ShesTrying Posted January 27, 2022 Posted January 27, 2022 BYOND Key: ShesTrying Discord Username: ProbablyTrying#4393 Character Name: Ka'Akaix'Bells Zo'ra **I am applying for two items, one of which is complex, so I will do my best to keep things seperate. For the sake of legibility, I changed the format about for the first one. Let me know if you need me to fix it. For the first part of this, it's a wicker basket full of homemade v'krexi taffy. Ideally a small-size item, it has three states, full, half full, and empty, and three flavors of taffy inside. Ideally, when you open it up, there's ~6 of each kind of taffy inside. The one thing to note is that the taffy should have no nutriment/nutritinal value! Sprites and descriptions: Spoiler taffy basket - A round, wicker basket full to the brim with taffy! taffy basket (half) - A round, wicker basket with some taffy inside! taffy basket (empty) - A round, wicker basket. There's some colorful crumbs on the bottom of the linen lining. orange taffy - A piece of handmade taffy, rolled up in a cute spiral! flavor: You can taste bittersweetness, insect meat and regret. pink taffy - A piece of handmade taffy, rolled up in a cute spiral! flavor: You can taste sweetness and a hint of strawberry. blue taffy - A piece of handmade taffy, rolled up in a cute spiral! flavor: You can taste salty-sweet, tangy taffy. The second part of this is a handmade cloak that matches medical's colours. It's literally just a resprite, I cannot claim any originality for this. Spoiler Item Name: tailored hive cloak Item Function(s): It is a cloak. Item Description: A typical-looking Vaurca hive cloak design, tailored from what looks to be labcoat material. Why is your character bringing this item to work?: Taffy: Bells is a very social vaurca. And part of being a social vaurca becomes trying to figure out how to bridge that big huge gap between vaurca and other organics. It's hard! However, they are familiar with the concept of social eating. People getting together to share a meal that bridges pretty well all gaps between culture. Vaurca have the unique circumstance of only being able to share one type of food with non-vaurca, with neither side being hurt: v'krexi taffy. It's absolutely zero nutritional value means that it can be enjoyed by everyone, and Bells banks on that in order to make connections with crew when they first meet, or even after, to show admiration, thanks, or a simple want for companionship. Only one issue-- the normal v'krexi taffy literally tastes like regret. So, in what free time they have, Bells works on producing their own taffy, in flavors that both vaurcae and humans can enjoy. Cloak: Bells is learning about fashion. Slowly. Painfully. Their desire to blend in with the rest of the people in medical and the stark difference between vaurcae clothing and human clothing-- not to mention how ill-fitting human clothing is, led them to cut up a few lab coats and follow a hive cloak pattern, making the lovely cloak you see above. How did your character obtain this item?: Covered above. What value does this item have to your character, and what story does it tell?: Covered above. Sprites: Trying_Help.dmiTaffy.dmi Additional Comments: thanks for the sprites @RyverStyx ilu
ShesTrying Posted January 27, 2022 Author Posted January 27, 2022 idk why that rogue blue taffy sprite is there, but I can't get rid of it so it's there forever
RyverStyx Posted January 27, 2022 Posted January 27, 2022 +1 I enjoyed making the sprites and Bells NEEDS this taffy!
whitewolftamer Posted January 27, 2022 Posted January 27, 2022 Bells is a good vaurca, and the reasons listed above definitely fit them! +1
Gr33d Posted January 27, 2022 Posted January 27, 2022 I love the idea of this item. Personally Ive been using taffy as a way to socially eat with other xenos as a vaurca so im glad to hear im not the only one! +1. Hopefully as well these flavors of taffy (not the shaped ones you have of course) Could be added as other food items for vaurca to share as not everyone likes the taste of bittersweet insect meat and regret.
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