Dollies

**Dollies** are a mysterious alien race that arrived on Earth a year ago following appearance of the Wasps leading to the slaughter of most of the planet's population. While their purpose for coming here and doing all this isn't known, supposedly it has something to do with researching humans.

## Description

As their name implies, the Dollies resemble children's toys, albeit living and capable of towering over the average human. While they varying in appearance, they come in one of three different classes: Pygmies, which resemble chibi-like humanoids; Pregnants, tall and lanky humanoids with bulbus stomachs; and Plushies, that look just like stuffed animals.

## Behavior

While some Dollies differ in behavior, most of them act according to a few simple rules. During the initial invasion, the Dollies sucked up humans who didn't survive the swarm of Wasps and were used as materials for their Dollhouses. It seems that creating humans with special powers was part of their objective and were usually captured and taken to a Dollhouse for research.

Following the decimation of the human population after the initial wave, the Dollies behavior quickly changed; instead of going out of their way to attack survivors, they typically just left them be, unless they were attacked first in which case the humans would either be killed or captured. They have also been shown collecting other animals to use as materials for their Dollhouses as well, although the reason for this remains unknown.

Fortunately, despite their high defensive and offensive capabilities making them seem invincible, Dollies aren't truly independent creatures and instead seem to be controlled or commanded by some outside force.

While this isn't the case for all of the Dollies, such as with the Renegade Dolly, almost every other Dolly exhibits a simple, almost robotic behavior, acting is a specific and deliberate manner without deviation unless forced to by an outside stimulus.

In general, they seem to lack in-depth planning or strategic abilities on an individual level and is one of their greatest weaknesses as it makes them highly predictable and thus easier to make a plan of attack for. However, whilst in their true forms, Dollies begin to develop and exhibit more complex behaviors; this may stem from their ability to evolve and develop mentally like other living organisms.

## Biology

It's been theorized that a Dollies true form greatly differs from their initial outward appearance, which is believed they chose to take on for the sake of humans. From what has been shown, Dollies are organic in structure and some also seem to contain Wasps within their body, which may be their true form.

In the case of most Dollies, their bodies contain very small organs that are difficult to hit, thus making them extremely hard to kill.

Also, most Dollies have symbiotic organisms within them which they can use to either attack hostile targets or shield themselves from danger. However, these organisms aren't under the control of the Dolly in question and simply act in response to an immediate threat to protect their host.

Another thing which all Dollies have in common are the fact their bodies have a consistence temperature of 45oC.

#### Defense Organism

This organism is usually attached to the hand of a Dolly and creates a barrier to protect from danger as the bodies of most Dollies are similarly fragile to that of normal humans and thus the organisms are needed or else they could be killed fairly easily.

While the exact strength of the barrier isn't fully unknown, it has been shown to easily block things like machinegun fire and even anti-tank missiles. However, despite this apparent indestructability, it has been demonstrated the barriers are capable of shrugging off such attack is do to it dispersing stronger impacts around its total area in order to protect the Dolly and it has been shown that enough force can cause the barrier to warp and shift.

In order to actually break the barrier, a very fast and strong attack is required at a concentrated point; so far, only Phantasm users are capable on generating such a force. However, even if the barrier itself is destroyed, it can always been reformed so long as the defensive organism is still functioning.

When activated, the barrier must appear in full, making it difficult for the Dolly to move while it's active. Since the barrier isn't directly controlled by the Dolly, they cannot use it at will and it'll not activate to repel all potential threats, only direct ones, for example: The barrier will not activate to repeal a cage around the dolly or to prevent the Dolly from being caught up by tripwire; in addition, the barrier will not activate if the given threat comes from something with Dolly brainwaves, this seems to have been purposefully incorporated into the makeup of the organism to allow Dollies to kill any traitors or failures among their ranks.

Some humans, such as Iruma, have been shown to possess these kind of brainwaves due to the existence of the Wasp inside them. Also, the Dollies exhibit these brainwaves even after death, so weapons made with or coated with their brain stem will also cause the barrier to not activate; because of this, Dollies typically dispose of the body of those who've died using an implosion device in order to destroy any remains.

#### Offensive Organism

This organism seem to have a sphere-like structure and shoots a projectile in response to a threats.

## Types Of Dollies

While the true form of the Dollies isn't clear, their are several types of their artificial forms.

### Pygmy (Offensive)

These are the most common form of Dolly and have offensive and defensive organisms. Acting as soldiers, these Dollies are usually on the frontlines and possess the ability to grow functioning wings to fly.

They stand about 6-7 feet tall and look like a typical child's doll with large, exaggerated heads and are usually seen wearing dresses, bows, and sometimes animal hats.

### Pregnant (Scout)

An uncommon form of Doll that is used for reconnaissance and, unlike the Pygmy-class, only have the defensive organism.

They seem to have the ability to let out an ear-piercing scream as a destress call, usually resulting in their immediate death shortly afterwards via execution. Of course, due to their lack of an offensive organism, Pregnant-class Dollies are considered to be the most vulnerable.

They seem to have the same basic appearance as the Pygmy, except they stand around 2 feet taller and have an inflated stomach that makes them appear pregnant, for what reason they assume such a look is unknown.

### Plushie (Anti-Phantasm)

A very rare type of Dolly that seem to be more difficult to produce, they do not seem to have either an offensive or defensive organism attached to them.

Despite this, Plushie-types have significantly enhanced physical abilities compared to other Dollies, their endurance is shown to be so great that a hit capable of breaking through a barrier and killing a normal Dolly barely phases them. In terms of strength, they are capable of making Phantasm-enhanced humans cough blood with a single hit. They also possess a form of regenerative healing, being capable of easily reattaching severed limbs in seconds and possibly even regrowing them completely.

Unlike the other types of Dollies, Plushies do not have a human-like appearance, but rather take on the form of a stuffed animal, complete with stitches and button eyes.

Another major difference between Plushies and other Dollies is their behavior: While they still follow orders like other Dollies, Plushies seem to have greater intelligence and individual thought capabilities, being able to strategize, fight cautiously and even command other Dollies. They're also capable of displaying emotions, showing themselves to be able to experience feelings like anger and joy as well as going as far as to develop egos; however, despite their ability to feel, the Plushies do not seem to have any reverence for their fellow Dollies as they're not only willing to kill them for failure, but also for simply being in the way.

The purpose of these Dollies seems to be the capture and testing of Phantasm users or Dolly-Human hybrids. They have been used to deal with high-level threats such as the Renegade Dolly. However, as mentioned before, Plushies are in short supply as their appears to only be one per-Dollhouse.

## Equipment

**Vacuum**: During the initial invasion, many Dollies carried giant, fleshy vacuums with faces on them capable of sucking up humans and grinding them to a paste; atomizing their blood and releasing it into the air to be sucked up by the Dollhouses while spitting out the human's solid remains in a clay-like spaghetti form.