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Welcome aboard The Violet Sparrow!

Welcome aboard The Violet Sparrow!

Let’s make a pirate crew together! anyone who wants to can participate, as long as you use your own art ^-^ ALSO!! there is no deadline, feel free to make a character for this whenever you’d like, this will still be open as long as this post exists! (and i do not plan on deleting it lmao) one more rule is that they must have something in their design that is a way to have oxygen out in space! the deck is shielded but has no oxygen while they are above-deck! as you can see for loretta, one of the more common methods is a veil attached to the hat that makes a little oxygen pocket! they do not have to be human, if you want to do a cool alien design! you can create a character in any role you would like (other than captain) but if you would like to see if anyone else has someone in a single person job yet, thats cool too! hoping for it to be somewhat balanced but i dont wanna be super strict on what job you can or cant create a character in. You can also create a general crew member without a specific job if you’d like! If you need, here is a list and short description of some jobs you could use: Navigator- Someone trained to chart where the ship needs to go and find the best path from destination to destination! Quartermaster- Kind of the captain’s right hand, makes sure the crew performs tasks and takes care of day to day operations and tasks, along with dividing up loot. Boatswain- Someone who keeps the ship in shape for travel and battle. Cooper- Someone who makes sure barrels are secure and stored properly. Mechanic- Someone to help perform fixes that the ship may need. Doctor/Surgeon- Pretty self explanatory, to make sure any crew can receive treatment they may need while away from home. Master Gunner- Someone to keep the guns in working conditions, and make sure the gunners practice proper safety. Engineer- Someone who can ensure the safety of the engine, and fix it if need be. Often works with any mechanics on board. Cook- Someone to make sure the crew has something warm to eat, rations out food in order to make it through long journeys. Musician- Someone to keep the mood light and entertain on long nights. If you come up with any other job that you would like to use, that is welcome too :) It also doesn’t necessarily have to be someone who would stay on the ship for a long time, for instance a hired mercenary or bounty hunter! Feel free to come up with a backstory if you’d like, I would love to read them! Not necessary though if you just wanna design someone who looks super cool :) Also I will put submissions in my sparkly new space pirate folder on my page! wahoo :) one final thing! there is a discord now, if you would like to be in to keep track of character info and answer questions about them n stuff, dm me for the link! if i do not know you, have a character submitted here first please!

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🧰Ian McKay and Oni🧰There’s a lot of words past this point so you don’t have to read it if you’re not feeling it😅
Ian(he/him) is a mechanic, he’s worked on big and small ships, on planet’s as well as off, he was working at a warehouse on some planet where he saved Oni(they/them) from being scrapped for parts, unintentionally acquiring a new shadow (you know their relationship is a “reluctant farther figure to a bubbly traumatised youth”😅)
After a bad run in with some mercenaries Ian and Oni find themselves fleeing on the ✨Violet Sparrow✨
Not being able to pay in full for their trip, Ian strikes a deal with Captain Blane that is he to take on maintenance and mechanic work on the ship then that would cover their costs. Graciously, she agrees☺️
(I also like the think to that Selma and him have long conversations about engineering and science and all that lovely best friends that are nerds stuff☺️☺️☺️)
Ian is pushing late 50, he’s lived many lives, seen and done things he’s not proud of but it’s got him this far
Oni is a bright bubbly being (I think they’d get on great with @flyincheese16 ’s oc Vega☺️)
They’ve lived longer then you’d think given how optimistic they are, the reason they were intended to be scraped was cos the broke their programming and was defying orders when they felt it wasn’t right
Oni tries to help Ian as best they can, but Ian is stubborn and hasn’t quite come to terms with the fact that asking for help doesn’t make him incapable just makes him human Oni most just cleans and does the stuff that is out of Ian’s skill set (though Oni is the only one he trusts to rewire his cybernetic eye😂)
Ian developed a fabric to help him be in space, it’s based the kind of tech that Captain Blane’s hat and vail are made from, though a little different
Ian’s got a similar oxygen/space safe fabric based mechanism that he wears, his coat, his boots, the bandanna round his neck, the bandages round his hands and the hat that I didn’t want to draw, link up like a circuit board creating a space suit type thing (I’m so sorry I couldn’t thing of anything else😅😭)
Oni doesn’t breathe and has built in anti-freeze programs so they don’t have to worry about that sort of thing☺️

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk😂😂
I had so much fun with this @sk_ench, I loved coming up with the designs, the backstory and reading other peoples entries and seeing how I could interweave them together, such a cool challenge☺️💕
Mar 15, 2023
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Comments
EEEEEE HE AND ONI ARE SO COOL 💖💖💖 helios would surely love his bubbly nature + definitely would want to learn a few tips with maintenance from him!!
Woahhh man this is so cool!! I love the character designs & the backstory, it all feels so alive! I adore their dynamic too, i have a soft spot for found family 😭💞 awesome work!
WOWWW i love them!!!! their designs are so neat and i love their dynamic 🥺 i also love how you said some dynamics they would have with other crewmates!! also i love the idea of ian’s suit in the fabric!!