Neb U. Lei

An alien toon(?) crashlanded on Einquell and taken in by Toontown's astronomy professor and his assistant. They're eager to learn about the planet they're stranded on, but also seem to have another mission as well.

## Personality

They're curious and a quick learner, always hunting for new knowledge. They're also playful and a bit absentminded at times. Unfortunately, they have little to no social skills, and their interactions with others mostly involve mimicking other's behaviour. Their Common is currently pretty awful, however, but they're working on it.

## Appearance

Their current shape resembles that of a small bipedal fox with wispy tail and ear tufts. Their fur is all shades of blue from white to indigo, and the deeper the color, the colder to the touch is it. They're constantly wearing a semi-translucent white bodysuit as a form of hazard protection (with a twist - THEY are a fire/ice hazard) with a purple-ish collar and an additional pair of puffy sleeves made of translucent starsilk. The tip of their tail is decorated with a massive black-orange bead, made of material resembling glass. The bead is constantly levitating a few inches off the ground.

## Backstory

They've spent their childhood as a star spirit - a living star, originated from the remains of another of their kind. As star spirits have no concept of child upbringing (and don't really need it), Neb was left to their own devices for quite a while. (You wouldn't believe how slow star spirits age. Then again, given it's a living star...) This ended when they ended up caught in a close orbit of a black hole and rescued by the members of the Nova Court - a following of a cosmic deity group by the same name.

Since then, they were accepted into the following and basically brought up by them. During their following, they've received a personal patronage from the head of the Nova Court, Solstice. Some time later they were sent to Z'tori (planet unknown at the time, they were sent by the approximate signature) for the purpose of scouting and research. They've ended up crashlanding onto the planet (mistaken by professor Aster Parallax for a meteorite impact) and spended about a month alone in Teivos Forest before they were found by professor Parallax' assistant Shannon Babbage, who was sent to retrieve samples of meteorite. Currenty they are lodging at professor's house/observatory for the purpose of mutual research.

Neb's cultural research of Einquell involved getting acquainted with the winter specific magic firsthand (A Frosty Situation) and frequent visits to the town's library, where they met and became familiar with a fellow stranded alien Snailien and young magician Hugh Script (World in a Bottle 1: Rabbit Ruins). After the magical bottle incident, they've let it slip that they have a different, much more secret mission on Z'tori - locating something related to the weird, unnatural happenings.

They've elaborated more on that during their meeting with Tessura (Anomaly Hunt), where they at first mistaken Tess for another alien and attempted speak Celestial with them. They've also shared a bit more detail about the Nova Court, mentioning Eftila, the deity of travel and craftsmanship, but quickly became scared and pleaded Tess not to spread this information. Whatever it is they're searching, they've depicted it with the words "pe flialso".

## Shenanigans

* A Frosty Situation
* World In A Bottle: Rabit Ruins
* 12FPS: Anomaly Hunt