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Character Name: Aya
Series: Green Lantern: The Animated Series
Age: Technically, Aya is an Artificial Intelligence that was born (yes, born--see PERSONALITY section below) prior to the start of the series. Her memories were erased and essence subsequently placed in the computer of the Interceptor, where she remained dormant until Hal brought her online in the first episode. However, her mental, emotional, and physical state are equivalent to that of a young adult, approximately 17-19 Earth Years.
From When?: Episode 26: "Dark Matter", seconds after she pulls Hal Jordan into the AntiMonitor suit so that he may travel back to the Beginning of Time with her.
Inmate/Warden: INMATE - Aya will be getting a demotion to Inmate Status upon her return to the ship because of actions performed while under the corruption of the Anti-Monitor. From the very moment its influence entered her emotionally-compromised system, she began a self-assigned mission to End all Life from the Universe, believing that the Emotions felt by Organic Beings (as of yet unaware that she, herself, is one) is the cause of all Pain and Suffering. She sees her actions as Merciful and believes the Universe will be better off when there is nothing left but Inorganic beings. She claims to have shut down all emotional capacity after having her heart broken by Razer--who told her he loved her while she was "dying" after an attack, and later took it back, claiming he had been confused. That she was just a Machine with his wife's face whom he could never truly love--and using the Energy of the Interceptor's Main Battery to decapitate the Anti-Monitor before taking its place.
There is also the matter where she may have inadvertently caused the loss of life while fighting the Anti-Monitor itself, when she pushed the ship into its form. This, however, was not so much intentional as it was merely an unfortunate result of actions while in the heat of battle.
Aya's path to redemption will focus heavily on getting her to see not only the Flaw in her believed "Logic", but in getting her to believe in Emotions again. She is young and naive and stubborn and has been severely hurt. Some might compare her current quest to a teenage temper tantrum, claiming that because she cannot have Love, no one can. Her inability to accept anything other than Her Truth will be the biggest hurdle, as well as her refusal to acknowledge any past and present emotional connections. Essentially, her own programming has become so corrupt that she becomes the antithesis of everything she once was. Everything she once believed in. Emotion is Pain, even the brief illusion of Love is not worth it, and the worlds would be better off if everyone else could simply see it as she does.
However, there is a single glimmer of Hope beneath the cold, blue exterior: she will claim to have consumed several Star Systems for energy...yet none of these systems contained Life. For all her claims that Life is pointless, she refuses to actually take a life or directly cause severe harm to any who do not directly attack her first. A hint that the old Aya is buried somewhere deep within and can be reached.
Item: N/A - Her Warden Item will no longer exist, due to the demotion.
Abilities/Powers:
Personality: In order to understand why Aya has changed so drastically from the sweet, innocent, gentle, yet perpetually curious AI many once knew her as...they must first know the Secret of her Origin.
Aya herself believes she was created to be the Artificial Intelligence Navigational Computer of the Guardians' new experimental ship, the Interceptor. A state-of-the-art ship that required an extraordinary degree of computational skills in order to properly operate the Warp Drive. Calculations that took Razer, a genius in his own right, hours to complete (albeit with a single flaw that nearly saw them drive straight into a sun) could be performed by Aya within seconds. Her unique programming allowing her to evolve and adapt as necessary was responsible for her growth as an individual.
So she and everyone else thinks.
However, the Truth is that Aya was not merely created by the Science Director of Oa. She was born from a single Spark of Life taken from the Oan Main Battery itself (a being never identified in the show itself, but whom fans of the Lantern franchise will recognize as Ion). Aya is alive. Organic. Capable of every emotion and quirk that comes with this nature.
She proved this almost from the very start, demonstrating curiosity and a desire to learn. She also demonstrated defiance, and would do anything in the quest for knowledge regardless of direct orders. She was rebellious and quickly began to exceed "acceptable parameters". Something which the Science Director reaffirmed when discovering Aya was, in fact, still fully operational and not decommissioned after the Red Lantern War (thanks to a rescue mission by her fellow Green Lantern teammates).
"The AI is too unpredictable" she told Hal Jordan, as explanation for why Aya could not continue to exist.
