It's my birthday today and I kinda just want an excuse to freely yap about my robot OCs. If you have any curiosities about them, I would love to hear and do my best to answer them. 💖

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Happy birthday Saren! I'm so bad with asking questions, as I just love hearing people yap about their OC's 💖
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Happy belated birthdayy!! 🙏💕✨🧋
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Happy birthdayyyyyyyyyy
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Happy Bday! Do you have more robots planned for Machine Sympathy?
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Happy birthday!!! Thank you for gracing us all with your marvelous robots. 👑
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAREN!! 🎉🎉🎉
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Happy birthday!
It's been fun reading through the comments and replies learning more about these lovely characters.
Where's the best place to learn/read about each of them? I see a LOT about Crit and Adra, occasionally some about Cheats, but I'll admit, I know the least about Book.
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Also- I have LOVED the Follow Me Down stuff from the Kickstarter and seeing the comics on your website (and the stickers I got from you as well!). Thank you for creating such lovely things that bring a smile to so many of us 💙
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Ouugh Happy Birthday Saren, I hope it's wonderful!!!
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Thank you so much Hal!! 💖
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Happy birthday! 🧡Your drawings are always a delight to look at and I look forward to see what is coming!
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Happy birthday!! I hope it's wonderful 💖

Can any of your robots taste or smell food? If so, do they have a favorite? If not, is there something they really wish they could taste? 👀
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If i wanna draw ur ocs as doodles for me should i post them and tag you or will that become A Lot of notifs to sift through?
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omg no I would love that 🥺💕💕
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First: HAPPY BIRTH
Second: When visually designing your robot ocs, what's your favourite source of inspiration? o:
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Happy birthday!!!
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Happy birthday!! What were some of your biggest insperations when designing your wonderful robots and the world they live in?
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This is tough!! I feel like I've been influenced by so many things in small ways over the years, it's hard to pick them all out. SOMA, Transformers, and Lancer are a few of the biggest ones I can think of off the top of my head!
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Happy birthday!
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Thank you!!! 🙏 💖
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happy bday!!!! 🍰🍰🍰🎉🎉🎉🎉🥳
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Thank you!! 😊💕
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Happy birthday
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Happy birthday!! Can you tell us a little about how cheats fits into the Follow Me Down verse? I know he gets a mention or two in the book, but any extra yummies you could supply my mouth is open babybird style.
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Happy birthday, Saren! Does Crit actually order what Adra likes or is it just the most chaotic choices
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND ALL THE GOODS FOR YOU!! May you stay healthy and happy with the people and things you love!
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Mmm been meaning to ask. What powers your robot OCs? What gives them life that lets them have sentience? Do they need to get recharged at all or do their internal parts function like a humans where they dont need to be recharged? 🤔
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Cheats and Book are powered by electricity, while Crit has a mixture of electrical power and biofuel for his organic parts.

They all have to plug in to recharge and need rest and powered down cycles to refresh. Crit's fuel is a protected formula so he depends on his syndicate exclusively for power
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OMG AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAREN!!! MAY YOU HAVE A FRUITFUL ONE 🥳🎉🎊🎂
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happy belated bday! BUT I STILL GOT TO YOU WITHIN 24 HOURS OF POSTING SO IT COUNTS!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
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happy birthday saren!!! which ones would you fmk (fuck marry kill) between your guys...
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happy borth!
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birth! birth! birth!
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CHEATS MY BELOVED!!
whats an ideal first date for Cheats? and can it be an arcade claw machine? (i have the urge to win him the biggest plush!) x]c
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He would LOVE that
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HAPPY BIRFDEY MY AWESOME PAL!!! 💕💕💕💕🎊🎊🎊🎊
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Happy birthday!! 🎉🎉
What would they consider selfcare for each them?
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Thank you sm Rei 💕 Let's see....

Crit - indulging in whatever he wanted atm (he does this anyway)
Cheats - letting himself do a 10pull in his fav gatcha
Book - deep clean/maintenance package at a robo spa sdfkj
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Happy Birthday Saren~!!!
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MUCHO HAPPY BIRTHDAY
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THANK YOU WILL 🙏💖
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARENNNN
If cheats could eat, what would their sweet treat be??
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Ida thank you!!!

