So you've found your way to my Section 2: Minor Characters page! 8D This page is for all the important family and non-family minor characters from my New Era main characters' stories. As you can see...I have a lot, and these aren't even all of them; I may make a page with just a list of those that aren't here later on.
* Click the family heading for each section to see that group's family tree. (Note: some "families" may actually be comprised of multiple blood-related families.)
* All characters in Section 2 exist in the New Era, a futuristic time period.
Sven
Full Name: Sven Konrad Lindholm
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 73
Birthday: December 15th
Astrology Sign: Sagittarius
IQ: 184
Element: Ice
Ethnicity: Swedish
Language(s): Swedish, English, Russian
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Ministry Research Scientist / Neurosurgeon
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Current Living Place: Stockholm, Sweden
Blood Type: O
Height & Weight: 6’0” & 156 lbs
Body Type: Lean
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Light brown; straight; short
Eye Color: Persian Blue
Marital Status: Taken (Husband to Dahlia)
Family Relations: Son of Gunnar* and Selma*; Father of Nik and Charlise; Grandfather of Conan, Crysta, Chance, and Cloe; Great-grandfather of Ryan, Jillian, Haley, Konnor, and Kandy
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Dahlia
Full Name: Dahlia Christin Lindholm
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 71
Birthday: October 18th
Astrology Sign: Libra
IQ: 180
Element: Fire
Ethnicity: Swedish
Language(s): Swedish, English, Russian, French
Religion: Atheist
Occupation: Psychiatrist
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Current Living Place: Stockholm, Sweden
Blood Type: B
Height & Weight: 5’6” & 120 lbs
Body Type: Petite
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Light brown; straight; shoulder-length
Eye Color: Ochre
Marital Status: Taken (Wife to Sven)
Family Relations: Daughter of Anders* and Linnéa*; Mother of Nik and Charlise; Grandmother of Conan, Crysta, Chance, and Cloe; Great-grandmother of Ryan, Jillian, Haley, Konnor, and Kandy
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Nik
Full Name: Niklas Gunnar Lindholm
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 48
Birthday: September 5th
Astrology Sign: Virgo
IQ: 135
Element: Wind/Ice
Ethnicity: Swedish
Language(s): Swedish, English, Russian
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Lawyer
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Current Living Place: Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: O
Height & Weight: 5’10” & 154 lbs
Body Type: Athletic
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Light brown; straight; short
Eye Color: Glacier-Blue
Marital Status: Single
Family Relations: Son of Sven and Dahlia; Twin-brother to Charlise; Grandson of Gunnar*, Selma*, Anders*, and Linnéa*; Uncle to Conan, Crysta, Chance, and Cloe; Great-uncle to Ryan, Jillian, Haley, Konnor, and Kandy
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Andrius
Full Name: Andromeda (Andrius) Kore Steele
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 97 (deceased)
Birthday: August 8th
Astrology Sign: Leo
IQ: 128
Element: Earth/Fire
Ethnicity: Zoryan
Language(s): Ouranian, Latvian, English
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: N/A
Birthplace: Zorya
Current Living Place: N/A
Blood Type: AB
Height & Weight: 6’6” & 210 lbs
Body Type: Athletic
Skin: Medium
Hair Color: Auburn-brown; straight; short
Eye Color: November Topaz
Marital Status: N/A (formerly, husband to Elita*)
Family Relations: Son of Ganymede* and Thalassa*; Father of Kai*; Grandfather of Victor; Great-grandfather of Ryan, Jillian, and Haley
Biography: Born in a land countless lightyears and stars away from Earth, Andrius's life began in the world of Ouranios, in the country of Zorya. The son of a powerful war general and an affluent socialite mother, Andrius was all but born with an innate instinct to seek out power. As a baby, he spent most of his time around his mother Thalassa, who spent much of her own time in her second house, apart from her husband, and it was in his beginning that he started to pick up the philosophies of his parents...starting with Thalassa's. She spent countless dollars on vanities and ways to beautify herself and her home to impress the many guests she would entertain and brag to about her high social status. Afterwards, Andrius would usually listen with half-interest as she told him that when you have money, people respect you, and you can have big social events to remind everyone of your own status. The bottom line, and the biggest lesson Andrius learned from his mother, was that money equals power, and this lesson forms a large part of Andrius's own beliefs later on.
Now Andrius's father, an intimidating 7-foot former general/military man by the name of Ganymede, was quick to teach his son a second lesson, that is, people are not born great, but they themselves create their greatness, as he did. He also tells his son that to become great, often times you'll have to fight, put others in their place, and establish yourself as a leader, an alpha, and make sure everyone else knows where they stand with you. Its probably worth an obvious note that Ganymede, battle-scarred and tattooed, was really not the nicest guy on the block, he was the one that nobody messed with, and even his wife Thal made sure to steer far clear from him if his temper seemed on the edge. (Hence why she has her own house...for worry of her own safety.)
Andrius himself held something like a mix of fear, respect, and envy for his father, and vowed that someday, he would grow up to be like that, powerful, well-to-do, and above all, highly exalted by all. This was probably when he was around six or so, and he boldly declares this to his father one morning, which elicits in Ganymede a response of both pride and amusement at this statement. Later that day, he takes his son out to a remote stretch of dry, rocky land, well away from any cities or people, and informs him that he's about to show him the meaning of true power, and what it means to strike awe, fear, and respect into others. Andrius then watches as his father holds out a powerfully-muscled arm, and almost instantly, a massive, earth-shaking tremor is felt, and with a noise like thunder, the dry land splits into a canyon-like fissure, from which erupts a fountain of molten rock and lava, easily pushing 100 feet in height. Andrius is in absolute awe and envy at the demonstration of his father's unique ability, and Ganymede tells him that that....is what raw strength looks like, that's what it means to intimidate someone into respecting you.
Going away from the show of power that day, Andrius returns to his mother's house to eagerly share what he'd seen, and to brag that one day, he'll be able to do that too. Thalassa laughs at her son's enthusiasm and tells him that he might be able to do that....what Ganymede has is a powerful ability, but its not one easy to come by. Andrius shoots back that he's Ganymede's son, so if anyone inherits an ability like that, it would be him. Thalassa tells him that it doesn't work that way...Stars don't necessarily have the same abilities as their parents...and that Thal's own ability differs muchly from those of her parents and grandparents, and even her siblings. Andrius sulks at this reality, and tells his mother that there's no ability like what his father had, the earth power ability....that's the only one worth having. Thal shakes her head and tells him that he really is like his father....smart, handsome...but stupidly arrogant. Andrius still holds his head up, he's not phased by this and its not the first time he's heard words to that effect. Thalassa tells him to come sit with her and let her tell him a story, and Andrius sits down to humor his mother and hear something he figures he most likely will have no use for. That wasn't the first time he ended up being wrong.
As Andrius listens, his mother tells him a story she'd heard once as a little girl, about a Zoryan who posessed an exceptionally rare and powerful ability, the ability to manipulate time itself. The more she talks, describing this Zoryan and his ability, the more absorbed Andrius becomes....he thinks of all the possibilities for something like that....he could go back and fix a mistake he made, something he said, or even better, to place himself back in an opportune moment he may have messed up on the first time around....
Days pass after the story, and Andrius (who still had yet to discover his own ability) eagerly anticipated the idea of himself being like the Zoryan from the tale, controlling and manipulating time as he pleased, his world at his command, his to change and alter as he pleased. These visions of power excited him so, that he could hardly keep them to himself, so one day at his father's house, he asks him if he's ever heard of someone who was able to control time. Ganymede...is unsure at first but then he does remember that sometime along in the past, he'd heard of someone like that...but the story isn't fresh in his mind and so he doesn't remember exactly when...there are those that say the Zoryan with the time ability lived in ancient history, others that say he lived around 50-100 years ago, and others that say he was still alive to that very day but no one ever saw or heard from him. Ganymede tells Andrius that he does recall hearing something like that, he's not sure how or when it happened....but an ability like that...would be something to rival his own, even HE would be hard pressed to go up against a time-controller, that's the only power in Ganymede's book that is remotely worthy of comparison to his. He tells his son that if he had that power for himself--and mastered it--there would be nothing he couldn't do.
Awed by what his father had told him, Andrius's hope increases tenfold that he would inherit somehow a rare ability like that, one that would transcend even his father's, the most powerful person he could think of. With his heart long since set on time controlling, when his true ability makes itself known, instead of happy for this momentous discovery, Andrius is devastated and furious. Its not the time ability, nor is it the earth-power that his father posesses, but something Andrius sees as lowly and useless. In reality, its not what he makes it out to be...at 7 years old, Andrius learns that he has the ability to create and control small planetary bodies such as comets, small shooting stars, and asteroids.
So indignant is he at the feeling of being cheated out of what should RIGHTLY (in his mind) be his, Andrius largely ignores his own ability, and for the remainder of his childhood and teenage years, he spends his time devouring books on time and space, and exploring the story of that Zoryan his mother had told him of years ago, trying to find out what exactly he did to use his ability, and how he likely received it. Andrius, in vain, attempts to use this power, attempts to look forward and back in time, attempts to create even a tiny skip in time....all attempts that end in failure.
As he grows, Andrius's power-hungry nature only increases exponentially; at school he is always the leader of his group of friends....more like lackeys than friends, and he has a reputation for having the same intimidating, powerful appearance and temperament so characteristic of his father. He looks on his ability with shame, calling it a fluke and using it only when absolutely necessary, always to intimidate people.
As an adult, Andrius attempts to run for a government position, but fails to land himself the spot. He is furious about this, and attempts a second, and a third time, always to no avail. His father tells him that its because Andrius isn't strong enough, isn't powerful enough, doesn't push himself above all the rest. (I suppose anyone though, even six-foot-six powerfully-built Andrius, would pale in comparison to someone like his father asdffdd)
Andrius next discusses his situation with some of his...friends, those that had sought for him to win as well. They discuss the government, its problems, and how "corrupt" Andrius believes it to be. He manages to convince the others of this, and how they need to do something about it, and in time....their little group of friends becomes quite a sizeable number of followers. Once he feels he has everyone under his control and firmly on his side, he tells them in confidence of his plans, years in the making, for rebellion. His is an idea that will put him in power, with his friends as his advisors, and his rule as unquestionable authority. And he tells them (lies to them rather) that he has begun to master the time ability, and once he has full control over it, there will be nothing that could stand in the way of his reign, because not only their world, but time itself as well would be under his control.
The next morning, Andrius is harshly awakened by a sharp knock at his door, and exits his home only to find himself being arrested, and informed that he is being charged with high treason. Enraged, Andrius fights his captors, even going so far as to use his ability, calling down a hailstorm of burning rock and fire from space, but eventually, he is outnumbered and subdued.
When Andrius's trial comes, he learns two things. One, there was a double-agent within his group, and this was the person who ratted him out. (Andrius vows that if he ever gets out of his predicament, that he will track down and kill that person, no matter what the cost) Two, he learns after his trial that the punishment for his crime is exile from Ouranios. (The others in his group were imprisoned....but of course the ringleader gets the worst punishment)
The following day, in the presence of witnesses, Andrius is brought before a high Setaran official, who will be the one to execute Andrius's sentence of exile. Furious to know that his punisher is a member of the race that he, like many others of his ethnic group, have long since hated, Andrius fights the captors with all his might, hurling countless curses and threats upon them and their lives, especially to his Setaran punisher.
Andrius's fighting is in vain though, and truthfully, has absolutely no idea of what is to happen to him, whether he's about to be transported to some far away planet, to the far reaches of space, or exploded on the spot (as he'd heard in several untrue horror stories he'd heard in boyhood about what happened to people when they were convicted of one of the highest crimes). The last thing he recalled of his life in Ouranios was the Setaran approaching him, and a strangely powerful sensation of falling.
Minutes, hours, or days later, Andrius finally regains consciousness, finding that not only is he lying on the ground, but that it feels as if he'd been sleeping. He notes the odd colors of the sky (a sunrise, something he'd never seen in a world where night does not exist) and stands up, trying to gauge how long he'd been lying there. He immediately notices that he's...very clearly not in Zorya anymore....or even Ouranios from the looks of it. Wobbly, he sits down on a nearby bench and is startled when a man next to him speaks to him in a strange tongue unlike anything he'd ever heard before. Andrius looks at him curiously and asks in Ouranian where they are. The man has no idea what was said, and speaks more words of his language, emphazised with hand motions and pointing, which only confuses Andrius further afsdsfds after a minute of failed communication, Andrius storms away indignantly, refusing to make himself look like an idiot on account of the fact that people didn't understand his language.
He wanders around the place for awhile, shocked at how different it is from his home. He makes note of the enormous structures stretching into the sky (skyscrapers), the sleek, colorful, fast-moving metal contraptions that shoot past him on the paved roadways (cars lol xD), and the odd, giant metal tubes that soar through the skies, somehow with the help of a lengthy protrusion on each side (airplanes xDDD). Poor Andrius just....sits down on a parkbench nearby, and wonders what the hell kind of place he's been put on. While there, he listens to people conversing around him, and begins to slowly pick up some basic words, which after a few hours, has developed into a small vocabulary. A little later, he runs into a stranger who asks him for the time. Andrius...is unfamiliar with this, and so he manages to crudely explain that he doesn't know. The other man curiously asks where Andrius is from, and mentions that his "accent" is unfamiliar. Andrius hesitates, and tells him he's from "Zorya". His companion doesn't know what this is, and asks where that is? Andrius can't explain....so he asks...piecing together his small vocabulary, where they are now. The man informs him that they are in Latvia..and when Andrius makes no response...the man tries to prompt him by telling him that...you know...its in Northern Europe...by Estonia...Lithuania...PLACES LIKE THAT JHAFJJKAHKJ
...Needless to say, Andrius still has no idea where he is...all he knows is that he's in a place called "Latvia" where they speak a language called "Latvian"...but for all he knows, Latvia could be a city, a town, a country, or the name of the world itself, he just has no idea.
As the days pass...Andrius slowly learns more of the Latvian language, and acquires for himself a map, learning that "Latvia" is a country...the country he now lives in. He also learns that the planet he lives in is called "Earth", and has countries of its own, though unlike Ouranios with its three countries, Earth has hundreds of countries, and hundreds of languages. Andrius also notes curiously that nobody he's seen on Earth uses their abilities at all....and he wonders if its some kind of obscenity or taboo here to use them in public...or at all. (Later, he realizes that people from Earth dont HAVE abilities like Zoryans do) Though he doesn't know exactly how far, after studying maps and books....Andrius slowly learns..with some despair, that these people know nothing of Ouranios, its existance is unknown and its location no doubt unreachable from here....and Andrius realizes that he will never see his homeland again. Unless....
Within a few months, Andrius manages to acquire a job at a local bank, and a small apartment in which to live. Its nothing compared to his life in Zorya, but he figures it will have to do. Making a life here on Earth though is not his main priority...he puts effort into his job and his attempts to rise in the employee ranks at the bank, but his real passion lies in the dream he'd had so long ago...to control time.
Thankfully, Andrius still has his ability on Earth, and this gives him hope that if he can still use his here, he can master the time control ability here as well. And now...that ability means more to him than ever before, because now, if he were to find a way to acquire and control it, he could go back to before the planning of the rebellion, and weed out the rat, thus ensuring his plan's security...and success. With the time ability, Andrius's belief is that he could change his own life, and in a matter of hours, put himself in as a government official...or even as a King.
He spends the next ten years of his life in vain and fruitless attempts to "find in himself" the time ability...but refuses to give up, or to believe for one moment that he cannot somehow acquire the ability he believes is rightfully his. Andrius makes his way into a managerial position at the bank and buys himself a reasonably nice house in which to live...but his passion never shifts...his only goal is the mastery of time, and it would be that way until his dying day.
So after about ten or eleven years in the country of Latvia on the planet Earth....Andrius meets a woman a couple years his junior by the name of Elita. She comes to work at the bank, with him as her superior, and in the beginning, her endless complaining becomes something of an annoyance to the focused and self-important Andrius. In time though, he realizes that...he hasn't had a lover since living in Zorya...and that was over ten years ago. This knowledge...ignites a sense of desire in him...and he shuns his new employee less and less, until the two form something of a relationship. He's not particularly in it for LOVE!n___n, but then again, neither is she...Andrius and Elita are alike in that way....and when they finally become married a few months later, their relationship is much like that of Andrius's parents...they do all the things that couples do....but they lack that lovey-dovey kind of love for each other...which by the new couple's standards, is just fine for them.
A few months later, the two decide to have a child. Elita informs her husband that they will be having their child the "right" way...that is..through synthetic birth (how almost all babies are born in the New Era). Andrius doesn't see the logic in this at first...but when the two go into the hospital laboratory to begin the process...he quickly takes to it...actively participating in the selection of the finest traits for their future son.
A few months later, Andrius and Elita's son is born, and Elita names him Kai after a brother of hers who'd supposedly passed away....Andrius doesn't care at all about his wife's brother, only that the name she'd chosen was acceptable for his son.
As little Kai grows, Andrius sets for him the example that Ganymede had set for him as a child...even demonstrating his power for his son as his own father had. Kai is impressed....but that is the limit of his reactions. Andrius tells his boy about where he himself had come from, a world far beyond and far superior to their own, where every proud Zoryan like himself posessed a unique ability of his own...and that one day, Kai himself would develop an ability like that. Kai is all...okay c: He really...isn't interested in hearing about Zorya or Ouranios or abilities or anything like that....and right from the beginning, this creates a rift between father and son....the beginning of a very strained relationship.
As Kai ages...his father only views him with less and less regard, especially after Kai discovers his ability (levitation of objects or the self) and largely ignores it, except to play games or move his toys around in the air and other things like that that Andrius views as downright stupid.
His "pitiful" son only pushes Andrius harder and harder to master an ability he does not have....he sees it now as his only hope, his only chance to get his true life back. Every day, he spends hours in solitude trying to conjure up the ability for himself, trying to do things only a time-controller could...and always failing. He suffers from headaches and body pains a lot....physical manifestations of his stress....but refuses to take medication given to him for the pain.
At around the Earth age of 58, Andrius passes away quietly in the middle of the night of a heart attack...a death likely brought out largely by stress and frustration. His death was a rare occurence in the New Era time period (very, very, very few ever die that young), but then again, Andrius himself was a rare occurence...both on Earth, and in Ouranios.
Andrius is succeeded by his now-late son Kai, his grandson Victor, and his great-grandchildren, Ryan, Jillian, and Haley.
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Elita
Full Name: Elita Beatrise Steele
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 92 (deceased)
Birthday: November 3rd
Astrology Sign: Scorpio
IQ: 132
Element: Earth
Ethnicity: Latvian
Language(s): Latvian, English, Spanish, llight Lithuanian
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: N/A
Birthplace: Riga, Latvia
Current Living Place: N/A
Blood Type: B
Height & Weight: 5’8” & 130 lbs
Body Type: Slender
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Dark-brown; straight; chin-length
Eye Color: Soil
Marital Status: N/A (formerly, wife to Andrius)
Family Relations: Daughter of Pavils* and Kotryna*; Mother of Kai*; Grandmother of Victor; Great-grandmother of Ryan, Jillian, and Haley
Biography: Elita was synthetically born early in the New Era as the only child and daughter of a wealthy Latvian banker. Elita's mother, Kotryna, stayed home to watch her daughter and more or less bask in her husband's money....Kotryna herself had come from a middle class family and had married her husband Pavils not for love or romance, but more for money and social gain, and this...caused a little bit of a strain at times on their relationship. Her parents' strife did not go unnoticed by the young Elita, and even as a young girl...she would wonder at what the issue was between them.
After one minor argument between her parents, Pavils storms out of the house and leaves Elita alone with her mother, who then proceeds to rant and carry on to her then-seven-year-old daughter about what an ass her husband is and how he's so insensitive and on and on and on. After she's finished, the curious Elita poses a question....her mother still has money, right? Kotryna replies that...yes...she does...and Elita replies that she should be happy for that...its better to have money than to be in love. Kotryna is...surprised at Elita's insight...and realizes at this point that that notion...soon becomes a crucial part in Elita's developing personality.
Growing up with wealth did not fail to leave its mark on Elita either....at school she would spend her time only around those she saw fit to be with, those of equal standing to her. When she would date, Elita would find herself with only boys of the handsome and moneyed elite, and no one else. It didn't particularly matter to her if her boyfriends and she didn't get on in terms of personality, as long as they spent money on her, took her on trips, cruises, and to the jewelry store, that was all that mattered...for her...money > love.
Now if there was one thing that Elita hated about growing up...it was working, and from the moment she began her Career Education Program at the age of seven (as all children do in the New Era), she despised it. After taking the various psychological, aptitude, and personality tests, she was placed in the field of Finances and Money Management. The concept of someone as wealthy as she having to work made Elita so upset that she promptly BAWWWED to mommy Kotryna about how her father had plenty of money and eventually, she'd have an inheritance, so WHY did she have to learn a career? Well...thank God for Kotryna and her brilliantly just morals. She tells her daughter that if she doesn't work...how does she expect to make more money, hm? Elita isn't convinced...and Kotryna goes on that...if Elita takes her Finances class seriously and grows up to become a banker or financial manager like her father...think of how much more money she'll earn and all the things she could buy for herself with it.
So Elita is all...okay..and from her childhood up through her teenage years, she basically half-asses her way through school, making maybe B-level grades...which is decent, but not nearly what she could have been doing. She still hates the idea of having to do WORK and go to university instead of just taking trips and spoiling the hell out of herself with her father's money, but she goes to university anyways to pursue her future career in Finances. That sucks for her for awhile, and she considers the idea of changing to a different field of study but in this time period, that's hard to do, and in order to do so, you have to take the aptitude and psychological and personality tests ALL over again and be assessed by people from your desired field of study. The thought of that is a huge turn-off...Elita honestly doesn't want to go through all that crap and she knows inside that there's no career out there that she's going to like...so she might as well just stick this one out and deal with it the best she can.
After her first two years of University, Elita begins specializing in her field...taking more specific classes and whatnot, one of them being Economics. The moment she sees this class on her schedule, she heaves a huge sigh and figures that its going to suck....she's really pessimistic about school and work and figures its just going to be a big, boring history lesson about the economic recessions from way back in history and money and the stock market and blahblahblah boring crap. So she goes into class...dragging her feet as per usual...wishing she was on a cruise with friends....when she notices the professor up at the front of the room. She recognizes him as a former-business-partner-turned-rival of her father's.....Pavils had mentioned him illy on many an occasion, and so seeing him here...is a concidence that piques Elita's interest. He recognizes her too and mentions that its interesting seeing here there c: and jokingly asks if she's following her father's path.
Figuring in the back of her mind that sucking up might just prove to be of use, Elita straightens up immediately, returns his smile, and says that yes, she plans to. He tells her that...its hard work getting to somewhere like where he and her father are....but he's sure she could work her way up there in no time.
As the school year wears on....Elita learns two things about her new professor: one, he's as wealthy, if not more so, than her father is, and two, he's not married. Upon learning these facts together...Elita realizes that...if she could get to him...as a girlfriend or even as his wife...not only would she have access to a sizeable wealth of cash....but she would likely be exempt from having to work or attend school anymore. Whereas Pavils and Kotryna refused to spend money on their daughter unless she worked and studied, her professor...honestly doesn't seem like the type who would care whether she studied or not. And although Elita finds his personality somewhat annoying and his attempts at humor to be pitiful, she continues to work her way closer to him...and within a matter of months, the two are dating.
Elita's father Pavils finds out about this from her mother not long after....and needless to say, he's not happy about his daughter dating a business rival of his. The next time father and daughter see each other, Pavils demands that she and his rival separate. Elita just kind of snorts at this and tells Pavils that she's a grown adult now (probably like..21 or 22) and she can see whoever she wants. Pavils tells her again....like he did when she was little...that if she fails to listen to him, there will be consequences. She doesn't believe this...and is all like...lol what are you going to do, ground me? n___n and Pavils just...shakes his head and leaves shortly after....and its the last time father and daughter talk in a long while.
About a year after the incident, Elita's professor proposes to her, and she accepts without a second thought, going through the marriage ceremonies with lots of rush and little emotion. Her father sullenly attends, but leaves after a short while, and later tells Elita that he only went for the sake of his own conscience. She still doesn't care at all that her father doesn't approve of her husband, and after the wedding, Elita moves in with him, leaving the capital city of Riga for a smaller city not too far away. After this...she more or less loses contact with her father, but this bothers her little, she has plenty of money from her husband to live off of. Or so she thought.
