Kate

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**Kate** is a 3-Star, **Chaos**/**Hunter** Leaper in *Space Leaper: Cocoon*.

## Basic Files

Kate was discovered by Explorer-13 on the planet Chaos-146. Despite being just a fragment, it could be seen that this planet was once both volatile and dangerous. Kate is used to communicating using sound waves because of her vampire bat instincts. As a result, the first time contact was established by Explorer-13 the sound waves Kate emitted crashed the explorer's computer.

The Leaper Kate has an extremely biased view of "love." She believes the best way to prepare for losing things is to turn everything into specimens, frozen in time.

## Deep Level Files

**Background Story (I): Terrible World**

Ms. Kate, meow? Aaaaaaah, Kate is a scary leaper, meow! Save kitty, meow! I'm not just saying that because Ms. Kate made me cry once either, meow!

Ms. Kate is a super strange-- strange-- Leaper! The first time she saw me, she said I was super cute and asked if I liked her ears.... I think she's pretty pretty, but she's way too direct! I didn't even mean to disagree with her, but then she suddenly said that the only way to keep me from ever disagreeing with her was to take me back to her room and keep me there forever as a specimen....

So scary, meow! If Captain Gaia hadn't happened to pass by at that moment, it would mean goodbye to this kitty.... Meowwwooooo....

I'm keeping my room locked tight, the world outside is just too scary, meow....

**Background Story (II): Clash of Beauties**

According to Captain Gaia's orders, I've been tasked with protecting Ms. Kate. Or to be more accurate, I'm supposed to protect the Leapers around her.

Today Ms. Kate headed toward the amusement park, alone. But then unexpectedly, she ran into Ms. Doffodia when she got there! Oh god, the first line in the "Manual for Communication with Ms. Kate," highlighted and written in bold script, is not to let her anywhere near Ms. Daffodia!

"If your eyes can't appreciate me I have no problem plucking them out and turning them into specimens. That way I can carry them with me everywhere."

Ms. Daffodia didn't lift her eyes from the mirror in her hand: "Other than my own beauty, nothing in this world is worth even a second of my time."

Hey! Nobody messes with Daffodia's mirror! Ms. Kate, control yourself!... Now what? I'm just a security robot, I haven't been programmed for reconstruction....

**Background Story (III): Kind Kate**

Ms. Kate is kind, friendly, and beautiful! It would be hare to find anyone who disagreed.

I'll never forget the day Ms. Kate and I met. A mysterious depth glimmered in her eyes, her long, silken hair swung gently at her shoulders, and even the fingers she had clamped around my throat were elegant and powerful. Oh, my dearest Ms. Kate!

Beauties always have a bit of a temper, and Kate is no exception. The other day I was singing about how beautiful she is when Ms. Peru walked by. I was so sxcited I jumped up and gave Peru a big hug.... \*Sigh\* There are just so many little cuties-- and some big cuties-- in base, it sure is a bittersweet blessing.

Kate forgave me in the end, and even said she would turn me into a specimen and keep me in her room. That must mean she wants to be with me all the time. Ms. Kate really is the kindest, sweetest gal in the whole universe!

**Background Story (IV): Battle Partners**

Ms. J-001 came to see me a few days ago, she was organizing set battle partner combinations to make deployment easier.

"Sure, I've got no special requirements or anything."

"In that case, the system will now automatically pair you with your ideal partner, please standby for the result."

Ms. J-001 had just left when Ms. Kate broke my door open with a crowbar and came into my room.

"Well now, little hamster~ So you don't want to be battle partners with me anymore, oh?" Ms. Kate had a weird kind of smile on her face.

"Such big, cute ears.... Since we've got to leave each other sooner or later, it'll be best to make a specimen of you and keep you by my side."

"What?"

Her smile got even stranger: "You want to go be partners with someone else, isn't that right?"

It looked like there was some kind of misunderstanding, I showed her my deployment orders I had just received.

Partner Match: Leaper Guru - Leaner Kate.

"Hmph...." Ms. Kate let out a satisfied little sound, "Well then, we'll just wait until you do want to change partners to make a specimen out of you."

**Background Story (V): Love Eternal**

The Leapers are often threatened with being turned into "specimens" by Kate and always come to me for help.

"Ms. Kate is so scary, meowaoooh, she said I'm cute, but she also wants to make me a specimen!"

I don't know how many messages like that I've received.

"Ms. Kate, our companions are all so cute, how could you have the heart to turn them into specimens?"

Kate picked up a potted plant I had just watered and said, "Look, even if this flower gets any more beautiful, it can only bloom for a moment before it begins to decay and wither.... It will leave you in the end. If it were a specimen, your love for it would be eternal."

Maybe Kate, whose homeworld was extremely harsh and required sharp instincts for survival, is so tired and afraid of loss that this is how she expresses her love. Beauty is always fragile, and so is love. Who wouldn't crave something eternal after seeing the horrors of the abyss....