Nefertari Moon the Carbuncle
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Name
Nefertari Moon
Nickname(s)
Neffie (Given by her mom; nickname was adopted by her teammates in Team Protostar as a way to address her), Hornhead (Hates this nickname given by her dad don't call her this), ■■■■■■■ ■■■■■ (The last person to call her this in Nefertari's hearing range was never seen again; call her this at your own peril)
Age
18
Gender
Female
Species
Carbuncle
Height
3'0"
Weight
40kg (+10kg due to her jewel horn)
Sexuality
Bisexual (Discovers her sexuality with help from her best friend, Laeticia "Jeanne" Prower)
Crush/BF/GF
Laeticia "Jeanne" Prower the Fox (Falls in love with her after not only discovering her sexuality, but also after a much-needed talk from Laeticia at Nefertari's worst moment mentally; feeling like a failure to her own kingdom for not being able to prevent the fate of her two grandmothers when Team Gehenna assaults the Rock Kingdom as a way to lure the attention of Team Protostar)
Birthday
January 28th
Home
The Rock Kingdom
Family
Ruby Moon the Rabbit (Mother), Ozy Mandi the Unicorn (Father), Marzipan Moon the Rabbit (Grandmother), Amber the Kangaroo (Grandmother), Coloris the Alien (Aunt)
Deceased Family
Roobius Moon the Rabbit (Grandfather)
Friend(s)
Laeticia "Jeanne" Prower the Fox (Best Friend & Teammate), Magius the Cecropia Moth (Best Friend & Teammate), Tiamat the Thorndrigan (Caretaker; not adopted), [More to come]
Pet
Personality
Inherited from her mother, Ruby Moon, trying to raise her (Some of these teachings either deviated from their intended purpose, are a bad habit gained from Ruby, or made Neffie more proficient than her mother as she grew older...which will be noted by the use of "[ ]"):
• Mentally strong to her beliefs
• Horrible at cooking [Though she is slightly better at it than her mother and Marzipan]
• Highly optimistic
• Has a strong desire to be surrounded by her friends (Especially at her worst moments mentally)
• Very hot-headed and prone to tantrums
• Has a very keen heart on her sleeve
• Has a constant need to socialize (Usually with Spoony, Astarte or Laeticia)
• Has a strong desire to collect things [Neffie did not inherit Ruby's manipulative side for this due to careful parenting on her part. Neffie DID pick up the bad habit of impulsively stealing that both of her parents have, however, to her parents' dismay]
• Neffie is a big eater, much like her mom
• Neffie shares Ruby's habit of using Spoony for tasks he hates.
Inherited from her father, Ozy Mandi, trying to raise her (Some of these teachings either deviated from their intended purpose, are a bad habit gained from Ozy, or made Neffie more proficient than her father as she grew older...which will be noted by the use of "[ ]"):
• Neffie tends to be very bold with her mannerisms
• Neffie is noticeably patient with her peers and subjects. Her most notable use of this is taking the time to actually understand and bond with Spoony in ways her mother never bothered to do (See Neffie's distinct personality traits for details)
• Neffie as a strong sense of empathy for the actions of others (even if those actions are bad from a glance), unless those actions are completely impossible to redeem or defend
• Neffie has a strong sense of right and wrong, even though she also does wrong at times when she impulsivly steals
• Neffie has a particular habit where she will punish herself for any mistakes she makes as royalty a bit too harshly, despite the protests of her family, friends and subjects to not do this to herself
• Neffie gets her heavily acquired taste in food from her dad (See Neffie's distinct personality traits for details)
• While she gets her disdain for boredom from both of her parents, Neffie has her father's more...constantly active side of trying to find literally anything to do to keep herself occupied. (Typically dragging her family, teammates, friends of her own family, Spoony or Astarte into it)
Nefertari Moon's distinct personality traits (These are traits that are either unique to Neffie when compared to her parents, or aspects that deviate so much from either Ruby or Ozy that they warrant her distinction from them):
• Neffie's treatment of Spoony is significantly different from her mom's. She is extremely considerate of Spoony's disdain for tasks he especially hates partaking in. Neffie uses her dad's teachings to actively understand Spoony and bond with him, resulting in a drastically different relationship with Spoony than the one Ruby had; even down to Neffie trying to think of ways to use her powers to help Spoony find tasks of his disdain infinitely more enjoyable and tolerable. It results in a bond where Spoony's mannerisms are far more different than they were when he was with Ruby, albeit still needing to keep up his appearances (in regards to his personality when he under Ruby's ownership) around anyone other than Neffie.