Elita and her husband were married for a good ten years or so, and though they chose not to have children, both were happy in their own way...Elita because of her wealth and the fact that she didnt have to work a day in her life, and her husband, because of his much-younger wife. (At this point, Elita is about 32, and her husband is around 63) But of course...age brings troubles of its own....and Elita's husband soon falls victim to a type of cancer...one of the few diseases that hadn't been eradicated in the New Era. You can imagine that Elita was upset about this...and immediately gets on her husband's case about his last will and testament and all that...but even by this point...he's deteriorated quickly...and hardly has the strength to bother with something like that. Despite Elita's pleas, her husband passes away with no will....and that means...she's going to have to go fight the government to get ahold of his property and wealth.
It's not a fight that ends in her favor. Elita manages only to get a small percentage of her husband's money...hardly what she was aiming for, and only enough to last her a short time. Desperate, she takes off to her parents' place, and though she hadn't spoken to them in probably ten years despite the proximity, the minute she reallizes she's in financial deep shit, the only thing on her mind is to shamelessly beg for money from them. Her mother Kotryna, looking worn out and tired, manages a weak smile and invites her in. Elita wastes no time with informalities and immediately breaks the situation to her mother that her husband just died, his money's all in the government now, and SHE NEEDS HELP!!1 Kotryna....looks at her sadly and tells her that...she wishes she could do something but she can't. Elita cuts her off then, and asks where her father is. Kotryna gives her a pained and confused look....and tells her that Pavils had passed away almost four years ago...and how could Elita not have known that? Elita is shocked....not only by the news of her father's death, but by the fact that she hadn't known..though its no surprise she was too wrapped up in herself to care about something like that.
Despite the initial surprise...Elita then proceeds to inquire about her father's will and her own inheritance. Kotryna just outright frowns now and asks what rock Elita's been living under...she has no inheritance. Elita demands to know what this is all about and she is informed that her father Pavils, shortly after Elita's marriage, had willed almost all his wealth to a long-time coworker of his...whom he had viewed as something like a son, and had left only the estate and a few hundred thousand dollars to Kotryna.
Elita all but hits the roof upon hearing this, she's absolutely furious and curses her father for what he'd cheated her of. It is then too, that she remembers his words...that if she failed to listen to him, there would be consequences. Its the straw that breaks the camel's back, and Elita just...breaks down then...sobbing that she has no idea what to do....until her mother feels sorry enough that she agrees to let Elita live with her...under one condition: Elita must work.
You can imagine how that went over...but Elita knows she has no choice, and starts looking for employment. Her initial attempts are unsuccessful....mostly because...she never finished college, and to get a good career in the New Era...college/university is mandatory...if you dont have that education, you're pretty much screwed..as poor Elita finds out the hard way. After about six months, she does find three job opportunities...two in fast food, and one as an entry-level bank teller. Refusing to take the lowly first two, Elita angrily opts for the bank teller position, and fortunately for her, though she hardly sees it that was, she gets the job.
At work, Elita is known by her coworkers as self-centered and snobby, and there are few of them whom she can actually stand to be around...others like her who'd found themselves in similar predicaments. She does try hard at her job though....clinging to the hope that somehow...she could bring herself back up socially to where she rightfully belongs.
One afternoon during her break in her first week of working there, Elita is bitching with some coworkers as usual when she is summoned to the manager's office, and immediately...she fears the worst...that her attitude has finally caught up to her and she's going to get fired. So she goes in there...and meets her manager for the first time...and notices right away that he seems...different. He calls her to sit down at his desk, and she can detect a strange, unidentifiable accent...the way he speaks is like nothing she's ever heard before, and she wonders what country he's from. He's dressed sharply though, and is nicely built...of course shallow Elita would notice that.
Her boss introduces himself as Andrius Steele, goes through all the formalities rather emotionlessly, and tells her in simple terms that he's decided to give her a promotion...having noticed her hard work (but apparently not her endless bitching). Elita is shocked...and Andrius repeats himself...saying that...she's getting a promotion...a raise...more money. Of course...after going through so much financial hardship....this news is thrilling, and Elita thanks him sincerely for this generosity, telling him he won't be dissappointed. He doesn't say anything after that, and she leaves, proud to flaunt her new position in all her coworkers' faces.
So needless to say, in the next few months, Elita shapes up significantly....works harder...doesn't bitch as much, and she figures that if she keeps it up, maybe she'll get another raise/promotion. Her coworkers do their best to tolerate her, and her boss Andrius more or less ignores her for her first few months at the bank. Eventually though, avoiding her becomes impossible, being that a part of her new position requires her to report to him frequently. This...forced interaction leads the two to get to know each other a little better...and though they arent fond of each other, they do form something of a business relationship...and instead of always ignoring each other, they actually start talking. After a little while...talking becomes dating...and around a year later, he proposes to her. Elita accepts willingly, having figured as much by now that Andrius must have SOME money and marrying him would finally get her out of her mother's house...which had been an embarrassment for her for as long as she'd been forced by her situation to stay there.
So Andrius and Elita are married...and soon after, she decides to ask him a burning question she'd been curious about since she'd met him...where was he from? Andrius soberly tells her that if he told her, she wouldn't believe him, but when she insists, he tells her that he is from a country called Zorya. She tells him she's never heard of it...and he tells her that no one there has...its not even on this planet...and as far as he knows, there's no way to get back there. So....Andrius explains his past to her..and Elita all the while is trying not to laugh because it just sounds so farfetched and crazy...her husband is sitting here telling her he comes from another world in a whole other universe and she's thinking maybe he's escaped from an institution. As he finishes, she suddenly...bursts out laughing...she just can't control it anymore...and so she's sitting there laughing her ass off when Andrius suddenly grabs her, shoves her hard against the wall, and before she can stop him, he holds up a hand, and a sizeable cluster of fiery, asteroid-like rocks appears, whirling around his outstretched hand before flying upwards through the ceiling, completely destroying a good portion of it.
Andrius tells her that if she ever laughs at him again....or even THINKS about telling anyone else what he's told her of his ethnicity, he will kill her. Elita...who's...scared shitless by this point, only nods...promising that she'll never do either of those things...ever...because she knows now that whatever strange thing her husband just told her...is true.
That was one of the...worse incidents of their marriage...but things do get better from that point...Elita upholds her promise, and in time, Andrius and she decide to have a child. Andrius wants a son..and Elita is fine with this, so the two, as is customary in the New Era time, go down to the large hospital laboratory in the city and begin the process...cells are selected from the two, and they choose their child's gender and characteristics...as well as his name: Kai. Neither one at this point had had a name in mind...so after standing around for awhile, Elita finally suggests the name of her brother...the brother she would have had had he not died during the synthetic birth process. (Around this time, that technique is still young, and deaths, though rare, did occur sometimes)
So months later, their son is born, but I won't get into his story here, he has his own section.
Not much happens with Elita after that...in time, when Kai is an adult, Elita does pass away, likely from age. Her husband went a good number of years before her...and after he died..Elita found herself going farther and farther down in debt...this time, without having her mother Kotryna to lend a hand. After years of this...stress got to her...things piled up...and eventually, it got to be too much for her...her death likely having been stress-induced in part...not so different from how Andrius himself went.
Elita was succeeded by her now-late son Kai, her grandson Victor, and her three great-grandchildren, Ryan, Jillian, and Haley.
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Kai
Full Name: Kai Augusts Steele
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 62 (deceased)
Birthday: March 24th
Astrology Sign: Aries
IQ: 134
Element: Light
Ethnicity: Zoryan, Latvian
Language(s): Latvian, English, Lithuanian, light Russian & French
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: N/A
Birthplace: Riga, Latvia
Current Living Place: N/A
Blood Type: B
Height & Weight: 5’11” & 156 lbs
Body Type: Athletic
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Dark-brown; straight; short
Eye Color: November Topaz
Marital Status: N/A (formerly, husband to Daina)
Family Relations: Son of Andrius* and Elita*; Grandson of Ganymede*, Thalassa*, Pavils*, and Kotryna*; Father of Victor; Grandfather of Ryan, Jillian, and Haley
Biography: Born in Latvia in the New Era through synthetic birth, Kai is the half-Zoryan son of Andrius and Elita Steele. From the very beginning, starting even with his birth, two things were evident: one, his parents set the bar of expectations high, and two...as all three would find out later, Kai's own personality was...drastically different from Andrius's and Elita's.
Unlike his stern and sober father and uptight mother, Kai himself was much more...pleasant-spirited, outgoing, and just...you know...not nasty-tempered like they were. I mean, I guess you can't blame them too much given what they went through, but regardless, the point is, Kai was different.
As a baby and toddler, from the first time he learned to talk and comprehend spoken words, Kai's father Andrius would tell him vivid stories about a world beyond the stars, a place whose inhabitants posessed incredible and unique abilities, a place known as "Ouranios"...where Andrius himself claimed to be from. Now little Kai...he loved hearing about these stories, everytime he'd get ready for bed, he'd beg his father to tell him another "space story" a request which, more often than not, Andrius would honor. Despite his love of the stories though....Kai believed they were only that- stories that Andrius invented for the sake of a good bedtime tale, and nothing more. Given the situation, its definitely understandable...the "stories" about Andrius's distant homeland sure would have sounded farfetched enough....if not completely unbelievable.
Of course...what irritated Andrius was the fact that...his stories were nothing but truth..the stories of himself, his father, and so many others that lived in the homeland far beyond the stars. It...undermined his dignity greatly to know his son didn't believe this....it was like denying his own heritage...a heritage which Andrius himself was so proud of.
So one occasion, when Kai is four or so, Andrius is finishing up another bedtime story and he decides....his son needs to know the truth. He tells Kai that...regardless of what he may think, these stories are true...Ouranios is a tangible place, one that exists although it can't be seen. Kai laughs and says that's silly, there's no such thing as "other worlds", just Earth. c: Andrius refutes the statement, and tells Kai that this is....one of the most serious discussions they will ever have together, and whether Kai believes it or not...he is a Zoryan, its in his blood, its who he is. Kai...just thinks about this for a moment, grins, and asks if this makes he and his father aliens? C:
fdsaadsads Andrius, by know, is probably just doing a facepalm and realizing that...this isn't going anywhere, so he asks Kai to remember when he talked about the Zoryan's abilities...and he asks if Kai would like to see a demonstration of one? Kai nods excitedly, sitting up and ready to see a REAL LIVE! superpower display or something like that lol. xD Andrius stands up, and with no words or gestures, a small ring of comet-like objects appears, moving around him in a circle, their burning cores shining brightly in the dimness of the room. Though it makes him feel like an idiot to do so, Andrius manipulates the comets into all kind of choreographed movements and patterns, making them spin and dance while little Kai looks on in delight, grinning and laughing.
After Andrius's display of his own ability....Kai knows...from that point on...that his father was telling the truth; there could be no other explanation for what he'd seen.
You would think that upon realizing the truth of his heritage, Kai would show more of a sense of pride in who he is...but much to Andrius's dismay, that wasn't what happened. Maybe it was because he had a hard time taking pride in a homeland he'd never even seen for himself, let alone lived in...but to Kai, Ouranios would always be, in his mind, more of a bedtime story than a tangible place...and this pained Andrius greatly to see. Countless times, Kai would be sat down with his father and the matter discussed, time and time again, with Andrius insisting that Kai show a LITTLE bit more pride in who he is and stop disgracing his father and their Zoryan blood with his disinterest. Kai, feeling guilty, would apologize....only for Andrius to go off on a companion lecture about how pitiful it was to just sit there and snivel and apologize and if he needs to learn anything, its how to have a little more backbone.
Well...after the first time that happened, you could say that...something of a gap began to form between Kai and his father...save for when he was very young, the two were not close at all...rarely spoke, rarely talked. It wasn't that they hated each other...Kai had nothing but respect for his father, but rather that...Kai's perceived "disinterest" in his father's proud bloodlines caused Andrius to shun him somewhat...to the point of wishing he'd never had a child to begin with.
Although his father...didn't care for him, it wasn't too much of an ache in Kai's heart....even as a child, he made a good deal of friends, and it was almost always with them that he would spend his time. In social situations was where Kai's personality really shined through....he was a true leader-type, always at the head of the group at school and in his circle of friends. It was a throwback to his father and his father's father...to an extent...the exception being that Kai...had a warm and friendly personality and a charming way of dealing with people, which won him his status.....whereas his father and grandfather were known for fighting or coercing their way to the top...definitely not something in Kai's nature to do.
At the age of six, any doubt in his paternal heritage Kai may still have carried was completely dispelled one particular morning. Having awakened early and not been able to fall back asleep, Kai decides that...instead of waking his mother or father to ask for breakfast--a move that would have probably earned him a hard spanking--he would find something else to do in the mean time. Taking out his toybox filled with little plastic cubes, columns, and squares, he begins stacking them up one square on top of four columns, building slowly but surely, his own miniature skyscraper. As he gets higher and higher...almost beyond his own reach, he fears that the tower will collapse...bringing an angry Andrius and Elita ready to dole out some discipline....and distracted by this thought, he accidentally bumps the structure, and out of the corner of his eye, can already see the components falling towards the ground. For a split second, he wishes they would stop, could stop, and he shuts his eyes, bracing himself for the crash. It doesn't come. Opening his eyes...Kai is....in almost disbelief to see the plastic columns and squares suspended in mid-fall as if floating in water. For a moment...he just...freezes like this..afraid that one move and it will all come crashing back down. A few seconds pass, and Kai unconsciously wills the blocks to the ground...shocked even more so when they all slowly descend, landing gently on the carpet of his room. The six-year-old curiously goes and examines each piece, tossing it up in the air and caching it, trying to assess what had happened. He recalls his split-second thought as he'd seen them fall, and cautiously....directing his attention on one of the squares...wills it to move. The object shifts about half a foot, then stops as Kai drops his attention. Trying again, he manages to lift the light plastic about two feet off the ground, before raising another, and another...until almost all of them are now swirling about in unison in the air in front of Kai, the little boy laughing in sheer amusement and joy.
And so, at the age of six...Kai Steele, the half-Zoryan, discovered his ability...a power known as telekinesis.
He wastes no time breaking this news to Andrius one day when his mother isn't around, and after moving a few objects around to show him, Andrius appears to be pleased, telling his son that its no prize of an ability, but it'll do, and he's done good so far in getting to know it. Kai, despite his father's lukewarm words, beams with pride, and for the next week or so, all he can do is play around with his newfound ability, seemingly unable to get enough entertainment out of it.
After a little while though...the fun wears off, and Kai doesn't use his ability much, beyond a few practical moves with it (like calling the TV remote over to him or moving furniture in his room) and using it to amuse himself from time to time. He discovers too that it even has limits....his power only works on inanimate objects...and does not affect living things (ie people, animals, or plants). So Andrius is dismayed and disappointed once more in his son when he sees that Kai cares little for his ability...Andrius hardly has to even tell him not to use it in public.
At the age of seven, like any other child in the New Era, Kai begins his Career Education Program...starting with the tedious aptitude, personality, and medical tests, analyses, and assessments. At the end of all that...Kai finds himself placed in the broad field of Leadership & Politics, which..excites him....the idea of being a leader at something sounds like fun. c: Though his classes, most of them, at school are now chosen specifically for him..specified to his future career field, there are classes he does end up taking with...kids of other career paths...which is nice, he's not just stuck with the same people every day...and as social as Kai is...that's a plus.
Among the many friends that Kai makes in his elementary school years is a Lithuanian girl of his grade level named Daina. A future Communications major with a cheerful demeanor and a flower always in her hair, Daina is one of those that's...almost hard not to like, and so when Kai does meet her, he accepts her readily into his circle of friends. The two end up sharing a number of classes together over their elementary school years..and as that time progresses, the two become pretty tight...she's like..his girl best friend. Its...an interesting relationship...one of those cases where the two are so similar..and yet incredibly different. For example...one afternoon in science class, Kai and Daina are sitting together and listening to the teacher lecture about synthetic birth...the way most children are--and should be--born in the New Era. So she's up there preaching science and preaching the wonder of synthetic birth and genetic predetermination and she gets to the point of how the babies are conceived and born in large tubes...when Daina raises her hand. The teacher calls on her, and Daina asks her...if that isn't a little bit sad? That the babies have to spend their pre-birth months in glass tubes? :c Needless to say, everyone, Kai included, just turns to stare incredulously at this girl who's just questioned one of the most celebrated achievements/practices in history....and even the teacher more or less tells her off, going off raving about HOW GOOD IT IS!!1 and the fact that Daina herself should be grateful her parents did the right thing and had her that way....had they not, she could have ended up diseased or 'disfigured'. (The terms in the New Era for 'handicapped' and 'special needs' are "physically disfigured" and "mentally disfigured"...both though are often simply referred to as "disfigured")
After class, Kai notices that Daina seems kind of...down about what happened back in class, and he tells her its okay, and that she shouldn't be ashamed for speaking up...he thought it was kind of cool c: So this cheers her up a little bit...and in truth...from that moment onwards, the incident makes Daina stand out in Kai's mind that much more.
When Kai is about ten, his mother Elita takes him aside one day after school and mentions that she and his father had been thinking and they have a proposal for him. Kai listens curiously then as his mother tells him that...she and Andrius were considering the idea of sending him to the United States to continue his education. He would be attending a fine and high-class boarding school for young men and would likely get a much higher education than what he gets here. She also adds that...if he succeeds over there, its likely he could end up in a high position job...making high position money.
So Kai is just like...thinking this over...the idea of moving somewhere new is exciting, but at the same time...he'd have to leave behind all his friends and his parents...and he can't help but wonder what gave them this sudden idea to ship him off overseas. (Elita's hope is that her son will end up in a high political position making a lot of money that he can send over her way adsafddsf Andrius just wants Kai out of his hair)
After Andrius comes home, the three discuss it as a family...and eventually, Kai agrees to go, knowing that if things don't work out, he can always come back home. His parents make sure to inform him that this is a great opportunity and they know he'll succeed and all that...and so just after Kai turns 11 years old, he's aboard a jet to the United States.
He arrives in the Isles of Victory, in the capital city of Paradise Bay (The Isles of Victory are a fictional state I created for the New Era stories), and the first thing that awes him is...how beautiful the whole place is. Situated about 25 miles off the coast of Maryland, Paradise Bay surely lives up to its name...with white-sand beaches and vivid, bright blue water washing up along the shoreline...Kai feels as if he's stepped right into a postcard...its as if every sight here is a work of art...from the beautiful beaches, to the skyscrapers and high-rise buildings just behind them...the capital itself a mix of futuristic technology and endearing natural beauty.
So of course...its a big change once Kai gets to the boarding school...fortunately for him he already...is fluent in English, having learned for years at school in Latvia. He continues on with his studies in politics and..that sort of field for the remainder of his school years up through high school...and his academic achievements and naturally friendly demeanor make him a favorite among not only teachers and students...but even among some of the local authority figures whom he works with in various intern-like study programs.
By the time he graduates high school, Kai has an extensive history of leadership, student government, and service outside of school as well. He calls his parents to inform them and his mother is happy to hear he's doing so well. She informs him that she's holding a celebration in his honor back at home...its to be a big social event and whatnot...and she invites him to fly back for a week or so to spend some time. c: Kai agrees, and is soon aboard a jet back to Latvia, where he is greeted by his parents, their friends and family, and a number of old classmates of his. He feels all happy and whatnot to have a whole party being thrown for him...even if he doesn't know half the people there lmao xDDD
Its a nice little blast from the past for Kai to go back to his hometown again...he'd come for visits in the past but even his most recent had been well over a year ago. He spends a lot of time with his family and whatnot...but after awhile..decides to just...have a little time for himself and get reacquainted with his home.
One day in particular, Kai happens to be out and about the city...when he runs into a familiar-looking young woman. She recognizes him first..and it takes him a moment...but pretty soon, the cheerful smile and flower in her hair spark recognition in him...and Kai realizes that this is his former classmate and best friend, Daina. So of course she's like OMG what are you doing back here? 8D and he tells her all about how he went away to the U.S. and what he's been up to and she tells him what she's been up to with school and her nursing career program and such...but what it ultimately boils down to is that...Kai and Daina have really missed each other over the years. She insists on catching up, and Kai decides to ask her out to lunch so that they can do so.
After that day....Kai ends up spending most of the remainder of his week with Daina....both of them happy to be reunited...both enjoying every moment of their time together. For Kai...he couldn't really help but feel an attraction towards her...in part because....they had so much history together...he'd known her since he was a little kid..and partly because...there's something about her demeanor and personality that just seems to...draw him. He knows that if he still lived there...he'd ask her to be his girlfriend...but the fact of the matter is...he doesn't...and trying to have a long distance relationship would only be taxing on them both....and both of them realize it.
In the end though, when it comes time for Kai to go back to the Isles of Victory...he finds...just how much it bothers him that he'll be forced to part with her. He muses over an idea he had...that he'd been thinking of since they'd reunited...that is...taking her with him to the U.S....even if just for a short time. He shares his idea with her....and to his surprise, she's thrilled at the idea of going with him....though they resolve that it'll only be for two weeks...any more than that and she'd be missing too much of her work program...and Kai doesn't want to do that to her.
So Kai and Daina return to the U.S....its an experience for Daina especially because she's never been there...and Kai himself..for those two weeks he spent with her, couldn't be happier. About three days before she is due to go back to Latvia...Kai knows that....distance doesn't matter for him anymore...and he resolves that...he's going to ask her to be his girlfriend...even if it means they have to be apart...at least in a sense...they could still be together. He takes her aside one evening and tells her...he's got some news for her....only for her to share that she has news for him too. c: So they do the whole YOU FIRST 8D NO YOU C: thing for awhile....until they both end up blurting their news at the same time...Kai asking Daina to be his girlfriend, and Daina telling Kai she's decided...she wants to stay with him.
So of course, each one is all shocked by the other one's news...but both decisions are put into effect. c: Daina becomes Kai's girlfriend....and in the process, she transfers universities and career programs so that she can live with him right there in Paradise Bay. <3
Kai and Daina remain a couple throughout their university years...and by the end of that, Daina has become a registered nurse at the Paradise Bay Hospital, and Kai himself has become the city's mayor. Both are successful in their careers..and Kai...really couldn't be happier himself. c: He decides....that he's waited long enough...and that he's going to propose to Daina, after years of holding off. She is thrilled by the news and happily accepts...and the two are married in a beautiful and elaborate ceremony that even their parents from over in Europe come to attend. c: Its like a marriage should be...the happiest day of both lives. <3
Over the next five years or so, Kai works his way up in the political system...soon taking over as Governor of the Isles of Victory, winning the vote by a popular majority. He resolves to step up and create new laws....laws for the betterment of those in his state and hopefully...for those outside it too. He creates a number of job opportunities for those that were "naturally born", tries to loosen up the brutally strict laws regarding crime and punishment...and do away with the death penalty itself. Throughout his long term as Governor...people have mixed reactions...Kai is one of those political leaders that people either love, or flat-out can't stand....though most fall into the former group...and Kai becomes one of the most remembered of his status that the state has ever seen.
Around that time too, Kai takes a visit to the local prison...to learn about how things are run there and how his laws are affecting the processes and whatnot...Kai really isn't...afraid to put himself down among the common people, even if some of them happen to be...well..pretty bad.
While at the prison, he speaks with several of the inmates...one of them being a big, strong young man of around Kai's age by the name of Brig. Brig explains that he's doing five years for theft...though fortunately for him, it was a minor theft (probably tried to steal some beer or cigarettes) and he's nearing the end of his sentence. He and Kai talk....and Kai finds himself..feeling sorry for this guy...Brig even seems to regret what he did, and when asked...says that he'd never even THINK about attempting theft again...he knows he'd get caught..he's learned his lesson.
Across the nest few months, Kai visits Brig often, and the two become something of...almost friends...despite the difference in their social status. Kai perceives that Brig isn't a criminal...just a man who, like many, made a mistake, and he tells Brig that after much thought, he has an ultimatum for him. Brig listens curiously....and Kai (knowing Brig's criminal record would make it hard for him to find a job) asks if Brig would be willing to work as his bodyguard? Brig is a little...iffy...like he's kind of trying to assess Kai and learn what he himself might gain from such a position, and in the end, he agrees to this. (Brig of course has a hidden agenda...he knows Kai is the type who's easy to manipulate, and who'd make an easy ticket to high-status. By working for Kai....Brig stands to gain a good deal...status- and finance-wise.)
