#RoboRusty au

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Sorcery and Circuits AU

Guess what, I've already compiled a list of multiple powers the science Twolegs already figured out how to give the RoboCat, tested, and figured out. We've got invisibility based off of bending light around their body, we've got teleportation in multiple ways, fire, ice and wind control already covered too. There's more they never identified, so they might try to test an old solution instead of trying to make a new one.

But I have do have a list of potential ideas for what they would try to make and test too. Personal time dilation bubble, light/darkness kind of magic control, maybe the empathy thing or some kind of healing ability. But they could accidentally instead discover communication with a shrew or fox, or maybe plant growth.

He's built to really think he's a cat in this AU though, so, should I keep the standard solar powered style or grant him the ability to eat because these scientists are dedicated to making a something similar to his weird heart which they use for the mystery solutions that the Science Twolegs make.

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I've completed the first chapter of the RoboRusty AU and I feel horrible.

Tigerclaw has said many things, and our Robo-cat has ripped his collar off himself, and is starting to reject the words of the scientists. I hurt him, and it feels awful.

Also the names and the characters' words are color coded for this.

(color is determined as the characters introduces themselves or meet up with Rusty due to the color labels were either deleted or stored zipped files for storage management)

aww. it's alright robo rusty will be happy and chillin again soon enough. also the colour-coding idea is super cool

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Guess what weird combo of my AUs I ended up thinking of?

It's RoboRusty and Magic Kittypet. I have no real way to describe HOW I ended up thinking about the two together, aside from scrolling through my AUs and had a brief thought of how the Scientists would go crazy trying to get answers to questions like; "How do they grow to understand how their abilities work?", "How do they explain the origins on their end?", "What is the real cause behind this phenomenon and can it be replicated?", and they have funding anyways, why wouldn't they if magic cats existed.

And then I thought about various other things, like "Wouldn't Kittypets just label Rusty as one with insane durability?", they would, that's just how they'd label it. He's a lot more believable and it's easier for a young Kittypet to just assume he's a regular cat. And to better be able to obtain information, RoboRusty honestly thinks he's a real cat.

He just assumes the Twolegs did something that made him weird. He has a pulse(no, he doesn't have blood or organs), and I won't explain what's up with that at this moment.

Might call it something like the "Sorcery and Circuit AU" or something. I'm open to both suggestions and asks.

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My AU stuff(and a general description of how I go about writing my other Rusty's)

While this particular part doesn't apply to Sorcery and Circuits, I imagine that if/when RoboRusty realizes that A. StarClan is just a thing that actually exists and isn't some religious thing and B. that not all cats end up in ANY afterlife, he might feel both overwhelmed and questioning on what parts of all those different kitty cat religious stuff is actually true or not, AND on some deeper level terrified to figure out if he'd even be able to join those he cares about in any type of afterlife.

On a lighter note, Princess and Nutmeg are notably stronger than any of the clan cats usually would expect. This is because of having to push or pick up the heavy, difficult to move, metal kitty cat that is RoboRusty.

Onto stuff that's not specifically related to just RoboRusty. I might have Siverstream pick up some of Moss' bad habits of just ignoring the ThunderClan/RiverClan borders(we can guess why). Most likely emboldened even further by the fact that her mom is Bluestar in my AUs, and that Moss already passes that border whenever she feels like.

The Magic Kittypet AU Rusty's(Rusti?) all have their own unique opinions of certain cats compared to the rest, but generally speaking, I feel like all of my Rusty's(Would I use Rusti? Still not sure.) wouldn't be friends with Graystripe. Sorry to all of you fans of Graystripe, but seriously he could easily be a better friend to Rusty. Like, sure, mine might be more defined in my own ways as I write him, but maybe other cats deserve the opportunity more than someone who's kinda a selfish, self-centered jerk to him(and his own clan) way too easily in canon.

Maybe I'll warm up to the idea of the Rusty in each of my AUs being friends with their respective versions of Graypaw/Graystripe, but that really depends on how he shapes up as a character in each of them.

However, I already feel comfortable with Magic Kittypet Rusty and Ravenpaw being friends with Rusty while he explains things like what different groups of plants tend to talk about or details about how Kittypet Magic works, and things like that.

Burning Falsehoods Rusty has issues trying to subconsciously distancing himself and shutting himself away from others, subconsciously afraid that if someone gets too close, that they'll only get hurt or worse. Ravenpaw doesn't seem like the type of cat who can help push him past that issue.

Sorcery and Circuits Rusty is significantly different from both any variant other variant of Magic Kittypet or RoboRusty. He feels like he's not a normal cat anymore, that he's been altered irreversibly on a whim by Twolegs. He wants to give others a chance, but is afraid that he'll somehow mess up being a cat so badly that it would be unsettling.

