#thee assistant

The Monster Assistant, made not long after the Necromerger moved into a new lair as a way of having something else to force to deal with things.

many things went wrong in the process of creating it however, so it's practically useless by itself. it can take over fusing things, but usually needs the Necromerger to deal with the first few fusions so it can replicate.

one of the things that was wrong was its mouth. no matter what it does, its mouth will not open, never shifting in a smile or frown. it can grumble, but usually that's too quiet, so it'll usually be very expressive with body language and tapping on whatever is nearby to get attention.

it was able to find an alternative to endless charades, using sign language. its style is mostly just doing one word, and letting others fill in the blanks with context.

more secretly, it takes notes. small ones on the devourer, tip stone, other monsters... the longer ones are on the Necromerger. first finding its creator fun to poke, especially once it figured out that he radiated more mana {spirit in its notes} when riled up.

and it learns more while being the secondary caretaker of the devourer... the main caretaker has terrible worrisome habits. it's trying to avoid stressing the devourer, so it'll take care of him too.