So aside from his new bodyguard...Kai ends up making some changes in his personal life as well. He and Daina discuss the topic one night of starting a family....something they both had wanted to do for some time now. Both agree that they want one child...Kai wants a son, and Daina is alright with this...she just wants herself a baby. c: She expresses to Kai though that...she wants their child to be born the natural way..and this all but makes Kai choke on his dinner...as he tries to tell her calmly that he knows how she feels about synthetic birth....but that's the right way...the safe way...there's no other way to put it, you just DON'T do it any other way. :c Daina is disappointed to hear this...and Kai feels bad...but he knows that too much hinges on birth status...if you're born the natural way, you're essentially a second-class citizen...and Kai doesn't want to put their future child through that.
After a long time of convincing...Kai finally convinces Daina to go along with the process..reassuring her its for the best..and the two go down to the hospital to go through the parental counseling, have cells taken from both, and begin the process of selecting their child's gender, traits, and everything else. At the end, the cells are combined and the tiny embryo sent to grow in its own tube. Kai reassures Daina that there, it will be getting all the nutrients and care it needs...and there will be nurses just like her keeping watch every moment of the day, along with the computers and care-robots that never leave the facility.
To prepare for their new arrival...Kai himself has a new house built...a beautiful mansion on the largest of the Isles of Victory, not too far outside one of the bustling cities. Its a beautiful location...even more so when Kai finally sees their new home open for them to move in. Every day, Daina insists on checking up on their embryo's development at the hospital's synthetic birth ward...and Kai almost always goes with her. Its...emotional for her....so much so that on one instance..she finally breaks down and cries...insisting to Kai that their baby must be so lonely in that tube all by himself. Kai reassures her...as he had so many times...and its then that they realize that neither of them has selected a name for their future child. Kai tells this to Daina...and she asks if...he'd had any names in mind. In fact...he had..and he tells her the name that his own father Andrius nearly named him....it was one of his favorite names...and Kai had thought that someday...when he had a son of his own, he would have liked to use this name for him. Daina asks what it is...and Kai tells her the name: Victor.
Daina thinks it over...and after resolving that she likes it, she and Kai decide then and there, standing in front of their future son, a month-old embryo curled up in sleep in the development tube, that his name is Victor.
So the months pass, and soon enough, Victor's birth day arrives, with both Kai and Daina there to witness the event..as...honestly unthrilling as synthetic birth is. Both are thrilled at the idea of being parents, and Kai decides, in memory of his now-late father Andrius, that he will tell this new son of his heritage.
Around that same point...is when Kai decides to share his own true Zoryan ethnicity with Daina. After demonstrating his telekinetic ability to her...he asks her to promise never to tell anyone...which she agrees to..though of course...the revelation of his heritage is a shock to her. He also explains to her that their son Victor, who is 1/4 Zoryan....will more likely than not develop an ability of his own...though it could be awhile before they could tell what it would be. Daina...is admittedly worried by this...but Kai reassures her that its fine...and that he'll teach their son how to control his ability and how to work with it. Though Kai himself never...truly believed in his father's stories...he still resolves to tell them to Victor...just as Andrius had done for him so many years ago.
Although this is where Victor's story begins, I won't get into any of that here because Victor has his own section below..where I'll explain all of his long and detailed history dsfdadfsds
As for Kai himself...his life from here on out is..significantly more stressful...primarily because of Victor. Once Victor comes of age to seek position as Governor, Kai refuses to back down..sensing a kind of malignancy behind his son's charismatic charm. With the help of Brig and several others from Kai's close political circle, Victor organizes and carries out a plan to eliminate Kai....enlisting none other than Brig himself to finish him after Kai's "last stand" against Victor.
Kai's murder was well planned and covered up...and Victor, having gone entirely unpunished and unsuspected, succeeds his father as Governor of the Isles of Victory. Poor Kai never hurt anyone in his life but...sfsddad life's not fair I guess.
Poor deceased Kai is succeeded by his son Victor, and Victor's three kids (Kai's grandkids), Ryan, Jillian, and Haley.
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Daina
Full Name: Daina Vitalija Steele
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 61
Birthday: January 23rd
Astrology Sign: Aquarius
IQ: 130
Element: Water
Ethnicity: Lithuanian
Language(s): Lithuanian, Latvian, English, French
Religion: Agnostic
Occupation: Registered Nurse
Birthplace: Vilnius, Lithuania
Current Living Place: Paradise Bay, Isles of Victory, U.S.A.
Blood Type: A
Height & Weight: 5’6” & 120 lbs
Body Type: Slender
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Ash-blonde; wavy; shoulder-length
Eye Color: Blue Topaz
Marital Status: Single/Widow (formerly, wife to Kai)
Family Relations: Daughter of Sverre and Ona; Granddaughter of Janis*, Rasa*, Kristaps*, and Audra*; Mother of Victor; Grandmother of Ryan, Jillian, and Haley
Biography:
Synthetically born in New Era Lithuania, Daina is the only daughter and child of prominent neurologist Sverre and his registered nurse wife, Ona. In spite of her parents' own high achievements career-wise and high standards they set for their daughter, Daina...really was loved by both of them from the moment she was born. Her work-devoted father Sverre would even take more frequent vacations to spend time with his wife and daughter after her birth...and it was likely in part that coddling from both parents that would impact Daina's personality tremendously as she grew.
Daina definitely took more after her mother in personality....apparently so even from a young age....with the warmth, compassion, sweet demeanor, and even the flower barrette, that Ona herself had posessed at that age. Given the similarities and the fact that it was primarily her mother that spent time with her and watched her...Daina and her mom always shared a close bond.
At the age of four, Daina and her family moved to Latvia after her father Sverre was offered a higher position in a hospital there....with much-increased pay being the main incentive. This of course, meant that not only did Daina have a new language to learn and a new environment to adjust to, but the fact that she had to accustom to the increased absences of her father...who spent increasingly more and more time at work. This didn’t phase her too much though...and she managed to pick up and learn the Latvian language...as well as make some new friends in the process thanks, in part, to her own extroverted nature.
As a little girl, Daina’s favorite thing to do was to play nurse to her many dolls, stuffed animals, and even the family’s pet cats, as well as tending to scrapes and minor injuries sustained by her friends on the playground at school.
Its no surprise then, that when at the age of 7, after taking her Career Study Program test (as is mandated for all children in the New World Union countries), Daina was placed in the nursing field. She just about flew back home that day to tell her mother the results...and was immediately dismayed to find that her father was..in fact, nowhere to be seen. Though happy for her mother Ona’s pride in her, Daina can’t help but wish....that Sverre could be around more often..it wasn’t the first time he’d spent all day and then some at work...
Despite her classes now being specialized to her field, like any other child...Daina is still required to take basic classes...like math and science (Things like history and english are not as emphasized in the New Era). Its in the latter of those two classes that, at the age of 7, she befriends a boy her age by the name of Kai. Their friendly and outgoing demeanors seem to click, and before long, Daina is happy to welcome Kai into her ever-widening circle of friends.
As the friendship between the two grows though...Daina is met with...trials on another front. Career Study Program requires a student to be placed as an intern-like employee in the career they were assigned..and Daina’s first assignment is to the Synthetic Birth Center of the area’s major hospital. On her first day there, she and the others from her school who’d received that particular placement are lead on a tour through the facility...with one of the veteran nurses of the field leading the way. As she drones on about the beauty and superiority or synthetic birth, and how centers like these are the cornerstone itself of society, all the other girls (Daina’s group is all female. Boys who are placed in the medical field in the New Era are trained to work as doctors or surgeons...very rarely nurses) are just mouths-open in awe...looking around at the technology, the regulatory bots that check and maintain stats perpetually, and the large, fluid-filled tubes in which human fetuses of all sizes and stages of developments are growing...getting ready to be born.
The tour guide then invites the students to explore and look around, get accustomed to the surroundings and get to know the facility. Everyone does so...dashing around and goggling at the sights like it was some kind of alien experiment lab....all except for Daina.
While her friends explore...Daina finds herself just...walking up to one of the tubes....and looking past the glass at the growing baby inside. Putting a hand on the warm glass...she can’t help but feel....sorry for the child she sees. As is taught in the New Era time period...synthetic birth is the proper way to have children....to ensure that they will be of nothing short of genetic superiority, disease- and flaw-free with only the finest of traits from both parents. Daina knows this....and she knows the other way as well....pregnancy. Despite the latter’s low-viewed status in society...Daina can’t help but feel that...synthetic birth...growing and birthing these babies in tubes in a hospital center...is almost sad....aside from bots and regulatory nurses...they all but go unnoticed...isolated in their glass tubes from the outside world.
A few moments pass...and Daina hardly realizes the tears welling in her eyes...until a friend of hers appears and asks if she’s alright? Daina says that...she is...but the friend sees her tears and runs to bring their tour-guide nurse. The nurse is surprised at Daina’s emotions...and compassionately inquires as to what the matter is. Daina doesn’t..want to say much...so she asks...isn’t it kind of sad that these babies spend all of their pre-birth life in tubes like this? They’re all alone...it doesn’t seem right.The nurse explains to Daina that they’re never alone...there’s always nurses like herself and countless devoted others looking after them, along with the bots that regulate vital stats and keep the environment perfect and pleasant for them. Daina is...unconvinced...and the nurse tells her that she herself...and Daina too, were once in tubes like that...because their parents made the smart decision, and ultimately, it was for theirs and society’s own good. Daina replies that...that’s probably true...though she doesn’t believe it...and the nurse tells her its alright...that she’ll understand someday.
A few days later at school, in science class, the topic of synthetic birth again comes up...and Daina asks the teacher if....that way of birth is really right? :c She’d seen it for herself...and it just seems...you know...maybe a little bit sad. :c Needless to say, everyone in the class, including her best friend Kai, turn to look incredulously at her...this girl that’s just questioned one of the greatest achievements of their time. The teacher lectures her about how its a wonderful thing, and she should be nothing but grateful for it....that her parents did the right thing and had her that way. The teacher’s basically looking down his nose at her and telling her off, in the most scholarly way possible...but regardless...Daina wishes that she just...hadn’t opened her mouth in the first place.
After class, Daina is approached by Kai....who, sensing her dejection, tells her its alright....and that...he kind of admires her for speaking up for what she thinks...it was pretty cool c: This makes Daina smile...and she feels a little bit better...thankful that much more now for Kai’s friendship. <3
As the time passes though...Daina still finds herself increasingly uncomfortable in her field of work...being around these future synthetically-born children. Her compassion for them is a good thing...but too often, it changes into over-emotional tears and upset to the point where her supervisors notice that...its affecting her concentration. After a few more weeks of this...the head nurse of the Synthetic Birth Center takes Daina aside....and just asks her what’s going on? :c Daina explains...how she feels...and the nurse tries to....console her worries...only to no avail. Eventually, she asks Daina....how she’d feel about a transfer to a different part of the hospital...perhaps in the Pediatric ward? That way, she could use her compassion in a more effective way....caring for sick children as opposed to crying over those not yet born. Daina agrees to this...though in the back of her mind, she feels guilt.....Career Study Program transfers are rare...and not usually done unless a sizeable mistake was made in the placement.
Once she gets home, Daina’s mother, who’d heard the news from the nurse, sits Daina down and talks to her....comforts her more than anything, and as Daina cries...Ona tells her that...its alright, she didn’t do anything wrong, she can’t help how she feels...and now, she gets to work in a better environment helping out kids, and isn’t that a nice thing? c: Her words cheer Daina a little bit...though she knows her father Sverre will likely not be as...understanding...but Ona agrees to talk to him on Daina’s behalf.
The day after that, Daina arrives at school and greets her best friend Kai as usual....although this time, he tells her he has some news. (At this point, the two are 10 years old) That news is...hes going to be moving to the U.S....across the ocean. Needless to say...Daina is upset by this...and even when they spend the rest of the day together after school...their last real “playdate”...she still can’t help but cry when it comes time for him to leave...the idea of losing her best friend...it hurts.
Later that night, Sverre comes home, late as per usual....and Ona informs him of Daina’s slight career change. The two discuss this for a good half hour...before Sverre comes to Daina himself to talk it over with her. Daina knows her father’s got a lecture in his mind all ready to go....so she does her best to just...endure it...as he tells her that, its okay that she’s working with the kids now...but she needs to understand that what she’s said about synthetic birth and how its sad...is entirely wrong. She doesn’t say anything as he continues...telling her that...its important she realizes it now...that if she ever decides to have children of her own...she MUST do it the correct way, or she’ll be unleashing a plethora of disease and degenerate genes upon their society. When put in such an ugly way...Daina can’t help but agree with her father....and he asks her to promise that when the time comes, she will remember what he’s told her, and that any child she chooses to have will be synthetically-born. Daina promises...and Sverre tells her just as the nurse had, that....it might be hard to comprehend how, but someday...Daina will understand.
In the years following, Daina continues her intern-work as a pediatric nurse and after graduating high school, she attends college to pursue a medical degree, later becoming a pediatric nurse at the very hospital she had done her Career Study Program at as a child.
On one occasion, not too long after Daina starts her nursing career, she gets off an early shift and decides to head out for lunch. While out and about the city, she happens upon a very familiar face....and she and the young man recognize each other almost immediately- its Kai. She is surprised to see him again...her best friend from elementary school....it had been at least ten years since he’d moved away to the United States as a kid. He tells her that his parents had hosted a huge home-coming event with a lot of their friends for him...and that after going through all that, Kai thought it would be nice to just kind of....chill and do some home sightseeing on his own.
The two get to talking, having lunch together at a nearby restaurant, and Daina learns that Kai is a successful politician back in the U.S., running for Mayor in the Isles of Victory. She’s both impressed...and proud...knowing that the friendly and enthusiastic little boy from her childhood has grown into such a leader....and on top of her happiness for him....she can’t help but feel...a kind of change taking place.
During Kai’s week in Latvia, he and Daina spend nearly every day together, talking and catching up...and it becomes clear that what was once a childhood friendship, has begun to blossom into affection. When it comes time for Kai to leave back for the U.S....Daina...is downcast at the thought of losing him again..especially after having really realized how she feels about him. On the day before he is to leave, however, Kai surprised her with a plane ticket....offering for her to come to the U.S. for a week with him. Daina is thrilled, and though it takes some convincing, she manages to get a few days off of work to take the trip...and pretty soon, is aboard a plane with Kai, heading to the Isles of Victory.
When she actually gets there, its a sight that truly amazes her....white sand beaches and pale-blue oceans, all in front of the futuristically advanced capital city of Paradise Bay....its a mix of technology and nature at their best...and to Daina...its beautiful.
Her week in Paradise Bay with Kai....proves to be one of the best she’s had in her life...and over that little time...their feelings for each other deepen from affection, into love, and Daina....having thought about marriage of course in the past, realizes that...if there’s anyone she wants to share the rest of her life with...its him....Kai.
When the day arrives for Daina to go back....she knows she’s already made her mind up...but little did she know was that Kai had made his up too. Upon their goodbye, Daina tells Kai she has something to share with him...and he tells her that he’s got something to share with her as well. After going through a lot of YOU FIRST 8D and NO YOU n__n kind of stuff....Kai eventually tells her that...he wanted to ask her to be his girlfriend. When Daina hears this, she accepts without second thought....and shares her news that she intented to stay there in the Isles of Victory with him. Kai is all smiles to hear this....and with both of them now on the same page...as a couple....it is decided for Daina to remain with him....and (aside maybe from her future marriage) it truly was one of the happiest moments of her life.
In the months that follow, Daina is enlisted as a nurse at the Paradise Bay Hospital, and Kai becomes Governor of the Isles of Victory. With both of them successful...Kai decides that....its time...and on one evening..he asks Daina to be his wife. It really is needless to say how both felt about this proposal....Daina happily accepts...and the two are married, moving into the beautiful and elaborate mansion Kai had recently commissioned to be built for the new couple.
More time passes...and Daina herself couldn’t be happier in her new life....its an adjustment from her life back in Latvia, but its an adjustment she’s willing to make. With both hers and Kai’s successful careers, supportive friends, and beautiful home...only one thing seems to be missing from their new life.
Kai and Daina had discussed the future possibility of parenthood for months now...but at this point is where the two finally decide to make that dream a reality. Daina asks Kai if...he could consider letting their child be born the natural way. Kai....shakes his head and apologizes...telling her that...it would be unfair to the child and to their society itself to propagate that method of birth....they will need to do it the synthetic way. Daina is about to say more...but she remembers her father Sverre’s words...and her promise to him...and agrees to Kai’s proposal for their future child’s synthetic birth.
After the DNA is taken from each...they begin the trait selection process...and the first item they select is their child’s gender. Kai had told Daina he’d always wanted a son....and Daina herself loved the idea of being a mother regardless of the child’s sex....so she goes along with it. The two spend...hours...selecting the finest traits for their future son and ensuring his genetic purity and freedom from any abnormalities...and when the appropriate cells are combined accordingly and sent to finish the pre-birth process in one of the Synthetic Birth Ward’s glass tubes...Kai and Daina head for home.
Months go by....and as often as she can, Daina visits their embryo at the hospital....sometimes just sitting in front of its tube for an hour or more...talking to it...feeling compassion for the seemingly lonely state of the little ball of life growing in the tube. Kai accompanies her on occasion...mostly to reassure her that their embryo is doing finely, and even the nurses there compliment the couple on the beginnings of what they feel is a fine creation. On one morning when Daina visits...Kai comes with her, and Daina asks..if they could name him? Kai raises and eyebrow...and tells her that that’s usually saved for after the child is born...there’s no reason to rush. Daina says that...she knows....but she just feels bad for their embryo...and the fact that not only does it--he--spend all day in a glass tube, but his only identification is a series of numbers. Kai is understanding....but he tells her that that’s..how it is..their fetus isn’t suffering...he’s just growing and developing as all the others in the ward are, and like the others, until his birth...he can be identified by a number. Daina tries....to understand this...and Kai finally gives in, feeling bad for her, and tells her that if she wants to name him now, they can....the name just won’t be official until his birth, where he’d be registered, microchipped, and issued a birth certificate.
Despite Daina’s willingness, neither of the two really had a solid name in mind...and they think this over for a moment..until Kai comes up with something. He tells Daina that his father Andrius had always liked the name “Victor”...saying that it was one of those names that just....conveyed a sense of power and respect. Daina...finds this interesting...I mean...her late father-in-law wasn’t her favorite person in the world, admittedly, but there’s no arguing with his name choice...there’s really nothing wrong with it.
And so the name for their son was chosen to be Victor...and when it came time for his birth, he was given this name officially, on his microchip and birth certificate. Daina couldnt have been happier to finally be able to take her baby home...and that day, she insisted that a celebration be held in their home in honor of their newborn.
After the day of festivities is over and the baby, Victor, is put to bed for the night, Kai takes Daina aside and tells her that....he’s got something he needs to talk to her about. Daina is immediately worried, and Kai tells her that its not a bad thing...just something she ought to be aware of...something he should have told her earlier. Daina opens her mouth to protest, but he tells her its okay....and to just watch. Daina does so...and watches as the nightstand at the side of their bed begins to rise...seemingly of some kind of will of its own....before realizing that Kai is looking directly at it. He moves the furniture through the air, all the while raising other pieces and moving them around without so much as lifting a finger.
At the end of the display, Daina is awestruck....and asks..what..in the world...she just saw. Kai tells her that he is half-Zoryan...Zoryans being a race of people who posess incredible abilities like the one he just demonstrated for her. Daina mentions that she’s never heard of that...and Kai tells her that his late father Andrius was a full-blood Zoryan....he was exhiled to Earth from his home country of Zorya in a world known as Ouranios.
By now...Daina is...not quite sure what to believe...and Kai tells her that...he knows it sounds completely crazy, he knows what she must be thinking...but he swears to her that that’s the truth....he would never make something like this up to trick her...ever.
A few moments pass....Daina still not knowing quite what to say...Kai’s story is outlandish to say the least...but having seen it backed up by his power...a power for which no other explanation could be offered...she knows that..there must be some truth to it. Regardless...its still a challenge to believe it.
Kai goes on to say that....he’s telling her this because these abilities are hereditary...strongly hereditary...and that one day....their baby son Victor will likely develop an ability of his own. Daina asks if he’ll be able to move things around telekinetically as well...and Kai tells her most likely no...it’ll be something different...children don’t necessarily inherit their parents’ abilities..and what Victor ends up possesing--if he comes to have an ability at all--will likely be something entirely different.
After apologizing for...withholding this from Daina for all this time..Kai retires to bed..and Daina follows suit...thinking and pondering for a long, long time, about all that her husband had told her.
As Daina finds for herself...Victor does develop an ability of his own...a dangerous one...and that, combined with a powerful, manipulatively assertive, and egotistic personality, makes him a challenge for Kai and Daina to control....and as time passes...it becomes pretty clear who’s in charge around the house.
Its...almost a relief for Daina and Kai when their overbearing son finally moves out to make his own place in the world...though he’s hardly far from gone. He eventually makes his way into the government, striving to take his father Kai’s place as governor...though Kai, sensing a kind of malignancy in Victor, refuses to step down.
Its only a matter of time before Daina sees her son elected as the Governor of the Isles of Victory....an event she can hardly force herself to be happy for...especially because of a co-occurring it brings....Kai’s death. She finds out that Kai had allegedly been poisoned, and that the man responsible was an ex-criminal, one of those whom Kai had worked with in past years, and one who sought to have him killed after Kai refused to lend him a large sum of money. Kai is cremated with no autopsy, as was dictated by Victor, and little does Daina realize....the story about Kai being poisoned by a wayward criminal was nothing more than a cover-up for a murder orchestrated by Victor himself, with the help of Kai’s bodyguard, Brig.
To this day, Daina still lives in the Isles of Victory and works as a nurse....unaware of the real circumstances shrouding her husband’s untimely death. She’s essentially washed her hands of Victor....though it hurts her deeply to turn away from her own son...she’s come to realize his true personality and intentions, and that is something she wants no part of. In addition to her son Victor, Daina has three grandchildren, Ryan, Jillian, and Haley.
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Victor
Full Name: Victor Zion Steele
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 38
Birthday: October 28th
Astrology Sign: Scorpio
IQ: 198
Element: Fire/Darkness
Ethnicity: Zoryan, Latvian, Lithuanian
Language(s): English, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian, French, Spanish, Italian, German, light Greek
Religion: Atheist
Occupation: Superior-King of the New World Union
Birthplace: Neso, Isles of Victory, U.S.A.