False Prophet Rusty is afraid of letting others down, including himself. He dislikes the idea of others who are just better than others just because they were born differently. Prefers to interact with a cat who's more down to earth.

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Sorcery and Circuits AU

I'm going to have our magic RoboRusty eat the whole pinecone, at some point. There is no reasoning against this fact, I can say that he wouldn't hesitate to eat an adder or other weird but edible things too.

And while I have mentioned that he some form of random replication of Kittypet Magic, I never mentioned what he actually got. Unfortunately, it's the ability to understand and communicate with foxes. He's either going to NEVER use it, or it won't help out much in the first place, and he was so close to getting plants or ghosts. Like, what kind of cat tries to negotiate with a fox? The real question is how would I ever use it narratively? He's not even going to notice anything's up for so long.

I have to come up with dialogue for foxes if he ever hears one! Actually... it could be pretty funny for him to use terms he learned from a fox, in front of any cats. Just, him briefly talking like a fox. And then I think of Hollyleaf, and we have yet another AU where she'd try to take the fox cub home.

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Sparks and Circuits AU

That fox idea, turns out I could actually probably give him a fox friend that COULD stick around for a reasonable amount of chapters, and by chapters, I mean like several books. They could probably be friends for the entirety of RoboRusty and the Clans' time at the Forest Territories.

Of course, unrelated to that, Princess and RoboRusty have a somewhat morbid or dark sense of humor, they developed this because of the MANY failures that the science twolegs had made when it came to making something to contain the questionable substances and their research.

Sandpaw and Silverpaw definitely get used to RoboRusty's sense of humor some point AFTER they become Warriors, but they're definitely planning to add him to the gossip squad regardless. And if I do give Rusty a fox pal, he'll probably TRY to convince them to let the fox join the gossip group, he's obviously outvoted.

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Continuation of information for the Sorcery and Circuits AU

As mentioned before, RoboRusty has a pulse. There is a reason for this. The Science Twolegs had to make a container for the experimental substance they're making in their attempts of replicating Kittypet Magic with science. They just ended up making it sound and somewhat function like a heart for making it easier for RoboRusty and others to think he's a real cat(even if a lot more test models ended breaking in the earlier stages of making him).

Fun fact, these solutions aren't built for organic consumption and have side effects, but isn't lethal in most cases. Also Princess accidentally starts a cult. I won't elaborate on that, it would spoil the fun. Princess DOES however end up wanting the entire project terminated when she finally realizes there's a version of her brother that was left to rot away.

Also, debating whether or not RoboRusty in this should still be solar powered or use some kind of biofuel since the scientists gave them something that replicates a heartbeat. But he does turn on automatically in this one, and doesn't have an on/off switch.

RoboRusty is also as heat and cold proofed as he can be, shock proofed to make sure his internals don't fry, and I might make him able to self repair very, VERY slowly. That last one is very iffy.

Feel free to suggest power ideas for the robo kitty.

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And so, I finally finished the first chapter of the Sorcery and Circuits AU, yeah, so... By the way, Crookedblue. I kind just realized today that all of my AUs(and the rewrite) have it, so I just kinda accepted that fact now.

Also, Sandstorm and Silverstream should've been gossip friends as Apprentices. I'm delivering on my words of that statement.

Hope you all enjoy reading.

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What's this? Chapter 4 of RoboRusty? Two chapters getting released for my AUs, within a week? Guess so.

Sootpaw causes some concern, Firepaw wakes up the Apprentice's Den and makes them incredibly concerned. He wasn't exactly quiet when he fell over. Spottedleaf got woken up and thought she'd have to prepare for a vigil and worse, but no, Firepaw's just weird.

Sootpaw gets to be smug. Firepaw assumes the sciency Twolegs programmed a cruel joke as a last jab at him before they abandoned him.

Hope you all enjoy.

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Ravenpaw's family tree? I'm giving the known version of it to y'all early.

Aka, I'm waiting for the poll, but here it is.

Yep, they kind of just got dropped off in ThunderClan, I can tell you that the mother is a rogue though. I'll update this as more of it becomes relevant or learned. Similarly, I will update the other family trees as I get through the chapters and books in my rewrite. Enjoy(and yes, I'm saving Jake for LAST, this man is going to crush me anyways with his mess of a lineage). Order wise, I'm doing ThunderClan, ShadowClan, RiverClan, and then WindClan(Princess's tree is getting thrown in here with Tallstar and Jake, so they're all going last). I will also add relevant notes related to the different AUs, like how Rusty isn't related to anyone in RoboRusty. Or how Silverstream's mother is dependent on whether or not Crookedstar is with Bluestar.

