81

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*"A Ballman clone, this one partially made from Boxxer."*

—**in-game status menu**

*"Demented Baseball Maniac. **Wields unknown magic, may have lost his mind long ago.**"*

—**Mark's Wide Angle**

81 is a clone of Ballman, and the protagonist of *UNLOAD*.

## Appearance

Obviously based off of Ballman, but having a mix of Boxxer's traits gives him a different appearance from most of his kind. While his height is never given a real number, 81 is described as being a somewhat tall, lean young man, slightly shorter than The Batter, but taller than Ballman and most other clones. He has a more muscular build than his creator. He has pale skin and wild black hair, usually concealed under his helmet, as well as an evident tooth gap. He wears a black-striped white baseball shirt, with a black star on its left breast, long white pants, and black shoes. His dented helmet is red. Despite being a clone of Ballman, his weapon of choice is a knife, and is usually seen carrying one.

## Personality

*Sent by his maker, this Ballman clone, whose appearance is not pure, was going to investigate a mysterious ripple in the sky. This ripple turned out to be a portal into the unknown file. Now he wants to return home."*

—**UNLOAD's profile on Game Jolt**

## Learnset

### Shard Learning

Note: A bug has been found where the 5th teachable Savvy for the main four elements below does not have a set price, and can cost either x50 or x60 shards. What causes this bug is currently undiscovered and will likely remain so until patched.

## Relationships

### Ballman

Ballman is 81’s boss. 81 has mixed feelings towards Ballman, described as “the love a child holds for an abusive parent”. He is described to be 100% loyal to Ballman and still seemingly holds a very strong admiration for him. Ballman is said to use his attacks on 81, and is often seen calling the clone 'lousy' or a 'moron'. Ballman is also known for berating 81 verbally. However, not all is bad between the two of them as they have been shown to engage in some banter. Ballman's opinion of 81 isn't very clear, though it is remarked by the other clones that 'despite being wrong, he chose to keep 81 around'.

### Ghost Clone

81’s boyfriend that did not make it in the cut of the game itself.

## Etymology

* "In baseball, 9 is a very important number, so squaring it would make it even more important." - M-256

## Trivia

* 81 was created as an intended romantic interest for Ghost Clone long before UNLOAD was planned as a game.
* All of his elemental Savvies are named for music or art.
	+ His Cryptic-element competences (**The Lovers**, (The) **False Mirror**, **Not to Be Reproduced**, and **Personal Values**) are named for paintings by surrealist René Magritte.
	+ His Metal-element competences are named for songs by Lauren Bousfield, aka Nero's Day at Disneyland.
		- (Stretched Linen Over) **Contorted Bodies** - *From Rotting Fantasylands* (NDAD)
		- **Bent Chorals** feat. Mincemeat or Tenspeed (NDAD)
		- **Brand X** and (The) **New Romans** - *Attention Shoppers* (NDAD)
		- **Blown Blooms** - *Locked into Phantasy* (L. Bousfield)
	+ His Plastic-element competences (**Pigs from a Gun, Bloody Tuesday, Waiting the Sun**, and **Text Pert**) are all lyrics from the song *I Am **The Walrus*** by the Beatles.
	+ His Smoke-element competences are seemingly based on vaporwave. **Past Shelters** is an album by スシモン２００１, and **Beach Walk** is a song by Whitewoods.
	+ His Meat-element competences are from the song ***Burn it** (Down)* by AWOLNATION, also containing the lyrics **Barrel of Today** and **Dance Floor**. **Truthful Courage** and **Hope Soul** are corruptions of the lyrics "courage not to lie" and "soul of a new hope".
	+ His Sugar-element competences (**Shining Star, Victim of Magic, Planets onto Dust**, and **Would it Matter**) are lyrics from the song *Isle Unto Thyself* by Miracle Musical.
* All officially confirmed, 81:
	+ Was cloned only a few years before the events of *UNLOAD*.
	+ Is bisexual.
	+ Has a deep voice.
	+ Is a cat person.
	+ Is a gamer, and enjoys arcades.
	+ Likes vaporwave (perhaps too much and hates when people confuse it with synthwave).
	+ Sounds like Jerma985.