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Imperial Princess Rika
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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:33 am

female . 60 " . █ golden-haired █ . █ golden-eyed █

History
April 30, 2009; Golden World, Submission 7 T720:
Arrived in Gaia.

Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:35 am

Entries

Fruitful labor
MAD SCIENCE
Giant impotent flies
Phase Two

Imperial Princess Rika
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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:38 am

Vital Statistics

Rika 俐姱
Name: Earth 土
Mind: Lucid
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 1-13, T704
Age: 16
Height: 5'0"
Weight: She doesn't know
Hair: Straight, metallic dark blonde, quite long
Eyes: Dark gold
Sun Sign: the Cup
Moon Sign: the Sorcerer
Blood Type: O
Occupation: Fifth Imperial Princess, LabTechTech backyard genetic engineer Gaia Marketplace tycoon
Health issues: Kind of a nerdy weakling, nearsighted, a cluster of hormonal irregularities
Romantic inclinations: Likes looking at males, but hasn't done anything about it

Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:39 am

Backstory

from NPC Who Is Who:
Rika is the "blood and water" daughter of Empress Rishi and the Celestial Oracle, Hyouka -- but the latter only stayed at court for one month before leaving, and on all his return trips to the Palace has not once specially arranged to see his daughter. As a result, Rika is not close to him, and even nurses a sort of resentment for him; instead, she considers her father to be Rishi's husband during her childhood, Emperor Consort Kouwa.

Kouwa and Rika were indeed, as the expression goes, 'thick as thieves'; from an early age, Rika proved herself just as intellectual and eccentric as her social-father, but without his verbal weakness and much of his social awkwardness. Indeed, Rika was always several years ahead of other children and would argue with the court philosophers before she was nine years old. Rishi regarded her brilliant daughter with immense pride, but for fear of Rika becoming arrogant kept this admiration to herself.

Perhaps it was this lack of affirmation that caused Rika to have no interest whatsoever in the courtly arts during her childhood; more likely, there was just not enough room in her brain for the courtly arts and her love of history, physics, chemistry, mathematics, alchemy, astronomy/-logy, comparative religion and culture, and her childhood love, entomology. As she approached her Naming Ceremony, she was sure she would become a scholar and never bother with palace politics. However, the death of Kouwa in her twelfth year and the subsequent rise of her ambitious half-sister Souken changed her; motivated by a mixture of grief, indignation, and righteous fury, she took up moral philosophy as her primary interest, and allied with Hiwa in the hopes of reforming the government.

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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:45 am

Personality

An intensely, even obsessively intellectual woman...

... who despite her advocacy of men's education and legal rights, conforms in many ways to the standard female gender role...

Also a little bit deceptive...

Likes and dislikes...

She likes all sorts of intellectual pursuits, and though she tends to be a private person, she gets enraged by injustice ... ... ...

Skills...

Very intelligent and widely learned ... ... ...

Focused her skills into "pure" forms of psionics rather than elemental magic ... ... ...

Hobbies...

Bugs, history, etc... ... ...

List of Favorite and Least Favorite things!
Colors: Soft browns VS. mauve
Flavors: Horrible oily and salty stuff VS. strongly-flavored meat
Scents: All kinds of woods, sandalwood, bamboo, incense VS. heavy florals
Foods: Anything heavily fried VS. undercooked red meat
Drinks: Roasted rice tea VS. Anything that tastes of alcohol

Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:49 am

Relationships

Diagram?

From the Golden World:

Rishi sweatdrop
...

Hyouka stare
...

Kouwa crying
...

Souken scream
...

Soukyou stressed
...

Seian 3nodding
...

Kinan 3nodding
...

Shun'a 3nodding
...

Renmei sweatdrop
...

Rihi whee
...

Setsushi redface
MINE, ALL MINE

Eifu stare
...

Baikou confused
Even if things seem to be improving, I'm not certain about this...

Tenryuu stare
Even she's treating me like a leper.

From Gaia:

Shuuken stare
... Interesting child.

Boyan
The Celestial Oracle differs depending upon the plane? Interesting... and pleasing that he seems to be far kinder than ours.

Hitsuga 3nodding
A good man. Hopefully he and Baikou will be happy together... I'm a bit uncertain, but I suppose they know what they're doing.

Yousei
She seems a decent woman. A relationship with her will probably not be of interest to me, though.

Kouyo
A rather stressful person to be around. Hopefully he does not come around clamoring for Setsushi too much anymore.

Tenkyuu stare
Maybe she doesn't hate me quite as much as I thought at first, but...

Sofi Keth 3nodding
She seems safe. Now I'd like to learn more about her; she seems like an interesting case.

Tsubei
Probably nothing to worry about. She is rather young, after all.

Luna Edae Keth 3nodding
Seems pleasant enough. She may be able to teach me valuable things.

Jokeph eek
He has giant wings. And he drips!