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Geldancer

Geldancers are one of the most alluring and mysterious biogel creations to have come into the public eye since biogel's release into the open market. Gelitech deliberately keeps their true nature concealed, and many believe them to be mindless biogel masses, controlled to act in imitation of a shape-shifting living being. As biogel can indeed be controlled in such a fashion, this is not that far a stretch, but a true geldancer's ability to move apart from any technological means of control is often overlooked. In fact, geldancers are resynthesized individuals, created by Omega and given freedom of form in order to act as her eyes, ears, and principle temptresses within the ranks of Gelitech.

One thing almost all geldancers have in common is that they've had themselves injected into a biogel reactor core at some point in the past, losing all individuality as they joined with the gestalt. Drawn out from the core by Omega, they became themselves again, after a fashion, but were left stripped of most sense of definite form. This has made it easy for them to become more or less anything that they've seen in life, and change color and texture to match. They can even perfectly replicate all physical aspects of living organisms that they can see, including voices they can hear, and scents that they can smell. When it comes to individuals clad in biogel, they can use their unity with Omega to draw forth all information about the individual, and replicate every aspect of their body to absolute perfection.

Geldancers are rarely seen, let alone in a manner that can be used to identify them as such. They could be hiding in any mass of biogel, no matter how big or small.  They might be anyone on the street near a Gelitech facility. They could even be an animal, or a plant, or even an inanimate object and no one would notice anything was amiss.

Only on very special occasions will a geldancer reveal themselves. Perhaps they've noticed some threat to Gelitech or Omega. Perhaps they've been sent by Omega to use their qualities to entertain important dignitaries. Or perhaps they've seen some particularly enticing target that they'd like to have an intimate experience with biogel. Or a more intimate experience in the case of those already clad in it.

Becoming a geldancer is regarded as a matter of pure chance. Catching the eye of Lady Shetari Anwae seems to be the principle requirement. Subsequently entering the gestalt of a biogel core might, on a very, very rare occasion, lead to becoming a geldancer. A more immediate act of resynthesis, directly into a geldancer is even harder to come by, usually the result of some very immediate and compelling need.

No one but Omega knows exactly how many geldancers exist. According to scuttlebutt at Gelitech, there are over a thousand. That's just a rumor, however.