#might add to this I have no clue. must sleep. toodle pip

[an-unraveling-unknown]

OH OH I HAVE A WHOLE NOTES APP NOTE FOR THIS I CAN COPY PASTE HANG ON;

(stuff below the cut!! this post is long, and would be longer if i kept going with other character names, but I unfortunately require sleep)

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Locke: Locke's had a bunch of names over the countless millennia they've lived, usually dubbed by folks they unintentionally meet on their travels.* 'Locke' is just the latest one, the in-universe explanation being that it was originally coined as "Lock' by Deimos's second-to-youngest acquired child, Ithas, due to the rusted fence wire peppered with love-locks they have wound around their arm, and was furthermore slightly modified with his permission.

Outside-of-universe, I picked it blindly because it sounded cool, but its definition - 'fortified place' or something along those lines - is coincidentally really fitting for xim as a character, xer entire existence dedicated to being a fortified place because its deeply ingrained in xis code.

Deimos: Deimos has also taken a bunch of names throughout the passage of time, mainly based on the big societal fears of the place and era - just to switch things up - and thus his appearance and gender presentation will also change with it as he pleases.** He never took on Deimos's form though, even in the era of Greece where those stories would have been passed around like wildfire, because people were a little too busy being terrified of death - hence, Thanatos. Locke (then 'Rue') poked fun at him a little and nicknamed him Deimos anyway, and it's the first name he thinks of now when introducing himself.

Outside-of-Universe, Deimos (brother to Phobos) has very little written on him and Phobos that we know of, but he is noted as the personification of fear. I got really into greek mythology around the time I kicked this whole thing off, he is but one casualty

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Aeonian: Aeonian's name isn't really what they'd call themselves, nor is it what their sister Monad calls them - the two of them have their own language of what we would probably define as 'sounds,' (still workin on that bit). 'Aeonian' is just what they chose for themselves because it applied well to what they are, both as a construct and their actual nature.*** Their actual name roughly translates to 'Mini-' small, or precious, dubbed during a time where they were in fact smaller than Monad.

Outside-of-Universe, the whole thing kind of went like 'hey, this sounds cool and sea-related, I can change it later :DD' and then I didn't change it later because I got attached BUT IT WORKED OUT OKAY

Monad: Monad was the first to venture up to the surface after she and Aeonian had been mostly oblivious to the life happenings for most of their lives, living in the ocean in decidedly not-human forms and all that, and spent a little while observing customs and learning language from the shadows before going for it - charisma helps of course. The name 'Monad' itself came by chance, as someone she was small-talking with asked for her name and she had to frantically flick through the book she was gesturing with at the time and improv with the first word she saw. Her name with Aeonian translates to akin to 'comfort', safe and to remain safe in all sense of the word.

Outside-of-Universe, I am a Big Fan of evolutionary history so Monad's name was pretty easy to come up with when I figured that I wanted to play around with the idea of life and death at sea or otherwise - single celled organisms, the basis of life and all that.

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*generally because they give the option to. they couldn't stand their old name, and they've learnt that humans find naming things an enjoyable activity (that they've participated in)

**Because Locke and Deimos would have different names each time they met up, (there were decades between meetups at the very least,) and Deimos a different appearence, the two of them would goof around a bit and act as if they haven't met before now, before falling into the usual easy-enough conversation.

***'Aeonian' means 'lasting for an immeasurable period of time,' which selects both what they embody (death [at sea]) and their foreseeable lifespan, at least in comparison to Monad, who actively needs living sea life and such other to exist healthily and at all.

Why are your OC's named what they are? is there any significance to their names?? (doesn't have to be but I always find it interesting)

It's almost entirely a combination of puns, name generators, and things I thought sounded right. I guess the most interesting one is Theta, wich in addition to sounding sci-fi-y, is the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet to fit their 6 motif