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Creatures attacking in the dead of night? What could this mean? ...And why oh why does it look so fake?
So, editor's note: Bold represents stuff coming from me, the GM, Italics represents stuff coming from the player, in this case Sekikumo , and anything underlined is a character speaking
The lovely party:
Melfy
Melfy grew up in an orphanage on a planet on the outskirts of the Kemomi Empire, a home for lost children funded by the government to train future soldiers. It was here that she learned the basics of combat, though she soon found she loathed the stifling nature of a structured power such as the army. Her course in life changed when she met a traveling mercenary guild called the Rabbit's Foot Company, operating loosely under the auspices of the Usami Queendom. The Usami are something of a cousin race to the Kemomi, developing in the same neck of the galaxy, but they were slower to advance into the space age. While the nations are allies, the Usami are considered something of a lesser minority among true-blooded Kemomi, though their long, fluffy ears and cute round tails are often the subject of lurid fantasies.
The Rabbit's Foot Company, while technically a division of the Usami Queendom, operated mostly independently, and recruited women from all races and corners of the galaxy into its ranks. Melfy enjoyed her time with them, though things went south during one fateful mission. The task was to investigate the wreckage of a derelict space station orbiting a planet at the outskirts of the Elvaan Federation's territory. Tensions between the Kemomi and Elvaan were high, and the Company's superiors were hoping to glean some information about what the Elvaans were up to, to be used come the inevitable time when war broke out between them. Unfortunately, the space station was overrun with the byproducts of dangerous biological experiments, and one by one the members of the Company succumbed to these lurking horrors. All but Melfy, and her friend Krysta, were soon transformed into inanimate objects by the science projects run amok.
Barely escaping with their mobility, the remaining members of the Company reported back with their findings. Melfy, now the ranking member of the Company, took responsibility for their failure, and as a result they were demoted to the very lowest dregs of the Kemomi's mission structure. Since then she's managed to recruit a pair of new recruits, but for the time being their only work is mundane tasks like cleaning duty and delivery missions.
Krysta
Krysta grew up in the same orphanage as Melfy, though being she was not of full Kemomi blood, she was often ostracized and scorned. Her mother, as far as she could tell, was a stowaway on a Kemomi research vessel that was investigating the undeveloped planet of Yearth. The researchers there were trying to find out why women of Kemomi ancestry were showing up on that world, but had failed to be entirely discreet about their presence there. Her mother, during her time hiding on the ship, managed to get one of the researchers pregnant, though eventually she was found and deported back to her home planet. Krysta was born a few months later, and foisted off on the orphanage as an unwanted child.
As a half-blood, she lacked such becoming traits as fluffy ears and tail, which made her stand out amongst the other orphans. Unsurprisingly, her lack of Kemomi features made it hard to fit in while growing up, so she ended up turning towards a life of crime and deception. Only Melfy, who was dissatisfied with the stifling structure of the military home, spent time with her, and they soon became fast friends, almost like sisters. When Melfy joined the Rabbit's Foot Company, she came along with her, and they've traveled together ever since.
Vhaja
The Elvaan Federation is composed of two morphologically similar races - Dark Elvaan and Light Elvaan (called Noire and Blanche in their native tongue). In the federation's infancy, the two races were bitterly divided both socially and philosophically. The Blanche pursued mystical enlightenment, seeking to broaden their understanding of the Essence that permeates the universe, while the Noire dedicated themselves to the physical sciences. However, several centuries ago they reached an accord, and they now work together, pooling their two modes of knowledge to create a formidable political power. An artificial planet called Crystalis, created with the union of science and magic, is their new capital, and from there the two races work to broaden their influence over the galaxy.
Vhaja was a young magical scholar, working on Crystalis, whose latent potential got her assigned to one of the more prestigious military research teams. Though still a student, she was taken under the wing of a famed Blanche biologist named Yevia - a woman much older than her. However, during her studies she and her mentor formed a strong connection that eventually blossomed into romance, though their time together was cut short when Yevia was transferred to a top secret laboratory in a space station orbiting one of their outer planets. For months she waited to hear back from her lover, only to eventually discover that tragedy had struck. An experiment on the station had gone awry, and all the researchers were forever lost.
