Nine Promises needs to remember to go somewhere they won't be disturbed by little creatures when they take snooze....
some context/trivia below cut:
9P is fully disconnected from their structure after it got partially destroyed (among other plot happenings...)
9P travels with a backpack they made bfr their structure was destroyed (since they were forewarned) with 7 modified neuron flies, compressed to hold much more information/processing power than the standard neuron flies.
^^^ a lot of that (+ how 9P charges their puppet batteries) was directly inspired by Backwards Through The Snow on AO3.
Idk if I want iterators to actually be able to snooze... but I imagine Nines still wants to rest and put their 'brain' in stasis occasionally haha and having their neurons all stuffed in a bag maybe isn't comfortable.
(+ ik just... grabbing a neuron alone isn't canon to actually hurt iterators (but ofc eating it is LOL) but for the purposes of angst I'm pretending it does here... these are modified neurons too so maybe idk idk).
+ The baby Scav's name is Dawn! thanks @sovithefox for the suggestion!
One of my scavenger ocs, Dawn! ('Dawn Crying Fire', she/her). she is the grown up ver of the baby scav I was posting earlier :]!
notes/other thoughts undercut
A good friend of my iterator oc, Nine Promises (who she has known since she has been a baby. 9P kinda somewhat raised her).
Not the leader of her scav group (called 'blue sky above') but well up there / well respected
one of the smartest/most efficient in crafting bombs, spears, armor, bags, and other tools. Loves to share her technology knowledge (esp stuff 9P has introduced her to) and teach other scavs. Has a bit of a problem of instead of properly explaining her emotions will just gift scavs(or 9P or slugcat friends) lots of tools and bombs as an explanation for everything. Who doesn't love bomb? Bomb go boom. Bomb solve all problem.
Very competitive. it can be a bit of a problem. Girl loves playfighting and making games out of things.
Kinda blunt. Generally means well, but can come off cold bc of this smtimes. Opinion and stubborn, usually sticks hard to opinion and can be hard to get her to admit she's wrong if she actually is wrong.
isn't the most expressive facially, so even other scavs a bit intimidated by her at first
Scav naming conventions/language
I'm pretty sure there isn't any canon regarding scavenger naming conventions (or language in general). I'm going with a predominately sign based language that is accentuated vocally smtimes.
Scav's when born, start with one name (given by parents), they get a second name once reaching adulthood, and a third name when middle/late aged. rarely, scav's live long enough to receive a fourth name.
Friends of a scav refer to them by their first-given name (Dawn), those who are acquaintances but not very close will use second name. Not close individuals/those of different clan will use whatever the last name is (if the scav is old enough to have a second/third name). Scavs generally introduce themselves by full-name. When showing respect/deferring authority to another scav, scavs will be referred to by their full name.
The full local group for my iterator ocs, smiles and grins :]. Every single one of these losers has issues and problems.
From left to right: Reason for Faith (she/her gen2), Unyielding Iron Gates (he/she gen2), Endless Celebrations (they/them gen4), Nine Promises (they/them gen3), Chasing Light (he/him gen3), and Reflections on Rippling Water (he/they gen1)
More detail tidbits below the cut...
RFF: self proclaimed only 'normal one' of the group. introverted, snippy, sarcastic, but unfortunately does actually give a damn about the rest of her group. has a complex for not causing problems and being self-sufficient, which bites her in the ass later once the ancients are gone.
UIG: rule-stickler and responsibility-driven. Serious yet easily flustered. Volunteered to be acting group senior despite being the second oldest after RORW had a mental break. Gates often feels in over her head with tasks/responsbilities, but enjoys being helpful. Secondary purpose of his structure is his city was designed to house/train the ancient's military and manufacture/store munitions.
EC: youngest of the group. Structure was created for a similar secondary purpose to Nine Promises (as an entertainment/tourism hub) so Nine Promises serves as a mentor role to them. 9P and EC also were made by the same ancient. (EC was actually made to replace 9P for reasons but... neither of them know this initially </3). Excitable, fun-loving, and maybe a bit too forgiving, EC is a people-pleasing and easily pushed around
NP: my favorite freak who the whole plotline is central towards frankly. Cheery jokester of their local group, who has more of a cynical, grim side they tend to hide… drives the rule stickler, responsibility-driven acting senior of their group (Unyielding Iron Gates) crazy. as mentioned previously, NP's structure was designed to be a entertainment/tourism hub! they love parties + playing pranks + socializing with others, and get lonely quickly when nothing is going on... especially since ancients have been visiting their structure less and less of late... Tho NP's fickle and unhinged behavior tends to either charm or anger most other iterators, their stubborn cheer has held the local group through many hardships.
