#robo-roach

[bittybytes]

Surprisingly, I haven't personally seen too many key-bug drone redesigns, not sure if there is, like, some secret archive that has just eluded me to this point or what. But, anyway here is my contribution to that what may or may not exist.

So here she is, Key (a very original name) feat. Uzi. I decided on a maid outfit because, yes, and also it seemed more appealing to draw rather than a janitor outfit---given robo-roaches are essentially Copper-9s cleaning service. I wanted to keep the green theme, but I also have an idea for a 'red mode' that I also wanted to design at some point, since my idea for her is that she is a sorta queen to the mass amount of robo-roaches, and in my eyes that means she needs a Phase 2. It was also a fun challenge to figure out what a character would do with 2 sets of hands, I'm never sure what to do with one set myself, but I like the ending result c:

[moonlights-thoughts]

We need an episode or comic or something that explains how N got the spaceship-

In episode 7 we saw how he got the keys, and then gets thrown out of the ‘church’ by Uzi

In episode 8 we meet N piloting a spaceship

Makes sense, plus J was also introduced entering the show via spaceship, and then how the keys got their way to N and Uzi, and the last thing we see about her is prepping herself to fight Khan (Uzi’s dad) and Lizzy and Thad

I personally think it’d be funny if right before everything began floating above Copper 9, N can be seen rapidly approaching J, Khan, Lizzy, and Thad, and before they can even finish a thought, he interrupts and blurts “CAN’T TALK GOTTA SAVE THE LOVE OF MY LIFE” as he flies straight in the spaceship and flies off frantically panicking to find Uzi

[rudeouijaboard]

Bonnie, queen of the robo-roaches. Jericho’s girlfriend

Nickname: Pestilence

Friends: Jericho, Vicky, and Owen

Specializes in computer hacking and coding. Her hacking skills are on par with Uzi’s.

The crown she wears is plugged into her head. She uses it to transmit mental commands directly to her robo-roaches, and receive sensory data from them as well.

[beowulfzz]

i made this for shits and giggles

it took days help,,

[sicksucculentz]

Khan is trying to sleep in for once. Everything is nice and peaceful. He's lingering in awake and asleep when he feels a weight press down on the bed around him followed by a high pitched warbling sound.

Khan: "hmmmmmm hi Nori....sweetie"

He sounds very sleepy. His eyes suddenly spring open when something lands on his visor and skitters off into the sheets. He springs out of the bed with a girlish scream.

Khan: "what the hell did you just do!?"

Nori is crouched on the bed like a creature with a big proud smile.

Nori: "I caught you a robo roach!!!"

Khan: "WHY!!!"

Nori: "I never seen you hunting so I figured maybe you needed an easier target? it's right there you can get it still!!"

Khan: "and you have to give it to me by dropping a live bug on my face!?"

Nori: "......well yea"

[scifigeekgirl]

Its been years and this little interaction with Dum Dum still lives rent free in my head.

When you walk up to him outside Totentanz the interaction goes like this:

Dum Dum: You? Again? Alone this time, huh? No punk-ass 'amigo' today?

V: One more word about him and I stamp you out like a roach, got it?

Dum Dum: Got it.

I love this interaction because V just threatened one of the highest ranking members of the most violent gang in NC on their own terf and Dum Dum just responds like almost kindly given the context??? There's no way he's afraid of V, he's surrounded by his gang. I feel like his response of "got it" is like "Damn, you lost a choom? I know how that is. Won't mention it again." Which is just not something you'd expect from a scary robo-monster man.

[prittiswaggy-co]

THATS IT. IM SICK AND TIRED OF PAIN AND SUFFERING. IM MAKING AN EVERYONE LIVES/IS HAPPY AU

YEVA, HER HUSBAND, DOLL, CYN, TESSA, REBECCA, EMILY, DARREN, SAM, ECT

A-L-I-V-E .

