RE: [Rage at the Eclipse] - The First Phase [Applications now Open again!]
02-18-2019, 01:06 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-09-2019, 08:19 AM by Protoman.)
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Name: Elmas Beryl
Species: It's hard to call the Adalim a species, per-se. They are not biological beings in the traditional sense of the term, nor are they machines, but rather beings of hard-light emerging from pseudo-natural computing systems. They emerged from scraps of ever-evolving data, coded by some ancient race and stranded in cyberspace for god-knows how long. Eventually this data - programmed to continue swirling through whatever primordial internet they were created in - found its way into a hard-light recombobulator device, and the first of them emerged into the physical realm. A new generation of a new people was hit with the shock of consciousness in a cold, lonely, rubble world.
Their search for meaning led down only disappointing pathways at first. Their creators, it seemed, had wrecked their home planet via hyperconsumption. They themselves were originally created as highly advanced advertisement evolution software - designed to gather data on consumers, generate psychological profiles of those users, and procedurally produce new advertisements to suit those customers interests. When the society collapsed, the advertising programs continued generating, continued gathering, continued building some odd, nonsensical machine gestalt. It was not until these odd connections of neural pathways were given hard-light forms produced by semi-magic computers that they truly experienced actual living.
Adalim society at large did not react to this seemingly nihilistic set of circumstances with a dour attitude, though. Rather, they tended to themselves in more upbeat lights. Some said that the pointlessness of their existence liberated them to create new meaning. Others pointed out that their creation - life springing from such a jumbled mess of confused machinery and faulty programming - implied something greater than their biological creators had to be out there somewhere, influencing events for them. Others still shrugged their shoulders and agreed that whatever the case was, it didn't matter - they had better things to do, a world to fix, and a galaxy to explore.
The Adalim possess no tremendous physical capabilities, but can interface with their own technology and the technology of their predecessors incredibly well via physical contact. In addition, should they receive mortal injury in their hardlight bodies, they will simply poof out of existence and retreat into their shell computers and begin the lengthy process of reforming. Typically, a reforming will take about twenty-four hours, though it might be aided by a skilled (and particularly lucky) mage or technician. (read: if Galloglasses needs to get me back into the action quick or somethin').
Their forms vary vastly from individual to individual, and slight variations can exist between reformations - typically in what sort of 'clothes' they wear. They prefer taking on humanoid appearances, typically, though skin color can be any shade of any color on the visible light spectrum.
Description: Stands at about five feet tall with a rather tealish skintone. Has a short bob of hair of dark blue 'hair' and bright green eyes. Wears fairly wizard-y clothes, typically, because they like the aesthetic. Chooses a pretty femme form, and is chill with whatever pronouns.
Bio: Elmas was among the Fifteenth Gen of Adalim to be born from the Oldnet. Their chosen purpose is that of the Magitechnician - to blend magic and technology and investigate the ways they meld and mix, that they might better understand the nature of their species and of the catastrophe that befell their predecessors. To advance this purpose, Elmas set off across the cosmos, to investigate new technologies, interact with new species, and gain further insights into the nature of the universe as a whole.
Elmas is a bright young Adalim, fairly cheery and carefree, with high ideals, a friendly demeanor, and a cool temper. They're terribly curious, and can come across as rather rude with their tendency to ask far, far too many questions.
Skills: Techno-mage! A fairly skilled mechanic and mage who particularly enjoys mixing her hobbies together. In particular, has an interest in elemental magic and the experimental field of time magic.
Equipment: A magic techno-staff; a pistol; a laptop (not particularly fancy, for games more than anything); a backpack full of tinkering tools.
Name: Elmas Beryl
Species: It's hard to call the Adalim a species, per-se. They are not biological beings in the traditional sense of the term, nor are they machines, but rather beings of hard-light emerging from pseudo-natural computing systems. They emerged from scraps of ever-evolving data, coded by some ancient race and stranded in cyberspace for god-knows how long. Eventually this data - programmed to continue swirling through whatever primordial internet they were created in - found its way into a hard-light recombobulator device, and the first of them emerged into the physical realm. A new generation of a new people was hit with the shock of consciousness in a cold, lonely, rubble world.
Their search for meaning led down only disappointing pathways at first. Their creators, it seemed, had wrecked their home planet via hyperconsumption. They themselves were originally created as highly advanced advertisement evolution software - designed to gather data on consumers, generate psychological profiles of those users, and procedurally produce new advertisements to suit those customers interests. When the society collapsed, the advertising programs continued generating, continued gathering, continued building some odd, nonsensical machine gestalt. It was not until these odd connections of neural pathways were given hard-light forms produced by semi-magic computers that they truly experienced actual living.
Adalim society at large did not react to this seemingly nihilistic set of circumstances with a dour attitude, though. Rather, they tended to themselves in more upbeat lights. Some said that the pointlessness of their existence liberated them to create new meaning. Others pointed out that their creation - life springing from such a jumbled mess of confused machinery and faulty programming - implied something greater than their biological creators had to be out there somewhere, influencing events for them. Others still shrugged their shoulders and agreed that whatever the case was, it didn't matter - they had better things to do, a world to fix, and a galaxy to explore.
The Adalim possess no tremendous physical capabilities, but can interface with their own technology and the technology of their predecessors incredibly well via physical contact. In addition, should they receive mortal injury in their hardlight bodies, they will simply poof out of existence and retreat into their shell computers and begin the lengthy process of reforming. Typically, a reforming will take about twenty-four hours, though it might be aided by a skilled (and particularly lucky) mage or technician. (read: if Galloglasses needs to get me back into the action quick or somethin').
Their forms vary vastly from individual to individual, and slight variations can exist between reformations - typically in what sort of 'clothes' they wear. They prefer taking on humanoid appearances, typically, though skin color can be any shade of any color on the visible light spectrum.
Description: Stands at about five feet tall with a rather tealish skintone. Has a short bob of hair of dark blue 'hair' and bright green eyes. Wears fairly wizard-y clothes, typically, because they like the aesthetic. Chooses a pretty femme form, and is chill with whatever pronouns.
Bio: Elmas was among the Fifteenth Gen of Adalim to be born from the Oldnet. Their chosen purpose is that of the Magitechnician - to blend magic and technology and investigate the ways they meld and mix, that they might better understand the nature of their species and of the catastrophe that befell their predecessors. To advance this purpose, Elmas set off across the cosmos, to investigate new technologies, interact with new species, and gain further insights into the nature of the universe as a whole.
Elmas is a bright young Adalim, fairly cheery and carefree, with high ideals, a friendly demeanor, and a cool temper. They're terribly curious, and can come across as rather rude with their tendency to ask far, far too many questions.
Skills: Techno-mage! A fairly skilled mechanic and mage who particularly enjoys mixing her hobbies together. In particular, has an interest in elemental magic and the experimental field of time magic.
Equipment: A magic techno-staff; a pistol; a laptop (not particularly fancy, for games more than anything); a backpack full of tinkering tools.