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Name: Becka
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Craft/Rank: Apprentice Healer/Weyrbrat.

History: Originally from Malvren, Becka's childhood was that of a typical Weyrbrat other than one thing, she determined from a young age that she didn't really want a dragon, or a Wher, or anything else except to practice Healing. Ever since she wandered in on a Healer tending to a badly wounded woman, she hadn't been as disgusted by the blood as she thought'd she be but she did baulk at the severity of the open wounds, apparently caused by a Gold Wher when the young woman had attempted to grab an egg and had bungled the attempt so badly that the Gold had savaged her. Becka had been about 8 turns old and was grabbed and taken from the room as an apprentice healer went to fetch more water. She'd been told to stay out of the Master Healer's way, who she'd later learned was the Greenrider Bereck. She of course had gone back, and over time seen how much good healing did by watching the young woman's wounds turn from ugly bloody messes to raw but healing scars and was still a rather handsome woman, she'd been lucky not to have been left horribly disfigured, such were the nature of that woman's wounds. Becka was fascinated and hung around so often that, outside of her regular lessons, she became somewhat of an almost personal drudge to the healers and their apprentices.

When she was old enough to become an Apprentice she has asked Master Bereck, who had recently become the Weyrhealer, if she could train under him. To her joy he had accepted, having recently have an apprentice walk the tables to Journeyman. She studied hard but she was always aware of how little she knew, was always nervous about anything she presented to Bereck. Even when she was praised, she double guessed herself wondering if she hadn't been able to more... to do better. True her handwriting wasn't the neatest but she could write quickly and legibly, that was an asset she wasn't even aware of.

She had been apprentice under Bereck for a couple of months when someone new, well... sort of, came along. Her name was Sesina, Becka knew her vaguely from around about the Weyr, knew that the girl was about the same age. In time Sesina.... Sessie... and Becka became good friends, Sesina being the one that helped her out when she was stressing, giving her logical ideas, helping Becka calm down and see things clearly. Whenever Becka had been overwhelmed Sessie had always been there to reassure her.

When the Whers and handlers had started their revolution, Becka had been away from the Infirmary, had hidden until most of the intense fighting had ended. She'd had a lot to deal with when she'd found herself at the infirmary again and hadn't really done all that well under the strain. The worst of it was her Master being severely hurt, and finding out that Sessie was dead... killed by a wher. She had a lot of nightmares after that, visions of Bereck dying because of her, imagined Sessie being killed by a wher in many different ways. They'd made it to Trine safely enough but even there she couldn't feel safe, the Weyr being far too open for her liking. She has avoided Bereck so far but knows she needs to go and report soon.

Description: At first glance Becka is a small unassuming girl, she's shorter than most her age but she's slender which makes her seem even smaller, younger even than her 16 turns. Her hair is a dark dirty brown but if she's outside a lot in the sun, it has a tendency to lighten. her eyes are a dark greyish blue. She likes to have clean clothes outside of when she's on shift in the infirmary, in that she is a regular girl of 16, likes to look pretty but when she's 'working' she doesn't particularly care what she looks like as long as she gets the job done, She herself is always clean, since dirtyness breeds infection, one of the first really important lessons she learned apprenticing under Bereck. Her main issue is she's not often out of the infirmary, preferring to stay with her patients as much as she is allowed to.

Personality: Becka is a very straightforward young girl. She can often be too blunt however and tell you exactly what's on her mind. If you ask her "do i look fat in this" and you were overweight... or it looked awful Becka would flat out tell you. She's not inherently mean but she see's no point in lying about something like that which doesn't earn her many friend. Becka however doesn't mind this, she's honestly not bothered if you want to be her friend or not. It's a waste of effort in her mind to try and be something you're not just so others will like you. She's sometimes a bit scatterbrained though, often misplacing things as she forgets where she's put it. Often she'll find it later on, somewhere she didn't think she'd have placed it. When it comes to her healing though Becka is very soft, she can be very reassuring and calm. She loves helping people, taking care of those that are hurt or sick. When thread first fell Becka felt overwhelmed with the sheer amount of injured coming in though and sometimes it was hard to stay professional and cried with the loved ones over the death of their family member, or forgot herself and was more blunt than gentle when asked for something by a patient. She doesn't do too well under stress, needing direction when things get hectic, someone to tell her what needs doing but she IS trying to overcome that. Becka's biggest problem with healing is that seeing Dragons, and their cousins hurt, pains Becka greatly, she's cried more over dead dragons that she didn't know than she ever has over her patients, she HAS and does cry over her patients too, she feels bad about being more upset about dragons than people though. She does have a bad habit of biting her nails when she's nervous, though she tries her best not to. She isn't likely to want to Stand, as she'd mostly entirely dedicated to wanting to be a Healer, but she wouldn't object if a Dragon chose to seek her out, after all her Master is also a Rider.

Other: Has a Green Flit