Penny Polendina was a normal girl who was training to become a Huntress, a warrior who fought Grimm. That was her cover story, at least. In reality, she was an artificial person, in other words, she was manufactured instead of being born.
She was a Combat Android, however she also possessed the ability to construct her own thoughts, the same program as the learning artificial intelligences, and importantly, she was also the first Android capable of generating her very own Aura.
If she had an Aura, and an Aura was the manifestation of one's soul, then didn't that mean she had a soul? Scientists and researchers also came to this conclusion that she, a machine, had a soul. It shocked those that heard about it, and they wanted more data points, so the funding to the Lab that manufactured her skyrocketed.
Eventually, a general in the Atlas military, who also held a seat in the Grand Council and was headmaster at a Huntsmen Academy, took an interest in her. The general had previous connections to a few of the mechanics that assembled her. After a few negotiations, she ended up as property of the Atlesian Military. And the general cooked up some pretty big plans for her. She was going to play an essential part in saving everyone in the world.
At least, that had been her destiny. However, during the Vytal Festival, she had begun exploring Beacon Academy, and while turning a corner near a bookshelf, she bumped into someone.
As the video feed from Penny's optical lens transmitted the scene of a person falling backwards, from the collision with her frame, into the main processors, the facial recognition software began analyzing their appearance and then the memory banks had answered the internal inquiry of the individual's identity.
"Ah!" Air exited their mouth as an interjection in response to their jean covered behind colliding against the wooden floorboards of the library.
"Salutations! Ruby's Friend: Jaune Arc! It is a lovely day today, wouldn't you say?" Penny's small talk algorithm began a conversation.
"Wha? Oh, you're Penny right? Sorry for bumping into you. I was distracted reading something."
"It is of no concern to me, the level of pressure your frail human flesh body placed against my sturdy human flesh body does not register as battery in any of the four kingdoms. However, if we were in Mistral, there exists the possibility that I could pursue legal matters regarding a sexual harassment case against you, on the assumption that you had deliberately run into me with the intention of feeling my soft human flesh." Penny's speakers announced, her frequency laced with cheer and her delivery distinctly upbeat.
The boy's heart rate sped up, his internal temperature increased, and his skin became moist with sweat. "What!? No! It was a complete accident!" He scrambled to his feet in a panic.
An analysis of his response produced the hypothesis that he had not picked up on the fact that Penny had told a joke. Her comedy algorithm began the request to repeat the joke until the boy laughed, but the central management system denied the request. "That was a joke."
"Oh…" He went quiet, his facial features flashed through what was 65% probably annoyance.
It seemed she had made a negative impression. She would have to catalog and review this conversation for improvement.
Penny bent over to pick up a book off the ground. "You dropped this." She held it out to the boy who had dropped this book.
"Than… uh?" His response of gratitude was cut short in confusion.
Sensors inside Penny were running haywire. The book had begun to emit a faint glow. She began analyzing the mysterious object in hand. On the cover read 'The Four Heavenly Weapon's Manual'.
Before she could get any further, the glow exploded and her entire body was engulfed.
Identification: Penny Polendina - Gender: 'Real Girl' - Age: 'Teenage'
Class: Shield Hero - LV: 1 (EXP: 0/20)
Max HP: 1800 - Max MP: 270,000 - Max SP: 2,500,000
Physical Attack: Error_#:'1200'_Invalid - Physical Defense: 1800
Magical Attack: Error_#:'6000'_Invalid - Magical Defense: 22
Dexterity: 3000