• Neffie has a VERY on and off relationship with her mother. While she does love Ruby to death (and her willingness to try to better herself to raise Neffie as a person and mother), Neffie sees her mom as a bit of a hardass and a big stick in the mud. Neffie fully understands it's because Ruby does it because she cares for her daughter's safety and well-being, however, as much as Neffie will never truly admit it.
• Neffie has an...interesting acquired taste in food. So much so that it is a major annoyance to her parents when trying to provide food for her. She not only doesn't share favoritism in sweets like her mom, but she has a HEAVY disdain for her father's preference in high quality food or banquets fit for royalty. (Being turned off from the taste of sweets because of her mom's cooking in the case of the former, and having taste buds so hyperspecific that Ozy's food preferences come off as incredibly bland and dull in the case of the latter) Neffie is an annoyingly over-picky girl to feed when it comes to her parents, but she does still at least begrudgingly eat anything she's offered that doesn't fit her taste buds. Not even her teammates have figured out if Neffie even has a favorite food due to her insanely fickle taste buds; merely feeding her anything intended to be food to satisfy her stomach until they finally figure it out.
• Due to stories about the first generation of Team Protostar's members (in particular, Isabelle Prower) she's heard from her mom since childhood, Neffie seems to have made the pink fox a bit of an idle to apply aspects of to herself. To Ruby and Ozy's disdain (at first), one of those aspects of Issy's personality Neffie took to heart was Issy's extremely fickle clothing preferences. From her attire of choice (a heavily minimalist kalasiris that her parents begrudgingly let her keep from the get-go), to quite literally no clothing at all. While the latter initially caused the most panic from Ruby and Ozy, they DID eventually give in to it and let her roam indoors without anything on. (But only when inside her royal family home, or in the homes of her friends) While Ozy didn't seem to care much when Neffie roamed outdoors without clothes when Ruby wasn't around (provided she stayed close to where she was permitted to do so indoors), Ruby gained a sixth sense for it when in close proximity to her daughter; usually running at a horrifying pace in Neffie's general location to tightly drag her indoors. (Commonly by the horn, but occasionally either dragging her by the tail or throwing her indoors) Once her parents weren't around anymore and she was put in Tiamat's care, Neffie made either doing stuff without anything on or with her kalasiris on a 50:50 balance daily. (Unless it was for official Team Protostar or royal family business, where she wears her kalasiris at all times)
• Neffie has a very high degree of self-confidence in her body appearance, even when compared to the rest of her family. (This unusually high amount of positivity for her own body may have been what made her gravitate to Issy's clothing preferences so easily as Neffie got older)
• Neffie is VERY sensitive about her abnormal Carbuncle birth; hating two of her nicknames ("Hornhead" and "■■■■■■■ ■■■■■"; the former she is more rational with as it doesn't impact her abnormal hybrid birth. The latter she...doesn't take well. To the point she becomes incredibly violent and irrational towards anyone who would even dare say it, fueled by her mother's hot-headed anger 10,000 fold), and making excuses for her unusually bad lung capacity (when it comes to being underwater specifically) by blaming her powers for it. Despite these sensitivities, however, they don't seem to truly phase how she feels about herself at all.
• While she never truly spends much time with her dad, Neffie has a surprisingly mellow relationship with Ozy when compared to her mom. When the two do spend time together, Neffie's relationship with Ozy shows Neffie's more relaxed side. (Though part of that might be because Neffie's finally free of the constant bickering between herself and her mom for a while)
• Out of all of her family members, Neffie has the healthiest family relationships with both Marzipan and Amber. They are surprisingly accepting and supportive of Neffie's decisions that are polarizing to Ruby and Ozy, helped by the fact that Ruby and Ozy genuinely put effort into setting a good example (and bettering themselves as people when they took the Rock Kingdom throne) for Neffie's sake. It's a degree of family affection that Neffie notably returns in spades.
