Simple Circuit

Contestant icon (pre-merge)

**Simple Circuit** is a contestant on Scram School: STEM Space, entered by Quint. They are notable for their long, plot-oriented entries, all of which are comics formatted in Google Slides (inspired by Season 2 winner Reel's entry style), and their expansive cast of side characters.

## Physical Appearance

Simple Circuit is a hivemind consisting of an orange off-model 9V battery (referred to individually as 9V) and a small blue LED with no arms (referred to as LED). Their components are connected to one another by a green wire that sprouts from 9V's top terminal and a red wire coming from their bottom terminal; there is a grey power switch with an orange-red button located about halfway down the green wire, but it's often omitted from drawings for the sake of convenience. They are also capable of generating additional wires from both of 9V's terminals; these wires are fully prehensile and have no known length or quantity limit.

9V is rectangular in shape, with rounded edges and corners, and has a lemon yellow lightning bolt symbol in the middle of their off-black lower half. LED is shaped like a sideways 'U', with a tinted plastic outer shell that opens at the wider end to expose their terminals. 9V is slightly over two times the size of LED, but still below the average height of an OSC character. Both components' eyes and mouths constantly emit a weak white glow that grows stronger while their powers are actively in use. If the wires joining them together are ever disconnected, or if the power switch is shut off, that glow and the blue light given off by LED will be disabled until the circuit is recompleted.

## Personality

At only ten years old, Simple Circuit can be described as childishly simple-minded, with few convictions and even fewer ambitions. They behave passively when left to their own devices, and they often rely upon the guidance of others — most commonly their mother, Motherboard, with whom they share a perpetual telepathic bond — when given a task to fulfill; for this reason, they occupy a supporting or background role in several of their own challenge entries, despite technically being the "main character".

In contrast with their lacking vocabulary, they have a formal, polite way of speaking, never using contractions and addressing everyone by full name. Their demeanor is remarkably inexpressive; they rarely display emotions aside from contentment, mild confusion, and surprise, and they remain unfazed even in the face of mortal danger. Combined with their supernatural abilities and social obliviousness, this causes many people to feel uneasy around them. They are autistic-coded on purpose. [source: Quint wrote this page]

> **Mother tells us to be polite to strangers.** *-Simple Circuit, "SC vs. the Dream Demon"*
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Circuit is never shown to be deliberately malicious, but their sense of morality is weak. Without much in the way of creativity, they usually default to taking the most straightforward course of action whenever a problem arises, with little to no consideration for the harm that might be done as a result. This is a common point of concern for their more right-minded friends and associates.

> **Circuit, are you out of your MIND? I know what those wires do! You can't just— just ASSIMILATE someone in the middle of a security agency's headquarters!** *-Chemical Agent, "If Lost, Return to STEM"*
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As the overarching plot of their entries progresses, Circuit is revealed to have an emotional weak point: they fear losing their friends, as they had none prior to the beginning of the season.

## Abilities

### Temporary Assimilation

> **Easy Bake doesn't sound like that! In fact, the Easy Bake I know doesn't call itself 'we', either! But you know who does? *You* do, Circuit! Nice try!** *-Water Balloon, "The Never-Blending Trial"*
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While Simple Circuit's extra wires are extended, any sentient being through which their current passes will have their consciousness subdued and their body placed under Circuit's control. In this state, assimilated beings' eyes and mouths will give off a white glow, and they will speak in unison with LED, who only voices the latter half of sentences. Once the connection is broken, they will return to normal with no memory of being assimilated. Only beings whose bodies conduct electricity in some way are vulnerable to this power.

### Electricity Manipulation

In addition to controlling people, Simple Circuit can control electronic devices by connecting them with their wires. This control is absolute, meaning that Circuit can force a connected device to do anything within the limitations of its hardware, even if software limitations would otherwise prevent it.

Circuit's ability to manipulate electricity also extends further than controlling physical entities. They can shoot bolts of electricity from their hands, eyes, and terminals, and when they lose control of this ability due to heightened emotional distress, the resulting energy output is enough to cause a planet-wide power surge.

### Conditional Immortality

As a demi-Ancient, Simple Circuit cannot die so long as their parent, Motherboard, remains alive. Once she dies, they will not immediately die as well, but they will become mortal while still retaining their inherited powers.

### Limited Telepathy

Simple Circuit and Motherboard can communicate freely via telepathy. Circuit cannot communicate with anyone else this way.

## Quotes

* "What does 'ominous' mean?" *(SC vs. the Dream Demon)*
* "We connected to him, too. Then we made him hit himself until he died." *(A Simple Skirmish)*
* "An attack on the base will distract security. […] That was not a suggestion. […] That was a warning." *(If Lost, Return to STEM)*
* "Mother watches over us and keeps us safe. She has always been very kind to us." *(SC vs. Carrot Top's Dead Fucking Corpse)*
* "We did know what death was. We saw it in video games and cartoon shows, and we learned about it in school. But why did Carrot Top not get better? What if we can never play with him again? What if Chemical Agent and Burned Pierogi are gone forever too? What will happen when Scram School ends? What if we have to leave early, like Happy Synthesizer and Easy Bake Oven and Newspaper Hat? Are we going to lose all our friends? Are they all going to die before we do? We do not want... to be *alone again...!*" *(Fresh Eggs in the Mourning)*