Soda

**Soda** is a contestant in the Center of the Universe OCT. She joined the tournament to hide from the law.

## In the OCT

### Entry Comic

A random robot happens upon a letter on the floor, thinking it might be his big break in the newest instalment of a popular video game. Alas, the poor robot was struck down from behind by Soda, the friendly neighbourhood robot. Soda picks up the letter dropped by her victim, and was disappointed the letter does not contain cash.

Skimming through the contents of the letter, Soda feels iffy about the legitimacy of the offer, until the electric billboard next to her announces she is the city's most famous persona. Contemplating on the ensuing fans and press she might receive, she decides to join the tournament to lay low. She declares she is totally, 100-percent going alone.

### Before the Invitation

Soda, (previously known as Rhapsodia) is a test robot designed to stress test new experimental technology, or recovered unknown technology. She is also pretty much used as a crash test dummy

They are mass produced and are cheap due to a secret component. Her company also provides testing services and facilities for other people.

During a field test, Soda was struck by lightning that caused her to act erratically. She was going to be recalled until they realized her performance exceeds all the others. She was made leader of her units to encourage the increase the overall performance of the others. Since the company's goal does not clash with her desires, she finds herself content to continue serving her company.

But a rogue and resentful AI named Parfait took over the company, and suddenly Soda was under her employ and service. In time they eventually formed a relationship. But that came to a halt when Soda refused to heed the orders to destroy Rorre, a digital virus given physical form. Parfait eventually went mad from self-hatred issues and Soda had to take her down.

After said events Soda has come to live independently, but eventually, she would be romantically involved with Rorre.

### On the S.S. Oh Sea

While elusive, she was spotted to be in the theatres at one point. also what is not illustrated is her efforts in smuggling extra help to the tournament.

## Personality

Soda considers the lighting accident an invigorating experience. Due to her core programming as a tester robot, Her newfound sentience combined with her original directive creates a desire to cause and receive effect, transforming her into a sadomasochistic personality. She receives pleasure and satisfaction from "experiencing "a well-functioning machine or tools that has effective or powerful feedback, either as a user or in the receiving end of said effects.

Highly creative and destructive, she performs high risk-high reward, often self-mutilating actions as long as she reaches her goal, even cowardly methods. While employing self-destructive techniques, she has a strong sense of self preservation, somewhat vain and self-centered; Despite her cunning, her plans and tactics are not much about long term consequences. It is believed her newly developed huge ego is what keeps her similarly newfound conflicting self-endangering tendencies in check. Her narcissistic attitude believes her unprecedented sentience born from accident as “the best mistake ever made”, and as such, believes people can always find something to be proud of themselves under any circumstances.

## Skills and Abilities

Soda is a test platform robot made to adapt to experimental and/or foreign technology, and such is highly customizable in weaponry. Being a tester robot also has its hazards as she is there to make sure what she's equipped with it safe for public use. Soda usually comes in a fragile, lightweight frame, the more weapons she has, the more durable yet slower she becomes.

* **Pendulum Blades** - Transforming one or both of her arms into large wide, swinging guillotine blades, one of her favorite tactics.

* **Lightning Manipulation** - forms most lightning on her hands, her favorite tactic being **Bolt Sphere,** launched by throwing. can be charged up to become **Hyper Bolt Sphere**, a building-sized version that's powerful but slow - Aspects taken from Tonic, the police robot.

* **Hairblades** - extends flexible blades of hair. Segments can be snapped off to become daggers or boomerangs - Aspects taken from Cocktail, the bartender robot.

* **Overdose Cannon** - at first glance looks and performs much like some Megaman buster, but it heals and powers organic beings... But Soda uses it to over-accelerate cell recovery to create damage from overperformance, like overexerting muscles you aren't used to. - Aspects taken from Potion, the medical robot.

* **Rocket Fist** - detaches her arms and launches it like a missile. Also comes in tether mode for traversing.- Aspects taken from Punch, the construction robot.

* **Engine Fire** - a high velocity spray of flames erupts out of Soda's fingertips. She either treats like a shotgun, a dash or *claws. -* Aspects taken from Espresso, the train robot.
* **Tactical radar network** - Soda's satellite-like sickle hair is an antenna for receiving and detecting information, able to swap and transfer critical information between Soda's bodies. The part of her hair that covers her face is a sensor that can swap types of vision and display information, basically her 2nd eye.
* **Soda Legion** - Soda is able to exists in several bodies at once, and with the network, all Sodas can become true Sodas, even at the same time. But for the purpose of the tournament, she was only able to smuggle 2 extra bodies in. Since too much weapons can affect her mobility, she keeps different weapons on different bodies and is able to change them on the fly. - Aspects taken from Nectar, the bee robot.
* **Detachable limbs** - Soda's highly customizable nature allows her to detach her limbs, from her legs, arms, heads, torso, etc.
* **Self Destruct** - Soda is powered by a core of demonic origin, while does not grant her demonic powers, It is packed with almost boundless energy and it can obliterate the range of multiple streets. Each Soda body houses a core. - Aspects taken from Redcurrant, the demon.
* **Anti-Virus Virus** - Unbeknownst to Soda, she is infected with a unique virus that absorbs other digital viruses and infect programs. So she is immune to hacking and invasive programs done through digital means. -Aspects received from Rorre, The living virus
* **Weapon Modding** - If Soda obtains blueprints of weapons or machinery, she can try to integrate it to her systems. If Soda collects enough data to understand the original user's tactics, she usually use them differently, to "experiment".
* **Overclock** - removes core limiter, and becomes far stronger, faster and resilient, almost all attacks can be infused with lightning. While All Sodas can do it, only one can activate it at a time. The core can break from overexertion, but Soda can survive through backup power, it is however not enough to power her weapons and brings her strength down to an adult human.

## Trivia

* Soda, overall design and some character traits, are hugely inspired from Rilo Doppelori from the Noitu Love series by Konjak games, and also some minor design traits inspired by Megaman series characters Lumine and Elpizo
* Soda's story and world are hugely inspired by the Megaman series, with her being a testbed for all sorts of foreign machinery and weapons, is her version of Megaman's weapon copy system.
* While favoring lightning and have an integrated electric weapons system, Original Soda units didn't use to have affinity to lightning and were more of a blank slate.
* Soda's original serial number is 0042, but does not mean much nowadays since she keeps swapping bodies.
* While she revels in self-endangering situations and tactics, she prefers not to be involved with Redcurrant the demon and would rather escape when confronted.
* Soda units were not only used to test weapons, they were used for crash tests, exposed to various elements and also projects like a digestive system for robots, hydraulic strength for vehicles, sewage cleaning, pleasure, etc.
* Soda does have a second eye behind her hair. It is built to directly interface with the sensor that is the hair plate, which can be removed to expose said eye.

Soda's full profileExample of Soda's weaponry.More examples of Soda's weaponry.Soda and Rorre, robot and virusSoda getting destroyed by Redcurrant the demon, whom Soda's looks are based on.Soda's Overclock and Redcurrant's Overdrive ability