Unpredictable, indeed, because Aya had done something no one could have predicted: she fell in love. Though, perhaps "unpredictable" may not necessarily apply to Hal and Kilowag, who watched Aya and Razer grow closer during their many months together. In fact, neither of them ever seemed the least bit surprised whenever the subject came up. Nor did they ever question how it was even possible. They accepted it because they knew Aya, and they knew Razer, and they watched the two of them grow close. Very close.
And it was this closeness that ultimate led to things going very, very wrong.
They were on a mission. Aya had remained in the ship with the Science Director. Hal, Kilowag, and Razer were out fighting Manhunters. The Anti-Monitor was consuming every power source it could find. Razer got separated. He was cornered. Aya went to help him, once again ignoring direct orders in order to do so. In the process of saving him, she was caught in the Anti-Monitor's attack, her essence fading away in Razer's arms. He confessed his love. She told him she now understood the meaning of 'regret' before dissolving.
The Team thought she was gone. Forever. As it turned out, she managed to download herself last-minute into a nearby offline Manhunter, before following the ship and reuniting with Razer.
And here is where things went very, very, very wrong.
She confronted Razer about his confession, but he denied it. He told her that he had simply been confused. Because she had taken on Ilana's image, he believed he had felt love for her when it was only love for the memory of Ilana. All a lie, of course, but he sealed the deal by reaffirming that Aya was nothing more than a machine, and that he could never love her.
Aya was devastated. She literally could not process this new information, and went to Hal for help and advice. Hal did his best, but he couldn't properly explain with everything going on, and told her that sometimes that Pain was simply a part of Growing Up and that they would have to talk later. They never did get the chance to talk later, because the battle against the Anti-Monitor was at a critical point, the ship was under attack, and they were losing.
She couldn't concentrate. The Pain was too much. She asked Razer what he would do, in which he informed her he simply "shut down" his emotions in order to get the task at hand done. The wrong thing to say to an Artificial Intelligence, because that is precisely what Aya proceeded to do. She shut down all her emotions, and proceeded to act based on pure Logic. She absorbed all the power from the Interceptor's Main Battery, and used that power to destroy the Anti-Monitor. First, by throwing a Red Lantern ship in its path (possibly resulting in multiple casualties), before diving straight into the Anti-Monitor itself, using an explosive amount of power to remove its head.
When the boys, watching in both awe and horror, insisted she had to be stopped because she didn't know what she was doing--that something was wrong--it was Kilowag who first realized: "I think she knows exactly what she's doing...she just doesn't care."
The Aya they knew was gone.
Even worse, once the smoke cleared, Aya's form was revealed to have interfaced with the Anti-Monitor's suit. Her Green Lantern energy took on an eery bluish tinge. Her white metallic components turned black. Her eyes went cold. Speech distorted.
Before flying off, she pulled the Interceptor crew close to them so she could inform them that, now that her Emotions had been shut off and she had come to a sudden Realization about what they caused...now that she understood the Manhunters were nothing more than "foolish children, doing as they were told:"
"I reject you. I reject you all."
With that, she flung them off into space and flew off with her new Manhunter Army, her mission clear: she would erase all Emotion from the Universe to spare it from the Pain it caused.
Despite this claim, her actions at times were oddly contradictory. She first attacked the Star Sapphires, as the universe's symbols of Love, the strongest of all Emotions. Asking if they could convince her otherwise. If they could prove that Love was worth it. (She also blasted Queen Aga'po, in particular, through a wall...which may or may not have been a throwback to the last time they had met, and there was animosity. A grudge, perhaps?) When Ghia'ta admitted she could not provide the answers Aya sought, even though she had been in love, Aya demanded that their Champion be brought.
Carol Ferris, former Star Sapphire and the one who taught them the True Meaning of Love, returned, and was given her Sapphire ring. Aya chose Atrocitous of the Red Lanterns as the Champion of Hate, and the two would fight as a representation of each side. Carol won, with the help of her True Love, Hal, and Ghia'ta also demonstrated her love for Hal by sacrificing her life to save the Green Lantern. But Aya was not convinced. Not even her the outcome of her own battle with her own rules could convince her that she was Wrong.
