The Birds Berry

[thebirdsberry]

Precious precious R, in colour palette #6 as requested by Anonymous!

Despite the fact that this was practically his colour palette to begin with, I used a few blending modes for extra colour variety, but I still experimented a lot with this one with shades and patterns, so I think that's okay this once. :D

[thebirdsberry]

For the lovely Miss Darcy (blueroseangelshaven), who requested dear Artemis in colour palette #4! It was really great to draw him again, it's been ages, and he's so cheery this time around!

Thank you miss Darcy!

[thebirdsberry]

This one goes out to the Anonymous idiot who requested Lucia in pastel rainbow!

You didn't think I could but I did.

[zoestanleyarts]

I wanted to make one of those color palette memes with my favorite color schemes.

[thebirdsberry]

I'm pretty busy right now, but I'd still love to do some of these at some point for some of my own OCs! It'd be really great practise both with palettes and my poor abandoned characters, and I adore these colours wow.

[thebirdsberry]

"Nakisha"

Nicknames: Captain, Naki, Sha

Gender: Female

Species: Gryffore (Griffin/Human hybrid)

Age: 36

Birthplace: Ta’luk Plains, Gia-Hwaen, Urhyth

Occupation: Sky Pirate Captain / Political Activist

Religion: Casual Believer, likely Agnostic

Sexuality: Heterosexual Heteroromantic

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Personality Code: ESTP

Enneagram: The Challenger, Self Preservation Variant, “Unwilling to be Controlled”

Motivations: Pride, Vanity, Wealth, Power, Security, Social Equality

Fears: Debilitating Injuries or weaknesses, Human Army, Losing her ship (or other loved ones, shh)

Philosophy: Anarchism

Theme song: Run Away - Love and Theft

Featured Story: Beyond the Sun, Urhyth Tabulariums

Born into a small but homey Gryffore tribe located in the dry desserts of Gia-Hwaen, Nakisha grew up surrounded by simplicities, culture, and mild poverty. She left her family at a fairly young age to seek better prospects, with the idea of bringing prosperity to her ailing clan. She now lives a well supplied life of borderline hedonism, but makes frequent private trips back to her home to bring treasures and stories.

Nakisha is as much an antagonist as a protagonist, however in her feature story she plays the central role. For most individuals she is not entirely pleasant to be around, as she is argumentative, impossibly proud, trigger-happy and has a frighteningly short temper. She has particularly grey morals, and while not necessarily a bad person, she has no respect for the life of humans, or anyone of any species who stands in her way or insults her pride.

Once she found herself part of a mismatched pirate crew, Nakisha discovered her strengths and true path in life, and it suited her to a tee. After their Captain was captured by the State, Nakisha called rank and assumed control of the entire ship and crew. Under her lead the entire party enjoyed a string of grand successes of increasing magnitude to suit their new Captain's ever growing greed, eventually venturing out beyond the shores of the continent into uncharted territory in search of the next big treasure.

[thebirdsberry]

Sellyne, don't you have any brother or sisters or siblings that could take over the kingdom?. Also what do you do everyday? any routine you have to follow?

"My day to day is pretty boring; mostly I have private lessons with Cechell and one or two days a week I go to group classes with some other students. Sometimes we make royal family visits and stuff; I like seeing the other oceans the most.

I had an older brother. He settled as a boy when I was still a little kid, so he would have inherited the throne and be King and I wouldn't have had to think about it. But he died defending some civilians from an attack several years ago..

He would have been a good King, everybody liked him, and he wanted to do it; he'd have been much better at it than me..."

[thebirdsberry]

"R"

Nicknames: Rory, Richard, Reggie, Roger; answers to anything starting with R. Not actually called 'R'. 

