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Carvings of the Galaxy

Alright so @Atrophy can go second, who would like to go third?

Carvings of the Galaxy

@Eru Iluvatar To prevent something like that from happening, I usually put up a list which helps progress the storyline in the beginning.

So, has anyone started their post. I'm thinking about having two more people post before I submit another one for Benji.

@Deserted Yeah, panic is totally called for in a situation like so, especially when first released from the tanks. But once actually investigating their surroundings, they should be bit more focused on what exactly is happening. Though if she is that stirred up, then go ahead and prolong the hysteria.

Carvings of the Galaxy

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Benji Baker

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The Artemis: Kitchen

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There plated a cake, a marble cake to be specific. It is a dessert flavored with compromise, all while also generated for premeditated celebration. How long has Benji replayed the ideal? As earlier as his desperate imagination could record it. The initiated thought lingered in pressure for him to be quite responsible with those rations of his. Benji has never been one with a large appetite, so preserving the ingredients processed by the food synthesizer was no toiling task for him. Neglected meals have not been rare through the past two years. Forced eating happened, it was only to keep himself alive. Life must sustain, that's what it is all about.

Benji started setting the table by lying down the forks, but his hand- it could not stop shaking. He held his hand closer to his face just to examine exactly how intensely it quivered. His heart beat alone escalated to irregular speeds. Anxiety took a stab. "Calm down, take a deep breath...," he tried talking himself out of hyperventilating right before obeying his own command of exhaling and inhaling steadily. Benji could not decipher whether he was excited or terrified. Joy to never be alone again, was of course thrilling, though all the trouble of isolating himself in the first place was for sake of the project- he didn't want to get in the way. Yet, he couldn't allow the other five to refrigerate and wait all for what? A lie.

Once everything was positioned correctly on the surface of the table, Benji gave a smile, reminded himself to take it easy, and turned towards The Artemis's control panel located in the cockpit. Funny, underground bases don't have cockpits, but ships do.

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The Artemis: Cryo-tanks

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The door lifted above from the cylinder-- the cold; the first feeling was being smothered in chills. Also all bare except for the covering of their underwear. Their first steps must of been like that of an infant. All this while simultaneously experiencing a moment quite like exiting their mother's womb for the second time. It was like some kind of rebirth, a renascence.

What brought the circumstance to be stranger, breeding suspicion, was to spot and to count only five member. Would they predict that their doctor never arrived in the first place, or that he perhaps was behind the awakening? Would they even be concerned enough to even care about the whereabouts of Benji Baker, because one in particularly breath with missing limb. Just as Cryonautics stripped each one down to their underwear, so too they rip away Yaz's bionic arm to prevent any inferences between the two machines. And since it was detachable, the company found no harm or toil to her in removing it.

Adding to the surprises and practicalities, successful business man Ailbeart Rend stood in their presence. It seems as though as Owen's old school friend Andrew did not make the cut. Well, you may have a better resume, more say, and even more right when rich, famous, powerful. Oh and having dirt on the company definitely makes you an automatic member of the project. Blackmail equals admissions, especially if you hold knowledge to how exactly a company like Cryonautics is able to afford such expenses like a theoretical underground base or a factual space ship.

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Back to the kitchen

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"Surprise!" he hollered, bouncing up from a squatting position and giving whoever first entered the kitchen quite the startle. "It's me, B-Benji!" The rest soon found there way to his location due to the attraction his voice brought with its loud volume. "Hey, I brought blankets," he announced with the coverings cupped and nestled against his arms and hands. He lied all but one of them down on a chair for the others to grab. "Here, you must be freezing, Owen buddy-- I mean Dr. Childs. I know how that feels, like a snowman in a snow globe... ha, ha," Benji then placed the blanket around the psychiatrist's shoulders, tucking it tightly around him for the warmth.

"Y-You see, there is a lot that I have to explain. Ah, where do I start---," he paused, and it was no short pause, Benji had completely blanked out on his words. Amidst the preparation and stress for this one moment, he lost his train of thought. The nerves could easily be blamed for it-- the same shaking hands and beating heart, sweaty palms, nervous gulp-- it was all happening, while still trying to remain some ounce of composure. "Sorry, it just slipped from my mind, weird. No, I have to remember, it's why your here right now. It's why I shut off the tanks... Ah, It will come back to me eventually, give me a few minutes." Benji grabbed a knife and proceeded to cut into the marble cake. "Who wants the first slice? It's marble since I couldn't decide to punch chocolate or vanilla on the food synthesizer. So I went with the in between." Then a thought came to him, "Oh, I just noticed-- you guys aren't wearing any clothes, well barely. Hey, everything you had on you before taking that funny pill should be in your rooms, mine was. Follow me!"

Carvings of the Galaxy

Time for the first post!

