Bachell

> *"You've been wrong about every single thing you've ever done, including this thing. You're not smart. You're not a scientist. You're not a doctor. You're not even a full-time employee! Where did your life go so wrong?!"*
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> —Scortica Breen's berating of this former Science Team staff member.
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(Note: Please see the Trivia section.)

## Test Subject #1: Bachell

### Affiliation

Formerly:* Crawler Empire
* Old Aperture Mesa (As a willing Test Subject and Scientist)

Currently:

* The Forgotten/Unichi
* New Aperture
* Lions/Bats (Chima Alliance)

### Rank (if any)

Formerly:* Aperture Mesa Science Team
* Aperture Mesa Test Subject

Currently:

* Forgotten Lion Region Overseer
* New Aperture CEO/Founder

### Location

Lion City

Bachell (a character created by Thefirstdecade), documented as Test Subject #1 but previously as #1498, is a soft spoken bat and former test subject of the Aperture Mesa computer-aided Enrichment Center, and was involved in the testing of the company's Handheld Displacement Gun. She was a silent protagonist (formerly) and very little is known of her past, beyond her possible abandonment at birth pre-evolution, and her *very* stubborn will to live. She later became one of the first (and only) Bats to willingly join The Forgotten.

Throughout the RP, Bachell was antagonized by the Bat Tribe and Crawler Empire (until being captured by the Bats and freed from the control of Scrin's venom), and became the New Aperture facility overseer following her notable accomplishment of restoring Mount Cavora's chi falls. Wielding only the Gravichi Gun, she eventually utilized this device as a means of avoiding hazards and bypassing various sections of obstacles in order to escape perilous situations. Being a Houdini of Bats is relatively okay with her. She also built a robotic companion named Oatley.

## Biography

### Early Life

Like the other Bats, Bachell was a primitive being living in The Gorge of Eternal Depth, before consuming one of the many chi orbs Gible dropped into the Gorge at the time of the Roleplay, during the Chima Civil War. After drinking the chi, Bachell was finally evolved into a humanoid and sapient state, so she, the other Bats, the Scorpions, and the Spiders traveled through the tunnels Bliston had discovered, finding themselves in the Outlands. It is unknown whether Bachell moved into Black Mountain and supported Bliston's kingship like most of the other Bats, or immediately volunteered to join the Scorpions' fledgling Aperture Mesa company during the brief territorial wars that the three Outland tribes waged.

### Time with the Scorpions

Bachell joined the Aperture Mesa Science Team early on in the Outland tribes' history, possibly one of the Bats sent there by King Bliston to ensure smooth relations with (but mostly to keep an eye on) the Scorpions, whom the Bats had formed an unofficial alliance with a few months after the creations of their respective HQs. Bachell worked under King Scorm's brother, Scortica Breen, in the Aperture tunnels around Scorpion Cavern Castle. There, she met and befriended fellow bat scientist Doug Battmann.

At some point during this time, Scrin and Bratta (the latter having become the former's unwilling Forgotten sleeper agent within the Bat Tribe) caught Bachell alone after she witnessed Bratta being stung by Scrin. The former restrained Bachell while the latter stung her, bringing her partially under the control of his brainwashing stinger venom, and turning Bachell into another sleeper agent. Her memory of this event was also suppressed in the process, and she returned to Aperture unaware of what had transpired.

#### Tests

For unknown reasons, Bachell soon left the Science Team and switched to a volunteer test subject role in Aperture Mesa, where she met one other bat among the test subjects. However, it was quickly made apparent that this bat, unlike Bachell, had not volunteered for the role, having instead been kidnapped by Scortica. He was swiftly broken out of the tunnels by a Bat strike force led by Bliston and Brakket, and Bachell avoided the ensuing conflict. After this, Bachell learned that the Bat King had decreed it illegal for Bats to be used as test subjects, but had reluctantly made an exception for Bachell after learning that she'd willfully volunteered. Bachell also learned that Scortica used the technology of a Wing Striker Scorpix had taken down to create the Scorpions' first aircraft, and that further negotiations between the Bats and Scorpions following this debacle had, in fact, resulted in the two tribes solidifying their alliance, forming the Crawler Empire.

