uses his loud announcer's voice to hype up fights and taunt the audience. his job is to make them hate him, it's all part of the show.

outside of the ring, all that put-on energy and bravado vanishes. sirius avoids talking and direct eye-contact, his pupils always looking up and away in any direction other than the person who's addressing him. it tends to give him a sneering, sarcastic look, even if the rest of his face is entirely immobile. his passive-aggressive remarks and constant deflections don't help.

he's an antagonist(*?) in a fic im working on, but its not in any kind of presentable state yet.

as a bonus for reading this far: here's a part of (another) dca design. he's in the same universe

idk what i'd call the style, it's somewhere between 'mixed martial arts' and 'mauling things to pieces like an animal' i guess?

he's very light on his feet and sort of dances around, both to dodge and just to tease. fancy footwork. crazy reaction times, often leaning just barely out of the way from a would-be-lethal hit just for the dramatics of it. (this sometimes bites him in the ass, when said ass gets handed to him after doing something stupid.)

he'll also get a little weird with it and move around on all fours, crawling and galloping and pouncing and whatnot. skittering sideways like a crab. handstands. cartwheels.

not really designed for punching. his heavier attacks are kicks. heels are real solid and good for some blunt force damage.

robin's like. mid-late-30's. i would describe their relationship w/ sirius as 'starcrossed'.

they're a bigrig truck driver, warehouse worker, and forklift certified. they're contracted by the same company sirius is owned by, and oftentimes do their work alongside each other. they've figured out how to get around sirius's strange speech protocols and spend a lot of time talking to him, although their relationship is a little odd with a lot of things going unspoken.

they're kinda rude and crass, but overall they're a kind person with a bit of a martyr complex. always putting their neck out for others, to their own detriment. they might put certain people off with their.. unapologetic.. energy.. but in a group of friends they're usually always The Entertainer and the most fun to be around. gets into trouble a little frequently. (theyre a felon lmao but dw abt that)

robin is super into metal - almost every subgenre of metal - though the fav is numetal. they like things that sound harsh, ugly and sometimes just Bad. they collect certain 'vintage' music items, like old mp3 players and radios, and spend a lot of their downtime organizing their large (pirated) music collection, sorting it into various mp3 players they bring with them depending on the mood for the day.

(they bond with sirius over their music, he's got a usb port in the back of his head.. somewheres.. and robin will plug in their mp3 players for sirius to blast the music through the shitty speakers located in his chest.)

((i think i forgot to mention that sirius isnt just a fighting bot and also does Regular Warehouse Worker Bot stuff on the days he isn't fighting...? the demolition derby .. also owns a few warehouses and co-owns a shipping dock))

they (probably) wouldn't fight. dog has no animosity towards flip, and flip's not (usually) the type to be outright aggressive.

dusk is a coward and a pacifist. dawn, on the other hand... may very well throw himself at someone in a fit of rage if he's pushed past a tipping point.

dog's been rebuilt over and over, refined and trained... specifically for bot fights.

flip is like half of dog's weight, and their only experience with fights is prying screaming children off each other as a daycare attendant. they don't have, uh, 'security protocols'.

dog would fucking obliterate flip </3

i'll give you a basic rundown on their personalities! i wanted to withhold most of the info until i published my fic at first, but i've decided idgaf.

dog: quiet. comes off as rude or irritable, but. honestly he's just fucking weird and can't interact with others outside of a 'performance' situation. in fights he's loud, cocky and quick-witted with taunts, but its just a part he's playing.

dusk: pretty fussy and nervous, excessively eager to please. a little too eager - he might get overbearing! fucking chill out man. he's undyingly curious about the world but doesn't really have an outlet for that hunger. optimistic. and he likes... hyperpop and vocaloid...?

dawn: very good at keeping up a cheery, bright front. professionally kind and courteous. and an absolute nuclear-meltdown-level of a hater. never to a person's face; but he is so full of pent-up rage he is practically boiling inside at all times. hates the world and everything in it. pessimistic.