#outofsciences

[drmarlow-thegremlin]

Make Your Muse Using This!

Tagged by Stolen from: @eridianexpert

Tagging: idk man, use it if u wanna

[drmarlow-thegremlin]

    [[Prompt 2: Middles [[Pulled from this DeviantArt post. I still feel like writing my heart out.]]

   With running away from home done, on a ship to who-knows-where... That’s where Rena finds herself lost. Out of a household with no love, a father who’s likely just another murderer in the name of science...and far away from someone who claimed to have nothing but love for her, but had gone behind her back with someone else.

   ...So where does that leave her? Sure she’s away from all that, but what was the next step in the plan supposed to be? What now?

   That’s something Rena Marlow wouldn’t figure out for quite some time. Finding herself hanging out around depots instead of finding housing. Leeching off here and there to survive...while also gracing her way into a college. No easy feat, but that’s the interesting thing about keeping your family name... The first thing people want to know is if you’re related to that Marlow....and she was.

   She had the brains to prove it.       So with a background like that, getting in...wasn’t too bad, actually. If anything, it was the rest of the work that proved tiresome.

   They introduced supposedly “new” concepts that Rena understood within the hour... If she hadn’t learned them from back home, first. Any project that was given an example of she aced with flying colors. Even her first, blind attempts would lack in some, excel in others. (A project involving chemicals found itself not the best toxin, but a surprisingly useful super-growth for plants? Everyone was left baffled. Not the project, but hard to ignore the way the plant grew so fast in real time...!)

   Graduate with as little friends as possible, in both professors and students. Many attempts by people to be on their arm that Rena rejected with her usual, awkward demeanor...and learning that playing the damsel worked more often than it didn’t. Whether because of her stature, appearance, family history...? Who knew, but it worked. Put on a sweet, sad voice and bow your head and they softened up...

   A lesson learned. Anything to get people on her side. Manipulation? Maybe, but... The desperate make do.

   Next came the bigger struggle...a job. Not some in-between project; a real job that let her do science. Real science and the sooner, the better. The planet she was currently on...didn’t appeal to her. Options, but none that really seemed like something to go for.

   In fact, she’d yet be on another galactic tour before Rena would find what she was looking for. Finding it in some other system, stumbling upon a place in progress... One rising up step by step, and looking for potential hands in it.

   Not like there was going to be much places to go... Rena gave it a shot. Found herself being interviewed...and accepted, much to her surprise.

   ...And that’s how Dr. Rena Marlow found herself working for Hyperion. Few places to go, far as she could get from home...and somewhere where she could hopefully lower her head, work in peace, and stay away from others. Keep to her more recent motto: the less friends, the better; no lovers, either.

   It worked like that, for awhile, anyways. It’s...funny, how life works out. You book yourself into a place, you get settled, become a bit of an icon in a new sector and feel...right at home, actually. Especially when nobody bothers you...       And then something out of your control happens. Leaving you in a slight upheaval....

   So yes, the chaos of Handsome Jack’s rise to power was no light matter. How Rena survived was...a question of the hour. She did, though. Continued doing science under a new command, like nothing had changed at all. Continue quiet, personal projects (everything requested was too easy; she needed more difficult things to keep her mind off) to keep her busy in-between officially ordered projects... The little things in her life that kept things simple.

   Awareness...all that did was bring panic attacks. Let her mind wander to a white leather box in a drawer, what the contents held... Fearing for what could happen to her if she was to ever see her ex-fiance or father again.

   Maybe that’s why she finds herself no longer scared of violence. Why it’s exciting, more often than it isn’t...nothing could really scare her more than those two people. A knife to her throat, a gun to her head, a vicious monster staring her down... They’re all pretty bittersweet compared to the nightmares she has of the past that she’s run away from, avoiding right to this day.....

   Is that enough for the universe, though? No... Of course not. It’s got one more thing in it for her... This is just the middle point of a story still unfinished. For Rena “Gremlin” Marlow- a nickname built of odd habits and her height- is akin to the universe’s punching bag...and it’s not done with her yet.

[drmarlow-thegremlin]

   [[I finally have a moment, so let’s see what can be done, yeehaw.]]

[drmarlow-thegremlin]

   [[Heads up that I’m still active!! It’s just that it’s the birthday today, so I’m....a bit swamped here, ack-

   [[Hopefully will be back full time after today~!]]

[drmarlow-thegremlin]

   [[If I can stay focused, I can finally have this OC template filled in for Rena by the end of the night... Note that it’ll be largely Hyperion-based, as I consider this the “default” timeline for the blog unless otherwise worked out before an RP.

   [[After that, post this AND the project long will be posted, as well as Rena’s playlist...that I completely forgot existed, I’m not gonna lie. Despite listening to it....a lot recently. Oops. Once that’s done... Updating the blog with new verse tags and the aforementioned Google Docs.

