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PLAYER INFO
Player Name: Melly!
Player Contact: PLURK. | PM. | HMD.
Character(s) In-GPSL: N/A.
Player Name: Melly!
Player Contact: PLURK. | PM. | HMD.
Character(s) In-GPSL: N/A.
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
I. The Road Not Travelled.
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
I. The Road Not Travelled.
CHARACTER INFO
SAMPLES
Character Name: Lorem Laurel.
Age: 27-years-old.
Canon: Original.
World Description:
One of these planets is Galateon, a technorganic planet that hosts a race of mechanoid aliens who had so much potential within their grasp after they overthrew their colonisers, the Essentialists, who were taking advantage of their resources and all but bled them dry. Then an internal schism occurred amongst the revolutionaries, a series of tragic events leading to the Legacy War - An intergalactic conflict that would spill out of Galateon and into other planets. Over quadrillion lives and counting will be lost in this gruelling cycle of violence and war.
The Legacy War soon found its way to Earth and it becomes apparent that this will be where the final and decisive battles take place. Not only is it considered a 'jumping point' to other galaxies thanks to the Milky Way galaxy's location, but because of a discovery both factions learned about Earth: It had been experimented by the Essentialists centuries ago, seeded with experimental and invasive organic ores and chemicals native to the Galateon. Thanks to the ores successfully seeding with Earth's rich resources, a new version, better version of creathil - the important chemical/element for Galateions need to survive - was formed. Not only did creathil boost a Galateions' capabilities and prowess to unimaginable levels, but it also solved both the war of resources the Automatons and Dreadroids faced and, quite possibly, could solve the Galateions' resource crisis back home.
Both sides made camps there and tried to gather much of the creathil while continuing to fight each other in space or on Earth away from human eyes. Automatons did their best to not harm the environment and not alert the humans' of their presence, gathering what creathil deposits they could find during their careful searches. The Dreadroids had little to no regard for the humans who lived on Earth. They willingly pillaged and raided areas that were rich in creathil, even if it meant entering towns and cities with such swiftness and thoroughness, their actions were considered a force of nature itself and were simply known as 'the Ruining' whenever it came to the unfortunate souls.
More than six centuries would pass since the Legacy War's arrival to Earth. The year is now 2072 and while the Legacy War is considered over with the Automatons' victory, the repercussions for the war is still being felt. Galateon is still undergoing planet-forming processes to become habitable again. Earth is slowly emerging as a major player in intergalactic politics. Two new organisations begin to rise from the ashes of war: NODICE and the Order of Black Hollows. The Order of Black Hollows is dedicated to upholding the post-war Treaty of Pax Orbis and helping refugees find a home. NODICE is an independent organisation that focuses on rapid response and intergalactic emergency involving alien lifeforms on Earth.
The memories of war still linger, fresh and sharp as a just received wound, and it's a dangerous place for someone to manoeuvre in, no matter one's intentions.
HMD: HMD LINK.
History:
They all ended up playing key roles in it, contributing significantly to the Automatons’ victory over the Dreadroids, while Lorem learned more about her true origins and deciding to buck against what was expected of her, refusing to become a broodmare of a new hybrid species of human and mehcanoid when she could do something with her life that’s more profound, more important.
That, along with other reasons, is how she later ended up becoming the liaison for the Lornful Light, a ship full of Galateions who are hoping to find the Wandering Wonders to bring their world back from ruins. Though she struggled with the culture shock and expectations placed on her shoulders — being the only sort of human there and being — she found her strive and, most importantly, uncovered her talents in diplomacy. It’s also here that she ended up falling in love with Radiance vis Noxolarium, the Sundered Star, captain of the Lornful Light. Before she left for Earth to return to her best friends, she and Radiance ended up getting married. (Or the equivalent of it back on his planet. She couldn’t be picky when it came to the ceremonies.)