Current Living Place: Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: AB
Height & Weight: 6’0” & 168 lbs
Body Type: Athletic
Skin: Medium
Hair Color: Auburn-brown; straight; short
Eye Color: Fire-bronze
Marital Status: Single
Family Relations: Son of Kai* and Daina; Grandson of Andrius*, Elita*, Sverre, and Ona; Great-grandson of Ganymede*, Thalassa*, Pavils*, Kotryna*, Janis*, Rasa*, Kristaps*, and Audra*; Father of Ryan, Jillian, and Haley
Biography:
Themes:
Let It Rock
The Fire Breathes
Speed of Light
As Long As You're Mine
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Aeron
Full Name: Aeron Kaarle Virtanen
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 50
Birthday: January 5th
Astrology Sign: Capricorn
IQ: 151
Element: Wind/Ice
Ethnicity: Finnish
Language(s): Finnish, English, Russian, Swedish
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Ministry Research Scientist (Specializing in Chemistry and Physics); University Professor of Physics and Chemistry
Birthplace: Helsinki, Finland
Current Living Place: Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: O
Height & Weight: 5’10” & 154 lbs
Body Type: Lean
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Ash-brown; straight; short
Eye Color: Fallow
Marital Status: Taken (Husband to Eve)
Family Relations: Son of Jaakko and Ausra; Father of Tory, Dash*, and Cosma; Grandfather of Ace, Nixie, Fluke, and Shelley
Biography:
Themes:
Designer Skyline
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Eve
Full Name: Evelyn Marika Virtanen
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 48
Birthday: December 14th
Astrology Sign: Sagittarius
IQ: 149
Element: Light
Ethnicity: Lithuanian, Estonian
Language(s): English, Russian, French, light Lithuanian & Estonian
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Electrical Engineer
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Current Living Place: Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: B
Height & Weight: 5’7” & 129 lbs
Body Type: Slender
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Golden-blonde; wavy; upper-back length
Eye Color: Aquamarine
Marital Status: Taken (Wife to Aeron)
Family Relations: Daughter of Aksel and Talia; Mother of Tory, Dash*, and Cosma; Grandmother of Ace, Nixie, Fluke, and Shelley
Biography:
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Dash
Full Name: Dashiell Lance Virtanen
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 29 (deceased)
Birthday: September 13th
Astrology Sign: Virgo
IQ: 135
Element: Light/Wind
Ethnicity: Finnish, Lithuanian, Estonian
Language(s): English, Finnish, Spanish
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: N/A
Birthplace: Washington D.C., U.S.A
Current Living Place: N/A
Blood Type: O
Height & Weight: 5’9” & 150 lbs
Body Type: Athletic
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Yellow-blonde; straight; short
Eye Color: Cerulean
Marital Status: N/A (formerly, husband to Rikka)
Family Relations: Son of Aeron and Eve; Grandson of Jaakko, Ausra, Aksel, and Talia; Triplet-brother to Tory and Cosma; Father of Fluke; Uncle to Ace, Nixie, and Shelley
Biography:
Themes:
Sky Diver
I Will Always Be With You
Your Guardian Angel
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Tory
Full Name: Toran Isaac Virtanen
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 29
Birthday: September 13th
Astrology Sign: Virgo
IQ: 139
Element: Wind
Ethnicity: Finnish, Lithuanian, Estonian
Language(s): English, Finnish, Russian, French
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Ministry Research Scientist (Specializing in Astrophysics); University Professor of Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Astronomy
Birthplace: Washington D.C., U.S.A
Current Living Place: Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: B
Height & Weight: 5’10” & 152 lbs
Body Type: Lean
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Ash-brown; straight; short
Eye Color: Quicksilver Blue
Marital Status: Taken (Husband to Stella)
Family Relations: Son of Aeron and Eve; Grandson of Jaakko, Ausra, Aksel, and Talia; Triplet-brother to Dash* and Cosma; Father of Ace and Nixie; Uncle to Fluke and Shelley
Biography:
Themes:
If My Heart Was A House
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Cosma
Full Name: Cosma Genevieve Duval
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 29
Birthday: September 13th
Astrology Sign: Virgo
IQ: 130
Element: Light
Ethnicity: Finnish, Lithuanian, Estonian
Language(s): English, French, Finnish
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Aerospace Engineer
Birthplace: Washington D.C., U.S.A
Current Living Place: Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: O
Height & Weight: 5’6” & 123 lbs
Body Type: Slender
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Sun-blonde; straight; upper-back length
Eye Color: Turquoise
Marital Status: Taken (Wife to Aldric)
Family Relations: Daughter of Aeron and Eve; Mother of Shelley; Granddaughter of Jaakko, Ausra, Aksel, and Talia; Triplet-sister to Tory and Dash*; Aunt to Ace, Nixie, and Fluke
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Tidus
Full Name: Tidus Páll Magnusson
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual
Age: 49
Birthday: January 14th
Astrology Sign: Capricorn
IQ: 160
Element: Wind/Darkness
Ethnicity: Icelandic
Language(s): Icelandic, English, Arabic, Swedish, German
Religion: Atheist
Occupation: Criminal & Research Psychologist; University Professor of Psychology
Birthplace: Reykjavik, Iceland
Current Living Place: Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: AB
Height & Weight: 6’0” & 164 lbs
Body Type: Athletic
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Pale-blonde; straight; short
Eye Color: Ice-Blue
Marital Status: Single
Family Relations: Son of Magnus and Ingrid; Father of Rikka; Grandfather of Fluke
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Anya
Full Name: Anya Irene Svendsen
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 48
Birthday: February 2nd
Astrology Sign: Aquarius
IQ: 142
Element: Light
Ethnicity: Norwegian
Language(s): Norwegian, English, French, light German
Religion: Agnostic
Occupation: Registered Nurse
Birthplace: Washington D.C., U.S.A
Current Living Place: Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: A
Height & Weight: 5’6” & 122 lbs
Body Type: Slender
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Ash-brown; straight; shoulder-length
Eye Color: Lilac
Marital Status: Single
Family Relations: Daughter of Roald and Freya; Mother of Rikka; Grandmother of Fluke
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Rikka
Full Name: Rikka Lene Virtanen
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 27
Birthday: February 10th
Astrology Sign: Aquarius
IQ: 132
Element: Wind
Ethnicity: Icelandic, Norwegian
Language(s): English, French, light Swedish
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: CNN News Anchor
Birthplace: Washington D.C., U.S.A
Current Living Place: Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: A
Height & Weight: 5’6” & 121 lbs
Body Type: Slender
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Bleach-blonde; straight; upper-back length
Eye Color: Mist-blue
Marital Status: Single/Widow (formerly, wife to Dash)
Family Relations: Daughter of Tidus and Anya; Granddaughter of Magnus, Ingrid, Roald, and Freya; Mother of Fluke
Biography:
Themes:
I Will Always Be With You
Another Now
The Way I Loved You
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Aldric
Full Name: Aldric Sebastien Duval
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 32
Birthday: April 28th
Astrology Sign: Taurus
IQ: 140
Element: Earth
Ethnicity: French
Language(s): English, French, German, light Italian
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Chief Administrative Officer for an Insurance Company
Birthplace: Washington D.C., U.S.A
Current Living Place: Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: A
Height & Weight: 5’10” & 156 lbs
Body Type: Lean
Skin: Medium
Hair Color: Light-brown; wavy; short
Eye Color: Toffee-brown
Marital Status: Taken (Husband to Cosma)
Family Relations: Son of Alan and Esmee; Grandson of Aristide, Christelle, Charles, and Lisette; Father of Shelley
Biography:
Themes:
Sunburn
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Artemis
Full Name: Artemis Arvid Johansson
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 54
Birthday: November 24th
Astrology Sign: Sagittarius
IQ: 146
Element: Light/Darkness
Ethnicity: Swedish
Language(s): Swedish, English, Russian
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Government Security Agent
Birthplace: Malmö, Sweden
Current Living Place: Brighton, Isles of Victory, U.S.A.
Blood Type: B
Height & Weight: 6’2” & 174 lbs
Body Type: Lean
Skin: Medium
Hair Color: Dark-brown; straight; short
Eye Color: Fool’s Gold
Marital Status: Taken (Husband to Lexine)
Family Relations: Son of Thor and Zara; Father of Corven, Stella, and Astra; Grandfather of Pierce, Ace and Nixie
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Brig
Full Name: Brigham Kazimir Novikov
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 56
Birthday: October 26th
Astrology Sign: Scorpio
IQ: 148
Element: Darkness
Ethnicity: Asterian, Russian
Language(s): English, Russian, Spanish
Religion: Atheist
Occupation: Senator of Washington D.C./Commander General of U.S. Military & Security
Birthplace: Brighton, Isles of Victory, U.S.A.
Current Living Place: Washington D.C., U.S.A
Blood Type: AB
Height & Weight: 6’8” & 223 lbs
Body Type: Muscular
Skin: Medium
Hair Color: Dark-brown; straight, short
Eye Color: Tiger’s Eye
Marital Status: Single
Family Relations: Son of Sheer and Celeste; Brother to Sheer Jr. and Lexine; Uncle to Corven, Stella, and Astra; Great-uncle to Pierce, Ace and Nixie
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Lexine
Full Name: Lexine Alyona Johansson
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 52
Birthday: April 16th
Astrology Sign: Aries
IQ: 142
Element: Light/Darkness
Ethnicity: Asterian, Russian
Language(s): English, Russian, Swedish, French
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Fashion Designer
Birthplace: Brighton, Isles of Victory, U.S.A.
Current Living Place: Brighton, Isles of Victory, U.S.A.
Blood Type: A
Height & Weight: 5’7” & 129 lbs
Body Type: Slender
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Black; wavy; upper-back length
Eye Color: Bright Amber
Marital Status: Taken (Wife to Artemis)
Family Relations: Daughter of Sheer and Celeste; Sister to Brig and Sheer Jr., Mother of Corven, Stella, and Astra; Grandmother of Pierce, Ace and Nixie
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Sheer Jr.
Full Name: Sheer Ilari Novikov, Jr.
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 49
Birthday: December 13th
Astrology Sign: Sagittarius
IQ: 137
Element: Light/Ice
Ethnicity: Asterian, Russian
Language(s): Swedish, English, Russian
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: University Professor of Computer Programming
Birthplace: Brighton, Isles of Victory, U.S.A.
Current Living Place: Brighton, Isles of Victory, U.S.A.
Blood Type: A
Height & Weight: 5’10” & 150 lbs
Body Type: Lean
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Light-brown; wavy; short
Eye Color: Winter Ice
Marital Status: Single
Family Relations: Son of Sheer and Celeste; Brother to Brig and Lexine; Uncle to Corven, Stella, and Astra; Great-uncle to Pierce, Ace and Nixie
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Corven
Full Name: Corven Maxim Johansson
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 34
Birthday: November 27th
Astrology Sign: Sagittarius
IQ: 132
Element: Darkness
Ethnicity: Swedish, Asterian, Russian
Language(s): English, Italian, French, light Russian
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Senator of the Isles of Victory/Chief Advisor to King Victor
Birthplace: Brighton, Isles of Victory, U.S.A.
Current Living Place: Paradise Bay, Isles of Victory, U.S.A/Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: A
Height & Weight: 5’10” & 158 lbs
Body Type: Lean
Skin: Medium
Hair Color: Mahogany-brown; straight; short
Eye Color: Golden oak
Marital Status: Taken (Husband to Anneliese)
Family Relations: Son of Artemis and Lexine; Father of Pierce; Grandson of Thor, Zara, Sheer, and Celeste; Brother to Stella and Astra; Uncle to Ace and Nixie; Nephew to Brig and Sheer Jr.
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Stella
Full Name: Stella Natasha Virtanen
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 29
Birthday: March 13th
Astrology Sign: Pisces
IQ: 128
Element: Darkness
Ethnicity: Swedish, Asterian, Russian
Language(s): English, Spanish, light Russian
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Magazine Editor
Birthplace: Brighton, Isles of Victory, U.S.A.
Current Living Place: Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: B
Height & Weight: 5’7” & 127 lbs
Body Type: Slender
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Black; wavy; mid-back length
Eye Color: Shimmering Gold
Marital Status: Taken (Wife to Tory)
Family Relations: Daughter of Artemis and Lexine; Granddaughter of Thor, Zara, Sheer, and Celeste; Sister to Corven and Astra; Mother of Ace and Nixie; Niece to Brig and Sheer Jr.; Aunt to Pierce
Biography:
Themes:
Winning Women
Breathless
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Astra
Full Name: Astra Sabina Johansson
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 27
Birthday: April 11th
Astrology Sign: Aries
IQ: 127
Element: Light
Ethnicity: Swedish, Asterian, Russian
Language(s): English, Spanish, light Italian
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: [coming soon]
Birthplace: Brighton, Isles of Victory, U.S.A.
Current Living Place: Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: A
Height & Weight: 5’6” & 124 lbs
Body Type: Slender
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Black; straight; upper-back length
Eye Color: Saffron
Marital Status: Single
Family Relations: Daughter of Artemis and Lexine; Granddaughter of Thor, Zara, Sheer, and Celeste; Sister to Corven and Stella; Aunt to Pierce, Ace and Nixie; Niece to Brig and Sheer Jr.
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Constantine
Full Name: Costantino (Constantine) Raimondo Veneroso
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 60
Birthday: January 2nd
Astrology Sign: Capricorn
IQ: 156
Element: Darkness
Ethnicity: Italian
Language(s): Italian, English, French, Spanish, Russian
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: President-King of Italy
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Current Living Place: Rome, Italy
Blood Type: O
Height & Weight: 6’2” & 169 lbs
Body Type: Athletic
Skin: Medium
Hair Color: Black; straight; short
Eye Color: Deep Indigo
Marital Status: Taken (Husband to Isidora)
Family Relations: Son of Marcellus and Benedetta; Father of Cyril, Anneliese, and Safira; Grandfather of Pierce
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Isidora
Full Name: Isidora Santina Veneroso
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 58
Birthday: February 24th
Astrology Sign: Pisces
IQ: 137
Element: Light
Ethnicity: Italian
Language(s): Italian, English, Spanish, French
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Queen of Italy
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Current Living Place: Rome, Italy
Blood Type: A
Height & Weight: 5’8” & 128 lbs
Body Type: Slender
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Light-brown; straight; upper-back length
Eye Color: White oak
Marital Status: Taken (Wife to Constantine)
Family Relations: Daughter of Valen and Adelina; Mother of Cyril, Anneliese, and Safira; Grandmother of Pierce
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Cyril
Full Name: Cirillo (Cyril) Achille Veneroso
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 30
Birthday: March 11th
Astrology Sign: Pisces
IQ: 131
Element: Wind/Earth
Ethnicity: Italian
Language(s): Italian, English, Spanish
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Prince of Italy / Civil Engineer
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Current Living Place: Rome, Italy
Blood Type: O
Height & Weight: 5’9” & 149 lbs
Body Type: Lean
Skin: Medium
Hair Color: Black; wavy; short
Eye Color: Prussian blue
Marital Status: Single
Family Relations: Son of Constantine and Isidora; Grandson of Marcellus, Benedetta, Valen, and Adelina; Brother to Anneliese and Safira; Uncle to Pierce
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Anneliese
Full Name: Anneliese Estelle Johansson
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 28
Birthday: July 17th
Astrology Sign: Cancer
IQ: 132
Element: Darkness
Ethnicity: Italian
Language(s): Italian, English, French, Spanish
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Princess of Italy / Model / Fashion Designer
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Current Living Place: Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: A
Height & Weight: 5’7” & 123 lbs
Body Type: Slender
Skin: Medium
Hair Color: Dark-brown; straight; mid-back length
Eye Color: Firebrick
Marital Status: Taken (Wife to Corven)
Family Relations: Daughter of Constantine and Isidora; Granddaughter of Marcellus, Benedetta, Valen, and Adelina; Sister to Cyril and Safira; Mother of Pierce
Biography:
Themes:
What's Not To Like
So Hollywood
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Safira
Full Name: Safira Carina Veneroso
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 26
Birthday: April 4th
Astrology Sign: Aries
IQ: 130
Element: Light/Darkness
Ethnicity: Italian
Language(s): Italian, English, Spanish, light German
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Princess of Italy / Jewelry Designer
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Current Living Place: Rome, Italy
Blood Type: A
Height & Weight: 5’5” & 122 lbs
Body Type: Slender
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Black; straight; shoulder-length
Eye Color: Sandy brown
Marital Status: Single
Family Relations: Daughter of Constantine and Isidora; Granddaughter of Marcellus, Benedetta, Valen, and Adelina; Sister to Cyril and Anneliese; Aunt to Pierce
Biography:
Themes:
Glamorous
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Shanti
Full Name: Shanti Indira Desai
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 28
Birthday: November 12th
Astrology Sign: Scorpio
IQ: 138
Element: Earth
Ethnicity: Indian, Sri Lankan
Language(s): Hindi, Sinhala, English, light Italian
Religion: Hindu
Occupation: Marketing Specialist
Birthplace: New Delhi, India
Current Living Place: Washington, D.C., U.S.A
Blood Type: A
Height & Weight: 5’6” & 126 lbs
Body Type: Slender
Skin: Olive
Hair Color: Sleek-black; straight; upper-back length
Eye Color: Seal-brown
Marital Status: Single
Family Relations: Daughter of Jaidev and Esha; Granddaughter of Vishal and Amala; Niece to Rakesh; Cousin to Nikhila and Anand
Biography: Shanti is...Nikhila's cousin, and having grown up together in a pretty tight-knit family, they've always been really close. That aside though....they do have their differences...Shanti is..admittedly one of those that's focused all her life on FITTING IN! and being ACCEPTED! and following the social and cultural norms as much as humanly possible while Nikhila...is more one of those that's..focused on doing what's right..whether that means fitting in or standing out..and this..has caused its share of controversy in the family BUT I'll get to all that in a minute. Shanti was born Synthetically in New Delhi, India....about a year before her little cousin Nikhila, (the two of them are probably a good 3 or 4 generations pure (their grandparents and/or great-grandparents were Synthetically-born as well) and the two...pretty well bonded from the moment they first saw each other as babies....and as toddlers, they could always be seen together off on some new adventure, with Nikhila leading the way and Shanti right behind her to make sure she didn't get herself hurt one way or another. Despite the fact that the two were close as sisters...it wasn't long before their personality differences began to show....Nikhila was naive and almost carefree...she loved the world and everything in it...while Shanti was cautious and careful..always thinking about what she said or did before she said or did it. Like...on one occasion, when Shanti was 5 and Nikhila was 4...the two are out playing in the backyard when Nikhila spots a small dog that had somehow gotten in under the fence. She immediately rushes over to it...seeing that its just..lying there..hungry and exhausted...and picks it up in her arms. No sooner does she do this than Shanti comes running over all like DON'T TOUCH IT NIKKI ITS A STRAY IT'LL BITE YOU AND YOU'LL GET RABIES AND DIE!!!1 D: D: D: Nikhila...just smiles and tells her that she's just a little puppy..she won't hurt anyone n___n Shanti..ever the careful one...is about to suggest that they...just...leave it there and let their parents deal with it....but Nikhila shakes her head and tells her that they can't just leave the poor baby alone...she's scared and hungry and she needs someone to take care of her ;_; Shanti reminds her cousin that IT is a STRAY and probably hasn't had any of its shots, but Nikhila just looks over at her like ;____; and Shanti...finally sighs...her resolve weakening...and says that she guesses..maybe...they could look after her. :c This makes Nikhila happy to no end and she's all YAY n____n and Shanti really can't help but smile...though she knows that once again, she's let Nikhila and her emotions win her over. As time passes...the two maintain their friendship...always over at one another's houses, always hanging out with the same group of friends...wherever one was, the other was sure to be close by. Of course then...when at the age of eight, Shanti finds out that Nikhila is moving...to Sri Lanka for the next two years, she's as devastated as Nikhila is...the thought of losing her lifelong best friend isn't an easy one...until her parents and Nikki's come up with the idea...of sending Shanti along if she wanted to go. Shanti's father breaks this news to her...tells her that...its really a nice place (he used to live there), they have a lot of family members there, there's a nice Exclusive school where she and Nikhila would be going...and best of all, she would spend the two years living with Nikki, wouldn't that be fun? n___n Shanti practically squeals for joy at this and says that she'd love to go with Nikki, that would be so fun n____n Needless to say....she'd miss her own parents...but at the same time...she knew she had family there....her grandparents...several aunts and uncles and a number of cousins as well..it wasn't as if she'd be alone. c: Her dad smiles at this and says that...he knows she'll have a blast with Nikki and all her other family members there...but before Shanti can reply, he also solemnly asks her to...look out for her cousin, and asks if...she thinks she could do that for him? Shanti is...unsure really of why he'd ask something like this...and so seriously...after all, she and Nikki had always looked out for each other....but she happily agrees anyhow...and before long, she and her cousin and aunt and uncle are aboard the plane to their new home. While Nikhila sleeps (thanks to her anti-anxiety medication....she hates flying) Shanti thinks about what her dad had said to her...about looking out for Nikhila. With not much really to do...she takes out a coloring book and doodles away while half-listening to the conversation of the couple behind her. The pair, evidently on a move as well, discusses several different housing locations in various neighborhoods. As Shanti listens, the wife suggests one home, only for the husband to make a noise of digust and remind her that THAT house is in an...inclusive area. Shanti pays more attention now..having heard the terms "Exclusive" and "Inclusive" all the time to describe schools, neighborhoods, malls, all kinds of places....but never having known what the terms meant. And being...pretty content as her personality was...she'd never really been curious enough to bother asking. As she listens...the couple continues to talk, and the woman, seeming equally appalled, mentions that she forgot that, and crumples up a set of papers. She goes on to snort and say that thank God her husband reminded her...there was no way she was going to live in an inclusive neighborhood...it was probably crawling with 'disfigureds'. The husband expresses a mixture of ill-concealed disdain and disgust, and agrees more than likely. Silence ensues for a moment, until Shanti hears Nikhila yawn and open her eyes sleepily beside her. Curious at what she'd heard...Shanti turns to her uncle Rakesh (Nikhila's dad) and asks him..what's "Inclusive" and "Exclusive" mean? Rakesh pauses, turning away from his laptop, and explains to his niece that "Exclusive" means a place where only Synthetically-born people are allowed into; like the schools that Shanti and Nikhila go to, the airline that they're flying on right now, and the neighborhood they lived in in India, as well as the one they'll be living in in Sri Lanka. He goes onto say that..as for "Inclusive", that means..basically...a place for natural-born people. Like..an Inclusive neighborhood or school means that anyone can live or go there...although in almost all cases, the only people there are naturals. Shanti thinks this over curiously...before asking...what's a "disfigured"? Rakesh looks at his niece in surprise and asks...havn't her parents told her about that? Shanti shakes her head...and said that the one time she tried asking her mom, her mom had covered her ears, gave her a look, and said not to even use that..that..disgusting word in this house!1 Rakesh just shakes his head and smiles at Shanti's imitation of her mom..but his look quickly sobers as he explains...that a 'disfigured' is a..human mutant...and that it happens because of natural birth. They can be 'mentally disfigured', 'physically disfigured', or sometimes a combination of both. Shanti, finding her stomach turning with revulsion, asks if all natural-borns are disfigureds??? to which her uncle reassures her that no...they aren't...to be fair, most natural-borns are fine. Shanti breathes a sigh of relief...but her uncle quickly reminds her that even with that being said, that doesn't mean their ways should be embraced....natural birth is unacceptable. At that moment, Nikhila pipes up....to ask her father why? Rakesh explains to his daugther that when someone is born Synthetically, they are...'clean' essentially, free from nearly all diseases, sicknesses, and other bad things like that, and that they are perfectly created to be the best they can possibly be. But when someone is naturally born...their development is left entirely to chance, and as a result, they are much more prone to being full of diseases, impurities, or worse...turning out 'disfigured'. Shanti lets out a disgusted eww, but Nikhila...replies that...she's seen natural-borns before...out in public...and they didn't look so diseased and disfigured :c Rakesh shakes his head and reminds her that you can't judge a book by its cover...what looks fine on the outside may be loaded with disease on the inside. Again, Shanti makes a face.....but Nikhila only looks up at her father and asks...isn't there any way to help these people? That sounds so sad ;_; Rakesh tells her that...there's really no solution but to prevent natural-birth altogether...and that...there's nothing to feel sorry for, these people brought it upon themselves. Nikhila...asks how could they...they didn't ask to be born that way ;_; Firmly, Rakesh tells her that she's young, she doesn't understand these things yet. Before Nikki can reply, Rakesh tells her that...in time, she will. Nikhila looks up at him....almost sadly...but Shanti quickly catches her cousin's gaze...silently asking her to let it go. Though Shanti doesn't really realize it at this point.....Nikhila's beliefs right there...were the exact reason for why her father had asked her to look out for her...to 'keep her on the right path', as he'd once put it...and little did Shanti know, it would come to put her patience...and her friendship with Nikhila...to the test. The two start school together that fall...and despite their grade-level difference, both are excited that they share a class together...and pretty soon, a whole new group of friends as well. Things go pretty nicely...up until one day in Shanti and Nikhila's science class. Its that time of year again in the New Era...when several grade levels are required to watch what most people just refer to as "The Documentary"...a two-hour-long documentary all about upholding Synthetic birth and putting down natural-birth and comparing and contrasting the two to see WHY SYNTHETIC BIRTH IS BETTER!1 Shanti's pretty happy about this...as are most of the other seven and eight year olds...after all, MOVIE = NO WORK!!1 And so she and Nikhila sit together and watch the documentary with everyone else. After awhile though...Shanti is admittedly pretty bored, she'd figured out the "moral" of the documentary in the first ten minutes...Synthetic birth = good, natural birth = bad, the rest was just to hammer the point into their heads. So they're sitting through the documentary...and it gets to the point where it discusses prevention of natural birth through a variety of ways (albeit toned down and vague...this is the 'kids version' of the documentary)...among them being abortion. Now of course, the documentary refers to this as being the easiest way to deal with a "close call" (accidental pregnancy), simple removal of the embryo. n___n Shanti grimaces