Aheno

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aheno (full name: Ahenobarbus Henocied) is one of the various nextbots that hunts down players in nico's nextbots. She can be found in nn_mall and the arcade mode. 
aheno was added on July 17th, 2022, within the nn_mall's second floor update.
== Overview ==
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=== Appearance ===
aheno appears to be a white-skinned Ichimatsu Doll with a jar-like head. Her medium-disheveled bowl haircut features a possible small pigtail at the top. She has large brown eyes, missing eyelids, and blood leaking from them. Her unsettling smile reveals teeth that also appear to leak blood.
The image was compressed, as it had been formatted as a .JPG file, and edited the Japanese text out, resulting in glitch artifacts. aheno’s gray-colored raised eyebrows and small nostrils add to her eerie appearance. Strands of hair partially cover her face against a sage-colored cloth background.Ahenobarbus Henocied's image identity - Timestamp (4:39)
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=== Audio ===
When you're close enough to aheno's proximity, you'll hear a loud, furious woman's speech in madness, which is translated in Japanese, sounding distorted. Her jumpscare sound is identical to most nextbots, with the iconic scream reminiscent of a female child. Her old jumpscare sound is the same as her current jumpscare sound, but higher pitched to sound like an actual female child.
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==Origin==
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=== Image ===
The image of aheno was taken in 2004. A post on 2chan featured an image of a Japanese doll in horrific conditions.
Some years later, in 2007, an anonymous user on 2chan published a thread stating, “This girl looks horrible; use your magic and make her cute.” This is where the “Make Me Cute” trend originated.
aheno’s eyes and mouth are from an edited cutscene from the Japanese visual novel game To Heart 2, released in 2004. In this scene, Konomi Yuzuhara kills her classmate, Tamaki Kōsaka. For a split second, an unsettling set of eyes and mouth can be seen before it cuts to a scene where she is holding a decapitated head with windows stained in blood.https://web.archive.org/web/20190331030749/http://www.geocities.jp/ryuoutan/tama003.gif
 
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=== Audio ===
When aheno was first added to the game, she had no proximity audio and emitted only silence.
aheno’s audio originates from Yukkuri TTS sounds, which have been pitched down by 10 semitones in Audacity and distorted. It appears to come from one of the first audios available on yukkuritalk.com. The audio roughly translates to: “Hello, what is your name? Are you scared? Scared? Don’t say goodbye. Toddlers will be with you forever. Don’t be afraid; you’ll be fine.”
aheno’s jumpscare audio is sourced from the 1946 film Great Expectations https://youtu.be/G_mNY6PoKWo?t=68 . The scream was also used in another horror game called “Scary Tic Tac Toe Game”. https://www.roblox.com/library/5710016194/Scary-Tic-Tac-Toe-Jumpscare 
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== Gallery ==
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=== General ===
File:Nico's Nextbots banner 2.png|aheno in one of the old games banners.
File:aheno in old nnb.png|aheno in the old version of nico's nextbots.
File:aheno in legacy.png|aheno in the legacy version.
File:ahenoutmoon.png|aheno during blackout (left), and aheno during bloodmoon (right).
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=== Miscellaneous ===
File:かわいくさせて.png|Source image for aheno.
File:Make me cute.jpeg|The first time that aheno's image was stolen.
File:clearversionofaheno.jpg|aheno's image without the addition of Japanese texts. Found here.
File:ahenoFaceOrigin.png|aheno's original cutout face.
File:Static-assets-upload9190580688409145490.webp|Original face for Aheno.
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=== Audio ===
The original proximity audio without the distortion effects and modification for the pitch.
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== Trivia ==
* When aheno was first introduced, she did not have any proximity audio.
* aheno’s original audio can still be heard in her in-game audio if you listen closely.
* There has been some minor speculation that if aheno were ever removed, it would be due to its association with an infamous Facebook account known for posting illegal content. However, the origins of the image predate the existence of this account, as it was merely popularized through it. An easy solution would be to rename it to its original name, “Dollthing.jpg,” or simply “Doll Thing,” as it was originally just a harmless meme on the Japanese internet.
* 1nicopatty has expressed that aheno is his favorite nextbot. In the official Nico's Nextbots Discord, he has stated that cootie is his favorite nextbot.420pxhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3x1BETzJbg&t=282s
* aheno was the first nextbot to have its jumpscare recorded. https://discord.com/channels/999812888195772457/1001664427629748315/1001900029797212291
* aheno’s image was used for one of SCP-294’s screamer images. The same applies to Шайлушай, fuwatti, and smelvin.
== History ==
== Notes ==
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==Navigations==
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