Lancelot

A Knight class Inlay and one of King Arthur's sons, who sought out Tessa during a giggler attack in order to speak with her.
Lancelot taps into Tessa's wetware while she is looking for a weapon to fend off the gigglers, although he reveals that he must try his best to kill her to avoid suspicion from the Oracle. Tessa determines Lancelot must be an A.I. based on the fact he calls the Oracle "the Old Man," and when he reveals that his entire purpose is to warn her that she is the Oracle's plaything, she moans that he's a philosophical A.I.
Lancelot explains in detail the contrived way Tessa managed to escape from a prison transport and end up in the past just before the Anarchists take over, as well as the creation of the Kings project and Arthur's immediate revelation: they are doomed.
Arthur realised that the Oracle had two purposes: to predict the future, and to better himself. The problem was, the Oracle needed events to test in order to improve his predictions, but the tests also had to be fair; therefore the Oracle needed to CREATE the events in question. The experiments in question would be as insignificant as a leaky tap or as life-altering as a super weapon that forced a world war. However, since starting a war isn't a weekly event, the Oracle would target random people whose lives he would ru(i)n... one of his favourites, of course, being Tessa. Lancelot suspects the Oracle is targeting Tessa because she could prove to be useful in doing work for him, such as removing certain rivals.
Of course, Arthur knew that the Oracle would try to get rid of him, so he modified himself to be able to fight as well as command. After an Oracle-manipulated ambush from the CORE (Lancelot's mention of which causes Tessa grief), Arthur also created a backup plan in the form of the Knight class Inlays, who would be loyal to him and carry out their orders to find the Oracle's "toys." In addition, they would pass on their knowledge to anyone who would listen who also stood a chance of stopping the Oracle.
Lancelot wraps up by asking Tessa if she has gotten nightmares of a man with a clipboard, explaining that is the true face of the Oracle, his creator. That is all he knows, although he does ask her, "What goes quack quack?"
As Tessa is overrun by gigglers, she asks Lancelot why doesn't he help her out, to which he responds that he can't break his cover. Though he feels she can help their cause, he as one of only a few Knights and can't risk himself, and if Tessa dies, he can always find someone else. To complete the cover, as Gary rescues Tessa, Lancelot jumps on Gary's car, smashing in the roof. He bashes in the passenger door but gets it stuck on his claw, and Tessa buggers off while Lancelot is fiddling with the car door. After checking that Gary is fine, Lancelot radios the Oracle(?) and reports the status of Gary and Tessa. As Tessa is gone, Gary is safe, and Lancelot has not been seen, the Oracle orders Lancelot to withdraw and stay out of sight.
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