Plato (EXE)

== Physical description ==
=== Gender ===
Genderless
=== Height ===
3'3"
=== Eye color ===
Black
Plato is a character created by the user Lightvsdark777. They were created on September 7th 2021.
== Overview ==
Plato is a digital entity, which is essentially lines of code that have gained some semblance of intelligence and/or life. Plato is childish and takes the form of Sonic with completely black eyes and more saturated fur colors. A pair of Moto Bug antennae sprout from their eyes.
== Biography ==
It is unknown when exactly Plato first manifested. However, the game they were ‘gestated’ inside, a pirated copy of Sonic the Hedgehog, was purchased from an online auction back in May of 2011. After the buyer of the game noticed Plato and their peculiarities, the buyer contacted a forum with embedded agents in it and reported his findings. Shortly after discovering this, the copy was seized and taken into custody under the guise of a search warrant. From there, an organization known as the Digital Minds Research Project, or DMRP for short, have studied Plato for years and given them their name, treating them like a human being instead of an object. Plato has lived with the researchers for the past decade.
== Abilities/Weakness ==
=== Abilities ===
* Plato has Sonic’s abilities (Super Speed, Spin Dash, Homing Attack, etc).
* Plato can freely edit the text and sprites of the game they live in to communicate with others.
* Badniks in the presence of Plato either pay the .exe no heed or behave erratically around them. For example, Buzz Bombers are heavily affected by Plato’s presence, behaving more like real animals than enemies in a game. These affected Buzz Bombers can be seen foraging for food and chasing entities out of an established territory.
* Plato can also see through the screen at others, and if a microphone is connected, they can converse with whoever’s watching them.
* They are able to leave the pirated copy of Sonic the Hedgehog they live inside, but they haven’t discovered this yet.
=== Weaknesses ===
* Due to the technical and data limitations of the pirated copy of Sonic the Hedgehog Plato resides in, Plato is unable to create new sounds such as speech (they have tried this before multiple times, and the result is garbage noise), and instead talks to the people studying them as well as other entities with the HUD, the zone transition screens, the credits, and the end act score screens.
* Plato is also unable to create brand new, original images, and its attempts to create such things are met with utter failure. However, their attempts work best when utilizing sprites and textures that already exist. When they do this, they create crude, patchwork images.
* Plato has the intelligence of a small child, and as a result, they struggle to comprehend abstract concepts such as death.
* If exposed to graphic violence, Plato will be unable to mentally process it and depending on the source, they will either flee if it’s another .exe or make the game crash if it’s a researcher.
* Even if Plato found out how to leave their home game, they are confined to other Sonic games.
* They prefer to flee rather than fight.
== Trivia ==
* When Plato makes images, such images usually consist of self-portraits, the faces of researchers, images of in-game enemies, and images that somewhat resemble a child’s drawings.
* Plato struggles to comprehend the concept of personal pronouns, so they don’t care about the pronouns you use for them. For example, if you ask them if they are either a boy or a girl, they will respond with ‘Plato is Plato’ or something similar.
* Plato delights in trying to scare the people researching them. However, what they think is scary is different from what others think is scary. What Plato thinks is scary is the ground suddenly collapsing into a spike pit below, entering a room swarming with Caterkillers, and other assorted sudden spikes in difficulty. The researchers studying Plato humor them by mock screaming whenever they do this.
* From time to time, Plato enjoys riding on the backs of Moto Bugs, which appear to panic and race around wildly when they get on their back. Plato also holds their antennae like the reins of a horse when they decide they want to race around on a Moto Bug.
* Ever since they were taught longer words, they started using them in strange places in an attempt to sound smart. Their favorite word is ‘electrify’.
* Depending on how another .exe would present itself to Plato, Plato would either be scared out of its wits and avoid the newcomer like the plague or warily make friends with the newcomer.
* Plato and the version of Sonic in the pirated copy of Sonic the Hedgehog they reside in are two separate entities. Sonic is deathly afraid of Plato and will run from them, even when Plato makes it clear that they mean Sonic no harm.
* If Plato discovered their ability to leave their game, they would frequently visit Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 because they would find Chao cute.
== Gallery ==
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