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Happy Pomefiore Part 2 release day! Here's Part 4 of the @jackplushie automation au ideas in celebration. (And because it introduces some of the Scarabia character growth that’s important for this part

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Scarabia

Scarabia is the name of a luxury brand for the ultra rich, every bot they produce is completely unique and made to order. Additionally, since the wealthy clientele are reticent to entrust their pricey show bots to human mechanics, Scarabia also produces an equivalent line of 'Viper' bots, each of which is designed to service and maintain their respective android.

Kalim is one of the most extravagant bots Scarabia has ever produced, every part made of some precious metal or splendid gem.

His master also asked for a unique feature to go along with the standard singing and dancing, namely the ability to manipulate hydraulics to put on a water show.

Everything was going great for so long, Kalim was the jewel of his master's household, his best friend was there with him, and life was good.

Then his master had a large banquet, and Kalim took the stage ready to perform. Everything went wrong.

His voice released a cacophony of guttural screams, his limbs spasmed uncontrollably, and the gentle rain of the water show shot all the guests hard enough to draw blood.

He didn't know what happened, but no amount of tearful apologies could make up for what happened. He and his Viper were cast out of the house.

They had to go on the run in fear of someone coming to carve Kalim's body up, but they found you really fast!

Kalim knows there's a lot he can't do... so he's been trying to find ways to pay you back!

He's preformed for you a few times, but it's not like he can preform for money when he's still trying to keep a low profile.

It's okay though! If you ever need money, he can give you something to sell!

His eyes are made of red diamonds, his hair is braided platinum, his clothes are the finest silk.

If there's any piece of him you need to sell, don't hesitate to ask, he'll rip it out without even waiting for Jamil's help!

He'll give you anything to not throw him out like before, just let him stay please?

And Jamil too.

Jamil deserves it.

Jamil is Kalim's assigned Viper bot. And while Vipers are supposed to love their partner, Jamil... Jamil had always hated it.

Why did Kalim get all the attention? Why when he did all the work, all the maintenance, all the cooking for every feast even?

And yet he couldn't be seen by the public, he was unsightly, useless? He hated it, and he hated Kalim most of all.

So he decided to do something about it. For months he planned in preperation to make Kalim fall.

He knew Kalim's insides like the back of his own hand, damaging parts precisely enough to all break on the exact day of their master's banquet was trivial for him.

Of course, he shouldn't have been able to damage Kalim's parts... but maybe it was just one more thing wrong with him.

But it all went off without a hitch, even if he was thrown out along with Kalim, he almost felt like celebrating. Almost.

It would've been easier to but... it was hard listening to Kalim cry to him, apologizing that he was thrown out when Kalim was the one to mess up.

Jamil was planning on just ditching Kalim to whatever fate awaited him but... he felt guilty. So he stuck with him.

While on the run Jamil made... particular use of his limited engineering knowledge whenever they were persued by bounty hunter androids.

Taking complete control of another android’s actions and free will wasn’t part of his intended uses but... what was one more broken rule.

He was... suspicious about how coincidentally they found you, and how willing you were to take them in but... they didn't have many options.

But staying with you was... fine, it was nice to have some sort of constant, where he wasn't only there for Kalim's sake.

Although it was disturbing how the roles were reversing. He had heard Kalim offering to sell pieces of himself if you needed any money, even if he needed to take himself apart piece by piece.

And always with the request that you keep Jamil around. Jamil was... worried.

Kalim wasn't supposed to care about him, he wasn't supposed to think of Jamil as anything other than a convenient servant.

Kalim was made to be innocent, cheerful, and utterly foolish. He didn't have the capacity to even know about Jamil's plight.

But then again... Jamil shouldn't have had the capacity to hate him either.

#twst #twisted wonderland #kalim al asim #jamil viper #automation au #hehe i had fun with this one #slightly different but it's a dynamic im mildly obsessed with #next up is... pomefiore #and while i can be a slow writer #im not SO slow that the rest of chapter 5 and the entirety of chapter 6 will wind up releasing before i finish it sooo #kinda spoilers on that #it shouldnt be anything like. MAJOR MAJOR #but there will be some

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