Rocinantè

Rocinantè is an interdimensional being called a Sound Chaser. Though her real world interface gives her the appearance and feel of a spaceship or TARDIS, she never actually moves, as she is a universe onto herself. Only her pyramid shaped interface re-locates itself by chasing the unique sounds of a place and time.
No one has any idea just how big Rocinantè is. Only a small part of her seemingly endless storage space is used by her captain and crew. Rocinantè uses that space for storing her collection of intergalactic junk, as collecting any seemingly useless thing that might someday be useful for something is her hobby.
It is a matter of question in the story if Rocinantè is actually one of The Aslanders, though it is hinted that The Aslanders are beings similar to Rocinantè.
Rocie is a mechanical humanoid or sentient robot in the form of a little girl. At first glance appearing innocent, playful and affectionate, but bearing the accumulated wisdom of the universe.
Rocie speaks for The Sound Chaser. It is the time ship itself that is the living entity. Rocie is merely a mechanical doll that The Sound Chaser uses to communicate with her passengers and crew. But this is sometimes hard for the other characters to accept, because Rocie often acts so childish and mortal. But she is, in fact, an accurate reflection of the soul of The Sound Chaser, Rocinantè.
Though Rocie has no great personal ambition or agenda, other than serving her Captain and The Omman Lords, she often displays feelings of regret that people regard her merely as a ship and don't offer her the love and attention they share with their other companions.
Rocie's greatest fear is being left alone, as she is an immortal being who can't die. But she can be cut off from the material universe in such a way that she would never be able to communicate with anyone ever again. Thinking of this will cause her to become depressed.
Hence, Rocie has an ever-alternating personality, switching between cute/happy/childish and serious/intelligent/introspective. She regards her crew lovingly, but is always slightly distanced from them. And she rarely, if ever, leaves the ship to join her passengers on their adventures.
Though most often seen as a shimmering pyramid, Rocinante's real world interface can change to blend in with its surroundings. For a significant portion of the series Rocinantè is stuck in the form of The Rhoades Mansion, without Rocie to speak for it, causing the house to be ever lonely and despondent, it's empty rooms and corridors filling with ghosts and vengeful spirits who are either trapped there because they died there, or because they were attracted by the pervasive atmosphere of loneliness.
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