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Name: Adira Dia Perses

Nicknames: Dia, sometimes Perses

Gender: Female

Age: 19

School: Sovereign Heights, with a focus on law and business.

Birthday: May 18

Sign: Taurus

Height: 5'3" (She's almost always wearing heels though, so usually it appears around 5'5"+)

Blood Type: 0+

Gem: Diamonds, of course! (but her zodiac gem is Emerald)

Metal: Bronze first, and white gold after

Fav. Color: Pretty much any shade of green (mint and jade being her favorite)

Fav. Food: Anything sweet or delicate- pastries, truffles, etc

Hated Food: Jalapenos/Overly Spicy foods and Overly bland foods

Virtues:

Determination: Once this girl starts something, she will almost always see it through to its absolute end, regardless of the toil it takes to get there. As such, she is very dependable when it comes to deadlines and last minute emergencies. In group projects Adira is very comfortable and tends to step naturally into the leader's position. She knows how to run a group and certainly knows how to prioritize her life and her current projects.

Grace: Adira has large amounts of grace- both physical and social. She's been trained to handle all sorts of social situations by her mother (who's job is being a socialite), and always seems to know what to wear, what to say and what to do. Similarly, tripping and dropping things rarely happens to her, and if they do she can catch herself fairly easily (though, she is not perfect. She has her off days just like everyone else).

In the Know: Adira likes to know whats up. She reads the newspaper in the morning and keeps up on current events in case a 'family' party comes around (so she seems intelligent to the other guests). She also likes pointing out small things/differences about someone, knowing that this goes a long way (oh! did you get a new haircut? I love those earrings! etc) to softening someones opinions. Adira pays so much attention mainly because she is always concerned about how others view her- good impressions can last a lifetime.



Flaws:

All the world is a stage: Many stressors are constantly pulling at Adira. Her mom's social lessons, deadlines in school, group projects, being a senshi, and so many more. Adira is under the impression that pressure creates diamonds, and that pleasing everyone all the time is something to aspire to. Who exactly is Adira the person then? Whoever you want her to be, within reason. Her training as a socialite has turned her into a chameleon, with a lack of true deep emotional understanding. This lack of feeling makes it difficult for her to connect with other beings on anything more than a shallow level. She will listen to your problems; try and say all the right things at the right times and be there to help you through it. However, ask Adira about her feelings and emotions on a deep level and she'll likely fluster and come up with some generic response appropriate to the situation. She will also default to the convincing 'Everything is fine! I promise I'm alright and nothing is wrong!' (even when its blatantly obvious that something IS wrong).

Pull out the stops: Since Adira is so determined, sometimes she can take her goals several steps too far. Often times she's overworked herself to extreme exhaustion to meet unrealistic or overwhelming goals on time. She's addicted to caffeine in almost any form (though, it mainly manifests in coffee/espresso and energy drinks. If she does not get some form of delicious energy, she will on edge and not function as well). She simply doesn't realize when she has pushed it too far and certainly never gives up unless she is forced to do so. This can also become dangerous for her in fights, because she is sometimes unable to tell when its in her best interest to cut her loses and run.

Anything you can do I can do better: Adira is a very competitive soul. She doesn't like to be one up-ed by anyone and it certainly shows. She'll do practically anything, including cheat, to get the upper hand (this is particularly where the slight of hand comes in handy). If caught cheating, Adira will fess up and apologize, if only to get the accuser to tell her how they knew so she can get better. This being said, she won't resort to cheating unless she feels her natural skill or luck isn't enough (it's a last resort for her, but not something she feels guilty about). Her fights with others to gain the upper hand can certainly turn catty and petty, if her opponent also rises to the occasion.

Daddy's Girl: This is Adira's soft spot. She views her father as a perfect entity, un-fallible and the most intelligent person in the world. She's always wanted to be just like him, and does everything in an attempt to gain his approval and affection. However, this is mostly because unlike others, he rarely gives her the time of day. Her and her mother have lived in a completely separate house from him for most of her life, and she wants to be perfect to prove to him that she's worth his time. In order to prove herself worthy, she'd probably even take a bullet for him if the chance arose. Anything to make him see that she was perfect...just like him.

Hobbies:

Slight of hand: This is Adira's specialty. She loves doing tricks, whether with cards, coins, or occasionally even top hats (though, that type of show was mainly limited to her youth). She also loves to do contact juggling, and tends to keep a small black orb tucked into her pocket for just that (she tends to do this most when deep in thought or extremely bored, its her version of pen twirling). She shamelessly uses this skill to further her own agenda (like cheating at games, particularly the card and board variety, as well as occasionally pickpocketing. Though pickpocketing is not for wallets, its for letters and other interesting things. Adira doesn't need your money).

R & R: Stands for Reading and Research, of course! Adira loves to read. She reads the newspaper in the morning, and reads pretty much all of the books that she can get her hands on (assuming its not something mind numbing, like twilight). She keeps several different diaries hidden away in her room. Currently she has 3 in progress- one for day to day activities, and two for sailor activities (one with case files of senshi, the other with case files of negaversers). A scanned record backing up all of her journals (both completed volumes, and those that are in progress are updated once a week) exists on a portable harddrive kept in her personal safe. She will be keeping 'case files' on every single senshi and negabaddie that she meets.

Loose Change: With her own allowance credit line from daddy, its no wonder that Adira has picked up quite a spending and shopping habit. She loves things that are unique or small run, and as such has picked up the habit of e-shopping. Though that being said, there isn't anything quite like spending a day shopping around the mall with friends. A week doesn't go by without her getting something new, and often times its more like several a week (sometimes even several a day). She also spends her money on decadent meals, spa days, and occasionally she'll also gamble with real money (though, that being said she knows her own nature, and always enters a gamble with a set amount of money, and no more).

History: Adira Perses grew up a girl with no wants in a high pressure environment. She was expected to be perfect, have impeccable manners, and be a shining daughter to show off to business partners. Since then she has grown to have her own ambitions, much to the dismay of Mina, Adira's mother. She doesn't understand her daughters need to impress her father, nor her plans to eventually step into her fathers job. Adira was home schooled with several private tutors, and has only just recently made her mother understand that she was going to attend Sovereign Heights followed by at least a four year university (Mina's plans for her after finishing school included sending her to the finest finishing school that Europe had to offer).

Father: Jason Perses is a high level business man who deals in international trading. As such, he spends most of his time traveling as a representative of the corporate office. He is very detached from his family, and only really interacts with them during events when having a 'perfect' family present is a plus. The only set day he interacts with his family every year is Christmas Day. He shows affection to Adira through money, not face time. Jason currently lives in a high rise apartment in the middle of downtown, a completely different space than the house Adira grew up in with her mother.
[Just as a note, because Jason spends so little time with her, Adira has placed him on a pedestal and would do anything to get the attention she craves.]

Mother: Mina Perses is a loving but distant mother. A born socialite, she was trained by her mother to be a perfect host and wife. She made sure that her daughter grew up with the same impeccable social skills so that she would land an excellent husband. She does not understand her daughters need to be any more than a wife, and is disapproving of her daughters academic and competitive nature. Mina is constantly entertaining at their home, and runs a small staff to maintain the estate.