Unwilling to accept this outcome, Vhaja abandoned her studies and made her way to the derelict station, where she was forced to confront the truth for herself - all the workers seemed to have been petrified by some sort of biological weapon! However... Yevia herself was not among the statues of the victims. Poring through the security data, she found a mercenary ship had docked there but a few weeks earlier, and some of the petrified researchers were loaded up as evidence, including that of her lover! Though she knew fleeing the federation would be considered an unforgivable act of desertion, Vhaja opted the follow her heart, and sought out the mercenaries who had taken Yevia's body away.
Eventually, she met up with the Rabbit's Foot Company, though along the way she had came to a realization. In the end, it was the questionable and dangerous research the Federation had conducted that was responsible for her lover's fate, and she made a vow to do what she could to prevent such a thing from happening again. She decided to join with the Rabbit's Foot Company, hoping to curb her homeworld's dangerous ambitions, as well as to seek out a cure for her lover's fate. The statue of Yevia (which was found, forgotten, in the storage hold of the Company's ship) now sits silently in her cabin, as a constant reminder of her quest.
Lumina
In the deepest reaches of the galaxy, living upon a tiny moon orbiting a desolate planet, live a race of winged women called the Celestials. Strongly connected to the spiritual Essence of the universe, the Celestials have a deep-seated belief that the world is, at its core, corrupt. The most prevailing theory is that the universe was born from the impure desires of a demon whose creed was envy - full of jealously of that which she cannot have. As such, the color associated with envy - green, is considered taboo in their culture.
All Celestial girls are born with pure white hair and wings, and, when they come of age, they undergo a ritual that permanently changes their color, which will in turn determine their role in society. Lumina was a perfectly normal young woman when she underwent the ritual, but to her shock she emerged with hair and wings a very dark green! Though it was so dark as to nearly be black, the Council of Elders decided it was close enough, handing down a verdict of casting her into exile. Immediately she was banished from her world, put into frozen stasis and rocketed off into the cosmos in a tiny escape pod, with no concern for where she'd end up. However, after only a few weeks in cold storage her pod happened to be discovered by the ship of the Rabbit's Foot Company, on the way to the encounter at the space station where most met their fates. After the trouble at the station, the cold storage pod she was resting in was soon forgotten, only remembered when Vhaja retrieved her petrified girlfriend from the cargo holds. Lumina was released and unthawed, and quickly inducted into the Company as their forth member, much to her own confusion.
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So, editor's note: Bold represents stuff coming from me, the GM, Italics represents stuff coming from the player, in this case Sekikumo , and anything underlined is a character speaking
The lovely party:
Melfy
Melfy grew up in an orphanage on a planet on the outskirts of the Kemomi Empire, a home for lost children funded by the government to train future soldiers. It was here that she learned the basics of combat, though she soon found she loathed the stifling nature of a structured power such as the army. Her course in life changed when she met a traveling mercenary guild called the Rabbit's Foot Company, operating loosely under the auspices of the Usami Queendom. The Usami are something of a cousin race to the Kemomi, developing in the same neck of the galaxy, but they were slower to advance into the space age. While the nations are allies, the Usami are considered something of a lesser minority among true-blooded Kemomi, though their long, fluffy ears and cute round tails are often the subject of lurid fantasies.
The Rabbit's Foot Company, while technically a division of the Usami Queendom, operated mostly independently, and recruited women from all races and corners of the galaxy into its ranks. Melfy enjoyed her time with them, though things went south during one fateful mission. The task was to investigate the wreckage of a derelict space station orbiting a planet at the outskirts of the Elvaan Federation's territory. Tensions between the Kemomi and Elvaan were high, and the Company's superiors were hoping to glean some information about what the Elvaans were up to, to be used come the inevitable time when war broke out between them. Unfortunately, the space station was overrun with the byproducts of dangerous biological experiments, and one by one the members of the Company succumbed to these lurking horrors. All but Melfy, and her friend Krysta, were soon transformed into inanimate objects by the science projects run amok.
Barely escaping with their mobility, the remaining members of the Company reported back with their findings. Melfy, now the ranking member of the Company, took responsibility for their failure, and as a result they were demoted to the very lowest dregs of the Kemomi's mission structure. Since then she's managed to recruit a pair of new recruits, but for the time being their only work is mundane tasks like cleaning duty and delivery missions.
Krysta
Krysta grew up in the same orphanage as Melfy, though being she was not of full Kemomi blood, she was often ostracized and scorned. Her mother, as far as she could tell, was a stowaway on a Kemomi research vessel that was investigating the undeveloped planet of Yearth. The researchers there were trying to find out why women of Kemomi ancestry were showing up on that world, but had failed to be entirely discreet about their presence there. Her mother, during her time hiding on the ship, managed to get one of the researchers pregnant, though eventually she was found and deported back to her home planet. Krysta was born a few months later, and foisted off on the orphanage as an unwanted child.
