[Accepted]SpookyCactus - Dionae application

[SpookyCactus]

BYOND Key: SpookyCactus

Character Names: Wynfride Saar, Lockie Naya, Audra Kairyte

Species you are applying to play: Dionae

What color do you plan on making your first alien character: N/A

Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Yes! there are a lot of parts to it, so I'm sure I'll need to re-read some parts, but I've read all of it at least once.

Why do you wish to play this specific race: Dionae are super interesting to me, and I love the idea of a group of smaller, individual, organisms working together to be one entity. I think playing around with a bunch of their mechanics, like having different internal dialogues and their views of age and experience, is going to be super fun and interesting in RP. I also don't see too many Dionae around the ship when I play, and because of that don't know how the crew interact with them too well, and am very excited to learn.

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: Dionae are super different from humans, in tons of different ways. Their biology meaning that their body is more than just flesh, it is individuals that all matter greatly, and the fact that they can't taste or smell, or that they eat light and radiation, makes them vastly different from humans physically, which I think changes a lot of both passive and active RP. They're also super different mentally, with a single gestalt being a collection of nymphs, which are each individuals, with their own thoughts, meaning you're not RPing as one "person" but as a bunch of nymphs that together make a person. Despite this however, they are still similar to humans in the sense that the individuals in a gestalt (and therefore the gestalt itself) do feel emotion similarly, which makes RP a bit easier and more natural.

Character Name: Bright Flare Of Eager Curiosity Under The Peaks

Backstory:
Bright Flare is a Coeus Diona cyclops, born in 2423, and raised on EUM, in the Gleaners of Bliss. They are made up of seven nymphs; Fiery Resolve, Bright Glimmer, Soothing Hope, Vibrant Toil, Steady Hands, Strength, and Passion, who are currently a Competence Choir
They spent their early life as all other Gleaner Dionae did, learning and working in the mines of The Peaks. However, before long, Bright Flare proved to have a good capacity for learning, and once they grew to a full Cyclops form, and were given their Branched Blossom, they decided to pursue a career in engineering. Through many years and lot of schooling and hard work, Bright Flare eventually reached a level of knowledge where they were confident in beginning their career, when they got to this point, however, they reached a bit of a wall. They had always felt a strong desire to explore the wider universe, but rarely shared this, as they felt that leaving the Peaks would be abandoning the Gleaners, and as they hadn't interacted much with other species, were afraid of how they may view Flare.
Despite this, Bright Flare couldn't get rid of their feeling of wanderlust, and so after a long period of meditation, they came to the decision to face their fear head on. From there, they decided to leave the planet, and pursue a career with Hephaestus Industries, in the engineering department. They worked for Hephaestus for around six years, before they were approached by a Zavodski representative, who, noticing Flare's aptitude for learning, and engineering skill, enticed Flare to join them with promises of higher pay, and better working conditions.
After a few months of signing documents and getting legal information, Bright Flare Of Eager Curiosity Under The Peaks was sent to work on the SCCV Horizon, as an engineering apprentice, to finish getting their seven years engineering experience.

What do you like about this character?
This will be my first engi character, which I think will be super fun to learn, but more than that, I love that they have a relatively simple backstory, and they have not experience much real hardship in their life. meaning the antag rounds on the Horizon will absolutely crush them and I love that. I also really like having a Diona character be an engineer as I will be a plant man working with fire and metal, which I think is a fun juxtaposition.

How would you rate your role-playing ability?
I think a solid 8.5/10? I still have a ways to go with some of the technical stuff, making sure I stop misspelling things and such, but I think I can RP pretty well!

[Yonnimer]

Hello! Overall we feel your app is fairly solid and don't have any significant questions, so we'll be accepting your app.