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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7115197" data-attributes="member: 79141">Xambria's DowntimeThe player wrote his own account of Xambria's downtime.  My response is in blue.Xambria was very quiet in the immediate aftermath and said very little until they returned to Risur. She would have looked to spend a few days with the Clockwork Count to fully familiarise herself with her new body. A few days later she would return to RHC headquarters in Flint to officially enlist. Previously, she was a ride along with Malthusius, then after his death she agreed to supervise Conquo, but that soon changed when the unit fell off the grid. Xambria never thought she had the nerve to be an RHC officer. She had seen the violence that the unit was required to not just endure but dish out. While she understood why, she could never believe that she would be able to do that. She had continued to hope that she would find a way to get her own body and return to her old life.Then the Ob killed Conquo. Over the three years she and Conquo shared a body a deep bond had formed between the two. By the time the unit returned to action she had come to view him as a little brother. While familiar with the dangers the unit faced, she felt that Conquo would be safe. He was such a powerhouse that it almost seemed impossible than he would face any real danger. Then he fought a dragon, followed by Tinker's weapons and finally the Ob. And Lya killed him.That was the event that caused Xambria to snap. Having finally gotten her hands on a usable weapon her hand was rock steady as she blew Lya's brains out. While unbelievably satisfying to have avenged Conquo, she was also horrified to have killed some. When she was first controlled by Sijhen, she was made to kill and she had personally fought undead in Conquo's body, but this was the first time she had deliberately taken a life. The very idea horrified her. But acclimatising to her new form had given her time to think. And she was in. All the way. To do that however she wanted to do it the right way. So she joined the RHC.The rest of her time would have been spent completing the basic training and catching up on all of the files on the Ob that RHC have. Any other assignments set her she would do diligently, but the majority of her free time would be on the Ob case, learning as much as she can.Your enrolment in the RHC was complete in your spirit form, as Xambria was deemed to be controlling Conquo. However, Delft would want to establish that you are both a capable threat and not a liability to the team in your new form. The Clockwork Count's first task, before anything else is attempted, is to refine your artificial form. In fact, he redesigns a shell for Xambria from the ground up, following Tinker’s schematics and incorporating ideas of his own. This model is more refined than the brute force chassis of other duplicants, almost as advanced as the bronze golem Grappa once inhabited. Once you take possession of it, you pass the induction tests set by the RHC with ease.Delft suggests that you team up with Gupta on the Ragman case for the time being.  Would you like to take the opportunity to visit with your parents?  (I recall Malthusius went to visit them when you first took up residence in his head.)Xambria would steer clear of such emotional family matters for now.DM's Note  For anyone who's interested in the Cypher System conversion for our campaign, Dr. Xambria Meredith is a plucky archaeologist who Resides in an Artfully Constructed Clockwork Simulacrum  This is a modification of the is a cyborg focus from the Strange.  Her secondary focus is 'Would Rather Be Reading'.</blockquote>

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