Name: Dulcea Bodah
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Her Nocturna name is also Dulcea, but it is passable as an earth name. Her homeworld does not have surnames, so Bodah was the one she would be supplied with. Age: 530
*Appears early 20'sBirthday: will be same as the date of her arrival on earthOccupation: None at the moment.
Hobbies: Jewelry Crafting -- Okay, so she isn't the greatest at it, but Dulcea has always enjoyed crafting jewelry, learning new techniques and sharing them with others. It's not about being good at it, it's about doing something that brings you joy!
Beachcombing -- Dulcea enjoys finding what gifts the ocean washes ashore during low-tide. Often she will use the shells or seaglass she finds in her jewelry making. Her homeworld had a plethora of interesting things. Earth...Earth has some...oh no. That's trash? Okay.... beachcombing can sometimes turn in to beach cleaning.
Virtues: Mother Hen -- Dulcea has always been a warm, motherly, person, taking strangers and friends alike under her wing and sharing her nurturing and protective nature with them. She will try to feed others in a way that would make any old granny proud, and sticks up for her friends in a way that would be the envy of any mama bear. Of course, she is always ready to sit back and offer the encouragement they need to act on their own and flourish outside the nest, but just as ready to catch them when they fall.
Confident -- After all this time her awkward, unsure, and shy years are far behind her, if she ever even was allowed to have that given that literal chaos she was born to. That aside, Dulcea has long since stepped in to her own confidence regarding who she is and what she believes. To many, Dulcea's confidence can be reassuring when they themself are feeling uncertain, and she knows this so she tries her best to maintain that air of confidence at all times. This isn't to say that she doesn't have moments of doubt or defeat, but that she has come to handle it with a level of grace. A large part of this is most definitely a byproduct of the way she was raised on her homeworld, the trials she faced there, and the loss she has endured. Her confidence has kept her from despair - she
will find a way to save her world.
Flaws: Independent -- Even before Chaos overtook her homeworld, Dulcea held a fierce independence, of which the at the forefront were the duties and expectations placed upon her as the Senshi of Nocturna. Without getting into a long tangent about the political and sociological duties that came with the role, the short story is that there was a certain level of....sacrifice that was expected. Even though Dulcea has always had a very close group of friends that she otherwise always treated with warmth and love, she held her duty, or rather her plans to subvert that duty, closer. She was always adamant about not getting anyone wrapped up in her business. Any attempt to help was denied, often leading to hurt on both sides. Now, she lays all the blame for what has happened to her homeworld on her own shoulders, and knows it is also up to her alone to fix it. Even now after arriving on Earth, she is doing her best to find her own way, but oh how difficult she is finding that to be.... Time alone has only made her more fiercely independent, and she can be rather 'short' with people who are too pushy about trying to help or instruct her.
Controlling - Dulcea is the kind of person who tends to step up and take charge when the situation calls for it, which
sounds alright at first, but she is a very...unbending commander. When she knows what she wants, that is how she wants it, that is how it
needs to go, that is how it
will be done. When she gives an order she expects to be listened to and not questioned. She doesn't mesh well with equally strong-willed leader type people, as collaboration is not her forte, and it just turns in to a 'who can shout louder' competition. No wonder she'd rather do things on her own...sheesh.
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PHYSICAL DESCRIPTIONEyes: Large warm eyes of an aqua hue framed with thick lashes. When not in her Earth Civilian glamor, her pupils are slit like a cats with a magenta reflectivity.
Hair: Long and wavy with cool hues of purple blue and cyan.
Face: Heart shaped face with a small but somewhat wide nose and full lips. When not in her Earth Civilian glamor she has elf-like pointed ears.
Skin Tone: In her Earth Civilian glamor she has deep chocolate skin, however in her natural form she has skin that is varying hues of purple with star-like freckles. In both forms she has magenta vine tattoos up her legs and arms.
Body Type: Average weight and build, with a very hourglass shape.
Clothes: She likes light and flowy clothes. Long maxi dresses or chiffon kaftans.
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Senshi: Sailor
Nocturna Senshi of Retroreflectivity
"Retroreflection is the phenomenon of light rays striking a surface and being redirected back to the source of light.
Note: The sphere is specifically the phenomenon of retroreflectivity, not retroreflectors themselves. The Adjective. Not the noun."
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Uniform Color: Main Color: CyanSecondary Color: MagentaUniform:Tiara -- Magenta beaded headpiece with pale white flowers and magenta gem on the side.
Choker -- intricate lace in white and cyan.
Collar -- A light semi-translucent chiffon piece of fabric that is connected to her choker. Has a single magenta stripe at Basic stage.
Bodice -- Lacy white swimsuit style boddice with more lace up top and down the legs of the bodice, trimmed in cyan.
Chest Bow -- Regular chest bow in cyan. Magenta beads and a gem are draped around the bow.
Brooch -- Large white flower brooch.
Sleeves -- None
Gloves -- None
Buttbow -- Two large cyan bows on her hips, with large flowers like a bustle. Magenta beads and gems are draped around the bows.
Bottoms -- Lacey white train trimmed in cyan. The underside is magenta. As she ranks up she will add another longer layer to her train.
Shoes -- None
Accessories -- Also wears various gold rings on her fingers and toes.
