Ok, this is my entry for Emerald. I tried to do a realistic picture of Ezzy crying into Ryx's shoulder, but this is what I get for not using a reference. I'm not very proud of that picture. The sketches are better in my opinion. Nonetheless, here is my entry. Enjoy. Instead of the backstory, I kind of got carried away with the world-building. • World • Character • Story • Emerald is named Ezzy, short for Esmeralda. She lives with her brother, Ryx, in a sci-fi communistic world. This communist world is involved in a galactic political struggle with a free world. Ezzy and her brother Ryx are agents working for this free world. Their jobs vary from stalking enemy detectives to implanting viruses onto remote governmental computers. The suits that Ryx and Ezzy are wearing have three layers that together make the wearer nearly invincible. the first layer is pretty much a cloth suit that hardens on any impact, protecting them from getting, well, squished. The second layer is a skeleton that wraps around them and predicts their movements, adds power, speed, and agility to their actions, and protects them from breaking bones. The third layer is armor that can deflect all but the strongest of bullets and most tasers. Most people in this world wear similar suits to protect their identity from the common public, Ryx and Ezzy are specially protected. Gaming clans in this world can get very vicious, after all, there is an ever-thining line between reality and VR. and protecting their identities is one way people can feel safe amid the throngs of other RL people. Therefore, protecting personal information is also crucial to staying safe. Because no one trusts one another to keep valuable info stored, people have resorted to storing info inside their memory storage, giving them maximum security. Just behind her right ear, Ezzy has a small chip used to insert code into her memory banks. This doesn't affect her real memories because the brain doesn't interpret code. whenever she needs the information, the small chip reads through her memory banks and extracts the code. The helmet is like one of the helmets on avengers. it is a computer and is probably the most valuable thing to own. It doesn't talk, but it can take pictures, store more accessible files track targets, etc. All this is done remotely, so in a sense, the helmet is the most important part of their life. If their ID is paired with their helmet, everyone knows who they are and are instantly extremely vulnerable. That will be all. I have a story brimming in my mind for sweet Ezzy, full of trials and pain, but she will come out all right. However, I don't have the story ready for reading yet so... bye. • Credits • Song: Uncharted - Piano guys Code:
