Unit PXL

> "Metal!"
>
> -PXL's catchphrase.

**PXL** , also known as **Cuboy**, is a main protagonist of the story, *Super Smellies.* He is a founding member of the newest gang in New Heart City, **I.M.P**. While he has little desires of his own, and would rather assist his friends achieve their own goals, he *does* wish to learn about who he was before his amnesia. Because he is not from this planet, there are little clues to his identity, so he does not actively pursue this desire of his, and would only rather act on it when he sees an opportunity.

## Biography

Unit PXL-1127 was created in a tube from the DNA and included within the “Golden Record” sent into space by NASA alongside the Voyager Satellite, with human DNA contained on it. This disc was detected and secured by a distant alien species called “Galecs”. These aliens followed the instructions, creating hybrids between their own DNA and human DNA, however the resulting beings mainly resembled humans for the purposes of infiltration. Before PXL, the first two experiments were sent down, but several years after that, PXL was ready to go down as well, whether his creators wanted to or not, in pursuit of the second experiment. Immediately after having the first experiment's gathered information downloaded into his brain, he was sent barreling down to earth in a pod, with a mission in mind: assess the planet and reunite with the second experiment. However, his pod was struck by a meteor, immediately throwing his pod off course, and giving him amnesia.

## Personality

PXL is a naive boy with a strong ambition to help his friends achieve their goals. While his own personal goals are very important to him, because his goal of discovering his past identity is hard to actively pursue. he would rather assist his friends in going after their own. Despite being a strong willed individual, he is mostly seen as the "sidekick" and lesser one within his duo with Jason. However, his best friend views him as an equal. He has a strong conviction against killing, and would much rather forgive his opponents rather than ending them - almost to an extreme degree. He thinks that almost nothing someone can do would justify ending them.

Due in part to his youthful curiosity, when not on an assignment, he would rather spend his time roaming the city and discovering new things, rather than sitting idle. This usually leads him to stumbling upon his own little "sidequests" while his teammates take care of a mission elsewhere. Because of his curiosity, he may even ask people rather intrusive questions and badly reading the room. While PXL is a criminal, he mainly does so because he genuinely does not know the difference between right and wrong, and it just so happens that he was exposed to the wrong influences immediately after his accident. He does not like lying, despite this lack of morality of his. Not because he values the truth, but because he is a terrible liar, and makes a strange face when doing so. Stemming from his alien background, he tends to fall into some stereotypical "alien" traits, such as sometimes saying certain earth phrases wrong, not being 100% familiar with what is and isn't acceptable sustenance (which funnily leads to him having a very strange appetite), and having an extreme need for exploration and discovery.

He will do things such temporarily mimicking others to add certain traits to his own personality, perhaps to try and fill in it's gaps created by his amnesia. Though, this sometimes would cause misunderstandings among his peers, as his mimicry would be mistaken for mockery. When interacting with enemies, PXL is prone to sticking out his tongue in a teasing manner - especially if he knows they are fodder, and ESPECIALLY if he and the other I.M.P's have made a grand getaway after a successful operation. During combat, when he's in the middle of recreational activities, or even when he's aimlessly roaming around, he likes to perform acrobatic feats - such as doing a handstand on the back of a chair while answering the phone. No practical reason to do these things other than personal enjoyment. PXL's favorite word, and catchphrase, is the word "Metal". He tends to use this word as an exclamation of excitement, or as a positive adjective. There doesn't seem to be any real specific meaning behind his usage of the word, other than the fact that it is known to be positive. A large part of PXL's life is the concept of "love" and what it means to do so - whether it be familial, platonic, or romantic. While it is not something he speaks about much out of fear of being judged or teased, he greatly wishes to experience all forms of love in their extremity, as he feels that this is a crucial part of the human experience, and the key to him truly fitting in. While he may be seen as dumb or a bit lacking by his peers, in reality, PXL can be extremely intelligent in whatever he puts his mind to, however, he just isn't very socially intelligent. Certain difficult things may be very easy to learn for him in surprisingly short amounts of time because of the chance that he may have already learned these things before his amnesia. This is due in part to his unnaturally high creativity, which is a key component in his aspect and hobby as a graffiti artist. As his personality develops and he gradually becomes more comfortable with his environment and those around him, PXL starts to act much more "sassy", being prone to muttering under his breath when annoyed, making snarky comebacks or responses, or even immaturely calling names such as "crud muncher" or "pit sniffer". He can also be very mischievous and defiant when he wants to. This mischievious side is sometimes even visualized in his design via randomly seemingly closing his eyes for no reason - similar to the shinto expressions of fox spirits.

On the other side of the coin, though, his flaws lie in his temper, impulsive nature, and stubbornness. While his temper isn't necessarily short, he tends to act without thinking once the fuse reaches the end of the rope - his anger leads him towards very reckless tendencies, in other words. This spike in anger of his could even cause him to drop his self imposed rule of not killing temporarily in extreme cases. PXL has a track record of failing to think things through, and such actions lead to him suffering. Though possessing talent beyond the norm for his age, anytime his abilities are challenged, he feels as if he has to prove his adversary wrong. Often it is difficult for others to understand or relate PXL's actions or thoughts to what people would consider "normal" thinking, with some believing him to be a little insane in the head. Another one of PXL's flaws is that he is extremely stubborn, and refuses to give up on his own accord unless given strict direct orders by Izaiah or Lucy, even if he's extremely beaten and battered. On one occasion, he was even beaten to unconsciousness, woke up later, and immediately set out to find his opponent for a rematch. PXL has a form of toxic positivity, causing him to often fail to call out negative actions or things that would disrupt a time of peace. Many would think that this makes him into someone that doesn't get sad easily, and they would be partially correct. However the number one subject that can upset PXL, is bringing up his past. He has very high expectations and likely unrealistic expectations of who he used to be, giving people like Blueshade a psychological weapon to use against him, as someone who has a very detailed idea of who he was. He also fears that he does not exist for a reason, or that he has no purpose.