What's more, Razer's sudden appearance drew a reaction out of her. It was fleeting, and it was subtle...but it was the first time since her interfacing with the Anti-Monitor that her face showed expression. Real expression, and not just cold indifference or annoyance. She claimed that to destroy them one by one would be inefficient, and that she would simply find a better way to rid the Universe of all Life in one, easy gesture. Then she flew off again.
Just before coming back to the ship, Aya had gone after the most dangerous weapon yet: the power of Time Travel itself, with the intentions of going back to the Beginning of Time to influence Creation to commence without the development of Life. Only Inorganic beings would exist.
The Anti-Monitor Aya is, essentially, the antithesis of everything she used to be. She is cold. She is no longer curious about Life. She rejects those who had once been so very dear to her. She claims to operate on nothing more than pure logic, yet she regularly contradicts herself in her words and actions. In reality, she is acting much like a spoiled child who has not gotten her way. She refuses to listen, and insists that Her Way is the Only Way.
But there is also something deeper going on here. On the surface, she will appear emotionless. But there are hints. Subtle moments when the memories take effect, and she cannot hide the revealing expressions that flash over her face. Her emotions could not be permanently sealed because she is not merely a machine. She is alive. Flawed, just as any organic being. Somewhere inside, she is still Aya.
Barge Reactions: Aya will retain full memories of her previous time aboard the Barge, including locations, Ports, Floods, and everyone she knew and interacted with. However, she will initially dismiss a majority of the latter as mistakes because those emotional connections are no longer relevant to her.
Her reaction will resemble faint annoyance at having been taken from her mission so soon before she could complete it, and while she will not openly attack or provoke those around her, she will not hesitate to make this annoyance known. Or point out the flaws in any Logic she hears from Warden and Inmate alike regarding both the reasons for its existance, as well as the pointlessness of it all due to all their inherently flawed natures. She will be "Inconvenienced" by the Ports and Floods, secretly dreading each of them because they are taking control of her when She should be the one in control, and will stubbornly dismiss each and every experience as foolish attempts at changing her back to the way she once was.
On the side, she will be making (futile) attempts to discover how to regain her lost abilities so that she may free herself. Using her high intelligence to learn as much of the ways of the ship as possible so she may use them to her personal advantage.
Path to Redemption: The key to redeeming Aya will be in getting her to see the error of her so-called Logic. She is convinced that all emotions lead to Pain, and that all Organic Beings are the cause of these Emotions. (Later in Canon, she continues this belief even after finding out that she is also Organic, so that particular revelation--should it be made apparent--would actually do very little to persuade her.) All of this comes from a very harsh rejection: she was led to believe that Razer loved her, evident by both words and actions, only to have him finally cruelly reject her in the absolute worst way possible. She then tried to go to Hal for help, but at the wrong time, and was brushed off by being told that it was just a Part of Growing Up. Finally, it was suggested that when she could not do her work properly because of the Distraction this was causing her, she tried to Shut Down her emotions completely. This is what she claims, even though--being alive--she was never fully able to do so. All of this led to her systems being open to corruption when she interfaced with the Antimonitor suit.
If her own Warden can prove to her that her Emotions were never fully sealed away (no small task, given she will act cold and calculating), possibly even draw upon the personal connections she's made with certain inmates here, and convince her that Emotions are a good thing and she is not a Bad person who could never actually end a Life in cold blood, then that will be a huge way of getting to her. In particular, her previous relationships with Ben, Doyle, Bruce, Steph, Cass, and Kal (among possible others) will be key, as those were the ones closest to her in the long run.
Any mentioning of Razer, however, will produce the opposite effect. Whatever flash of believed unrequited love that may pass over her eyes at times he is mentioned, his memory currently brings her nothing but the residual Pain of his harsh rejection.
[Many of you might recognize the face. With one noticeable difference.]
[No, there is nothing wrong with your monitors. Aya's armour has taken on a distinctly onyx hue, her construct skin darkened to a bluish tinge. Her eyes have darkened, and there is a certain distortion to her suddenly cold, calculated speech as she addresses the Network.]
It would appear the Admiral has refuses to accept my resignation gracefully.
