Thebzhig is the bouncy, happy, playful and often naughty Hyuzefian with the historic but daunting task of helping the humans integrate into alien society without causing an intergalactic disaster. Her continent’s culture’s value of unbridled honesty playfulness, vulnerability and passion makes it even more stressful as she has a way of leaking things she shouldn’t
NASA Liaison and long time girlfriend of the main character has a long held secret she fears will make the love of her life come to hate her. The revelation rocks the dynamic of their relationship in ways neither would have thought possible
Cult survivor and tech genius, Yulopner is plagued by social anxiety and self loathing associated with CPTSD. Her condition is so rare on the planet at this point in history, therapy is mostly theoretical, and its not until she gets to live in a home full of her heroes, the humans, that she finds people who have experiences even remotely like hers, and put what she’s felt all of her life into words. Luckily, the humans will try to do their best to make her feel like she deserves to love herself and be loved.
The Neuronauts draw in the social misfits due to the required emotional isolation of travel. Nodoka Matsutake is no different. The Hyuzefian girls of Apartment 2 worship the ground she walks on, however, prior to being the first human on an extra solar planet, Chiron, she was awkwardly antisocial to the point of isolation beyond her job. Her dream is that she can actually move them beyond the hero worship to full on friendship.
Wubopi is the longest serving Neuronaut, who found it a perfect fit due to a weird stigma, and biological misfortune that the seemingly utopian planet is surprisingly hung up on. The idea of finding real love especially with a human was the last thing she believed possible. Will you prove her wrong?
Isadora Souza, the Brazilian wise cracker, enjoys using jokes to mask her insecurities. Brilliant Geophysicist, discovers her infatuation is linked to her libido circuit, which causes a complete break in her confidence when activated, and her autism spectrum does not help. Direct communication is the key for her to move forward beyond her nervousness.
Part of the original crew that discovered earth 200 years ago, Girove is not even the oldest member of the house. Viewed as a grump to the Hyuzefians and a jovial firecracker to the humans, her quick whit and love of humans does well to hide something dark that happened on earth those centuries ago.
Sophia Hasikos is the most socially conservative of the crew and is working hard to deal with the constant culture shocks of the much more libertine planet. The idea of a non-monogamous relationship sounds like a nightmare to her and would require something impossible to happen to allow her to even consider it.
Daughter of one of the first earth explorers, Janizef is the head of the orientation program to help the humans navigate their new planet and feel at home and safe. With the advent of instant information transfer gates, She is given the opportunity to catch up to the same timeline that the humans are on. Will she be able to deal with what she learns?
