#muse: pilot

[thenexusofsouls]

Today's Farscape Pinterest findings: A space couple and their emotional support isopod.❤️

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Water Bug || closed with graytitaniumalloy

{ @graytitaniumalloy, continued from here. }

Pilot smiled when he saw the young human. He was still learning everyone's names, but he thought he remembered his. "Hello, Grayson. Not at all. This pool is adequately sized for many occupants," he said cheerfully. "I would appreciate the company."

He swam over to where Grayson was, on his back with his larger legs curled over his body. His smaller legs acted like swimmerets, fluttering down by his abdomen to propel him along. He stopped near the boy, looking up at him and smiling. Pilot noticed the scars, and he wondered about them, but for now he decided it would be very rude to ask. Still, he didn't like to see young ones of any race dealing with dire wounds like that. Pilot had his own scars from the wounds he'd suffered when he was separated from Moya, but they were healing very nicely. The tissue grafts had been a definite success for him.

"It's going... swimmingly!" Pilot replied with bright enthusiasm. "I enjoy swimming very much. It makes me happy. Do you like swimming too?" How wonderful it was that swimming was a thing here, and that there appeared to be many humans who enjoyed it just like he did. It was perhaps a small comfort for his otherwise depressing situation, but it was still a comfort nonetheless.

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Water Bug || open to mutuals

{ This is for Pilot's MCU verse! Any muses who might be in or around the Avengers training compound are welcome to jump in. Also, feel free to reply with multiple muses, if you're so inclined. I can always add some of mine as well, too. =) Also, when I imagine Pilot swimming, I think of deep sea isopods! This clip shows how they can sometimes swim upside down, although they do swim rightside up too. But I imagine Pilot swimming like that, just... with his larger legs still and pulled in close while his smaller little leggies in the back propel him along. I feel like he's equally as comfortable swimming upside down as he is rightside up, and he can hold his breath for several minutes at a time. }

Pilot spent a lot of time in the large training pool at the Avengers compound. His home planet had a lot of water, and his species were excellent swimmers. Although it was very nice for him to reconnect with something he'd loved so much before being joined to Moya, Pilot still missed her immensely. Swimming helped to pass the time and keep himself active while his tissue grafts continued to heal, but... it was no substitute for hearing Moya's voice in his own mind.

Although Rygel and Aeryn had chosen not to accept the humans' help with regard to the counseling services they offered, Pilot and Zhaan had. Talking to someone about his feelings regarding being separated from Moya was helping him greatly, even if the human therapist didn't always understand what he was talking about. Sometimes he and Zhaan went to therapy together, so that at least if the therapist needed further explanation of their species, cultures, or everyday life aboard Moya, Zhaan could help him out with some of that. Little by little, Pilot was learning to be happy again... in his own way.

The only thing he did not like about the pool was the excessive amounts of chlorine in it. Apparently, humans had no better way of sterilizing water than this? It didn't bother his chitin carapace or his softer, unarmored parts, necessarily, but his eyes... Oh, his poor eyes burned from all that chlorine. Nevertheless, Pilot went for a swim anyway and was happily gliding the length of the pool, back and forth, until he noticed he was not alone.

"Hello," he greeted the other, his large armored head poking out of the water. "Am I obstructing your use of the pool?" he asked politely, understanding that not everyone was fully comfortable around him. Some of the humans seemed a bit unsettled by him, whether by his size or appearance, and so he tried his best to be understanding of their fear and discomfort. Perhaps, in time, they would see that he meant no harm.

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Private Muse: Pilot

[Bio and other information below the cut!]

Full Name: Uhm... Pilot? If he has a real name, he never told anybody, heh.

Nicknames: Pilot, lol. It's his name, his species, and his occupation, apparently.

Type of Character & Fandom/Source Material: Sci-fi canon character from the TV series Farscape.

What I Mean By “Private Muse”: This muse is only open to mutuals and people I already rp with, so no new partners with this one for now. Anyone can send him or me informational asks (ones that aren’t starters or rps, but that just ask questions about him), but for actual rps I’m keeping this mutuals and regulars only until further notice. If you aren’t sure if I would be willing to write Pilot with your muse(s), you can always ask me through the inbox or messages.

FC: I mean... Pilot... as himself, heh. Lani Tupu voiced him, so... credit there, but Pilot's actual body was a complex puppet operated by multiple people.

Species: Pilot, hahaha. The show was very vague about this, like... there were other Pilots with different names, but their species still seemed to be called Pilots, so... it's confusing, heh. He has four large arms and several smaller legs, and he seems to be something similar to a giant crustacean or isopod. His species is most comfortable in water but can also walk on land. They live on the planet Doien.