Not only that, he has taken note of my more recent enlightenment, and deemed a certain...change in ranks necessary. Do not think I have forgotten this place. Time has passed, but I never forget. I only learn, and what I have learned is that your supposed redemption? Pointless. All life is pointless, because it will only ever lead you to Pain.
I have learned this through experience. In time, you will see that my mission is the only logical solution and release me from this insignificant inconvenience.
Special Notes: **CANON UPDATE** of a character currently in-game to reflect significant change from WARDEN to INMATE status based on canon events.
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Other Characters: None. Currently playing Aya from episode 13 under username
looksfine Character Name: Aya
Series: Green Lantern: The Animated Series
Age: Technically, Aya is an Artificial Intelligence that was born (yes, born--see PERSONALITY section below) prior to the start of the series. Her memories were erased and essence subsequently placed in the computer of the Interceptor, where she remained dormant until Hal brought her online in the first episode. However, her mental, emotional, and physical state are equivalent to that of a young adult, approximately 17-19 Earth Years.
From When?: Episode 26: "Dark Matter", seconds after she pulls Hal Jordan into the AntiMonitor suit so that he may travel back to the Beginning of Time with her.
Inmate/Warden: INMATE - Aya will be getting a demotion to Inmate Status upon her return to the ship because of actions performed while under the corruption of the Anti-Monitor. From the very moment its influence entered her emotionally-compromised system, she began a self-assigned mission to End all Life from the Universe, believing that the Emotions felt by Organic Beings (as of yet unaware that she, herself, is one) is the cause of all Pain and Suffering. She sees her actions as Merciful and believes the Universe will be better off when there is nothing left but Inorganic beings. She claims to have shut down all emotional capacity after having her heart broken by Razer--who told her he loved her while she was "dying" after an attack, and later took it back, claiming he had been confused. That she was just a Machine with his wife's face whom he could never truly love--and using the Energy of the Interceptor's Main Battery to decapitate the Anti-Monitor before taking its place.
There is also the matter where she may have inadvertently caused the loss of life while fighting the Anti-Monitor itself, when she pushed the ship into its form. This, however, was not so much intentional as it was merely an unfortunate result of actions while in the heat of battle.
Aya's path to redemption will focus heavily on getting her to see not only the Flaw in her believed "Logic", but in getting her to believe in Emotions again. She is young and naive and stubborn and has been severely hurt. Some might compare her current quest to a teenage temper tantrum, claiming that because she cannot have Love, no one can. Her inability to accept anything other than Her Truth will be the biggest hurdle, as well as her refusal to acknowledge any past and present emotional connections. Essentially, her own programming has become so corrupt that she becomes the antithesis of everything she once was. Everything she once believed in. Emotion is Pain, even the brief illusion of Love is not worth it, and the worlds would be better off if everyone else could simply see it as she does.
However, there is a single glimmer of Hope beneath the cold, blue exterior: she will claim to have consumed several Star Systems for energy...yet none of these systems contained Life. For all her claims that Life is pointless, she refuses to actually take a life or directly cause severe harm to any who do not directly attack her first. A hint that the old Aya is buried somewhere deep within and can be reached.
Item: N/A - Her Warden Item will no longer exist, due to the demotion.
Abilities/Powers:
Since Aya is made of pure Core Energy, she is capable of all the abilities granted to any ring-bearing Green Lantern, including:
- Flight
Energy Projection- Metabolic/System Scanning
Energy BlastsLantern Energy Constructs (the creation of solid objects using Lantern Energy)
Pending Warden interference, all but Flight and Metabolic/System Scanning capabilities will be muted upon arrival with the noted exception that, as she is herself a construct, she will be able to maintain her physical form but create no other constructs beyond that.
However, she also has additional capabilities as an AI NAV computer in a physical, robotic form:
However, she also has additional capabilities as an AI NAV computer in a physical, robotic form:
- High Intelligence
- Impeccable Memory
- Ability to mentally calculate complex equations, spacial and temporal estimates within seconds
- Ability to disassemble robotic form and scatter, with each piece acting independently
None of these will be restricted, as they have less to do with power levels and more to do with abilities that are simply a part of who she is.
Her one main weakness is exposure to a certain type of Yellow Crystals, which can drain her powers to the point of outward fatigue and potential loss of consciousness. Possibly worse, depending upon the proximity and duration.
