[Accepted]Myphicbowser's Diona Application

[Myphicbowser]

BYOND Key: Myphicbowser
Character Names: Stephane Connette, Katha Mars, Ka'Akaix'Mirz Zo'ra, Za'Akaix'Vak K'lax, Zaqix Zixquu, Rasputin, IRU-Kathy, Issa Korvitis, Makjurl Hrarvahrrhaz, XBCU, Mrrka Hrarvahrrhaz, Ta'Akaix'Itan Zo'ra, Vharisk Ssunhred, Kalchur El-Amin, Ka'Akaix'Kiihr C'thur, Mashka Saylor
Species you are applying to play: Diona
What color do you plan on making your first alien character: Tree
Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: The possibility is on the table

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:
You know, I will admit that I started this whitelist application to look at all the lil green check marks on the Web Interface page, I was even under the impression that they were as generic and bland as some other server’s usage of them but they also drink blood. But after reading through them and digging through their lore I really started to fall in love with them, they are a Truly Alien creature much like the Vaurca, and I think that makes them a fantastic thing to want to try for.

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human:
Oh heck that’s a daunting one here, Diona are incredibly different beasts all together, and I mean that wording, a single gestalt is not a single consciousness, it is a collection of consciousnesses that become one kinda, sharing their skills and information and feelings. They are so much more affected by their experiences and how they handle and heal from them, as each nymph inside of them feels it differently, it’s wacky and I am having trouble articulating it. And that difficulty is further expanded upon when you break into the whole genetic learning thing and consuming blood to learn. They can pick up information by drinking blood or eating bodies though the latter is seen as barbaric by more civilized types, but the option is still there yah know?  The diona are also much more likely to be pacifistic, so as to avoid damage, but it seems like the criminal gangs and the ones that live in deep space are in a very different state of mind because they didn’t seem to develop healthily.

Character Name:The Sound of the Hounds pursuing deep into the night under the guiding light of the Void’s Eyes (Shortened to The Sound of the Hounds)
Please provide a short backstory for this character
The Sound of the Hounds is a Dominian born Diona, raised and grown to feed the Emperor and his various important guests in an upcoming feast. The Sound of the Hounds is currently standing at around eight nymphs that were all acquired during their initial escape of the Gardens on Moroz, it was all they could reasonably take and still manage to actually escape. It was a long and arduous task, to escape, but they undertook it using guile and careful movements, even managing to escape by using a few brave nymphs causing distractions rather than causing permanent damage to any of the assigned guards and gardners. It wasn’t long until they were noticed, the single flaw in their plan was having to acquire a powerful source of light which ended up being just a massive amount of taped flashlights which had to be acquired by breaking into an outpost near the gardens. This is where the current name of the Diona comes from, they heard the hounds chasing them down and knew that being found would be made even easier with their cobbled together source of lights, they trusted in the light of the moons to keep them sustained and guide their path. They hid and ran, hounds and hunters tracking them down as they made their way to the nearest possible sign of exit. They were weak and they were nearly out of strength to continue, they climbed partway up a frozen tree and watched the moons slowly sink, preserving their energy. The day broke, the hunt seemed to be called off, and in the pale morning light they spotted a single ship descending closer to the planet, far to the west, so they followed it.

    After following the direction of the ship for days and avoiding anyone they may have potentially ran into, they found a city they soon learned went by the name of Jinxiang, an industrial sector that had ships at every possible docking point. The Sound of Hounds continued to sneak around slowly, moving around the outskirts of time and hoping to find an easier way into the city to hopefully secure a way out. While they were searching they found a ship on the outskirts of the town, hidden under the trees and it was hardly bigger than a medium cargo shuttle. A ragtag group of humans and Unathi seemed to be loading it, two humans in suits exchanging large wooden crates for a small briefcase. As the Sounds of the Hounds watched this transaction they were found and brought closer by an Unathi, where they were quickly discovered to be unable to speak Basic or Tradebrand, instead they were guided to a hole on the side of the shuttle and imagined they were supposed to fill it in, which was confirmed as the unathi shoved them into it, leaving them with a pat on the elected leader nymph and a thumbs up.

    The Sound of the Hounds continued to stay on this ship for a long while, forming an integral part of its wall and slowly picking up basic by a few blood donations from a few unwilling people the Unathi held up to them. As they slowly learned and formed a bond with the crew over the duration of around three years, it began to fall apart as one day another group of slightly bigger Unathi and Tajara with handmade weapons managed to ambush the original crew, and fully replaced them. They continued to be used in much the same way, offering up information from a nymph that burrowed inside of the shuttle and even being given more generous donations from unwilling participants, and a few of the willing Unathi. They eventually fell to the desire to fit in with the crew and gave in to their taste for blood, almost draining a captured Engineer fully during one of the donations. They processed this information slowly and upon the shuttle landing, simply slipped out of the nook they held for numerous years and patched it, before walking around the rest of the ship and upgrading and repairing it, leaving them as a cheap as free engineer on the shuttle and they wore clothes for the first time, it was a good day.

