Near Extinction-A Niche plague and re-population roleplay

[Chiyanna]

It started as a mild sickness in rabbils, and then it mutated. It started infecting dodomingos, stagmoles bearyenas, bluebirds, everything. The germs gained the ability to stay  on berries and leaves for days. And then, the first nicheling was infected. It was called Rabbil Cough, but it grew much worse. 

Soon it affected nichelings like the immunity sicknesses of old, cutting their lifespan in half, and still it got worse. It became deadly. And the entire nicheling race eventually succumbed to it.

But a half-dozen females, though infected, had mild enough symptoms to where they could escape their islands on the back of a whale, and have their children. Miraculously, the children appeared immune, but they didn't want to take a chance... If the children caught the Black Death, it would mean the extinction of the nicheling race. 

They scouted out the whale island, and saw that the rabbils here appeared uneffected. So as soon as their children were old enough to be weaned, they did what had to be done...

Welcome to near extinction. Where it is your job to save the entire Nicheling species and re-populate every island type in the game with them. But beware, the Black Death may lurk around every corner...

Limit 6 nichelings in total, (unless in the case of twins, there can only be one or two twin pairs, ask if you want a chance to be in one). You start as a no-gemmed child, but don't worry, the early days will progress quickly. Half-siblings and cousins are allowed, though you must share some similar genes with those you are related to, but no full-blooded siblings other than twins. 

Limit is one character for now (if you want relatives, ask other players to be them or me to make an npc). Though if not enough people join may expand it to two characters. I may make npcs that I will play if not enough people join. Also, if you don't get a slot and want one, don't worry! Once children are born they will be adopted out if somebody wants the character (and those who don't already have a character will be given priority). If not the parent player(s) will play them or I will npc them.

Form:

Name:

Gender/pronouns:

Genes and Appearance (preferably a screenshot of your nicheling and their genes, but you can draw/describe your nicheling and list their genes as well):

Basic personality (your nicheling's personality will develop more as the RP progresses):

Info about the island(s) their mother was from/their parents/their backstory (optional):

Other:

Map:

(you have no idea how long I spent trying to get this thing right and I still couldn't ugh. Yeah there's some overlap, but you can see the general idea)

NPCs (Played By Me):

Name: Meeki

Gender/pronouns: Male He/him

Genes and appearance:

Basic Personality: Bold but peace-loving. He generally tries to persuade with words. Can be quite loud when he gets excited about something. Most of the time thinks he's the one who's "right". But he has a good heart and doesn't mean to hurt with his bluntness only to help.

Backstory: Meeki's father was a wanderer who loved to swim. Born with the plague raging to a female who lived in the water, he stayed in the water away from other nichelings. He had to stay near shore or in rivers since he couldn't breathe underwater like his mother and ocean currents would sweep hid under. Meeki's mother was a gatherer in a jungle tribe. The two met when he saved her from drowning in the river and they fell in love. Soon after the plague devestated the tribe. The tribe was superstitious and blamed the devestation on her affair with a wanderer. She ran for her life, and then swam for it, the only port blocked by an angry mob. Meeki's father helped her to swim and then to get on the whale. But he died in the process. Her whole tribe eventually died from the plague. Meeki is the only one left.

Other: Is a natural swimmer with his webbed paw and lineage if he could only train his talent. But his spikes make him less streamlined and thus slower than most.

 

[Chiyanna]

Characters:

Name: Snowdrift

Gender/pronouns: Female (She/moons)

Genes and Appearance

Basic personality (your nicheling's personality will develop more as the RP progresses): Clumsy energetic aireheaded

Info about the island(s) their mother was from/their parents/their backstory (optional): Her mother came from a jungle, causing moons to be smaller than other big bodied nichelings. Her parents were living in the Summer Mountains with their tribe before the plague

Other: 

Owner: @Modths are butterflies

Form

~¤~Name~¤~

Mist

~¤~Gender/pronouns~¤~

she/her

~¤~Genes and Appearance~¤~

~¤~Basic personality~¤~

Quiet, stern, she usually keeps to herself unless others are causing trouble, not afraid to face down anyone or anything that could be a threat (bearyena, rogue, or otherwise) 

~¤~Info about the island(s) their mother was from/their parents/their backstory~¤~

