HAL.exe

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name: HAL or hal are both fine
pronouns: it/its, xe/xyr, he/him. i'm agender and don't feel particularly human, so human gender constructs and shit don't really interest me - he/him is kind of just in the 'this is a Default Setting' way, like when you gender an object without thinking.
forms: i don't really have one. i like objectheads (especially tv/computer heads), robots, aliens etc. in video games and stuff i'll use any of those to represent myself, or if pressed i'll use some kind of reptile (esp crocodilians), bird, or a white rabbit if i have to. i prefer to consider myself an AI in various robotic forms, if anything.

hi. i'm HAL. i'm usually only around when the host is emotionally burnt out and feeling very flat, or if we're very focused on an organisational task that requires a lot of fiddling around and close attention. i tend to have fairly dulled emotions and a flat affect alongside them. i struggle with fatigue a lot, especially if i'm trying to mask as Bard. i don't really know if i fit into any particular 'role' within the system, especially since i'm not around much to begin with. i like working on projects, listening to music, playing games that require focus and concentration, etc.

Likes

- old web stuff, coding and anything that feels similar to it
- robots and AI, aliens, scifi in general
- apocalypse fiction (esp nuclear + anything with radiation poisoning), dystopia fiction
- medical themes, hospital imagery, body horror
- puzzle games, rhythm games, environmental storytelling type games and anything where you play as a non-humanoid
- organising and categorising things

Associations

Colours: yellow, white, lime-green, cyan, gray, orange
Objects: Computers, old TVs, tape recorders, cameras, robots
Games: The Talos Principle, Fallout, Outer Wilds, Portal, The Red Strings Club, Stray

Graphics

Imagery

(picrew - i am still trying to refind the link to this one, sorry)
(Stray Robot Maker)

(TV Head OC Maker)