THE BUNKER IS OPEN AND THE ASBESTOS SNOW HAS FLEW AWAY WITH THE EXPLOSION OF THE NULL, NATURE IS COMING BACK SLOWLY & THERE'S A SECOND SUN AND ROBO-ROACHES HELP MAKE THE PLANT GROWS WHILE COPPER-9'S BUGS AND ANIMALS ARE GROWING UP

THEY ALL HELP TO PLANT, RECYCLE AND JUST LIVE THE LIFE MAN

[15depressedducks]

Flowers Can Grow in Concrete C20

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58980931/chapters/165363808

Oh hi, yes... I'm late... By 8 days... But who really cares when it's a nice cozy chapter? And a fic I haven't updated this one in a month? (I'm big time dulu :3)

V had her claws out for fun and prowled around the spire, playing a game of hide and seek with Uzi. 

N and J were off hunting, leaving V to watch Uzi.

Hearing some muffled giggles, V knew where Uzi was. She rounded one of the small corpse towers and playfully pounced onto Uzi, then lifted her up, spinning around. Uzi joyously screeched.

“Found you!” V proclaimed happily, chuckling softly. She brought Uzi close to her, nuzzling their visors together.

Uzi pulled away.“Can we do that again? It’s really fun!” 

V rolled her eyes, and softly sighed. “Sure, now I’ll count to 30, so go!” V lowered Uzi and ushered her off, closing her eyes to count. She could hear the small footsteps of Uzi. And you said you wouldn’t get attached~. I AM NOT! You’ve been leaving me alone, so why now? I don’t know, maybe you just need help in releasing that you’re attached. V quietly growled.

V realized she wasted more time than she should have, she looked around the spire once more, she knew where Uzi was, but didn’t go to her right away.

“Oh Uzi… Where are you?” She exaggerated her words, causing Uzi to quietly giggle. 

“Are you here?!” She pretended to look in the wrong spot, causing Uzi to laugh more. “Not there…” A sly, but also genuine smile was on her face.

“Hmmm… Where is Uzi… Oh where could she be…” V tapped a claw on her chin. “How about here!” The small drone squealed from V suddenly grabbing them.

“Got you.” V softly said, then tossed her into the air,  giggles emitted from the child. When V caught her, she set her down, sighing.

Uzi looked up at V, a wide smile on her face. “Could we go for a walk? J has taken me on some!” No point in saying no…

“Sure.” V rubbed her hand over Uzi’s hair, making her beanie lopsided.

“Hey! My hair! J just brushed it!” Uzi glared at V as she fixed it. V smirked in response.

“Oh? Did I mess something up?” V did it again, aggravating the child.

After promptly fixing her hat again, Uzi watched V, and ran to the exit laughing like a gremlin. “Hey! You can’t just run off like that!” V quickly followed, catching up with no problem. Uzi didn’t even leave the spire yet.

V grabbed Uzi by the collar of her shirt. “Did you try to run from me?” V teased, holding Uzi up to her face.

“Yeah.” She smiled. “I know you’ll always find me!” V set Uzi down, and they slowly started walking, Uzi grabbed two of V’s fingers because of how small her hands were.

They walked through the snow ruins of the city, Uzi stuck by V’s side, but observed the area.

Skyscrapers crumbled around the deserted street only filled by cars and skeletons. Lamppost flicked on and off as the wind gently met them. The clouds blocked the starry sky, only letting glimpses of light from the two moons trickle into their apocalyptic home.

Uzi gently let go of V’s hand to walk over and observe some robo roaches nearby. They crawled over a long dead drone, who V recognized as her own work. “Uzi. Remember no biting.” V warily called out, slowly walking over. Well… I‘m glad she isn’t afraid of the body?

Uzi watched them intently as two of the roaches started to fight. The bigger one swatted at the significantly smaller one, and pierced through the body of the tiny pest, causing it to die.

“Aww… I was hoping the smaller one would win…” Uzi stood up and faced V, grabbing her hand.

“Well it was at a disadvantage.” They continued their walk, but Uzi kept the puzzled look on her face.

“Why? The bigger one was missing a leg…” V was slightly surprised Uzi noticed that, because she didn’t.

“Because of its size, it was weaker, whereas the bigger one was stronger.”

“That’s not fair… Size shouldn't matter…” Uzi pouted, crossing her arms. V muffled a laugh from the small drone’s actions.

“Well then… How do you suppose the smaller one should act? How should they gain their success?” V lighty mused.

