Skronglou

Skronglou is a quad-ring Sunny-Scringly hybrid who works in the Scringle Station. He is commander of the laboratory and its team, and he is entrusted with military handling. He displays incredible skill with melee weapons—specifically the katana. For a time, Skronglou worked in the Secret Operations Department as an assassin, where he received his weapon of choice. Skronglou also works to study the Jumbo Fungi in the Spore Studies

## Arsenal

### Skronglou's Katana

Skronglou wields a katana powered through the use of frongulous crystals, that has many special properties and powerful features. The blade is composed of a magnetic fluid, similar to ferrofluid, and its form can be manipulated through the use of a command panel on the blade's handle. When not in use, the katana must be recharged in a designed sheath filled with complex technology, and powered with a frongulous battery. One frongulous battery can fully charge the sword up to three times. The blade is of a deep dark-green color, however the green hue of frongulous crystals can only be seen when an 'impulse' is activated. The handle is a dark gray color to match the blade.

As mentioned before, the blade itself can be shaped at will, whether it be circular, square, or even molded into a fork. It has been constructed in a way that it can temporarily liquify and come back together in whatever structure needed. The liquid must remain attached to the handle to be molded. Luckily, liquid does not easily stick to any surface, The handle itself is not made from fluid, although it has its own specialties. The handle is where technology is concentrated. The buttons to control the blade’s properties are located on it. If the handle were to be destroyed, the katana would become unusable. It also makes the blade vibrate when solidified to let it pierce things quicker and more easily. The handle’s function is to release an electromagnetic pulse that allows for the blade to solidify. In terms of speed, the sword takes .3 seconds to fully solidify, and .1 to liquidize once more. If the magnetism stops and motion ceases, the blade will liquify, often covering the bearer’s hand. The liquid has light protective properties to it, and is not dangerous, unlike frongulous acid. When the blade is in its sheath, the sword disassembles and reassembles multiple times and releases ozone to cleanse harmful bacteria. The katana can cut most objects: The vibrations produced allows it to cut through dense metals as well, but it should not be used for that purpose too often.

#### Purity

If the katana encounters metals such as iron, the fluid will lose purity. Pureness is a factor that determines the reactivity of the fluid and the overall solidity of the blade. As such, the purer the fluid, the faster it can be react. Metals and blood (containing iron), mix with the fluid due to it's magnetic properties, making it lose purity. The sheath has another feature which allows the purity of the blade to be determined. Purification requires several engineers to be working actively to restore the blade. Minor purity loss can be overlooked in the context of a mission, but is to be fixed every time Skronglou returns to Scringle Station. Luckily, purity is not lost with use and damage.

#### Weaknessess

Cracking the blade does not harm it. A pulse can be sent out to liquify and solidify the blade twice, restoring its form back. Yet, if the blade is broken in halves, it cannot reconnect without other manual assistance—an impulse would be unable to reach the broken half (the sheath is provided with functions to fix it, as Skronglou broke the blade multiple times during intensive training). Another problem that the sword has is that if it enters a heavy magnetic field, it will become unusable. It is also incredibly weak to EMPs. If hit by an EMP, the katana will completely stop working for about six hours, until the effects wear off. When the six hours are up, it must be charged again. After the full six hours in case the blade's code was corrupted, or damaged, the bearer may use the special EMP-protected USB into the sheath. The USB contains the code that allows the blade to function. The few issues are that EMP-resistant USBs are very expensive and contain too much information to mass produce, and could turn catastrophic when found in the hands of the Jumbo Fungi. The sheath is specifically designed to protect and handle the code, but can only ever hold one USB. EMPs themselves are not deadly, but when manually triggered, they serve as the blade's major weakness.

So far, Skronglou has been the only Scringly with enough mastery to use the weapon at it's full potential. He has had the blade customized to his preferences, for an optimal use.