### "Activation" and Capture

Just after the Bat—Raven War, Scrin's stinger venom activated, compelling Bachell to make a quick exit from the underground by stealing a Gravichi Gun, a new invention she'd been helping to test. Bratta seemingly radioed Bachell (this was actually Scrin, likely impersonating Bratta to make Bachell think it was her) and ordered her to fly to the base of Black Fang Mountain, where the Bats were about to escort a visiting Scorpio back home, and kidnap the Scorpion Prince. Though her mission was to bring Scorpio to Scrin, Bachell was intercepted and stopped by Brakket before she could do so. The Bats captured her as Brakket destroyed the Gravichi Gun.

Bachell was taken to the mental asylum cave in Black Fang Mountain, where she encountered the captive Braxin, who was in the process of raving about the existence of supernatural ice beings he'd seen in the Arctic. It wasn't long until Bratta and Barney came before her cell, the latter proposing for Bachell to join the Bats' half of Black Overwatch, but Dr. Brethil insisted that she first be cured of her suspected brainwashing.

### Freedom

The psychiatrist's theory proved to be correct, as the Bats took Bachell into the "sanity restoration room" in the far end of the asylum cave, and were able to extract all of Scrin's stinger venom from her arm. Bachell was then taken into the interrogation room by Dr. Brethil. Free of Scrin's control and memory suppression, Bachell revealed (through writing) that he and Bratta were the true masterminds, and offered to use her knowledge to help identify and capture any other Forgotten spies within the Bat Tribe (herself unaware that she and Bratta were the only ones). Brethil agreed, and released Bachell from Bat custody just as he arrested Bratta. Leaving the interrogation room, Bachell chuckled at the sight of Bratta in her former cell, revealing in the process that she wasn't truly mute. She was then happily reunited with Doug Battmann, who, along with other Aperture scientists who'd arrived to argue for Bachell's freedom, had just been imprisoned due to a misunderstanding on Barney's part. The scientists were released by Brethil, and returned to Aperture Mesa with Bachell.

### Chima Alliance—Crawler Empire War

Later, during the Crawler Empire's war with the Chima Alliance, Bachell was completing Oatley, a bipedal talking drone capable of simulating a personality, when she felt the reverberations caused by the Schrewerer Gustav blasting Black Fang Mountain. Taking Oatley and another Gravichi Gun with her, the scientist immediately flew to the Bat HQ to help aid acting leader Balthazar in rescue efforts. Afterward, she and Oatley flew to the peak of Black Fang Mountain, where they viewed the dry Mount Cavora and "discussed" whether the chi falls could be restored, something the Bats in general were now trying to accomplish. Bachell impulsively used a portal from the Gravichi Gun to teleport herself and Oatley above Lion City, where they flew to Cavora and entered the floating mountain through one of its now dry openings. Inside, the bat heard the voice of a phoenix (unbeknownst to her, it was the Chi Ghost of a phoenix, whom the now captured Bliston had recently summoned to restore the chi falls), who implied that this was Bachell's destiny all along. The Chi Ghost possessed Bachell, briefly restoring his phoenix powers due to being back in a physical body, and burned away all the spider webs stopping up Cavora. In this moment, Bachell shared a psychic connection of sorts with Scrin and "Scorponok" (unaware that the latter voice was actually Zarak's), who both alluded to the return of the Phoenix Tribe. The phoenix spirit then left Bachell's body and dissipated, returning to the Chi Ghost Realm.

### Joining the Forgotten

Bachell and Oatley flew down to Lion City as the falls began flowing again, meeting Lavuras' waiting squad and explaining, to the best of their ability, how they restored the falls. A fox messenger at the city also shook Bachell's hand, considering her undoubtedly a friend of Chima's inland tribes. Because of this newfound trust between Bachell and the Chima Alliance, she was able to eventually slip away while Oatley was talking to the Lions, and implied that she'd free Scorpio from Lion Custody. She may have been the one to do so, leaving Scorpio in the sewers beneath Lion City, where he was later spotted (and his allegiance subsequently contested over) by Republic of the Claw and Stinger Brotherhood Scorpions.

At some point after this, during the Crawler—Ice Hunter War, Bachell joined the Forgotten; this time of her own will (likely due to the faction becoming increasingly independent from Scrin, and less "underhanded" in nature after their spy division was virtually eliminated by Scorponok), and was eventually put in charge of the Forgotten forces in Lion territory by Scordon Freeman. There, Bachell and the Forgotten under her command were stationed within the large base in the grounded half of Cavora (the cavern that Lynne had dug over seven centuries prior, discovered and built into by the Forgotten at the start of the Chima Alliance—Crawler Empire War).