CL: was created as an emotional and structural support for RORW after RORW attempted self-sabotage and self-shut down of their own structure. Very perceptive of others emotions and generally anxiety-ridden himself. Quiet, compassionate, but with a sarcastic side that only occasionally leaps out. With the right topic, CL is very talkative.
RORW: ex-acting senior of the local group, and the eldest of the group. Was always rather disillusioned by the great problem, and as their bitterness towards their place and resentment for the ancients grew... had a mental break where they attempted self-shut-down. This was stopped by the ancients, who had invested waaaayyyy too many resources and individuals into RORW's structure+city to let him do that. post this event, pretty much demands whatever they want of the ancients to give them under threat of 'well I'm gonna KMS if u don't lol'. CL was built very close to RORW as a failsafe/secondary storage and as motivation for RORW not to self-sabotage, as doing so would also affect CL. RORW has a love for plants and fashion, and is a jokester to a lesser degree than NP, but definitely enjoys some drama/creating problems. Demeanor is sarcastic and grim with a great amount of morbid humour. RORW is generally extroverted, at least when it comes to other iterators, and is the type of guy who enjoys arguing for the sake of arguing.
Behold Nine Promises (they/them), my freak iterator oc who i have been obsessed with as of late <3
Cheery jokester of their local group, who has more of a cynical, grim side they tend to hide... drives the rule stickler, responsibility-driven acting senior of their group (Unyielding Iron Gates) crazy.
Particularly when Nines and their bestie, (and ex-acting senior) Reflections on Rippling Water, decide to research taboo subjects, and talk of their general disdain for The Great Problem...
revisting my rw ocs again... Beyond (they/them) and their two kids Flint (he/him) and Burn (any pronouns). and my busted up guy 9 Promises (they/them) for scale haha.
some lore under the cut!
Recently heavily revamped Beyond's backstory. All three of them r in one of my savefiles (my gourm run) and Beyond is modified gourm sprite with DMS. BUT... i wanted to give them some lore reasons for looking freakish ahah .... their backstory notes below copied from toyhouse :3
Purposed organism' was created from test tube when Ancient's were still around, as a slugcat 'show breed'. From base slugcat, elongated ears, feathers/wings, shortened muzzle, extended lifespan (~150yrs / 54,750 (assuming a cycle is roughly an earth day long) ) + heightened intelligence (to perform tricks, was also given the mark, but not given a way to communicate BACK to ancients).
Was raised for show by their ancient owner from age 10-23 (yrs). Came out of the test tube at age 10, did not experience being baby. Show breeds' 'wings' are just for show and were never intended for flight, since this would make them harder to control.
Has some breathing issues bc of shortened muzzle, and runs out of breath quickly.Beyond was prized for their pearly green-white pelt, long tail and ears, and circular head marking.
Their owner saw them more as a valuable object than as an alive being. Owner kept them on a very regimented diet and schedule which Beyond hated. Beyond has lasting trauma from this, tends to have authority issues, dislikes most phyical contact (except from select individuals under select contexts), stress eats and hoards food and territorial over food.
Later feels a kind of solidarity for the iterators for the ancient's poor treatment and abandonment of them as well.
when they were 23 yrs the mass ascension happened. Owner attempted to ascend with them (w/o proof of scugs/beyond being able to ascend) and Beyond escaped.
Wild populations of slugcats were not as prominent yet....but Beyond struggled to assimilate because of their upbringing (didn't know wild scug communication/language) and differently shaped body. Because of this they traveled alone and figured things out (+ eventually learned common wild-scug communication). Made friends with lizards and eventually the scavenger groups that began to increase in number with the ancient's ascension.
Feel free to send here as well :-)! ... tho I'll make a proper oc introduction to make that easier later, my iterator oc lore can be gleaned from things I've posted here + TH
