#loop posting

King is the Guild's leader engineer. That much is obvious, but let's start our acquaintance with him from a more recognizable piece, of which very little remains. He went a long way to become this. Before being called King, he started from the periphery, slowly, gradually, step by step getting rid of the unnecessary parts of himself that were technically easier to replace. Fingers, then hands and feet, then arms up to the elbows and legs up to the knees, and then most of the muscles, followed by the bones... Freed from the isolation of flesh, the nerves, like wires, were reconnected to the mechanical components to now control them. The head changed very little. Despite several important implants, it is essentially the same as always: King sees with his eyes, hears with his ears, and speaks through his mouth. Moreover, he eats through his mouth, too.

The rudimental organic body is very small and does not need much food, but it still does need some, and it turned out to be easier to leave the natural way of converting food into energy designed by nature than to reinvent it. Of course, his organ complex has been proportionally reduced to fit the new requirements. The heart has been replaced with a smaller one — there is no need for high pressure for just the head, the nervous system, and a couple of tiny organs. The digestive tract has also been reduced here and there, either on its own or with outer help. The lungs have been replaced, except for the layer of diffuse tissue, whose job is to deliver oxygen to the blood. All of this is secured directly under the head, in a box that replaces the rib cage. No matter how little remains of the body, it is still subject to the usual physical ailments and may require medical maintenance, so a significant portion of the organic matter is neatly arranged to ensure easy access to any organ.

Pike is a happy little beast. Despite being a pyro, he loves water and is a very good swimmer. Apart from burning people alive, it is one of his few joys in this world. The gas mask grew dead into his head, sealing his nose, melting his ears, laminating his eyes under the glass, and twisting his mouth to an extent that even though the mouth is open, he still cannot speak. However, Pike has an open frontal nose in his crest, and he happily uses it as a snorkel for diving. At the same time, water procedures wash away the sharp burnt smell from inside his crest that most of the time prevents him from smelling anything else (but even then his sense of smell barely works).