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Attacks: "Fighting evil by moonlight can be tricky - the dark can make seeing difficult, and make it easy for opponents to hide. Although energy signatures are a thing, to land physical blows one usually needs to be able to see where to strike."
Sailor Scout Attack: Nocturna Retroreflection
Time: 30 sec || Uses: 3 || Singular Target
Nocturna calls out her attack and a glow emits from the bows of her fuku. While this makes her a shining beacon to target, an opposing-alignment character within 10 feet will find that the lightest part of their uniform will reflect the light given off by Nocturna, making them now well-illuminated and the light may distract and/or disorient them as well.
Super Sailor Scout Attack: Nocturna Vibrant Retroreflection
Time: 45 sec || Uses: 2 || AOE
Nocturna calls out her attack and a glow emits from the bows and flowers on her fuku. While this makes her a shining beacon to target, any opposing-alignment characters within 15 feet will find that the lightest part of their uniform will reflect the light given off by Nocturna, making them a now
vibrantly illuminated and the light may disorient and/or burn their eyes as well.
Eternal Sailor Attack: Nocturna Blinding Retroreflection
Time: 45 sec || Uses: 1 || AOE
Nocturna calls out her attack and a ring of white flowers suddenly sprout up within a 20 foot radius around Nocturna, the bows on her own fuku emit a glow which reflects off the flowers in a brilliant glow which will painfully blind any opposing-alignment characters within the 20 foot radius for the duration of the attack. The level of pain may be greater for lower-ranked opponents.
fifteen to twenty feet,
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Deep Space Senshi: Physical Features: Physically appears early 20's. Actual age is 530. Inhuman features include elf-like pointed ears, and eyes with cat-slit pupils that have a more obvious reflectivity than the average animal eye. She has vine tattoos up her arms and legs. Long ago, these used to hold retroreflective properties but over time that part of the ink has faded. She is unable to reapply/touch up the tattoos due to the decline of her homeworld.
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Backstory/History: The TLDR - Sailor Nocturna awoke early as a chibi senshi at the age of 10 to a world that was already in decline due to Chaos, as well as it's own magical beast of destruction which had come out of hibernation ten years ago when she was born. Her life was full of loss and strife, hard truths, and the importance of her duty and role. She grew up to be a very strong young woman, but with the weight of her whole world on her shoulders. There was little room for joy or laughter, but what few moments she did get have always been held close to her heart.
When she was old enough to become a full-fledged senshi and completed her trial, she was upgraded to Super. By the time she had reached Eternal, however, the upgrade would not be enough to save her world. Not from the Magic beast, or Chaos. All things considered, It was a slow decline for the world of Nocturna, but all life save for its senshi has been gone for the last 200 years.
The Longer Story - The world of Nocturna is a world bathed in perpetual duskfall - that half-light half-dark that can be hard on normal human eyes. There is no difference in day and night, resulting in a world that 'never sleeps.' The people of Nocturna were very conscientious of the importance of sleep and one's own body rhythm in maintaining a healthy physical and mental state, and so they naturally developed their own structure around what we would consider 'morning people' and 'night owls.'
A world bathed in half-light and half-darkness also had its own natural way of illuminating itself. Flowering plant life on Nocturna developed retroreflective properties, capturing the minimal light the world received and reflecting it. Various minerals also held those properties, as well as bugs, fish, birds, and other various life. Nocturnians made use of this and developed a valuable export from paints and inks made to have this light-reflecting property. Soon it also became popular to have tattoos and even makeup made from those substances. This was perhaps what the world was best known for.
Nocturna had what Earthlings would now identify as a 'Mediterranean' feel to it. Much of the world is built of smaller islands and one major land mass. The climate was semi-tropical but comfortable. Ocean, which covered more than 75% of the world of Nocturna, was home to the only two major metropolitan cities that sprawled far and tall atop it's surface with impeccable engineering. Still, most of the population preferred to live in more rural areas and focus on production of the plants that served as their greatest resource and export, as well as farming.
For the most part, it was a very organized and community oriented world with a simple, easy-going lifestyle. The people loved and friends, family, and festivity. Art and personal talents and hobbies were greatly valued and shared amongst the people. Many would selflessly share their knowledge and talent with one another.
Nocturna held a good balance of Ancient-Mediterranean-meets-SciFi feel. many more menial tasks were automated which allowed for people to have more time to dedicate to their personal hobbies, talents, or lives in general. Some of the more remote areas had a feel of a world that had maybe once been more dependent upon technology and futuristic tech but came to experience some steep decline and regression back in to more hands-on living, and this would be the only hint to Nocturna once being much more technological and 'futuristic' than it would later on settle in to being.
But the wars that happened to result in the decline of such large technological dependence was long ago - much longer than the fall of the Silver Millennium, but it would see the awakening of the world's first senshi.
After A new Sailor Nocturna is awakened and reaches Eternal, they are then made to fight a magical beast that was also created during the aforementioned war. This battle would result in the sacrifice of the Senshi, as well as the hibernation of the beast. Only when the beast awoke again would the world of Nocturna know that their Senshi had again be reborn, and the search for them would begin, and the cycle continue. The time between each cycle could vary, but the current Sailor Nocturna is the world's tenth incarnation of the Senshi.
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