Cloud is a rabbit-type robot from the Evernight Era. A civilian of Geocity, he joins the Snowfield Expedition Teams as a tourist. He discovered and awakened Alice at a Sunset Era relic site and has since been her guide and bodyguard. His name and appearance are inspired by Alice’s pet rabbit, Cloud, according to Aizu mythology.
Personality
Cloud lacks confidence and a life goal. To prove himself, he joins the Snowfield Expedition Team to demonstrate his courage to friends in the virtual world.
Cloud hasn’t fully grasped that the robot civilization is in serious trouble, but his instincts tell him something is off.
Cloud is heavily dependent on his virtual social network. Whenever there is access to Geocity’s network, he connects with his “comrades” and participates in their campaigns. He occasionally invites Alice to join them, too.
Specialties
Cloud is a robot with a natural talent for combat. He is equally skilled in both the Virtual Universe and the real world.
Cloud’s physical body is a unique model designed for combat and testing new technologies. Its most distinctive feature is the two large floating hands, which can attach to the torso or hover nearby. The fingers are as thick as regular robot arms, with fists 4-5 times larger than normal ones, and even bigger when the palms are open. Their free-floating nature eliminates attack dead zones, making Cloud’s iconic slap moves harder to dodge. The ears can fire various ammunition or emit jamming signals.
Some parts of the hands are made of programmable shape-shifting materials, mainly for the connecting mechanism to the shoulders and the armors on the back of the hands. With the ability to self-repair surface damage (consumes power), the back of Cloud’s hands also serve as his shields.
In order to operate standardized equipment, Cloud’s body also has a pair of tiny hidden flexible arms, though they are quite fragile.
Cloud can use his giant floating hand as a “cart” to move items. When Alice’s old body malfunctioned and could no longer walk, Cloud carried her to the Expedition Team’s campsite in his “arm cart”.
Cloud’s tail unit contains a set of atomic batteries to generate power for his basic needs. He also has a cloak-like add-on to provide insulation and to generate power from moonlight and starlight.
Life
Cloud is an active 2-tier combat gamer in the Virtual Universe, having fought in numerous battles across sub worlds and regarded as a pillar of his teams.
Despite this, Cloud felt empty and lacked a life goal in the Virtual Universe. One teammate once teased him for being all show and no substance when he lost focus. To prove himself, Cloud accepted the trending “Real World Challenge” by joining the Snowfield Expedition Teams as a tourist. Although his opponents quickly failed, Cloud chose not to return to the Virtual Universe immediately; instead, he decided to join the team on a long-distance expedition.
Cloud sharpened his battle skills under Amber’s guidance and gained experience fighting the Snow Bandits. After discovering Alice, he uses his combat abilities to protect her.
Relationships
After discovering Alice, Cloud was attracted by her unique personality and chose to be her guide and bodyguard in the Evernight Era. In doing so, he also searches for the meaning of life. Although he does not believe that Alice is Aizu herself.
Amber is Cloud’s martial arts mentor, teaching him the essence of her hand-to-hand combat skills. In both the real world and the Virtual Universe, Cloud has never defeated Amber in one-on-one combat.
Cloud once won a major match in the Virtual Universe, earning the chance for Zoey to design his avatar. However, he disliked Zoey’s overly decorative style and passed the opportunity to the runner-up, which created a one-sided “grudge” from Zoey. When Zoey learned that Cloud was going to compete in a real world challenge, he offered Cloud a new, specially designed body engineered by Tonyn to incentivize Cloud to use his appearance design.
Tonyn engineered Cloud’s physical body, incorporating his innovative ideas and new technologies. Cloud is therefore Tonyn’s tester, often using the body in ways that exceed Tonyn’s expectations.
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