I think he's a tasty drinks kind of guy, so probably some form of calorie laden fruity tea with lots of jellies and fruit slices
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Happy birthday Saren!! I hope it's full of good friends and delicious food 💖
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happy birthday !! 🥳🎂
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If they had pet(s), what kind would they get? An organic creature, some kind of robot-ified version or more like a drone/digital entity?
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I've had Crit adopt moths in like 2 AU's so I feel like I would have to say a moth for him. Cheats is adopting a cat or dog probably. Book keeps fish, but I feel like he would really want like a deep sea nudibranch or something.
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happy birthday!! ♡

if they were to hold you a birthday party how does it look like and how does it go down?
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAREN!!!
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Happy Birthday~!!! ✨🥂🎉 I hope you have a lovely birthday with lots of chances to tell us all more about your OCs 👀✨
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Happy birthday Saren!!! I'm totally not obsessed with the switch patent art series you made ❤️‍🔥
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happy bday!! Got no questions but just wanted to say that i supported the Kickstarter when it ran and i LOVE the stuff i got- i love holding physical art, and the crit admit-one ticket hangs above my desk judging my life choices XD Adore your art! I hope you had a nice day :3
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What are the intelligences of these robots? Are they programmed, or are they based off of a brain pattern? Are they humans with their minds transferred into mechanical morphs?
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Happy birthdayyyyyy
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!!! happy birthday Saren!! Hope you have an amazing day!! 💚

What's the sensory sensation a human would feel if they touched Crit's exoskeleton?
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Thank you so much!! Off the bat he is very warm to the touch, like a big space heater.
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Happy Birthday!! ✨

If your robots were to have a companion (mammal/bird/insect/etc.) on their side, what would it be? :o if that's already answered, perhaps any fun fact will do
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Happy Birthday!!
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Happy birthday!! 🎂🎉
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Happy birthday! 🎉
If you are not too busy!
What is the most regrettable decision Cheats has ever made?
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Thank you! Currently it is owing Book money 😂
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happy birthday saren!!!! does cheats like dogs
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he LOVES dogs (and cats) he likes bringing them treats and spoiling them
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oh my god happy belated!! i hope this year brings you just as much joy as you put out into the world 💕

i only ask the worst questions ig so whats all of their favorite bad movies. the cringiest picks only
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Happy Birthday! Crit obviously has a propensity towards intensity, but what's he like when he's calm? Are there any paricular contexts where he might enjoy a peaceful respite?
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If they ordered regular drinks at a cafe, what would each of their typical orders be
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Crit has a fondness for con pannas, Cheats would get a cold brew with extra shots or something really ill-advised, and Book would probably wants only the finest espresso, straight.
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Happy birthday, Saren! Just want to ask what your biggest inspiration is for Machine Sympathy in terms of design and worldbuilding?
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HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS, SAREN!!! Hope you have a wonderful one!!!! 💜💜💜💜💜💜
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Thank you Azu~~
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happy birthday saren!!!
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Happy birthday!! Who was your first robot oc and are they still around? :3
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Had to think about this, but I think it was actually Crit! And he is clearly still around and I never shut up abt him 💕
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Happy Birthday! 🎉
Do all your robots exist in the same universe?
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Happy birthday! The instruction manual is making me laugh, how scandalous indeed!
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Happy Birthday Saren!!!!!!!!!! I hope you have a wonderful day.

What is one little quirk/fact that any of your OC's have that you really like, but don't get to bring up often?
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First off, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 🎊🎉🎈🎂

Secondly, you never need an excuse to talk about your robos

Thirdly, id love to know if there’s any fun trivia with Book, they are such a fun character
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Thank you!!! 💕 Book keeps elaborate fish tanks in his home and is a bit of an aquarium nerd!
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Happy Birthday Saren! Many robot hugs for your birthday 🤖🫂
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Congrats on aging!!
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Happy birthday!!
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Happy birthday, love
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Thank you Jaws 💖💕
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happy birthday i love u and i love that you chose that specific crit picture SDJGH

what does book fear ...
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HEHE i feel like it captures his vibe very well....

Book fears anything that could take away his agency and independence. Like Cheats I think he also fears being reset, but also paralysis and being made to feel like a Doll.
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I would love nothing more than to know what your favorite thing about each of them is. Like if they're fun to draw or a part of their personality or some random thing in your head that made you love them a bit more

Please yap about the gorgeous bots
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Happy birthday!!!!! I love the bots so much!!

