[Accepted]Cinny has been coerced into being a squid

[CinnySuccubus]

BYOND Key: CinnySuccubus

Character Names: Adannaya Kayeda, Xiang Zhou, Erri Sliszek, and a bunch of others

Species you are applying to play: Skrell

What color do you plan on making your first alien character: Light blue, #74B3CE

Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Yes. (Does anyone ever answer no for this? Genuinely curious.)

Why do you wish to play this specific race: I like the direction the lore team is taking with the Skrell recently, and I’ve been meaning to do it for a while to do a little story arc with one of Xev’s characters.

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: Skrell are by nature quite different to humans. First of all, they’re hecking squids. Their society is primarily meritocratic, with the most successful of various jobs becoming Idols, something for the masses to strive to. They’re also psionic (which is neato), this primarily coming out in the Nlom, or the Wake, where all nearby minds are passively linked, which in the case of densely populated planets like Qerrbalak, means that the entire planet is linked. While both good and bad things result from this, the net result is that the Skrell make technological advancements very quickly. Their psionic nature also comes out in the Srom, or the Dream, which happens when they enter a deep sleep, and takes them and any other nearby sleeping Skrell into a sort of shared lucid dream, which also makes sharing ideas quick and easy. This can also be bad however, as it is very difficult to lie or conceal emotions in the Srom.

 

Character Name: Shae'Lesh Loshool

Shae was born in Qerr’wesi, in 2427, into a relatively small but supportive Quya, with around 2-4 members for the majority of their childhood. As a result of their parents, and their environment, they are an Axiori Skrell. As far as they know, they are the only child of their parents (but they are actually the biological half-sibling of Soolux Vushon). They have lived a relatively normal life for a modern-day Skrell, and have just finished their studies in their second college, coming out of education with the equivalent of a PhD in Xenoenigmatology, and a masters in computer science.

Since Shae was a child, they have always been obsessed with puzzles of various kinds, and how they work, from riddles to physical manipulation puzzles, and was always planning to study something along those lines. Until they were in the equivalent of high-school, they had mostly consumed Skrellian media, but they began to take in various forms of human (mostly Solarian) media. They quickly became a fan, and this ignited their interest in other species and their cultures. Once they discovered that, yes, other species have puzzles too, their direction of study was pretty much locked in. During their time at their first college, their consumption of alien media led them to begin to identify with female traits, and they are often seen wearing what female scientists stereotypically wear in Solarian media (ie: violating lab safety). Despite this, they continue to use plural pronouns. Unlike most other Skrell, especially older members of the species, Shae is extremely open to other species, mostly due to their fascination with their media and culture.

While between colleges, they accidentally discovered that their biological mother had had another child with another member of their Quya, but not anything else. They were not originally planning to leave the Nralakk system, but discovering they have a half-sibling they didn’t know about, and the events of last year’s Tzqul Archive event having disillusioned them to Qerrbalak to a degree, they decided to try to get some kind of job in human space. They convinced a senior researcher at their second college to sponsor an internship of sorts for them, gaining a job with Zeng-Hu, eventually contracting out to NanoTrasen to get more experience working with other species.

What do you like about this character? I like the little mini-story I have planned with Xev, but the thing I like most is her desire to solve puzzles, of various kinds. I hope that I will be able to work my way into various puzzles so that people can see her enthusiasm for the topic (I hope Rubik’s cubes exist in Aurora lore). As I said above, as well, I like what the current Skrell team are doing with the lore, and I look forward to exploring it with Shae.

 

How would you rate your role-playing ability? About 8/10. I play a bunch of tabletop games as well as stuff like SS13, so I’d say I’m pretty good.

Edited July 11, 2020 by CinnySuccubus

[Snakebittenn]

After some small talks about parts of your application (not huge concerns, good job!) I'm totally willing to accept this. I'm interested to see where your character is going. Approved.