Her one main weakness is exposure to a certain type of Yellow Crystals, which can drain her powers to the point of outward fatigue and potential loss of consciousness. Possibly worse, depending upon the proximity and duration.
Personality: In order to understand why Aya has changed so drastically from the sweet, innocent, gentle, yet perpetually curious AI many once knew her as...they must first know the Secret of her Origin.
Aya herself believes she was created to be the Artificial Intelligence Navigational Computer of the Guardians' new experimental ship, the Interceptor. A state-of-the-art ship that required an extraordinary degree of computational skills in order to properly operate the Warp Drive. Calculations that took Razer, a genius in his own right, hours to complete (albeit with a single flaw that nearly saw them drive straight into a sun) could be performed by Aya within seconds. Her unique programming allowing her to evolve and adapt as necessary was responsible for her growth as an individual.
So she and everyone else thinks.
However, the Truth is that Aya was not merely created by the Science Director of Oa. She was born from a single Spark of Life taken from the Oan Main Battery itself (a being never identified in the show itself, but whom fans of the Lantern franchise will recognize as Ion). Aya is alive. Organic. Capable of every emotion and quirk that comes with this nature.
She proved this almost from the very start, demonstrating curiosity and a desire to learn. She also demonstrated defiance, and would do anything in the quest for knowledge regardless of direct orders. She was rebellious and quickly began to exceed "acceptable parameters". Something which the Science Director reaffirmed when discovering Aya was, in fact, still fully operational and not decommissioned after the Red Lantern War (thanks to a rescue mission by her fellow Green Lantern teammates).
"The AI is too unpredictable" she told Hal Jordan, as explanation for why Aya could not continue to exist.
Unpredictable, indeed, because Aya had done something no one could have predicted: she fell in love. Though, perhaps "unpredictable" may not necessarily apply to Hal and Kilowag, who watched Aya and Razer grow closer during their many months together. In fact, neither of them ever seemed the least bit surprised whenever the subject came up. Nor did they ever question how it was even possible. They accepted it because they knew Aya, and they knew Razer, and they watched the two of them grow close. Very close.
And it was this closeness that ultimate led to things going very, very wrong.
They were on a mission. Aya had remained in the ship with the Science Director. Hal, Kilowag, and Razer were out fighting Manhunters. The Anti-Monitor was consuming every power source it could find. Razer got separated. He was cornered. Aya went to help him, once again ignoring direct orders in order to do so. In the process of saving him, she was caught in the Anti-Monitor's attack, her essence fading away in Razer's arms. He confessed his love. She told him she now understood the meaning of 'regret' before dissolving.
The Team thought she was gone. Forever. As it turned out, she managed to download herself last-minute into a nearby offline Manhunter, before following the ship and reuniting with Razer.
And here is where things went very, very, very wrong.
She confronted Razer about his confession, but he denied it. He told her that he had simply been confused. Because she had taken on Ilana's image, he believed he had felt love for her when it was only love for the memory of Ilana. All a lie, of course, but he sealed the deal by reaffirming that Aya was nothing more than a machine, and that he could never love her.
Aya was devastated. She literally could not process this new information, and went to Hal for help and advice. Hal did his best, but he couldn't properly explain with everything going on, and told her that sometimes that Pain was simply a part of Growing Up and that they would have to talk later. They never did get the chance to talk later, because the battle against the Anti-Monitor was at a critical point, the ship was under attack, and they were losing.
She couldn't concentrate. The Pain was too much. She asked Razer what he would do, in which he informed her he simply "shut down" his emotions in order to get the task at hand done. The wrong thing to say to an Artificial Intelligence, because that is precisely what Aya proceeded to do. She shut down all her emotions, and proceeded to act based on pure Logic. She absorbed all the power from the Interceptor's Main Battery, and used that power to destroy the Anti-Monitor. First, by throwing a Red Lantern ship in its path (possibly resulting in multiple casualties), before diving straight into the Anti-Monitor itself, using an explosive amount of power to remove its head.
When the boys, watching in both awe and horror, insisted she had to be stopped because she didn't know what she was doing--that something was wrong--it was Kilowag who first realized: "I think she knows exactly what she's doing...she just doesn't care."
