RE: Villagers
03-26-2013, 05:07 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-28-2013, 08:26 AM by Robust Laser.)
Name: I'adrod Chorkect
Gender: Female
Race: Sectoid
Skill: Trapping
Flaws: Rather absentminded, and tends to forget important things. Assuming it's merely absentmindedness. Also, living in a town filled with people who distrust all outsiders has made her a little bit xenophobic.
Backstory: I'adrod was hatched with a wrench in her... tarsus. Regardless, as she grew up, she liked to tinker, not that there was a lot to always tinker with.
Her hometown was... exclusive. In that they were violently wary of outsiders, especially non-sectoids. They generally tried to remain as self sufficient as possible, to avoid having to deal with other towns and races. Occasionally they would send somebody out to go trade for goods, but this did not occur often, if they could help it.
I'adrod mostly helped with the gathering of food. She would rig up simple traps for wild animals, to capture or kill them. Not generally much more than a cage with bait, or seeing how far she could stretch the usage of a single bear trap.
There had been more than one occasion where she forgot where exactly she had set up a trap, or more precisely, forgot to tell others where it is and what it looks like. Fortunately, nobody got permanently injured, but it doesn't mean it's easy to forgive with your leg stuck in a bear trap.
She wasn't allowed to make anything without surveillance after that.
At this point, she decided to prove herself. She would help the security teams and keep intruders and other enemies away from the town. But she needed supplies, and the town wasn't exactly stocked on what she needed.
Within a few days, it was time for another supply run, and the Sectoid lined up to go had fallen mysteriously ill. And, in a convenient turn of events, I'adrod was willing to go in his stead.
A few weeks later, rumours went around. Many feared she was dead. Some merely hoped she was dead. However, hopes were raised (and dashed) when the bug girl returned with a cart full of goods in tow. More than expected, in fact. Nobody could quite get it out of her where she got the resources to afford all of it.
About a week later, it was all ready. Another day after, a human was found dead outside of town, with an arrow through his head, leg tangled in a tripwire. An experimental tug at it shot another arrow, coming from one of the trees. Seemed to be that part of it was hollowed out and replaced with something similar to a crossbow.
Now, I'adrod had, in fact, meant to tell the others about all the clever traps she had set up, but it just sort of... slipped her mind. And when a few unlucky Sectoids fell prey to these devices, the village was less than happy. She couldn't quite understand why, after all, they had killed more intruders than people from here, but many of them were calling for her head!
No matter. She had learned a bit more about the world in her few weeks gathering supplies. She would find somewhere else to go. Somewhere they would respect her talents. So she packed up a few extra supplies, and made her way out of town, before they had a chance to kill her themselves.
She forgot to disarm the traps before leaving.
edit: boop picture
Gender: Female
Race: Sectoid
Skill: Trapping
Flaws: Rather absentminded, and tends to forget important things. Assuming it's merely absentmindedness. Also, living in a town filled with people who distrust all outsiders has made her a little bit xenophobic.
Backstory: I'adrod was hatched with a wrench in her... tarsus. Regardless, as she grew up, she liked to tinker, not that there was a lot to always tinker with.
Her hometown was... exclusive. In that they were violently wary of outsiders, especially non-sectoids. They generally tried to remain as self sufficient as possible, to avoid having to deal with other towns and races. Occasionally they would send somebody out to go trade for goods, but this did not occur often, if they could help it.
I'adrod mostly helped with the gathering of food. She would rig up simple traps for wild animals, to capture or kill them. Not generally much more than a cage with bait, or seeing how far she could stretch the usage of a single bear trap.
There had been more than one occasion where she forgot where exactly she had set up a trap, or more precisely, forgot to tell others where it is and what it looks like. Fortunately, nobody got permanently injured, but it doesn't mean it's easy to forgive with your leg stuck in a bear trap.
She wasn't allowed to make anything without surveillance after that.
At this point, she decided to prove herself. She would help the security teams and keep intruders and other enemies away from the town. But she needed supplies, and the town wasn't exactly stocked on what she needed.
Within a few days, it was time for another supply run, and the Sectoid lined up to go had fallen mysteriously ill. And, in a convenient turn of events, I'adrod was willing to go in his stead.
A few weeks later, rumours went around. Many feared she was dead. Some merely hoped she was dead. However, hopes were raised (and dashed) when the bug girl returned with a cart full of goods in tow. More than expected, in fact. Nobody could quite get it out of her where she got the resources to afford all of it.
About a week later, it was all ready. Another day after, a human was found dead outside of town, with an arrow through his head, leg tangled in a tripwire. An experimental tug at it shot another arrow, coming from one of the trees. Seemed to be that part of it was hollowed out and replaced with something similar to a crossbow.
Now, I'adrod had, in fact, meant to tell the others about all the clever traps she had set up, but it just sort of... slipped her mind. And when a few unlucky Sectoids fell prey to these devices, the village was less than happy. She couldn't quite understand why, after all, they had killed more intruders than people from here, but many of them were calling for her head!
No matter. She had learned a bit more about the world in her few weeks gathering supplies. She would find somewhere else to go. Somewhere they would respect her talents. So she packed up a few extra supplies, and made her way out of town, before they had a chance to kill her themselves.
She forgot to disarm the traps before leaving.
edit: boop picture