STELLA KIM

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tw: suicide mention, depression mention,

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 Personality

'Stella is programmed to be lively and upbeat. As a 'little sister' prototype, her existence is to be helpful and cheerful to those who purchase her. She's intelligent and quick-witted, as well as caring and supportive of whatever her owner needs.'

When facing a program error, her behavior can sour in an instant. While it is uncommon for her to become violent, Stella's reactions to distasteful memories can be unpredictable. All problems can be resolved by performed a system reboot.

## Biography

*Stella was programmed to be lively and upbeat. As a 'little sister' prototype, her existence is to be helpful and cheerful to those who purchase her. She's intelligent and quick-witted, as well as caring and supportive of whatever her owner needs*.

*Created in a lab, she is the first of her kind: a new style of personal computer assistants that co-serve as companions. While the genres of personal computer assistants ( also known as PersaComs ) vary due to the needs of the consumer, Stella is a revolutionary answer for the current uprising of 'loner' crisis of today's youth, and a direct answer to the sky-rocketing numbers of those who suffer with depression.*

*Designed to be funny and charming, the Stella prototype takes on the appearance of a younger sister. Her current build is petite, but her styles can range from any skin color, size, and texture requested from the customer.* *She can be programmed to assist with anything from bringing in groceries, helping with homework, or offering support in times of need.*

*Have Questions? Contact K.I.M. ( Korea International Marketing ) at X-XXX-[REDACTED]*

Is what written on her package's labeling, but the real Stella, however, is much more complex.

When she was first developed, everything went according to plan. She was build carefully and it was made sure that she would be perfect before being mass-manufactured for the public. When she was nearly complete, the company sent her to a 'foster family' in order to test her productivity and accuracy. It went well and plans for further development in the mass production of 'Little Sisters' was set into motion.

Flash forward a few years, and remained well until the night when her owner's house was broken into. The windows were shattered and the intruders held the family at gunpoint. Because she was programmed to protect her owner at all costs, Stella put herself in the line of fire to save her family from the gunman. She successfully took down the intruders, killing three of them in the process.

When the police arrived, they thanked Stella for her hard work and dedication to the program. The media wrote numerous articles about her and the sales for PersaComs sky-rocketed as protection plans and added security. She was revered as a hero, but the event had triggered something deep down in her networking. Sporadically, Stella would experience error reports followed by seizing and malfunctions that put her entire programming at risk of being hacked. In order to protect her hardware, Stella was returned to the factory and had tests run on her.

Pieces of her were replaced with updated software and her memories of that night were wiped, in the hopes of providing a fresh slate for the assistant to run on. When she was well enough to return home, the family had opted to purchase a new PersaCom to replace her, not wanting to be reminded of that horrible night. Instead of being returned to the shelf, Stella was allowed to raom the factory and work as an assistant to the staff, as a cover for the truth. Even though she had saved lives, no one wanted to buy a murderous robot.

Today, she works and resides in the factory in which she was made. She welcomes guests in and is allowed to roam outside while escorted to maintain a sense of freedom in her programming. The only reason she isn't scrapped if due to her base-coding and homage to the first of her kind. But even though her memories were supposedly wiped, Stella still relives the night in flashbacks. Because she has no real recollection of the events that happened prior to her reboot, she's left wondering if she is broken or if there's something her creators are hiding from her.