#lore time lore time

[changeling-spoonie-selfship]

Mary Shelley

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[mishacakes]

I have a quick question… and you don’t have to answer this and it might be a little complex too, but I’m just genuinely curious… what is your lore for Nekomata’s and Bakeneko’s?

YEAAAA LORE TIME!!!

it iiiisss a little complex, so let's put this under a read more. but here's a quick rundown of what i like calling the "nekoverse" haha

Bakeneko - one tail, ability to shapeshift, some mystic power but mainly control over their own body and energy. if there’s any other sorcery adjacent powers they are pretty weak compared to nekomatas. silly lil pranksters here for vibes, can be harmful but more often are just lil guys here for a good time. What Tomiko is.

Nekomata - two tails, greater shapeshifting, greater control over mystic powers, necromancy abilities. Hate humans, murderous, cruel, creatures you really don’t want to cross. Bakenekos are like “teehee gotcha” nekomata are like “i’ll kill you. i’ll fucking kill you. I’ll eat your soul. then i’ll resurrect your body and make you watch as it kills your whole family. then i’ll eat their souls. then i’ll eat you again.” What Nekomama is.

While in actual yokai lore bakeneko and nekomata are two different cats, in the “nekoverse” it’s like a pokemon evolution. Every nekomata is born as a bakeneko, but to become a nekomata they have to 1) have a greater grasp on their powers and b) make the choice to change. For Nekomama (Tomiko’s mom) she became a nekomata when humans destroyed her mountain forest home, using the trauma and hatred of humans in her heart to catapult her to new powers.

Nekomata also have the ability to eat human souls and use the energy from them however they please. Nekomama ate humans and used them to power her house, acting both as sorceress and battery. She created various tsukumogami, object yokai, and they acted as servants in her home, her business, and her tea house. Basically Tomiko grew up in a beauty and the beast like castle, but haunted and with many MANY eyes. It also never matters if a bakeneko’s father is human, yokai, or otherwise. Mystic cat mothers will always have mystic cat children. It’s gerudo rules.

Hope this is fun and informative!! <3

[mostly-natm]

It’s not really fair that only Data has gotten a club outfit, right?

[genius-in-training]

{Your motion sensors go off, but when you check the cameras, all you see is a flash of blue go by.}

〔Weird. I wonder what that could mean.〕

[I'm sorry! But this is for the benefit of Eclipse's lore! T~T]

- @vim-phoenix

*Yi gets the alert, but couldn't make out much from the footage*

"That's...strange..."

*Grabbing her weapons, she gears up before running in the designated tunnel to check what's wrong*

[iamprometheus]

Can he like shut up /pos

[qstarhalo]

AND WE'RE STARTING OFF STRONG WITH SOME AMBIANCE!!!

[sas-afras]

7 19 20 23 36 37 40 42 46 48 50, sorry it's so many but I really like these questions!

7. favorite companions? least favorite companions?

favorite: veronica, arcade (though he doesnt feel the same) least favorite: raul, cass, boone

19. what is their motive for taking vegas?

being able to live in luxury and safety.

20. do they have a theme song?

hatef--k by the bravery

23. do they speak any languages other than english?

nope! english was hard enough for them to relearn, theyre not gonna put in the effort to learn anything else unless its Really necessary. they knew a few simple signs from when they were still learning how to talk again, but they dont use them often enough and the memory quickly fades

36. why did you create them? 

yes started out as a joke in a discord server about fucking caesar in front of the praetorian guard, i think?? im not in the server anymore so i cant run back and grab screenshots, but their creation was fully a Fuck That Old Man To Pieces kind of thing

37. do they draw, paint, play any instruments?

yes draws from time to time, usually in a middle schooler anime style. this is their self portrait

40. in conversation, are they kind? gentle? sarcastic? rude? do they speak warmly and openly with people, or are they more guarded? do they talk a lot?

this is actually a difficult question to answer considering yes is my Speech Skill Bitch, lmaoooo

so yes is very much a social chameleon, hence their skills as a diplomat for house-- whatever the other person needs to see to get on yes' side, they'll become. more often than not that defaults to being an effusive, airheaded chatterbox thats just so easy to underestimate. you know the stereotype, i dont have to go into incredible detail lol

but when they dont have an agenda theyre after, yes prefers to listen to other people talk, and chooses their words more carefully. it's... difficult for them to identify their own emotions, so when the mask comes off they seem more guarded, more quiet. theyre... softer.

42. name a random fact about your courier.

has thalassophobia (fear of the ocean, or deep dark water)

46. how do they die? how is their death received, by the mojave and by their companions?

yes dies of dehydration while trapped in the sierra madre vault, and the only person who notices is house. he mourns them in his own way, using a backup of their brain scans to create an AI replica, but deletes it after a few months. the rest of the companions have already washed their hands of them, and most simply wake up one day and realize they havent heard anything about the courier on the radio in a long, long time

48. can they cook, and if so, what do they cook? what are their favorite & least favorite foods?

nope! they get too impatient and either undercook or scorch the fuck out of anything they try to make. to be completely fair, they didnt have both the equipment to actually Cook Things and the motor control to do so safely for long

50. what’s their happiest memory?

they have a few. ive mentioned that getting their glass eye from doc mitchell is high up there, but "family dinners" with the other workers at the atomic wrangler, their first night sleeping in the lucky 38, and regaining the ability to read are all incredibly cherished memories.