Plus Kari a recueilli ses échantillons, plus elle a trouvé de petits regroupements de la même chose. Pas rare du tout. Des trucs simples, de ce qu'elle a étudié à la maison et sur le vaisseau. Cependant, cela lui rappelait sa situation. C'était sa décision à la fin, après tout. Elle était la seule Mynua de sa colonie sur tout le navire. Il n'y avait qu'une poignée d'hommes qui avaient l'honneur d'être séparés de l'expédition. Son peuple n'était pas horriblement Xénophobe, mais ils n'étaient pas complètement accueillants de nouvelles personnes.
Elle devrait vraiment parler à certaines personnes.
Elle avait l'impression d'avoir recueilli suffisamment d'échantillons. Ses pinces étaient juste assez maniables pour qu'elle place tout ce qu'elle avait ébréché si soigneusement et soigneusement dans les petits contenants sur la poche attachée à sa taille. Elle pourrait retourner au vaisseau et se mettre à craquer sur ces rochers. Elle s'est gigotée toute seule. Même après tout ce temps, elle était encore si jeune à cœur. Elle avait encore un long chemin à parcourir. En raison de la nature de son espèce et de leur mode de vie, ils pourraient être vivants pendant assez longtemps.
Kari avait besoin de s'arrêter. Elle devait aller parler aux autres. Elle avait été un peu... A. Spider. Le brun. Le mot lui a échappé. Ça n'aimait pas les gens. Elle devrait demander à l'un des membres de l'équipe humaine s'ils savaient ce que c'était. Bref, elle n'a pas parlé à l'équipage autant qu'elle aurait dû, surtout que l'ambassadeur pour le Mynua. Eh bien, ambassadeur non officiel. Elle devait être amicale avec les peuples. Tant de Kasha, elle l'a supposé. Tant de gens loin de chez eux. Peut-être qu'elle trouverait quelque chose en commun avec eux, si elle ne pouvait que s'exhorter à aller parler à quelqu'un.
Elle voulait parler. Vraiment. La seule chose qu'elle a faite, c'était de se tenir debout sur deux jambes maladroitement, à chercher quelqu'un à qui parler. Peut-être qu'elle pourrait retourner sur le vaisseau et trouver quelqu'un en route pour son labo. Peut-être qu'elle pourrait prendre une minute pour se promener et apprendre à connaître certaines personnes à qui elle parlerait dans un proche avenir.
Pour l'instant, elle... s'est en quelque sorte tenue autour, rebondissant sur ses jambes digitrigrades. Ils étaient si minces, si osseux et maigres. La couche médiane de sa peau n'existait pratiquement pas là-bas, autre que là où ses jambes se plient, bien sûr. C'était un peu bizarre, parfois elle était sur ses mains et ses jambes, et parfois juste ses jambes. L'humain n'a pas l'air de faire ça. Ils n'ont pas l'air d'être vraiment pour grimper à travers les grottes, cependant. Elle voulait en savoir plus sur eux.
Mais elle s'empêchait de parler aux gens. Peut-être que ces Zenohunts d'abord. Elle ne savait pas quoi faire!
Name: Kari (Kah-Ree) Sabaan (Say-Bahn)
Age: 82 "Earth Years", would be considered somewhere in her late mid thirties if proportional to a human's lifespan. (Human's are awfully attached to their dead homeworld, still using its system to time for measurements and all.)
Gender: Female
Height: 6'5"
Species: The Mynua are a native race of the planet the Human's call Hephaestus. Somewhere in between insect and human-like, the Mynua have three layers of skin. The outer layer, hard and plated, the mid layer, still rough and course, placed in areas between the plates of the outer layer so the Mynua can maneuver, and the inner layer, soft and fleshy, like a human's skin. The mid layer of skin only really applies to the center of the body, where all of the important organs are. The outer layer generates a dome over one's head, helpful against falling debris and shade from the sun. They have even created visors to further help protection against the sun.
