Name: Arkady Ashlyn-Smith
Nickname: Call her Ash. Finn calls her Kady, but you can't do that. Because you're not Finn.
Age: 22 (so she's told, but this seems wrong?)
Birthday: 24 February (so she insists; accept no substitutes)
Sign: Pisces (Hmmm.)
Gemstone: Aquamarine, apparently, but she doesn't like it.
Blood Type: The red kind, even though it looks blue from the outside. Bodies are
weird. (A)
Fav. Food: Sun Drop, prosecco, and Mountain Dew Distortion, which you have to order specially from the internet, but Finn isn't exactly careful with his credit card (or... he wasn't), so it's not like it's hard. She is a fan of Goldfish (classic flavor only please) and pretty much anything you can get in a snack pack. Getting her to eat a full meal is hard.
Hated Food: Pepsi brand sodas, apples, fruitcake? Full meals?
School: To be honest, no one's even clear on if she has any basic skills at all, you know? She can read and do math and s**t, which was a real concern, but like, history and all that? Nope. She picks up on stuff fairly quick but like, damn, it is called a 'stoplight' for a reason.
Hobbies: Birds - Ash has a fascination with birds. A literal obsession. She is growing a collection of stuffed birds and books about birds and when Finn goes hiking, Ash goes with, with a pair of binoculars and a disposable camera (because she is not yet allowed to have a phone; that would be a recipe for disaster and literally everyone knows it). She can imitate any number of bird calls with alacrity after hearing them only once or twice. Her favorite stuffed animal of her collection is a penguin-shaped pillow pet, followed closely by a plush of the three-eyed raven from Game of Thrones, but uh... that's not... all of it.
Singing - Ash has a lovely, lovely voice, a contralto that is clear as a bell and twice as sweet. And she sings to herself, all the time, little ditties she's made up or snatches of song she remembers, although she never knows where the memories come from or even if they're real.
~Style - Now, she doesn't know what she likes 99% of the time, but the remaining 1% is fashion. Ash has a very strong sense of personal style. She knows what she wants, and she wants it in this color with this button style and she also wants it only if she can have these shoes with it. She likes the doctor's office because
back issues of Vogue and she likes the hairdresser because it's like magic, except with scissors. It is entirely within Ash's capabilities to throw herself on couches and refuse to leave the house if she doesn't like what she's wearing.
Virtues: Quick - Her curiosity is boundless and she is nearly indefatigable in the pursuit of knowledge; she grasps new concepts easily, especially if she knew them "from before" or "saw it in a dream" (her methods of explanation for the memories she recovers). Ash makes decisions in a split second, formulates plans in a few minutes, and executes those plans in short order. She's quick to seize opportunities where she recognizes them and likes to see things happen--her life is lived at a few hundred miles per heartbeat and if you can't keep up, she's liable to leave you behind.
Kind - Ash is sweet-hearted and empathetic, easily able to understand the issues of others, especially if they are weaker than her and she interprets them as needing her protection. She likes to take care of small things, the everyday stuff of life like doing the dishes, and dusting. She also reaches out to help people, though she is not confident enough in herself to do such things alone. In a team, though, she is a helpful woman with a big heart and ready hands. Though she sometimes says the wrong thing, her heart is generally in the right place.
Tactician - Ash is great at breaking things down into their component parts, making lists of her assets and deficits, and solving problems with what she has. She tends to categorize people by the advantages they confer upon her: the emotional comfort of saving of someone helpless, or the self-sufficiency she feels when taking care of others, or their combat advantages/disadvantages. Ash is a quick problem solver and adjusts for inconvenience easily. She isn't easily stymied by misfortune, doesn't get attached to plans so much as people, and will simply change tack to get the desired result.
Flaws: Secretive - Ash has no memories prior to open her eyes to see Cosmos--not her name, not her Wonder, nothing at all. This is intensely, intensely embarrassing to her, and Ash puts a lot of effort into hiding all the things she doesn't know. She is excellent at controlling her reactions and looking disinterested in everyone around her--it is her sole coping mechanism with the often overstimulating world she lives in--even when she is, in actuality, paying attention to you. Ash hordes the things she knows and parcels them out in a miserly fashion, only when she has to.
Everything is a secret with her. Everything.
Bloodthirsty - There is only one approach to problem solving when you're Ash, and that is to kill it with extreme prejudice. Good things are good, bad things are bad, and when you encounter a bad thing the best thing you can do is smash the ever-living
s**t out of it. She's an excellent planner, an excellent tactician, but she is so inclined to violence as her first, last, and only resort that she has to be constantly reminded that the end goal of all projects is not actually cold-blooded murder or a curb stomp battle.
Shy - Ash is extremely uncomfortable around anyone she doesn't know. She hates it when she's the topic of conversation. She hates leaving the house (even more if, god forbid, they leave in groups). She
especially hates when two of her friends are friends because maybe they are talking about her when she isn't around? While she likes to try new things, she hates having people be around while she does it, especially if she admires them.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Eyes: A light hazel, tending towards green.
Hair: Long, pin-straight, and a deep auburn red. Arkady likes to put braids in it, sometimes.
Face: Arkady looks roughly like someone tried to make a real person out of pipe cleaners and acute angles. Her chin comes to an actual point, and her cheekbones are sharp. Think super-aristocratic-Russian-supermodel: not necessarily beautiful, but very symmetrical in the face and interesting to look at.
Clothes: Arkady has a very definite sense of personal style, but what this actually means is a work in progress. She tends towards 'retro' skirts and dresses, or hypermodern slacks and blouses. Cold colors, especially greens, and neutrals make up the bulk of her wardrobe.
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