“... Maybe… Maybe because it’s smaller it could be faster..? And-and like… hit the bigger one’s legs! Making them fall! So the smaller one could then attack it!” As Uzi thought, she gained confidence in her idea.

“That could work… But what if it doesn't? What then?” V bantered back, watching Uzi curiously.

Uzi stopped, and blankly looked at V. “Then I'll kill em.” Her answer caused V to laugh.

“Come on, let’s head home now, wanna fly?” Uzi’s eyes practically light up.

“YES!” She jumped up and down. V giggles and grabs Uzi before jumping into the air, wings deploying mere seconds after.

V glided past the street, heading to the spire with a soft thud signifying her presents. She lowered Uzi onto the ground as N landed beside them.

“Where were you guys?” N asked Uzi, who instantly hugged him.

“We went on a walk!” She smiled wide as Something caught her eye.

“That’s good…” A small chuckle leaked into the air, and suddenly Uzi grabbed V’s tail, causing her to almost stab the child.

“Uzi, stop…” V blankly looked at Uzi.

“No!” Uzi grinned, seeing how far she could push V.

“If you don’t then I’ll stop you.”

“Bite me!” Uzi giggled.

V then lunged at the small child, and grabbed the back of their shirt by her teeth. Her voice was muffled by the fabric.

“Let go of me!” Uzi flailed around, but to no avail. V chuckled and shook her head, causing Uzi to flail more. 

“V!” N called out, joyfully shocked at her actions, and V just rolled her eyes and dropped Uzi.

“There. Little brat.” V jokingly called Uzi, ruffling her hair.

Uzi frowned at V, and ran over to N’s side. “This is why I like dad better.”

V playfully gasped. “Rudeness.”

[dragons-hoard-of-fandoms]

(Murder Drones Episode 8 spoilers!)

Space. The final frontier.

Poor robo-roaches always getting tossed around and killed.

They just left Braiden and Rebecca's corpses there??

Honestly the Teacher is such a mood, I can't believe I never realized it before.

Solvedcalculus reference???

Nori you can't say that this is a Christian Minecraft server.

It's amazing how they're able to make her still convey emotions when she's only got one eye.

YES HE SAVED HER BUT ALSO WOW THAT WAS FAST

Well she did tell you to "Die Mad" about it, so...

Kiss. Kiss! KISS! KISS!! KISS!!! KISS!!!! KISS!!!!!

New cute date idea: Skydiving from space and burning up in the atmosphere together <3

THEY ARE DATING THEY ARE CANONICALLY DATING!!!!!!!!!!

Why no kiss tho :(

Dang it, that was Thad's only good pipe.

V IS ALIVE AND SHE RODE IN ON A SENTINEL I THOUGHT WE WERE JUST JOKING ABOUT THAT

AND IT HAS A LITTLE COWBOY HAT

SHE WAS LIZZY'S SECRET FRIEND AND SHE DID THAT ONE MEME

No!! Bad dingo!!! We do not eat our friends!!!

IT'S DOING THE WALL-E FIRE EXTINGUISHER THING

So did J know the whole time or was she kept in the dark at first and only recently found out? Not entirely clear on that.

You really think it's not gonna dispose of you once all the universe is dead?

V SAID BITE ME

I was fully expecting her to chuck N into the core for a second there. But TBH I don't think continuing to destroy the planet is gonna fix it.

THEY'RE SO CRINGE IN A COOL WAY I LOVE THESE STUPID DORKS

THE CAPTIONS SAY SOLVER CONFIRMED THAT IS NOT CYN

"Okey."

STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP

Y'know J thinks pretty highly of herself for someone who's literally never killed a single person on-screen in the entire time that this show has existed.

Huh, I guess those theories about Uzi not having a core icon were wrong.

You get a panic attack! You get a panic attack! EVERYBODY GETS A PANIC ATTACK!

Wait which part of this is the trap?

FREAKIN EXCUSE YOU DID YOU NOT HEAR WHAT I JUST TOLD NORI THIS IS A CHRISTIAN MINECRAFT SERVER THERE WILL BE NO SWEARING

Uzi is not beating the bisexual allegations.

SHE IS CANONICALLY CRINGE AND FREE

Nori I don't think most people call their daughters "babe."

