The Grand OC! [CONTEST XXX: HALLOWEEEEEEEEEEN]

Name: Brookfield Secondary
Gender: None
Species: Machine
Text Colour: Blue i guess.
Description: Brookfield Secondary is a small four wheeled machine. It is flat, square in shape and roughly half a metre across. Its casing is black with the words Property of Brookfield Secondary printed on its front in block capitals, and in smaller print beneath it a serial number. The only other notable feature upon its body is a small upwards facing aperture in the centre of its square body. Through this aperture it can project a holographic image of a human being, giving the impression of a person walking upon (actually hovering a couple of centimetres above) its flat body.

The only hologram programmed into Brookfield Secondary is a perfect representation of the stern female teacher archetype: an austere looking woman with mousy brown hair tied into a bun, spectacles (they were too formal to be called glasses) and plain grey clothing. The hologram has a slight blue hue throughout (this is due to a short lived government initiative to make holograms visually distinctive to ensure their instant recognisability).

Brookfield's primary function is to mark. Normally it would not venture beyond the Headmaster's office and simply sit, receive emailled copies of homework assigns or exam papers, efficiently mark them and send the resulting files onto teachers. The only time it would be wheeled out in front of the student population would be to mark foreign language oral examinations or music or drama assignments. Occasionally it may be required to give direct feedback to students, which it will do enthusiastically.

In the event of unauthorised persons trying to lift up the machine itself it will sound an extremely loud alarm for thirty seconds and then administer progressively stronger electric shocks until the unauthorised person releases it.

Items/Abilities: Brookfield Secondary contains an incredible wealth of information on all curriculum subjects. As previously noted it can project a hologram to interact with others, though it would prefer to interact primarily through electronic correspondence. Its wheels are adjustable to allow it to navigate slightly uneven terrain but as it was never designed to function outdoors it would have trouble doing so.

Biography: Created as part of a government initiative to lighten the load of overworked teachers, Brookfield Secondary is just one of many marking machines sent to schools across the country. Unusually for a government project it performed its task commendably, with a minimum of catastrophic errors. One day it was wheeled out to mark a play written and performed by Class F10. It was instructed that it should give direct feedback to the students, though it should generally try to avoid disrupting the flow of a scene. When it mysteriously vanished the only man who knew the code to deactivate it was left behind.