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@SheriffLlama

So before taking the pill and entering the Artemis, the five, excluding Rend, went through behavioral test involving the interaction of the other crewmates. Everyone has met each other, again except Rend, at least three times, two of those times being one on one. You will base your character's opinion of Rend through how he is portrayed in media.

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Actually you do,

Rend should have an opinion on the characters also since Cryonautics briefed him on who exactly he was going to spend the rest of his life with. He has even seen the video footage of the various screening sessions including the behavioral studies. So that is how he will base his opinions.

His character relationship sheet, will be more like a character speculation sheet. His judgement will be on the other crewmates through the private behavioral sessions rather than experience.

Carvings of the Galaxy

Alright, just edited the introduction with the character relationship sheet, just check below where the character profile sheet is. Once you finish the relationship sheet, just insert it below your character's history in the profile. Check Benji's character profile for an example. Thumbs up this message when you update your profile with the relationship sheet completed.

Remember your characters have not met @Eru Iluvatar's character yet, but they have an impression of him through media and the press for being an incredibly successful and wealthy business man. Although Rend should have an opinion on the characters also since Cryonautics briefed him on who exactly he was going to spend the rest of his life with. He has even seen the video footage of the various screening sessions including the behavioral studies. So that is how he will base his opinions. After all of those are in, the next step is the first post.

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@TheMadAsshatter@Eru Iluvatar Yeah you have a good point. I'll keep mine up there since I think it adds more to his clingy character, edging him both a bit creepy and adventurous. So, if you would like you can instead PM me the secret, and I'll keep track of it.

Carvings of the Galaxy (FULL)

I was a little rushed to get my character up, I'll try to make some edits when I can, but here's the OOC

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Benji Baker

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"Though doctors have been put out of business by machines, I was still told as an ambitious kid that I had a bright future ahead of me. I would chuckle and say with a smile, 'Yeah, it's because I'm reaching for the stars!' It's funny how ironic that seems now."

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Name

Benji Barnett Baker

Role

Crewmate 6

• The Doctor

Age

34

Gender

Male

Reputation

Benji is known to be a fast learner and a smart guy, who some suspect has a few loose screws since the incident. Before the Project was launched and when he would meet with the other through behavioral tests, he rubbed off more shy and not talkative. But he has really changed over the two years, except for the fact that he is a klutz, that is something that will never changed. All in all, Benji is a nice guy with a free spirit and someone who let his dreams be a reality. His crewmates might be a bit anxious to be his patient when in medicine help since he has just finished all of his medical training and because most operations today are down through robotic machinery, they soon see that Benji was never wrong for pursuing his passion.

Appearance

Benji's anatomical proportions are a bit awkward, he is quite lanky with little body fat. But he is not so critical about having the small build of an adolescent boy, he's just happy he can keep himself as healthy as possible and advises people to do the same while they can. Though his face may be a pale one, Benji seems to maintain a joyful glow about him. Even when he is not caught with a grin on his face, his light green eyes have a shimmer and shine in them of his free spirited attitude. It's probably a good thing he was shipped inside of a tank before absorbing an ounce the end of what the world could have offered. His black hair is a bit messy and sometimes spikes itself up, but he'll try to trim it when the time comes, but prefers help when it comes to barbering. As for his facial hair, he tends to let the stubble grow, sometimes he thinks a beard might be nice.

Height

5'5

Weight

125 lbs

Positive Traits:

• Happy-go-lucky
• Talkative
• Humorous
• Gift-giver
• Helpful
• Innocent
• Optimistic
• Free-spirited
• Loyal
• Energetic

Negative Traits:

• Overly Self-Critical
• People Pleaser
• Clingy
• Too trusting
• Naïve
• Clumsy

Personality Description

Even after two solid years of inordinate isolation, Benji is chaotically carefree. Perhaps its the reason how he has been able to survive. He regards insults with a smile, and with slaps he turns the other cheek. If one could take the typical nice guy to an extreme extent, Benji would be the one to do it. You could make the bold statement of it being sheer impossible to infuriate the guy, but it be likely true, because Benji does not feel anger. Rather when irritated, he is upset and silent. Ask him what's wrong and he will respond with "Nothing... Everything's fine," with a smile he forces to make you feel better. Whenever met with a conflict, Benji always blames himself, even under the wrath of a bully he will point the figure at himself. You may already guess the drawbacks of his personality- Benji is a pure people-pleaser, you could say being alone for quite a long period of time has made it even worse. Though while making others happy, he will put himself at risk. For an example, he is willing to do absolutely anything for the crew even if it scares the daylights at out of him or if he is poorly skilled at the task. But Benji will ask you to teach him your craft anyways because he loves learning new things and because he loves to give a helping hand if you need it. And even if you do not need any sort of assistance, he will give you his company. Benji is quite clingy, he does not allow himself to be left alone and you can probably understand why.