   [[Whew! So much work, such a long time...but I look forward to having a breather after this!]]

[drmarlow-thegremlin]

   [[Attempting to reach out to other space fandoms... I’ve been far too invested in that idea for far too long, so...here I am! Attempting to make it happen! (And for my followers who have never known me outside this blog, the whole “space fandom” thing is p straightforward; I’m simply referring to the idea of any game/show/movie that involves space in some way! So Borderlands (of course), Star Wars, Mass Effect, Dragon Ball, etc.)

   [[So if you’re checking out this blog because I liked your promo and are wondering why a BLands OC is attempting to crossfandom without a proper verse for the series.... This is why! (And don’t worry, I know the majority of space fandoms well enough to know how Rena would fit into them...we just have tags and AUs pending~!)

   [[...In the meantime, I’m still working on that OC template for her. So you’ll know all you’ve ever wanted to know about Rena soon enough, as well as a list of all of her pets/ongoing, personal projects, AND a clearer set of rules, as I know writing the rules in-character is a bit of a controversial move..... I thought it was neat at the time, though.]]

[drmarlow-thegremlin]

   [[Things are quiet here again, so.... Guess I’ll fill out an OC template for Rena! If you’ve ever wanted to know too much about Rena... You will soon enough.]]

[drmarlow-thegremlin]

   [[Flight Rising versions of the pre-planned dragons?? Uhhhh, yes. There will likely be more! But as of the current moment, here’s a nice way to envision the dragons I’ve already developed in my head/through small drabbles so far...!]]

   Silverstreak: Clan leader (second only to Rena, who’s considered the Mother by the other dragons) and stubborn in their ways. They’re the one to be snappy when someone isn’t listening or trying to pick a fight...or stealing the preferred perch on Rena’s left shoulder. Otherwise rather caring, in their own, sassy way.

   Apophis: Clan guard and supposed to be ranking high with Silver...but due to his terrible nature, is only tolerated by the clan at large and largely needing to be reigned back in by Silver (much to said dragon’s annoyance). A bit of a bully to his clanmates, the only time Apophis truly owns up and steps into his role as guard and leader is when there’s an outside threat to the clan. Then he’s the last dragon you’d want to mess with.

   Firestorm: An energetic dragon with incredible speed and the tendency to be fire-happy...but well-meaning and sweet. He keeps to his own and the nest he and his mate, Smokey, have built together. So though he still enjoys zipping around the room, you’re more likely to find him making sure his mate is alright and cozy.

   Smokey: Firestorm’s mate and a mother-to-be. Is surprising calm compared to her mate’s excitable behavior, but because of it, also tends to be the one to reign him in before he becomes too much of a nuisance to other dragons. She’s the introvert to Fire’s extrovert, and rather enjoys the difference, as nothing’s better than curling up with him to rest when he’s finally tired himself out.

   Dymri: One of the many milling-about fathers of the dragon clan and of the more loyal to the code types, often trying to assist Silver whenever they need it...when not looking after his own nest with his mate. However, it’s also because of his upstanding behavior and need to also keep things in line that have Dymri and Apophis fighting a lot, with Dymri taking a lot of injuries in these squabbles. (Much to Silver and Munda’s displeasure.)

   Munda: Dymri’s mate and ever-tired nest mother. Once having a lot of energy, having eggs has taken most of the energy out of her, preferring to stay within in the nest and sleep when she can. It works out well, since Dymri takes good care of her and the eggs, but... She does get all too easily tired of her mate’s need to shove his nose where it doesn’t belong in the name of “keeping clan peace.” Sasses him for it? You know she does!!       It’s also why she gets along with Smokey so well.

Poseidon: One of the unmated, free-roam dragons that flits here and there around Rena’s lab, keeping an eye on all things and helping out where he can. Unlike Dymri, keeping it more local and not so much “shoving his snount into anything that happens ever”; more like helping with feeding and nest cleaning. Bothering Rena playfully. If none of that, he’s most likely within a small bucket of water he calls his home; not only named for an ancient water deity, but lives up to it, too!

   Sugar: Another one of the unmated dragons, Sugar is named not only for her colors, but for her sweet-as-sugar personality! The friendliest of the dragon clan and always willing to make a friend, it’s Sugar’s innocent way of life that makes her so endearing to everyone... (Well, except to Apophis, maybe.) Always the type to purr or squeak, definitely the one brought out to introduce the concept of dragons to others in the best light possible!

   [Little] Angel: One of the baby dragons from the already-hatched nests (and based off of an RP with @moon-mask-jack), Little Angel (or just Angel, for short) is a dragon who nearly got hurt a few days in due to her horn having messed up somehow. While in the RP, this left one side of her to be without a horn...the Runes on her body managed to heal it with a bit of...some kind of substance in Rena’s lab, healing her and causing the little one to create all sorts of mischief with her newfound powers.