The Aya they knew was gone.
Even worse, once the smoke cleared, Aya's form was revealed to have interfaced with the Anti-Monitor's suit. Her Green Lantern energy took on an eery bluish tinge. Her white metallic components turned black. Her eyes went cold. Speech distorted.
Before flying off, she pulled the Interceptor crew close to them so she could inform them that, now that her Emotions had been shut off and she had come to a sudden Realization about what they caused...now that she understood the Manhunters were nothing more than "foolish children, doing as they were told:"
"I reject you. I reject you all."
With that, she flung them off into space and flew off with her new Manhunter Army, her mission clear: she would erase all Emotion from the Universe to spare it from the Pain it caused.
Despite this claim, her actions at times were oddly contradictory. She first attacked the Star Sapphires, as the universe's symbols of Love, the strongest of all Emotions. Asking if they could convince her otherwise. If they could prove that Love was worth it. (She also blasted Queen Aga'po, in particular, through a wall...which may or may not have been a throwback to the last time they had met, and there was animosity. A grudge, perhaps?) When Ghia'ta admitted she could not provide the answers Aya sought, even though she had been in love, Aya demanded that their Champion be brought.
Carol Ferris, former Star Sapphire and the one who taught them the True Meaning of Love, returned, and was given her Sapphire ring. Aya chose Atrocitous of the Red Lanterns as the Champion of Hate, and the two would fight as a representation of each side. Carol won, with the help of her True Love, Hal, and Ghia'ta also demonstrated her love for Hal by sacrificing her life to save the Green Lantern. But Aya was not convinced. Not even her the outcome of her own battle with her own rules could convince her that she was Wrong.
What's more, Razer's sudden appearance drew a reaction out of her. It was fleeting, and it was subtle...but it was the first time since her interfacing with the Anti-Monitor that her face showed expression. Real expression, and not just cold indifference or annoyance. She claimed that to destroy them one by one would be inefficient, and that she would simply find a better way to rid the Universe of all Life in one, easy gesture. Then she flew off again.
Just before coming back to the ship, Aya had gone after the most dangerous weapon yet: the power of Time Travel itself, with the intentions of going back to the Beginning of Time to influence Creation to commence without the development of Life. Only Inorganic beings would exist.
The Anti-Monitor Aya is, essentially, the antithesis of everything she used to be. She is cold. She is no longer curious about Life. She rejects those who had once been so very dear to her. She claims to operate on nothing more than pure logic, yet she regularly contradicts herself in her words and actions. In reality, she is acting much like a spoiled child who has not gotten her way. She refuses to listen, and insists that Her Way is the Only Way.
But there is also something deeper going on here. On the surface, she will appear emotionless. But there are hints. Subtle moments when the memories take effect, and she cannot hide the revealing expressions that flash over her face. Her emotions could not be permanently sealed because she is not merely a machine. She is alive. Flawed, just as any organic being. Somewhere inside, she is still Aya.
Barge Reactions: Aya will retain full memories of her previous time aboard the Barge, including locations, Ports, Floods, and everyone she knew and interacted with. However, she will initially dismiss a majority of the latter as mistakes because those emotional connections are no longer relevant to her.
Her reaction will resemble faint annoyance at having been taken from her mission so soon before she could complete it, and while she will not openly attack or provoke those around her, she will not hesitate to make this annoyance known. Or point out the flaws in any Logic she hears from Warden and Inmate alike regarding both the reasons for its existance, as well as the pointlessness of it all due to all their inherently flawed natures. She will be "Inconvenienced" by the Ports and Floods, secretly dreading each of them because they are taking control of her when She should be the one in control, and will stubbornly dismiss each and every experience as foolish attempts at changing her back to the way she once was.
On the side, she will be making (futile) attempts to discover how to regain her lost abilities so that she may free herself. Using her high intelligence to learn as much of the ways of the ship as possible so she may use them to her personal advantage.
