#naeba

夏のお出かけ

今年は初めてフジロックに行ったのだけど

大人の事情で初日しか見られなかった…

来年への楽しみが膨らむ………

Position: Service Drone & Birthing Drone
Favorite Color: Purple
Likes: Pearls, candy, cupcakes, soft fabrics
Dislikes: Mistreatment of short Irkens, filth

Bio: Naeba was born to two lower-ranked Irken drones. Her mother worked as a tabletop food service drone, while her father served as a janitor drone. She was the youngest of a swarm of twenty smeets and the smallest among them. Because of their low status, Naeba’s family was never provided a coddle drone to care for the children while her parents worked. As a result, Naeba often helped her mother whenever extra hands were needed.

Curious by nature, she frequently wandered off, only to be gently returned to her swarmmates by her father. One day, Naeba asked her mother to buy her something she had seen in the shopping district: small beads meant for accessories. Instead, Naeba tied them onto her antennae. These beads became one of the few gifts her mother was ever able to give her a cherished keepsake during a time when the hive was struggling severely with supply shortages and overwhelming labor demands. The strain took its toll. Naeba noticed her mother growing distant from her and her siblings, exhausted by constant work and pressure from superiors.

Service Drone Life

As Naeba grew older, she resolved to help her mother by becoming a service drone though, in truth, she had little choice. Her short stature disqualified her from soldier candidacy, a role her larger swarmmates were allowed to pursue. Service was the only path left to her.

Eventually, Naeba was assigned work at the military base, where she befriended three other female drones: Kim, Jevi, and Pepper. The four often spent time together in staff rooms and lounging areas, finding brief comfort away from their duties.

It was during this time that Naeba first encountered Tallest Spectra and Tallest Magnus during one of their inspections. Though timid, Naeba was surprised by Spectra’s warmth. She greeted Naeba kindly and thanked her for her service. Magnus, however, was far more distant and unsettling. Despite Irken supremacy over other species, Naeba felt pity for those beneath the empire’s rule. She often watched the Announcer’s broadcasts on a tablet gifted to her by a friend, quietly questioning the cruelty she saw.

Naeba dreamed of becoming more than a service drone. A medic or a cook. If only she could find a mentor. Her life shattered when an enemy vessel attacked one of the Voot Runner carriers. The assault was swift and brutal. Civilians were caught in the crossfire. Many died. Among them, Naeba’s father.

Her mother survived but was transferred to another location. They would not reunite for many years. Both Tallest Spectra and Magnus went to war in retaliation. When they returned, everything felt….wrong. Then came the announcement: Tallest Spectra had fallen. Magnus’s grief echoed throughout the empire.

anguished, and unrestrained. Even citizens wept at the sound of his cries. During the funeral, anyone who approached him was met with fury. Naeba, who had grown fond of Spectra, quietly left offerings at the Tallest’s chamber door. To her surprise, they were never discarded. After Spectra’s death, Magnus changed. He became cold, paranoid, and increasingly violent. Drones were punished for the smallest mistakes.

Expansion was demanded relentlessly. Fear spread throughout the empire. Then the population began to decline. Without regard for season or consent, Magnus ordered a forced population boost. Selected females were gathered—including Naeba and her three friends. Horrified, Naeba questioned why she had been chosen at all. She was small, plain, and often mocked for her appearance.

The truth was cruelly simple. Magnus paired her with a male guard who shared her green eye color, so their future smeets would remind him of Spectra. When Naeba refused, Magnus made an example of her. He clawed her behind the shoulders, marking as his claime. She was forced to watch as he marked her friends and other females as well before dressing them in maternal gowns. The mating occurred within the Tallest’s chambers. The fertility rate was lower than Magnus desired.

Enraged, he ordered the execution of those deemed failures—both male and female. Naeba was traumatized by the massacre, though she and her friends survived. Learning that Magnus intended to repeat the process after the smeets were born, Naeba knew she had to escape. While permitted outside for fresh air, she discovered an abandoned passageway leading to a distant hive.

One spoken of only in rumors. She gathered what little she could and begged her friends to flee with her. Fear held them back. Naeba left alone. After a long journey, she reached the neighboring hive and pleaded for sanctuary. For herself and her unborn smeets. Her story was heard. She was granted protection. Naeba lived the rest of her life there, serving a new Tallest and raising her children in safety.

(TRIVIA)

* Naeba is sometimes quiet and reserved; her antennae clearly reflect her mood.

* Skilled at sewing and fabric customization.

* Assigned to many odd jobs.

* Lost half her swarmmates to starvation.

* Remaining siblings still serve under Magnus as field soldiers.

* Has a soft spot for cute things.

* Suffers from anxiety.

Quotes

“My personality is who I am. My attitude depends on who you are.”


“It’s scary what a smile can hide.”


“A beautiful thing is never perfect.”


“It’s better to be alone because nobody can hurt you.”


“It’s hard to forget someone who’s given you so much to remember.”

an alternative version of neblan that is my oc and also that i made for @neblan-cristal

Sunday 17th September 2017. 20:30 Niigata Japan.

35mm film - Yashica T4

(These are all the smeets that my girl, Naeba had. It’s her first sworm and it was a long ride for her to birth all of them. You can see that they have a variety of eye colors, but the majority of the smeets have green eyes. That is from both, Naeba and the sire she was assigned to by her former tallest. Naeba, gets a lot of help from,Krisp. He has taken quite a liking to her. Offering his services and visits when he’s on break.)

(Here are the names of the smeets. left to right.)

First row:

Gizmo

Luster

Trish

Thunder

Flare

Dash

Astro

Munchkin

Glimmer

Flutter

Second row:

Glora

Colly

Quartz

Nutmeg

Magpie

Walnut

Moss

Fierce

Yappy

Onyx

Third row:

Fizzwig

Talula

Luma

Krill

Eli

Vexy

Angus

Zirk

Draco