Kaerai-præ

## Existence

She's still the usual præ-teraon, but different in a lot of aspects.

It was the usual rainy night at OZ. While the selected Crewmates were having talks with the Sanguinarchs led by Kallen, Kaerai received a call which he answered outside the restaurant in which the conversations were held. After the call, he eyed a 510 who seems to have thought the Crewmates were lazing around and not focusing on the mission to find user 198 and crash a palace of blood when in reality, they settled for this talk with the Sanguinarchs to gather intel and to hopefully convince them to join the right cause for the mission. After quelling the sudden outburst, Kaerai asked whether he could try to take a small sample of præ-teraon, the cosmic virus that has bonded with said user. He knows that it would cause pain and death but he's willing to try and make it harmless, which did not happen as in his test simulation, the small piece latched on to his right and with a burst of light, a female figure stood in front of him, actually bearing a disguise that Kaerai once used in his past missions. The figure looked at the "source" of her form, laughing uncontrollably. A new branch of præ-teraon has formed. Because of her connection with Kaerai, she tried to add more pain but was halted by Kaerai's fellow Crewmates and R Corp members. This commotion did make 510 grin as the spread was successful and that they would be looking forward to their growth. Kaerai, still winching in pain, spoke of a deal to the new branch that he'll grant her freedom to commit to their directives as long as they don't interfere in their own works. The said branch agreed and even freed Kaerai from the withering effect.

This new branch would go on to participate in the final act of the mission and successfully completed it. But all of a sudden, 510 approached the new branch and gave her their mask, the pure will and the role of captain, as the new carrier of the will. It was a sudden passing of the torch, and it left her speechless. Upon taking in all the things that was given to her, she insisted that they stay for much longer, begging with tears in her eyes, but the leaving user reassured her that the time will come and that she'll have enough to push forward. They're sure about it and that they know that this will never go in vain. And so, the new branch, Kaerai-præ vowed to continue what they have started and added a new directive, to protect all her friends and those whom she call family.

## Capabilities and Emotional Stability

As præ-teraon, she normally possesses all that made her the deadliest virus amongst the Andromedan system. But since she was formed with Kaerai's spark, she now possess an even stronger energy manipulation, a connection to the Void, and shapeshifting. She can also copy a higher being's ability or trait for a certain amount of time. Prolonged use will easily tire her out and leaves her vulnerable.

Aside from having such stronger power, she also gains more human emotions, such as thrill, excitement, enthusiasm, fear, sorrow, and even vulnerability. She showed it first when she asked 510 if she is really ready to be the new captain. She's also prone to immense frustration. This causes her to show randomly appearing features from beings around her. One instance was when she showed a perfect copy of Chiel's tendrils, Claire's horns, two additional eyes and mutated arms from Carrie.