[Accepted] Stev's wetboi application take two please give me the thing oh god help me please.

[stevIII]

BYOND Key: steviii

Character Names:
Retired: Jenna May, Chris Dobson, Amelia Karrith, Jaxon Butler, Josephine Pearce, Wilson Johannson, Laura sikorova, Jeffrey Earnhart

Medium: Jarred McClellan. Reese Clarke, Argon-222

Still used: Amanda prince, Isaac Chambers, Keaton Hall, Force-111, B.R.I-GHT-3, Dean McDonnell

Species you are applying to play: Skrell

What color do you plan on making your first alien character: Dark Blue, slightly lighter blue headtails.

Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Every. Single. Page. god save me.

 

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: Compared to humanity and IPC’s, skrell are so drastically different, while still staying similar enough that it’s not such a giant leap. Their lore interests me a lot. Things like how their species is nearly completely sterile, but with the help of Aliose’s genetic engineering, they can repair it a little. It’s very intriguing how jargon has progressed so far, skrell can just spend a large portion of their life lounging about, getting spa and anti-aging treatments, even ignoring very human concepts like gender, while their government is still secretly waging secretive wars on synthetics. I feel as any skrell character, I’d just have a lot of fun.

 

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human:

Mechanical: Skrell have very interesting features such as the Nlom, no slipping, the whole ‘emotionless’ (ha, bs.) stuff. In a mechanical situation, skrell are alike humans in certain ways, and completely alien in others. (Go figure.) 
Non Mechanical: With all the things that have happened in skrellian history, A great distaste for synthetics is likely very prevalent. The srom and nlom also provide such an interesting tidbit of intrigue, and how the entire race is so friccin advanced, especially compared to something like humanity. While it can be similar in aspects (Two legged-ness, mildly similar technology in certain ways) it can be utterly alien in others, and I just think that’s just real cool, bro.

 

Character Name: Xesos'Xiquim Quillip

Please provide a short backstory for this character

Early life (2397 - 2416)
Xesos was born in 2397 in a Qu'Poxii of six skrell. Their parents being two scientists, and the other members of the Qu’Poxii being mostly made up Hydroponic workers, cooks and bartenders. Early in their life, they got a keen interest in general service stuff, after a few classes on culinary arts during school, and their parents. Eventually, after they graduated kindergarten at 19, They went on to get a degree in culinary arts, and a degree in career excellence in a skrellian college.

College life (2416 - 2436)

During college, Xesos was always very bubbly and well known for being good at making drinks and cooking mostly Aliose cuisine. During this time, they met up with some friends, and eventually arranged it so whenever Xesos was out of college, they’d get a job at a restaurant called “The Lakeside Garden” that a friend owned.

Middle life (2436 -  2442)
After graduating, True to their word, They went on to take a managerial position in a skrellian restaurant called “The Lakeside Garden” after working there till about 2441, they eventually decided to move on to bigger and better things. They saw in an ad that NanoTrasen needed various more crew members. They applied for a work visa for Tau ceti, getting accepted after a little bit of effort. They then went on to join NanoTrasen as a mixologist and chef aboard a station.

Current life (2442 - current)
Since 2442, Xesos has worked in nanotrasen stations. Eventually at the age of 62, she got elevated to a position as an HoP, getting transferred to a few stations, before ending up on the aurora. She’s worked comfortably on the Aurora, living in a nice house in Tau ceti.
 

What do you like about this character?
I’ve had the plan for this character for like, six months, and I just really like how she’s turned out. 

 

How would you rate your role-playing ability?

Depends on the day, round, hour, minute, second, really. In stressful rounds I’m likely a solid 6.5 (I’m likely going to be busy planning if I’m playing command) but most of the rest of the time, 7 - 7.5

 

Notes: For the “Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human:” question, I just didn’t know if it was meant to be mechanical or lore, so I just did both.
Also, the name for the restaurant was randomly generated by fantasynamegenerators.com. It was the first option, I am so happy with what it was, lmao.

[Caelphon]

Hi!

Your application was an interesting read, and I was just wondering on a few things; 

 

1. Your Skrell is relatively young - but old enough to have been alive when they first discovered humans (and well, the rest of the galaxy). How does Xesos feel toward other species? 