Over time, the Mynua have developed a single system of communication spread across the planet. Over the millions of years in which the species has slowly grown and evolved, it is the culmination of many different languages that the Mynua have used.
The Mynua primarily live underground, underneath the hot surface of the planet, and where most, if not all of the water is located. While they are not barbaric, the Mynua live simple lives. While settlements have been established all over the planet, the Mynua are typically nomads, traveling from one settlement to the next. Settlements had leaders, as groups always did, and people played their parts with subjects they were best in. Everyone had a place to do something, no matter how ordinary or strange it may be. There was always a reason, even if it could not yet be understood. They trade and offer wisdom from other settlements, keeping everyone connected in a more analogue way than what can be accomplished with their technological advancements before the Human's came.
Once the Humans arrived, it took a little for peace to be cemented between the two species. The Mynua firmly believed that there were beings further than what they could see, as well as believing in a pantheon of creators. Once communication was established between the two on a level that they could both understand, the Mynua allowed them to travel the surface. They did not take too kindly to having their planet being mined out, but allowed in on the conditions that the Mynua would be overseeing the operations, and change things as they needed to be changed. After a little compromise, things were easy between the two, even if they were not the best of friends with one another.
The Mynua, like humans, use sirnames, but only in application to their settlement/clan/grouping. This means that their sirname can change more than once throughout their life. Those who do not live under a clan or grouping are known as "Kasha". This is both a grouping term for those on their own, and used is as any other sirname would be used.
Role: Geologist.
Affiliation: The Mynua species, Acionna Expedition
Relationship Status: Single
Facts/Backstory: Kari grew up in the Sabaan settlement, in the northern part of the planet. The settlement itself was deeper underground than most, and was probably just as hot as the surface above. That was just how Kari liked it, though. She enjoyed spending hours looking at all of the different creatures and rocks around and above her, Not to mention her mother and father were not too keen on letting her up on the surface to talk to the Humans.
As she grew older, she wandered further and further upwards, eventually finding the surface and the Humans that lived there. She talked to them. Her settlement was one of the last to not have direct contact with the Humans. She supposed it made sense. They weren't too keen on outsiders in the first place, and even if they were from beyond the surface, they would not always be welcomed with open arms. However, she took this chance to learn more about them.
Time passed and she had eventually gotten the leader of her settlement, her own father, to talk directly with the humans. She didn't want to stop there, though. She wanted to prove that these outsiders were friendly, and could be trusted. It was about that time that she started looking for ways to push relations even further, by joining Human organizations.
She went to the stars, learning about all of the other races she knew so very little about, and knew that this was her place. She belonged in the Final Frontier.
Fact - Kari cannot whistle. Almost everyone else she knows can, but she has never been able to, no matter how hard she tried.
Weapons: Tool Kit - Though the Mynua have strong claws for piercing rocks, there are a few things that she needs to help with her studies and finds. Dusts, pics of various materials for different uses, and small containers for storing delicate items in.
Visor and Interface - Because of her lack of hands, using tools and computers can be quite difficult for any Mynua. However, a joint project between Humans and the Mynua have allowed them to better access everything that a human can. The visor now serves as a Heads-Up-Display, in addition to just protection from the sun, and small sensors have been place within the organic armor to allow Kari to use electronic devices, such as computers, vehicles, and other tools, while just moving her body and extra appendages to control them. This makes physical contact with devices obsolete, and very helpful to the Mynua in general.
Skills: Bilingual - Kari is fluent in both Mynuan and the Earth English, and can translate between the two rather easily. Though sometimes she can become distracted and overwhelmed, using the other language when it has no place in the particular area.
Geology - She had taken up the study of the ground underneath and above her when she was very little, having loved all of the different types of minerals and rocks around her. Humans had a refined section of study based on that of just rocks, and Kari fell in love. Her species has no official "degrees" or learning, but she has spent decades of her life learning about geology, Kari herself believing that she has a mastery over the subject.