User blog:SiRenfield/GEAR (Female)

"So that the second hand doesn't stop, watching over it is my duty"

- GEAR

GEAR is the awakened vessel of Greed. She is the second Guardian of the Clocktower, succeeding Galleria Marlon, who dutifully protects the awakened Clockworker's Doll in Evil's Theater.

Awakening
Sometime before EC 990, the Marlon Spoon awakened as GEAR and was assigned the task of watching over Evil's Theater and keep the clocktower running or else the awakened Clockworker's Doll would die. She dutifully performed her task day by day, seeing how intruders searching for Galleria Marlon's fortune ended up as victims of the Master of the Graveyard. She also watched the Waiter and noticed that under his selfish exterior was an inner sorrow he rarely showed.

In EC 990, when the clocktower's inner mechanisms became too deteriorated to function, GEAR realized the Director Doll would soon die.Desperate to fulfill her duty, she tore out her own heart and used it to connect herself to the tower, siphoning the powers of the Marlon Spoon to keep the clocktower operational. As a result, the doll was healed and drained the spoon of its power, leaving GEAR as a shell of her vessel. With the entity Irregular inside her "womb", she treated her like her unborn child and sang to her the Clockwork Lullaby to heal her in preparation for her rebirth.

After his sacrifice, GEAR was unable to enter the main theater, confined to the clocktower he connected herself to. She later attended the "trial" the Master of the Court held in EC 998, searching for the vessel of Wrath. In response to the Servants, she expressed annoyance at the search for the Seven Deadly Sins, saying that nothing would exist in the end anyway. The Master of the Graveyard responded to her pessimism, calling her the soul of Eve and taunting her that she was helpless to do anything about it.

Personality and Traits
Despite being the awakened vessel of Greed, GEAR acts stoic, calm, and observant, strongly contrasting the ambitious temperament of Galleria Marlon. She also has a strong sense of duty, willing to make huge sacrifices for the sake of her mission. Because of this, she shares a certain devotion to the awakened Clockworker's Doll, like Galleria. Although normally reserved, she can be provoked when annoyed.

Skills and Abilities
Being an awakened vessel of Greed, she wields all the powers of the Marlon Spoon. After transferring his magical power to the clocktower and the Master of the Court, he is assumed to be largely powerless. He also has a degree of mechanical skill, able to monitor and keep the clocktower running for years.

Character Connections

 * Master of the Court: A fellow member of Evil's Theater. GEAR saw the survival of the Master of the Court as her sole duty and was willing to sacrifice everything in order to save him. Despite this, she does not agree with his ultimate goal to unite the sins and was annoyed by the "trial" he held.

Waiter: A fellow member of Evil's Theater. GEAR saw Waiter as a pretentious and selfish person, although took notice of the loneliness he felt for losing his "other half."
 * Irregular: GEAR's perceived unborn child. She treats Irregular with motherly affection, such as in singing the Clockwork Lullaby to heal her, and maintains high expectations for the results of her birth.


 * Servants: Fellow members of Evil's Theater. GEAR was impatient with the Servants' maniacal antics, snapping at them during the "trial" put on by the Master of the Court.


 * Master of the Graveyard: A fellow member of Evil's Theater. GEAR and the Master of the Graveyard were not on good terms, with her distaste for the Servants earning her his mockery.


 * Eve Moonlit: Eve Moonlit and GEAR share a connection in GEAR being referred to by the name "Soul of Eve".


 * Kyla Marlon: Kyla and GEAR share a connection in both being referred to as "Soul of Eve".

Conceptualization and Origin

 * GEAR's name is a homophone for the German word gier, meaning "greed".
 * Her name also references his role in maintaining the clocktower she guards, keeping the gears turning to keep the awakened Clockworker's Doll alive.
 * It also denominates the theme of gears representing the inevitability of fate, possibly tying to Master of the Graveyard's comment on her helplessness.

Curiosities

 * Interestingly, the Master of the Graveyard refers to GEAR as the "Soul of Eve", elluding to a connection between him and Eve Moonlit; similarly, the Demon of Gluttony attributes the name to Kyla Marlon.
 * Gammona, while organizing the "court cases" for the Master of the Court, speculated that Eve's dying wish possibly resided in the Marlon Spoon and manifested as GEAR when the vessel awakened.