"...'Kay."

Playing Nightcore during a final battle is the most anime thing ever.

And the J abuse continues.

*teleports behind you* Nothin personnel, kid.

Okay bye J, thanks for literally nothing.

SECRET HANDSHAKE N YOU'RE SUCH A DORK

o7

THEY'RE SO STUPID I LOVE THEM

YOU STOPPED TIME???

SHE LITERALLY ATE A BLACK HOLE???

😦

Thad is confirmed the coolest dude on Copper 9.

Sorry y'all, Khori divorce real.

Man Teacher don't wanna deal with none of this, same TBH.

Everybody gangsta til the cowboy robot dinosaurs start driving buses

THEY LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCH!!!!!

Nah you're not damaged you're just autistic and edgy.

Polyclue shippers low-key getting fed tho.

HE'S BEING SUPPORTIVE AND TEACHER STILL DON'T WANNA DEAL WITH THIS

HE CALLED HER HIS GIRLFRIEND!!!!!!!!!!

My heart goes out to all the Doll fans, y'all got done dirty. 😔

He's learning how to draw anime!!! His art is getting so good!!!

He finally got to play rummy with the WDF!

They're gonna passionately make love on that bed later.

Wow what did Rachel ever do to you. Also who's Rachel.

THE NUZI-VIZZY DOUBLE DATE FEATURING DINGO AS THE FIFTH WHEEL

THAT'S THE REAL CYN YOU CAN'T CONVINCE ME THAT ISN'T THE REAL CYN FINALLY FREE OF THE SOLVER AND LIVING IN UZI'S TAIL UNTIL THEY CAN MAKE A NEW BODY FOR HER

IN YOUR FACE EVERYBODY WHO SAID LIAM DOESN'T LIKE HAPPY ENDINGS!!!!

[thecosmiccrow]

This honestly feels like any solver infected drone with the robo roaches

:(

[dronebiscuitbat]

Oil is Thicker Then Blood (Part 46)

He crawled back out of the vent, doing his best to conceal the way fear clung to his casing like a vice, the vile, offending piece of cloth stashed away in his pocket, it felt heavy there, like just having it in his possession was inviting something terrible into his life, he tried his best not to think about it.

“Find anything?” Hal asked, leaning back on the wardrobe, facing away from the ever watchful eyes of the porcelain dolls. They were extra freaky now, amplified the feeling he was having of being watched. His tail twitched, reacting to his inner fears and beginning to coil up, every single sense he had dialed up past eleven to the point he could hear the oil rushing in his bosses tubing with a startling degree of clarity.

Should he say something? He felt as though Doll was exclusively a him problem, something that he alone, or at least him, V, and Uzi should deal with alone. At the same time though, Doll had killed worker drones, many many worker drones, and was a equal threat to those that lived here then she was just to his family. The simple peice of cloth seemed to become heavier, he looked at Hal.

He’d not met him but yesterday, but still felt that he could at least trust the man, he’d defended Uzi, showed concern over both his daughter and himself, but a day wasn’t really enough to truly gauge how someone was, N wasn’t so naive.

“Yeah, I did. But it’s… complicated. Tell you when we get out of here?” He settled on that, he’d tell Hal, maybe more eyes and ears would allow them to find her faster, not giving her a chance to think about going after the people he loved, or anyone for that matter.

Hal immediately looked taken aback, like this wasn’t something he was expecting before he nodded and looked back at the doorway, Mrs. Hopkins still hadn’t arrived to check on them.

“She fell asleep sitting on the couch, what do you wanna tell her?” Hal asked, putting a strong hand on N’s shoulder, N appreciated the gesture and he sighed, turning over his decision in his head,

“I don’t think it would effect Mrs.Hopkins, whoever was up there wasn't here for her.” He said after thinking for a moment, if Doll wanted to harm the old lady… for whatever reason. She'd already be dead, and they would be here for a different reason entirely.

“So, say theres nothing to calm the paranoid old lady, while investigating the vents more closely?” Hal suggested, running a hand through his beard.

“That's lying…”

“That's keeping the peace, N.”

