JUROUJIN - The Laughing Ghost

//"Something's coming up on my sensors...."
//OPEN COMMS:::Y

* k̮̝̦͈͖̦̎̽S̮ͨͥͦ͌s̾ͯͫͣ̇H̡̞̟̦͉̓ͫĤ̭͚͇̻̂̿͛̚͞ ̮̩̻̪͚̥̫ͧͯͫͩ̅k͖͍̠͆͂ͦS̡̥̭͎̪̯ͨ̒s̫͉̦̦̠͎̮ͩͨͣ̎ͧ͛̑H̊ͩ̽̔̑̚҉͔H̙ ̫̺̯͔̬̣̻̍ͮ̓͛̿ͥͬ k̷̲̙ͬ̓͌̉ͭ͑S̜͓̭͖̥͈͂͛̒s͍͓̹̝̃̈́H̢͕͈͍͓̅̆̋̇̋̚H͉̭͉͇͔̖̙͋͌ͮ͊ͧ͒ ̹͚̗̥͚̠ͭ̊͛̓ͨ̍̾k̥̹̟̯̈͋̆̊̒̚S̷͇͓͍̆͛ͯ̐͌ͣ̚s̠̩͇̹̭͎̙͌̌ͩH͌͏H͓̯͙̘͙̓ͫͪ̓͘ *

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Ink sketch commission of a homebrew Lancer NPC called JUROUJIN: a rogue AI that terrified the players in especially fun LancerRPG campaign. One of its distinguishing characteristics was its ability to disrupt comms, flooding the channels with bursts of radio static resembling an unsettling, uncanny "laughter."

In the commissioner's words:

"A malevolent and highly intelligent robot covered in a tangle of steel wires originating from its head like an unruly head of hair and beard, covering a thin metallic body of metal plates and cabling....Overall it is meant to evoke the look of a malevolent metallic Yuurei-zu, with the long hair/beard as a visual reference to the Japanese/Taoist god of fortune of the same name."

* k̮̝̦͈͖̦̎̽S̮ͨͥͦ͌s̾ͯͫͣ̇H̡̞̟̦͉̓ͫĤ̭͚͇̻̂̿͛̚͞ ̮̩̻̪͚̥̫ͧͯͫͩ̅k͖͍̠͆͂ͦS̡̥̭͎̪̯ͨ̒s̫͉̦̦̠͎̮ͩͨͣ̎ͧ͛̑H̊ͩ̽̔̑̚҉͔H̙ ̫̺̯͔̬̣̻̍ͮ̓͛̿ͥͬ k̷̲̙ͬ̓͌̉ͭ͑S̜͓̭͖̥͈͂͛̒s͍͓̹̝̃̈́H̢͕͈͍͓̅̆̋̇̋̚H͉̭͉͇͔̖̙͋͌ͮ͊ͧ͒ ̹͚̗̥͚̠ͭ̊͛̓ͨ̍̾k̥̹̟̯̈͋̆̊̒̚S̷͇͓͍̆͛ͯ̐͌ͣ̚s̠̩͇̹̭͎̙͌̌ͩH͌͏H͓̯͙̘͙̓ͫͪ̓͘ *

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