Mona the Night Owl

first post and my avatar: Mona, the night magician

classic autistic girlie material, they are a seductive & creative, yet skittish and goofy wildcard who, while they lack the advanced flight powers NiGHTS has such as the paraloop singularity and overall speed on their own, comes with apparition powers and magic gadgets & weapons out of the literal draw of their hat

they view NiGHTS and the LGBT+ community aka "the rainbow humans" as a role model and symbol of rebellion against oppressive dogmas such as that of the Wizeman. I figure if they were to mentor a teen in the same way NiGHTS has, why wouldn't they be a closeted gay or genderqueer one?

naturally I'm also injecting my interest in Hellsing in this one, and I guess also accidently making a Balan maestro. looking to do one of those too

practicing vehicles with some cyberpunk-ish concepts, including one for the Lighthorsemans' battle buggy

repost of the squad leader, long range recon, and support gunner

got a designated hacker with a sort of a WW2-esque submachine gun, might put "tabletop" in his nickname as to what inspired him to be a lighthorseman. and then i had to make a recon brawler that's basically a native Solid Snake

while roughly half the squad rides in a sort of an armored dune buggy or technical truck, you got some escort guys here that are a husband who drives a quad with extra supplies & weapons like a small grenade launcher with his wife on the back seat with a rifle, a son with an arm that turns into a submachine gun, and a big fella probably named something like "Old School Jim" with a shotgun using flechette shells more often than not, taking inspiration from the Wounded Knee protestors and the Battle Dress variant of the horse from Metal Gear Solid V

some non-combatant characters. plump girl is a gardener whose practice is driven by modern science & mycology that she sometimes gets made fun of for next to a trailer outfitted with motorized planters and irrigation & lighting systems. naturally you got a grumpy uncle type who's actually one of the main cooks running multiple appliances, both traditional and modern (somewhat). the other nerd is the support gunner's sister whom she is protective of on account of her polydactyly and of her being the brains to her brawn, an electrician to the mechanic. and why not an elder who's a woodworker, likely a veteran as cause for missing limbs, and still a crackshot with a revolver?

some native slang & a gesture.

on top of Robo Quest being a source of inspiration and getting a sticker cutting machine, I'm so excited for this new development! 💛