Kai - Gravity Circuit

Personality: With the responsibility he bears as the only one capable of taking down the Rebel Circuits and retrieving their Circuits, Kai applies pragmatism and diligence to all of his missions. He hardly expresses his emotions, keeping it suppressed behind a stoic exterior to look like an unflappable hero the common bots can look up to in a time of crisis. He deeply respects those who perform heroic acts or provide services that are for the sake of helping others. Earnest to a fault and solely focused on eliminating the threat at hand, he hardly relaxes, instead preferring to use his free time to train. His relations with the two medical bots at Guardian Corps; Nurse and Medic, are strained as they expect him to foot the bill for the broken healing chamber. While they’ll still provide their services to Kai as he’s the one Guardian Corps must rely on to win the war against the Virus Army, they expect compensation for the damages he’s caused. Medic in particular holds a grudge against Kai for breaking the healing chamber and no longer trusts him to go anywhere near his equipment. As for Kernel, he and Kai get along fine, though Kai does wonder how the pompous, old bot manages to find the time to crack jokes while giving out mission briefings.

Paint colour: Carmine and maroon with gold external vents, metal face mask, servos, and rims of his squarish shoulder guards.

Features: Gravity Circuit emblem on forehead, white, triangular optics displayed on the screen of his face, squarish shoulder guards, exhaust on his upper back that releases orange, arrow-shaped fumes, round, maroon gems embedded on wrists and a large one in the centre of his chest that channels the power he needs for his Burst Techniques. Teal-green energy grapnels can be shot from gems on wrists to pull himself onto any surface, swing from ceilings, and pick up loose objects.

Backstory: The Gravity Circuit is combat-oriented and is designated to guard duties. He’s one of nine Circuits who make up Guardian Corps, but he’s the only Circuit left who can defend the common bots from the Virus Army. Every other Circuit was defeated in the first Virus War and returned as the brainwashed Rebel Circuits who now work alongside the Virus Army under the vengeful Commander Circuit who operates from the recently uncovered Ark he was buried in by the other Circuits many years ago. The Gravity Circuit of today is different to the one who fought in the first Virus War. The original Gravity Circuit—instead of exploding as is typical of bots that sustain heavy damage—ran out of power following the end of the Virus War. The Circuit - the gold, three-pronged emblem on his forehead, deemed its wielder to be offline, so it latched onto a nameless common bot who passed by to be its host and be forced to adopt the name Kai. Since the copy command that would normally retain the previous host’s memories didn’t run, the common bot would become the current Gravity Circuit, but not possess any of the memories, which includes all of the Burst Techniques the Gravity Circuit had access to. The original Gravity Circuit’s body was found by Kernel, the current leader of Guardian Corps, who brought him back to Guardian Corps HQ to repair him, but has remained offline. However, when the Virus Army returned, the original Gravity Circuit awoke and broke out of the healing chamber in Medbay, his current whereabouts unknown. Now, in the present day, Kai continues his fight against the Virus Army, though he’s nowhere near as close to what the original Gravity Circuit is capable of. After saving a mysterious, cloaked bot named Nega, he bestows Kai the data chip of a Burst Technique of the aptly named Flying Strike; a powerful skill that lets him speed through the air over a short distance that sends a foe he strikes flying. Unbeknownst to everyone, Nega is in fact the original Gravity Circuit, hence why the cloaked bot was able to pass on Flying Strike to Kai.