Out of curiosity & a deep affection for DnD Crit & Neon Lancer Cheats (my eternal favorite), do you have a trrpg Books on the brain?
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I've tossed the idea around a little but but he's so hard for me to translate for some reason! He depends on quite a few critical social systems to be in place from his universe (common sentient bots for one). but maybe i'll find something that works eventually!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAREN 🎂!! I Here's to more years doing what you love!! Thank you for blessing us with yours & Lyn's gorgeous characters and bc of your Capitano fan art, it GRIPPED me (still does) and never fails to make me want to draw (even though it's a hobby) PLS give more OC lore I BEG
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happy birthday (^0^)
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Happy birthday!!

When with humans, do they each intuit things that don't affect them but would affect someone near them?

ie If Adra and Crit/Cheats got caught in a hypothetically convenient blizzard, would the bots think 'oh they must be cold', or would they have to be prompted to remember?
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Thank you!! Crit does feel the cold, but perhaps less keenly/quickly, but he does pick up that it bothers Adra and will do his best to keep them warm! Cheats does not feel it, but he gets temperature readings from sensors, and was designed to take care of ppl, so instinctively he will fuss~
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAREN! 🎊🎉 If you had to assign a pokemon to each of them, what would they be?
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THANK YOU DAN!!! 💖 I love this question

Crit: shiny golisopod
Cheats: rotom
Book: seviper, or maybe the shittiest meowth you’ve ever seen
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oh happy birthday!! i hope u get something good to eat!

is there anything on any of ur bots that is consistently a challenge to draw or depict? what does cheats like to do in his down time? has crit ever hit his head bc he's too tall
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Happy birthday!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAREN-!! 🎉❤️🎉❤️🎉❤️🎉❤️🎉 And I love seeing you talk about your OCs!!! 🥰💕
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Happy birthday, Saren! Manifesting an awesome day with all the treats and robots you could ever want
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YAAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! what flavor of boba drink would everyone be?
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happy birthday!! 🎉 how long have you had Crit as a character? and how many versions of him do you think you have you designed? 👀
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THANK YOU!! My first drawing of Crit is from 2016 so I guess that makes him 10 years old! LOL that's crazy. He's had 3 iterations, the very first and then two that have only minor adjustments!!
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IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY??? omg, lemme offer this sketch as a present 🙏 Here's to you and the amazing characters you create!
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Omg thank you so much!!!! This is incredible!! 😭💖💕💖💕
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Happy Birthday Saren !!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Your robots....they are so cool
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HAPY BDAYYYY 🎊🎊🎊
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! 💜🎂🎊
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Happy Birthday! How do they display emotion, and has their been any challenges with depicting said emotions in your artwork? I love their designs and have always been so inspired by the stories surrounding them!
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Both Crit and Cheats are fairly emotional and exhibit a lot of their emotions through their body language. It's certainly a challenge without a face, but it's a fun sort that makes me focus on their acting and the camera angles I choose to help convey what I want!
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happy birthday!

i know book plays cello, but are cheats and crit also musically inclined?
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Happy birthday!!
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How are robots powered in the Cheats Universe with the medical clinic? (Also, what would be the proper name for that setting?)
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Most still use electricity! Crit is a freak and requires a mix of electricity for his mechanical parts and a specifically made biofuel for his organics.

And right now I just call it Machine Sympathy!
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happy birthday i hope a thousand more ppl buy & appreciate ur art today 💖
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!
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Thank you!!! 😘💕
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Happy late birthday!!
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Happy birthday! 🖤
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Happy birthday!!! 🌹🌹🌹 I'm just appreciating here once again
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Happy birthday Saren!!!!

I just wanna know more about the grumpy accountant and his Playlist for what he plays dramatically on his cello... does he know any Celine Dion.....
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Thank you Nox!!!! LMAO he is a classical music snob so probably not. He is playing Dvořák, Bach, Shostakovich, etc~!
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Yoooo HBD, Saren!
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Happy birthday!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HOPE YOU HAVE A STUPENDOUS DAY!!💙

the only question I got----- have any fun lil lore drops you wanna tease about that BIG, HOT ROBOT BOSS MAN FROM THE ROBOT MAFIA GROUP?