There are some other interesting traits of Benji, such as he's a compulsive giver. Ask him for something and he will give it up. You could even try to take the clothes off his back and he will do it gladly. You might think that Benji is the type of guy you could take an advantage of, but he is cautious that the help he gives to people is for the greater good. But if you were to do something that typical makes you benefit from your own gain, possibly Benji will have to decline. However that does not mean he is not easy to manipulate. Since Benji believes in seeing the good in everyone, if you were to convince him that what you are doing is morally righteous then he will fall into your trap. Benji has a child-like innocence about him. For a man who has seen the insides of the human body, he is quite naïve when comes to looking through people's personalities. In the end he could get himself into a lot of unnecessary trouble for being too trusting of everyone.

Another strange think about Benji, especially for a doctor, he is incredible clumsy when it comes to everything but his operations. It seems when he is tending to a patient, however he retains a type of supernatural focus and concentration that he does not normally experience on his own. Maybe its a subconscious matter that allows him to calm down when someone else life is at stake. It might make some a bit nervous to discover the klutz is doctor, but most people don't trust doctors anyways since the rise of medical machines.

Likes

• Dreamers
• Parties
• Constellations
• Writing
• Reading
• Poetry

Dislikes

• Seeing people upset
• Dead Silence
• Meat
• Wealth

Skills

• Medically Trained
• Fast Learner
• Great Writer
• Typically Fast
• Able to crawl through small places
• Photographic memory

Quirks

• Vegetarian- You can imagine with Benji's tender heart and sensitive sweet personality that the guy won't allow himself anywhere near cooked meat. Eating slaughtered animals is just an activity he's not up for.
• Whistler- Benji hates dead silence, so he trades it for a joyful tune a whistle.
• Put Pocketing- Benji makes everyone feel like its their birthday most days, sometimes he will sneak extra cash into people's pockets when he can, he just can not imagine himself being wealthy, and kind of shivers at the idea. If it is not putting things into people's pockets, then he will be sure to present some other form of gift as a surprise.
• Terrible Liar- Some people are cunning, deceitful, but Benji- no. The second he utters even the most innocent of lies, he sweats and sweats profusely. He just has that strong of self-convictions that dishonesty is just out of question for him.

Pet Peeves

• When people don't say thank you- he gets a little hurt especially when giving a gift to someone in person and they really just brush it off, Benji fears that sort of rejection.
• People that interrupt other people; it's rude, plain and simple.
• Passive aggressiveness

Weaknesses

• No self-defense experience
• No weapon's training
• Easy to manipulate

Fears

• Cryo-tanks
• Being ever left alone
• Rejection
• Punishment
• Mistakes
• Losing a patient

Secret(s)

• The Ship's Little Mouse- Benji has the entire map of the Artemis anchored down in his memory, so much so that he can travel through the ship's vents without getting lost. He has a little hideout up there where he will sleep since he has a fear of cryo-tanks now since his shutting down and leaving him alone for two years. And although Cryonautics had the ship designed with extra bedrooms just in case of an accident within the tanks, Benji has grown accustom to it be just so cozy up when camping as he was scaling the whole ventilation system, that even normal beds won't do it. He does not want to tell the rest because that will give them more of a reason to believe that he has more loose screws, and besides they might think he is spying on them through the vents, since he can access any one of their bedrooms when doors are locked. But Benji enjoys to drop down little gifts through the vents whenever he can.

History

The practice of doctor now seems almost foreign, well, that is if that doctor has just as a heart beat as his patient. Yes, as said before, doctors have been replaced by machines. And although it is not illegal to be trained in medicine, it is quite very much taboo. Where it can take a man at average of 14 years to become a physician, robots seem to perfect the occupation simply by programming. Those who still partake in studies of medicine, most likely are not going to be doctors themselves, but programmers for future curative bots.

When did Benji decide he wanted to be a doctor? You could say it was always in his nature to hold concern for each and every individual even at a child's age. But precisely, it was in his preteens when Benji realized his fascination in superheroes, villains, and powers were nothing more than modern mythology, yet that same superhero story takes the stage in modern medicine. There's always a battle between a body, whether it be crippling cancers, wounded disease, or shattered bones. Magic happens in medicine, we call it chemistry, but Benji sees it as his superpowers, and every day there is someone new to rescue. It's a cute thought, and he has stuck with it since the age of eleven. But since graduated and finished with his medical trading, it had been rough for him to get a job as a doctor. He could go on to learn programming, yet his passion is in people-- patients, not metal machine. So because of the unemployment , he resorted to writing, he never published a book but it would have been likely that he would have if he never applied to Cryonautics.