2. I'm not sure if this is unintentional, or intentional, but it seems Xesos gender isn't mentioned. Do you plan on playing a non-binary Skrell? If so, how would you convey this? 

3. You havn't explicitly stated any relations besides that of Xesos' Quya. Did they have any relations through-out their life, and does Xesos go out of their way to help their friends - or do they stick to themselves? 

There are no wrong answers. 

Goodluck for your application. 

[stevIII]

9 minutes ago, Caelphon said:

1. Your Skrell is relatively young - but old enough to have been alive when they first discovered humans (and well, the rest of the galaxy). How does Xesos feel toward other species? 

Xesos's main opinion on other races is mainly an optimistic intrigue. They're especially interested in dionae, loving talking to them and learning about them. They hate IPC's though. 

 

10 minutes ago, Caelphon said:

2. I'm not sure if this is unintentional, or intentional, but it seems Xesos gender isn't mentioned. Do you plan on playing a non-binary Skrell? If so, how would you convey this? 

I just know lots of LGBT people, so I automatically say they/them. They're biologically female, but like lots of skrell, don't really express it much. I said she in current life, but I think that's the only place.

13 minutes ago, Caelphon said:

3. You havn't explicitly stated any relations besides that of Xesos' Quya. Did they have any relations through-out their life, and does Xesos go out of their way to help their friends - or do they stick to themselves? 

I was gonna mention some during their college life, more than just the friends offering a job. They have many friends from college, some kinda in the line for a possible qu'poxii later down the line. They've also gained plenty of friends during work.

Honestly I didn't write much about friends or anything cause I didn't feel like writing a bunch of skrell names, as my brain is not prepared for that.

Hope that answered all the questions. Feel free to ask me more, I'm open to answering them 

[SooshyFish]

Idk if it's too late to throw this up but all of my interactions with Stev have been great both in and out of game. The in character moments have been fun and memorable, and well done at every instance. +1

[UnknownMurder]

Is a good Head of Security. Showed a lot of passion and roleplay as an IPC Head of Security. Keeps the fun going, does not abuse authority. Uses authority to make the shift fun. Was a good IPC Head of Security doing a 4 hour secret extended changeling round where we were planning to bomb using a weaponized supermatter.

 

+1

Edited June 28, 2020 by UnknownMurder
forgot to include +1

[armrha]

Always a pleasure to have him around. Sorry we trapped you on a diona nymph biomass for two hours. +1

[sebkillerDK]

I think stev would be an interesting addition to the skrell squad. i have only had good interactions with their characters. Mainly force-111 and Dean Mcdonnel. they react well to different scenarios and can improvise when thrown a bone,  they are also fantastic to converse with OOC'ly.
They have my support on this +1
 

[Waff-AI]

I like Stev's cargo tech a lot. I don't know much about Elyrans, but I know their character's a good one. Give them Skrell and they'll make an excellent one. This is my +1.

[Connorjg1]

+1

 

The man clearly has a great grasp on roleplay and are both cool IC and OOC.

 

 

[Snakebittenn]

Apologies for the time this took. We feel as if your application is incredibly thin, and the character section is pretty much starved of content. Foremost, I would like to reiterate that your Skrell would not be openly bubbly in Tau Ceti Basic. It isn't how Skrell emotion works. Secondly, I've decided to draft up some questions to help you, that I'd like you to answer in a reply.
1) How and why did your character leave the Federation to join inferior work with simple primates.
2) Does Xesos still have much of a relationship with their Quya, what does 'Xiquim mean in their name?
3) Are they a listener or receiver? How has this affected them in their life so far?
4) What do they want out of NanoTrasen and their career there, what are they aiming to accomplish.
5) How do they feel about synths.
6) How do they feel about Dionaea and C'thur.
7) What faith do they follow, how does this impact their personality?
8 ) What are their overall feelings on the Federation?

[stevIII]

Just making this to clear some stuff up:

 

I have full intention to answer these questions, but my anxiety completely crippled me for the past couple days with total dread. I'll respond to the above questions likely tomorrow. 

[Zundy]

You can do it Stev, we're all rooting for you!