Gender: Male

Species: Robot/Android/Projection

Age: 30 in appearance, likely much older

Birthplace: Unknown

Occupation: Techie/Engineer/People-Meeter

Religion: None

Sexuality: Asexual PanRomantic

Alignment: True Neutral

Personality Code: ESFJ

Enneagram: The Helper, Social Variant, "Needs to be needed"

Motivations: Praise, approval, companionship, success, money

Fears: Failure, abandonment, being de-activated or re-programmed

Moral Base: Altruism

Theme song: Robots FTW, Mike Morasky

Featured Story: None

Engineered by a technologically advanced facility, R is little more than a simple employee who just so happens to have outlasted his peers. Due to an inability to remember his original name, but an assumption that it started with R, he introduces himself as something different every time. Hyper vigilant, excitable, enthusiastic and totally desperate for approval.

As a hologram-come-tangible being, R's entire body is a highly flexible construct and can be upgraded and changed with relative ease by himself, or by others with the appropriate access.

He's a real chatterbox and a nervous talker, it's hard to get a word in edgewise with R, and he'll latch onto anyone as an instant friend and talk about absolutely anything if given the chance. Vaguely terrified of authority- understandable given his impermanent existence- he strives very hard to excel at his job despite an unhealthy amount of clumsy inability and the occasional glitch. 

Unsure what happened to his colleagues and the other artificial constructs that he used to work with, or why he is the only one still operational, R tries not to pay any attention to his solitude. Instead he continues to do his best under the assumption that anybody could be a Viability Assessor looking to shut down redundant programs.

Despite his ability to become a dangerous war-machine, R is very friendly, optimistic in outlook, and generally completely harmless. No matter how much he values work, success and remaining active, he'd struggle to make any decision that hurt someone else, even for his own benefit. He's compassionate and cares a lot about others, but just never seems to think to stop and ask.

[thebirdsberry]

No offend to you Taylor, but I feel sorry for Tobias. For all the stuff you have put him through. I know its hard to be a writer and settle on one story but can't help but feel sorry for him.

"Sure, but before you go ‘not offending me’ I’d like to remind you that before he barged uninvited into my life via my own head, started talking to me via my own head, and I had to go through the very difficult process of coming to the bat-shit terms of the fact that he might actually be real somewhere-

He was a character in a story I wrote. Fairly simple premise. Didn’t think he was real, or had real feelings, or would feel real pain, et cetera.

Things get really complicated once you’ve got to consider that everything you’ve ever been taught about writing basically revolves around inflicting dramatic cause and problematic situations on the protagonist of the story, who might actually be real and suffering for these things in the supposedly fictional world you thought you created.”

[thebirdsberry]

Tobias, what is your family like? if you have any?. also how are you at the moment? any news of your world and such?

"Family? I'm not sure if I should even get started on the complicated mishmash of meta that is my family.

Due to Taylor's inability to settle on a story line for me, let alone a species or a setting, my family and family life have fluctuated just as much. It's a weird way to live, but I've experienced lovely childhoods and awful ones, so I guess you could say I'm pretty well rounded in that regard. Walked on both sides of the road and such.

As for my current family situation, they aren't around. They passed away when I was young here in Fyndale. I had a wee baby sister who died with them.

On the one hand this is really upsetting, understandably, and sometimes I just wish they could be here. I despise Taylor for taking them away, this time and every other time that she has. Other scenarios have been worse and more distressing; why would anyone do that to other people for their own enjoyment? If I had that sort of power I'd only try to make sure that everyone was happy and lived nice lives and-- I'm ranting.

On the other hand, I was too young to be greatly affected by the loss of them here, and that's a major part of my character that I'm stuck with in this world. I'm kind of glad not to be inherently vengeful or stuck in a rut on the loss of them, to be honest, that generally works out bad and never brings satisfaction.

Also, I still had a good childhood growing up as a sort of street-rat supported by the townsfolk, so it wasn't all bad. Plus I have a cheery disposition.

I also have memories of previous story lines where I got to grow up and keep my whole family around, even some embarrassing aunts and uncles at one point, and some irritating siblings, so I've experienced it and know what it's like. And I'm sure my parents would be proud of me if they were here; maybe some day I'll find a way into another story line and see them again."