    The Sound of the Hounds continued to run with this gang for a while, taking in more information mostly from engineers and other less then willing participants they needed information from, and eventually simply walked away from the shuttle. No one stopped them, the crew barely even noticed the sudden lack of the engineer and never looked for them, and they imagine they continued their work of running the crates and the Tajara from system to system, it was unsure to what ends they were doing it, but they certainly were moving a lot of weapons and Tajara and that was too dangerous at this point. The Sound of the Hounds departed from their crew in the Republic of Biesel, and knowing what they did know they first headed to a TCFL enlistment center, declaring themselves as seeking asylum and that they were born in the void to pirates. It was a quick transfer of duty, they demonstrated their skills and became an engineer, repairing mechatronics and ships alike, keeping turrets working and even maintaining weapons as the proper procedures were taught to them. They continued working with the TCFL for around two and a half years, now being eligible but still requiring a sponsorship, which was given to them by a Legate with the legion, seeing that it was only fair after everything they gave that they should be a citizenship and that for a diona pirate, they were the most polite and quiet diona they ever worked with. After they gained citizenship, they began to look for employment, and seeing as they had experience with engineering but only required formal education to be documented, they started work with Nanotrasen and took a few courses in a subsidized college in District 11. After their short schooling experience, which they managed to pass pretty well with their previous “experience” they were elevated from a Cargo Technician to a full station engineer under Nanotrasen, and after their encounters with the Fanatics of the Temple of the Eternal and the Songless Gang that wanted to pull them in, they were very thankful to take even the Cargo Tech job with Nanotrasen and were more thankful they managed to secure education and survive without a single incident of splitting, they did not gain any nymphs in that time frame as they avoided contact with a large percentage of other Diona.

What do you like about this character?
I am a sucker for tragedy, and I was looking for a way to make an interesting ex-pirate/criminal character that wouldn’t come off as too snowflakey or annoying, I like how this character is less a criminal for the sake of being a criminal and only doing what they did at first to survive then falling into the lifestyle for a while, even becoming a Sh’shu in the process, and seeking something better for them. It’s a tragic backstory with a hint of danger if anyone finds out the truth, and a redeemed character all in one.
How would you rate your role-playing ability?
Never been too good at rating myself, I’d say I’m an okay roleplayer, I can keep my characters consistent and I do enjoy a few creative emotes here and there without seeming like I’m overdoing and potentially intimidating other people I RP with, but if I get the chance I will gladly RP with anyone who has the time, gotta keep the balance between RP and like, avoiding the mercs outside the medbay though.

Notes: Ha ha, tree go *chirp *creak *chirp_song *woodnoises
 

[Caelphon]

Hi there!!!

First off, thanks for applying (please remember to bold the correct segments next time!)

Now, questions:

I see your Dionae initially bonded with Unathi and Humans (non-Dominians). How do they view the non-Dominians? 

How would your Dionae react to Dominians? Especially ones that new of your origin?

 

Goodluck! There are no wrong answers.

[Myphicbowser]

Oh my golly I'm so sorry I forgot about the bolding! Okay but to the questions

1) They view non-dominians with a sense of something I have trouble putting into words, a thankfulness, they feel that by the sheer value of a non-dominian existing that they may be able to remain safe and away from the extremes of the Dominians

 

2) They would fear Dominians, but less in a shaking in their roots kinda way but a slide away to the other hall and avoid their department kinda way, they see Dominians as a loyal work force that dare not break the codes they are given, which leads to part two of this question where they would genuinely fear any Dominian that knows where they came from, they would be petrified and distant, even taking to learning about that Dominian to see if the tables could be turned, if a Dominian knows what they were destined for, they are an enemy you must find a way to out maneuver.

[Zundy]

How does Hounds feel about other Dioane such as the local Biesel community and in general?

Again, no wrong answers. ?

[Myphicbowser]

1) Having never had the rigid lifestyle or the "song" of other Diona, Hounds sees a lot of them as oddly subservient but also admirable in a way, hounds was developed very differently and is aware of that disconnect with other Diona, which is why it never finds itself falling into purely Diona groups, it just feels detached and is, on some level, afraid to integrate fully with them, maybe feeling as if their collective would change fundamentally on a level they would not perceive. But despite being afraid of losing the drive that kept them all alive during their escape, they did fall into some of the more comfortable things that they noticed, the Blood Buddy Organization as a benefit to their knowledge and meditation that helps them relax and think.

 

That was a really roundabout and poorly worded way of saying: They don't have a relationship with other Diona too much, they would most likely bond with the Pests of Titan Prime but overall they are afraid of integration having them be found as an outcast or a violent criminal. I hope this made sense. 

[Yonnimer]

Hello! After some discussion we've decided to accept your application.