Mokka

"An ancient robot who uses ancient magic. He was created over 10000 years ago."

"Found in a curiosity shop by Principal Biscotti, Mokka is a dry and deadpan robot who wields powerful earth magic."

Latte Rustynail, known in Japan as Café au Lait Rustynail, is a party member of the ancient robot race in Magical Vacation. He attends Will-o'-Wisp Academy and is a user of ancient magic.

Over 800 years later in Magical Starsign, he returns as a party member who uses earth magic. In this game, his name is Mokka, known as Caffè Latte in Japan.

Magical Vacation
Latte is the eighth member to be recruited by the party, joining after being saved in Tour de la Roche. His initial levels are level 12 and magic level 9.

His element is ancient, represented by the spirit Early. Its spells can debuff enemies' agility. As a party member, Latte uses high HP and defense to tank physical attacks, but is weak when it comes to agility.

Special power
As part of a side quest, Latte can use his special power to motivate dwarves scattered about the Dark Realm and Abyssal Realm, and have them return to Opopmat Cave. This is needed to make Garam Masala accessible in the post-game.

Magical Starsign
Mokka is present as a member of the party during the tutorial section of the game at Will-o'-Wisp Academy. After reviving him on Cassia, he joins as a permanent member of the party.

Mokka's affinity is earth, allowing him to gain aura when Erd is in alignment. His attacks are highly damaging, and he has the highest starting HP among the party, though his agility is low.

Wild magic
Mokka can use wild magic to create earthquakes. This can be used in key locations to trigger events, but can also be used to flip gummy frogs over, freezing them in place.

Personality
Mokka takes a very deadpan view to everything, though he appears to have a strong desire to be in a romantic relationship. He is often portrayed as sarcastic, and rather uncaring in personality, while simultaneously taking the part of the logical member of the group. He can even be a bit stubborn and impatient. However, he is actually very kind and always works hard for his friends. If the protagonist is female in Magical Starsign, Mokka will confess that he has feelings for her during Paella's Starfall Festival. In the Japanese versions of both games, his dialogue is written in messy katakana to emulate robotic speech, though in Magical Starsign, he sometimes employs kanji when referring to specific things.

Appearance
Mokka's appearance remains consistent in both Magical Starsign and Magical Vacation. He is mainly composed of a brown lightweight metal and has many screws around his body. There are exactly six small ones and two large ones on his chest, and five on his head. He also has quite a few sectioned parts where joints are, like on his legs and feet. He has three fingers on each hand, each composed of three silver joints, and are attached to a grey metal socket on each palm. Also on his arm are decorative indents in the metal plating.

Mokka has one singular orange eye that rests on his bucket-shaped head. Also on his head are three brass horn-like pieces, two on either side, and one that is more bell-shaped on the very top of his head. It is unknown what the purpose of these objects are, though they could possibly be exhaust funnels. On his back, Mokka has two cylindrical tanks that light up when casting magic. His head can be pried open to reveal a mouth-like hatch, and beneath it is a digestive apparatus.

Early life
Over 12000 years before Magical Vacation, a group from Puffoon called the Espressos ventured to Erd. Their leader, Dr. Calzone, took an interest in the sun and wished to reach Nova, a planet located in a dimension inside the sun. They settled on Erd in hopes of finding a gate from the resident yogart gurus, who could astral project their souls to Nova at will, but their efforts were for naught. Instead, the Espressos joined with the yogart gurus to construct a the Kahve plant, where gummies with magical properties could be artificially made and used to bend space. These magic gummies were produced by robots manufactured in the Kahve plant, whose battery cores were also powered with gummy energy. Soon enough, the technicians finished developing Ribbit Ribbit Alpha, the AI program which the robots operated on.

Return to the Kingdom
After graduating from the academy, Sesame became an antiques researcher and ran Latte under several modifications. The last modification he performed was a rocket, to which he shot Latte from Valencia Beach into the depths of space.

Magical Starsign
The story opens with Mokka and friends in class waiting for their teacher, Miss Madeleine, who has been showing up late for the past few days. After her arrival, members of her class become suspicious of her recent behavior and decide to listen in on a conversation between her and Principal Biscotti, in which she announces that it is her duty to travel to Puffoon, the wind planet.

After her leave to Puffoon, the class begins to catch word of a rocket hidden in the school, and decide to follow her to the wind planet. Upon discovery of the rockets however, Lassi accidentally takes off in one, crashing on Erd. Mokka and the class decide to go after her.

After setting out to help Lassi, Mokka crashlands on Cassia, the water planet. He is then confronted by an unnamed assailant who supposedly knocked him unconscious and stealing his Battery Pack, or head, thus rendering him unable to function. It is up to the player to retrieve his battery pack from the otter who stole it in order to keep his house warm. After confronting the otter though, he claims he will return the battery pack if his toolbox key is returned to him.

After having the battery pack returned to him, Mokka is revived and joins the player on their quest to find Miss Madeleine.

Later during the course of the game, Mokka begins to malfunction. It is revealed that this is because his battery core has begun to run dry, and it needs to be recharged or else he will die.

Changes and Tune-ups
Mokka forgoes many changes and tune-ups throughout the Magical series, starting when Madeleine uses spare parts from eight other robots for repairs. He later ends up getting repurposed as an oven in the Tour de la Roche, and soon later relinquishes some of his own parts to help get the Magic Bus up and running. In Magical Starsign he is beheaded by an otter for his battery back, and in the end he is repurposed into a Rocket ship by Lassi.

Epilogue
"Mokka tried to help Lassi build her rocket. Finally, he literally gave his all to her, offering his own body to finish her rocket. Lassi tearfully accepted his sacrifice. The Rocket Mokka was born, and the two friends left Baklava in search of new worlds."

Café au Lait Fight
In 2008, Latte starred in a Flash game called Café au Lait Fight on the Brownie Brown website. It was a shooting game where Latte/Café au Lait was guided by the player's cursor. To defeat enemies, he used ancient magic that could be buffed by summoning spirits. However, because of his limited HP and MP, the player needed to direct him towards special healing characters periodically. Following the closure of both Flash and the Brownie Brown site, very little footage of this game was archived.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Mokka appears in the game as a trophy and as sticker #629, using his art from Magical Starsign. Like other Magical Vacation series trophies, Magical Vacation is omitted in his appearances.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Mokka appears in the game as spirit no. 1178. In his spirit battle, he is portrayed by R.O.B. on the Great Plateau Tower stage.

Trivia

 * His name in Magical Vacation comes from café au lait' meaning 'coffee with milk' in French. His fan translated name, Latte, is derived from this.
 * His name in Magical Starsign is the German word for 'mocha', a mixture of coffee and chocolate. His Japanese name comes from 'caffè latte', meaning 'espresso with milk' in Italian.
 * Grilled eel is his favorite food.
 * If the protagonist in Magical Starsign is female, Mokka will confess he has feelings for her during the Starfall Festival on Razen.
 * He is made from an ultrametal called karuikane (カルイカネ lit. "lightweight metal").