[Accepted]Pictish20 Dionae Application

[pictish20]

BYOND Key: pictish20

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Species you are applying to play: Dionae

What color do you plan on making your first alien character: Dionae Exemption; My first character will be a Bloodless Band

Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Of course! It would be pretty silly to apply without doing so.

 

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: Dionae are the most interesting and alien of the species in the Spur. A unique physiology, a unique form of consciousness, and a unique mindset create a fascinating creature, and one of my favorites. As a gestalt, their sense of self is different from anyone else; as ancient beings, their wisdom surpasses most other creatures. I love their good nature and love of learning, and their patient, deliberate approach to the problems presented to them. That being said, I'd love to see them aboard the Aurora more often, and I'd be honored to be among their number.

 

- Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: Dionae's minds are unique, and bring several characteristics that are important. They are each a collective, with a plural sense of self. They are also bound by a strong sense of pacifism -- violence should only be their response if it is necessary to achieve something better than the alternative. They have a deep respect for experience, age, and knowledge, and often are curious in pursuit of those. Their unique position as a multitude of living beings often affects how they act, talk, and feel -- depending on their mind type, individual nymphs may have different opinions, emotions, or reactions. They are deliberate creatures, free from many of the concerns of survival for other species.

 

- Character Name: Following Caution and Curiosity to the Beautiful Sparks

 

- Please provide a short backstory for this character:

We were still young nymphs when our gestalt came upon that cold hiveship; we were still young nymphs when the Vaurcae hive retaliated against us; and we were still young nymphs when their fury drove us to separate from our gestalt. Though many years of hiding, fleeing, and subsistence have pushed that day further and further into the past, we still remember losing the wisdom of so many other, older nymphs from our first collective, the sadness of distance from our cluster, and the pain of the injuries, inflicted by their harsh graspers. We learned, like we always have  without the blood of others, from experience, from our pains and mistakes and successes. We learned to be small, and quiet  that to harm another in our defense only brings more harm. Through silent smallness and unending caution, we survived all five hundred years of the journey.

When we at last reached this strange place called Biesel, we learned to speak with our Vaurcae tormentors. They offered reconciliation for the suffering, but we refused. We cannot bear to live among them anymore, and there are far too many wonders in this galaxy to remain where we have.  We do not blame them for the harm they dealt us, for they acted in their own defense, but we cannot allow ourselves to act like they did, and bring harm to another living creature. We have known pain, and cannot bear to deal it to anything else.

No, we instead look to a new life for ourselves here in Tau Ceti. We have learned much since arriving here, though our quiet and anxious demeanor remains with us. We have studied their remarkable synthetic lifeforms. Immune to pain, we may help them without fear of hurting them on accident. We have earned our sponsorship from NanoTrasen, and allowed the humans to chip us, though it terrified us. We know that employment among the humans will challenge us greatly, but this is a better future for us than the past we faced.
 

- What do you like about this character? 

Sparks offers several new opportunities for me. As a security main, their pacifism places them as far as possible from the roles and characters that I am used to. I’m finding robotics and science as a whole to be very enjoyable, as I play it in preparation for this character. Furthermore, the opportunity to play a good-natured, shy character is one that I’ve been looking forward to since conceiving this character concept. 

 

- How would you rate your role-playing ability? 

I would describe myself as adequate, though certainly not infallible. I’ve held several whitelists before, both on Aurora and other servers, and I do take a little pride in my roleplay. Dionae are a very different experience, RP wise, from other characters I have played, of course. However, I’ve read their pages, spoken with their players, and watched them in action, and I believe I am capable of it. I would rate myself, on the obligatory out-of-ten system, as a 7.

 

Notes: My apologies for the third paragraph: I thought it better to completely convey the idea of Sparks than restrict myself to the two paragraphs listed, and I felt comfortable doing so due to the "approximately." I welcome any opportunity to clear up any holes in my application, or to elaborate on my responses. Thank you for your time!

 

[jrphoenix303]

I really enjoy my interactions with Fafnir as Graphe, as well as Dullahan. I also really like your use of the Hiveship Diona, it's not something I think i've seen in recent times.

+1 for pictish!

[Yonnimer]

Hi, your app does a good job of covering the character so we don't have any questions, so we're accepting your app