Alexander Grey (Universe C)

Alex, when he was around 4,000 pounds. Illustrated by Glaz.
Full name	Alexander Amadeus Grey
Age	28 (born: 22 September 1990)
Gender	Male
Orientation	Grey asexual
Physical attributes
Species	Long-tongued fruit bat
Height	1.27 metres (4 feet 2 inches)
Weight	Over 2200 kilograms (4800+ pounds)
Personal details
Occupation	Self-employed cybernetics engineer
Diet	Omnivore
Meta
Universe	Universe C

Alexander Grey is an engineer, scientist and cyborg. Interested in cybernetic enhancement and gaining weight from a young age, he forged identification at age 12 in order to acquire cybernetic implants from Asimov Industries. He subsequently used these modifications to accelerate gaining weight.

Now well into adulthood, Alex is extremely morbidly obese to the point of near immobility. He continues to gain weight, using his implants and technical knowledge to further enhance his gains and extend his mobility.

History

Alex was born in 1990. An academically brilliant, if socially isolated, child, he took a very early interest in cybernetics—a field that was heavy on the public imagination at the time—especially following the first successful augmentation in 1997.

In 2002, Alex—using forged identification to bypass age restrictions—underwent his first cybernetic operation at Asimov Industries, opting for discreet internal modifications to hide them from his family. He would undergo another operation in the following year. Asimov ended their cybernetics programme in the summer of 2005. Already heavily overweight from his sedentary, academically-focused childhood, his weight increased dramatically following each surgery.

In 2011 he graduated university with a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. He subsequently achieved a master’s degree in Robotics in 2013.

Personality

Alex is liberally minded and holds many progressive values, being open to many world views, however he tends to be quite logical when considering them. As such, he is particularly frustrated by anti-scientific and pseudo-scientific beliefs.

He is knowledgeable in multiple sciences, including robotics, biology, chemistry, mechanical engineering and programming. He believes strongly in scientific advancement as being the driving force for both personal and global improvement, which is why he signed up for cyborg conversion as a teenager, despite the immature technology of the time. He is a first generation model developed by the Asimov Corporation, which has since ceased to exist due to poor adoption of cybernetic technology. Using his knowledge of the sciences, he performs software and hardware upgrades and maintenance to himself and makes a living providing services to the few other Asimov model cyborgs that exist.

Despite his love for science and technology, he often finds himself victim to it due to the increasing age of his cyborg components and the necessity that he test much of his cybernetic engineering work on himself.

Socially, Alex is introverted and maintains a small cache of friends. He often chooses not to participate in social activities, preferring to spend his free time experimenting or relaxing. He is relentlessly curious and will often research topics he doesn’t know about whilst in the midst of conversation. His ability to easily research and recall information makes him seem arrogant or distant at times.

Since a young age (younger than he can remember) Alex has been interested in gaining weight, in what he later considered a significant aspect of his self identity. Although already morbidly obese beforehand, following cybernetic conversion he has utilised aspects of body’s abilities to increase his appetite, digestive efficiency, physical capacity and—later—mobility.

Despite his size stunting him significantly, he remains independent-minded and—living alone—will often try to achieve tasks himself before seeking assistance from either technology or friends.

Appearance

Alex is a long-tongued fruit bat (Macroglossus sobrinus) with a light grey-brown fur colouration and medium length blue-black hair. He is unusually short and wide compared to many of his peers, traits that often cause him issues.

Although a cyborg, Alex opted that most of his components be non-visible. His most prominent cyborg accessory is a large pair of computer goggles which are (seemingly) permanently affixed to his head, which serves as a means of visual feedback, corrective lenses, and for eye protection whilst working. The goggles glow an orange-yellow colour whilst active.

After decades of substantial and protracted attempts to gain weight, Alex is now extremely obese and verging on the cusp of immobility. Even with his numerous artificial physical enhancements, he struggles to move or walk without outside assistance and lacks any practical amount of strength, agility or dexterity, making him incapable of even simple tasks. His ability to see and speak are also slightly stunted by the amount of fat built up around his head.

Abilities

Alex’s cybernetic enhancements grant him physical limitations far in excess of non-cyborgs. These enhancements include:

• A stretchable undercoating bound under his skin, which protects his electronics against electrocution, magnetism, and EMPs. This also allows his skin to easily grow and shrink with his body.
• Wholly efficient, instantaneous digestion. Powered by nanites, Alex can consume almost any matter, which will immediately be converted into base nutrients and energy without any waste material.
• Superior skeletal and muscular strength, making him able to carry significant weight.
• A reduced need for oxygen.
• Programmable nanites. Blank slates which can be programmed on the fly to perform simple biological tasks (such as repairing an injury) and supplement biological functions. These are limited in both quantity and ability.

There are many non-physical benefits too, including:

• A direct connection to communications. Alex is able to browse the web, make and receive phone calls, intercept radio signals, and perform many computational tasks on his goggles.
• An expansive memory, able to retain and recall vast amounts of information.
• Accelerated processing power, allowing him to mentally perform complex calculations and play out multiple hypothetical scenarios.
• A mental connection to technology. Being able to control his own components and compatible external technology through thought alone.

Being a cyborg has some downsides, however. Being an obsolete model by a liquidated company, his components fail with increasing frequency with no warranty or support. His firmware is woefully out of date for the same reason. Alex has tried to combat this by writing his own software patches, however the code that maintains him is poorly cobbled together. This has led to him being hacked occasionally.

Trivia

• Alex is named after Alexander the Great.
• Alex's canonical base weight increases over time according to a predictable exponential algorithm. He will reach 3,000 kilograms on 5th June 2025 at 10:35:24pm.

See also

• Alexander Grey (GlazTek)
• Alexander Grey (slorg)

External links

• Alexander Grey in the Guest Art Gallery
• Alexander Grey in Expansive Stories
• Alex @ Work playlist on Apple Music