## Appearance

### Pre-Teens to Early Teens

Upon his arrival on Earth, PXL was first seen leaving his escape pod wearing a long sleeved white sweater with a few strange alien symbols printed on, and white sweatpants, as well as a very silly looking crudely worn space helmet with goofy protrusions and antennas, due to his non-awareness about the fact that he could breath oxygen. He also sported white socks and black sandals. , and he also sported a crudely worn transparent space helmet, as he did not know what earth was like, and he assumed he would suffocate, unaware that earth's oxygen was safe for him to breathe. Physically, however, he has natural dark blue hair that is somewhere between messy and neat, and uniquely does not have any irises - making his eyes appear as rather strange solid green spheres. Strangely, his eyes also sometime lose all color altogether when he feels intense emotion, such as chaotic happiness, anger or surprise. Although this is normally only seen during gags.

For the first couple of years on Earth, PXL wore a relatively simple outfit. He sported a black hoodie with two white stripes on both sleeves, and two white strings hanging from just below the collar. He wore very stylized light blue shorts, that featured several light red, dark blue, yellow, and white designs on them - such as stars, circles, lines, X's, etc. After getting closer with Diana, He would begin wearing a black bucket hat with a white square on the front that had a smiley face printed on. This hat has a white inside with variously sized black splotches, similar to a cow. While he did not do this often, it is possible to flip the hat inside out to wear the cow-like pattern on the outside. He started wearing this hat simply because Diana said it looked good on him. He also wears green goggles with what looks like black soundwaves going through them. Although, what is shown visually in the goggles can changed based on PXL's emotions or gags.

PXL's inital outfit.PXL's current outfit.

## Powers and Abilities

### **P³**

PXL is able to transform his body into small green cubes, allowing him to fight by using his imagination, for the most part. After these cubes are created, they will float next to PXL until he needs to use them, as they are connected to him via an invisible force that is best compared to magnetism. This allows him to attract his cubes back to him if they are too far from him. If cube constructs are more than 5 feet away from him, he is no longer able to intricately control them, and will be limited to basic commands such as back and forth. Their durability is best compared to reinforced glass. Because of his aspect, PXL's body will react differently to different types of damage. Blunt attacks do not normally cause anything special to happen. Explosions, in most cases, will deal damage to him, but allow him to survive via his body changing into cubes and falling apart. He is completely immune to slashing attacks, but piercing attacks (such as bullets) are more than effective. In the scenario that his cubes are destroyed, he is able to trade some of his karma and vitality to grow them back. Too much mass/too many cubes to regenerate will cause him to automatically black out so that he can recover, and it's even possible for him to stop regenerating to sleep if the damage or number of cubes lost is too overwhelming. Because of PXL's strange bodily structure, he is very easily capable of taking off his head or other body parts, as well as being able to twist and contort himself in ways that normal human's joints wouldn't allow them.

### Equipment

PXL owns a pair of goggles. They have green lenses, but feature a black soundwave-like line going through them most of the time. However, what is shown visually in the goggles can changed based on PXL's emotions or gags. P's main form of transportation is that of a skateboard that he calls **The UFO**. This is a good vehicle to escape from the police from, as it's not too big to get through alleyways and other small openings. P also carries around graffiti to mark the I.M.P name and logo at certain locations and mark their territory - as well as a recreational activity, because he genuinely enjoys creating art. They also double as a sort of pepper spray for combat. Though strange, PXL's weapon of choice is that of a Telescopic Fishing Rod. It contracts into a smaller shape for convenient transportation, and is made of a strong metal that is difficult to break, as well as a very powerful wire. PXL can equip his rod with a traditional bobber for actual fishing, or a weighted bobber that he can use as a blunt weapon against enemies during combat. Because of it's shape, PXL often uses it as a polearm or bo-staff, and is mostly self taught on using it in such a way.

### Gravity Liberation

Due to the enhanced gravity of his home planet, PXL is not only shorter than the average human of his age, but his legs are also stronger as a result. He is able to run faster and evade attacks easily due to his lightweight body, as well as fit in smaller spaces for reconnaissance reasons. This enables his habit to perform strange acrobatic feats for no real reason other than style points. Because of his enhanced leg strength, he can jump higher than other people, and kick harder than other people.

## Weaknesses

PXL's unique aspect bring him many strengths, but many weaknesses as well. When he trades away a piece of his body for a cube, there will be a bright glowing spot in it's place. If any attacks are able to hit him in these spots, it will deal severe damage due to these spots being direct pathways to the inside of his body. Electricity, radio frequencies, and loud sounds (especially bass) will all cause adverse side-effects for him that involve stunning him for a period of time - although they all share in common the ability to disrupt his cubes and stopping him from using them until some time has passed. Due to the magnetic like properties of the force that connects PXL to his cubes, he and foreign magnets do not mix very well, as they disrupt him too. PXL cannot swim, and his immediate reaction to being in a body of water that he cannot stand in is to panic and attempt to escape.

#### Jason Sunstar

Jason was the first person PXL met after his accident. Jason told PXL that he would help him in his goal of finding out who he is, which solidified them as an inseparable duo. The two often have conflict that stems from their very different personalities, but as it is said - opposites attract. The two spend their free time goofing off and getting themselves into strange predicaments that always end up being promising adventures that help develop their bond even more. Because of their clashing personalities, they are known to cooperate exceptionally well in certain activities - especially combat.

## Trivia

* PXL does not know when his birthday is. So, he just decided to use the day that he landed on earth as his birthday.