Nuvva, bat kin

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Name: Nuvva
Race: Bat
Gender: Male
Size: Smallish, around 5'2" at head (plus ears above that), burly build, and an armspan at full reach of over 12'
Appearance: a 'vampire' bat with a fairly muscular frame and sorta chonky, he works out and you can tell. His arms are strong enough to lift him for short distances, and break falls by gliding, but he isn't a durable flier and prefers to be on the ground. His wing fingers are surprisingly nimble and do have small padded ends (not shown). His fur is a mixture of warm pale greys and golden tans, primarily browner on the back and limbs, with more grey on belly, face, and under wings; his wingsails on the back are more golden-brown than grey with edging to match. His mane and head fur is brightly copper-gold, quite metallic in tone. He has dark red-wine eyes. His voice is extremely flexible, and he is able to mimic not only other people's voices, but machinery and even modem-like sounds. His normal tone of voice is high and chipper, typically, but he's fallen into a more slow paced sigh instead of a cheery greeting of late
Personality: he had been very gregarious and enjoyable, but on arrival to Planet Twenty he's much more subdued and a bit sad. He is otherwise fairly wily and clever, able to figure out moods and intent just by listening to the stomach-rumbling or private sighs of those around him. This helped him escape the Humans, and definitely helped find his new place among the Kin and Zekirans on Planet Twenty. He is not manipulative nor abusive, and not a doormat either; a self-starter but without much direction for a while.
History: there was a time when he was the center of attention, not just because he could amuse with his vocal antics, but because he was a talented comms technician. But with the friction between Human and Kin slowly creeping through many of the human-centric 'free' worlds, he was singled out for 'testing'. That meant only one thing - the Humans thought he was a dangerous psionic Kin and needed to 'get rid of him'. Rather than allow himself to be subjected to their whim or their ire, Nuvva sought out a transport directly to Planet Twenty where he knew he'd wind up anyway. Now he tries to fit in, and he's had a decent start: since the starport (well "port" is a bit of a stretch, the 'landing field') is quite near the Zekiran colony they have taken him in and done their own more subtle and far more encouraging tests.

Nuvva is able to manipulate sound and has an incredible amount of fine recognition skills with all forms of sonic changes. From extremely-high-frequency chitters and radio static, to extremely-low-frequency humming equipment and the groans of the planet itself, he is not just aware of that, he can emulate them! Lower frequencies are harder, but the high chitter of communication equipment, dolphin-like chatter, bat talk of all breeds, and down into the more normal Kin ranges, he can emulate nearly every voice or sound he hears. His hearing is stunning, and he can say he has the most broad sense of hearing perhaps on Planet Twenty!

Paired with this is an ability to understand most of those sounds when they are in the form of actual language. While he doesn't necessarily have the ability to just jump into a deep philosophical discussion with foreign languages involved, he can always produce evocative sounds, to get his point across or to make sure that the area knows what's up. He can use alert sounds and gentle static humming equally well, and can be heard, if he wishes to be, from miles away or only by one ear in a crowded room. He is practicing with these abilities now that he knows that they are actually 'powers', and not merely, as he'd originally thought, 'skill'.

The Zekirans as well as most Kin remind him: a power is nothing without skill.

Nuvva's sonic manipulation can be used as a weapon but he chooses not to do this, he's not going to be hunting for dinner or fighting with aliens and humans.

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