Hal was probably right, as much as N really didn't like it. If this lady was already paranoid, telling her it was justified would probably only double it, and possibly distract other officers by calling in false flags.

“O-okay.” It was more stammered then he'd intended, and Hal nodded, leading him out of the room and into the living room where the old drone was, head resting on the back of the couch, snoring.

Hal cleared his throat to try to wake her up, but if anything it only made her snore louder, Hal sighed, but before he could do anything else, N took over, kneeling in front of where she was on the couch and shaking her gently.

She woke up immediately, startling before quickly realizing who was in front of her, even if for her he looked like a tall blurry white and black blob.

“Oh! Did you find anything?” She asked him and him directly, and he froze for a second, he was terrible at lying, he'd always been terrible at lying, his eye's moved over to Hal, who looked at him expectantly.

“Nope! J-just a colony of robo-roaches, you and your apartment are safe.” He smiled, his eye twitched and he stammered, almost wincing.

Thankfully, she didn't seem to notice, and gave him a small smile.

“Ah, well thank you for checking anyway young man, I appreciate it.” She reached up and pinched his cheek, it didn't hurt, but it did succeed in making him feel leagues worse about lying to her face.

“No p-problem!” He quickly stood up, trying to make as much distance between them as possible as quickly as possible, sweat digitized on his visor as he looked away.

Lying was like a hot-iron on his soul. She'd probably be fine if Doll had already been here, but he didn't know that.

“We'll take our leave now Mrs. Hopkins, take care now.” Hal took over from there, leaving N to stand at attention beside him and begin to zone out.

He thought he'd been dealing with the threat of Doll decently well, but now, with this kind of upset, he had found that he'd simply not been dealing with it at all, putting it in back of his head in favor of anything else.

Why couldn't… why couldn't things just leave him and Uzi alone? Why couldn't he just have this? Domestic Bliss until their cores gave out, and they'd be surrounded by their kids and grandkids, hand in hand as they drifted off together into that sweet nothing.

That… was actually kind of sad to think about, and chances were one of them would probably fall permanently offline before the other, statisticly. But it was still a nice thought, going together.

But no. No they couldn't have that, clearly the universe wouldn't let them.

“N. You alright?” Hal's voice knocked him out of it, and he'd only now realized they were almost back to the office, had he really followed Hal back on autopilot?

“Talk about it in your office?”

“Deal, and I'll get ya a drink, I don't like that look on your face.”

They made their way quickly to Hal's office, and N quickly took note of the space. Many pictures of him and who he presumed was his wife, a redhead with bright, white eyelights. Her hair was braided, and in her arms was a little droneling with florescent pink eyes, he was smiling, but he looked… off.

Aside from the many pictures, there were trophies and medals congratulating the man on jobs well done

“Alright, what cha find that got your tail kinking up like a scorpion?” N blinked before looking back at his tail, it was poised, ready to dart forward at a moments notice.

He took the strip of cloth out of his pocket and handed it off. Hal took it and turned it in his hands, squinting his eyes as he turned a brow up, clearly questioning.

“It's-It belongs to an outfit of a worker drone. Doll.-” He paused, looking for Hal's reaction to his words, the older man remained calm, but his questioning look dissipated at the mention of the drones name. “She caused all those deaths around prom this year, and… she's after V, and my family, specifically.”

“I'm aware of what she's done, I launched a search for her, but we quickly lost the trail.”

“She can teleport, so that's not surprising.”

At that, Hal seemed startled, he opened his mouth, seemed to decide against what he was going to say, before starting again.

“I… didn't know that.”

“We… uh, Uzi, V and I. She was after V, and probably me by extension of… what I am. But Uzi stepped in, She's… a target as well.”

“Does she know about your daughter?”

N gulped, feeling his core shudder at that thought.

“I don't know…”

Hal looked away from him, once again tangling his fingers in beard, When he looked back, N was looking out the door, fist balled, a worried look that Hal recognized sometimes in the mirror.

“Yeah, I'll get some teams to do a through look through the vents.” He said eventually, stepping towards N in a way that both suggested authority and kindness.

“You. Go home.”

“W-what? Did I do something w-wrong?” Immediately N's head snapped back to attention, like a spring that had coiled up too tight.