• When it comes to Coloris, Neffie's relationship as family is very similar to Neffie's relationship to her dad. Unlike Ozy, however, Neffie has spent a lot of time with Coloris; enough to have a positive view on her. That said, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree...and Neffie often finds herself in the same amounts of trouble Ruby and Coloris often found themselves in. Though in this case, the roles are reversed as Coloris often has to keep Neffie in check whenever someone utters "■■■■■■■ ■■■■■". That said, not much has changed with Coloris and her never-ending bombardment of questions when the two hang out; unlike Ruby, however, Neffie is surprisingly unphased by the sheer amount of them. (Though when it comes to questions about how her abnormal birth works, Neffie ends up in the same impossible situation of trying to explain it as her parents and grandparents)
Favorite Food(s)
[TBD, but her taste in food is noticeably more acquired than her parents]
Likes
Mostly the same as her mother. Nefertari starts out differing with enjoyment of her many forms of Middle Eastern dances (which Nefertari has incorporated into her fast-paced fighting style), and - possibly influenced by stories of Ruby's time with Isabelle Prower - is surprisingly just as fond of the minimal-to-no-clothing lifestyle the former Speed member of Team Protostar had; complete with the same fickleness, which led to owning a Kalasiris that made her family panic for a bit before embracing Nefertari sharing Isabelle Prower's mindset regarding clothing. (Which ironically included Isabelle Prower's willingness to not wear any of her attire, unbeknownst to them)
Dislikes
Being called "Hornhead" or "■■■■■■■ ■■■■■" (the former because of her unexpected hybrid birth, the latter due to the combination of her hybrid birth and embracing Isabelle Prower's mentality and fickleness with clothing)
Alignment
Good
Abilities
• Pyrokinesis (Inherited from her mother; Ruby Moon)
While it only emits from Nefertari's body to her right, the pyrokinesis Nefertari commands is very much on the same level as her mother's. Complete with its pros and cons, with the added con of only being able to use that element until Nefertari changes to her earth manipulation. However, Nefertari uses her pyrokinesis in such a way where the weaknesses no longer exist at the meager trade-off of not hitting as hard from individual flames or lava. Something she can also capitalize on by constantly swapping between earth and fire.
• Geokinesis (Inherited from her father; Ozy Mandi)
While it only emits from Nefertari's body to her left, the geokinesis Nefertari commands is very much on the same level as her father's. Complete with its pros and cons, with the added con of only being able to use that element until Nefertari changes to her fire manipulation. However, Nefertari uses her geokinesis in such a way where the weaknesss no longer exists at the meager trade-off of not hitting as hard with individual sand and stone uses. Something she can also capitalize on by constantly swapping between fire and earth.
• Kinetic Crystallization
An ability that makes up for the weaknesses of her pyrokinesis and geokinesis. Nefertari can combine both the elements of fire and earth into crystal projectiles resembling her crystal horn by swapping between pyrokinesis and geokinesis fast enough. These can best be witnessed during the middle eastern dances used in her fighting style, where Nefertari rapidly changes between her elements to such a degree that the two combine as a chemical reaction via Spoony. This is an ability Nefertari came up with all by herself, wanting to surpass her parents. While these crystal projectiles aren't nearly as powerful as her fireballs and stone projectiles, they are incredibly sturdy, fast and can cover insane amounts of distance. This ability has far more precision than her kinetic abilities normally by themselves, as these crystals specifically seek out the target once fired without distraction. This power can also be used for non-offense to create mirror-like platforms that Nefertari can stand on, if needed by her.
• Powerful Legs
Nefertari's hip game isn't just for show. She inherits the combined force of kick strength from her mother and father. She made this strength become the basis of rapid bone-crunching strikes in speed formation by combining her elements with her middle-eastern dances. These fearsome, nimble attacks are another way she addresses the ranged issue her parents had with their elements. With some dance moves letting her utilize both of her kinetic powers at once in combat if she can keep the momentum going with her legs. In yet another way, training herself to do this allowed Nerfertari to surpass her parents' capabilities.