Now she's the head of public relations and information management for NODICE, spearheading the efforts to bring more attention and influence to the organisation to the general public. Though her friendship with Laura and Leeds was initially rocky due to the time and distance, the three of them being thick as thieves again, allowing Lorem to become welcomed into NODICE’s tight-knight core group. She is the ‘face’ of the group, the one who always speaks in interviews or arranges meetings with other leaders and politicians to get on their good side.
Lorem was also being tutored and trained by her grandfather into becoming a politician in the far future, learning the ropes of the cutthroat world of treatises and negotiations. It was difficult and demanding but she was determined to make her dream of galactic peace a reality. She wanted to ensure something like the Legacy War could never happen again, no matter the cost.
Death: When out inspecting the Champollion Mines with her friends to overview the creathil extraction for the month, there was an earthquake that caused the shaft they were at to collapse. She was hit on the head by rubble and, unfortunately, Lorem does not survive this as she does in canon.
What are your plans for this character in-GPSL?
Help the group figure out the mystery of the world and, somehow, get some sort of resolution regarding her world. Whether it’s the knowledge that it’s safe (realistic) or being allowed to go back home (hopeful), Lorem would like for some peace of mind that her world and her friends are going to be okay, one way or another.
I would also like for her to become physically stronger and be more able to do demanding tasks by herself, instead of just handing off work to someone else and wait at the sidelines. It'll really help with her self-esteem issues of not feeling productive or useful enough compared to others, something I also hope to address or play around with in the game.
What aspects of this GPSL and/or its setting are you most interested in having this character engage with?
Having the characters work together to solve the mystery of the game's setting + character development brought upon by the players' characters interacting with each other. Interacting with the setting and the NPCs to help explore the story and the mystery.
And of course: FOREST SPIRIT RIGHTS. (Note: Lorem won’t be as gun-ho as Daylight had been while he was in the game. However, she will do her best to better understand their language and their customs to facilitate stronger ties with them.)
How does your character generally get along with other people?
She does! As the Head of Relations & Media for NODICE, she’s learned how to network with other individuals and curry favours with them. As a media and relations liaison, she knows how to keep parties from squabbling with each other from getting out of hand and does her best to help find a middle ground for everyone involved to keep the peace. As a generally sociable and friendly individual, she likes meeting new people and learning more about them and their lives. While she's not a social butterfly, really, but she can handle a crowd quite well.
She's diplomatic but polite when meeting new faces, inclined to give them a chance long as they don’t present themselves as a danger to herself or the group. She has a particular soft spot for children and, because of her personal experience, knows better than to underestimate anyone for merely their age or appearance. There’s always more than meets the eye, you know.
What is your character's mental state upon entering the GPSL?
She’ll, of course, be very surprised and worried. Lorem will mostly be (quietly) stressed over the implications of her death and the impact it’ll have over her friends back home. If her grandfather blames her friends for not keeping her safe, he might withdraw the rights for them to draw creathil from the mines and that will impact NODICE and—
Over time, Lorem will attempt to be in adapting to her surroundings, knowing fretting and wringing her hands won’t get her anywhere. What’s done is done and while she would like to go home… There are others in need of help here and that’s something she can tackle. The mystery of their circumstances and the pressing situation of the World Eaters will help her refocus her attentions from her own troubles.
Skills/Abilities:
The ability to silently summon a shield around herself and others thanks to the Galateion machinery that makes up the majority of her body, drawing the excess arc energy her body stores inside of her. It comes in the form of a pearlescent-like dome and is immune to most physical attacks like blows, shots, and so on. From personal experience, it has enough air to last an hour (if she's by herself) or half an hour (if more than one person is there). She's also able to make multiple shields for up to five people and expand a single shield to cover herself and three more people if they're close enough to her.
Notes: In order to keep her from breaking the game's setting, I'll be using the sameish criteria I used with Daylight's arc generation and manipulation.
The shields will only be able to stay up for seven minutes, becoming less and less effective in deflecting damage over time. If it's destroyed before she can will the shield away, that causes Lorem to become exhausted and will result in her being unable to use her powers for rest of the day.