[stevIII]

On 02/07/2020 at 12:28, Snakebittenn said:

Foremost, I would like to reiterate that your Skrell would not be openly bubbly in Tau Ceti Basic

My bad, just messed up that section cause I wrote this a little bit after reading that part of the wiki. As this is a bit old, I'm not 100% on this part, but I believe I meant that they were more bubbly in nral'malic, and less in basic, as this was in college while she was still on Jargon. as what I'd interpreted from the wiki is that skrell still expressed emotion in Nral'Malic.

 

 

On 02/07/2020 at 12:28, Snakebittenn said:

1) How and why did your character leave the Federation to join inferior work with simple primates.

Xesos was young and curious, helped along by their parents who were quite interested in space outside of the federation. especially when humans and dionae and stuff were contacted. During her second college, out of interest for the rest of the galaxy, she'd decided to learn Basic so she could join the spacefarers making more contact with humanity and everything. Xesos always had a happy and curious view on the galaxy, interested in what it held

 

On 02/07/2020 at 12:28, Snakebittenn said:

2) Does Xesos still have much of a relationship with their Quya, what does 'Xiquim mean in their name?

Xesos still occasionally returns to jargon to keep in contact with their parents, as they still rather like them, as their parents helped them grow and nurtured their intrigue in the world for years, Especially while she as in college. (Also, I'm not one hundred percent on the terminology of if there's a difference between the terms for the quya of your parents or your relationships personally, so I'm saying parents just so I don't mess any terminology up)

Xiquim means something related to adventure, or space travel. I couldn't find any word on the wiki for an actual word for it, so I just made one up. They greatly enjoy space travel, so they got it as part of their name cause of their history/occupation/religion.

 

On 02/07/2020 at 12:28, Snakebittenn said:

3) Are they a listener or receiver? How has this affected them in their life so far?

Receiver. it's always made them more sociable, and was quite likely part of the reason they actually got more interested in service jobs.

On 02/07/2020 at 12:28, Snakebittenn said:

4) What do they want out of NanoTrasen and their career there, what are they aiming to accomplish.

Xesos has always been interested in service, helping people and space, so getting a job in a company that mostly operates in space seemed like a no brainer.
They got a job at nanotrasen out of an innate interest in helping people. They enjoy it when people are happy, as it makes them feel like they're really helping people and making everyone's life happier. After getting a job as a chef, and working there for a few years before becoming an HoP, they've started to really like nanotrasen, as it helps them complete their personal goals (Space travel, being a good person, helping people) while also getting money.

On 02/07/2020 at 12:28, Snakebittenn said:

5) How do they feel about synths.

Their personal opinion on synths is one of less fear or hate, and more just digust. They believe that synthetics are abominations, and are entirely there to just steal skrell's jobs. unlike assumedly plenty of other skrell, they would not attempt to interfere or one up synthetics, simply choosing to avoid them whenever possible.

 

On 02/07/2020 at 12:28, Snakebittenn said:

6) How do they feel about Dionaea and C'thur.

They are greatly intrigued by Dionae, wishing to learn about them every single opportunity possible. They love learning about them, and treat them like synthetics pre-glorsh, in that they care for them like their own children whenever possible.
Their opinion on C'thur is less developed, as they have not really been exposed to Vaurca all that much, apart from aboard the aurora. They're quite interested in them, but a lot less than their childlike wonder and amazement for dionae.

 

On 02/07/2020 at 12:28, Snakebittenn said:

7) What faith do they follow, how does this impact their personality?

A very large portion of their family, them included follows Qeblak. It's an integral part of their intrigue and desire to explore the universe, and part of their childlike wonder for anything and everything related to space, aliens or space exploration.

 

On 02/07/2020 at 12:28, Snakebittenn said:

8 ) What are their overall feelings on the Federation?

They have no real objections to the federation, living under it for their entire life. They think it's a very good government, elevating good scientists and people to Idol status. they always in their childhood dreamed of being an Idol. the fame, riches and free housing. Eventually, their interest in service got hold of them, and they decided to become a manager.

Notes: Had severe anxiety for the past.. multiple days, so the last four answers are slightly less good than I wanted them to be. I'm hoping they're still good enough, but I understand if they aren't.

[VVipEdout]

Hello! Me and Snake have been going over your responses, and we feel you get the general vibe and lore well enough. Your answers to the IPC question are a bit lacking and we'd like to see you go over the Skrell pages some more and hang about in the lore channels, but your application is accepted.