at the image of a pregnant woman on the screen...and turning to her cousin, mentions that that's pretty gross, isn't it? :c Nikhila turns to look at her...and with shock, Shanti can see that her cousin's eyes are shimmering with tears. Taken aback...she asks...is Nikhila...crying?? D: Nikhila..just nods and whispers back how sad it is that they're killing them ;_____; Shanti looks away for a moment before telling Nikhila not to think about it that way, they aren't killing anything...they're just..removing something that shouldn't be there..like..LIKE A TUMOR n___n;; Nikhila just looks at her, eyes wet, before putting her head down on her desk. Shanti sighs..feeling bad for her...and goes back to watching the film with everyone else. Another girl on Shanti's other side asks if Nikhila's okay? D: to which Shanti...tells her that..yes..Nikhila is just...feeling..kind of...sleepy. THAT'S IT...she's not upset about the documentary, nope, not at all n__n;;;; The other girl is all oh okay if you say so n___n Eventually...the film winds down to an end, and Nikhila sits up at her desk...no longer crying but still....feeling really down about what she'd just seen. Shanti just turns to her and asks if she's alright? :c Nikhila says that yeah...but...how can people be okay with this? ;__; Shanti sighs...wishing her cousin could just..TRY for once to accept social standards...and asks Nikhila to please not be upset about the movie, it really....isn't something she should be upset about. Nikhila evidently doesn't think so...and pretty soon, the teacher opens up discussion to answer questions. One kid asks how long Synthetic birth has been around...another asks if animals can be born Synthetically too...and another one asks how come not everyone has their kids Synthetically? :c Out of the corner of her eye, Shanti can see Nikhila raise her hand...and in the back of her mind, she just hopes...that its going to be a decent question and not something that could spark a controversy. dsafsd But no...Nikhila...filled with compassion for the naturals and 'disfigureds' she'd seen in the documentary...asks the teacher...why everyone says those people are so bad...aren't they people too? ;__; This causes..pretty much every head to turn in her direction...and Shanti..quickly steps in...telling the teacher that NIKKI...just wants to know..uh..why SYNTHETIC BIRTH is so much better? n___n;; Most of the other kids believe this and breath sighs of relief...but the teacher gives Nikhila a stern look before she proceeds to explain, with a bs smile, ALL THE REASONS why Synthetic birth is so good n___n Needless to say...after class, as Shanti and Nikhila are walking...Shanti is quick to confront her cousin all like WHAT WAS THAT??? Nikhila what were you doing back there? ;__; Did you see how everyone just turned to look at us?? :c Nikhila sighs...and tells Shanti that she's sorry...she didn't mean to make her mad. ;_; Shanti reassures her that she isn't mad...just..kind of confused..as to why Nikhila keeps acting like this. Nikki tells her that she just..doesn't understand..why does everyone say natural-borns are so bad? What did they ever do that was so wrong to make people hate them? Shanti..just looks at her..and asks if Nikhila was even WATCHING the documentary?? Nikhila says that yes...she was..and honestly...it didn't do much for her. :c Shanti tells Nikhila that natural-borns and disfigureds are just...not like them...those kinds of people are just... lower down than they are. Nikhila just gives her cousin a hurt look and tells her that...they're still people. At that point..Shanti isn't too sure of what to say in reply...and decides that...maybe she should just let Nikki's parents handle it. Later that evening over dinner, Nikki's mom Citra asks the girls how school went? n___n Shanti tells her it went fine and, casting a look over at Nikhila, adds that they watched "The Documentary" today. Rakesh just nods, putting on a smile and asking the girls if they learned from it? Shanti agrees that yeah, she did...it was kind of long and boring though. :c Citra laughs and says that's exactly what she thought when she saw it for the first time too. n__n Rakesh...turns to his daughter and asks what she thought of it. Nikhila...just shrugs..and says softly that...she didn't like it. Citra just looks over compassionately all like ohhh why's that, honey? :c were those awful pictures too disturbing? :C But Nikhila shakes her head...and basically tells her parents...the same thing she'd said to Shanti...that she doesn't understand why people have to be treated that way just because of how they were born. Rakesh and Citra just exchange glances....and as each explains in their own way to their daughter, Shanti just sits there and wishes once more that Nikhila could just...for once, learn to be a little bit more like everyone else. After Nikhila excuses herself...not really feeling in the mood to eat...silence ensues at the table for a bit...before Rakesh turn to his niece and thanks her for...covering for Nikhila that day during class. He then mentions that Nikki...just doesn't understand yet...but Shanti does...and for that reason, he wants Shanti to look after Nikhila and see to it that she stays on the right path and doesn't have any more silly episodes like what happened that day. These words are of course familiar...and Shanti reassures Nikki's parents that they can count on her. n____n -salute- So...the weeks pass..and true enough, Shanti manages to stay true to her word..she and Nikhila remain best friends all the while Shanti looks out for her and...does her best to help her cousin see things the "right way". For a long time...it seems to be working...Nikhila stops mentioning the whole subject and doesn't argue with Shanti when Shanti explains "correct" beliefs to her...and before long, Shanti figures she's home free, she's done it, she's made her cousin see the light!1 n__n Of course...Shanti doesn't realize that maybe she's speaking too soon dasfds Around the end of that school year...when Nikhila is eight and Shanti is nine...its a warm, beautiful summer day and the two are out in the marketplace with their aunt. As the three of them are browsing around, Nikhila and Shanti spot a group of kids they know from school...and immediately ask their aunt if they can go over there too? 8D The aunt agrees and watches from a nearby stand as the girls go over to greet their friends. The kids are all crowded around in a group, and Shanti asks what they're all doing? o3o One of the boys points at a smaller boy, no more than four, curled up on the ground, and is all THAT NATURAL JUST BUMPED RIGHT INTO ME AND ALMOST KNOCKED ME DOWN!!11 Another boy agrees and says that they had to teach him a good lesson for that!! The first boy mentions that he's not done with him either, he's going to make that natural learn some respect!11 Shanti just...looks back and forth among the group members and is all well okay then o3o As the first boy is raring to deal another hard punch to the already well-beaten smaller boy, Shanti stands back...but much to her shock and horror, Nikhila moves to stand in front of him. The boy lowers his fist in surprise...and Shanti is just all JAHJKFAS NIKHILA!11 what are you doing??? get away from there!1111 Nikhila...eyes welling with tears...tells her no..that she can't just..sit back and watch this ;___; Shanti bites her lip and asks Nikhila to just..please..stop this..this has nothing to do with her. ;_; The first boy in the group agrees with Shanti and adds that besides, THAT NATURAL bumped him!11 >:C Nikhila tells him that he didn't mean to...it was just an accident..how could he hurt him like this? ;__; The first boy shoots back that he deserved it >C and Nikhila...tears spilling down her cheeks now...points at the helpless natural boy...bearing multiple cuts and bruises...and asks if he really deserved THAT? ;___; The first boy is...pretty well taken aback by her tears and stands down....kind of at a loss for words..the last thing he meant to do was make her cry. Shanti tells Nikhila that...maybe...they should go back to their aunt now...but Nikhila hardly listens...and instead, kneels down next to the small boy..and asks him softly if he's all right? Shanti can only watch with a mix of horror and amazement as her cousin hugs him, reassuring him that it was okay...no one was going to hurt him anymore. Everyone in the group is just shocked into silence as Shanti...fights to come up with a fast answer...to once again, bail Nikhila out and prevent loss of social status. One of the girls in the group asks what's wrong with Nikhila...and Shanti is just ..she...UM..well...we..and at that point, she trails off and looks down with as sad an expression as she can possibly manage, sighing deeply and tearfully. The girl is just all SHANTI D: what is it? ;_; and Shanti just..asks...the group to please not be mad at Nikhila...it isn't her fault... One of the other girls asks what Shanti means...and Shanti..mustering up some tears... says that...their grandmother is in the hospital...she's just...not doing really well...and Nikhila...is just really torn up about it....she's taking it so badly she doesn't even know what to do anymore ;____; Is it really her fault that she's getting so emotional? ;____; This..little cover-up lie (their grandma WAS in the hospital...but only for a broken ankle asdfgdf) gets to the heart of the girls in the group...who quickly apologize to Shanti and Nikhila about their grandma and express their best wishes. Shanti thanks them...wiping her eyes and sniffling dramatically and telling them again to please not be mad ;_; At that point, she puts a hand on her cousin's shoulder and tells Nikhila that...they should probably get going. ;__; Nikhila moves away from the little boy...and as he goes off..and follows Shanti (who's pretty much gotten herself back to normal after her little act) back over to one of the market stalls near where their aunt is. Shanti just sighs and asks WHY Nikhila had to go and do that??? Before Nikki can answer, Shanti tells her that she's lucky she has Shanti to cover for her like that..and asks if Nikki WANTS everyone to think they're crazy?? Nikki says that no...that's not what she wants, she just doesn't WANT to see someone treated like that...why is that so wrong? ;___; Shanti tells her that..okay...she doesn't have a personal problem with natural-borns BUT the point is, that's not the case with everyone...and if Nikhila keeps going around doing what she did today, BEFRIENDING NATURAL BORNS, people are going to get the wrong idea!11 DDD: At that moment, their aunt appears, and Shanti is all OH HI AUNTIE I WAS JUST..I MEAN I..AND THEN YOU- but her aunt just tells her its okay...she saw the whole thing. Giving a gentle look towards Nikhila, she adds that Shanti's right, you know. The aunt goes on to say that Nikki shouldn't misunderstand...its not that natural-borns are bad, its just that...they have their place...and Synthetic-borns have theirs....that's just the way it is..the way its supposed to be...ITS THE GREAT CIRCLE OF LIFE!!1 ..wow this description is getting long UMM speeding up! SO needless to say...the aunt tells Nikhila's dad about the incident...so he's not real happy once they all get back home. Shanti...tries to apologize to him...but he dismisses her..saying that he needs to have a talk with Nikhila. Shanti feels....really pretty bad..and goes to sit outside in the extensive backyard while Nikki gets lectured by her dad. It gives her some guilt feelings no doubt...after all, she'd been the one that was supposed to look out for Nikhila and help make sure things like this didn't happen...but at the same time, she can't help but feel tried by her cousin...why couldn't Nikhila just LEARN to accept the way things were and live with it like everyone else did? Shanti just..shakes her head and can only wonder how much harder its going to be to look out for Nikhila farther down the road....if she can't learn her lesson now. About half-an-hour later, the back door slides open and Nikhila appears. Shanti asks if she's okay...to which Nikhila just shakes her head...and sits down beside her cousin. Looking down at her feet...Nikhila tells Shanti that she's sorry about what happened that day...all she wanted...was just..to try and do what was right. Shanti tells her that its okay...but that...maybe Nikhila could learn from this...maybe she could learn to...you know.. As she trails off, Nikhila is just like...learn to what? Be like everyone else and just...just MISTREAT innocent people like that? Shanti sighs and tells her no, that's not what she's saying...all she's asking is that Nikhila could just...FOR ONCE...know and APPRECIATE her place as a Synthetic-born...is that too much to ask? :c Nikhila...eyes misty... says that that's just the point...it shouldn't be all about who's Synthetic and who's natural...because Synthetic or natural, we're all PEOPLE. Shanti huffs and tells her that that's JUST the kind of attitude that's going to get her into trouble someday. At that point, Nikhila stands up...a look of hurt in her eyes, and turns away. Hit by an immidiate guilt...Shanti tells her that she's sorry...she didn't mean to..its just that...she just wanted to...you know? ;; Nikhila sighs...misty-eyes, and asks Shanti...what's so wrong with being different? Shanti...is at a loss for words as Nikhila walks away...and she decides to maybe just...let her cousin be...what more was there to say? The next morning...Shanti still feels...a little bit bad...and goes to apologize to her cousin. Nikki smiles and tells her its okay...that maybe yesterday she was just being a little over-dramatic c: I guess that's one good thing about Nikki....she's..really really forgiving lasfasdf BUT at least it meant the two were best friends again. Even when Shanti, Nikhila, and Nikhila’s parents moved back to New Delhi (when Shanti was 11 and Nikhila was 10) and Shanti lived with her own parents again....she and her cousin STILL hung out as much as ever...and as before, the rest of the family...still relied on her to keep Nikhila on the right path. Shanti loved her cousin of course...but there were times she did worry...and worry a lot, about Nikhila and her beliefs. Though over the next few years, Nikki didn’t do anything particularly alarming in that respect...she sat through “The Documentary” without making a fuss, she didn’t speak out in discussions about Synthetic and natural birth, etc, Shanti kind of...knew and dreaded the fact that beneath the “correct behavior”, Nikhila’s “improper” views remained unchanged...the only difference now was that she wasn’t necessarily voicing them out as she used to (much to Shanti and everyone else’s relief). Of course...just when Shanti is starting to hope that she’s FINALLY getting through to her cousin...it isn’t long before an...”issue” would come up to make her realize that this was far from true. When Shanti is around 15 and Nikhila is 14...the two decide to go out for lunch and shopping one day after school and their CSPs. So Shanti, being the one with the license, waits in the zoo parking lot (where Nikhila goes for her Career Study Program...she’s in-training to become a zoologist) for her cousin. Time passes and she sees no sign of Nikhila...and just as Shanti’s about to pull out her cell and call her...she spots her- with a boy. Interest piqued, Shanti watches the two talking from her position in the car....and wonders just who the boy is, she’d never seen him at school before or anywhere in the neighborhood where most of hers and Nikki’s friends lived. A sinking though hits her like a punch to the stomach...and quickly, she opens her cell phone and activates the “Identify” feature...holding it up towards Nikhila’s companion and waiting for the phone to read his microchip data. Immediately...a single word appears on the screen beside his image: “Natural”. Feeling sick with anger and disgust, she dials Nikhila’s number and as soon as her cousin picks up, Shanti tells her that she’s waiting for her, to get over here now. Nikki looks around and spots Shanti’s car in the lot...turning to say goodbye to her friend before heading to where Shanti is and hopping into the car. Shanti gives her cousin a look of all shock, worry, and disgust and is all HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND?? WHAT WERE YOU DOING TALKING TO THAT..THAT..THAT NATURAL?? Nikhila just...looks at her cousin with a guilty expression but before she can say anything, Shanti goes on and tells Nikhila that she and that boy had BETTER not be what Shanti’s thinking they are. >:C Nikhila quickly reassures her and is all NO NO WERE JUST FRIENDS n___n sadds this of course still makes Shanti hit the roof and she tells her cousin that NO, they are NOT friends...and how many times does she have to tell her that there are two kinds of people in this world..OUR KIND n__n and THEIR KIND u___u THEY DON’T MIX!!!11111 Nikki just looks..away downcast...but Shanti tells her not to even ask why, that’s just the way things are. Looking hard at her cousin..she adds that that’s the way things are supposed to be. Nikhila...takes her cousin’s reprimand quietly...she doesn’t believe it truthfully...but she knows that if she says that, its only going to get Shanti upset...so she keeps quiet. Shanti sighs heavily and rests her head against the window...feeling both guilty for snapping at her cousin so harshly...and frustrated that Nikhila STILL just isn’t getting it...that nothing Shanti does is getting through to her. After a long moment of silence...Shanti turns to her and says that...she’s sorry for sounding so mean..and how about they just put this WHOLE silly little one-time incident in the past and go get some lunch. c: Nikhila manages a smile and tells her that lunch sounds nice right about then~ c: So the two have their outing...and when Shanti gets back home her parents are of course all DID YOU HAVE FUN WITH YOUR COUSIN? n___n Shanti puts on a big bs smile and says of course! n__n Still uneasy in her mind and heart though...is the thought of Nikhila and the boy that day...and Shanti can only pray that she’s just overreacting and nothing’s going on between them. Deciding to err on the side of her cousin’s innocence, she doesn’t mention anything about the incident to her parents....at least not yet. Well...time goes on and to just make...a really long story short here (Everything here...will be explained better in Nikhila’s biography adfdss)...Nikhila and the boy, Sanjaya, were pretty much together..though not officially dating. Shanti..isn’t aware of this...but she has her suspicions...and she’s run over the possibility of it with her parents and Nikhila’s...not so much saying that Nikhila DID have a natural-born friend or boyfriend...but just..saying that they should WATCH OUT because SOME DAY it might be a possibility if Nikhila doesn’t CHANGE HER WAYS!11 Needless to say...this gets them all on Nikhila’s case pretty fast..a whole bunch of drama happens there blahblahblah stuff from Nikhila’s story. EVENTUALLY, Nikhila’s father asks Shanti to...follow Nikhila for a bit and make sure she isn’t doing anything she’s not supposed to. So knowing that Nikhila does her CSP at the zoo which is where Sanjaya does his...Shanti decides to take a little day trip there one day and see what she can find out. She spots Nikhila immediately but stays out of sight...and basically tails her all day from a distance..conveniently going where she goes and making it seem like she’s just...WANDERING around viewing the animals like everyone else n___n After a long day of doing this...she’s starting to wonder if maybe she really was overreacting after all...maybe nothing’s going on at all. As early evening falls and Shanti continues to follow her cousin, she spots Sanjaya coming from one of the other paths. He and Nikhila embrace, much to Shanti’s disgust....and tempted as she is to go and shout at her cousin...she decides instead to listen. She ducks inconspicuously behind a nearby tree and listens in to what they’re saying. Paying close attention...Shanti can hear Nikhila say something about her family...how they don’t understand...how it feels like no one seems to be able to see past their prejudice. The two talk some more...and Sanjaya tells her that she’s like no one he’s ever met...and that...even though he knows they can’t be together, it doesn’t change the fact that meeting her has meant the world to him. They continue to talk...its clear that they’re discussing the fact that...they can’t be together...saying goodbye, essentially...and that its hurting both of them. Shanti continues to listen in tensely as Nikhila tells him goodbye. The two hug...looking only at each other as they draw closer, and at that moment, knowing she CAN’T let things get any further, Shanti jumps out of her hiding place and is all NIKHILA STOP!!!1 This catches both Nikhila and Sanjaya off guard as they step away from each other and Shanti moves to stand in front of her cousin, just...really pissed now as she’s all RRRRR I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING BAD GOING ON I JUST KNEW IT and grabs Nikhila by the arm and practically hauls her off back to the entrance, not even paying attention as she and Sanjaya say a last goodbye. Once they get back to Shanti’s car, Shanti just lets her have it all the more and is all WHAT DID YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING HAVE YOU LOST IT COMPLETELY DO YOU EVER THINK ABOUT THINGS BEFORE YOU DO THEM WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?? NIKHILA!!1 Poor Nikki at this point....kind of knew it would come to this...and she apologizes to her cousin...telling her that she’s sorry..she didn’t mean for anything bad to happen ;_; Shanti just tells her that well, it did, Nikhila’s FINALLY done it......is she happy now? Hm?? Nikhila...looks down and shakes her head..tears starting to well in her eyes...and by this point, Shanti..really can’t even get her thoughts together coherently and so the two...make the drive back to Nikhila’s house in silence....with Nikhila in tears and Shanti just staring straight ahead...feeling...as she’d put it, disgraced by her cousin’s actions....and apparent “lack of respect” for herself and for her family and their legacy. They pull up into the driveway and head inside to sit down for dinner. At the table, neither Shanti nor Nikhila says a word...its pretty obvious to Nikki’s parents that something must have happened. Shanti looks over sadly at her cousin, sighing and knowing that for her sake and for the family’s, she has to say something. She asks Nikhila... isn’t she going to tell them? This catches her parents’ attention...and when Nikhila..still really dejected...doesn’t say anything, Shanti...tells them that Nikhila...has a natural boyfriend. Dead silence ensues at the table as both Rakesh and Citra turn to face their daughter...Citra’s face a mask of shock and horror and Rakesh’s expression one of barely-concealed anger. Nikhila shoots her cousin a look of hurt...and immediately, Shanti wishes she’d never said anything at all..she knows now that Nikki’s really going to be in for it...because of her. Rakesh motions for his wife and niece to leave, and Shanti immediately gets up and follows her aunt out of the house...knowing that what her uncle meant was really, for them both to leave. All the way back home, Shanti feels a heavy guilt and just...hangs her head...looking quietly out the window. Citra tells her that, she did the right thing...they asked her to look out for Nikhila, and that’s exactly what Shanti did that day. Shanti mentions that it sure doesn’t feel that way....now that Nikhila’s going to be in a lot of trouble because of her. Citra shakes her head and tells Shanti that...Nikhila’s consequences are because of her own actions...as sad as it is sometimes...making mistakes is how people learn best. The next day, feeling ridden with guilt, Shanti shows up at Nikhila’s house (bringing some orange chocolate...one of Nikhila’s favorite foods) to....apologize. Nikki’s mom tells her that Nikki isn’t allowed to leave the house except for school and her CSP and she’s not to go anywhere without close supervision...but Shanti can come in and see her. So...Shanti makes her way up the stairs and to Nikhila’s room, knocking softly before coming in. Nikhila doesn’t even sit up from where she’s lying on the bed, just sighs and tells Shanti that she’s sorry...really..really sorry. From the sound of her cousin’s voice, Shanti can tell that she’d been crying...and she sits down beside her and offers one of the chocolate bars. Nikhila takes it...only to set it down...and mention how...she really messed up, didn’t she? Shanti tells her that no...no she- well...yeah...she did. :c She quickly adds that...then again, who doesn’t? No one’s perfect anyways....everybody’s bound to screw up at some point or another. :c Nikhila just sighs...and says that...all she’s ever really wanted was for this prejudice to stop...for people to be people....but maybe...maybe that’s just too much to ask. Shanti sighs and smiles and says that...hey...at least Nikhila’s intentions were good. c: She goes on to add that...heck...maybe she could learn to be a little more like Nikhila herself...maybe it would pay to be.... true to yourself for once instead of being so....so focused on making sure you always fit in. Nikhila wipes her eyes and tells Shanti that it sure hasn’t gotten her very far...the only thing its done is made her a disgrace to her family. Shanti can feel the tears starting to sting her own eyes...and she tells Nikhila that she may be many things...but disgrace isn’t one of them. She goes on to say that yes, Nikhila does frustrate her sometimes; no, she doesn’t always understand why Nikhila sees things the way she does, but the bottom line is that...underneath it all, they’re still family...and family sticks together no matter what....even if they don’t always agree on everything. c: This makes Nikhila smile...and she thanks her cousin..adding that Shanti’s right...and everyone has their differences...but that’s what makes someone who they are. Shanti adds that Nikki speaks her mind too much and Shanti doesn’t speak hers enough...maybe they can both learn something from each other. c: In agreement, Nikhila nods...and says that she’s sorry for causing so much trouble...to which Shanti replies that she’s sorry for overreacting so much. c: The two make up...and really at that point....Shanti decides to be..a little bit more accepting towards her cousin. She still maintains her beliefs that Synthetically-born and naturally-born people are intended to be separate, as does the rest of her family, but...she doesn’t give Nikki SUCH a hard time about her beliefs anymore..which..I guess..is some improvement. The two are as tight as ever...up until Nikhila left to spend her last year of college STUDYING ABROAD! in the U.S. and she and Shanti had to say a tearful goodby- JUST KIDDING Shanti was right there with her all the way...still is, really. c: But damn that’s a whole other...long drama story that has more to do with Nikhila so I’ll just save that for her biography whenever I end up writing that. And then even Shanti here..has MOAR in her story after she goes to the U.S. with Nikhila but I’ve already written like ten pages here so I think thats enough FOR NAO
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Regulus
Full Name: Regulus Avior Altair
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 56
Birthday: December 20th
Astrology Sign: Sagittarius
IQ: 130
Element: Wind
Ethnicity: Asterian
Language(s): Ouranian
Religion: [coming soon]
Occupation: Government Official
Birthplace: Asteria
Current Living Place: Asteria
Blood Type: B
Height & Weight: 6’2” & 175 lbs
Body Type: Muscular
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Pale-blonde; wavy; short
Eye Color: Silver Storm
Marital Status: Taken (Husband to Alya)
Family Relations: Son of Castor and Ara (Sr.)*; Grandson of Arcturus, Capella, Alcor, and Ria; Brother to Celaeno*, Aldrai, and Aurora; Father of Atlas; Uncle to Alrisha, Alaine, and Ara
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Celaeno
Full Name: Celaeno Sirius Altair
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 54 (deceased)
Birthday: December 2nd
Astrology Sign: Sagittarius
IQ: 138
Element: Light
Ethnicity: Asterian
Language(s): Ouranian
Religion: [coming soon]
Occupation: N/A
Birthplace: Asteria
Current Living Place: Asteria
Blood Type: O
Height & Weight: 5’10” & 160 lbs
Body Type: Athletic
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Pale-blonde; wavy; short
Eye Color: Azure
Marital Status: N/A
Family Relations: Son of Castor and Ara (Sr.)*; Grandson of Arcturus, Capella, Alcor, and Ria; Brother to Regulus, Aldrai, and Aurora; Uncle to Atlas, Alrisha, Alaine, and Ara
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Aldrai
Full Name: Aldrai Zaniah Altair
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 46
Birthday: July 21st
Astrology Sign: Cancer
IQ: 127
Element: Light/Darkness
Ethnicity: Asterian
Language(s): Ouranian
Religion: [coming soon]
Occupation: [coming soon]
Birthplace: Asteria
Current Living Place: Asteria
Blood Type: B
Height & Weight: 5’11” & 166 lbs
Body Type: Lean
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Dirty-blonde; straight; short
Eye Color: Kelly green
Marital Status: Married
Family Relations: Son of Castor and Ara (Sr.)*; Brother to Regulus, Celaeno*, and Aurora; Uncle to Atlas, Alrisha, Alaine, and Ara
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Aurora
Full Name: Aurora Rana Themisto
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 36
Birthday: June 10th
Astrology Sign: Gemini
IQ: 122
Element: Light
Ethnicity: Asterian
Language(s): Ouranian