Lorem will also only be able to use her powers six times a day, with creating other shields for others counting as a use. If she attempts to use it any more than that, she'll only exhaust herself by attempting to draw energy that her body does not have. This will cause her to fall into an immediate state similar to that of being under a severe stress fever, leaving her down for the count for a couple of days.
DIPLOMATIC SKILLS.
Originally joining the Lornful Light as nothing more but a mascot, Lorem has proven herself for the job after she begins to take her position seriously. Her work focused on building and maintaining interpersonal relationships with the crew members. This meant she spends a lot of time keeping the others from fighting and doing checks on the well-being of others if there's a need to intervene. In a sense, she was a morale officer for her friends and acquaintances with how she does her best to raise their spirits and see their well-being is taken care of. This skillset only improved when she returned to Earth to man NODICE's Department of Relations & Media, manning the department.
As a result, she's become adept in diplomacy and business management. She's learned how to not only smooth tensions between angry parties but also how to do write up field reports and read accounting documentation to see if there are any irregularities along with scheduling meetings and going over reports of her officers to highlight errors and fix them. Most of what she knows is from trial-and-error experiences, having been thrown into the position at the young age of eighteen and learning from others around her and from what not to do next time.
MEDICAL TRAINING.
Though not a certified doctor or emergency medical personnel, Lorem is capable of seeing someone's health if she needs to do so. Trained in basic trauma medicine, she knows how to do triage, disinfecting/patching up of wounds, and pediatric care along with other skills taught to her. She's trained in both medical services for humans and mechanoids, given her time on the Lornful Light.
She's also capable of measuring out medication and medicine with great accuracy, along with knowing which medications can help with fatigue, pain, ease, and what can be used as substitutes if those medicines are not around. It comes with the territory of looking after her own health over the years, needing to figure out how much medication she needs.
HOME ECONOMICS
Where Lorem is from, students are given three commendations - it essentially an all-access pass to her education in a certain field if she had opted to go into college - and one of her commendations was home economics. She's talented in homemaking like sewing and mending and cooking, these talents improving while she was on the Lornful Light. (She really had to develop her last two skills, as she often had to make or repair her clothes and even she couldn't survive on bland rations forever.).
She also has a green thumb, having a fondness and willingness to do gardening thanks for her love of nature and flowers while growing up. She's been taking care of plants for her entire life and, as a result, is able to identify plants and flowers and their properties, be it culinary or medical properties.
Flaws/Weaknesses:
Suffering from delicate health all her life (engineered by the man who brought her into the world, in an attempt to control her), Lorem struggles to keep up with others at times when it comes to physically-demanding jobs or tasks. Despite her height and stature, there's very little toned muscle to her and she's easily winded out from running or lifting heavy things.
Lorem suffers from something known as stress fevers - A condition that strikes her when Lorem finds herself under prolonged strain and exhaustion. Thanks to her already compromised immune system, it isn't too hard to trigger this medical condition of hers. She'll find herself knocked out with a high fever, extremely ill and nauseous for five to eight days. Unless she's given a medication known as iasonas to help alleviate the symptoms, she's forced to let the fever burn itself out. It is not a pleasant experience.
INSECURITIES & FEARS.
Lorem hates the idea of not being able to help others. It’s why she often throws herself into projects and forces herself to work hard and late into the night— She wants to contribute to the group and make progress, make something matter. Having been left feeling helpless and useless one too many times in the past, Lorem does whatever she can to never feel that again. Since she can’t help with physically-demanding tasks because of her health, she tries to make up for it by studying and working and researching things, often to the point of driving herself exhausted if someone doesn’t get her to stop.
And one of her deepest fears is the idea of being seen or considered less than real by others. Since discovering she’s more technorganic than human, with the majority of her body and organs replaced with cleverly designed bioprosthetics and implants made from Galateion genetic material, Lorem struggles with the knowledge she isn’t really human. It feeds into her self-loathing of not being useful, not being helpful since a lot of hardships and struggles from her past adventures often stemmed from the fact she was too weak or ill because of her body to be of much help, making her friends pick up the slack.