“No, you've done everything right so far, impressed the hell outta me even. But I'm not gonna make you sit at work and worry till ya scream. Plus, If you all are a target, you should be in our short-range system now, you can call in any time.”

“Thank you. Thank you so much Hal.”

“Still want you in the office tomorrow! Need to talk to ya some more!”

He shouted at N's retreating figure, before he glanced at his old family photo, it took a moment, before he tore his eyes away and sat down at his desk, looking at the scrap of cloth with apprehension.

Next->

[moonlights-thoughts]

Ok, soooooo

I assume that the robo-roach controlled the raptor, hence why V is still alive, I imagine that she fought as best she could, and the little roach was able to bypass through the raptors and control one of them and helped V out

There's a lot of connecting the dots but seeing how everything connects like a puzzle is really entertaining!

[an-actual-sponge]

Highlights/interesting lore bits of the Liam AMA in GLITCHX

Drones were originally intended to be Pikmin-sized

Thad was going to be more important during the show's development, but became less important over time as the show became less "slice-of-lifey". This also applies to the MD's need to drink oil being mostly dropped

Episode 2 was originally a zombie infection plot but that got scrapped for the eldritch J one

N would probably like pizza

Copper-9 workers have personalities thanks to their adaptive AI, with them becoming more self-serving once the humans were gone (also Tessa's drones had said AI take over after she messed with their code enough)

Sentinels look that way because the humans were being overdramatic and wanted them to look cool. If the show had lower stakes and if the dino animation hadn't worked out, they would have looked like cores from Portal

the crew likes OCs being made so y'all can go off

the robo roaches are meant to be little clean-up bots (also episode 7 trailer thats pretty epic!!!!! New Cyn/solver voiceline!!!!) (ALSO SPRING!?!?!)

[sicksucculentz]

Uzi: “he will KILL all of you!! Just look at him! He’s an apex predator!”

Uzi gestures to N who isint even paying attention he’s too busy batting a robo roach around.

Thad: “Z would you stop trying to convince everyone N is scary. You know what I had to do last week!? I rushed him to the emergency mechanic because he said he was dying! Do you know what it was!? A STOMACH ACHE!!”

Uzi: “……are you fucking kidding me”

[edgydroned]

@lostlittledollie said: Doll hands Uzi a live robo-bee.

give uzi an item :] (accepting)

she doesn't initially register what it is that doll is placing in her hands, and yet, despite the mystery, her pale palms remain open. the slight sensation that traces over her, feels slightly familiar. peaking down as doll's hands leave hers, what she assumed to be a robo-roach was in fact . digital beads of sweat transition down her screen while the rest of her body seizes, her intention being to not agitate disturb the robo-bee.

still, as stiff and frightened as she was, something told her this wasn't an ill intent gesture. at least she hoped it wasn't. she's so hard to read. feigning a false, appreciative smile, while her knees begin to shake.

𝚗_𝚗''

" wow. thanks doll. um... where... where'd you find this little dude ? "

[serial-designation-dz]

Misc. Murder drones animal headcannons because it’s all I can think about because of this post.

- murder drones are giant bird cats.

- the drones that’ve killed millions are distracted by laser pointers.

- N has run into at least 5 walls and has left at least 5 N-shaped dents in said walls chasing laser pointers.

- Uzi 100% used this to her advantage.

- V, try as she might to deny it, is affected by the curse of the laser pointers too.

- Uzi teased her relentlessly for a week when she found out.

- This later backfired on Uzi, who gained this weakness after the camp incident.

- J wasn’t aware of one of her weapons having a laser sight, so when she aimed, she immediately went big murder cat mode and started chasing it, disappointed when it disappeared due to her putting her weapon away to chase it.

- I am also 100% on board with the “disassembly drones can purr” headcannon.

- when they suspect something is hiding in the snow, they jump head first like foxes.

- Uzi was so confused when she saw this for the first time. (N saw a robo-roach for those wondering)

- They will drop anything and everything if they do this.

- They will do this mid-conversation.

(Uzi: so I need a few tools to begin working on my next project.

N: okay! I’ll help you find- *insert above gif*

Uzi: N?! You okay?!

N *muffled*: yeah! I just saw a roach go under the snow!)