RE: The Lifter's Paradox [Signups, kinda!]
02-07-2013, 04:10 PM
Name: Jamie
Race: Space Mermaid
Gender: The one that swaps
Description: With scales of gold and eyes of red, silver hair and only sometimes a pair of legs. This race of Space Mermaids has lived on a planet whose atmosphere consisted of a highly thick gas. It acted not unlike an ocean, harbouring many species of not-really-aquatic animals. Unlike mermaids of human legend however, these guys didn't sit on rocks and woo sailors, they had stars to conquer.
Sure they had the nasty habit of, when locked in a pressurised suit, to lose their tail and instead grow completely unnecessary new limbs but all for the sake of progress, right? Right. (We won't mention what else goes on regarding biology, but all the parts you see and hear will remain the same. Apart from the whole legs thing.)
So they came up with the idea to kill two pyrenthik ghostfish with one fist and make it so that, when recycling the current tank of whatever actually fuels their respiration that the pressure tends to drop low enough for them to remain at a natural, fishy state. Downside: They can't leave the suit, or open the suit, or suffer a crack in the suit. Or they die. They'd be able to in their home atmosphere but not anywhere else.
Weapons and Abilities: Aside from being contained in a space suit, not much.Maybe being able to show off a little bosom while still being trapped in a really not-at-all revealing astronaut suit could count as an ability. They can swim through the air too, so long as they have that fishy part. The suit has room for either set of movement, so they just kinda tie up the leggings if they aren't using them. Otherwise, it's walking. Which is an ability in their mind. Could probably sing pretty well too.
Biography: Jamie is one of the last ever astronaut of the Space Mermaid race. Also, unfortunately, probably the last Space Mermaid there is. Having an entire race of ditzy mermaids trying to become masters of the universe was not an existance that would ever have been taken seriously. Sure they managed to get the hang of space travel only to encounter completely new limbs, hormones, urges and then there was the whole 'Crud, we just put the moon on an impact course with Urth' and that said moon was filled with flesh eating toxins that probably killed everyone, but Jamie's not all that up to date with what happened.
Having been asleep when s/he was supposed to not be letting that happen. They miss one filtration cycle, grow a leg while unconscious and smack a button while leaning too close to a master control panel and suddenly they're a mass genocide-ist. Everyone's a critic!
Race: Space Mermaid
Gender: The one that swaps
Description: With scales of gold and eyes of red, silver hair and only sometimes a pair of legs. This race of Space Mermaids has lived on a planet whose atmosphere consisted of a highly thick gas. It acted not unlike an ocean, harbouring many species of not-really-aquatic animals. Unlike mermaids of human legend however, these guys didn't sit on rocks and woo sailors, they had stars to conquer.
Sure they had the nasty habit of, when locked in a pressurised suit, to lose their tail and instead grow completely unnecessary new limbs but all for the sake of progress, right? Right. (We won't mention what else goes on regarding biology, but all the parts you see and hear will remain the same. Apart from the whole legs thing.)
So they came up with the idea to kill two pyrenthik ghostfish with one fist and make it so that, when recycling the current tank of whatever actually fuels their respiration that the pressure tends to drop low enough for them to remain at a natural, fishy state. Downside: They can't leave the suit, or open the suit, or suffer a crack in the suit. Or they die. They'd be able to in their home atmosphere but not anywhere else.
Weapons and Abilities: Aside from being contained in a space suit, not much.Maybe being able to show off a little bosom while still being trapped in a really not-at-all revealing astronaut suit could count as an ability. They can swim through the air too, so long as they have that fishy part. The suit has room for either set of movement, so they just kinda tie up the leggings if they aren't using them. Otherwise, it's walking. Which is an ability in their mind. Could probably sing pretty well too.
Biography: Jamie is one of the last ever astronaut of the Space Mermaid race. Also, unfortunately, probably the last Space Mermaid there is. Having an entire race of ditzy mermaids trying to become masters of the universe was not an existance that would ever have been taken seriously. Sure they managed to get the hang of space travel only to encounter completely new limbs, hormones, urges and then there was the whole 'Crud, we just put the moon on an impact course with Urth' and that said moon was filled with flesh eating toxins that probably killed everyone, but Jamie's not all that up to date with what happened.
Having been asleep when s/he was supposed to not be letting that happen. They miss one filtration cycle, grow a leg while unconscious and smack a button while leaning too close to a master control panel and suddenly they're a mass genocide-ist. Everyone's a critic!