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Yo, still writing stuff like my Rewrite and the AUs I'm working on. Feel free to send asks about any of them. Don't worry about the updates to them, I'm working on all of them at the same time(at some level of pacing). Most notably the Burning Falsehoods AU, RoboRusty AU, AND the Rewrite with a bit of the Kittypet Dustpelt also on the works at the current moment.

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What would happen if RoboRusty V2 gets injured?

He won't get fixed, so any damages his body receives is essentially permanent, but it IS still difficult to injure a metallic cat(he ends up losing chunks of fur and has metallic grey "scars" just for context).

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Chapter 2 of RoboRusty is complete(still sorry about some of the colors, Rusty sets hex values based off of the cat’s colors or name if they are named after a color, and this will become a problem with mostly white or black cats). But hey, Smudge is here, out of concern because Rusty just up and vanished without a word.

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Explanation of the RoboRusty AU

Rusty is actually an adaptive ai put in an apprentice sized solar powered robotic cat. The Twolegs that built him, his current model, and his original test model are scientists that are trying learn all about cat behavior, their ways of communication, and structure of groups of feral cats.

RoboRusty's original model was battery powered and was designed after Jake and Nutmeg(both of them were lab cats) and had RoboRusty get brought up alongside Nutmeg as a good base to work from for cat information and all that. RoboRusty gets his V2 model(the current model) and leave the original model partially dismantled. They send him out for a set of field trials involving cats from outside of the lab(aka not Princess, Nutmeg, or Jake) basically Henry and Smudge. Once they were ready, they set RoboRusty in the middle of the forest(conveniently near ThunderClan) and left the robo cat there. RoboRusty eventually runs into Graypaw and Dustpaw while they're both out on a patrol.

RoboRusty basically follows them to ThunderClan camp asking all kinds of questions, trying to piece together what some of their words equal in the set of words he understands and knows. Asking all about what it's like to be a clan cat. One of the warriors in a previous patrol noticed that there were some Twolegs that seemed to chuck something orange colored into their territory, which they told Bluestar about. Bluestar sent a patrol in search of the orange thing to make sure ThunderClan and it's territory is safe.

Basically RoboRusty is a curious and inquisitive cat AI with an apprentice sized robot body that is solar powered. They know how to swim, fish, and hunt because it was trained in the original testing in the first model.

RoboRusty eagerly asks Bluestar for the chance to have the honor to become an apprentice. And that he'll train diligently to become a great warrior someday, and that he'd be willing to learn their ways. Bluestar decides to accept after a hushed conversation with Spottedleaf(definitely not about some prophecy[this is a joke]).

Again, I don't assign Rusty to train as Bluestar's apprentice. Again, there are some major changes to the warrior code(basically just the cross clan relationships one and medicine cat code changes involving kits), AND Mapleshade didn't go on her murder path, and lived happily with her kits in ThunderClan. Mapleshade goes to StarClan and basically tries to guide(and possibly mother any clan cat kits that she can find).

RoboRusty gets to see StarClan and even gets to go to StarClan if he dies(weird combo of a "ghost in the shell" kind of thing, paired with StarClan doing whatever they want).

Also, instead of Twolegs coming to the old forest territory to make a parking lot build more Thunder Paths, the sciency Twolegs just want to grab some cats from around the forest and try to find RoboRusty(emphasis on try) to retrieve his data and run some tests on the forest cats in the lab environment. Princess and Jake have escaped and ran away from the lab a few weeks after RoboRusty was deployed outside, so it's just Nutmeg there, and several stressed and confused clan cats in a room. The captured clan cats get vaccinated, and one cat from each clan get chipped(Longtail for ThunderClan).

There's a lot more to go over but here's a good start.

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Here's chapter 1, I'm sorry.

Tigerclaw exists, but hey, their names and words are color coded!

Please enjoy.

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RoboRusty AU

RoboRusty teaches Graystripe to swim and fish to impress Silverstream because he wants to help Graystripe out.

Our precious robo cat is easily capable of dragging a cat Tigerclaw's size around, but doesn't. The only time anything like this happens is the time he drags a dead fox into the clearing along side Ravenpaw and his dead snake. Both of which probably gave some cats many worries for a few moments.

Ravenpaw, Sandstorm, Graystripe, and Dustpelt all get given random shiny things by RoboRusty to show he cares(some of which are just bolts stolen from a Twoleg or a shiny rock he found). They don't lose these things, and if they do, he comes back with the thing the next day.

RoboRusty ends up getting some bald streaks in the fake fur over his body from his battles, at some point leading to ShadowClan cats and Tigerclaw accusing him of being some weird Twoleg monster sent to kill all of them, RoboRusty just looks confused and RiverClan's leader blows this off as a dumb joke because RoboRusty is about the size of an apprentice.