Mary
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But if you were ... But I won't be.
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| Mary | |
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| Species: | Robot |
| Type: | Nandroid |
| Status: | Reactivated |
| Canonicity: | Fanon |
| Created by: | Rippen_Tehr |
Mary is a fandroid who was destroyed in an accident, but several years later her head was discovered by the now-adult kid whom she raised. He is able to reactivate her head and attempts to bring Mary back to fully working order. Her story is chronicled in the continuing fan story Bringing Mary Back REDUX.
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Chapter One
While helping his brother clean out their mother's garage, a young man finds the head of his childhood Nandroid, Mary, hidden away behind some boxes. Theorizing that the head rolled away when her body was destroyed in an accident when he was a child, he takes the head home with him and realizes that while old and dusty, it is structurally intact and Mary could be brought back to fully working order.
For over a week, the young man collects schematics, parts, and the tools needed to be able to power Mary's head. He repairs her broken jaw, fixes the cracked and aged rubber face coating, giving Mary an inverted “Y” crack on her new face, and flushes her head of the aged blue goop Nandroids contain. After prepping the head and hooking up a jury-rigged pumping system, he powers the head and Mary is brought back to life. Unable to see, she calls out for her owners and the young man answers, assuring Mary that he's there. While she doesn't know who responded, she remarks that he "sounds familiar. Like my young master." The young man then prepares to get Mary up to speed on her situation.
Chapter Two
After explaining to Mary what had happened to her, she and the young man reminisce for the rest of the night. He explains to her how she deserves better after everything she did for him and his brother and tells her that he will rebuild her. He begins planning out the parts he will need and how to obtain them, relying on a mix of 3D printing, authorized retailers, and illegal resellers.
After talking a walk one night several days later, he happens upon a lone Nandroid in a parking lot and begins to sneak up behind her, planning to incapacitate her and use her body as a replacement for Mary's. The Nandroid's name is called and the young man retreats, surprised at having not been seen.
The young also orders several components to hook up to Mary, making her the "smart hub" of his home, including cameras, speakers, and an internet connection so she could help with research, and to not be bored when he was away. He also eventually hits upon a lead for a warehouse location where Sterling Robotics puts recently decommissioned and otherwise disposed of Nandroids and plans to go there and retrieve a body for Mary.
Chapter Three
The young man goes and scopes out the Sterling location he had learned about but is still left confused on how best to move forward, as the place is heavily secured. On his return trip home he passes a damaged Nandroid discarded in an alleyway. Thinking he can use her body as a replacement for Mary's he rushes home and gets a large bag, but by the time he returns she is gone.
The previously ordered "smart items" arrived and he hooks them up to Mary, with her now acting as the brain to his home setup. A few days later he gets a message from a someone interested in selling him some of the required parts for Mary, an unlicensed Nandroid part retailer from nearby who sourced at least some of his products from a contact he had in the very same warehouse the young man was investigating earlier. He sets a date with this new contact to meet for more information.
The day arrives and he meets a man in a local shop. After providing a password the man takes him into the back and they reach an agreed on price for a Nandroid body, with the young man agreeing and promising to return once he has the funds.
Later, an old friend of the young man's makes an unannounced visit and is inadvertently introduced to Mary, who recognizes him, when he goes to use the bathroom.
As the month comes to a close, the young man messages his contact now that he has the money for the required Nandroid parts. His contact asks him to make sure that he has a list of everything he needs, as this is a one-time job, and tells him he will reach back out with a date and time. The young man prepares the tools he'll need, along with a mask to hide his identity.