[thebirdsberry]

Oh just you hun, you get my "special" treatment.

"Oooo-ooooh, I look forward to it. Just don't tell Claire~"

[thebirdsberry]

Trip Cycle, so your a rare breed? could you tell me a bit more about your breed?, if you don't mind telling me of course.

"Breed? Huh-huh-huh. All the time."

(( Trip Cycle. Behave. ))

"I’m a dragonkind, obviously. That’s one step down from the dragonfolk who tend to adapt less well to civilized situations, and at least two steps diluted from actual dragons. Who apparently don’t adapt to civilization all that well at all, hehehaha.

All sorts of dragonfolk and dragonkind are rare to begin with, although there could be some dragonblood so far diluted that humans or other species mightn’t even notice it anymore. I’ve never met a dragonfolk in person, but I’ve met two other dragonkinds- once upon a time. Once upon a very good time, mmhm.

Dragons themselves are rumoured extinct, of course, but I know better. 

I don’t know how far down the line I am, to be honest, but I’d say at least one of my ancestors along the way must have been a water based scaley. I mightn’t have fire powers like some dragonkind are rumored to hold, but I’m damn good underwater.

I ain’t met anyone yet who can… well, let’s just say, match me stroke for stroke in the water.”

[thebirdsberry]

Claire, have you been down to the human world yet? if you have, what do you like the most so far?

"!! What! How-

I mean, how do you think I could do that? Why would you even think I could go to the middle world? I'm not allowed down there! I know the rules. I'm sure there's lots of things to like there though."

[thebirdsberry]

Claire~ how you doing? ouo

"Hello again miss Angel Darcy!

I'm good, thanks for asking. I hope you are good too.

School is still really boring though, but things are looking up. I should be graduating by the end of the year, then I'll have lots and lots of free time for.. um... things! Fun things, like hobbies and such."

[thebirdsberry]

Hello Sellyne, what it is like to be a Prince/Princess and what is your kingdom like?

"Boring, and full of responsibility and expectation. I'm really not interested in running the Kingdom, at all, but it's not like you can just up and decide you don't want to be the future King or Queen.

Cechell, my Nanny, says that I'll grow into it one day and make a good ruler and care about the citizens and blah-blah. I wish I had other options, is all, like other kids my age. The way it's shaping up, I'm probably not even going to get to find out and pick my own set-gender."

[thebirdsberry]

Trip Cycle, do you have any brothers or sisters? or anyone you call "family"?

"Nahh.Nothin' by blood heritage and I'm not particularly good at the old deep attachment forming and keeping thing. The swamp's my home and its people are my people.

Never knew my birth parent or parents, so if I had any siblings, I wouldn't know it. I'm a rare breed anyhow; and I don't think there's room too many places for more than one of these, do you? *wiggles tail*"

[thebirdsberry]

Henry, you look cute ouo, who are you?

"A-Ah-Ahhh--! What? Did you just- erm-- uhm-- hello....

I'm... obviously Henry, you seem to know that though, not sure why you know that or whyyouthinkI'mcutewow... "

[thebirdsberry]

I'm not Jealous. I'm just his friend and I look out for my friends. Plus I don't trust you, since you are a demon after all.Oh I'm sure there is something more then just his love you want to gain from him. And I will find out what it is, I'm watching you, you better watch your back.I don't like anyone mistreating my friends in anyway, Claire might not be able to see it, since he doesn't know better. But if you hurt him or use him in anyway,you will have to deal with me. You ain't fooling me.

"I see, I see.

Well, in that case, next time he’s on his back in my bed I’ll be sure to tell him you don’t approve of me or his personal choices. I guess I could also tell him you’ll be spying on me, possibly us, and that out of nowhere you sent me all these nasty messages and threats to my person. Ho hum…

Do you intend to turn him into the authorities for execution as well, I suppose? You know that if they catch him fooling around in the Middle World with a human…. well.”

(AN: last Gabrielle retort for this evening |D some different faces tomorrow, this punk is infuriating.)