● Dark Technolike AU ●

Basic information: Systems analyst and logistician. Resource manager. Not particularly popular compared to other idols, but not despised. Rarely appears in public, usually working alone and quietly.

Personality: quiet, calm, shy, sympathetic, kind, slightly naive, a perfectionist, a workaholic, highly intelligent, slightly absent-minded, and not very receptive to innuendo. Often unable to stand up for herself and her personal boundaries. She gets along well with all her colleagues.

Appearance: Long purple hair with sparse blue streaks, tied in a high ponytail. Blue eyes. Pale purple skin. Tall, soft features. Downcast eyes with small circles under them from fatigue. Wears blue glasses, a black, form-fitting protective suit, and a white, translucent cloak over it.

Basic information: The first idol. She was artificially restored by the idol Happy (after the virus outbreak, her shell was destroyed and her core archived; Happy found her core and restored it). She despises and avoids other 'new' idols, but is neutral towards Happy. She has no responsibilities as such, being considered an 'experiment'. She hides the fact that she partially caused the spread of the virus.

Personality: Cruel and calculating, with the ability to disguise herself as a sweet and harmless persona. Rose's true nature is cruel, brazen, and calculating. She plans her actions coldly. In the presence of other idols or ordinary users, she pretends to be kind, caring, and harmless. Power-hungry, arrogant, and has a slight god syndrome.

Appearance: She is incredibly beautiful, with perfectly proportioned body and face. She has long, straight purple hair that fades to pink at the ends. Her bangs partially cover her right eye, and a scarlet bow adorns the back of her head. Her eyes are scarlet. Her skin is pale with a slight lilac tint. She wears a pink shirt over a dark purple jacket with pink trim. Black and pink skirt. Scarlet tights and knee-high platform boots.

Ban is an idol of order! An unloved idol among avatars, he's more like a feared idol. He's responsible for monitoring user violations and issuing appropriate punishments. He dislikes his job, which creates a contradiction between his position and his personality. He's rather negligent about it, which is one of the reasons he's disliked. Getting a reprimand from him by mistake is easy! But proving his innocence is impossible.

Personality: He's rude, loves power and bullying avatars, has a short temper, can't control his anger, and is constantly irritated over trifles. He's willful and a bit lazy. He speaks rudely and brazenly. He bans anyone and everyone. He's in love with the idol Vika. His rudeness hides a fear of exposure and loneliness.

Appearance: pale green skin, slightly short, sharp teeth. Narrow, white eyes, slight stoop. Under his clothes, there are black traces of infection, and a black scar on one eye. White hair, styled in sharp strands on the sides and back. Wears a black bandana, baggy pants, a tight-fitting black sleeveless T-shirt, and a loose, unbuttoned military jacket. Black bracelets, somewhat reminiscent of shackles, and occasional black bandages. The suit sometimes has neon green elements. He also wears black headphones. He has a piercing under his lip.

Backstory: Ban turned out to be infected. He knew that the infected were eliminated without delay and diligently tried to hide it. Regular virtual food didn't satisfy him. The thirst for code consumption became unbearable. Viki learned of this and tried to restrain and discipline Ban; she didn't want to lose her best friend, but Ban kept breaking. A couple of times, he ate some avatars out of systemic exhaustion. Regular food didn't satisfy him. The victims were quickly erased from Viki's own logs, but the memory remained.

Appearance: Short, silver-gray hair, neatly combed back. Bright blue eyes, piercing, with a subtle glow in the dark. Pale blue skin, sharp features, a straight nose, athletic build, and tall. Wears a dark blue jacket with a high collar; silver epaulettes with three stars; straight-leg black trousers with silver stripes; polished black platform boots; a holographic tablet with a map of the Bunker and a communicator on his belt.

Personality: obsessed with cleanliness and order, a perfectionist. Calm, honest, attentive, gloomy, cold. Authoritative. Never raises his voice.

Basic Information: Bunker Commander-in-Chief, Defense Coordinator, and Leader of the Council of Idols. Responsible for counter-infected tactics, patrols, and perimeter fortification. Area of ​​responsibility: Bunker's outer boundaries, early warning system, weapons and defense module depots, and training grounds.

Technolike was a once-popular metaverse, or more accurately, a virtual reality game. However, it was shut down several years ago due to a digital virus outbreak of unknown origin. It affected the avatar core—the key module of self-awareness and personality stability. Idols modified the avatars left behind by players, relying on their code structure and were able to grant them simple consciousness. Consequences of infection: the infected experience an insatiable need to absorb program code, literally devouring programs. The infected frequently mutate, and in later stages, they exhibit extremely powerful regeneration, possibly even surpassing that of idols. Initially, the infected attacked simple scripts and bots, then avatars. In the final stage, the code is completely rewritten by the virus to perform its primary function—searching for and consuming any available program.

To escape the infected, avatars and idols took refuge in the Bunker—a structure separated from the main Technolike network. It's a multi-level structure beneath the map, with multiple floors. Each avatar is assigned one small room—a cell.

Avatars are the simplest AI, but despite this they are still alive.

Idols are complex, multitasking AIs. They lead the bunker's system, representing a kind of absolute authority. Council of Six Idols: The Bunker is governed by a council of Six Idols, each responsible for their own sector and area of ​​​​tasks

Examples of idols: The Captain is the commander-in-chief, defense coordinator, and leader of the Council. Responsible for counter-infected tactics, patrols, and perimeter fortification. Ban is the guardian of order. He monitors violations and compliance with the rules within the shelter, and identifies potential traitors or virus carriers. Vicky is a systems analyst and logistician. She manages resources. Happy is a scientist or researcher responsible for medicine and virus research.