Religion: [coming soon]
Occupation: Nurse
Birthplace: Asteria
Current Living Place: Asteria
Blood Type: A
Height & Weight: 5’4” & 116 lbs
Body Type: Petite
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Flaxen-blonde; straight; upper-back length
Eye Color: Baby Blue
Marital Status: Taken (Wife to Tyl)
Family Relations: Daughter of Castor and Ara (Sr.)*; Granddaughter of Arcturus, Capella, Alcor, and Ria; Sister to Regulus, Celaeno*, and Aldrai; Mother of Alrisha, Alaine, and Ara; Aunt to Atlas
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Zuben
Full Name: Zuben Arneb Nash
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 58
Birthday: April 27th
Astrology Sign: Taurus
IQ: 118
Element: Earth
Ethnicity: Zoryan
Language(s): Ouranian
Religion: [coming soon]
Occupation: Manager of a Construction Company
Birthplace: Zorya
Current Living Place: Zorya
Blood Type: AB
Height & Weight: 6’4” & 202 lbs
Body Type: Muscular
Skin: Medium
Hair Color: Black; straight; short
Eye Color: Russet
Marital Status: Taken (Husband to Atria)
Family Relations: Son of Deneb and Vela; Grandson of Umbriel, Talitha, Alzirr, and Elara; Brother to Izar and Alya; Father of Pavo; Uncle to Atlas
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Izar
Full Name: Izar Keid Nash
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 55
Birthday: April 1st
Astrology Sign: Aries
IQ: 171
Element: Light/Darkness
Ethnicity: Zoryan
Language(s): Ouranian
Religion: [coming soon]
Occupation: [coming soon]
Birthplace: Zorya
Current Living Place: Zorya
Blood Type: B
Height & Weight: 6’0” & 160 lbs
Body Type: Lean
Skin: Medium
Hair Color: Black; straight; short
Eye Color: Sunset
Marital Status: Married
Family Relations: Son of Deneb and Vela; Grandson of Umbriel, Talitha, Alzirr, and Elara; Brother to Zuben and Alya; Uncle to Pavo and Atlas
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Alya
Full Name: Alya Mira Altair
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation:
Age: 49
Birthday: October 1st
Astrology Sign: Libra
IQ: 127
Element: Darkness
Ethnicity: Zoryan
Language(s): Ouranian
Religion: [coming soon]
Occupation: Counselor/Psychologist
Birthplace: Zorya
Current Living Place: Asteria
Blood Type: O
Height & Weight: 5’7” & 127 lbs
Body Type: Slender
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Black; straight; shoulder length
Eye Color: Tangerine
Marital Status: Taken (Wife to Regulus)
Family Relations: Daughter of Deneb and Vela; Granddaughter of Umbriel, Talitha, Alzirr, and Elara; Sister to Zuben and Izar; Mother of Atlas; Aunt to Pavo
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Pavo
Full Name: Pavo Rijl Nash
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 32
Birthday: November 8th
Astrology Sign: Scorpio
IQ: 126
Element: Earth
Ethnicity: Zoryan
Language(s): Ouranian, English
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Architect/Civil Engineer
Birthplace: Zorya
Current Living Place: Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: A
Height & Weight: 6’0” & 170 lbs
Body Type: Athletic
Skin: Medium
Hair Color: Medium-brown; straight; short
Eye Color: Light Clover
Marital Status: Single
Family Relations: Son of Zuben and Atria; Grandson of Deneb and Vela; Nephew to Izar and Alya; Cousin to Atlas; Great-grandson of Umbriel, Talitha, Alzirr, and Elara
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Cali
Full Name: Caliiya Auva Pasiphae
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 25
Birthday: February 1st
Astrology Sign: Aquarius
IQ: 121
Element: Light
Ethnicity: Asterian
Language(s): Ouranian
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: [coming soon]
Birthplace: Asteria
Current Living Place: Asteria
Blood Type: A
Height & Weight: 5’5” & 115 lbs
Body Type: Thin
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Ash-blonde; straight; upper-back length
Eye Color: Maize
Marital Status: Taken (Girlfriend to Praxlor)
Notes: Caliiya....or Cali as she's known to just about everyone...is...one of those girls who's a little on the shallow side...all throughout school, high school especially, she's always been really...appearance-oriented and status conscious...not to the point of being airheaded prep...but to the point of being one of those whose main goal in life was to get ahead...and she was often so focused on this and on her own..endeavors, that she had a tendency to overlook other people and their feelings without..really meaning to. Cali grew up in Asteria...lived all her life and attended school there, along with a number of her best girlfriends, and her best guy-friend Praxlor. Now Prax...he was the class-clown joker type...and Cali loved being around him for the fact that he always made her laugh, made her smile, brightened up all those less-than-happy days, and she considered him to be her best friend. Best friends, however, was the extent of her feelings for him at that point....she never realized that..he liked her as something more...and as the time went by and the two grew from kids into adolescents, the way he cared for her only seemed to deepen. Once they got up into middle school...he finally decided to...actually try and TELL her how he truly felt and...ask her out...to which she was all like AWW YES! n___n and the two had their little date and at the end of it...Prax told Cali that he loved her and that...she meant so much to him...and such and essentially expressing all his feelings towards her....and when he was finally done, Cali was all like AWW PRAX I LOVE YOU TOO YOU'RE LIKE A BROTHER AND A BEST GIRLFRIEND ALL ROLLED INTO ONE n_____n or something to that effect...his whole confession of love went RIGHT over her head...Cali interpreted it as that he was telling her how happy he was that she was his best friend...she still..really isn't realizing at this point that...he loves her. So of course poor Prax is just like ;-; but he lets it go...knowing that at least she had a fun time on their date and a fun time...being with him, but after that, he decides that..he'll just see where things go from there instead of trying to be all like NO THATS NOT WHAT I MEANT WHAT IM TRYING TO SAY IS THAT I LOVE YOU!11 D: And so for awhile, Cali remained happily oblivious and Praxlor was left...being her best friend and..loving her from a distance..much to his dismay. Time passes and the two get up into high school...and then into their post-high school years...with Cali ever-focused on her popularity and maintaining her friendship with her best guy friend. One day, the two decide to go out after school, and an excited Cali heads to their specified meeting place at the front of the school...where Prax is already waiting, passing the time talking to one of his guy friends. Cali sneaks up behind him, grinning and motioning for his buddy not to say anything, and puts her hands over his eyes all like GUESS WHO =D Prax smiles and is all like COULD IT BE CALI 8D and she's like OH HOW'D YOU KNOW n__n and the two of them hug all affectionate and whatnot. Prax asks if she's ready to go and Cali is all like of course! =D its then that she notices Praxlor's friend...and is all like Prax aren't you going to introduce us? n__n So Praxlor tells her that this is his bud ATLAS....and he tells ATLAS that this is his...friend...Cali. The two smile and nod, and Atlas tells her its nice to meet her =D To which Cali grins back and playfully tells him the pleasure's all hers ;D Prax senses something in her tone and kind of hurries things along telling her that they should PROBABLY get going but Cali is all WAIIIT and suggests that Atlas could come along with them? Being..the social butterfly that she is...with her, the more the merrier, and the idea of bringing her new acquaintance along sounds to her like a fun idea. Praxlor and Atlas exchange a fast glance and Atlas...kind of senses that Prax was wanting it to be more of a date thing. He tells Cali that he can't, he's got some stuff he's got to do today....but how about some other time? C: Cali agrees to this and is all n___n its a date! Though she didn't....mean it in that sense...this raises Praxlor's hackles a bit. He knows that Cali is...playful and flirtish by nature...though it seems she's like that with everyone but him..and that kind of bugs him a little...especially since she's being like that with Atlas after really never..having met him before dsfdsdfs So as Prax and Cali walk...she's still..entrely oblivious to the fact that he's miffed about this, and the two just kind of talk for awhile before Cali is just like...you know that friend of yours is pretty hot c; Praxlor just kind of stops and gives her a look...before making himself let it go and keep walking...after just being all like..yeahsure. A moment passes before it hits Cali like a ton of bricks what she's just said...and she quickly adds that Prax is cute too of course...but like a brother, you know? c: The two just look at each other and Prax kind of...manages a half-smile..which is all he can really muster for the compliment, which to him, felt more like a slap in the face. The day goes on; Cali is of course having a great time out with her best friend, while Prax is just...not..and the more he thinks about it, the more it just feels to him like..he's never going to get with her, she's never going to see him as anything but a best friend or brother-figure. Pretty soon, Cali picks up on his distantness....and asks if...something's wrong? :c Prax just shakes her head and tells her nothing..and that he was just thinking..spacing out really. Cali doesn't buy...I think by this point she's really starting to figure out that there's something going on with him. She tells him that she loves hanging out with him...she's having fun......is he? Praxlor lies that yeah he is..having a great time..and he even puts on a great big fake smile for her. Deciding not to..push the issue any further, Cali tells him alright....even though honestly...she's still unconvinced. Later that day after she gets home...Cali just kind of..thinks about her day with Praxlor..and how he seemed to have been just...down. She remembers how he'd reacted when she'd made her comment about his friend...and that's when Cali starts to wonder for the first time...if maybe Praxlor....perhaps it was possible that...he liked her as more than a friend? This causes her to sit bolt upright in bed and just...chuckle a little...to be honest, she'd never thought of...what it would be like to actually date him...for so long, she'd seen him as a big brother, as a best friend...the idea of being with him as something more....something about it just didn't seem to fit right then. Truth be told...she wanted things to be as they always were...with she and Prax staying best friends...why did he have to bring romantic love into it? Once Cali starts to think more and more about this...she finds her own feelings towards him growing more and more muddled...and over time...she finds herself both wondering what it would be like to be his girlfriend...and wishing things could just..stay the same. A little while after the incident, Cali is out shopping with her mom when she spies a familiar face in the store. Immediately, she makes a beeline over to him and is just like HEY I know you you're Prax's friend....Atlas right? c: Atlas grins and tells her yeah, and Cali replies that its nice to see him again. c: She asks him what he's up to and he tells her that he's just out picking up some groceries for his mom...to which Cali is just all awwh that's so sweet of you n__n and he's just like n__n; and the two of them get to talking...which after awhile Cali asks how come she hasn't seen Atlas around school in forever? D: Atlas kind of...looks away and sighs and says that he had to leave for awhile. Cali is all OH like on a vacation? C: and Atlas kind of chuckles and says sure...if a temporary exile counts as vacation xD (Around this time, Atlas was put on temporary exile to a remote location in Ouranious for some..scientific work he'd been doing) So Cali is all like...exile huh? So you must be the bad-boy type? ;D This makes him smile...although nothing could be further from the truth of course, but he plays along and just tells her how YEAH he's ALL UP IN PRISON like all the time...disobeying the law and running from cops...its a hard life!11 The two of them share a laugh over this..and Cali just..realizes how much she likes him already, and tells him that they should hang out sometime, to which Atlas is like yeah why not? C: And so from that point on...Cali and Atlas spend more and more time together, whether its going out in groups, both of them along with Praxlor....or just the two of them together. And the more Cali gets to know Atlas...the more she finds herself...starting to like him...and really enjoying being with him. To her, he's...a combination of every ideal trait...he's cute, really smart, hard-working, and above those....just a really sweet guy. And its both odd and exciting to Cali to know that...there's still so much more to him that she doesn't know...so much more that she wants to get to know. As time goes on and Cali spends more time with Atlas, she finds herself spending less and less time with Praxlor...whose honestly been somewhat short with her as of late...its like he doesn't seem to know what to say to her anymore..and it had begun to create a rift between them...a rift that would soon affect her relationship with Atlas as well. At school one day, the two are walking together and talking...when Atlas looks over curiously and mentions that Cali never told him she was Praxlor's girlfriend. Cali gives him an odd look and is just like...that's because...I'm not? o3o and goes on to ask him where he heard that from? Atlas seems surprised by her response and just tells her that...Prax had said something to that effect...and not just that but...he'd always kind of figured she and Praxlor were together anyways. She tells him that no...Praxlor's her best friend..that's it. Atlas just..kind of agrees with this...though its clear he's not really sure who to believe. Later that day, Cali...decides to talk to Praxlor about what he'd supposedly said..and so at the end of the school day she goes up to him and..questions him about it. Praxlor admits that...yeah he had said that...or something to that effect anyways. Cali...though she kind of..already knows the reason...asks why? And Prax just..kind of sighs and asks her...if she's seriously asking that question? Cali tells him that yes..as a matter of fact, she is, and...why was he acting so short with her? Taken aback, Praxlor tells her that he's not being short with her, and here's HIS question, why's she asking something she already knows the answer to? Cali can sense that he's...really not being himself today, and its obvious he's not happy with her. Determined to get to the bottom of things...she tells him that look, he's her best friend...best friends tell each other ANYTHING...its obvious there's something on his mind...and he can TELL her. After a moment's silence...Cali voices her opinion...and...asks..if...Prax does like her..as more than a friend? Praxlor just looks her in the eye...and honestly...tells her that he always has..hell ever since grade school when he first met her....and he'd thought to himself...how beautiful she was...how perfect...how could he not love her? Cali is taken aback by this...she'd had a feeling that he LIKED her...but she'd had no idea that...well....that he loved her...and in all honesty now, she's really starting to feel guilt...because she knows she just..doesn't...feel that for him in return. For once at a loss for words...Cali tells him that...wow...that..she doesn't know what to say ;n; Praxlor tells her that...he knows...its pretty clear from her response. Cali asks him what's that supposed to mean...and Prax tells her that...she's not feeling the same, is she? Cali..not wanting to answer directly, tells him that..she DOES like him..but as a friend, and he's been like a brother to her- but at that point, Praxlor cuts her off...and, cutting to the heart of the matter, asks her...to be his girlfriend. Cali's immediate thought....is Atlas. The more time she'd spent with him, the more she'd found herself liking him...caring about him...and wishing that it could be him asking her that question now. At the same time though...here was her lifelong best friend...and she DID love Praxlor...just not...in that romantic way...not as more than a friend...those feelings...were the ones she felt for Atlas...and there really was no denying it. Looking away from her best friend's gaze...she tells him...no...she can't...and that she's sorry. ;n; Praxlor just nods...and tells her okay. A moment of silence passes, before Cali really starts to feel bad and is just like Prax no don't take it this way I'm sorry..please say something ;n; Not..really knowing what else to add at that point..Prax tells her...to go have her other guy, be with the one she really cares about. (He doesn't know at this point that the one she has feelings for is his best guy-friend, Atlas) Cali is just all like...;n; but he sticks to what he said, telling her to just...go....okay? He wants her... to do... what makes her happy. Cali...looks away..just feeling terrible...the last thing she wanted to do was to lose him as a friend...but for then, it didn't seem like she was going to have a choice...and so the two of them..part ways that day, each one feeling..pretty bad. Later on that day, Cali is out with Atlas..the both of them having planned an outing in advance...and she confesses to him all of what had happened with Praxlor earlier that day. Atlas feels...really bad for her....and so he of course comforts her...while she's just pouring all this out about how bad she feels and that...she just wants to stay FRIENDS with Praxlor...is that too much to ask for? Atlas tells her that its not...that he understands how she feels...but at the same time..she should know that Prax really does like her..a lot. Cali tells him that...she knows...and after a moment of silence...she looks up at him...and asks..do you? Atlas of course...is kind of feeling an internal struggle...he does like Cali..a lot...he cares about her more than any girl he's ever met...but at the same time..he knows that this is his best friend's girl...and didn't he have a loyalty to his friend too? Deciding to just be honest with her...Atlas takes her hand in his...and tells her that..of course he does...so much. She smiles and leans in close to him..telling him that that means a lot to her. <3 Atlas smiles, and tells her that...there's somewhere he wants to show her...and asks if she'll come with him? Cali looks up and tells him yes...and in the blink of an eye, Atlas seems to vanish...and in his place stands a magnificent white lion-like animal (A creature native to Asteria). Cali's eyes just widen..and she's just like...Atlas? o3o In a flash, Atlas resumes his normal form and grins..mentioning that...he guesses he's never told her he was a shapeshifter. c: Cali mentions that that must be his ability...!! and that she never knew he was a Zoryan!1 Atlas smiles and says that yeah, he's half-Zoryan half-Asterian...to which Cali is just like ahhh that's so cool *__* She's really just impressed to no end...and she asks him..if he can change into anything...to which he replies that he can...as long as its an animal. c: Grinning, Cali asks if he can change into another form..a small, domestic cat-like animal (another animal native to Ouranios). He does, and immediately Cali sweeps him into her arms, completely taken with him, and continues to go on about how amazing that is that he can do that ;n; <3 Atlas shifts back into his normal form, and tells her thank you c:...impressing her once more with the fact that he's even sweet in accepting compliments. She asks him then...about that place he wanted to show her...and Atlas is all OH right, and after telling her to hop on, shifts back into his lion-like form. Cali cautiously climbs onto his back, and with that, he takes off through the city, out through its limits, and through the land beyond. The two eventually come to a near-sheer cliff, which Atlas in his animal form scales with ease, Cali riding along on his back. When at last they reach the top, Cali dismounts...and is awed at the sight she sees before her...a pristine and perfect landscape, lush grass covered in exotic and beautiful flowers of all shapes and sizes, and at the center of it all, a small waterfall cascading down from one of the higher reaches into a pure, clear pool. Cali just takes it all in...telling him that its so beautiful...its like a little garden of paradise ;__; Atlas smiles and tells her that...he thought she'd enjoy it..he'd spotted it one day while flying and couldn't help but come down for a closer look c: The two go and sit at the water's edge...and after a few moments...Cali just tells him thank you. Atlas looks at her curiously..and is just like hm? o: and Cali tells him thank you...for everything.....and that...she loves him. Atlas puts an arm around her and pulls her close to him...telling her that...he loves her too. c: <3 The two of them just look at each other and smile for a moment like a pair of little kids...before moving in close...and kissing for the first time. Bawww so sweet so after awhile of cuddling and some swimming later on....it eventually comes time for him to take her home...and for them to say goodbye for the night. At her doorstep...the two kiss...and Cali tells him that...she had fun today c: Atlas tells her that he did too...and that they should do that again sometime. Cali agrees...and the two embrace and kiss once more before Cali steps inside...back into her own home. Once she gets back into the house, she's greeted by her mom who's just smiling all like who's your boyfriend there? n___n Cali smiles and blushes aww and tells her mother about Atlas and how sweet he is and how gorgeous and so on and so forth and how much she loves him...and her mom just shakes her head and smiles and mentions how she remembers her own teenage years haha n__n She asks Cali though...about Praxlor...and weren't they..you know..together? Cali feels a twinge of guilt...and tells her mom that she hasn't talked much to Prax in awhile...not since she and Atlas have been...together. Her mom mentions how that's too bad...Praxlor's a sweet guy too.....and Cali says that yeah...he is. :c She tells her mom that she'll go talk to Prax soon...she really does want to set things straight with him. Her mom tells her that's good n__n As Cali is about to head off to bed, her mom calls her back and mentions that there's something she forgot to tell her!! Cali looks back..and her mom informs her that she and Cali’s dad are going out of town for the weekend...its just two days so Cali should be fine, just make sure she gets her chores done and feeds the animals and doesn’t throw any wild parties n___n Cali laughs and tells her mom not to worry, she won’t trash the house too bad. c: So of course...all through that week...two things are on Cali’s mind...the first one being..that she and Prax need to make up...she needs to get that guilt off her back. She ends up talking to him at school...and just...pretty straight out apologizes for...you know...what’s happened in the past...and tells him that...she really...doesn’t want to lose him...he may not think so, but she does care about him, and she wants to maintain that friendship. :c Prax tells her that..that’s the least they can do c: and hopes that....she can forgive him..he WAS after all, stepping a little bit out of line with how he acted. Cali..more than willing, tells him that..she does forgive him, and asks if...they’re good now? c: Prax tells her they’re good...and the two hug...as Cali feels a huge weight lifting from her shoulders. And with things good...or at least improving honestly on the Praxlor front...Cali turns her attention to the second subject on her mind...Atlas. Knowing that her parents would be out of town for two days...meant that the house would be all hers...and Cali definitely didn’t plan to let that chance go by. After her parents have left and Cali’s sure they’re not coming back for a good two days....she decides...she’s going to invite Atlas over. Its hardly an act of whim though....but rather, something she’d been planning since her mom had first informed her that she and Cali’s dad would be out of town. She would set the house up perfectly...candles and champagne and the whole works...have dinner and dessert for two, and then....n___n When the night comes and Atlas arrives at Cali’s place...she can tell right away that he’s surprised...and impressed...not only by her setup and her cooking..but by Cali herself (who’s all dressed up in the sluttiest- I MEAN prettiest evening dress money could buy). He compliments her straight away...telling her that she looks beautiful..and she of course, tells him thank you...and that he looks as hot as ever ;D The two have dinner...and then dessert...and at the end of it, Atlas tells her that that was amazing...and she of course...is just all I thought you’d like it c; The two of them kiss, and Cali gets up from the table, taking his hand and leading him off down the hallway....of course, its probably pretty obvious by now as to where lol. Cali had done the house up exceptionally...and her own bedroom was of course no exception....and it didn’t take much to figure out what it was she had planned. She turns to look up at Atlas...who’s already unable to take his eyes off of her...and the two kiss...make out..and although Atlas initially feels a tiny spark of uncertainty (He feels a little guilty about...you know...after all Atlas knows that Praxlor still loves Cali..and Prax is one of Atlas’s best friends)...after a little ‘persuasion’ from Cali...he’s as ready as she is...and I think we all know what happens next afsadfasdf The next day, Cali wakes up beside him all like so how was your night? c; to which Atlas replies...amazing *v* The two of them cuddle for awhile before a sudden thought hits Cali....how a few months ago, Atlas had told her of having been exiled to a remote part of their world...she’d never known what for. She questions him about it..and he tells her...that it was because of...a scientific project he’d been working on. This causes her to start a little bit...science was not something that was celebrated in Ouranios...and she asks him why? D: Atlas tells her that its because...he thinks that with a little work, maybe they can better their ways of living. Cali asks him what’s wrong with life now? :c and Atlas tells her that its not that there’s something wrong with it...its just that...maybe it can be improved..made better. Cali tells him she doesn’t know...and that those are the kinds of thoughts that could get him in trouble :c Atlas tells her that...he knows...he knows that good and well. These words of course...don’t feel well to Cali..but she decides to change the subject and not...involve herself in a matter she might not like..after all...she knew that the punishment for things such as what Atlas was involving himself in was often exile....permanent exile. Over the next couple of months, Atlas and Cali’s relationship seems to plateau...and Cali finds herself growing closer in friendship to Praxlor...and feeling...a twinge of the original guilt she had about choosing Atlas over him. (asdfdsf this is getting really long time to speed things up ummm) Despite the fact that Atlas’s...continued involvement in scientific pursuits often puts him on the wrong side of the law...Cali sticks by him..all the while trying to talk him out of what he’s doing..and much to her frustration, coming to no avail. Ultimately...the biggest..blow to Cali comes when Atlas...tells her that he’d received what was considered a final warning from the government..telling him that he needed to stop the scientific work he was doing...and that another infringement would likely result in exile. He goes on to tell a shocked Cali that his co-worker and former professor, Ashiir (who later comes to be known as “Sheer”) had already been sentenced and exiled...and more than likely, that was what would soon happen to him. Cali is upset by this...and tells him that he HAS to stop...all of this stuff he’s doing...he’s only going to get exiled and then he’ll probably die and she’ll never see him again ;___; Atlas tells her...that he’s not going to give this up; that he KNOWS he can make a difference through the work he’s been doing and that he KNOWS there has to be more in life for him than spending the rest of his days laying bricks and foundations (At this point, Atlas and his cousin Pavo work for Atlas’s uncle Zuben’s construction firm). So...this doesn’t go over well with Cali, and she just asks him if he ever thought about HER and how much his exile would hurt her?? Did he ever consider that? Atlas tells her that he’s not going to be exiled...he’s going to leave of his own will. Cali just looks at him like he’s completely insane and asks where he plans to go? Atlas tells him...of a place...another world not so unlike their own; a world that Ashiir had told him about...a world called “Earth”. Cali just shakes her head and tells him that he can’t even know that this other world EXISTS, and even if it did, how would he plan to get there? Atlas just tells her that he thinks the government would be more than willing to send him away...what difference would it make to them whether he was sent to Earth or somewhere else? This still isn’t going over well with Cali, who by now is afraid that...she’s going to lose him, but the more she tries to talk him out of it, the more he stands firm..and eventually, Cali is just like JHAJKLHJAK and tells him that he’s being so impossible!!1 and when it becomes apparent that the two aren’t going to reach any kind of agreement, she storms off away from him...definitely needing some time to cool off. MORE SPEEDING so to make the rest of the long story short...Cali eventually meets up with Praxlor, who consoles her and basically tells her that Atlas is EMBRACING his DESTINY!!1 and that sometimes...part of loving someone means letting them go...letting them make their own decisions, even if you don’t always like it. This of course...feels familiar to Cali as she comes to realize that that’s exactly what Prax did for her...let her make her own decision..even though no doubt he didn’t like it. In time...Atlas does leave for Earth...but before he goes, Cali is right there to say goodbye to him...adding that..she believes that he can do this...and that...no matter what happens..she’ll always remember him. <3 The two of them hug...and he tells her the same...reminding her that...he isn’t the only one who’s cared for her. c: Of course...it doesn’t take a genius to know who he’s referring to here...Praxlor of course...and Cali knows this. Although...saying goodbye to Atlas for good was...one of the hardest things she had to do...she came to realize that...it was for the better...he had a place of his own to discover...and she had a place of her own...right there in Asteria...with Praxlor..with whom she’s finally together with. <3
