Enjin

Information
History
Relationships

 Species
 Celebrie Automaton
 Alive
 Orientation
 Asexual

**Enjin** *(enʒɪn)* is a Celebrie automaton which has awaken from a deep slumber counting centuries, presumably having been created during a long forgotten era inside the phylactery farm of Palinoia.

## Appearance

Enjin is an oval-shaped automaton with a rounded head and stubby limbs that remind of a simplistic robot. A large, single eye sits in the middle of its head, which changes its color depending on Enjin's mood. The outside of its hull is currently suffering from partial layers of rust, changing its color to a brown hue. Enjin's most notable feature are runes that are engraved into its body and run across a large part of its hull. These runes respond to magic and will also change color when using certain abilities. Overall, the automaton's body remains heavily damaged from years of wearing down in exposure of weather and time. After one of its hands was removed by Eponine and Feyrith in combat, it was replaced with a frying pan by Aster.

Enjin is currently disguised with an over-sized black bell collar, as well as fluffy white cat ears, and a toilet brush that has been re-purposed into a tail. White paint is spattered in various spots of its hull, and crudely drawn whiskers were put into place, attempting to make it pass as a large cat.

## Background

Enjin was created by an unknown ancient civilization dating back several centuries. Following its creation, it was assigned as an overseer of the phylactery farm in Palinoia, before running out of power after being abandoned alongside the Harbinger, as a result of an unknown event that led to the death of the inhabitants. Originally created for security, the automaton used to respond with hostility towards mages and would force them into surrendering by using force. After being rewired by Eponine, their personality has undergone a noticeable change, becoming almost too harmless on the outside.

Enjin is a perfect example of a machine trying to mimic a human being, more or less successfully. The automaton refers to itself in third person exclusively, without ever explaining why. Every now and then, unfitting giggling fits or incomprehensible gibberish can be heard from it. While the words are spoken in common tongue, it will, without any warning, begin to either sputter seemingly topic-unrelated nonsense or even become mildly aggressive in tone, accompanied by its runes changing hue to an alarming red tone. Just seconds after, the bot will act like nothing has happened. Enjin explains the giggling as not being aware when it is appropriate to display humor. However, whether the odd behavior is a malfunction or not is unclear.

Enjin likes to refer to itself as "she", though it rejects the idea of being female when asked.

## Abilities

#### Solar Charge

Enjin appears to collect energy from sunlight similar to a solar panel while retreated into sleep mode. While it can go several days without having to be recharged, it prefers to collect energy when possible to avoid unexpected shutdowns. While moonlight provides energy in small doses, it is not enough for the automaton to deem "sleep" a necessity, meaning they are awake during nighttime.

#### Charged Punch

For combat, Enjin is capable of charging energy into its fists, which can be shot as projectile and display a devastating impact upon surfaces. As it is literally throwing their hands, however, the skill takes several minutes to be reused. Enjin prefers it to break things rather than hurt others. Currently, this skill is malfunctioning, due to having its primary fist replaced with a frying pan.

#### Known Malfunctions

**𝙓 Outdated infrastructure →** Since Enjin's technology is heavily outdated for tackling obstacles of the present, it often needs to be assisted with receiving upgrades to adapt, in order to cross certain terrain, be educated on modern terminology and science, or simply to avoid malfunctions. This problem leads the bot to consistently surprise its companions with the no-win, no-fun, no-ask side quest to assist them in their unfortunate state! You can say no, but chances are that Enjin will just follow someone around until the bot received the needed item for an upgrade. After all, it is in no rush to get anywhere.

**𝙓 Immobility →** As Enjin lacks joints such as knees, it can not climb uneven structures and can merely scale stairs or ledges by troublesome hopping, achieved through short power boosts on its feet, which unfortunately seems to be held back by ridiculously inconvenient periods of cooldown in between each charge. Its general strange body form also blocks Enjin from entering narrow paths, push through crowds without running against others, or fully fitting on a regular sized wooden chair.

**𝙓 Overheating →** Like any robotic construction that is powered on a constant basis, Enjin can overheat, which comes with symptoms of a common flu. In order to cool off it likes to sit inside a pool of water or directly on top of an ice block, if the circumstances allow it.

## Extra

★ Enjin's alignment is **Neutral Good**

★ While Enjin can be manually shut down, the procedure is not equal to killing it and it can be rebooted at any given point, as long as magic exists as a fuel.

★ Anything given to Enjin by strangers is a gift. It will hold on to the most random items out of gratitude, but does not seem to mind much when they end up lost. For example, if you hand it any piece of cloth, it will wear it as a neckerchief or headdress for at least a week.

★ Although one may expect it, Enjin does not seem to be bothered by electrical pulses.

★ Enjin likes to have critters sit on it.

★ Enjin weighs almost 130kg (285lbs).

## References

1. ↑ Holiday Episode
2. ↑ Chapter Two - Palinoia
3. ↑ Chapter Three