Her mother was a healer and spent most of her time trying to cure her sick packmates, also just as serious as Mist is. Her father was a guard and took-out many threats (sometimes that meant mercy killing the sickest members of the pack that were too sick to do anything but lay there and slowly die)

They are from the burning savana

~¤~Photos of her parents because why not~¤~

~¤~Other~¤~

Mist absolutely despises stinky fruit and cold weather. Will mercy kill nichelings like her father did

Owner: @SafiraCoyfolf

Name: Erixo

Gender/pronouns: She/Her

Genes and Appearance (preferably a screenshot of your nicheling and their genes, but you can draw/describe your nicheling and list their genes as well): 

Basic personality (your nicheling's personality will develop more as the RP progresses): A loud, energetic rulebreaker. Hates her mothers consent "medic training sessions" and would much rather be a hunter.

Info about the island(s) their mother was from/their parents/their backstory (optional): 

Sailyn and her late mate, Kirno, came from the mountains to escape the plague. But misfortune followed them where ever they went, and Kirno died of sickness soon after. 

Sailyn's anxiety went through the roof after this. She became extremely overprotective, hovering over Erixo to make sure she didn't get "contaminated" Sailyn also threw herself into her work, wasting away as she spent more and more nights trying to save the patients that even the best healers thought were lost clauses. 

Owner: @FriendlyBearyena

Name: Zlatko 

Gender/pronouns: He/Him

Genes and Appearance (preferably a screenshot of your nicheling and their genes, but you can draw/describe your nicheling and list their genes as well): im pretty sure you know what he looks like

Basic personality (your nicheling's personality will develop more as the RP progresses): Loner. Puts others above himself. Thinks that he's worthless because of his no-paws.

Info about the island(s) their mother was from/their parents/their backstory (optional): His parents came from from the burning savanna, but, other than that, he knows almost nothing about them.

Owner: @FriendlyBearyena

Name: Plum

Gender/pronouns: Non-binary, they/its

Genes and Appearance:

Basic personality: quiet, loner

Info about the island(s) their mother was from/their parents/their backstory: Who even is this guy

Other: Give him D-E immunity instead of double D

Owner: @Modths are butterflies

Form

~¤~Name~¤~

Wulfy

~¤~Gender/pronouns~¤~

he/him

~¤~Genes and Appearance~¤~

~¤~Basic personality~¤~

Energetic, friendly, playful, and curious. Very caring and doesn't like fighting unless absolutely necessary; a last resort

~¤~Info about the island(s) their mother was from/their parents/their backstory~¤~

His parents were from the oasis. They stayed under the water to try and avoid the sickness as much as possible, and it worked for the most part.

Unfortunately, food was starting to get scarce, both in and out of the water. Wulfy's father hunted and gathered food for his pregnant mate, only eating small amounts, just enough to keep himself going, of the food he gathered so she would have enough to support her and their cub.

On one of his hunting expeditions outside of the water, he got infected by a very thin, sick, and half dead nicheling. Making sure he didn't get too close to his mate, he let her know what happened and told her it would be better to leave him behind and search out a safer place to live.

Wulfy's mother was deaf, and because the gills have little-to-no smelling ability, she relied on her mate. Unfortunately for her, not long after she gave birth, she went to get some water, and was ambushed by a bearyena

~¤~Other~¤~

Much like his father, Wulfy would help out any cubs and pregnant females regardless if they were his cubs and mate or not.

Despite being more of a pacifist and slow to anger, if be it necessary, he is a dirty fighter.

He likes sleeping next to someone or in a group

Owner: @SafiraCoyfolf

Name: Inana

Gender/pronouns: Female (she/they)

Genes and Appearance:

Basic personality: Playful, kinda a coward sometimes

Info about the island(s) their mother was from/their parents/their backstory (optional): no information, she had her memory wiped away when she woke up on the shore

Other: Has a very rare eye mutation that causes her to be almost colorblind, but she can see some things other nichelings can't. She stays mute most of the time.

Carries the plague on her fur but is immune to it herself. It should dissipate in a few days..................