### New Aperture

After having found out about the near-complete destruction of the Scorpion Cavern Castle and the Aperture caves, Bachell had her Forgotten found the New Aperture company and facility, creating her labs in the already large complex built in the cavern. A recorded holographic video of a seemingly no longer silent Bachell would play on the trams for new Forgotten recruits such as Leonard, both welcoming them and listing the safety rules they'd have to follow in the facility. When Leonard was recruited and entered Bachell's living quarters in New Aperture, he first met Oatley, and accidentally knocked into Bachell herself as she was coming down the stairs. Bachell then used sign language similar to Vamprah's to communicate with Leonard. (This was possibly a test; the fact that Leonard completely understood the sign language may have cued Bachell in on his status as an Empire of Balance spy within the Forgotten, though this wasn't enough evidence to prove it.) The lion explained that he wished to be stationed in this facility in particular, due to how curious he was about it. Scrin then teleported into the room to meet with Leonard, so a somewhat scared Bachell quickly left with Oatley.

   While Bachell has not been seen in person since then, she was stated to have given the Lion Tribe blueprints for a weapon developed by New Aperture, so she likely still resides in and oversees the cavern facility. Though the facility was kept secret during Lycan's time as Lion Supreme Regent due to his hostility toward the Forgotten, New Aperture revealed its presence to Lycor after he was crowned Lion King, and he allowed them to continue their work, as long as they shared the factories with the Alliance tribes and didn't manufacture anything for Primordium; if Bachell still oversees New Aperture, these strong relations with the Chima Alliance have ironically brought her back on the same side as her own tribe, since the Bats joined the Alliance during the Second Chima Civil War.

## Appearance, Gear, and Traits

Appearance: Bachell formerly wore whatever uniform(s) the Aperture Science Team members and Test Subjects wore. By the time she'd become CEO of New Aperture, she was described as wearing glasses and a scarf, but was otherwise the same. She may be currently wearing a suit of red and gold Phoenix armor like most of the other Chimians in the south, but due to her usually not engaging in combat, it's unknown whether she ever plugged fire chi to fight the Ice Hunters.

Gear: Bachell, interestingly one of the only "first generation" (in terms of being evolved) Bats to serve a non-combatant role during the tribe's early history, is only ever stated to be armed with the unique Gravichi Gun, and her autonomous machine companion Oatley (see the Gravichi Gun and Oatley pages).

Personality: According to the psychological profile in her personnel file, Bachell is "abnormally stubborn" and refuses to give up, no matter how daunting the challenge. Due to this, she was rejected as a test subject, but Doug Battmann altered the testing order, having correctly guessed that Bachell's extreme tenacity might allow her to defeat Dr. Breen. Bachell's Test Subject Application Form states that she refused to answer the essay question and instead answered in binary. The binary can be translated to "The cake is a lie." (This was also keen to her when she once kidnapped Prince Scorpio and "revealed" Scrin's control over Bratta.)

## Trivia

* Bachell was introduced to the Roleplay by Thefirstdecade around late 2017 to early 2018; one of many RPCs he introduced at the time that was heavily inspired by the "Portal" and "Half-Life" video game series, which is the reason for the very direct resemblance to characters, locations, and technology found in those games.
* The following descriptions of Bachell's early life were removed from the Biography section of this page due to contradicting the timeline of the Roleplay. They were moved here so as not to be ignored entirely, despite being (presumably) non-canon to the RP continuity:

Although Bachell's origins are unknown, she was definitely among the people present during Chi Resonance Cascade, and had locked down the facility immediately afterward; information revealed in some secretive documents implies that Bachell was the child of an Aperture Mesa scientist because one of the "Bring Your Daughter To Work Day" science projects is signed by her. The project board mentions an ‘ingredient from dad’s work’ also, with an Aperture Mesa logo illustrated nearby.

Much of Bachell's past remains a mystery. During the final events of her testing, Scortica mentions numerous times that Bachell was abandoned at birth, and also mentions that she was adopted, and such references continue throughout her life, although the credibility of Breen's word is unclear. Many of his comments throughout her testing and the later stages of it are in an effort to belittle, annoy or distract Bachell from achieving her goal, and whether statements of her adoption and orphan status are true or not is up for debate.

## References

1. ↑ The Last Reincarnations: A Chima Roleplay Tie-in Story