Name: Naomi
Name Origin: Hebrew, meaning "pleasant"
Species: Human
Age: Adult
Likes: Soup
Dislikes: ???
Overview: Naomi came to Gaia from Earth. Nobody is quite sure how she got here... because she doesn't really talk about it. She's completely human, but has been in Gaia long enough to be used to the strange people and ways around here. She is a trans-personal psychologist who keeps a practice on earth and commutes back and forth from Gaia. She has a close but often frustrating relationship with her parents, adores her dad and is exasperated by her meddlesome but well-meaning mother. She loves to garden and to read and enjoys classical music.
Personality: Naomi is a very down to earth and easygoing person. She's easy to talk to and people often find themselves confiding in her. She can be bluntly honest, though, which can make one uncomfortable. Often she doesn't offer opinons unless asked. She is very independent and self-sufficient, she doesn't like to feel as if she has to rely on anyone but herself. As a parent, Naomi is more of the sit-back-and-watch sort, believing that a person can only be who they are and that a child's job is to discover themselves. So she isn't terribly fussy or overprotective. She's not much of a disciplinarian either, preferring to sit down and talk an issue out, getting to the root of bad behavior, rather than smacking or timeouts. It's her opinion that if a person can understand the reasons behind their actions, they can address the core of any issues they may have. This being said, while she exhibits confidence and self control at all times, there is a vulnerability stemming from a deep past hurt that she avoids confronting. Naomi has her own demons that she runs from, just like the rest of us.
Name: Kaimi (Kah-ee-mee)
Name Origin: Hawaiian. Means "The Seeker"
Species: Kupua
Age: Child
Likes: Jellybeans. Playing dress-up. Jewelry!! The color blue. Dancing! Kaimi has taken to dancing everywhere. Helping Naomi garden. Most everything.
Dislikes: eating meat. Kaimi is apparently a vegetarian. "Uncle" Leeward
Overview: Kaimi is sweet, innocent and joyful. For her, the world is a wonderous place to explore. She's prone to outbursts of laughter just for the sake of being happy. She's open and trusting and sees good in everyone. A very helpful and giving little girl, although she tends to forget her chores to go do More Important Things, like chasing butterflies or finding shapes in the clouds. At least she has her priorities straight. Her exuberance makes her quite a handful, but at the same time she's a joy to be around so people tend to forgive her for wearing them out. Oddly, though, sometimes she has insights that a child her age shouldn't have. And sometimes she can be caught talking to herself, holding lengthy one-sided conversations that seem rather inexplicable. Maybe she has an invisible friend? The flowers in her hair and around her neck are forever in bloom, though they close up and sleep when she does, as if extensions of her own self. Kaimi smells sweet all the time, the odor growing stronger when she's particularly emotional.
Image Song: Shine by Cassidy Ladden
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