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Name: Verve
Nickname: V, Vii, Vee (yes, they all sound the same)
Gender: Female
Orientation: Bisexual

Personality: To be expounded further.
+Friendly, Cheerful, Enthusiastic
Verve is a party animal. She lives in the moment and loves social gatherings with huge energies. It doesn't take much to get her on her feet and dancing to whatever song is playing in her head at the time and she'll dance with anyone available.

Fond of freshlings on principle and forgiving of whatever they may say or do, her opinions of them change once they hit junior age. Usually she ends up blindsided that how she perceived them as freshlings do not coincide with how they are as juniors. It's probably why, despite liking freshlings, she doesn't volunteer to be a big sibling.

-Shallow, Irresponsible, Easily Bored
Also she's irresponsible as all get out. Oh she won't let anything bad happen to a freshling if she can help it but she might not keep future promises if she finds tasks too troublesome or boring. It's not you, it's her.

Her shallowness isn't so much as disliking someone for their appearance but rather she doesn't allow herself to become attached to any one particular Nightmare even on a friend-level. She's much more comfortable with acquaintances because this way they won't expect much (or anything) of her and she won't ever risk disappointing them.

For Outsiders
Verve is a shallow, irresponsible, party-loving party animal. She doesn't "do" responsibility and sees any task that requires her to sit still (like classes, lol) for prolonged periods of time as bothersome and tedious. She's outgoing and loud and borders on obnoxious, if only because "OMG OTHER RACES! SO RAD! MUCH AWESOME!" and seemingly has zero concept of personal spaces or boundaries.

In return, she doesn't begrudge other Nightmares if they reciprocate the lack of boundaries nor if they rebuff her attitude towards personal space. Whether she respects their request for her to back off is another matter entirely, as sometimes (read: often) she just gets so carried away by her enthusiasm that whoops, is that your shoulder I threw my arm around? LOL sorry~

She adores freshlings, often referring to them as Cutelings and will happily accept whatever possible "meanness" (heck, she finds abrasive freshlings absolutely adorable) traits they exhibit as mere cute quirks. She treats juniors much the same way as she does seniors, though, seeing them as simply shorter seniors.

The thing about Verve is that she doesn't want any sort of deep relationship with the other races. Oh she'll happily hang out, happily spend time and chat, but she's not willing to go the extra mile for them. If an event or activity she's being invited to join/participate in will require a little extra effort on her part, and if said event/activity is not something she personally feels passionate about, expect a rain check (or five.) She will go/attend/join/support the cause not the Nightmare behind it.

Trying to use the "but I thought we were friends" argument will result in Verve looking bewildered and ollying out saying "Really? I thought were were just acquaintances."

It also doesn't help that any time Verve starts to feel a bond developing between her and another Nightmare, she will avoid them until she feels they're back on "neutral/acquaintance" territories.

There are two reasons Verve acts this way. The first and strongest reason is her own deep-seated xenophobia that her parents (who are openly and extremely xenophobic) cultivated in her. While she believes she's going against everything her parents taught her, the toxicity of their thoughts left lasting damage. As a result, she unconsciously can't bring herself to form any lasting bond with non-chimeras.

The second reason is her sense of irresponsibility and terror of disappointing others. Verve's loud and obnoxious and immature because she wants to be seen as shallow. And again, because of her xenophobia, she's absolutely fine with non-Chimeras viewing her in a less than flattering light.

For their Race
Verve is surprisingly avoidant of her fellow chimeras. While she is still prone to clan-loyalty, it's something she would rather not have to come up because she knows she'll always side with the chimeras. She reasons that she grew up with other chimeras and Verve feels that she knows enough about them. What she wants is the new unique experience of non-chimeras (though Daydreams are also on the "to avoid" list) and why she would much prefer hanging out with non-chimeras.

Back home where she can't escape interaction with other chimeras, she's more grounded and a little bit more subdued. This is because she worries that her behavior will get back to her parents and the reputation of her tiny offshoot but very ambitious clan is at stake. She's sick of the pressure from her parents and how she never seems to measure up to her older and younger siblings.

She tries her best to appear as calm and collected, which ironically stresses her out though she's more relaxed at the Academy thanks to the freedom of being away from her parents.

For their Clan
Hailing from a small but ambitious offshoot clan, Verve is the equivalent of the "black sheep" (or the Nightmare equivalent) of her clan. She's extremely suppressed and is forced to be this prim, proper, quiet chimera. Because of this, she's passive-aggressive and sometimes purposely performs poorly to spite her parents even if she can be capable at the task. She doesn't get along with her older or younger siblings, who are far more proactive and share her parents' world view and ambition.

