[Accepted]Shajo Wants To Be Groot (Dionae App)

[Lilly Evans]

BYOND Key: Shajo

Character Names: Task, Aisyah Zaydan, Relshii'Zarq, Za'Akaix'Nox Zo'ra, Rrhulaya Zidan, Mrro'Zardynh Vidarii, Marin O'Neill

Species you are applying to play: Dionae

What color do you plan on making your first alien character: Very dark green-black (Born in space)

Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Yes

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: PLANT PEOPLE! Okay, serious. Dionae are a fascinating species that offer a unique perspective to not play just ONE character, but a combination of them that all work in harmony to create their gestalt and survive. They offer a unique perspective with their passive nature (Usually passive) and are not a standard biological creature that has unique needs that I find absolutely fascinating!

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: I touched on this a bit with the last question. You are not just ONE entity or organism, you are SEVERAL all sharing one body, working as one to survive with varying different methods of accomplishing that. You are capable of separating one part that doesn't want to belong anymore and integrating others, allowing the gestalt to constantly be changing and evolving. You don't care about hte taste of food, but other things make it fascinating! You can create biomass bulbs and the like and DRINK BLOOD to gain knowledge! You also have a universal sense of situational passiveness that dictates when you should be aggressive and when you should not be. Also you're a PLANT.

Character Name:(Character name) The Final Dirge Of A Thousand Lost Whispers

Please provide a short backstory for this character: 

Lost Whispers was not born on any planet nor any space ship, not behold to any kingdom or empire. No, they were born in th depths of space. Originally part of a Trireme Colossus, their gestalt had traveled the stars for longer than any one nymph could remember. During their travels through the stars, following belts of high radiation to survive, they collected an ample amount of particles, debris, and space dust that shrouded them and gave them the appearance of a normal asteroid.

It was this unfortunate disguise that caused them to be mistaken as an asteroid by Unathi Asteroid Miners. The gestalt was hit by remote detonated explosives, shattering them and killing ninety percent of the nymphs that made up the gestalt. When the pieces were brought aboard, the Unathi were shocked and disgusted with themselves, finding they had killed a large number of Dionae instead of collecting rare minerals.

Being superstitious, the survivors were transported to Moghes and smugglers hired to bring the Dionae to Clan Dorviza in the wastelands. It was there that 'The Dryads' tended to the nymphs along with the dionae present in their clan. However, all but seven would perish due to their injuries. Those that remained received blood from the clan to help them learn and understand the Unathi people and where they were, eventually forming into the Cyclops known as The Final Dirge Of A Thousand Lost Whispers.

Through their time with the Dorviza they learned a good deal about plants tending to gardens, eventually becoming quite a natural at it and finding great pleasure in the tending of life. During a visit from smugglers bringing supplies to the Wastelanders, Lost Whispers negotiated their passage off world and to a far off port of call as they never truly felt that Moghes was destined to be their home.

At this port they met a representative of the Idris Corporation and managed to acquire a contract that had them sent to the SCCV Horizon as a gardener.

What do you like about this character? That I get to play a group of sentient, adorable plants that are trying to figure out who they are since the destruction of their greater form, dealing with the loss of a massive amount of their fellows they were bonded with in the gestalt, and simply surviving in a way that makes them happy.

How would you rate your role-playing ability? Pretty good! I'd like to think I'm a reasonable roleplayer and people tend to enjoy interacting with my characters!

Notes:
Mind type: Harmonious Hymn

Thoughts on Titans: The fact they lost nearly a thousand or more of their fellows in the colossus, the thought of any such being existing and being so large that it could lose so much terrifies them. They think Dionae are made to retain smaller forms, that the loss of one would not cause such grief to others.

Thoughts on Unathi: They tend to like the Spirits of the Oasis clans that they came to know, though the greater unathi population is much of a mystery to them and they have no long term opinions on them. 

Thoughts on other Dionae: They are fascinated to meet and learn more about Dionae outside of Moghes, finding out how they live and what knowledge they have to share. 

 

Fears: Loss of any nymph in their gestalt is a fear they possess on a primal level. The death of one would cause much pain and grief given the prior losses they faced.

[Yonnimer]

Hello! Overall we feel your app is fairly solid, but got a major point and some questions to ask

For starters, this isn't something that's really been thought about before, but, we've decided that Dionae from the wasteland cannot be in Idris as Unathi can't either, it doesn't really make sense they'd hire Unathi-like Dionae but not Unathi.

For the questions:

• How do they feel about different species? Other Dionae? Humans? Unathi?
• How do they feel about the Hegemony's authoritarian nature versus other more democratic nations?
• Are they religious in any of the Unathi religions? Does this effect them at all?

[Lilly Evans]

Hey! Thanks for the feedback! To start with Idris, the company itself that picked them up does not matter too much. I can shift to NT as well! I'd go indie but I don't think they can take service jobs.

1 - Having met other Dionae on Moghes, they find others of their species to be fascinating. However, due to Whisper's losses in the past w are afraid of other Dionae being too different and not accepting them (which would hurt them deeply. They find the Oasis unathi to be a delight for their simple lives, especially the clan that tended to them. Overall their reaction to lost Unathi is neutral, given their lack of overall unity and cooperation over violence. They also detest gender roles and do not understand them in the least, as all should have a voice (harmonious hymn mindset). They have not had much exposure to other species besides Tajara and humans. Tajara are semi-positive because they smuggled them off world, but their bickering and politics that Whisper has read about baffles and angers them. Humans are met with much of the same outward courtesy and inner disdain for their violence against their own. Out of all species the Skrell (as a whole) get their respect the most for their non-violent methods of solving disputes.

 

2-They HATE the hegemony for the way it governs its people. The gestalt is a harmonious hymn, where all in the gestalt get an equal say. Due to this, any attempt by any government to subjugate its people and smother out voices is looked down upon with disgust. The democratic nations are viewed in a positive light, even with their flaws, since they allow their people to have a voice and choose laws to be enacted and how they wish their lives to be lived.

 

3- They do not fully understand the concept of religion yet, but the blood they consumed has them leaning towards the tenants of Th'akh. The thought that worshipping ones ancestors and those that came before is a strange comfort, one that has aided im easing the pain of loss, and gives hope their lost Nymphs will one day be reborn and find one another again.

[Yonnimer]

Answers sound good and NT should be fine, app accepted