Armored tool-thrower · Intermediate

AJAX

contradiction-keeper

Keep every version of the truth — even the ones that fight each other.
Origin
The red interior, Australia
Discipline
Returning-tool systems combat
Combat role
Armored tool-thrower
Learning curve
Intermediate
LIVE SPRITE // IDLE
AJAX idle stance, animation frame 1 of 2

01 / BACKGROUND

Why AJAX fights

Ajax is a systems-builder from the Australian interior who preserves contradictory, source-anchored records the way a stockman keeps a fence: patiently, and against the weather. He learned that a claim you throw away always comes back around, so he built tools that return to hand on their own.

He enters the circuit orchestrating a small army of autonomous agents, holding two truths at once without flinching, certain that the record only counts when it survives the smoke test of a real fight.

02 / SPECIAL ATTACKS

Signature techniques

Inputs assume the fighter faces right. W = punch · E = kick.

AJAX performing BOOMERANG, animation frame 1 of 2
01

Returning projectile; can hit outbound and returning

BOOMERANG

↓ → + E

Throw a boomerang: it flies out, curves around and comes back to your hand — so it can hit on the way OUT and again on the way BACK. Good for trapping and zoning.

Damage
9 × 218 max
Startup
9frames
Active
1frames
Recovery
23frames
Chip
3per hit
Reach
120world units
AJAX performing IRON BRACE, animation frame 1 of 2
02

Super-armored strike

IRON BRACE

← → + W

Brace and take ONE incoming hit without flinching, then answer with a heavy punch. Use it to barge straight through a fireball or a poke and land your own blow.

Damage
15on hit
Startup
11frames
Active
6frames
Recovery
15frames
Chip
4per hit
Reach
40world units
AJAX performing LASSO, animation frame 1 of 2
03

Short-lived pulling projectile

LASSO

↓ ← + E

Whip out a rope hook: if it catches your opponent it YANKS them back toward you — perfect for dragging a runaway zoner into throw and punch range.

Damage
6on hit
Startup
12frames
Active
1frames
Recovery
27frames
Chip
2per hit
Reach
114.4world units

03 / SPRITE SHEET

Every frame of AJAX

33 hand-drawn poses — the same sprites the terminal renders.