[Accepted] GrazalThruka | Vaurca

[GrazalThruka]

BYOND Key: GrazalThruka
Character Names: Daniel Berkland, Kade Lureth
Species you are applying to play: Vaurca
What color do you plan on making your first alien character: RGB 71 9 0
Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Yep!

Why do you wish to play this specific race: I really enjoy playing character with super alien mindsets and strange physiologies. Also, Big Bugs

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human:
Vaurcae in general are very group-minded, putting the good of the hive/cell/crew before their own. This is grown into them biologically, as well as taught to them and augmented in.
With the exception of Warriors, Vaurcae avoid violence not in immediate self defense (even then, running away is the first priority). Bulwarks will use their bulk to ensure everyone else gets away before doing so themselves
K'ois paste and any resulting products are the only things they can eat
Vaurcae breathe a phoron-oxygen mix. Vaurca in human jobs have an augment that filters out gases toxic to them and injects phoron into their lungs
Bound Vaurcae are more like smart tools than actual people. They do their job (and little else) without question, only changing this if ordered to by an Unbound from their hive or a head of staff. Even still, they have very little versatility, knowing only the skills needed to do their jobs and take care of themselves.
Unbound Vaurcae are still unwaveringly loyal to the hive, but possess a sense of self and non-job-related interests on a human level. They generally prefer being in VR, and delegate more menial tasks to any nearby Bound (assuming they're in the same department). They are still grown and trained for a distinct purpose, but are smarter and less specialized than a Bound.
Given that they communicate with pheremones and the hivenet, Vaurcae have very sensitive senses of smell.

Character Name: Ka'Akiax'Miath Zo'ra 

Mia, as they are generally called by non-Vaurcae, is a Queenless Worker from Flagsdale. Their Ta was reluctant to engage in the criminal activity many other Queenless were forced into, resulting in an almost destitute upbringing. On the fringes of VR and the few remaining factories in the district, Mia learned the basics of engineering, especially gas processing, and brought what little credits they could earn home to their cell. It was mostly under-the-table work, but it provided valuable experience. They are a big fan of the Flagsdale Hornets and dreamed of playing for them before the reality of being 5'1" set in. Around the time they turned five, an opportunity arose with Zavodskoi for an engineering apprenticeship aboard the Horizon. The cell sent Mia, a choice Miea doesn't feel particularly deserving of but are determined to make the best of.

Mia despises the Ak'riix, and has made quite a few enemies among their numbers by foiling the money-making schemes of their workers. Part of the reason they were sent to the Horizon was to get them out of harm's way. They are very touchy and jealous about VR, having never been able to spend much time in it. Most of the credits they make that don't get sent back to their cell are spent saving up for opportunities to spend in VR, even if they can only access the fringes. They hope to one day have enough saved to move their entire cell out of Flagsdale and somewhere nicer.

What do you like about this character?

I like the concept of VR, but wanted to play a character a little less defined by it than a typical Unbound, as they tend to be as far as I can tell. Mia sticks more to the collectiveness of the Vaurca, and still has enough VR experience to talk about it.

How would you rate your role-playing ability? Like 6-8/10? Really depends on the day

Edited November 4, 2022 by Desven

[Desven]

Hi. Sorry for the late reply. I just have one request: could you please explain how do you think Vaurcae would play different from humans? Not mechanically,  but how do you imagine roleplaying as a Vaurca would be unique.

[GrazalThruka]

No worries!

The big thing I've picked up on is the communal-ness. It's so baked into their upbringing and even biology that it's hardly even a thought to them. Loyalty to their Ta and their hive is not even considered a virtue because it's just a fact. This extends to their crew, since they're here doing their job on the orders of their Queen/Ta/whoever. 

Their occupation is also biological for them. For example, even though an unbound like Mia might display a passing interest in other occupations, she's an engineer, through-and-through, and anything else would be a hobby to be pursued when she's not working on her main job. (A bound would take this to the extreme, not bothering with anything that's not directly related to their job or Not Dying)

VR is essentially as real to them as reality, since they can spend their afterlife there and most unbound spent their formative years immersed in it.


And I feel like I might be missing something but I'm not too sure.

[Desven]

Accepted.