Horizon Machine Idea - The Abyssal
Lv. 55 Combat Class Aquatic Machine.
Real-World Megafauna: Mesonychoteuthis
The Abyssal, like the Floodrage, has been designed as a countermeasure to Quen naval supremacy. Imperial expansion has lead to mass systematic machine harvesting as the Quen empire and their need for resources has grown - the abyssal was created by HEPHAESTUS to impede the culling of aquatic machines and is able to destroy aquatic vessels with alarming speed and brutality.
The Abyssal has been built using some of HEPHAESTUS' newly-integrated Zenith tech that allows it to have a semi-decentralized nervous system. Dismemberment will not render the arms inert - they will reanimate after a brief period and can be reattached by the abyssal using Zenith nanotech if left alone for too long. Any dismembered limbs or removed parts must be damaged beyond functionality as quickly as possible.
The Abyssal is armed with twin electrical flails, two crusher arms equipped with grinder saws, auxiliary shock coils, Purgewater jets, an adhesive jet that uses an electroconductive variety of machine adhesive, and a radar jammer. It uses two pairs of dorsal-mounted repulser turbines for propulsion and three-dimensional underwater mobility.
When the Abyssal has firm hold of a ship, it can divert power from its weapons systems to overcharge the thrusters, allowing it to drag vessels underwater.
Extremely dangerous.
Do not engage without a machine mount or ship-mounted heavy weaponry.
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Okay actually this was super fun and I don't think I've ever done something quite like this before. It took a week on and off and gave me a chance to play around with a bunch of new painting tools. Still getting used to digital but - happy with some progress.
Horizon font found here: https://fontmeme.com/fonts/horizon-font/
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your name is kiriona gaia. it wasn't always, but it is now.
you wake up after a year of being dead in a body that is yours but is worse now. this is both an improvement and a downgrade from the last body you were in, which was not yours, but which also had teeth only in the right places. a part of you, a metaphysical part, is missing. you grieve in every direction.
your dad, ancient and new, gives you your new name. you take it. he brought you back. it's hard to tell whether or not you asked him to.
you are meaner now. you are trapped with the less hot and more evil of the two twins you knew in life. worse, she's your best friend now. worse still, she's in love with your almost-certainly-dead soulmate, who in turn is in love with a dead chick (not you) (but the similarities don't escape you).
you think of your life before your death. the mistreatment you suffered. the abuse you took in stride. the people you loved. the people you died for. now you're dead, and you're god's kid, and a you're a prince, and you're the saddest girl in the whole entire world, and your heart's gone.
and you don't even get to keep your name.
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Gaia made Lis a gift.
The Lis painting in the back was very inspired by @nerd-artists greek gods series!!! Go check them out!
Bonus: Hephaestus draws its personal nemesis.
these doodles were made by a human. I do not support ai art.
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john (life falling apart, suddenly a single father to an undead teenager with an attitude): what is it you want, gideon?
gideon (trying to be as obnoxious as possible): i wanna lead the cohort
john "post-divorce slut era nothing matters anymore" gaius: you got it kiddo!
gideon: (shocked pikachu face)
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Kiriona Gaia/Her Divine Highness AU where Gideon escapes from the Ninth to join the Cohort, and gets claimed by John only a year or two before canon.
The lyctor trials happen approximately on schedule, but this time it's a combo event! Who Wants To Be A Lyctor, and The Bachelor Nine Houses: a chance to win the hand of Her Divine Highness Kiriona Gaia, only daughter of the Emperor Undying!
There are two main reasons for The Bachelor competition, one Gideon knows about and the other she doesn't:
One: She's a plant to manipulate the lyctor trials. John's a bit more invested this time around, after the whole baby plot reveal left him bereft and short-handed. He wants Gideon to get to know all of the candidates and report back to him.
Two: John thought it would be funny and is trying (and badly failing) to wingman for his socially awkward daughter.
Gideon is John's plant in the lyctor competition, but the marriage contest is a setup for Gideon. Here you go, kid, your very own fantasy romcom scenario, now will you finally make a move on that girl you're physically incapable of shutting up about?
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