LOVED ONES.
Having grown up in a small community that put heavy emphasis on relationships and ties with how small the population was while growing up, Lorem is loyal to a fault when it comes to those who’ve earned her respect and trust. It results in her being easily emotionally compromised if anything involved her loved ones happens. Be their well-being put at risk or the mere suggestion of them being in harm’s way, Lorem will, oftentimes, rush to their aid without thinking about herself.
Her biggest weakness comes in the form of her two best friends, Laura Costol and Leeds Ascii, and her partner, Radiance vis Noxolarium, the Sundered Star. If anything or anyone tries to harm them, she’ll throw herself in the linen of danger to keep them from getting hurt. On the flip side, she has a… rocky relationship with her actual family. The knowledge her mother and father - Cerise Laudeville and Richards Rellins - allowed her to be experimented on since it was the only way to keep her alive is difficult to forgive. Knowing her grandfather dislikes her partner and his race is difficult to let go for their relationship’s sake. She still loves them but it’s… a complicated love, to put it kindly.
Personality:
Her strengths lies in her soft skills and her intelligence: Her ability to communicate with others so effortlessly and naturally is a great advantage when helping reach a resolution between all parties. Her sweetness and charm help make it easier to create ties and curry favours with certain parties. Lorem’s soft skills and her excellent management makes her irreplaceable when it comes to statergising and planning missions. Lorem best excels when she’s looking after others, doing her best to ensure their survival when they go out on a mission.
Lorem works hard for not others’ sake but for her sake as well. She wants to be useful and she wants to help others. Most importantly, she never wants to feel useless or helpless again if she can help it. She was only sixteen when she found herself getting thrown into a war she didn’t understand at first, finding out secrets about her world, her family, and herself that were, often times, overwhelming and world-shattering. The stress and uncertainties and insecurities she still feels from those times can still get the better of her, especially during her darker days when she could do nothing to help her friends and allies.
This often manifests in her trying to push herself too hard at times, trying to ruin the midnight oil when she should be recovering her strength or resting herself. Even when exhaustion or irritation is getting the better of her, Lorem schools her emotions and keeps a lid on. She’s quite good at it, learning to control her feelings so it’s harder to tell when she’s angry or when she’s mad. Lorem does her best to exude a pleasant, trustworthy presence to others because her job requires her to be in the spotlight, to speak with people and to be judged. It’s hard. It’s exhausting. It certainly doesn’t help with her insecurities and worries of not doing enough to help her friends if she can’t do something fast enough for their goals.
But nothing, and I mean nothing, will stop her from trying to do some good. She’s seen terrible things but she’s also seen amazing things: Bravery in the darkest hours. Friendships being tested and being proven true. Miracles happening at the last second. The world is amazing, as her deceased father was fond of saying, but it's the people who are extraordinary if you give them a chance to prove themselves. Lorem wants to prove herself. In accomplishing her group’s goal of helping people. In achieving her impossible dreams of intergalactic peace. In making sure no one else will feel helpless and uncertain as young her if she can help it.
It’ll be a lot of work but she’s braved through some dangerous and terrible conditions and is still standing tall and proud and stunning.
Items:
Fashion is much more suited for the summer in a desert city. RIP.
⭐ A necklace of significance to her.
⭐ A ring to signify her union with Radiance.
⭐ A multitool and .comm bracelet.
Access and connection to NODICE's network is disabled. The only multitool features still working are the health monitoring system, flora properties scanner and encyclopedia, personal diary entries, and the music player application.
⭐ A vibroknife.
⭐ A wallet containing her I.D. and photos of family and friends.
⭐ A business planner that contains her plans, her notes, and a pen.
SAMPLES
Log Sample: +10 comments.
Network Sample: +4 comments. + +9 comments.