divinetree | Play-Testing Maya (Jamjar)!

This is a voice test post for my OC named Maya! She's one of the three sapient races in her world (known as a müra, a race that's no more or less common than any other)... for a good portion of her life before traveling, she was considered nothing special. She wasn't really talented at anything, and she wasn't noticeably bad at doing things either. She looked average for a müra, and falls pretty much in the middle of their typical height range at a measly 4'5" (~140cm) tall.

She picked up a career as a Lorekeeper - in her world, there is no concept of an afterlife or of souls. Instead, when someone dies, all that is left behind of them is their name and their story. Maya records the life stories of other people, and it's a common profession but one that's rather respected. Even so, Maya didn't particularly become memorable in her world just for doing this, as easily anyone in müra with a steady hand and quick writing pace can be one.

However, on one of her journeys, she encountered the "fountain of youth". It's an atoll off the shore of the hot northern beaches, nearly a week's sail out during a rare time of year when the winds will take a ship there instead of blow them towards a more southern archipelago. Her traveling companion, selfish and wanting not to share immortality and the secret with anyone else, held her under the water and drowned her before drinking to his fill. Next sunrise, she crawled out of the fountain, immortal. (Naturally, she ended up having to defend herself after a few attempts by him to kill her)

After gaining immortality, suddenly her role as a Lorekeeper became drastically more special. People recognized that Maya would never forget them, and their stories would live on for all time in her. So she's been roaming the world, collecting stories, and unwittingly growing her own story as well.

Maya's world is still a WIP, so it'll be a little later that I summarize some stuff about it. For now, I'd like to start RPing her with canon characters and other-world OCs alike to boost my motivation to write and to get a stronger sense of her "voice".

I'd like to RP her in various jamjar-esque settings!! So take a pick and we'll get one rolling. It obviously doesn't necessarily have to be the "oh I just got here" schtick either since no one sounds "right" the first time they arrive in game anyway.

Jamjar Settings:

Luceti: A quaint little town in an expansive forest... too bad it's part of a strange experiment. Residents have wings attached to their backs surgically that are directly tied to their health and livelihood. Maya's wings resemble the wings of a red kite.

Vatheon: A city in an underwater bubble! A little bit like Luceti, but the scientists seemed much friendlier. There was a greater propensity for "crack events" like bodyswaps or sensory loss.

Dragon Called: A game that never took off, where characters had dragons bonded to them and they needed to raise from hatching in order to function with the setting's magic. Maya's would have been quite large, and a ruddy red color!

Haven: A spooky abandoned city, with eerie and dangerous supernatural happenings... Maya's not sure how her immortality might hold up and she certainly isn't sure that she can't be corrupted by evil supernatural forces!

Recolle: A city where one thinks they belong... until they gradually "regain" their old forms and memories. In the city, Maya had identified as an Eartha Kitt impersonator due to her similar voice and appearance. She eventually regained her cat-faced form, which was quite a shock!! Her memories are patchy, but she's got so many... she'd been alive for over 300 years in her real world!

Lagunbiru: A luxurious space station where the goal is to fill out your kinky bingo card to go home! Maya is not shy in the least when it comes to stuff like this, at least.

Soul Campaign: Based in the Soul Eater universe, the characters are either Meisters or Weapons set to fight against Witches. Maya strongly resembles the sword of Goujian - a sword that is ancient but had not rusted or tarnished.

ETC: Thinking of another game not listed here? Another setting that hasn't been made into a game? Just have a loose idea that doesn't require all this window dressing? Just throw the idea my way and I'll tag it!

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I guess that makes me feel a little better...

[It sure doesn't sound like it!

Yuri glances Maya up and down in turn, though far less noticbly. Her legs were like an animal's--nothing he's ever seen on a □□□.]

Errr..."Earth"? [He clasps his hands together.] Please don't say "me too". I'm going to have an existential crisis at this rate.