He was knew the world was shattered and broken beyond repair. Benji is a doctor and he believed the only way to save the Earth, was through Cryonautics's plan to preserve humanity through a post apocalyptic setting in order to first lock in what could be the last of mankind and to stabilized those with bearing knowledge of history and the past life if it were to ever be erased. But the project did not go according to plan, they did not grant such way. Benji wants to believe the shutting down of his cryo-tank was accidental, but it's funny how it almost seems like Cryonautics planned the accidents. And accidents that are planned are no longer accidents, but the ship does not seem to be just one to simply store cyro-tanks, it looks to be a place to live. But perhaps they were prepared for any mishaps, because if they really are going to be the last of humanity, then you'd be smart to listen to Murphy's law...

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Benji Baker's Character Relationships

Benji Baker

Age: 34 | Role: Crewmate 6- The Doctor |

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Friends ☺ | Romantic Interest ♥ | Neutral ◑ | Friends with benefits/flirtation/together ♥♥ | Enemies ☠

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Benji Baker

"Right your wrongs."

Benji will not play hero, because he has made it obvious to himself that is not his role. One thing he knows about himself now, is his road to redemption. He is not fishing for admiration nor forgiveness, he searches for the good that could possibly right his wrongs. Benji does not fear retribution, he embraces it.

◑ Tahlia Spade ◑

"Whoever you think I am, I don't hate you for it. You have every right to believe so. All I can do now is prove you wrong about it. And how will I do that? I will show you that I care about this crew till it is undeniable."

Benji does not blame Tahlia for the angry outburst, but he definitely knows the man he is and it is not the Principality's brainwashed spy. He refuses to make her his enemy, that will only worsen things between them. However, Benji can agree with her in that he has changed... well he can slightly agree. Near death experiences, captivity, brutality, he has seen and felt things that he could have never imagine of back on earth. Thus, he has come to the conclusion he has always had a darker side of him, but without those grim situations he would have never known about that side.

♥☠ Echo Montigawitz ☠♥

"I now only wish that my feelings for you were a beast capable of me wrapping a leash around its neck. With a firm grip, I would restrain it from feeding on time, because by each passing hour away from you it only grows stronger. There was not a lie from my lips when I admitted that you and me are the same, but what I did to Owen... I might just have guaranteed myself removed and exiled from the last of humanity. I cannot commit to anything when I just might disappear for good. What I fear the most is that you will return the same feelings. If that does happen, I will push you away... or at least t-try..."

The door was right in front of him, all it took were a couple steps and he could have spoken to Echo himself. However, even as Benji suspects that she helped Rend escape, his feelings for her are same, if not stronger. Time has only intensified his anticipation to speak to her again. And even though Benji could hear her thoughts within his dream-state, he would not be surprised if he could hear her thoughts when he approaches her consciously. He wonders if she can do the same to him. Oh the things that would unravel if she could... But no matter, he is in conflict with his own feelings, stubborn to not allow himself to become any more attached when he may be exiled from the crew soon.

☠☠ Ailbeart Rend ☠☠

"Oh Mr. Rend... who would've known I'd be the ship's next screw-up?"

Of course the feelings Benji has for the man has not changed at all. But incidentally, he relates on the level that the two of them has put the life of another on the crew in harm. What Benji does not understand about Rend, is how, after what he did to Tahlia, could Rend later just waltz into the throne room of the Principality and claim that he is the crew's king. No Benji could never do something like that, not when his sole concern now is to find some way he can pay for vile treachery he committed against Owen.

☺ Yaz Cormick ☺

"Don't ever be like me, please. I loved you because you were innocent and pure, just like I thought I was... but now I've been corrupted and I'm so... broken."

Benji owes to Yaz that he retained his sense, his focus on the crew. Benji feels like ever sense the invasion, he has not been able to speak to her lately. Though, when she did, her words held such an impact to make him step back. He realizes that he is in fact flawed, as if his absence from his crew leaves him losing his own sense of humanity.

◑ Owen Childs ◑

"Owen, You couldn't understand me, not when I was speaking in that alien tongue. But I... I-I basically said you were a threat... a threat to the Principality. That's what caused all this. It's the reason why you're in a c-coma right now. Hey, you have to wake up... O-Owen? Owen! Damn it! Owen, I wonder what you would say to me right now-- I bet you would forgive me... or at least have mercy on me. That's what you did for Rend and I disliked you for it, and now... me and Rend we don't seem so different anymore."

Even though as a doctor Benji can only do so much, he will not stop dwelling on his most recent regret. That is what happened when he grew only concern with his own agenda. If Yaz did not speak up and ask what the hell was going on, confronting him, Benji perhaps would have not made his way back to the kitchen. Thus, he would not even be able to know what happened to Owen in time to tend his injury, Owen would be in far worse shape. It torments Benji to know that Owen is in a coma now, that leaves him with probability that he may not wake up. Benji never wanted to kill anyone, and even though it was not with his bare hands that caused the coma, it was from his lips that it ever happened.

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