The Mechanisms’ mechanisms work differently in regards to how and how fast they come back.
Jonny’s is based on what makes sense the most for the story whether its coming back instantly for Sleeping Beauty or taking a whole hour or two at Gender Rebels so the others can do a show without him.
For Marius, I got the idea from a fanfic that he comes back when its the most comedic
Nastya and Ivy always come back after a specific, reasonable amount of time, Raphaella is similar, but various other factors can make it shorter or longer, giving her more things to experiment with.
Ashes comes back when you least expect it (only applies to mortals since the mechs always expect it)
Brian comes back when he is needed, and Toy Solider comes back when you tell it to.
oh!! this makes jonny's "our mechanisms rely on The Narrative" and nastya's "no tf they don't" both correct
i made a bunch of mechanisms octokittens themed like the mechs (and various other mechs characters) so here they are :) i actually made them ages ago but i kept forgetting to post them on here
it's going under the cut because it's unreasonably long
if you want the pattern lmk, cause i did eventually write it down
@gunpowder-tim
this is jonny. he has his funky eyeliner and his too many belts in places where there should not be belts. he's blue cause i said so and cause by the time i made him i was running out of unique colours to use
this is brian. he has his top hat which has a rose on it. he's orange because i thought i looked like metal. ignore the fact that's he's shaped weird he was made while i was still figuring out the pattern for them
this is marius. he has a monogoggle and he's green cause of his coat
this is tim. he has his goggles and his funky eyeliner. he's brown also because of his coat
this is ivy. she's holding a book. she's pink because her hair is red, but ts and carmilla were already red so i went for the next best thing
this is nastya. she was the first small one i made. you can't see it too well but she has an engineer's belt on which has a couple of wrenches on it. she's funky multicoloured cause i had cool yarn and i wanted to use it
this is raphaella. she has her wings and she's gold cause it matched her wings (figuring out how to actually make the wings was a nightmare btw)
this is ts. it has a bowtie and a moustache and it's red cause of its uniform
this is ashes. they have their hat and they're grey cause ashes are grey and i thought it was cool
this is lyf. they were the first one i made. they're a lot bigger than the others, and they're multicoloured cause when i got that yarn it reminded me of the bifrost
this is aurora. she's made with the multicoloured yarn too cause i wanted her to match nastya. she's very small and she is usually attached to my schoolbag
this is carmilla. i didn't actually intend to make a carmilla, but i wanted to make a finger puppet octokitten and when she was done i wanted her to fit in with the mech themed octos, so i named her carmilla. i thought the red was also a cool little nod to her being a vampire (also pls ignore that the video is sideways i couldn't figure out how to flip it)
[Image ID: A cartoon drawing of Ashes O'Reilly from The Mechanisms. The drawing is a black sketch on a white background, aside from the red sections of Ashes' hair, which are drawn in the shape of explosions. They have a mildly disgruntled expression on their face. /.End ID]