Roko

"Funny monkey! Buda buh bah!"

Roko is a monkey gifted with *non*-hyper intelligence by Lora. Roko eventually escaped captivity from Lora, and due to animal rights protests was able to stay in Nitro City as her own citizen. She is best friends with Looloo, and is more than happy to accompany the main characters on some of their adventures.

## Creation Process

Roko was created by a mutual of SkeletonHearts during the 1st Discord Era, and was given to SkeletonHearts due to their interest in the character, while the creator was no longer interested in Roko. SkeletonHearts accepted Roko, however they were unaware that Roko was originally supposed to be a feline. SkeletonHearts believed they were a monkey, which continued to be Roko's species even after being brought to SkeletonHeart's attention.

## Appearance

Roko is a monkey wearing an orange winter-hat along with an orange crop-top. Roko also has a pair of blue short-jeans along with a pink thong which noticeably rides up her hips. Roko can also sometimes be seen wearing two golden rings on her left arm, but these had a tendency to be left at home on occasion. Roko's fur is brown, with splotches of darker brown dotting her body. Her eyes are large, consistently being drawn as large half-circle with small orange irises with a lined-pupil in the center.

Roko also is shown to have a large tongue which is often seen sticking out of her mouth.

## Personality

Roko is a bubbly and extroverted person, who only cares about having fun. Roko can be a bit much at times, frequently poking fun at people and being horrible at reading the room if something serious is happening. However Roko always means well, even if her antics can get on the nerves of others. It's common for Roko to ask strangers to play with her, or to hop around crowds of people just to get their attention. Roko does have a short temper though, and is known to throw fits (and objects) at those who antagonize her.

## Relationships

### Lora

Lora and Roko have a slightly antagonistic relationship, considering Roko escaped from Lora's lab long ago during testing, and has now become a private citizen of Nitro City. Lora still feels like she is owed Roko's obedience or compliance due to Lora's role in giving her human-level intelligence. However Roko clearly disagrees, as any interaction between the two is sure to end in people yelling, or something being thrown.

### Looloo

Looloo is Roko's best friend, as the two have a similar level of intelligence, and a desire to have as much fun as possible. Roko counts on Looloo to teach her the in's and out's of city life, as Roko is only familiar with life inside the jungle, and in Lora's Lab. However, Looloo has been sheltered for a majority of her life, and is unable to retain much of the knowledge she'd need to properly guide Roko round the city. This does not stop Looloo from giving Roko advice however, which often leads to disastrous results.

### Luca, Syrana, Null & Lua

Roko has a positive relationship towards the main characters of Nitro City, often going to them first if a situation arises. Luca & co. were also played a pivotal role in helping Roko earn her freedom from Lora Inc., after the friends realized how close Roko had grown with Looloo and the other citizens of Nitro City.

Roko is one of Luca's many flings, which often garners Luca derision from other citizens due to Roko being a simple monkey with only a low-level of increased intelligence. This has done little however to deter two people whose main concern is having what they consider to be a good time.

## Lore

### Nitro City

Roko was once a simple spider monkey brought in from the Amazonian Rainforest by Lora Inc. Lora was attempting to see if monkeys really could reach a hyper-intelligent state as shown in a lot of media, so tests began on Roko immediately. These experiments involved rigorous sessions of Roko being restrained to a chair, which would in-turn pump her brain full of ionizing growth hormones which would encourage a drastic increase in intelligence.

However, during one of these sessions something went awry, and the entire supply of growth hormones were lost during the activation of the machine. Roko did gain the expected growth of intelligence, it just wasn't *quite* as much as Lora was expecting. Roko gained the ability to speak, as well as gaining a slightly more humanoid-form. However, asides from this her intelligence remained around the same level as a normal monkey, with the only real difference being Roko's ability to vocalize what monkey-thoughts are racing through her brain.

Before Lora could run additional tests to see what had happened, Roko managed to escape custody and flew out of the window and swiftly swinging away using the city's many street lamps. Roko eventually found herself inside of an apartment, the same one Luca & Co. live inside. The four were not able to contact Lora at the time, so they were forced to drop Roko over at Lukoro's apartment while they made their way back to Lora Inc. There, Roko met Looloo and the two formed an instant bond, becoming best friends right then and there.

When Lora returned with Luca & Friends, everyone was moved by Roko and Looloo's newfound friendship, everyone that was besides Lora. So, Luca & Co. decided to rally against Lora, demanding that Roko be allowed to stay in Nitro City not as the property of Lora Inc. but as her own private citizen. The debate got extremely heated before the matter was brought to the attention of Bleu, the mayor of Nitro City. Bleu admonished Lora, demanding that Roko be set free. Lora begrudgingly agreed, and from that day on Roko was recognized as a citizen of Nitro City.

### Last Wish

During the events of Last Wish, Rewrite attacks Nitro City with the intent on killing everyone within the city. Fortunately, the Enjoyers come out of hiding and escort everyone to the Enjoyverse where Rewrite could not find them, for now at least.

Roko was able to make her way to the Enjoyer's ships with relative ease, swinging high above the chaos that was erupting from Nitro City. There she rendezvoused with Looloo and the two, along with everyone else from Nitro City, were brought to the Enjoyverse.

When the final fight with Rewrite was about to commence, Roko and Looloo took part despite the pleas from Luca's family. The two fought valiantly against Rewrite's forces, and were thankfully not fatally harmed during the battle.

When all was said and done, Lunua returned everyone to Nitro City, including Roko.

### Nitrocant

Roko can be found in the Animal Testing Lab of Lora Inc. There are no special requirements to meet and befriend Roko, and the player can do it before setting foot in Nitro City.

Roko's favorite item to be gifted is the Banana. Her maximum friendship gift is a giant Jamaican banana plush that is added to the Player's bedroom.

### Pokemon: Nitro Version

Roko is a standard route trainer just a little ways from Lavender Town. She fights the player if they cross her line of sight, and uses monkey-pokemon such as Mankey, Aipom, and Grookey.

Roko can be encountered again at the Battle Resort after beating the game, here she comes swinging with a Zarude, Organguru, Passimian, Rilliboom, Galarian Darmanitan, and Annihilape.

## Appearances

* Nitro City
* Last Wish
* Nitrocant
* Pokemon: Nitro Version [TBA]

### AUs

* Thiccy Cheese (Robo-Roko)
* Steampunk!AU (Steampunk!Roko)
* Ocean!AU (Ocean!Roko)
* Prehistoric!AU (Prehistoric!Roko)
* Mental!AU (Mental!Roko)
* Network!AU (Network!Roko)

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