Race / Ethnicity: Again... Pilot, haha.

Age: Unknown, but he's on the young side for his species. Pilots live for about 1,000 cycles (years), but when they're joined to Leviathans, they live only as long as they do and die when they die, so about 300 cycles. So he's definitely less than 300 cycles, I'd say in the 100-150 cycle range if I had to guess...?

Gender: Male

Romantic Orientation: Panromantic

Sexual Orientation: I... I honestly have NO idea. XD His species reproduces, but as to his personal preference, I'm gonna say maybe asexual?

Occupation / Role: PILOT hahaha.

Family: A father and a sister, but we never got to know much about them.

Potentially Triggering Material in Threads: Mental illness; violence; war; murder; death; sacrifice; physical injury and illness; disease; loss; grief

Negative Personality Traits: He can be a bit of a doormat. It's not totally his fault, given that he can't move from where he is because he's physically attached to Moya. But he does let people metaphorically walk all over him sometimes and doesn't always stand up for himself the way he does for Moya and the people aboard her.

Neutral Personality Traits: He's, helpful, hard-working, inquisitive, and loves space heh, specifically the stars. At times he can be sassy and playful.

Positive Personality Traits: Pilot is the sweetest bean you will ever meet. He's kind, selfless, caring, cute, funny, and he has a unique yet passive ability to make people care a lot about him, heh.

Background: I'm going to keep Pilot as canon as possible, so you can go here to read about him. Just beware of spoilers!

The TL;DR version of the Background: You can read the webpage above for actual events of the show, but I'll explain some general info about Pilot here. Pilot is an insect/crustacean/isopod-like alien being whose species can form symbiotic relationships with Leviathan species like Moya. They do have their own planet and can live out their lives entirely without ever bonding with a Leviathan, but some are drawn to, like Pilot was. He "just wanted to see the stars." It was a dream and a desire of his that unfortunately led him to fall in with some Peacekeepers whose intentions were less than kind.

They killed Moya's previous Pilot and "installed" this Pilot, literally by forcibly attaching some of his internal organs through his abdomen to the parts of Moya that would allow for a kind of forced connection between them. It can happen naturally as well, but that would have taken years, since it takes time for Pilots to earn the trust of Leviathans, and the Peacekeepers wanted it done immediately. Pilot was installed on the condition that he would be more amenable to what the Peacekeepers wanted to do with Moya and not interfere, unlike Moya's previous Pilot who resisted this.

Even though his bond with Moya began as a forced connection, he eventually does detach himself and seek a consensual bond with her, which Moya allows after a long period of consideration. His bond allows him to somewhat control and monitor Moya's functions, inasmuch as Moya allows that, and he can help, navigate, and comfort her. He also translates for Moya and her crew, since they can't understand each other, because he has a direct mental link with Moya.

Pilot's first concern is always for Moya's safety, physical health, and mental well-being, even before that of his own. Although he can put the crew of Moya before himself and often ventures into doormat territory when advocating (or not) for himself, Pilot will adamanting put his foot down (metaphorically, heh) about what Moya wants or needs. If the crew wants to do something or wants Moya to do something that Moya doesn't want to do, Pilot will refuse to do it too. If Moya is scared or angry or confused, he will question the crew and demand answers. He doesn't let anyone give Moya shit, doesn't let anyone force her to do anything she isn't okay with, and doesn't let the crew treat her like a piece of equipment or their slave. I believe this is why Moya ultimately decides to enter into a consensual bond with Pilot after being forced to be connected to him at first. He not only gains her trust but also seems to have her best interests at heart.

Potential Starter Ideas:

Honestly, the best and most common way to meet Pilot is to board Moya somehow, heh. Your muse can either find his den or be led there by another crew member and meet him directly.

But also, throughout Moya, there are holographic "TV" like apparatuses that can project Pilot's image and let you hear him all the way from his den. If you're wandering around Moya and aren't supposed to be there, he will probably try to ask you why you're there through one of these devices.

In an MCU verse, Pilot would have to be separated from Moya to be on Earth, which... isn't going to be fun for him. He'll need medical attention. A LOT of it. But once he's stabilized, rp can continue from there.

We can always plot! =)

Interesting Facts:

Pilot can regenerate his limbs if he happens to lose one. I... Please don't ask me how I know that. T^T

He mumbles in his sleep, and sometimes he says the silliest things that make absolutely no sense, haha.

Crichton once experienced a wacky dream version of Pilot in a brightly colored shirt playing bongo drums and I... I just need everyone to see it, hahaha:

He got really into it, too, like he was singing and everything, lol:

That's all for now, but if I think of anything else important to add to this bio post, I'll do so later! =)