[Accepted] Bound Vaurca Application

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BYOND Key: RabbitTabbit

Character Names: Patton Mcloskey, Randy McKinner

Species you are applying to play: Bound Vaurca

What color do you plan on making your first alien character (Dionaea & IPCs exempt): Default

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

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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:

A bound Vaurca is very much like a robot, follows orders and is very sterile with its responses. However unlike a something that is programmed to be logical and more or less perfect, a bound Vaurca is flawed. It can get confused, it communicates poorly but in the end it will still try to follow the orders given to it to the best of its ability. Where a borg or an IPC or what have you may take some initiative or communicate properly with whomever it reports to a Vaurca may not be smart enough to do so to the same ability.

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

They're very different from a human, little sense of self, little ambition or initiative. Follows orders but is bad at comprehension. Poor communication. As well as the physical differences and needing for Phoron refreshment.

 

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Character Name: Ka'Viax'Ika'te Zo'ra

Please provide a short backstory for this character, approximately 2 paragraphs

Before coming into the possession of Nanotrasen this Vaurca slave was found in the service of a group of particularly rowdy Unbound Zo'ra Vagabonds. While they had convinced the hive they were intending to learn about the intricacies of human culture, art and spoken word they spent a good portion of the time simply working for humans and blowing their money on so called important human experiences. Whatever they may have been Ika'te didn't know as he was often left behind.

Predominantly the Vagabonds used Ika'te for heavy lifting and for patching them back up when they inevitably hurt themselves trying out something new and exciting, he was very much a slave who they looked down upon. They even gave him the name Ika'te, replacing his previous Tzata, literally meaning idiot as he was prone to misunderstanding orders or not carrying them out in the intended manner. Ika'te, being very literal and distractable would always listen only to the last person who spoke to him, much to the chagrin and sometimes entertainment of his captors.

Eventually, the Vagabond masters bit off more than they could chew and while visiting Biesel ended up getting in a physical altercation with a group of Nanotrasen officials. Facing punishment, likely harsher than usual based on general human disdain for Vaurca in general, the group managed to bribe their way out of the situation with a large sum of credits and transfer of Ika'te into Nanotrasen service.

Now Ika'te has found assignment to the NSS Aurora, often as assisstants to various departments (Lab Assisstant, Engineering Assisstant, Medical Orderly) or if they can find no better use for him merely a Janitor, as he is one incapable of complaining about undesirable jobs.

What do you like about this character?

He's very inhuman, he's sterile and robotic and just does what he's told. However he's also stupid, can't communicate well in Tau Ceti Basic and will only listen to the last person to give him orders (obviously ignoring things that encourage him to be violent or risk injury). He is one that will get the job done, but only after doing the wrong job twice until what is wanted of him is properly explained. As an assisstant he would also be insistent to receive a job, rather than sit and wait for orders he would request them... even if he then misunderstands.

How would you rate your role-playing ability? Poor-Medium. I can hold conversations and stick to my character but obviously Ive made mistakes and had issues with believability and self antagging.

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Notes: I don't know where to find these.

[Guest Marlon Phoenix]

Hello,

Sorry for the delay.

Your application shows an understanding of Vaurca bound. You show an interesting origin for it and how it will be played on server, and a disclaimer that he wont be doing illegal things when asked. I'll be happy to accept this application on its merits given the lack of feedback!