While Verve usually just parrots back what her parents want to hear, she doesn't follow through with her promises to "shape up." Something that her parents worry will jeopardize the arranged triad marriage they have planned for her. Verve herself doesn't want to go with the arrangement but is incapable of standing up for herself with her parents so she agrees to it because saying "No" would result in a huge fight. Though it's less a fight and more her parents yelling at her and guilting her into thinking she'll never measure up and is dragging the clan down, and "This isn't what your grandparents fought in the war for!"

As a result, she shut down and developed a conflict-avoidant attitude, which she unconsciously maintained regardless of whom she's dealing with. She rarely ever says what she really feels/means/wants whenever she's with her family and tends to "fold" to their desires. At least she appears to fold to their desires when really she's going to try to sabotage their efforts whenever the end goal involves her life/situation.

She will support her siblings/family if it's a goal for their sake, but the moment it's about Verve herself, it's not going to end well even if it's for her own benefit. She ends up doing the contrary out of spite.

Reason for Attending:
Given the xenophobic attitude of her parents, why would she have been sent to the Academy? Well, her parents see being sent to the Academy as a sort of punishment. The idea of being surrounded by all these grounders (if making up an "ic-derogatory" term for ground dwellers is not allowed, lemme know and I'll change it to ground dwellers) horrifies them, and because they raised Verve to be just as xenophobic as they are (though in their mind, I'm sure they see it as "acting like a proper chimera"), they expect her to react the same way. Verve's older and younger siblings certainly see her enrollment as a punishment, and while they don't get along, they are "sympathetic" to her "plight."

Now and again, Verve gets a little package from home from her siblings (her parents already see sending her a monthly allowance as being unnecessarily generous.) One time, it was a stone from one of the Scepter's peaks with a note reading "Remember who you are and where you're from." She may have thrown the note away but she kept the stone.

Dance Card:

Archived:

Name: Mytrax
Nickname: None yet!
Gender: Female
Orientation: She hasn't really given it much thought

Personality:
As a chimera, she has "three faces" that she shows, and depending which face your Nightmare falls under will determine how she present herself to you. Regardless of what face she shows, Mytrax has a very strong sense of responsibility and tends to put unnecessary pressure on herself. She's exceptionally critical of her own performance and has impossibly high standards for herself. Other Nightmares (even non-chimeras) get a weird free-pass for their mistakes/failures and she's willing to help them work past it. She doesn't tolerate mistakes made when it's because someone was slacking off, though.

She's a bit on the physical side whenever she's comfortable with someone, though she likes sparring because there are rules and agreements involved. She doesn't like fighting because there's a bigger chance that she'll lose control and end up trying to put them down as opposed to simply knocking them out. Because she's also artistically frustrated, sparring is as close to being the creative outlet she wants.

For Outsider
She's uncomfortable around other races because she doesn't want to offend but she's worried that they'll take offense anyway (probably as a result of her xenophobia/prejudice.) She's likely to be defensive because she thinks it will reflect poorly of all chimeras and tries to project a business-like attitude as a sort of protective measure. She's willing to work with them and engage in conversation even if she has no idea what to say or do but she will try her damned best. She won't make the first move unless she has some ulterior motive to it though.

For their Race
Around fellow chimeras, Mytrax is a lot friendlier and more likely to smile and lower her guard. She kind of sees them as pseudo-clansmen because they're "all in the same boat" at the academy so to speak and thus more protective of them but not quite on the same level as actual clansmen. She is a lot more approachable with other chimeras and is more willing to volunteer/make the first move in starting a friendship. She still doesn't like slackers though and will be even more critical of fellow chimeras because she expects more from them.

For their Clan
Mytrax with her family/clan is the big sister who will always lend a helping hand but do not try to make her do all the work and then claim credit because she will end you make it known to everyone just what it was you did or didn't do. Also do not ask her for anything "creative" based. She will lift, cut, carry, move anything and everything you want just don't ask her to make a poem or a song or make up a dance. It will be minimalistic and plain af and she will feel so bad about it.

Family:
Hailing from a relatively small offshoot clan called "Frostcave," Mytrax is the oldest daughter with twins for younger siblings. She adores them and wants to set a good example for them. She's on good terms with both her parents and wants to make them proud of her.

Reason for Attending:
She volunteered to be the representative of her clan when the opportunity to attend the Academy presented itself because of the strained relations between the other races. She doesn't believe that everyone will ever be BFFs but she knows less hostility all-around is to everyone's benefit. (Daydreams not withstanding.)

Records Retention:
[x] - Take a Swing (Mytrax and Batholith)
[x] - Damsel in this Dress (Mytrax, Lydia, and Burvia)

Archived:
Introductions (Mytrax and Cole) [x]
♥ Hunter's Jubilee Garden Party RP Thread ♥ [x]
Color My World (Mytrax and Micah) [x]