I will wait for him forever 👁️ 👄 👁️
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Happy birthday!
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Happy Birthday!
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Thank you Snakes!!!
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happy birthday!!!!! 🎊🎉🎉🎉
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HAPPY BD
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Happy birthday Saren!!! Love your artx style and OCs!! Wish you the best!!! 🥳
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Happy birthday!!! I hope you have a lovely day and a lovelier year 💛
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aahh happy birthday lovely!! hope you are having a nice daY!
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Happy Belated Birthday Saren! I hope you had a lovely day
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happy birthday!
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happy birthday!!!! 🥰🎉
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Happy birthday!
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Ough, two questions.

Does Book like cats?

and

What class/subclass would they each be in D&D?
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARENNNN ive turned your child into a microbe
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HOLY SHIT I LOVE THIS LIL GERM THANK YOU
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happy birthday!!!! thanks for giving us chaos and delight, here's to another year of you kicking butt!! 💞
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& also hope you had a great birthday and ate whatever you wanted and partied!!
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Happy birthday!
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Happy belated birthday!! Hope it was a good one.

Thank you for inspiring me to draw and think robots more over the years.

I can't think of any interesting questions to ask though -- so please just infodump anything about ur OCs! (Or if ur bots played music/instruments??? Persued arts?????)
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Happy birthday!
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Happy birthday!!!
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Happy Birthday!!!
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Happy birthday!!
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happy birthday!!!
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Happy Birthday! It's also my birthday ! :D
I'm absolutely delighted to share this day with one of my fav artists. Absolutely adore your Oc's! No questions, 10/10, you are such a inspiration.
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Heyyy happy birthday!!! 🎉
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Happy birthday!
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AAAAAAHHHH HAPPY BIRTDAY!!!!
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Happy birthday!
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Happy birthday!! It's always a treat to see your art of your and Lyn's OCs. They're always so interesting to peek in on. +-+

Here's a question for XIV Crit - has he ever had the chance to go back to the Void and if so, what was it like for him?
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Happy birthday!
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Happy Birthday, Saren!!!

Have you stated how tall Book is? I know you have for Crit, but I can't recall if you've said so for the others?
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Happy birthday!!!
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Happy birthday Saren!! I hope you have a lovely day and get to eat some yummy food today at least! I can’t remember if it was answered before or not but the robots in your setting do they need sustenance? If they do, do they have a fav food?
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Happy Birthday!! 💜

Are there any songs you associate with your guys? What genres of music would they listen to themselves? How dyou think they'd feel about the music you associate with them?
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oh shit happy birthday!! do magnets do anything to ur guys….
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Thank you!! Oh absolutely. Cheats will mix magnet shavings in his drinks sometimes to fuck himself up lol
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAREN !!!! do any of them have a. afk screen of sorts (in my mind im thinking of the logo bouncing screen where you watch it until it hits the corner perfectly…)
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Happy birthday and blessings upon ye!

What do your OCs sound like? Do you have specific VAs that you imagine for them?
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Whaaaat happy birthday!
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Happy birthday! I don’t know if you read/recall Ten making figures of the Lost Light crew in the Transformers comics, but do you ever imagine your robos coming across figures of themselves and having Opinions™️
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aaa happy birthday!!!!!
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Happy Birthday Saren!!! ❤️✨
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Happy birthday!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

IM GONNA BE COMPLETELY NORMAL ABOUT YOUR ART I PROMISE
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Happy Birthday Saren!!! 🎉🎉🎉C:
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Happy birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈
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Happy Birthday!!!