• Summon Spoony
Like her grandfather and mother before her, Nefertari inherits the power to summon the Moon family's iconic heirloom and use Spoony as a weapon. However, her relationship with Spoony is quite different from Roobius and Ruby's. While it may sound contradictory to Spoony's character, Nefertari's use of dance for combat (even using Spoony as part of her Tanmoura and Mizmar dances) has softened Spoony's views on being used in combat; while Spoony does try to keep up appearances on combat views when around anyone that isn't Nefertari, Spoony also sees a side to it that doesn't make use in combat seem wasteful...almost as if Nefertari has turned fighting itself into a graceful form of art. Their relationship as companions is also surprisingly more open than Spoony's was with Ruby and Roobius, as Nefertari is surprisingly more patient and understanding with Spoony...all while Nefertari also tries to get Spoony to be more open to Spoony's many unintended uses that caused Spoony headaches when owned by Ruby.
• Dark Nefertari Moon (Super Form)
An abnormal Dark Super Form that was created after Neffie sealed the soul of Qliphoth「Ira」into her own as it was about to manifest from Galaxina in the second generation Team Protostar's final confrontation with the corrupted, fallen Seedrian. The form first coming into being it caused the team unfathomable amounts of strife to get Neffie back into a stable state, as Neffie also took in all the anger and hatred of Galaxina taken in by the developing Homulculus soul in an attempt to take all of Galaxina's unstable emotions for herself and attempt to contain them. It is an extremely powerful super form that has just as dangerous downsides bound to Neffie's short fuse of a temper, and she can go into and out of the form at will. Not to be confused for infection (like how other Homunculai were born of Miasmat's experiments), this unintended manifeststion of Qliphoth「Ira」does not make Neffie a Homunculus in any capacity...though she does gain the immortality that a Homunclus has while in the form. At this form's most dangerous and out of control, Nefertari's power is equal to that of Qliphoth「Insidiae」; the very same Homunculus Miasmat once became back when Isabelle Prower and co. dealt with her during their era of Team Protostar. Spoony also transforms while Neffie is in this form, and reverts back when Neffie exits it. Much like her mother before her, all of Neffie's restrictions and flaws surrounding her kinetic abilities are completely removed in this form. By default, the flames on her body and the flames from her pyrokinesis are white flames. Once Neffie's anger reaches a point that her body acts on its own due to primordial and instinctual rage (leaving no conscious awareness of any actions done during the rampage for both Neffie and Spoony), these flames go from white to black. Laeticia was able to conclude that this particular form has the characteristics of both a normal super form, and a dark super form due to what she experienced first-hand when both fighting it and trying to calm Neffie down; a form of duality not known to exist in a dark super form. It was also noted that not only did Neffie's body coloration change as a whole, but additional markings appeared on her face, arms, muzzle and legs. Additional crystals (similar to the one making up her jewel horn) also appeared on her fingers, looking almost like clawed nails. One last thing Laeticia noted about this transformation was feeling a horrific chill from the presence of Neffie's super form when it had black flames during the calm before Neffie's rampage the first time Neffie transformed; almost as if one were experiencing the cold grip of Shamar's god of the underworld.
Talent(s)
While she is an incredible swimmer, Nefertari's trademark talent comes in the form of her mastery of several forms of Middle Eastern dance. Specifically, she is most notable for her passion and dedication with the following dances:
• Hacha'a
• Tamzara
• Kochari
• Mizmar
Nefertari's technique for these dances are quite distinct, as she has found a way to seamlessly combine them all into a beautiful solo performance that can double as her unique fighting style. (Should she need to use her powers to defend herself)
Fun Facts
• Nefertari Moon is the beautiful chance birth daughter of Ruby Moon the Rabbit and Ozy Mandi the Unicorn. (It helps not to think about the DNA logistics too much) Nefertari gets her first name from the name of Ozy's first love, who tragically died by falling into the planet's core when Dark Gaia was prematurely awakened before he could marry. Despite being a completely different species than her birth parents, her DNA tests shows she does indeed have hybrid genes that came from Ruby and Ozy. Even with her chance upbringing, Ruby and Ozy love Nefertari no differently than if she were born a rabbit or a unicorn.
