The Automatisms

AKA
The Automations, The Automatons

In some corners of the multiverse, you'll hear whispers. Hushed exchanges, speaking of the oddest thing... a crew, that travels space and time like a sea. A crew that cheats death, and weaves tragedy into story and song. A crew that takes what is whole, and shatters it into a mosaic of grief and calamity. In a starship known as the Paraphernalia, the band of misfits and vagabonds traverse the multiverse— if you're particularly unlucky, you might just have the misfortune of meeting them...

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Morgan

Name: Morgan D. Metallum
Pronouns: They/Them and It/Its
Position: Quartermaster CAPTAIN! I also function as engineer, though. SOMEBODY has to keep this ship running !! (✿◠‿◠)
Instrument: Banjo, Guitar, Ukulele, basically anything with strings !!! (◕‿◕✿)
Mechanism: Oh, it's most of me, dear! It all stems from the spine, though.
Date of Joining Crew: I joined at it's conception? I've been here since day fucking one (◡‿◡✿)
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Name: Pallas M. Cosker
Pronouns: ae/aem and xey/xem. they/them and it/its are fine for the crew, though.
Position: boatswain, baby.
Instrument: vox, kazoo, piano
Mechanism: Bones. all my bones are fucking Metal. it's cool as hell
Date of Joining Crew: do you think i've been keeping track?? i couldn't give Less of a Shit, man. but it was After morgan, and Before any of the others. i thought You of all people would be able to remember that much?? — ... right. ... sorry.
Place of Birth: Aedenis. it's gone now, so that doesn't mean anything.
History: uhh. i mean, there isn't THAT much that matters? died. got brought back. got kidnapped. died a bunch more. that's about it. i don't like talking about myself. can we be finished with this??

Name: Griffin. That's all you need to know.
Pronouns: She/her and they/them.
Position: Master at Arms. I handle the ship's weapons. Which is predictable, huh? I'm sure it's all I'm good for in YOUR eyes.
Instrument: Vocals, mostly. Some violin. Some piano, some guitar. Mostly whatever is needed, I suppose. I'm versatile.
Mechanism: My head and neck. Didn't you build them personally? I knew you were stupid, but good God...
Date of Joining Crew: I'd rather NOT think about that day... All that matters is that I remember you, Morgan, and Pallas were already there. None of the others.
History: HOW DARE YOU ASK ME ABOUT THAT?! You know DAMN WELL!! And FRANKLY, I know you're PROUD of it! ALL OF YOU BASTARDS ARE!!

Name: Dusk Theridion.
Pronouns: Uhhhhh He/him They/them are pretty fuckin' neat
Position: I'm the surgeon, but like I don't really do anything... unfortunately.
Instrument: Vox, Drums.
Mechanism: Six arms and all of them are metal, which is cool, I could crush someone's head between my hands. Well, someone who doesn't have uh a metal head, or metal bones, so on and so forth. Trust me, I've tried at least.....At least once. Didn't work.
Date of Joining Crew: I don't fucking know, like, sometime after Griffin that's for sure though.
History: I got sent to hell and was forced to come back, the end, can I stop now?

[Griffin has served as translator for it]
Name: “What do you mean, you don't have a name?" [Mumbling] "Well, that won't do at all! Hm..... It's not the most creative thing, but how do you like Creed Tchure?" [Griffin smiles as "Creed" nods vigorously.] "Right. There's your answer, then."
Pronouns: [Paraphrased after an extensive and unnecessary argument]
[Griffin] ”What are your pronouns?"
[Creed] ”What's a pronoun?"
[Griffin] ”Indicative of but not exclusive to your gender identity."
[Creed] ”Stop swearing at me."
[??????] "Please just tell me the creature's pronouns."
[Griffin] ”OHHH.... I just use they/it for it, it doesn't mind."
Position: [Creed removes a remarkably large gun from their head without saying a word. Griffin hesitates for a moment.] "... Powder monkey."
Instrument: [Creed proceeds to play an intricate song, somehow making use of a Viola, Flute, Ocarina, and Harmonica all at once. Griffin watches and claps along.]
Mechanism: "... Are you fucking joking." [Creed simply smiles and taps the right side of its face.]
Date of Joining Crew: [Chattering from Creed.] "... I'm not saying that. It--it doesn't actually know." [As she speaks, Creed holds up six fingers, then nine.]
History: ".... Hm. Seems it doesn't remember much. All it knows is that it was asleep, and then... It woke up, mechanized like the rest of us." [Griffin chuckles dryly as Creed watches, uncharacteristically somber.] "Couldn't even spare the poor thing its memory, could you?"

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