What does Crit smell like?
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Thank you!! 💖Good question... a good bit of iron and ozone, and then maybe some amber
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Happy birthday, Saren! 🎉
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Happy Birthday!!!!!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAREN!! I have weird questions... do/would ur ocs have a favorite plant? Favorite type of Cat? If they had the option, what kind of biome would they live in..?
Idk if you answered all of these somewhere else already but I thought they were odd enough that maybe not!! 🎂
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WAHHH HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAREN!!!!!! 💖💖💖💖 I hope you have an amazing day full of all the roboys you could ever hope for
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Happy bday!!! 🎉✨️✨️ I hope you have a lovely one!
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I've always been curious about your robot OCs, is there a place where their lore or info is collated to read up on?
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happy birthday, Saren!
what are your favorite parts of how you designed each of them?
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Happy birthday, Saren!!
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I have no questions for them but I will look at them (dis)respectfully. Also happy birthday, I hope you have a good one!
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Thank you Lumen 💖💕
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Happy birthday!! 💐🎂
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happy birthday saren!!! i hope you have a wonderful day and amazing food <3
i'd love to hear if you had any design inspiration while creating your ocs (or just your process in creating them in general)!! i rlly love them..!!
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Happy Birthday! Best sexy robots!!!
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Happy bday Saren!! Do you insert your robots into a lot of universes outside of your own and ff14?!
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Happy birthday! Do your OCs like to do on a rainy day?
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Happy birthdayy!!! LOVE all their designs!!
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happy birthday ^^
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WAAA Happy Birthday~ 💛 you have some of the loveliest robots with the sleekest designs! Any fun little lore tidbits you don’t get to speak on too often that are fun experiments for their development? ( Do they have favourite colours? What are they powered by? Do they think about their awareness? )
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UWAAA HAPPY BIRTHDAY
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happy birthday!! does cheats have a favorite color and/or number
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thank you nona~~! 💖 this seems really cheap but it IS orange lol. he picked his helm and his clothes after all. He also is fond of the number 9, thinks its lucky. he's probably won and lost money with it, but can't give up on it
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Happy birthday!!! ☆*: .｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆
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Thank you Victoria!!!
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Happy birthday! May the coming year bring you joy, comfort, and success in equal and overwhelming measure.
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Happy birthday! 🎉
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Happy birthday Saren!
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Happy birthday!!!
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Happy birthday! 🥳🎉
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Happy Hatching Day!!
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Happy birthday!! How does their on-board power work, do they have to plug themselves to aux power to stay charged?
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Happy birthday Saren !!!!
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happy birthday saren!! i am always interested in hearing more about the origins of your robots (whether that is in-setting or original inspirations)
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THANK YOU MARION!! 😭💖
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I'm wildly late, but happy activation day!!
Which OC do you relate to the most and least?
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happy birfday saren!!!!!!!1!!!!! wuv da homie
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Happy birthday!!
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Happy birthday!!
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Happy birthday
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Merry birfday, and possibly mean question. Does Book have any Friends, or is it Enemies (without or without benefits) all the way down
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Happy Birthday! I'm curious about what's actually inside Crit?
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A mix of regular cutting-edge robotics (in their universe) and some extremely questionable organic matter :')
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biggest of birthdays to you, hope you have a wonderful time!!!!
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Happy birthday!!
Which of your robot OCs has changed the most since first conception, and in what ways? :)
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Probably Crit! He started off as a fairly one-dimensional antagonist and has grown into one of my most complex babies...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAYY!! i hope you get to treat yourself today with something nice! 🎂💖✨
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Happy birthday! I hope your day is wonderful!

What sort of non-verbal communication do your characters use, if any? Can they communicate through patterns or energy pulses?
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Oo this is fun! They all have wireless network protocols they can opt to communicate in with each other, with more traditional computer speak, but Crit could use electromagnetic pulses in an emergency to try and send out a code.
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Happy bday!!!!! 🌸✨🌸✨ I love tiny facts, habits, and quirks about characters if you have more to share! I just like hearing anything about OC's and their day to day 😄
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Thank you!!! A random fact then!!

birds make Cheats nervous. he sees their intelligence and thinks they're gonna steal his machine parts, and so he always keeps a bird feeder and leaves offerings for them often as a superstition to maintain good rep with the birds lskdjfd
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Happy birthday! All your ocs are ADORBS, and yes Crit you too!!! Squishes them aggressively 😤
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Happy birthday!! I have no questions, I just think they're all smokin' hot 😔
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👀1) Who is the first one, what are their pronouns, 2) do they have a favorite food 3) what's the dumbest shit they've ever seen anyone else do?
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Happy birthday!! I wanna know what kind of songs you’ve kin-assigned for each of them (or if you haven’t yet, please throw some ideas at me)
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Happy birthday! Will we ever get an artbook about them?
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Happy birthday, Saren!!! I hope it's a lovely one. <3
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Thank you so much! 😊💖
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Happy birthday!! And what is the easiest way to win each of them over?
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Thank you!!!

Crit - kick his ass
Cheats - show him a kindness (he falls easily)
Book - be competent
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Happy birthday!! Your robots are always so cool, I love seeing and reading about them 💖✨
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Happy day of birth!!!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAYYAYAYA 🤖🎉🎂🎊🎁
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