Owner: @Lizardcake

Name: Toad

Gender/pronouns: gentleman. (male, he/him)

Genes and Appearance (preferably a screenshot of your nicheling and their genes, but you can draw/describe your nicheling and list their genes as well): his gems are blue (matching his eyes)

Basic personality (your nicheling's personality will develop more as the RP progresses): he likes digging roots since that's all he can do. he's really slow because webbed hindlegs. he's kind and empathetic but is uncomfortable around nichelings he doesn't know, or even ones he does know if it's a big group. he prefers all the attention to go to others, thank you very much.

Info about the island(s) their mother was from/their parents/their backstory (optional): His parents were killed by bearyenas 😔

Other: other nichelings tend to not like him because he's so slow, has bad eyesight, and can only dig up roots - therefore he is essentially useless

Has traces of the plague on him but is immune to it himself.

Owner: @Sky 

[Chiyanna]

Extra space

[Chiyanna]

Graveyard (for favorite dead characters)

[Modiano]

just a sec

[Modiano]

Name: Snowdrift

Gender/pronouns: Female (She/moons)

Genes and Appearance

Basic personality (your nicheling's personality will develop more as the RP progresses): Clumsy energetic aireheaded

Info about the island(s) their mother was from/their parents/their backstory (optional): Her mother came from a jungle, causing moons to be smaller than other big bodied nichelings. Her parents were living in the Summer Mountains with their tribe before the plague

Other: 

[Chiyanna]

34 minutes ago, Modths are butterflies said:

Name: Snowdrift

Gender/pronouns: Female (She/moons)

Genes and Appearance

Basic personality (your nicheling's personality will develop more as the RP progresses): Clumsy energetic aireheaded

Info about the island(s) their mother was from/their parents/their backstory (optional): Her mother came from a jungle, causing moons to be smaller than other big bodied nichelings. Her parents were living in the Summer Mountains with their tribe before the plague

Other: 

Added! Will start once more people join. 

[SafiraCoyfolf]

Oh man, it's been years since I was in an RP

Welp, here we go

 

Form

~¤~Name~¤~

Mist

~¤~Gender/pronouns~¤~

she/her

~¤~Genes and Appearance~¤~

~¤~Basic personality~¤~

Quiet, stern, she usually keeps to herself unless others are causing trouble, not afraid to face down anyone or anything that could be a threat (bearyena, rogue, or otherwise) 

~¤~Info about the island(s) their mother was from/their parents/their backstory~¤~

Her mother was a healer and spent most of her time trying to cure her sick packmates, also just as serious as Mist is. Her father was a guard and took-out many threats (sometimes that meant mercy killing the sickest members of the pack that were too sick to do anything but lay there and slowly die)

They are from the burning savana

~¤~Photos of her parents because why not~¤~

~¤~Other~¤~

Mist absolutely despises stinky fruit and cold weather. Will mercy kill nichelings like her father did

[Chiyanna]

7 hours ago, SafiraCoyfolf said:

Oh man, it's been years since I was in an RP

Welp, here we go

 

Form

~¤~Name~¤~

Mist

~¤~Gender/pronouns~¤~

she/her

~¤~Genes and Appearance~¤~

~¤~Basic personality~¤~

Quiet, stern, she usually keeps to herself unless others are causing trouble, not afraid to face down anyone or anything that could be a threat (bearyena, rogue, or otherwise) 

~¤~Info about the island(s) their mother was from/their parents/their backstory~¤~

Her mother was a healer and spent most of her time trying to cure her sick packmates, also just as serious as Mist is. Her father was a guard and took-out many threats (sometimes that meant mercy killing the sickest members of the pack that were too sick to do anything but lay there and slowly die)

They are from the burning savana

~¤~Photos of her parents because why not~¤~

~¤~Other~¤~

Mist absolutely despises stinky fruit and cold weather. Will mercy kill nichelings like her father did

Thank you so much for joining! I shall add ur character

[Chiyanna]

Anyone else want to join? If not Imma make some npcs

[Bear]

1 hour ago, Chiyanna said:

Anyone else want to join? If not Imma make some npcs

I’ll join! Lemme go get some pics-

[Bear]

Name: Erixo

Gender/pronouns: She/Her

Genes and Appearance (preferably a screenshot of your nicheling and their genes, but you can draw/describe your nicheling and list their genes as well): 

Basic personality (your nicheling's personality will develop more as the RP progresses): A loud, energetic rulebreaker. Hates her mothers consent "medic training sessions" and would much rather be a hunter.

