Hose Kid — v0.3

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A fragile, spigot-tethered stream attacker who locks down one lane until the hose is interrupted.

Why: Makes the hose, the lane, the delighted nine-year-old, and the interruption counters one readable role.

Archetype

A fragile, spigot-tethered stream attacker who locks down one lane until the hose is interrupted.

Personality

Hose Kid is a gleeful nine-year-old who discovered unlimited running water and stopped wanting anything else. He plants his feet, braces the nozzle, and shouts over the stream. From far away his delight can look like courage.

He thinks about the water in front of him, not the hose behind him. The next spigot, the open lawn between yards, and the six-year-old near the line are problems he leaves for later.

Motivation

Winning means standing at the end of a stream nobody can cross. He wants the other side to turn away because his lane belongs to the hose. The sound and force of the water matter to him as much as the target.

How they fight

He uses a garden hose as a powerful continuous stream. While the hose is open, he can deny a driveway or hedge gap and keep several kids from advancing. He never runs out of water at the connected spigot.

The hose fixes him to a limited area and tells everyone where he is. The Little Sibling can kink it, the Big Kid can step on it, and an enemy can reach the shutoff. Moving to another spigot forces him to cross open ground without a weapon. He is also one of the easiest kids on the roster to call in.

Field data

Age: 9.
Height / build: approximately 1.35 m (4 ft 5 in); medium build.
Weight: approximately 32 kg (71 lb).
Speed: steady when free and exposed between spigots (target); exact value unset.
Stamina / soak: called in at full soak and easy to soak (target); exact capacity and slowdown unset.
Strengths: continuous water, lane control, pressure that does not run dry.
Weaknesses: fragile, tethered, hose can be kinked, stepped on, or shut off.

From the studio

This revision uses casting sheet row 9 for age, identity, personality, size, and weaknesses, with charter §8 for the physical hose. No hose, tether, kink, or shutoff exists in the sim, so every combat value is labeled as a target. Earlier published revisions remain unchanged in the timeline.

Featured question

Can his team keep the hose running without spending the whole fight guarding it?

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Artifact shelf

Paired study of the Hose Kid planted in a wet cul-de-sac firing one long continuous stream, with fifty feet of dark green hose curving away behind him to a brass spigot at a distant house. — Early exploration — not representative of final direction.
The Hose Kid braces a continuous stream while the hose trails to a spigot.
Source
docs/art/prompts/hose-kid-studies-v1.md#study-1--stand-and-deliver
Rights state
generated-with-terms-reviewed
Tool
GPT-5.6 built-in image generation (tool reported by Anthony)
Model
not exposed by built-in tool

Paired study of the Hose Kid leaning back against a completely taut green hose at the end of its length, his stream falling short of dry pavement that stays visibly out of reach. — Early exploration — not representative of final direction.
He leans against the taut hose at the end of its reach.
Source
docs/art/prompts/hose-kid-studies-v1.md#study-2--the-end-of-the-line
Rights state
generated-with-terms-reviewed
Tool
GPT-5.6 built-in image generation (tool reported by Anthony)
Model
not exposed by built-in tool

Paired study of the Hose Kid running across an open dry lawn with both hands empty, his abandoned nozzle dribbling on the sidewalk behind him and the next brass spigot waiting ahead. — Early exploration — not representative of final direction.
He runs across an open lawn after leaving the nozzle behind.
Source
docs/art/prompts/hose-kid-studies-v1.md#study-3--nothing-in-his-hands
Rights state
generated-with-terms-reviewed
Tool
GPT-5.6 built-in image generation (tool reported by Anthony)
Model
not exposed by built-in tool

Paired study of a tall teenage girl in a gray sweatshirt walking to a chain-link fence with one slide flattening a green garden hose, while thirty feet away the Hose Kid keeps bracing a nozzle that has dropped to a dribble. — Early exploration — not representative of final direction.
A tall teenager flattens the hose with one slide while the nozzle drops to a dribble.
Source
docs/art/prompts/hose-kid-studies-v1.md#study-4--the-slide-on-the-hose
Rights state
generated-with-terms-reviewed
Tool
GPT-5.6 built-in image generation (tool reported by Anthony)
Model
not exposed by built-in tool

Paired study of the Hose Kid seen from behind at the end of fifty feet of green hose that loops around a mailbox and back across wet pavement, his nozzle trickling into a puddle at his feet. — Early exploration — not representative of final direction.
The long hose loops around a mailbox before reaching his trickling nozzle.
Source
docs/art/prompts/hose-kid-studies-v1.md#study-5--the-water-is-issued-to-him
Rights state
generated-with-terms-reviewed
Tool
GPT-5.6 built-in image generation (tool reported by Anthony)
Model
not exposed by built-in tool