Mollizoic

These are a race of cyborgs, featured in the comic Spare Hearts.

## Biology

### Appearance

Mollizoics are typically very humanoid, but due to their cyborg nature are also highly variable. They do possess their internal organs of their chest, though not the external organs.

Most have two pairs of arms, the lower set to help with balance as well as carrying things, though some may opt to have them on the upper torso or even both an upper and lower pair of balance arms in addition to their normal pair.

There are two dominant and distinctly different philosophies of design for parts, the Warmware and Techturn. They have both been heavily marketed as identities and lifestyles with dozens of of brands to pick from, with Warmware focused on replicating a natural body as closely as possible (referred to as "bioburn") while Techturn is about maximum utility, such as extra limbs or distinctly robotic designs.

* There are many different companies that have their own brands and specialties, though they follow the two philosophies of design.
* Warmware is the more expensive, luxury even, as the aim to replicate a natural is not easy, having features such as fake skin, warmth, and sense of touch/heat/pain. The most expensive models can have very complex features, such as the sensation of pins and needles when the limbs are bent wrong for too long, being ticklish, or reddening when they are in a heightened state.
* Most use only one type or the other, only mixing as a practicality.

There are also 'internals', parts which don't really fall under either category and are sold in any stores, such as sleep regulators, mood enhancers, wired reflexes, etc.

Each person has a series of spots on their face; they may be large or small and only a couple or multiple (like freckles). These are places where a person can attach an "psi-spots", sometimes called "blinkers", which display their emotions by changing color, and enable them to interact with the telepathy network. The dots may also become overworked and shoot out sparks while trying to use too many systems while using the telepathic network.

### Health

To keep oneself healthy and clean there are showers. They also take time to clean their internal organs directly using a special solution; their organs are a bit tougher than a normal human's.

#### Power Source

As their bodies are so much mechanical, they require power to keep running.

### Psychology

Mollizoics have a lot of mental problems where they feel dissociated from their body, like a floating ghost. Warmware makes parts that helps their users feel grounded and secure.

### Life Cycle

Upon birth, they are just a complete head and neck with their internal organs. They are incubated inside of a Woomi Pod until gestation is complete, upon which they are transferred into their first robot body.

During gestation, the mother will be attached to the pod via a ventrical tube to provide nutrients to the child(ren) inside. More than one person is able to be attached at a time to reduce the load.

### Abilities

Through their cybernetic nature, they have the ability to connect to local hardware to control it remotely, such as using a large robot arm to open/close a heavy door.

One feature of this connection is an ability to connect to the telepathy network, allowing them to make calls, communicate, and do other acts remotely. While connected, one perceives a digital interface that allows both "verbal" (mentally) and physical actions to be used to control the interface. Using physical actions to control the interface can be awkward to do, as it is your actual body moving and so can cause accidents in the real world due to lack of awareness of their surroundings.

Some Mollizoic train to be a Hiver, someone who trains to control multiple robots at once.

## Society

### Culture

#### Gender Roles

Most Mollizoic are born fully hermaphrodite. As such, they use gender-neutral pronouns until marriage (when they are assigned a gender role). Then they use the pronouns for their respective role, though it more like honorifics. Rarely, some are born with a proper gender and so may use the appropriate pronouns for that gender. As such, "Mr./Mrs." and "he/she" are honorifics in their culture.

A couple of common slang terms for the hermaphrodite majority are "mxyxed" (pronounced like "miksikseed") or "hermes".

#### Family

Parents and children recognize each other as such.

#### Government

There are various robots that carry out federal tasks, such as physical mail delivery (despite that one being largely outdated).

Attempting to harm federal property results in the punishment of one's chassis being immobilized via electromagnetic charge.

#### Combat

Many civilians can have parts that include various weaponry, though it may be locked out of their personal use (to be activated by the military).

#### Clothing

There is both professional and casual outfits one may wear.

### Locales

#### Shops

Though there are two major philosophies for body parts, being Warmware and Techturn, there are numerous brands for each with various shops being dedicated to selling those parts. Each shop is usually dedicated to one type or the other, but will carry multiple brands. The name of the shop is a good way to tell which kind they are, such as Normal Sensations which carries Warmware brands such as Simple and Clean.

## Technology

Mollizoics are fairly advanced, having developed to where the populace are cyborgs, their body being mostly mechanical- though this is out of necessity, as their bodies do not develop limbs or skin below the neck. Many devices are designed to operate with vocal commands or can be remotely controlled by a person.

### Specific Machines

When looking for new parts, there are display/assistance robots, such as the Warmware-themed Keabots.