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=== Characters Appearing in This Chapter ===
* {{a|Pandora}} {{1a}}
* {{a|Pandora's light-furred friend}} {{1a}}
* {{a|Pandora's dark-furred friend}} {{1a}}
* {{a|Kyndley}} {{1a}}
* {{a|Zero Angiers}} {{1a}}
* {{a|Isabelle Monday}} {{1a}}
* {{a|Veronica Fortuna}} {{1a}}
* {{a|Con Yung}} {{1a}}
=== Synopsis ===
The scene opens on the [[Helper Corporation facility|Helper Corporation training facility]], where genetically engineered cat-people are bred, brainwashed, and "[[Helper programming|trained]]" to be slaves. A [[Helper]] who will eventually be known as [[Pandora]] tells her [[Product Care Agent|overseer]] [[Kyndley]] that she [[enby:Transfeminine|is a girl, despite being assigned male at birth]]<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-3/</ref>. Kyndley reminds Pandora that Helpers are created to serve their owners, and Pandora's future master won't be happy with a boy who thinks she's a girl. Pandora responds that she isn't "a boy who thinks he's a girl": she's a girl<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-4/</ref>.
Kyndley tells Pandora that she is broken<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-5/</ref>, and takes her to a doctor. The doctor explains that some Helpers just are trans, and [[Monopolith]] doesn't understand why<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-6/</ref>. Kyndley plans to have Pandora's memory erased and give her a new personality to make her a boy<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-8/</ref> Pandora screams "I'm not a boy!" and runs off<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-9/</ref>.
Pandora crawls through a vent, and finds herself among helpers who are about to be shipped to buyers
By sheer chance, the delivery drone containing Pandora suffers from an engine failure and lands in the middle of the desert, where the [[Pioneer City]] [[The Resistance|resistance]] finds it<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-15/</ref>.
When resistance member [[Isabelle Monday]] realizes the pod contains a person<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-16/</ref>, she goes to open it<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-18/</ref>. What Isabelle doesn't know is that the pod contains a gas which causes Helpers to view the next person they see as their owner<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-19/</ref>. Hence, when Isabelle literally opens [[Pandora's box]], Pandora declares her purpose is to serve Isabelle, leaving Isabelle and the rest of the resistance very shocked<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-20/</ref>.
=== Trivia ===
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* Xan made her first draft of this chapter's script [https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandoras-tale-1-30752024 available to Patreon backers].
===Chapters===
{{Pandora's Tale Chapters and Storylines}}
[[Category:Chapters]]
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Latest revision as of 02:14, 26 May 2024
"Broken, Part 1" is the first chapter in Pandora's Tale.
Characters Appearing in This Chapter
- Pandora (First appearance)
- Pandora's light-furred friend (First appearance)
- Pandora's dark-furred friend (First appearance)
- Kyndley (First appearance)
- Zero Angiers (First appearance) (First named)
- Isabelle Monday (First appearance) (First named)
- Veronica Fortuna (First appearance)
- Con Yung (First appearance)
Synopsis
The scene opens on the Helper Corporation training facility, where genetically engineered cat-people are bred, brainwashed, and "trained" to be slaves. A Helper who will eventually be known as Pandora tells her overseer Kyndley that she is a girl, despite being assigned male at birth[1]. Kyndley reminds Pandora that Helpers are created to serve their owners, and Pandora's future master won't be happy with a boy who thinks she's a girl. Pandora responds that she isn't "a boy who thinks he's a girl": she's a girl[2].
Kyndley tells Pandora that she is broken[3], and takes her to a doctor. The doctor explains that some Helpers just are trans, and Monopolith doesn't understand why[4]. Kyndley plans to have Pandora's memory erased and give her a new personality to make her a boy[5] Pandora screams "I'm not a boy!" and runs off[6].
Pandora crawls through a vent, and finds herself among helpers who are about to be shipped to buyers[7]. Seeing a chance to avoid having her memory erased, Pandora climbs into a capsule which is about to be shipped[8]. Pandora wishes she wasn't broken[9].
By sheer chance, the delivery drone containing Pandora suffers from an engine failure and lands in the middle of the desert, where the Pioneer City resistance finds it[10].
When resistance member Isabelle Monday realizes the pod contains a person[11], she goes to open it[12]. What Isabelle doesn't know is that the pod contains a gas which causes Helpers to view the next person they see as their owner[13]. Hence, when Isabelle literally opens Pandora's box, Pandora declares her purpose is to serve Isabelle, leaving Isabelle and the rest of the resistance very shocked[14].
Trivia
- As of Chapter 9, Chapter 1 is the only chapter with fewer than 21 numbered pages. The "extra" page is effectively this chapter's page 21.
- Xan made her first draft of this chapter's script available to Patreon backers.
Chapters
Volume | Storyline | Chapter Number | Title | First Page | Last Page | Start Date | End Date |
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Broken | Broken | 1 | Broken, Part 1 | 1:0 | 1:21 | 2019-03-20 | 2019-04-10 |
2 | Broken, Part 2 | 2:0 | 2:21 | 2019-07-10 | 2019-07-31 | ||
Sisters in Arms | 3 | Sisters in Arms, Part 1 | 3:0 | 3:21 | 2019-11-06 | 2019-11-27 | |
4 | Sisters in Arms, Part 2 | 4:0 | 4:21 | 2020-02-26 | 2020-3-18 | ||
Good Luck Charm | 5 | Good Luck Charm | 5:0 | 5:21 | 2020-07-15 | 2020-08-05 | |
Live Fast | 6 | Live Fast, Part 1 | 6:0 | 6:21 | 2021-05-12 | 2021-06-02 | |
7 | Live Fast, Part 2 | 7:0 | 7:21 | 2021-10-20 | 2021-11-09 | ||
Volume 2 | Unbecoming | 8 | Unbecoming | 8:0 | 8:21 | 2022-05-25 | 2022-06-22 |
Echo | 9 | Echo, Part 1 | 9:0 | 9:21 | 2023-09-18 | 2023-10-16 | |
10 | Echo, Part 2 | 10:0 | 10:21 | 2024-06-11 | 2024-07-09 | ||
The Night Shift | 11 | The Night Shift | 11:0 | 11:21 | 2024-07-10 | 2024-08-07 |
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-3/
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-4/
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-5/
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-6/
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-8/
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-9/
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-12/
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-13/
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-14/
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-15/
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-16/
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-18/
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-19/
- ↑ https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-20/
- Chapters in Volume 1
- Chapters in Broken (Storyline)
- Chapters
- Pandora appearances
- Chapters with a named character's first appearance
- Pandora's light-furred friend appearances
- Pandora's dark-furred friend appearances
- Kyndley appearances
- Zero Angiers appearances
- Chapters revealing a character's name
- Isabelle Monday appearances
- Veronica Fortuna appearances
- Con Yung appearances
- Pages requiring updates every chapter
- Pages with information requiring an update