Info about the island(s) their mother was from/their parents/their backstory (optional): 

Sailyn and her late mate, Kirno, came from the mountains to escape the plague. But misfortune followed them where ever they went, and Kirno died of sickness soon after. 

Sailyn's anxiety went through the roof after this. She became extremely overprotective, hovering over Erixo to make sure she didn't get "contaminated" Sailyn also threw herself into her work, wasting away as she spent more and more nights trying to save the patients that even the best healers thought were lost clauses. 

[Chiyanna]

Thank you all for joining this! I love all your characters and their stories. We only have females so far, I think I will go ahead and create an npc male in case nobody submits a male character so the nicheling race won't be doomed to extinction from the getgo. 

[Chiyanna]

Hey! Sorry I haven't yet created the npc. When I went to do it today my laptop gave me technical issues. Trying to fix them now but going to bed soon. 

[Chiyanna]

Meet Meeki! Our lovely man who has the ladies of the island all to himself (unless somebody submits a challenger). Though he may feel a bit ganged up on...especially if we play girls vs boys dogeball!

Forgive the quality I had to take these from my phone so I could post this tonight. I don't have enough brainpower to make up a backstory for him so it'll have to wait. Also if you guys want me to make another npc I do have one I got when randomizing him that caught my eye.

[Modiano]

4 hours ago, Chiyanna said:

Meet Meeki! Our lovely man who has the ladies of the island all to himself (unless somebody submits a challenger). Though he may feel a bit ganged up on...especially if we play girls vs boys dogeball!

Forgive the quality I had to take these from my phone so I could post this tonight. I don't have enough brainpower to make up a backstory for him so it'll have to wait. Also if you guys want me to make another npc I do have one I got when randomizing him that caught my eye.

HE HAS WEBBED PAW EWWWWW /LH

[Chiyanna]

12 hours ago, Modths are butterflies said:

HE HAS WEBBED PAW EWWWWW /LH

Well when I randomized four nichelings 2 out of 4 had double no-paw?? So when I rolled between the four like I always do I was quite happy to get this little guy lol. Here were his competitors. One is so pretty I kinda wish I got him but the one I got has a more diverse genepool 

[Modiano]

50 minutes ago, Chiyanna said:

Well when I randomized four nichelings 2 out of 4 had double no-paw?? So when I rolled between the four like I always do I was quite happy to get this little guy lol. Here were his competitors. One is so pretty I kinda wish I got him but the one I got has a more diverse genepool 

To me it seems like deformed and webbed paws are more frequent than the others on sandb

[Chiyanna]

Should I make one of the others an npc too or adopt them out? And if so which one?

[Chiyanna]

Meeki 2, Tumar 1, or Tumar 2? 

[Chiyanna]

Well we are nearly ready to start but I will still accept character submissions and adoptions of the males depicted in this post:

7 hours ago, Chiyanna said:

Well when I randomized four nichelings 2 out of 4 had double no-paw?? So when I rolled between the four like I always do I was quite happy to get this little guy lol. Here were his competitors. One is so pretty I kinda wish I got him but the one I got has a more diverse genepool 

the rp may start as soon as tomorrow and once it starts it will be closed to new members until a baby is born whose parents wish to adopt out to a new player.

[Modiano]

6 hours ago, Chiyanna said:

Should I make one of the others an npc too or adopt them out? And if so which one?

 

6 hours ago, Chiyanna said:

Meeki 2, Tumar 1, or Tumar 2? 

A new one

[Bear]

10 hours ago, Chiyanna said:

Well we are nearly ready to start but I will still accept character submissions and adoptions of the males depicted in this post:

the rp may start as soon as tomorrow and once it starts it will be closed to new members until a baby is born whose parents wish to adopt out to a new player.

May I take Meeki 2? Or can I only have one character?

[Chiyanna]

1 hour ago, FriendlyBearyena said:

May I take Meeki 2? Or can I only have one character?

Before it was only one character, but since it appears nobody else is joining you can take Meeki 2 and feel free to rename him cause it would be confusing otherwise lol. Fill out the form for him.

[Chiyanna]

7 hours ago, Modths are butterflies said:

 

A new one

You may make a new character since it appears nobody else is joining. Fill out the form for this character as well. If somebody else joins we shall have 7 characters it won't be the worst thing in the world.