## Autobiography

### Beginnings

"I lost a some of my memory due to my exposition to Jumbo Fungi’s spores just three years ago. I was walking throughout the Jumbo Basidiomycete kingdom, sent on a mission by my family—a murder mission. I was completely unprepared—I had stumbled into a Jumbo Fungus outpost, without any form of protection. Like a buffoon, I exposed myself their frongu-weapons. I vaguely remember the underground. I don’t know why, nor how to access it. It went deep. Far past the depths of the frongulous mines. Although I don’t remember much, I still remember the glowing lights. I remember the voice—it was comforting, and warm. It’s a fragmented memory.

### The SEODE

It all started when the Scringlies took me in when they found me lost, stranded on their roads. My memory of the past was wiped, leaving me with the shattered remains of it all to work with. I had already been extensively trained in killing by those who raised me—training that would serve me well. I spent a month or two with the Scringlies, showing off my abilities. They took great interest in my work with the katana, noting how I was skillful with melee weapons. They decided, out of the blue, to invite me to the Scringly government’s Secret Operations Department. I accepted the offer, despite the lack of information they gave. I was lead to a private base in the middle of nowhere, which moves locations constantly. The SEODE handled assassinations sent by executives. The team consisted of about 20 Scringlies, all skilled with different assigned weapons. Some were completely insane, using the job as a last effort to kill. The government supplied me with a katana made of pure frongulous crystals. The crystals modified the structural integrity of the sword, allowing me to change the weight and edge of it at will. The program bumped me up to a tri-ring rank and gave me immunity to some laws. Assassination requests are not a common thing, although I’ve ‘silenced’ many spores during that time. There is a hitlist that is occasionally updated, although it’s seldom used or followed by my peers. The place provides intricately and specially designed armor, as well as pain inhibitors. Injuries were common. There were tools to prevent blood loss, and even a machine that can clone a limb to be used to replace an arm or leg. It was an expensive tool that took over a week to restore itself from each use.

### Promotion

After two and a half years, I was promoted to commander: the quad-ring rank. Maybe it was a surprise gift for my 1,000th day in the field? I was told that it was my efficiency that caused the promotion. Either way, it let me out of the SEODE. I hated the other members, alongside the staff—they never treated anyone like Scringlies. Over time it began killing my interest in assassinations. As soon as I became commander, I stopped going on murder missions. I explore and scout out the Jumbo Basidiomycete kingdom now, finding classified information and even private bases. I find and decode Ergotism transmissions, preventing SPOREadic attacks from beginning. Ever since I was promoted, Jumbo Fungi's security has increased. Still, I've always been able to avoid them, precautions or not. By intention, my paths are unpredictable.

I’m in charge of handling some of the military. Thankfully nothing insane has happened, like another war. Everyone is paranoid about a sudden attack from the Jumbo Fungi. In fact, one large-scale battle has happened in recent times. It was short-lived and nowhere near the scale of a war, but it was damaging. Fuck Mycorrhiza…  Mycorrhiza sent troops out across the upper beach. They were overpowered, yes—yet another fail from Mycorrhiza. People noticed a difference about the Spores, though. They didn’t flee. They didn't panic. It was as if they were bribed into doing this, with a fat stack of cash waiting for them once they’re done. We were on our toes after this. Afterwards, I secretly sent out troops to investigate Mycorrhiza’s palazzo, while I scouted the area in front. I had sent out a drone, only for it to be shot down as soon as it approached the palazzo. I held the army back while I approached. I don’t know what did it, but as soon as I reached a certain point, things began firing. I believe they were clouds of spores, raining from an array of massive outposts with turrets. I almost didn't return—I came back suffering, with a broken arm and severed leg. I would have died if it wasn’t for the opulent technology we already had in our possession. I passed out from blood loss—*thank god* the limb cloning machine was working. I’ve dedicated my life to take down Mycorrhiza, and I will stop at NOTHING to display their head on a stake to the world.