[Accepted]Equairio's Dionae Application

[Equairio]

BYOND Key:

Equairio

Character Names: 

-Ada Kimura (Chemist)

-Aiha Thi Linh (Medical Resident)

-Iris Kirmani (Chef)

-Hasumi Tala (Station Engineer)

Species you are applying to play:

Dionae

What color do you plan on making your first alien character: (Color of your character; Dionaea & IPCs exempt)

Have you read our lore section's page on this species?:

Yes, a few times.

Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph format. (One paragraph minimum per question)

Why do you wish to play this specific race: (One paragraph minimum)

Having been in Discord channels where dionae lore has often been discussed by friends with a dionae whitelist, I’ve gained an interest in dionae and their lore, especially surrounding the various clusters which I particularly like.

I also feel like it’ll bring up a whole lot of RP potential because of how complex dionae characters can be and the number of concepts you can come up with for them. The different personalities of each nymph will be an interesting concept to explore, each having a different opinion, ideals, a preferred way of acting in a situation.

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: (One Paragraph minimum)

Their ways of learning are unique because of the nymphs gradually learning over time by taking the blood of another sentient, intelligent beings - especially when they’re nymphs who’ve yet to have blood - or just experiencing events and learning from it. With all the different personalities and experiences of each nymph, it’ll affect how a dionae gestalt acts and what it’ll say. They’re not a single entity but a composition of several, independently thinking entities.

Character Name:

Cradling A Dwindling Light Amidst Encroaching Shadows

Please provide a short backstory for this character ( approximately two paragraphs)

It started off as a nymph, a part of the original gestalt of the Titan Prime cluster, with little independence. It spent its first years as part of the gestalt on the hull of the Titan Prime. The original gestalt probably searched for a more reliable source for radiation as it moved further from the star the Titan Prime refuelled from. It might have detected a form of heat/nuclear radiation from the Titan Hive ship. The nymph got curious and began shifting itself more towards the edge of the gestalt. The entire gestalt then decided it was time to breach the hull of the Titan Prime and explore inside. The nymph made sure it was a part of the tendril that would breach the hull.

The tendril was met with a bound vaurca which was sent to get rid of the gestalt, which assumed it was a biohazard. Even though they were easily dealt with the gestalt did not learn anything new from absorbing the vaurca, their method of communication was foreign, so there was no option for communication between the Lesser Queens and gestalt, following the death of the first Vaurca, more were sent to get rid of the gestalt. They were relatively successful, and the gestalt was forced to split.

Out of necessity, the nymph went to the dark depths of the hive ship. It fled from the bound vaurca that were exterminating nymphs that had broken off from the main gestalt. All the nymph was the screams and cries of another diona as they were burnt, squashed, or cast into space. It felt lonely for the first time in its life, being away from the collective it thought to be invincible. As the nymph reached the depths of the hive station it didn’t hear the other diona’s cries anymore, only the unmelodic hum of the station it now inhabited. For the first days, it stayed with the light it had found, until it began to flicker and dwindle, leaving the nymph back in the cold absence of light. Dissonance, it called itself.  

Days, weeks, months, years, decades, there wasn’t a sense of time. The nymph who used to be alone had gotten the courage to explore the hiveship and find a more bright section of it. It had stumbled upon nymphs along the way. Some nymphs were frightened, while others provided intel about the activity of the vaurca. However, two agreed to form a Cerberus gestalt. Now a group of three nymphs, it did not feel the loneliness it once did. Together they were able to piece together a memory of enjoying the warmth of the sun, where they had been for a hundred years before the hive ship arrived. Though alongside these hopeful memories, they were still surviving in the hiveship, they could bear through it. Hopeful Warmth Amid Shadows, the gestalt agreed to name itself, spurred on by the memories they were able to piece together had finally merged with other nymphs of their original gestalt. 

Together they endured five-hundred years of being hunted by bound vaurca, splitting and hiding in tunnels when needed. And after one long basks in the bright glow of the k’ois fungi farms, the Cerberus gestalt was above to release it’s own seeds, introducing a handful more nymphs into existence which it could share experiences with after they merged into the gestalt. The new nymphs joined the gestalt and they restructured themselves to form a cyclops, mimicking the general outline of the bound vaurca.

In 2456, the Titan Prime hiveship made contact with humanity, the beginning of human-vaurca diplomacy. The cyclops gestalt had been more than eager to abandon the hiveship. It was approached by on-looking dionaea, members of the Biesellian Choir, and gestalts of the Blossoms of the Great and Divine Eternal, who gave refuge to it and supported it in recovering from its traumas. The Choir aided the gestalt by introducing into human society and informing about new concepts like education and employment. It was receptive to their care and started a new chapter in it’s shared life on Biesel, though the gestalt’s thoughts constantly turned back to the experience they shared on the hiveship. Cradling A Dwindlight Light Amidst Encroaching Shadows, they named themselves, reflecting on their first experience after being disconnected from the original gestalt.

What do you like about this character? (Describe what you like about this character)

I enjoy this character because of all the hardships it has gone through, being hunted by the vaurca, trying to hide from them, and how this character will display paranoid behaviour and be wary about vaurca. I enjoyed exploring its backstory, and I hope I can play and develop this character more.

How would you rate your role-playing ability?

7/10. I feel like my recent characters are well thought through and I have received positive feedback on them. Starting a few months ago, I started putting more effort into RP and really discovered that I enjoy making more complex characters. However I'm not feeling too confident with my emotes being good, I feel like it's been gradually improving with the help of my friends and their feedback.

Notes:

[Caelphon]

Hi there, Equairo!

You really should be giving yourself a higher number - or just throw the number out (like I do!). 

I have a few questions for you; 

1. Your gestalt has gone through a lot, and would likely still suffer today. Your Diona would most likely have a severe dislike towards Vaurca - or hatred. Can you expand on this? Does Dwindling hate Vaurca, and how has it affected the gestalt today? 

2. What has your Diona educated themselves in? Are they Engineering Specialists? Theologians? A Chef? 

3. Your name conveys a deep part of their personality - 'Cradling A Dwlindling Light Amidst Encroaching Shadows'. Could you expand why YOU choose this name.

There are no wrong answers! Thanks for applying. 

[Equairio]

Heya, thank you for replying.

1) Following the traumatic expierences, this character has been through. I will roleplay Dwindling to have a strong dislike for Vaurca, especially those of the Zo’ra hive (as they inhabitated the Titan Prime) Due to its environmental experiences, it’ll display paranoid behaviour and will try to avoid any vaurca. It’ll feel as if other people (not only vaurca) are threatening it, or may behave suspicious or aggressive.

2) After Dwindling was approached by the dionae after it left the Hiveship, it was given refuge by the Choir. The Biesellian Choir funded its education in culinary arts. So a chef.

3) The gestalt decided to name itself Cradling A Dwindling Light Amidst Shadows after it had time to reflect on its expierences, being disconnected from the original gestalt, all the danger it was in, and their lack of hope of it getting better. “Cradling A Dwindling Light” reflects the gestalt holding the experience closely to itself, the dwindling light would be the slowly decreasing hope of everything getting better. “Amidst Shadows” reflects the danger surrounding the gestalt as it keeps a tiny bit of hope.

[Caelphon]

Thanks for replying so quick!

This application has my support.

[Zundy]

Looks like a solid application. Cael has asked all I would ask. You have my support.

[Yonnimer]

Hello! After some thought, We've decided to go ahead and accept your application