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Hail, True Body Robotic!AU!
AAAAALLLRIGHTY! So, to start, I’d just like to make one thing clear: the original version of this is Hail, True Body by mustangs-flames, which you can check out here. With that out of the way, heeeres the AU!
What is it?
Overall, it’s a pretty simple concept: humans are still humans, but the mimics are now robots. That’s the most basic summary of it.
What are the mimics like?
The mimics were made by Lucifer(the original post about the AU said Gabriel, but I’m changing it to fit better with HTB) to just… wipe out humanity. Yeah. Lucifer’s still a priest, but he’s also an engineer in his spare time. The basement of the church is his workshop, so don’t be nervous if there’s some mechanical noises down there. Nothing’s alive in it, after all. The mimics themselves look somewhat humanoid in that they have a (mostly) human silhouette. It can change depending on the mimic. For example, some can have wings, animal-like features, digitigrade legs, paws, claws, several arms, more than two eyes, more than(or less than) one mouth… the list goes on. They do have a few similarities: all of them have glowing eyes in their unmodified forms, all of them can shapeshift, and all of them range from dark gray to pitch black. They can change size, too, so it usually just depends on what’s most convenient/comfortable for the mimic. Mimics are solar, emotion, and soul powered, and they need at least a small amount of all three to properly function. A mimic is made out of thousands of tiny little pieces(which, in its unmodified form, just stick together to look like your standard humanoid android that doesn’t trigger the uncanny valley), so it has to rearrange those pieces and use camouflage technology to shapeshift. The only way you can tell if a human is actually a mimic in disguise is if you shine an ultraviolet light into their eyes. If their eyes become brighter, then that’s a mimic.
(To kill a mimic, you have to hit its central processing unit. Typically, that unit is spread out, so you’d have to essentially destroy the entire mimic to kill it. However, the more human a mimic feels, the more its unit condenses into two specific areas: the middle of the chest and the head.)
What about the main cast?
All the same, surprisingly. The only differences are as follows:
•Adam is EXTREMELY well-built. Liam spent the most time on him, so his camouflage and modifying systems work without Adam having to think about it at all.
•Mimic!Cesar’s true form is different. I’ll be taking suggestions in my ask box for his design, and eventually there will be a poll. :] •Mark starts studying the mimics more before he kills them, and eventually that leads to him becoming interested in engineering. •Mimics are hand-built, but sometimes Lucifer just… slams some details in there. For no reason. The mimic’s designs are so extra.
•Cian likes to bake in this AU. Just a little detail! :] (he likes lemons.)
•The human Cesar always was a bit interested in the mimics. He was in Applied Technology all throughout middle and high school, but unfortunately he never got to actually see a mimic. I mean, he did, but it saw him first.
So, uh, yeah! That’s about it! Lemme know if you have any questions, and please have a wonderful rest of your day/night! Remember to drink water!
I want to take your robots apart and put them back together.
You can share anything you want about the AU, I love it all. Maybe if you have random notes, you could share that? Or unorganized facts floating around in your head that you didn't get to write down yet?
Feel free to disassemble them! Just make sure to reassemble them correctly, otherwise some unforeseen issues might occur. :)
Also, thank you so much for the ask and the kind words! I really appreciate it! :D
So, uh… yeah, here’s everything I thought of for the AU! This is kinda long but, uhhh… enjoy!
•The mimics can overheat just like every other kind of electronic. However, it’s pretty rare, since their coolant systems are very well made. But it still happens enough for there to be a slight decrease of mimic encounters during the summer months.
•Eve always thought that something was a little off about Adam, but she never mentioned it. She thought it was some sort of mental condition, or maybe he just didn’t understand people well enough. There was always something robotic about him, after all.
•Mimic!Cesar hates the taste of water with a passion. He will only drink it if A. Somebody’s making him do it, B. It’s in a very specific kind of cup, and/or C. It’s cold.
•When mimics get their fight, flight, or freeze “instinct” triggered while they’re in their true forms, they usually change shape or size to fit the situation. If it’s a fight, then the mimic makes itself larger and packs its CPU farther into its body. If it’s a flight, then the mimic makes itself smaller, and therefore harder to hit. If it’s a freeze, then the mimic puts its CPU farther into its body like it would in a fight scenario, but it also closes any gaps that might exist in its form.
•Sam wants to study mimics, but also keep them as far away as humanly possible. He wants to know what they are and how they function, but he also wants to wipe them off the face of the earth. Gotta love the contradictions!
•Mimics just don’t get the concept of gender. At all. They know that pronouns are used to refer to people, but they don’t know how those pronouns are connected to a person’s body. After all, they’re just… metal. And you know for a fact that Liam didn’t give them the knowledge of middle school health class. This in the mimics either using the default it/its pronouns, using whatever pronouns their current/previous form used before switching when they change forms, or just using certain pronouns because they like the sound.
•Cian has an apron with lemons on it. It’s white. He also has a pair of matching oven mits. Plus, he makes lemon related food way too often.
•Mark has a comically large wrench the Sam gave him for his birthday once that he uses specifically for impolitely disassembling mimics. Bonk.
•Mimic!Cesar completely freaks out once he figures out how humans age and why it happens. It still scares him.
•Mark called mimic!Cesar things like “useless hunk of metal,” “pile of nuts and bolts” and constantly referring to him as an “it” or treating him like an object. Which he technically is, but he’s… y’know. Sentient. Which means he isn’t an object. But he’s also a robot…
•Mimics can cause power failures at will. However, for some reason, it’s easier to do involuntarily.