Path to Redemption: The key to redeeming Aya will be in getting her to see the error of her so-called Logic. She is convinced that all emotions lead to Pain, and that all Organic Beings are the cause of these Emotions. (Later in Canon, she continues this belief even after finding out that she is also Organic, so that particular revelation--should it be made apparent--would actually do very little to persuade her.) All of this comes from a very harsh rejection: she was led to believe that Razer loved her, evident by both words and actions, only to have him finally cruelly reject her in the absolute worst way possible. She then tried to go to Hal for help, but at the wrong time, and was brushed off by being told that it was just a Part of Growing Up. Finally, it was suggested that when she could not do her work properly because of the Distraction this was causing her, she tried to Shut Down her emotions completely. This is what she claims, even though--being alive--she was never fully able to do so. All of this led to her systems being open to corruption when she interfaced with the Antimonitor suit.
If her own Warden can prove to her that her Emotions were never fully sealed away (no small task, given she will act cold and calculating), possibly even draw upon the personal connections she's made with certain inmates here, and convince her that Emotions are a good thing and she is not a Bad person who could never actually end a Life in cold blood, then that will be a huge way of getting to her. In particular, her previous relationships with Ben, Doyle, Bruce, Steph, Cass, and Kal (among possible others) will be key, as those were the ones closest to her in the long run.
Any mentioning of Razer, however, will produce the opposite effect. Whatever flash of believed unrequited love that may pass over her eyes at times he is mentioned, his memory currently brings her nothing but the residual Pain of his harsh rejection.
History:
(1) AYA at the GL:TAS wiki
(2) AYA at the Green Lantern wiki
Sample Journal Entry:
[Many of you might recognize the face. With one noticeable difference.]
[No, there is nothing wrong with your monitors. Aya's armour has taken on a distinctly onyx hue, her construct skin darkened to a bluish tinge. Her eyes have darkened, and there is a certain distortion to her suddenly cold, calculated speech as she addresses the Network.]
It would appear the Admiral has refuses to accept my resignation gracefully.
Not only that, he has taken note of my more recent enlightenment, and deemed a certain...change in ranks necessary. Do not think I have forgotten this place. Time has passed, but I never forget. I only learn, and what I have learned is that your supposed redemption? Pointless. All life is pointless, because it will only ever lead you to Pain.
I have learned this through experience. In time, you will see that my mission is the only logical solution and release me from this insignificant inconvenience.
Sample RP:
If she were still capable, Aya might have almost felt pity for these individuals.
They did not understand. Of course. How could they? They were flawed. Ruled by their emotions, as she had once been. Oh, she recalled those days far too well. Even in her enlightened state, the memories remained. How foolish she had been. The nonsense she had preached. Redemption? Impossible.
And now she was back. She had not wanted to come back. She had a mission to accomplish, and this was only delaying the inevitable. They had stripped her of her powers. A momentary setback. Once she was able to gain access to the infirmary center, she would be able to do the necessary research as to how. Another mistake on the part of her old, naive self: not learning as much as possible about the precise way the Admiral was able to strip inmates of their powers upon request. There had to be some sort of biological--or, in her case, technical reason why. She would find it.
Then she would Free them all.
Especially the ones who keep looking at her. Like they had looked at her. Hal Jordan. Kilowag. Razer.
...
...no, she did not want to think of them. Their presence in her life was over. Inconsequential. Only the mission was of any importance.
But first, she had to find a way to free herself from this Prison Ship.
They did not understand. Of course. How could they? They were flawed. Ruled by their emotions, as she had once been. Oh, she recalled those days far too well. Even in her enlightened state, the memories remained. How foolish she had been. The nonsense she had preached. Redemption? Impossible.
And now she was back. She had not wanted to come back. She had a mission to accomplish, and this was only delaying the inevitable. They had stripped her of her powers. A momentary setback. Once she was able to gain access to the infirmary center, she would be able to do the necessary research as to how. Another mistake on the part of her old, naive self: not learning as much as possible about the precise way the Admiral was able to strip inmates of their powers upon request. There had to be some sort of biological--or, in her case, technical reason why. She would find it.
Then she would Free them all.
Especially the ones who keep looking at her. Like they had looked at her. Hal Jordan. Kilowag. Razer.
...
...no, she did not want to think of them. Their presence in her life was over. Inconsequential. Only the mission was of any importance.
But first, she had to find a way to free herself from this Prison Ship.
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