Themes:
Endless Summer
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Nitro
Full Name: Joran Tyros Amundsen
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 9 (Alternate story age: 16)
Birthday: January 15th
Astrology Sign: Capricorn
IQ: 140
Element: Darkness/Ice
Ethnicity: Norwegian, Russian, Icelandic
Language(s): English, light Russian
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Mechanical Engineer (In-training/Intern)
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Current Living Place: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: O
Height & Weight: 4’8” & 69 lbs
Body Type: Athletic
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Black; straight; short
Eye Color: Deep Grey
Marital Status: Single
Family Relations: Son of Xander and Ivanna; Brother to Kiva; Grandson of Alexei and Svana
Biography: Nitro’s story...is one that actually begins before his birth...with his father Xander and maternal grandfather, Alexei. Though all kids in the New Era time period pretty well have their ‘purpose’ planned out for them through their Career Study Program...Nitro’s purpose (and his sister’s as well) is one that was planned before he was even conceived. It began with his grandfather Alexei...and Alexei’s loyalty to the former Senator of the Isles of Victory, Victor Steele. Of course, even since before Victor became a Senator...his intentions were to rise even higher...to become President-King of the United States and eventually King (Dictator) of the New World Union...but of course..that would take time..and a lot of planning...on his part, and that of others. Among the close allies with whom the future Dictator shared his plans was his personal physician, the brilliant medical doctor and biomedical researcher Alexei Naydenov, and the cunning weapons technology engineer, Xanderos Amundsen. Victor first talks with Alexei...explaining to him that once he gets into power, he knows that there will be those everywhere who...won’t agree with all of what he has planned; he knows that...there will come a time when he’ll have to step up and bring those countries outside the Union under Union control. Alexei, as one of Victor’s closest confidantes, listens to this curiously...though at the time, he can’t really figure out why Victor is discussing this detail of his plans with Alexei...war and conquest aren’t by any means Alexei’s specialty. Victor picks up on the other man’s confusion and smiles, asking Alexei what you need to have in order to successfully take over and rule a country by force. Alexei racks his brain...thinking back over past wars and history...and he tells Victor that they need the right technology, tanks and psyplanes, fighter vehicles and weaponry. Victor only looks at him and tells him that this is true....but he’s missing one very key element. It takes a moment...but the answer comes to Alexei...and he adds....humans. Victor simply nods...leaving Alexei to speculate over his words and wish that for once Victor could be direct in explaining his plans...instead of being such a typical politician dfasdsa After a moment, Alexei suggests that..once Victor get into power, that he assemble an army together for that specific purpose? Victor just smiles and is all COME ON ALEXEI think outside the box. He goes on to say that Alexei had previously named both humans and technology as being key to a successful conquest...but what he seems to have overlooked...is that each of those has its weaknesses...its fatal flaws. Psyplanes, tanks, and guns, no matter how artificially intelligent (in the New Era...war & weapons technology is..pretty far advanced), will never have the long-range thinking and decision-making capacity of a human being. And likewise, there’s not a human alive whose reliability, intelligence, and sheer power could compare to that of a machine. Alexei ponders this for a moment...and says that if only there were some way that together... the good traits of one could compensate for the shortcomings of the other. At this point, Victor tells him exactly...now he’s thinking. After his conversation with Alexei...Victor later meets with weapons technology engineer Xanderos...another of his close allies, and essentially has with him...the same conversation. Xander is a little quicker on the uptake though....and he tells Victor that he’s been working with his R&D team to develop an entire new breed of weaponry to top anything that’s ever been done in the past. He takes Victor on a tour of the top-secret facility to show and demonstrate some of the new weapons concepts...and Victor is reasonably impressed, though he poses a question for Xander; what was the biggest disadvantage of all these advanced weapons? Xander has to think for a moment....only to reply that its the interface between human and machine...a connection that could only be so close. The jet packs for individual flight could be challenging to learn how to control, the most powerful of guns still had to be toted around as a burden, and so on. Victor...tells him that’s exactly right...and that it seems to him that weapons technology does seem to have an upper boundary...when weapons are used as nothing more than peripherals. Xander replies that he’s realized this...its long been his goal to make it so that weapons could be used...more as an extension of the user as opposed to an outside accessory. Victor replies that Xander is a brilliant man..this is exactly what he came to talk to him about. He goes on to explain, as he did to Alexei, that when he comes to power, when it comes time for his conquests, he’s going to need not simply humans, or weapons and technology alone....but a new breed of soldier. Interest piqued, Xander listens and Victor explains that he’s looked into the concept for a long time...and he believes that when weapons technology merges with the human element in the way he intends...that new breed of soldier can come into existence. He elaborates on this plan to Xander....and the two begin to plan for some new routes in terms of research and development. He goes on to tell Xander that this upcoming project...must remain confidential; the only ones who are to know are himself, Xander, Alexei, and their chosen team of engineers and scientists who will see the project through to completion. After their discussion...Victor essentially steps back and tells Xander that he and Alexei are to be in charge of overseeing the whole thing...Victor has other things he needs to accomplish. Xander understands this...he knows, and didn’t expect, that Victor would stand around and hold his hand all the way through. Pretty immediately, Xander gets down to work...reworking the interface between human and weapon virtually from the ground up, only this time, backed by a team of scientists and Alexei...whose unsurpassable inside-and-out knowledge of the human body and its workings comes to be ever so crucial the more the project progresses. Xander and Alexei even come to develop something of a friendship...with Xander seeing the other as something of a father/authority figure. Through him, Xander meets Alexei’s daughter Ivanna...who is around his own age..if not a few years his junior. Eventually, their meeting becomes an acquaintanceship...which becomes a friendship..and after a few months, the two are dating. It almost surprises Xander that Alexei has no qualms about Xander’s relationship with his daughter...if anything he seems glad for it, and his only warning to Xander is to make sure that whatever’s going on with them doesn’t get in the way of completion of the project. Xander assures him it won’t...which is pretty honest; Xander isn’t the type to let love or emotions or family get in the way of his work. Time passes and eventually, Xander and Ivanna are married...an event which seems to coincide nicely with a major breakthrough in the project. Xander and Alexei, along with their team, had developed a series of... bio-integrative weapons and weapon systems, so to speak, and after several trials of them through use of computers and robot technology...both had decided they were ready for a human test....their first. Xander brings this up with Alexei one day on the job..saying that they ought to get a subject in here and see what they can do. Alexei looks at him and laughs, asking him who he knows would want to undergo nervous system surgery with one of the new weapons? Xander only gives him a calm look and asks what that has to do with anything? He didn’t ask if anyone wanted to consent to it. Alexei gives a dry smile and makes some remark about Xander’s blatant disregard for human feelings, and says that if that’s the case... Xander asks what he means by that, and Alexei asks him when he and Ivanna were planning on having kids? Xander tells him that they’re planning for a son right now, and a few months down the road, a daughter as well, though they havnt started the Synthetic birth process yet for either. Alexei tells him this is fine..it will give them some time to make plans for their two...upcoming pioneer soldiers (referring to Xander’s future kids). Xander only looks at him curiously, to which Alexei replies that hey, everyone has to make sacrifices in their life and if anything...to have two “inside” subjects trained from the very beginning would be the best way to go. A small smile crosses Xander’s face at Alexei’s pseudo-apologetic tone....and Xander only replies that he never said he disapproved of this idea. c; Which...probably says a lot about Xander right there, he has no trouble with the idea of his kids undergoing a mechanical enhancement surgery that could well kill them adsdfs his loyalty to Victor is just that great. So the months pass and in time, Xander and Ivanna’s son (and Alexei’s grandson) Joran (who later comes to be known as Nitro) is born. Its decided that the weapons-integration operation will wait until Joran turns six...but that his training for his future role as one of Victor’s..advanced soldiers, will begin as soon as possible. Xander knows that if they can succeed with his son’s training and upcoming bio-integral weapons operation, that ultimately, that could mean training a whole legion of mechanically-advanced “superpowered” soldiers from childhood...soldiers who would grow up to become an unstoppable force for Victor. Around eleven months later, Xander and Ivanna’s second child is born...the daughter they had planned for named Kiva...and of course, as had been planned long before, she is to be trained along with her brother (though I’ll explain her end of the story in her biography...here I’m just going to stick with Nitro’s). SO NOW that I’ve finally gotten past all the prelude crap I can actually talk about Nitro himself sdasdafds. His father made no mistake of instilling in his son from the beginning a loyalty to Victor, and teaching Nitro that he (Nitro) had a great role to play...he was someone crucial, someone important on whom a great decision hinged. For the sake of confidentiality of the project...Xander didn’t tell his son just yet that he was to become the first of a new breed of soldier...that would have to wait. Regardless, being told all this from the very beginning, that he was this GREAT!1 individual who would do GREAT!11 things in the name of a GREAT!111 leader...definitely had its effect on Nitro; he’s always been the type of boy to believe he can do absolutely anything...that he’s pretty well unstoppable. From the time he was little, he took right away to sports...in school and out...quickly became real competitive and whatnot in those...as well as in video- & virtual games (a New Era advanced form of video games..). At the age of five, Nitro takes his CSP test and is placed in the field of mechanical engineering...which he’s pretty well thrilled about because its not so far off what his father does; and although Xander isn’t the type of father to be all SWEET! and AFFECTIONATE! with his kids...for what its worth, Nitro’s always looked up to his dad..like how a soldier might look up to his commander or..something like that. Maybe that was a weird analogy. ANYWAYS when he’s in first grade too he ends up meeting another SUPER!competitive type boy called Ace..of course initially all the two try and do is constantly outdo each other...but over the course of all that they eventually become friends...typical male bonding I guess lol. Before long, Nitro has a whole crew of guy friends...mainly Ace, Cooler, Kirk, Dominic....and later on Ryan, Ryan’s cousin Konnor, Jason, and Rei..but I’m still developing all that friendship crap SO it’ll have to wait. Main point being that Nitro and Ace are BFF now SO moving on!1 Of course...despite all that, Nitro still often thinks about how his father had always told him that he would grow up to do great things...though at this point he still has no idea as to what that is. So on one day after school...Nitro’s feeling pretty bored...he decides to call up Ace and see if he wants to hang out..only to find out that Ace is grounded. He calls the rest of his buddies..going through the list only to find that none of them can hang out that day...and so Nitro shrugs it off and decides to go play some (virtual) video games on his own. He puts in one of his favorites...no doubt some kind of war/shooting game..and before long, is completely immersed in the virtual battlefield...oblivious entirely to the outside world as he takes out one opponent at a time. Before long though....a challenger appears...a familiar one, and despite Nitro’s best efforts, he finds himself, for the first time in a long time, with a loss. Figuring that the other person just got lucky, Nitro decides to shut the game off, returning to reality once more, to take a break. He is immediately surprised to see his sister Kiva standing there, controller in hand, and mentioning how Nitro never thought he’d lose to her, did he? c; Nitro just stares open-mouthed...asking if...that challenger he’d fought..was that her? Kiva smiles and tells him yep n__n Nitro just stands there in disbelief and asks where she even learned to PLAY that game let alone get good enough to beat him? o3o Kiva replies...that Ace taught her n__n; Nitro is all...Ace...as in my best friend? o_o When Kiva replies in the affirmative...Nitro is all OHHH i see what’s going on here...you like him don’t you? Hah!1 n_____n Kiva, blushing, denies this and is all NO I DONT WE’RE JUST..FRIENDS n//n But of course Nitro just HAS to tease her all like ACE AND KIVA SITTING IN A TREE K-I-S-S-I-N-G n________________n Typical...mature 6 year old boy. A moment later, their father Xander appears in the doorway smiling and mentioning in his people voice how it seems like they’re having fun n__n Kiva runs over to him all like DADDY GUESS WHAT I beat Nitro at video games n__n <3 Nitro rolls his eyes and says its only because her BOYFRIEND!1 taught her how u___u Kiva of course objects to this but their father just laughs and tells her either way its pretty impressive that she pulled out a win. ^-^ He walks on over to the game screen & system and glances over it appraisingly...standing there for a moment. Nitro and his sister exchange looks before Nitro stands beside his father...looking up at him curiously. Xander then looks down at his son with a slight smile and asks if Nitro...could imagine doing something like that...for real. Nitro’s eyes widen..he of course loves his virtual video games...and the idea of being able to be a REAL soldier...a real commander JUST LIEK IN THE GAME!11 just excites him. He tells his dad that that would be TOTALLY AWESOME!!!1 and that he wishes he could do something like that. :c Xander looks to his son and daughter...speaking to both of them when he says that...they will. Nitro looks over at his sister...whose look of doubt contrasts with his own excitement..and Xander continues...explaining to his children that he’s about to tell them something VERY IMPORTANT!11 and that they have to promise him that they’ll never tell anyone else what he’s about to tell them....or bad things could happen. Talking to a 6 and 5 year old...Xander probably figured that the vague-but-ominous! threat of bad things is enough to make sure they don’t spill the beans on what he’s about to tell them. Nitro promises...and after a nod from Kiva...Xander continues...and explains that Nitro and Kiva both were born to fulfill a special role...to be the first ones to fulfill that role. Nitro listens as his father essentially explains the project...in detail now as he explains specifically that Nitro and Kiva are to be the first...of a new kind of fighter...the first in a line of super-advanced soldiers. He goes on to say that its not..going to be an easy thing...this is an experimental sort of program...and the success of Nitro and his sister will be key in determining this program’s future. The more Xander talks...the more eager and excited Nitro becomes...the thought of being just as powerful as the commanders and fighters in his game...being a real hero...taking down bad guys...he really can’t imagine anything more exciting. Xander catches on to that, clapping his son warmly on the back and adding that that sounds pretty cool, doesn’t it? n____n Nitro agrees wholeheartedly and asks when he gets to start being a hero?? 8D Xander seems to ponder this for a moment before replying, to both of them, that the fulfillment of their role will begin with an operation. He doesn’t explain specifically what the operation will entail...only tells them that they will both be advanced...Nitro in terms of strength and power, and Kiva in terms of stealth and agility. Nitro is a little taken aback...not intimidated, but surprised...unsure why he’d have to have an operation done. Nonetheless, though he does feel odd about it all, he shrugs and replies okay. Kiva cautiously asks...if its going to hurt? ;n; Xander tells her nahh...they’ll be out the entire time, won’t feel a thing. c; Nitro looks over and reassures her that it’ll be fine...and think about it, they get to be like superheroes!1 Of course...he still doesn’t really realize what it is he’s getting into..but then again...he also doesn’t realize that neither he nor Kiva has any choice in the matter. Eventually, the day comes for the operations to take place...and Xander takes both his children to the R&D facility where he and Alexei had been working on the new bio-integral weapons designs...and where a specialized team of surgeons would perform the operation. Nitro is first up...and enters the sterile room along with a few of the surgeons..while his father and sister wait outside, unable to see (mainly for Kiva’s sake dfsddsa). For the first real time...Nitro can feel himself growing vaguely uneasy...but after being seated on the table and enclosed in a small chamber (where the operation would be done using advanced machines & lasers), he is gassed with a powerful anesthetic & knock-out chemical...and quietly slips into blackness. Some time later...after what feels to Nitro like several days of peaceful sleep, he sits up in the chamber. Minutes pass and he can feel his body awakening as he glances over himself..searching for any scars or signs of the operation...only to see none. He feels an odd tingling sensation in his right shoulder and raises that arm for examination. The arm itself works fine...but something, he finds, feels different. He reaches over and pinches his right arm, only to find that he feels no pain there, just the sensation of pressure on the pinched area. As he ponders this, a bright flash of light accompanied by the sound of a gunshot hits his senses, and immediately, instinctively, Nitro raises his right arm and shoots the bullet before it can reach him. As fragments of metal float to the ground, the room grows light, and Nitro sees the image of his father standing there not far away. Xander tells him very good...and that Nitro’s passed his first test with flying colors. Nitro thanks him...and its only then that he looks down at his arm, his right arm, and sees not an arm and hand...but the sleek, steel barrel of a New Era war rifle. This alarms him...only moments ago...his arm had been there..but now- Xander’s image steps forward and tells Nitro that that arm is a marvel of weapons technology...integrated into his nervous system, it is a high-tech machine that can shift into any form of weapon desired based on Nitro’s thought and instinct. Nitro looks down at his gun-arm...in a mixture of shock and ecstasy, and jumps down off the table, raising his arm to the air and shooting out a blast of fire...his mechanical arm now in the form of a flamethrower. To Nitro...its as if he really is in a virtual reality fighting game...or a dream..but his father’s image only smiles and tells him that this is real. Nitro’s all NO WAI 8D and his father just smiles and tells him way c: At that point, the lights dim once more, and the walls take on various scenery...as Nitro finds himself immersed in what appears to be one of the multiplayer war games he’d always been so fond of. Xander watches from a distance as Nitro finds himself completely destroying all competition, every computer-controlled opponent that is thrown at him. In addition to his arm, he quickly finds that his other senses have been heightened as well...and just as he controls his arm, he realizes that he can control his vision...allowing him to see something like an augmented reality...able to sense opponents’ moves from miles away, see in infrared, scan environments, etc. Before long, Nitro’s pretty well worn down his energy, fighting computer-controlled virtual opponents, and when every last one of them is down...the virtual game system shuts off and the room returns to normal. Xander steps in, in person now, and praises his son. Nitro’s grandfather Alexei shows up as well, with several of his colleagues, and says that the first part of the experiment was a success. Nitro..curiously asks..the first part? and Xander explains that the first part...was to successfully integrate the new weapon system with Nitro...the second part..will be training him to be a future soldier in the reign of King Victor. Of course...Nitro had been taught since the cradle to admire and respect then-Senator Victor Steele...that Victor was a man of greatness, leadership, the whole nine yards..so naturally, the idea of being a soldier..or even a high commander in Victor’s future reign...sounded like an honor to him. Xander steps forward, extends his hand, and asks if Nitro will do this...fight for Victor when the time comes. Nitro...without hesitation, answers yes...shaking his father’s hand... and sealing a future alliance.
TO BE CONTINUED
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Cooler
Full Name: Deshawn Armstrong Lewis
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 8
Birthday: September 2nd
Astrology Sign: Virgo
IQ: 136
Element: Darkness/Ice
Ethnicity: African-American
Language(s): English, light Spanish
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Mechanical Engineer (In-training/Intern)
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Current Living Place: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: O
Height & Weight: 4’8” & 68 lbs
Body Type: Athletic
Skin: Dark-skinned
Hair Color: Black; curly; short
Eye Color: Dark Chocolate
Marital Status: Single
Family Relations: Son of Trevonne and Dominique
Notes: COOLER has a huge crush on Nixie and is seriously in love with her despite the fact that she can't stand him at all. He's always going to no end to impress her and try to win her affection but it never works and poor him and I don't know one day I'll actually write up an accurate description
Themes:
Trouble
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Rei
Full Name: Rei Xavier Markovic
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 8
Birthday: October 7th
Astrology Sign: Libra
IQ: 131
Element: Fire
Ethnicity: Serbian
Language(s): English, Serbian, light Spanish
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Volcanologist (In-training/Intern)
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Current Living Place: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: A
Height & Weight: 4’6” & 61 lbs
Body Type: Lean
Skin: Medium
Hair Color: Medium-brown; straight; short
Eye Color: Deep bronze with Vivid Amber around the pupil
Marital Status: Single
Family Relations: Son of Nikola and Andjela; Nephew to Jovan; Cousin to Scarlett
Notes: REEEIIIII's description thing needs a rewrite
Themes:
Now Or Never
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Scarlett
Full Name: Scarlett Jovana Markovic
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 8
Birthday: November 17th
Astrology Sign: Scorpio
IQ: 127
Element: Darkness/Fire
Ethnicity: Serbian
Language(s): English, Serbian, light Spanish
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Fashion Designer (In-training/Intern)
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Current Living Place: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: AB
Height & Weight: 4’4” & 49 lbs
Body Type: Thin
Skin: Medium
Hair Color: Sleek black; straight; upper-back length
Eye Color: Live Coal
Marital Status: Single
Family Relations: Daughter of Jovan and Nataša; Niece to Nikola; Cousin to Rei
Notes: I need to rewrite this
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Trinity
Full Name: Trinity Grace Martinez
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 8
Birthday: July 7th
Astrology Sign: Cancer
IQ: 126
Element: Earth/Fire
Ethnicity: Spanish, French
Language(s): English, light Spanish & French
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Fashion Designer (In-training/Intern)
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Current Living Place: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: B
Height & Weight: 4’3” & 51 lbs
Body Type: Slender
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Medium-brown; straight; upper-back length
Eye Color: Pear Green
Marital Status: Single
Family Relations: Daughter of Alejandro and Juliette; Sister to Blake
Notes: SOMEWHAT outdated...I need to fix this
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Shana
Full Name: Shana Rosaria Perez
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 8
Birthday: July 28th
Astrology Sign: Leo
IQ: 137
Element: Fire
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Language(s): Spanish, English, light Italian
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Criminal Investigator (In-training/Intern)
Birthplace: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Current Living Place: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: AB
Height & Weight: 4’4” & 52 lbs
Body Type: Slender
Skin: Olive
Hair Color: Dark-brown; wavy; upper-back length
Eye Color: Deep Copper
Marital Status: Single
Family Relations: Daughter of Jesús and Martina
Notes: I need to rewrite Shay's description thing here
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Adrienne
Full Name: Adrienne Naomi Ramirez
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 8
Birthday: May 17th
Astrology Sign: Taurus
IQ: 122
Element: Earth
Ethnicity: Venezuelan, Japanese
Language(s): English, Spanish, light Japanese
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Cosmetologist (In-training/Intern)
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Current Living Place: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: A
Height & Weight: 4’3” & 48 lbs
Body Type: Petite
Skin: Medium
Hair Color: Dark-brown; wavy; mid-back length
Eye Color: Cocoa
Marital Status: Single
Family Relations: Daughter of Xuan and Kimiko; Half-sister to Jin
Notes: Needs rewrite
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Marlie
Full Name: Marlena Jewel Kim
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 8
Birthday: October 21st
Astrology Sign: Libra
IQ: 142
Element: Darkness
Ethnicity: Korean, Scottish
Language(s): English, Korean, light Italian
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Psychologist (In-training/Intern)
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Current Living Place: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: B
Height & Weight: 4’3” & 50 lbs
Body Type: Slender
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Sleek black; straight; mid-back length
Eye Color: Raven
Marital Status: Single
Family Relations: Daughter of Chung-Hee and Kelsey
Notes: MARLIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE~ info coming soon
Themes:
Dancing With Myself
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A.J.