• Nefertari has a very nasty achilles heel; despite her incredible swimming abilities, Nefertari is always in constant danger of drowning terrifyingly fast when underwater. This is due to her lungs not being developed for underwater traversal due to how she was conceived (Carbuncles are not normally born as hybrid offspring), making extended deep dives a death sentence for her. Nefertari tends to blame her kinetic abilities for this flaw instead of her genetics, as she was constantly bullied for how she was born from her parents by other Rock Kingdom kids prior to meeting Laeticia and Magius.
• Nefertari did not inherit China the Chao from her mother, and as such does not have a Chao. But she does adopt a wild small animal pet over time that looks like a mix of squirrel and fox named Astarte.
• Despite her mother being a lop-eared rabbit, Nefertari does not have the ability to glide with her ears; Carbuncles have a distinct ear shape not designed for flight.
• As Nefertari was born after Ruby began taking her royal duties seriously, Nefertari is the crown princess of the Rock Kingdom; set to take her parents' place and responsibilities if anything happens to them, as well as to find a lover on her own with zero help from her family.
• Nefertari, despite being a part of her family's lives for a long time, was eventually put in Tiamat's care at the young age of 12 to protect Nefertari from Galaxina until she was ready to inherit the mantle of Team Protostar member and start a new generation of the team at the age of 18.
• Nefertari's voice is a very distinct, pleasant-sounding blend of both of her parents' vocal accents; British and Masri/Egyptian Arabic, specifically a mishmash accent in the form of Cockney-Masri. While she speaks almost completely in English, she does toss in Masri terminology into her speech depending on if she's speaking in Cockney level 1-3. (Level 1 being standard Cockney and having no Masri words, Level 2 having some Masri words to make Level 2 Cockney phrases slightly bilingual, and Level 3 being an incomprehensible bilingual mess of English and Masri words that mangle the Level 3 Cockney rhyming structure) Nefertari can switch between these Cockney accents on a dime (even while speaking mid-sentence), but she specifically reserves her Level 3 Cockney for when she is really angry at somebody. (Nefertari's Level 3 Cockney was most commonly used on her mom when the two bickered, even though Nefertari loves her mom to death)
• Although she would've fit more at home in its Power-Type formation due to a lot of her abilities, it was actually Nefertari's decision to be Team Protostar's second generation Speed-Type formation member instead; a decision likely influenced by the stories of Isabelle Prower that Nefertari's mother, Ruby, told her. Though it is also likely Nefertari recognized her overall nimble movements would fit more with the Speed-Type formation when making her decision.
• Nefertari was born when Ruby and Ozy hit the age of 46; specifically before Magius' birth to her biological cult family, and before Laeticia's construction by Hollyhock. All three initial members of Team Protostar's second generation were born close enough to all be 18 at the start of their adventures as a team.
• As her Abilities section section implies, Nefertari cannot use both of her inherited raw elemental powers at once. (Even with Spoony summoned) However, she can combine them into a completely separate kinetic ability by rapidly changing between her two elemental abilities. While it can be channeled from both hands, this third ability comes at the cost of being nowhere near as strong as her raw elemental powers. (And much like her primary kinetic abilities, she can stop using this third ability at will to refocus on her raw elemental powers and vice versa) As a result, Nefertari has had to apply a balancing act that is essential to her fighting style where her kinetic abilities are always changing on the fly to best fit either the current combat situation or her current body movements.
• Both Ruby and Ozy appointed Nefertari a royal advisor whose job was to protect the heir to the royal family should anything happen to Neffie's parents; Nitocris, a magic-using Sphinx from Shamar that was taken into the Rock Kingdom so she could resume her role as the advisor of Ozy and his chosen wife's family. (As Notocris was locked away in the Shamar catacombs by Ozy's father after Ozy was exiled from his birth home and she refused to serve anyone else)
