Name: Sparrow* Riley
(*this is a preferred name; zyr legal name is still Jordan, and ze will respond to both Jordan and Sparrow as a civilian in-public!)
Nickname: Do you think you're funny? No. Online friends are one thing, but not in
public...Gender/Pronoun: Agender*, ze/zem/zyr
(for conjugation reference, think he/him/his & replace with the corresponding pronoun)
Age: 23
Birthday: November 15th, 1998
Sign: Scorpio
Gemstone: Beryl
Blood Type: B+
Fav. Food: Anything with butter; but, more specifically, anything warm and baked and soft with butter.
Hated Food: Fish
School/Occupation: Was partway through a BFA in Lighting Design at the University of Cincinnati before zyr grandmother died and ze got dragged back to Destiny City. Currently working at an antique shop a friend of zyr mother owns, and working through what classes ze can manage online.
Hobbies: technical theatre: Ze's long since given up on any ambition to make it back to the stage proper, but, hey, it turns out that running the light board is a
lot more workable as a technical skill, and ze's
good at that. (Or at least ze is at this point, but that's irrelevant. It's not something ze ever had a natural gift for - it's all hard work and sweat and long, long hours.) Before zyr return to Destiny City, Sparrow was even working through a bachelor's degree in exactly that; called-forward memory, muscle and otherwise, covers other things. In a pinch ze can handle a soundboard without risking breaking anything, can help put a set together with hammer and nail and drill, but where Sparrow
excels is running a theater's lights.
enamel pin collecting: It's something physical, something without an explicit downside, and something ze doesn't exactly feel guilty about spending money on. All variety of pins find a place on Sparrow's bags and pinboards, but pride pins are a rarity, although asexual and aromantic flags do pop up occasionally -- more often it's aesthetics and fandoms or anything else. If nothing else, people do like to strike up conversations in public about common fandoms...?
dear diary, my teen angst bullshit now has a body count: Ze's still running that Tumblr blog, same as it's been for the past ten years. Ze posts a lot of body horror and bloody stuff, along with some theatre jokes and a lot of trashy comic speculation -- Sparrow's kept it as unconnected from zyr IRL self as possible, and that’s just how ze wants it. What better way to be disgusting than to know you can't be associated with it?
while you were being gay, i studied the blade: It started with being intrigued by stage combat practice, and it evolved into a hobby of its own. Nowadays Sparrow is professionally-trained with the rapier and dagger -- most of it is stage combat training, of course, but an aspect of that is always knowing
how something could become deadly and making sure it doesn't become that way.
Virtues: look into their eyes and you’ll see what they know: Sparrow isn't necessarily a lie
detector, but ze has an extremely powerful eye for bullshit of all kinds, whether it be exaggeration, avoidance, or the classic flat-out lying. It's not always a good idea to call attention to it, so ze won't, but ze always seems to have an idea when someone's twisting the truth to their own benefit; and when it wouldn't cause too much of a scene, ze's more than willing to call people out in pursuit of the truth.
even if i crash and burn / ten times a day: Sparrow is, down to zyr bones, a resilient creature. Ze won't back down and change their beliefs unless it's clearly the best plan of action by a large margin, and never truly gives up even if the going gets rough. Determination is zyr resolute virtue - ultimately ze's almost unshakeable, unbreakable.
what can i do or undo: Backups upon backups. As much as Sparrow might sometimes try to cultivate the outwards appearance of being a bit devil-may-care, in truth, ze's not the type to act without making sure ze has at least one backup plan - having no backups is
so embarrassing when something fails unexpectedly, and everyone else always appreciates someone who comes prepared.
Flaws:fight the urge to strike a match: Sparrow started off mean and only got meaner. Ze's deeply unhappy with life and the state of the world and just about everything, and instead of dealing with it reasonably, ze's let it fester until it's practically a poison in zyr heart. There's a sort of ease that comes with driving the (metaphorical) knife deeper, anyways. Ze's convinced the world has repeatedly, harshly, ******** zem over, so why
try to make it good? Nothing good comes without someone else getting hurt. There
is nothing better than this -- and if you don't believe that,
ze'll just have to show you by force.it is true some find misfortune: There's nothing that brings zem quite as much glee as watching other people fail
miserably. Sparrow
loves it when other people run into problems or have their hopes crushed -- the
well, I might not like my life, but at least I'm not you can buoy zyr feelings for ages. When ze was younger, ze might've treated it like being the main character -- nowadays it's just a plain, cruel joy in the face of other people's misfortune.
then we hung the son of a b***h: Sparrow does not forgive, regardless of if ze may forget! Ze smiles, says 'oh it doesn't matter', but it does. Ze holds grudges like lifelines for years and years, and even though ze'll act like it's nothing at all...it's everything. It's how ze defines zyr social web: by the people ze hates. Which is nigh-everyone, really. There are people ze feels skeevy around, people ze hasn't known for years and don't remember why ze hates (and of course Sparrow still smiles, it's the expected societal nicety), but it's not hard for Sparrow to hate someone: it's very difficult for zem to let go of a grudge.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTIONEyes: Bright gold, and exceptionally tired. Dark circles, maybe a little bit of eyebrow pencil to make their brows dark. Perpetually surprised expression, with thin, dark eyebrows and short eyelashes.
Hair: Purple (somewhere between
#9a29a4 and
#94249d), tight curls, in a fauxhawk. Think
this.
Face: Large ears, strong nose, softer jawline.
Skin Tone: Pale enough that someone might think ze never goes outside, and they wouldn't necessarily be
wrong...Body Type: 5'9", stocky, somewhere between hourglass and rectangle body shapes. A bit chesty; as Larimar this is taken care of.
Clothes: Tends towards 'average' -- hoodies, jeans, layered t-shirts, beanies. Halfway to hipster. Likes cold colors (particularly blues/greens/whites), usually dislikes graphics and text. Layers a
lot; ze gets cold easily.
(For full clarification: Sparrow is out to varying degrees in varying groups and contexts; whether any individual character would use she/her, they/them, or ze/zyr for Sparrow depends on the context they would know zem from, and is up to player discretion.
As Captain Larimar, ze/zyr is correct and in primary usage, but ze will also tolerate (but does not prefer) they/them from people who knew Larimar from 2019 or prior.)
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Captain Weapon: A thin, needle-like dagger, just slightly longer than Larimar's forearm.
Magic: After piercing skin, the area around the wound begins to feel cold, as though ice is pressed to the skin. This effect lasts for ten seconds. The blade itself is always slightly cold.
General Weapon: A swept-hilt rapier with a black metal hilt and a blue leather grip, as well as a matching parrying dagger (roughly the size of zyr Captain weapon).
Magic: Both blades are always chilly to the touch; the tips are ice-cold. They could be used to chill drinks, if someone was so inclined.
(
Note: If required, the dagger can be noted to be 'with a blunted edge, so primarily for defensive purposes' or removed altogether upon staff review if requested (dropping the general weapon down to a rapier)!)
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