Full Name: Aaren Jade Kovar
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 9
Birthday: July 5th
Astrology Sign: Cancer
IQ: 135
Element: Light
Ethnicity: Czech, Austrian
Language(s): English, light German
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Electrical Engineer (In-training/Intern)
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Current Living Place: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: A
Height & Weight: 4’5” & 54 lbs
Body Type: Slender
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Flaxen-blonde; wavy; upper-back length
Eye Color: Jade
Marital Status: Single
Family Relations: Daughter of Conrad and Amalia
Notes: A.J. is Nixie's 'second-in-command' within their little crew of bitches and she hates the shit out of Scarlett and Jillian and all them and I need to rewrite her description because it was outdated
Themes:
Hollaback Girl
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Jordan
Full Name: Jordana Rainn Silva
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 8
Birthday: April 15th
Astrology Sign: Aries
IQ: 135
Element: Water/Earth
Ethnicity: Portuguese, Barbadian/Bajan
Language(s): English, light Spanish
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Dietitian (In-training/Intern)
Birthplace: Bridgetown, Barbados
Current Living Place: Washington, D.C., U.S.A
Blood Type: A
Height & Weight: 4’4” & 53 lbs
Body Type: Slender
Skin: Medium
Hair Color: Dark brown; straight; shoulder-length
Eye Color: Midnight Green
Marital Status: Single
Family Relations: Daughter of Ricardo and Tiara
Biography: Jordan is the daughter of this famous New Era pop diva and wants to follow in her mother's footsteps and one day I'll write up her description because I'm reworking some things bye
Fun Fact! Jordan has a pet water dragon named Godzilla. c:
Themes:
I'm The One
Pon De Replay
Music of the Sun
S.O.S (Let the Music Play)
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Layla
Full Name: Leilani Malia Rivera
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 8
Birthday: March 16th
Astrology Sign: Pisces
IQ: 129
Element: Earth/Water
Ethnicity: Filipino, Hawaiian
Language(s): English, light Hawaiian & Spanish
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Botanist (In-training/Intern)
Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.
Current Living Place: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: B
Height & Weight: 4’3” & 52 lbs
Body Type: Slender
Skin: Tan
Hair Color: Black; straight; mid-back length
Eye Color: Volcanic soil
Marital Status: Single
Family Relations: Daughter of Renaldo and Nai'a
Notes: I need to fix some things with Layla's story
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Tahani
Full Name: Tahani Jamila al-Qayyim
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 8
Birthday: March 2nd
Astrology Sign: Pisces
IQ: 134
Element: Earth
Ethnicity: Saudi Arabian
Language(s): Arabic, English, light French
Religion: Muslim
Occupation: Veterinarian (In-training/Intern)
Birthplace: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Current Living Place: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: B
Height & Weight: 4’4” & 54 lbs
Body Type: Slender
Skin: Olive
Hair Color: Dark-brown; wavy; upper-back length
Eye Color: Soot Brown
Marital Status: Single
Family Relations: Daughter of Na'im and Isra
Notes: Need to fix some things here too
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Kiva
Full Name: Kiva Mirage Amundsen
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 8 (Alternate story age: 15)
Birthday: December 21st
Astrology Sign: Sagittarius
IQ: 135
Element: Ice/Wind
Ethnicity: Norwegian, Icelandic, Russian
Language(s): English, light Russian
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Aerospace Engineer (In-training/Intern)
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Current Living Place: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: A
Height & Weight: 4’4” & 49 lbs
Body Type: Thin/Petite
Skin: Fair-skinned
Hair Color: Pale-blonde; straight; upper-back length
Eye Color: Winter Snow
Marital Status: Single
Family Relations: Daughter of Xander and Ivanna; Sister to Nitro; Granddaughter of Alexei and Svana
Notes: Kiva's story is filled with drama and crap and I need to rewrite this description
Themes:
Everytime
Wherever You Are
No Air
Taking Chances
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Keisha
Full Name: Keisha Danique Smith
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 8
Birthday: June 18th
Astrology Sign: Gemini
IQ: 128
Element: Light/Earth
Ethnicity: African-American
Language(s): English, light French
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Interior Designer (In-training/Intern)
Birthplace: Neso, Isles of Victory, U.S.A.
Current Living Place: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: A
Height & Weight: 4’4” & 52 lbs
Body Type: Slender
Skin: Tan
Hair Color: Dark-brown; curly; shoulder-length
Eye Color: Chocolate
Marital Status: Single
Family Relations: Daughter of Tyrese and Latoya
Notes: Keisha is one of the girls from Haley’s group of friends...and is almost always found around her or one of the others from the group, like Kandy or Essie. She’s actually...one of the more recent ones to join the group, having originally gone to school in her hometown of Neso in the Isles of Victory. During Keisha’s school years there, she was placed in the field of Interior Design for her career study program, and it was in that program that she met another little girl with similar interests in the field named T.K. The two became somewhat of friends, not like BFF! or anything, but they worked together a lot and were essentially friends during the time they spent together in their CSP. T.K. eventually moved to Washington D.C., which bummed Keisha out a bit...but she went on, after all, she did have other friends. A little while later, Keisha’s parents informed her that they too were moving- to Washington D.C. At this point, Keisha...didn’t know that that’s where her old pal T.K. had gone to, but she soon finds out when it comes time to go to her CSP, and lo and behold guess who’s there to greet her! The two girls are all EEE YAY!11 and rejoice over being friends again and do some catching up and all of that....and after its all over, Keisha notices that...T.K. seems different...somehow...maybe a little bit more..shallow and preppy than she used to be, but Keisha doesn’t think much of it. At recess, T.K. insists that Keisha hang out with her and ALL HER WONDERFUL FRIENDS!11 which Keisha smiles and agrees to, and she follows T.K. over to her group’s little area. And so...she meets T.K.’s friends; and while Jillian and Trinity seem alright at first, Scarlett...something about her just makes Keisha feel uneasy. Throughout the recess while the group is hanging out, the topic of their conversation shifts onto gossip...and onto the group’s little ‘enemy’...a girl named Nixie and her group of friends. Keisha doesn’t..really want to be part of the gossip and..wishes they’d change the subject...but she’s pretty non-confrontational so she doesn’t...say anything at first. After a few minutes though, she finally musters the courage to ask T.K....why Nixie is so bad? D: Before T.K. can respond though, Jillian cuts in and tells Keisha that Nixie is THE MEANEST girl in the entire school and that she’s really mean to everyone unless you’re in her little clique of friends. >_> Keisha is all like..really? :c And Scarlett breaks in and is all like UM YES!1 and goes on to say that on top of being the meanest girl in school, Nixie’s also a boyfriend stealer AND a best-friend stealer!!1 Keisha of course...doesn’t know whether or not to believe this, she’s never been one to gossip...or trust what she hears through gossip..but after Scarlett is all like YOU WOULDNT WANT to be friends with someone like that would you???11 >___>, Keisha just shakes her head and decides not to argue anymore. After that...she basically starts hanging out with Jillian’s group for a little while...though she doesn’t really like being around them and their gossip. A few days after she first...hung out with the group, Keisha is walking down the hall to one of her classes, when out of the blue, someone collides hard with her, knocking her to the floor. Afraid, Keisha looks up...sees the girl that had run into her..and immediately recognizes her as the boyfriend-stealing-best-friend-stealing-meanest-girl-in-the-school, Nixie. Nixie looks down at her and, with an honest but not particularly compassionate tone, tells Keisha sorry about that, and asks if she’s okay? Keisha...nods shakily, but can’t stop herself from flinching when Nixie offers a hand to help her up. (Jillian had once told her that Nixie had gone to the principal’s office for beating up another girl) Nixie kind of laughs at this and is all like lol what are you afraid of me? n__n to which Keisha quickly shakes her head no...and then manages to say that no, she’s not. She allows Nixie to help her up, though Nixie raises an eyebrow at the other girl, knowing that Keisha’s not telling the truth...and she soon realizes that this is the girl she’s seen hanging around Jillian’s group. Knowing though that innocent, timid little Keisha doesn’t pose anything of a threat to her, Nixie decides to let her go, telling her to take it easy and oh, by the way, Nixie isn’t a boyfriend stealer or a best friend stealer or anything else Keisha might have heard. You shouldn’t believe everything you hear. n_~ And so...needless to say, this makes Keisha feel really bad...even though she’s never said one thing against Nixie...she’s sat around and listened to gossip about her and her group for awhile now. :c So next time she hangs out with Jillian’s group, Keisha...cautiously brings up the incident, and after the group gets over their SHOCK! that Keisha would have anything to do with that EVIL! Nixie, they all voice their input. Scarlett just rolls her eyes and is all WELL OF COURSE she’s not going to admit she’s a boyfriend-stealer!1 with Trinity adding OR A BEST FRIEND STEALER!11 and Jillian finishing off with OR THE MEANEST MEAN GIRL IN THE ENTIRE SCHOOL!111111 T.K. tells Keisha that...she’s glad Keisha didn’t get hurt. :c Keisha asks..what she means..and T.K. tells her that earlier that year..before Keisha had come to the school..Nixie had tried to kill T.K. Keisha looks towards Jillian, who nods and says that she witnessed the whole thing...she’s seen firsthand how Nixie lives up to her mean-girl reputation. Keisha...senses that this might not be true (and its not adfssad)...and just..kind of looks down..not really knowing what to say. She doesn’t...want to be a part of this clique-fight that goes on between Nixie’s and Jillian’s groups..Keisha hates fighting jahjksf and if at all possible, she’ll do anything to stay out of it. So days pass, and one recess, Keisha decides that she doesn’t want to be with Jillian’s group anymore...and so as soon as she gets outside, she ducks behind a wall and stays out of sight of Jillian and Scarlett, who are already at the group’s little area. Not wanting to go out and make herself seen, Keisha just..sits down..hugging her legs to her chest and..wishing she knew what to do. A moment later, a voice distracts her from her thoughts, and Keisha looks up to see two girls standing on front of her. The one with blonde and light brown hair sits down next to Keisha and asks, concernedly, if she’s okay? D: Keisha says that she is...she’s just..trying to avoid her ‘friends’. The one sitting next to her is all awww how come? :c and Keisha..tells her that they’re always saying mean things about this other girl and her group...and Keisha feels bad about it and doesn’t want to talk about that anymore. Her companion sympathises and tells her that doesn’t sound like any fun...she doesn’t like when people gossip either...its not nice. D: Keisha is all like no kidding :c At that point, the second girl, a cheery blonde with shimmering blue hair ribbons, sits down with them and eagerly tells them she has an idea!! Why doesn’t Keisha come play with them instead? =D Her companion happily agrees that that’s a great idea, that would be so fun, and that she loves making new friends! 8D Keisha tells the two girls that...that does sound like fun..and..could she really come and hang out with them? ;; Her companions tells her of course! and before long, Keisha is following the two towards a different section of the playground, good and far from Jillian and Nixie’s little battleground areas. Along the way, the girl with the brown-and-blonde hair smiles and introduces herself as Haley, saying that its really nice to meet her C: The other girl, the blonde with the hair ribbons, introduces herself as Essie and says likewise =D Keisha introduces herself as well, saying that its nice to meet them too c: Upon reunion with the rest of Haley and Essie’s circle of friends, among them being Haley’s cousin Kandy, Keisha can quickly see...that its such a different atmosphere than what she’s used to..everyone being so sweet and friendly as opposed to sitting around dissing one another and gossiping about people. By the end of the recess, Keisha...is happier than she’d been at school in a long time...and realizes that..she actually LIKES hanging out with Haley and the other girls. Haley tells Keisha that she’s really glad they’re friends now and asks if Keisha wants to hang out with them again tomorrow? c: Keisha tells her that she will, to which Haley throws her arms around her all like YAY n____n and adds that she’ll bring her Tinkerbell movie tomorrow so they can all watch n____n and of course everyone is happy because in Haley’s group, DISNEY MOVIES = WIN x1000000!11 And so...Keisha became a part of her new group...and though T.K. and some of the others tried to make her come back, eventually...they realized that maybe..it was for the better...Keisha just wasn’t bitch enough to hang out with them.
Themes:
Believe In Me
No One
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Audrey
Full Name: Audrey Juanita Seldon
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 8
Birthday: October 23rd
Astrology Sign: Libra
IQ: 130
Element: Earth
Ethnicity: Turkish, Salvadoran
Language(s): English, Spanish, light French
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Energy Technology Engineer (In-training/Intern)
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Current Living Place: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: A
Height & Weight: 4’3” & 50 lbs
Body Type: Slender/Petite
Skin: Medium
Hair Color: Auburn-brown (with single pink streak); straight; upper-back length
Eye Color: Dark Sepia
Marital Status: Single
Family Relations: Daughter of Altan and Marisela; Step-daughter to Kendall
Notes: Audrey is one of the girls from Haley's group, almost always seen hanging around either her, or Keisha, or with one of the others. With a Turkish father and a Salvadoran mother...I suppose Audrey's...ethnicity itself is probably something worth a little description. Her father, whose job required frequent international travel, was born and raised in Turkey, though over the course of his life, he spent years living in other countries overseas...sometimes for a long time. It was during his time living in the Central American country of El Salvador that he met Audrey's mother...and over several years, the two began dating and eventually, were married. Audrey's father's...constant travel as required for his job though proved to be...something of a problem; he and his wife ended up living in numerous different countries...which she wasn't too happy about...more than anything she wanted to settle down in one place so that they could actually...raise a child. In time, the couple's travels brought them to Washington D.C., and after anticipating that would be their home for awhile, decided...to have their first child, a daughter named Audrey. (Audrey and her parents & grandparents...maybe even great-grandparents are of Synthetic-Birth Status) For awhile...things seemed to be going nicely...until Audrey's father was again required to do some long-term traveling...and informed that this new trip wasn't to be the last. This of course, didn't bode well with his wife...or daughter (who was four at the time). Neither of them, particularly shy little Audrey, wanted to be uprooted and made to live somewhere different overseas. To spare a lot of long and boring details and drama....eventually, her father's job was what lead to the divorce between Audrey's mom and dad. Her father now lives overseas....Audrey sees him like..a couple times a year, if that, and her mother remarried...with Audrey and her mom both taking on her stepdad's last name. For what its worth though...Audrey loves her stepdad...its him she views as her 'real' father....and he treats her as if she were his 'real' daughter. (The only thing stopping him from legally adopting her is that her birth father...wouldn't consent to that) A lot of that is that..Audrey....felt like her father abandoned her and her mom, choosing his job over them. And being...I guess you could say somewhat insecure, this really...did hurt her a good deal. Once she got into the first grade, Audrey eventually met another girl her age named Haley....whom she came to befriend, and through Haley, Audrey met the rest of Haley's friends...all of whom would come to have an effect on her...and as the time went by in school, Audrey found herself becoming more and more outgoing; the shyness and insecurity she'd felt in the wake of her parents' divorce seeming to dissipate increasingly with each passing day. When it came time for her Career Study Program to begin...Audrey was placed in the field of Energy Technology Engineering...a popular and important career field in the New Era...and she soon came to befriend many of the other kids she worked with there...one of them being Ryan. As time went on, Audrey and Ryan became good friends....even if she'd been having the worst of days, his carefree and silly personality never failed to make her smile, and getting to hang out with him when they worked together at the Energy Center was always one of the high points of her day. Soon though..Audrey started to realize that...she was really...starting to care for him...if ever she sensed that he wasn't happy, she would always do her best to cheer him up because after all, it always seemed to happen that on the rare times when he was unhappy...so was she. On one day, with the two both at the Energy Center...their group is on a tour of one of the upper floors of the place, the group directors showing them one of the latest models of a contemporary fusion power generator...something they might well be working on a few years from now. The large-scale model is on one of the lower levels...with the kids looking down at it from a balcony. Audrey, intrigued by it, moves closer to the railing to have a better look, but as she leans over it, she slips....nearly falling over the barrier...but is caught just in time by Ryan..who helps her back down..her hand in his. Concerned, he asks her if she's alright...to which she just kind of...stares for a moment...heat rising in her cheeks as she tells him that..yeah..she is. Ryan smiles and tells her that's a relief, he wouldn't want anything to happen to her. n__n; Audrey can't help but blush a little at this...and they both kind of smile at each other before Ryan insists on showing her another fusion generator up ahead in the same area; dashing off in that direction with her hand still in his. Of course...Ryan's actions are nothing more than out of friendship...but Audrey...in her heart...both feels, and hopes, that maybe...he cares about her just as she does him...maybe its not just out of friendship alone. As the days pass, Audrey finds herself thinking about Ryan more and more...wondering what it would be like to really..be his girlfriend...to be his ONE AND ONLY TREW LUV just like in the Disney movies she and Haley and the others in the group love so much. Speaking of the group...it wasn't long before they would welcome a new member to the circle....Essie. (dsadds NINI I'm sorry I keep using your characters dfdsfds I'll change all this if you want) Once Essie came into the group...everyone seemed to take notice of her; her adorably sweet demeanor winning her many friends inside and outside the group. Audrey liked Essie just fine right off the bat....though the new girl had her share of innocent quirks, Audrey was just as happy as the others to have a new friend to hang out with..and Essie seemed so friendly and sweet...what was not to like? Well...as the weeks went on...Audrey started to notice some changes in Ryan's demeanor; he seemed..even more happy than usual, if it were possible....always smiling and seeming to have his mind on some kind of wonderful daydream...something only he knew. Inside, Audrey hoped...that maybe..it had something to do with her..maybe he really did like her back after all. Deciding to take a chance one day, while the two are together at the Energy Center during their Career Study Program...Audrey says to Ryan...that she has something to tell him. Curious, he asks her what's that? c: To which she replies...telling him that...he's been a really amazing friend to her and that...she's happy they've met. <3 Ryan, who is honestly...interpreting this at face value, tells her thanks, and same to her n___n Taking this as a sign of mutual feelings..Audrey then goes on to tell him that...she likes him. This takes Ryan a moment to figure out...he thinks she means she likes him as a friend...but when the actual meaning of her words hits him...he finds himself in a rare fix..speechless. Audrey...kind of picks up on this right away...even before Ryan admits that he DOES like her...as a friend. She asks him if...that's it...and feeling guilty, he just...kind of nods. :c So poor Audrey is just...crushed by this..and for the rest of the day at the Energy Center..she and Ryan..really don't talk...its definitely..an awkward time for both of them. Even after the day is over though...she can't help but wonder why...it always SEEMED like..he did like her...so Audrey can't figure out the reason for his response...until...she comes up with another idea; someone else. The next day at school, Audrey is hanging out with Haley, Kandy, Essie, and a bunch of other girls in the group at recess..probably re-enacting a Disney movie or something like that...when she spots Ryan a little ways away hanging out with a couple of other boys. He doesn't notice and Audrey pretends not to have seen him, deciding to just go on with the game until she suddenly notices Essie breaking away from their group, dashing excitedly in Ryan's direction. The moment he sees her, a smile breaks across his features, and before long, he and Essie are chasing each other across the playground, all smiles and laughter until they finally end up together in a hug...looking for all the world like a perfect, happy little couple. Audrey...as she watches..can't help but feel...almost sick at the sight...especially at the look of sheer joy on Essie's pretty features. Needless to say...after that event..Audrey grew increasingly more and more jealous and disdainful of Essie; and the fact that Essie just seemed to go on as innocently friendly and happy as ever only made it worse. Audrey...didn't want to spark drama though or do anything immature...being catty and vindictive is one thing that isn't in her nature, and the last thing she wanted was to make herself look like a MEAN!girl and give everyone, and Ryan, a reason to hate her. Although she still continued to act as if she were JUST FINE! n___n, Audrey did make a conspicuous point-of-matter to avoid Essie as much as humanly possible; she wouldn't talk to her, sit by her, walk near her...and although it made her feel..a little bit guilty to do that, she felt justified...after all, if it weren't for Essie pulling Ryan away...maybe he would have chosen Audrey instead. Eventually though...Audrey's avoidance of Essie seems to grow more and more obvious to the other members...all it seemed, except Essie. Eventually, one of the girls, Keisha, asks Audrey if...she's mad at Essie about something? :c Audrey..who had admitted to Keisha a little while ago about her feelings for Ryan, tells her that she is...and Keisha asks...if this is about Ryan? Audrey sighs and says that yes...it is. Keisha..tells her that its not Essie's fault...she's not TRYING to make Audrey mad...to which Audrey asks then whose fault it is? Hers? and Keisha..feeling bad over the whole situation tells her that its nobody's fault. Audrey thinks about this for a moment...but to let the whole thing go..just feels wrong to her, and so she continues her avoidance of Essie. The next day....Audrey proves right the group's suspicions about her having a problem with Essie. At recess, Essie pulls out a bag of marshmallows she'd packed to share with the group as a snack. As she cheerily doles them out, she notices that Audrey hasn't taken any. Holding out a handful of the sweets..she asks if Audrey wants some marshmallows? n___n Audrey shakes her head...to which Essie asks if she's sure? C: and Audrey again tells her no. Not wanting to leave her out, Essie persists, holding out the marshmallows again and telling her they're really tasty n___n but Audrey has had enough and swats Essie's hand away, telling her that she doesn't WANT any marshmallows. The others in the group are all just like D: !!...all except for Essie who's just all like oh okay, why didn't you just say so n___n Feeling immediately guilty...Audrey gets up and tells the group that she has to go. So she walks out...as fast as possible, just wanting to..get away...and all the while feeling terrible about the whole situation, when pretty soon, she realizes she's being followed. Turning around, she sees that its Essie, and stops, asking why Essie's following her. Essie just smiles and tells Audrey that she didn't want her friend to be all by herself C: Audrey...looks away..sighs..and tells Essie that SHE wants to be by herself...and could Essie PLEASE leave her alone? Essie just tilts her head and is all like awww how come? :c and Audrey just sighs heavily and asks if Essie REALLY wants to know why? Essie nods eagerly, and Audrey motions across the playground towards Ryan and his group of friends. Essie looks at her in confusion...and Audrey just spits out the truth...telling her that she...liked Ryan. Essie innocently takes this as a good thing and is just all AWWW I LIKE RYAN TOO ISN'T HE NICE??? n_________n Audrey at this point is just..getting fed up that Essie is completely oblivious to her..little problem, and she just stomps her foot and tells her that NO THIS IS NOT NICE!!11 and goes on to bitch about how SHE USED TO LIKE RYAN!11 and how HE LIKED HER TOO!11 and how everything was FINE AND PERFECT!! before ESSIE!!1 came along and RUINED EVERYTHING BAAAWWW!!1 and at that point, Audrey just storms off, leaving Essie there wondering....what she did? :c That weekend....Audrey just...can't help but feel really bad overall...partly because of how she treated Essie, and partly because of how distant she's been acting even towards Ryan. She wishes...that they could just go back to being friends again...even if that meant accepting that he cared..really truly cared...about Essie. Come that Monday, Audrey decides...that she probably owes some apologizes....and at the first recess of the day when she goes to hang out with her usual group of girls...she tells Essie that...she's sorry for what she said to her the other day...and she's sorry for having been so mean lately. :c Essie just smiles and is all AWW ITS OKAY n____n and is obviously not...mad at all...which even given Essie's disposition, still surprises Audrey a little...she wasn't expecting TOTAL forgiveness. Nonetheless, everyone in the group is relieved and happy that there's no more anger in their circle n___n but for Audrey...she knows there's still one more thing she has to do. Later that day during her Career Study Program....she decides that its probably time...to set things right with Ryan. Taking a deep breath...she tells him that...she's sorry...for how she's been acting lately....and is there any chance that they could just...put all this behind them? :c Ryan, grinning, jokingly tells her that he has no idea what she's talking about C: This makes her smile...knowing that he's forgiven her as well...and in the end, he tells her that its okay...and that he's all for moving on if she is. c: She thanks him....and he of course, tells her that its no problem. c: And...as of now the two get along...though deep down inside Audrey STILL kindofsortof likes him and that's probably not ever going to change and WHO KNOWS!!1 maybe it'll lead to some drama in the future lol
Themes:
Amigas
I'm Not That Girl
The Tide is High
Until You're Mine
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Roxana
Full Name: Roxana Cyrine Hayek
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 8
Birthday: February 22nd
Astrology Sign: Pisces
IQ: 128
Element: Earth/Water
Ethnicity: Lebanese, Armenian
Language(s): English, light Italian
Religion: Non-religious
Occupation: Marine Biologist (In-training/Intern)
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Current Living Place: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Blood Type: B
Height & Weight: 4'2" & 49 lbs
Body Type: Slender
Skin: Olive
Hair Color: Dark brown; straight; shoulder-length
Eye Color: Chocolate Pearl
Marital Status: Single
Family Relations: Daughter of Rashad and Amira
Notes: ROXY is one of Shelley’s best friends and the two have marine biology together with some other people and they have ALL KINDS of ADVENTURES! and BAWW!drama and a whole bunch of other stuff that I’ve been working on and WILL ACTUALLY WRITE OUT at some point
Themes:
I Whistle A Happy Tune (Ignore that video xD;)
Where We Belong
Raining Sunshine
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