Fun fact: Oz is a world built on life conjured from scratch. The only true inhabitants of this realm were the Littelwuns (term for all Munchkins, Winkies, Quadlings and Gillikins), followed by the Fairies and Dragons. As time passed, Mamonos of the outer realm entered, as well as all sorts of oddities gained identity in Oz. Now, we introduce a beloved character, Mamonofied...
TICK-TOCK
Family/Type: Automaton/Magic Material
Habitat: Unknown
Disposition: Cool, indifferent, loyal (secretly lustful)
Diet: Mana of human men, metal
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Born from the desire to gain human compassion and emotion, the Tick-Tocks are an Automaton specie fashioned by Ku-Klip, the same tinkerer who created the Tin Woodsman eons ago. Steadfast unless wound through their wind-up screw, they long for affection from male partners, so they would assault men without hesitation.
It was said that ages ago, before the Tin Woodsman was forged, the Evian Ku-Klip had a dream: to create an individual in the likeness of a human person. As if seized by the idea, he whipped up all the nuts and bolts he could gather, connecting hollowed joints to polished copper, until the girl Tick-Tock (named by the sound she makes when wound) came to being. Immediately after her first few hours of existence, he found her full of loopholes : she can't stay in motion without being wound, her speech is reduced to monotonic sentences that end in abrupt gibberish when her winding is up, and she was but an emotionless machine.
Nevertheless, the inventor loved her as a daughter. He took great care of her, but events led her to be sold to the cruel King Evoldo, grandfather to Princess Langwidere. Reduced to being a pitiful servant, she was whipped continually, but as she was an unfeeling robot, it didn't hurt her. She was later chained to a rock much to the King's ire, to which she remained until she was freed by Dorothea Squall, the adventurer. In gratitude, she assisted Dorothea in defeating the former Nome King Ruggedo TerraByss alongside Princess Ozma. When Dorothea left, Tick-Tock was appointed the Magdalene family's adviser, and children in her likeness were made by her hand throughout Oz - a gift left by her creator-father.
All Tick-Tocks are vastly similar to the original one, possessing copper metal for skin. Their round joints are hinged together by screws, covered by metal-alloy caps on each joint. Black locks of flowing hair decorate their round heads. Similar to a Oblation's glasses as a mode of distinction, Tick-Tocks wear a wide range of circular hats. Although they are simple on the outside, vast arrays of clockwork springs and gears make them move. The wind-up screws on their backs, as well as the ones by their ears, need to be periodically wound by someone other than themselves to keep them functionable.
Tick-Tocks are about as tall as 14- year old children, but their mentality resides higher than most beings of that age. They are intelligible in their speech, saying things they have in mind as direct as possible. It is never in their nature to lie. Like the mother Tick-Tock, they are programmed to be calm and truthful in the face of a person they deem as a 'parent'. However, as they have foregoing knowledge on love and feelings, they want to understand this for themselves. They believe that in order to be a true member of her race, she must experience emotion. This is their primary goal - apart from collecting mana for feeding.
Every once in a while, an unlucky traveler would happen upon an inanimate Tick-Tock on ruins or abandoned posts of cities, frozen stiff and unkempt as if they were left to dust. To anyone unfamiliar as to what they are, they easily mistaken them as toys. As he stares at her feminine design so well-placed by the original Tick-Tock, and the beauty of her sculpted body, he would be captivated into taking her with him. This is in fact, the Mamono's tack to meeting men. The minute she locks her eyes with the stranger, she would fall for him and desire sex. Should he decide to turn her wind-up screw just so that he can see her move, she would fling herself at the man and stick his member into her tightly-fitted twat, intent on gathering his mana before her winding is up.
Overcome by shock, the man will be unable to hoist his attacker off. He will be forced down by the petite figure engorging his member, riding him as she pumps out his semen climax after climax. Despite this, he will be able to gaze at her face - a Mamono panting as she is driven by her goal: to feel love with the man she has decided to commit herself with.
As the minutes pass, the male will feel pleasure capturing his senses, followed by insatiable lust. The Tick-Tock's insides, as it would dawn upon him, are inexperienced yet longing to accept a penis from the day they are crafted. Along with a want to possess her for himself, he will ram his penis inside her, completely catching her in surprise. Sure enough, lust - the first signs of emotion in a Tick-Tock - manifests within her. Both the Mamono and man willact to and fro, exchanging bodily fluids. She will even fail to notice that as mana pours continuously into her, her winding wouldn't stop - and never will.
On another note, Tick-Tocks are sometimes delivered to households in Oz even when there weren't any requests sent to have one. It is a high decree in Oz never to disrespect or discard Mamono, so the masters of the house would appoint them as maidservants. Out of gratitude, the Tick-Tocks would work with such efficiency and grace that their 'parents' are more than willing to 'reward' them. Tick-Tocks actually employ this to better understand their masters. Come a time they will be so much into thinking about their 'parent', they will assault him on the spot after being wound. They will utter his name besides broken, practiced lines of 'I want you, I love you, show me your manhood, Papa..'
Besides their complete fealty to their husbands, Tick-Tocks are never convoluted in emotions, as they believe this is sorely excessive. The smallest expression on their faces, such as puffing cheeks (disagreement) or arched eyebrows (anger), and single words of dire meaning are enough to demonstrate their needs. Because they do this in such a cute manner and stay steadfast all the while, their husbands pull them into an embrace, and usually, they connotate this action as sexual. This side of theirs is exclusive only to their husbands, while against foes, they are as calm as can be, nonchalant even as they kill under his orders.
When Tick-Tocks start eating huge amounts of metal besides their usual diet, this is because she is preparing for a manner of birthing only their species are capable of. Fusing both mana and DE, they create a Golem Mamono known as an 'Aia'. These are living bodies infused with metal, and upon birth, a part of their Mamono parent synthesizes in them as a core. Maternal instincts begin to develop in the Tick-Tock, and they will raise the Aia like normal mothers would, giving them the same love and affection they have earned throughout their lives.
Nomes have an intense hatred for the Tick-Tock species, and the sight of a Nome to the Automaton Mamono sends them in a murderous outrage, as if wanting to eliminate the Ozian nuisance. Some hearsays involve Tick-Tocks as servants of the entity 'Chronarch' , the TimeKeeper. A Tick-Tock is believed to be also, a member of the 'Knightess' of The Round Table', and she knows many secrets to the throne of Oz.
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NOTE: Another long one, dedicated to Dorothy's dearest protector and guardian. To be honest, since she is more inclined on the side of finding a 'master' to serve, that's why she's the maid-type. The incest notion is their disillusioned reality as they treat their 'masters' as their parent. Hope you enjoy this once-in-a-lifetime, patented, double-A beaut!