[ACCEPTED] meep109 - Diona application

[meep109]

BYOND Key: meep109

Character Names: Xim’Eq Lixuq

Species you are applying to play: Diona

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

 

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:

Diona is a really cool race conceptually to me and seems woefully underused, and with the new lore involving the Narrows, Hephaeteus, and the CoC, I think this is an excellent point to jump into playing Diona!

 

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: 

Diona is one of the most alien species out there, along with the Vaurca. Instead of operating from a central point, a brain, their consciousness consists of individual units known as nymphs who have merged to create gestalts. Along with the mindtypes that can result from doing so, and their near-immortal lifespans, Diona are completely different from humans and will likely have highly different views from the rest of the species of the Spur.

 

Character Name: Prospecting Amongst A Glimmering Void

Please provide a short backstory for this character

Formed in 2370 as part of the ongoing process of the Narrows expanding from its former history as a crashed prison ship, Prospecting was raised among a high population of Geras Diona, allowing its nymphs to absorb a veritable motherlode of information about Narrows culture, and its knowledge remained lacking of what remained beyond the Narrows and into the greater Spur, yet Prospecting was quite curious of what remained beyond, listening to stories told by the older original prisoners of the Narrows. However, Prospecting gained a strong work ethic from the teaching imparted to him by the Narrows leaders, and they especially looked up to The Steady Tendril That Guides The Tempo as an example and role model to strive for. Prospecting loosely adheres to the Iron Eternal, moreso believing in the practice of digitalizing your memories that is popular among the inhabitants of the Narrows. As Prospecting worked their way up through the Octaves, eventually getting up to the third octave in 2419, they realized they had little notable experiences to record for themselves in the mainframe - their work was mostly monotonous and involved handling the Colossus’s refinery.  This influenced Prospecting’s mind from a more harmonious Competence Choir to a shift towards a Scholarly Song, albeit one that was not as obsessive for knowledge as average Scholarly Songs were - they wanted to see the rest of the Spur and have memories TO digitalize. After the work exchange opened up to Hephaeteus, Prospecting, seeing an opportunity to break out of their monotonous yet peaceful life in the Narrows, took it and left to represent the Narrows as a miner on the Horizon.

What do you like about this character?

I like how it’s a young gestalt with little knowledge of the outside Spur aside from stories told from Geras, and they’re pretty much a thrill seeker and constantly on the lookout for new adventures, new experiences, and new people.

How would you rate your role-playing ability?

7

Notes:

 

Edited January 2 by meep109

[Caelphon]

Hi there. Some questions. 

Spoiler

1. How does the Iron Eternal impact your Gestalt, besides loosely believing in storing their memories? 

a. Do they follow any other tenets of the faith?

b. Do they have experience with other Eternal perspectives?

2. Which Block were they part of? 

a. Theres a few blocks, A-E. Each has a different function.

b. Also, what Octave were they? Do they follow the Octaves closely? 

c. How did they feel about the Diminished, and those that Deserted? 

3. How do they feel about the Coalition of Colonies? 

Thanks.

[meep109]

1. How does the Iron Eternal impact your Gestalt, besides loosely believing in storing their memories? 

While they are not heavily augmented, in terms of learning, they were heavily reliant on electronic devies to learn basic skills and languages, such as Ceti Basic. While this has made them have a slight disdain of blood, they do not have a complete fear of it like a Bloodless Band would, instead viewing blood learning as inferior to augment and electronic-assisted learning. They had previously considered becoming an excavator, but took the work exchange contract provided for them as an opportunity to delay the decision and consider if it is line with their loose Iron Eternal beliefs to merge themselves completely with a machine.

a. Do they follow any other tenets of the faith?

They do believe that a Diona’s life and memories are not truly “eternal” and knowledge must be passed on to other Dionae through the assistance of machines, augments, and technology-assisted learning, but do not fully align with hard-line views involving complete augmentation of gestalts. 

b. Do they have experience with other Eternal perspectives?

While they have not heard of the Ichor Eternal due to it being relatively new age, they hold slight disdain for the Orthodox Eternal as they view blood knowledge to be tainted and limited in reach, compared to what can be achieved with technology and augments.

2. Which Block were they part of? 

a. Theres a few blocks, A-E. Each has a different function.

Block B, mining

b. Also, what Octave were they? Do they follow the Octaves closely? 

They were a third octave. They were instilled to follow the Narrows values of collaboration and empathy closely from their formation, and their somewhat steadfast loyalty and competence allowed them to move up the ranks. They do align with the Octaves, but part of them does wish the system could be less strict. They have fear for those who were forced into excavator units as a punishment, which motivates them to stick to the Octave system.

c. How did they feel about the Diminished, and those that Deserted? 

They have considerable empathy for the Diminished, considering that the Diminished were simply born out of what they absorbed, with little choice. Prospecting does wish for reform to be made in the Narrows, but they have resigned themselves to a mindset of “wait and see,” instead of taking real action in fear of punishment. Prospecting views those that deserted with contempt, as they believe that remaining together as one Narrows culture is still important despite the divisions in Diminished and Major culture, and deserting conflicts with that.

3. How do they feel about the Coalition of Colonies? 

They view it generally positively but do not know much about the political situation happening in the Coalition. They do not understand what the scale of the Interstellar War truly was, and why Coalition states often conflict with each other. However, while they do have an desire to learn more about the Coalition, they believe it is a mainly human nation that Dionae and the Narrows will never fully integrate with.

 

[Caelphon]

Accepted.