As a half-blood, she lacked such becoming traits as fluffy ears and tail, which made her stand out amongst the other orphans. Unsurprisingly, her lack of Kemomi features made it hard to fit in while growing up, so she ended up turning towards a life of crime and deception. Only Melfy, who was dissatisfied with the stifling structure of the military home, spent time with her, and they soon became fast friends, almost like sisters. When Melfy joined the Rabbit's Foot Company, she came along with her, and they've traveled together ever since.
Vhaja
The Elvaan Federation is composed of two morphologically similar races - Dark Elvaan and Light Elvaan (called Noire and Blanche in their native tongue). In the federation's infancy, the two races were bitterly divided both socially and philosophically. The Blanche pursued mystical enlightenment, seeking to broaden their understanding of the Essence that permeates the universe, while the Noire dedicated themselves to the physical sciences. However, several centuries ago they reached an accord, and they now work together, pooling their two modes of knowledge to create a formidable political power. An artificial planet called Crystalis, created with the union of science and magic, is their new capital, and from there the two races work to broaden their influence over the galaxy.
Vhaja was a young magical scholar, working on Crystalis, whose latent potential got her assigned to one of the more prestigious military research teams. Though still a student, she was taken under the wing of a famed Blanche biologist named Yevia - a woman much older than her. However, during her studies she and her mentor formed a strong connection that eventually blossomed into romance, though their time together was cut short when Yevia was transferred to a top secret laboratory in a space station orbiting one of their outer planets. For months she waited to hear back from her lover, only to eventually discover that tragedy had struck. An experiment on the station had gone awry, and all the researchers were forever lost.
Unwilling to accept this outcome, Vhaja abandoned her studies and made her way to the derelict station, where she was forced to confront the truth for herself - all the workers seemed to have been petrified by some sort of biological weapon! However... Yevia herself was not among the statues of the victims. Poring through the security data, she found a mercenary ship had docked there but a few weeks earlier, and some of the petrified researchers were loaded up as evidence, including that of her lover! Though she knew fleeing the federation would be considered an unforgivable act of desertion, Vhaja opted the follow her heart, and sought out the mercenaries who had taken Yevia's body away.
Eventually, she met up with the Rabbit's Foot Company, though along the way she had came to a realization. In the end, it was the questionable and dangerous research the Federation had conducted that was responsible for her lover's fate, and she made a vow to do what she could to prevent such a thing from happening again. She decided to join with the Rabbit's Foot Company, hoping to curb her homeworld's dangerous ambitions, as well as to seek out a cure for her lover's fate. The statue of Yevia (which was found, forgotten, in the storage hold of the Company's ship) now sits silently in her cabin, as a constant reminder of her quest.
Lumina
In the deepest reaches of the galaxy, living upon a tiny moon orbiting a desolate planet, live a race of winged women called the Celestials. Strongly connected to the spiritual Essence of the universe, the Celestials have a deep-seated belief that the world is, at its core, corrupt. The most prevailing theory is that the universe was born from the impure desires of a demon whose creed was envy - full of jealously of that which she cannot have. As such, the color associated with envy - green, is considered taboo in their culture.
All Celestial girls are born with pure white hair and wings, and, when they come of age, they undergo a ritual that permanently changes their color, which will in turn determine their role in society. Lumina was a perfectly normal young woman when she underwent the ritual, but to her shock she emerged with hair and wings a very dark green! Though it was so dark as to nearly be black, the Council of Elders decided it was close enough, handing down a verdict of casting her into exile. Immediately she was banished from her world, put into frozen stasis and rocketed off into the cosmos in a tiny escape pod, with no concern for where she'd end up. However, after only a few weeks in cold storage her pod happened to be discovered by the ship of the Rabbit's Foot Company, on the way to the encounter at the space station where most met their fates. After the trouble at the station, the cold storage pod she was resting in was soon forgotten, only remembered when Vhaja retrieved her petrified girlfriend from the cargo holds. Lumina was released and unthawed, and quickly inducted into the Company as their forth member, much to her own confusion.
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Silly Melfy, you didn't need to fight off that intruder. It just wanted to give you some tickles. Ten tickles, in fact.