But, uh, yeah! That’s about it! Have a wonderful rest of your day/night and remember to stay hydrated! :] <3
happy father’s day to the dads ever 💯
no happy father’s day to old man reeds, Mark’s dad and Cian’s dad. fuck ‘em
Cian Daniels 1993 Design Sheet
This took forever but rahhhhhhh here, Cian’s design reference for Parts 1 through to 5 of Hail, True Body!
Click for better res!
If you’re interested in checking out HTB, here’s the Masterpost!
Hail, True Body kin/theriotype headcanons!!! (Can also be considered otherhearted, too!)
Mark: ally or aviankin
Cesar: ally or plantkin
Mimic!Cesar: humankin, voidkin, spacekin, catkin
Adam: dogkin & demonkin
Azrael: alienkin & bugkin
Cian: ally :3
Sam: ally or fictionkin of Dr. Rodney Gerald(from the SCP Foundation)
Beth: (cursed)dollkin
Liam: divinekin
Rebecca: ally or linxkin or fox
no explanations, I’m running mainly off vibes here 😭
Some quick doodles for Cian Daniels and Azrael Faust. Will add colours at some point lol, but yeah, here :)
Hail, True Body Warriors AU
Gonna do this as bullets of random information I have gathered since tying everything together into a cohesive storyline is something I’ll battle when I feel conscious.
- Mimics are dark forest warriors, specifically those who have nearly faded away complete as they’re easier to control and influence as compared to the ambition fueled fresh ones. They are able to be led into a living cats dreams through the help of a Starclan cat(Morningstar/Lucifer in this case), where they kill the cat in their dream, and use it to swap places with them and wake up in their body instead.
-Cedarlily/Mark’s grandfather is the current leader of Thunderclan, with Copperstrike/Cian being deputy. This is kind of the reason he was given the suffix he has, as he was seen as lesser then the other apprentices as he grew, and was cursed to have the suffix of a flower as compared to the other more fierce names of his fellow warriors. He usually tries to keep his name hidden from as many people as possible, opting instead for Cedarfang when he can.
-Morningstar is a Starclan cat, he was given this blessing due to the fact that in his life, despite his technical crimes, he never once believed he was breaking the warrior code, and was completely in the thought that he was doing good for the clans. Basically got the Mudclaw treatment, damned bastard. Completely guiltless so now hes allowed in cat heaven.
-Badgersight/Sam was Thunderclan’s previous medicine cat, until he was exiled for breaking the warrior code due to a vision he had recieved from Starclan. He spends his time living around the territory, bouncing from place to place as to not ever be caught. This also helps him keep his Thunderclan scent and not be confused for a full rogue, which would warrant an investigation.
-Azreal has the same name, as he is a kittypet
-Appletuft/Adam was a kit found abandoned on Shadowclan territory, and subsequently adopted into it. He was lucky to have already been mostly weaned, as no queen wanted to take him for more then a week due to his aggressive behavior towards his ‘siblings’. He’s a bit of a Cuckoo in that way, a creature of the outside doomed to remove resources from the home that fosters them, all before the others, and completely in favor of itself. Despite how his aggression made the clan have a very deep distaste for him, he was a perfect warrior. Addershine/Eve is his current mate.
-On the outskirts of all territories there is a rogue, fur a deep non-reflective black. He comes and goes as he pleases and no one has ever stopped him. If asked for a name, he only says Nobody. Elders like to scare the kits with the story, how he’s an omen, a warning of horrors soon to come. Cedarkit never believed them.
-Briarcloud/Bethany was a fierce warrior, who had the unfortunate habit of wandering. It’s how she discovered a kittypet and Shadowclan warrior having peaceful conversation on the edge of the latters territory. She was intrigued the moment she saw it.
-Robinwind/Cesar didn’t just die when he was killed, but something worse. For a clan cat to die in the midst of the Place With No Stars was an after life sentenced to pain and misery, of being trapped lost in this horrible place of pain, cursed to always walk alone along the thistles and blood. It’s easy to become lost in a place with no end. Starclan keeps it’s borders well hidden from it’s dark siblings.
Lucifer works hard but I work harder. You offered, I gave @mustangs-flames
made this a while back idk if theyre still in vogue but here u go tag ur ocs
“His eyes were Spotify green”
( @mustangs-flames )
Sam and Cian as this with their definitely not adopted kids
Sam is so proud of his catch 💞💞
Husband activities ( @mustangs-flames )
I domt know hail true body but the art ive jsut seen looks like the minecraft characters
i love that game
my masterpiece of 2 months, filled with my blood, sweat, and tears ( @mustangs-flames )
Cian Daniels 1993 Design Sheet
This took forever but rahhhhhhh here, Cian’s design reference for Parts 1 through to 5 of Hail, True Body!
Click for better res!
If you’re interested in checking out HTB, here’s the Masterpost!
Dynamic between those fuckos I swear
He's probably stealing Cian's credit card or something
I have no self control
"I haven't had anyone who thinks Cian is hot"
Bruh, two people called him a D.I.L.F already, and I might become the third one to do that
Oh shit yeah, I forgor about that, I am so sorry dilf Cian nation 🥺😔
Mark and his new fit
Ruh-roh
The htb fandom really likes to torment Cian by constantly bringing up "Cian/Liam" lmfao
Cian everytime someone mentions him boykissing the devil
What do you do when you really don't like that one cop being so close to your bestie?
You kiss that cop so he won't kiss your bestie
Ignore how scuffed this is, im in class. All I had was a piece of paper, a ball point pen, and a dream. Also ignore the water mark, tiktok is easy and I am lazy
When in doubt, poly it out
(They’re both holding Sam’s hand)