"Come on! This needs to be done today!" Ikuri always does as promised-- Always willing to help by doing what's right rather than what's not. She acts without guidance or supervision, because she takes responsibility on her behavior. She would never blame others for her failures. Her favorite words: thoroughness and conscientiousness. Kuri always finds a sense of duty in everything she does. This workaholic rarely finds a task too hard to do. Nothing's too much when it comes to starting, or finishing, anything she sets her mind to.
-People Pleaser:
"Why do I try so hard not to trouble others?" This is a second nature to her-- a nature that has taken a heavy toll on her. Why does she go through such lengths to please? To avoid troubling others.
Being her biggest critic means pushing herself hard to achieve perfection. Yet those critics later beat her up mentally when she’s done something wrong. In fact, Kuri criticizes herself in ways she’d never dream of judging others. To be perfect is was she desires and for her, the only way she can achieve it is by being helpful. The moment someone betrays, rejects or devalues her, Ikuri withdraws herself completely from them since she feels like it's her fault. It is quite unfortunate for her, since she ends up hurting herself in the long run. Iku doesn’t want to hurt other people-- it’s against her nature. When she feels she's bothered someone, she tries to make amends and undo the “wrong” she did to them. Her life is filled with guilt and constant pain over unresolved situations and misunderstandings.
And worst, she’s not able to live with hatred or being hated.
+Caring:
"What can I do to help you out?" Ikuri put other people’s needs above hers. Even if she doesn’t do it on purpose, Iku worries about those she love more than herself. When someone tells her about a problem or a struggle she wishes to take the burden away from them. Yet she knows she can't solve everyone's problems. In those cases, she shows just how she cares for them by showing her concern. For her, it doesn’t matter who or what you’re up against, Ikuri would never abandon someone she loves.
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 6:44 pm
As "outgoing" as her attitude might be seen, Ikuri doesn't like being the center of attention. In fact, she prefers to fulfill her tasks without attracting many curious eyes. Whenever someone approaches her, her first instinct is excitement, which is later followed by panic. Ikuri doesn't want her shy nature to get in the way of her enjoying her social interactions. For her, social interactions are like a wild ride, and Ikuri anticipates both the time of her life and... her imminent death.
She’s concerned for people's feelings, and tries to be gentle to avoid hurting anyone. Ikuri rarely puts herself first in a situation and people often come to her for advice or help. Also, she takes great care of other’s feelings, making herself a loyal and reliable friend. Family in particular is extremely important to her, and she thinks everyone should coexist with them peacefully. Ikuri does expect the kindness and caring nature she provides to be returned-– sometimes that means giving her the space she needs for a few days.
However, it's easy for anyone to take advantage of her. Ikuri may be responsible and hardworking, but exactly those two things allows others to manipulate the teen without her notice. Charm, compliments, lies, guilt and shame can get her wrapped around their fingers. If she's taken for granted for too long or just gets emotionally hurt by anyone and she's aware of their intentions, then she becomes aloof-- and wouldn't look at them the same way again. However, she forgives them as she feels it's the right thing to do.
In addition, Ikuri is open and interested in everything that is new or unknown to her. She can be seen asking those around her questions that start with what, when, where, why, or how, and stays away from questions that can be answered with a simple yes or no. Her curious nature make her fully welcome surprises in her life. Whenever someone asks her a question that she can't answer, Ikuri isn't afraid to admit when she doesn't have an answer. For her, it's more important to learn than to look smart.
Something she can't stand is conflict, in fact, it puts considerable strain on her. She is not the type who would start (except perhaps in extreme circumstances), or provoke it. When forced into an argument Ikuri becomes distressed and sees escape rather than defusing it when it comes up. This shifter is sensitive to conflict, and she can’t tolerate it very well. Situations which are charged with quarrels may drive the normally peaceful Ikuri into a state of agitation and even charged anger. She cannot stand discord between those close to her; again, conflicts makes her very unhappy. She has tried to be diplomatic but she's not good with her words nor is she calm or clever.
Something Ikuri enjoys (other than being servicial) is storytelling.
When Biroki and Zuri courted, their romance was full of passion... awkward passion, but passion none the less. Their love soon drove them to be lovers, then fiances, and then finally marriage. During the tournament, Zuri learned she was pregnant. Months later, she gave birth to two beautiful girls, despite Biroki's fear. And so the twins Ikkio and Ikuri were brought into the world, named for their parents.
Ikkio was daring, mischievous and had a sharp edge when dealing with people and issues. Meanwhile Ikuri was too kind, good-- a sweet little angel intending to follow in her father's footsteps and a delight to behold in the eyes of others. She always cared about holding her responsible and good natured image up, wanting her parents and twin to feel proud of her. Ikuri had a good relationship with her parents, as she always did her best to help out even if they didn't ask for it. She also had a stable relationship with her twin, even if they went through constant comparisons about to one another by the rest of their family, they both relied on each other-- holding an exclusively mutual understanding of just how weird life and their family was from time to time.
However, now Ikuri only possesses vague memories of her past.
She has developed a fear of heights and falling from tall places thanks to someone who had pushed her off a ravine-- Said culprit’s face is still unclear to her. After falling off a cliff in Zena and surviving the fall, Ikuri weakly wandered around the cold land in. Hope on her side, she managed to find a settlement nearby, which she quickly drained herself wholly after the fall. She was taken in and cared for until she regained consciousness. Something drove her to get out of there, her immense need to know where she came from, who she was-- her name. Because of her memory loss, Ikuri's name changed depending on who she met, since she didn't want to disappoint or insult in a way those who named her, Ikuri shifted from one label to another, making it harder for her to settle for one. Ikuri wished to find someone or something that could help her remember in Zena. Finding her way back to the city, she is unable to find such thing. She explored and searched but to no avail. While she explored the city, Ikuri crosses path with Nuawahn, and traveled with him as she felt he could probably help her. Although, as much as he managed to cheer her, she decided to travel on her own giving up completely on ever getting her past memories back. So, she did the most sensible thing, she moved on. Which meant giving herself a new name that went along with her new identity-- Sentha.
Returning back to Zena, Sentha begins her new life as a barmaid and earned herself a slight living. Working hard had earned her a roof above her head, and food. Her stay there resurrected her old love and interest in magic-- triggering a past memory. She knew a bit of magic and she remembered tiny specs of the environment she grew up on. The heat of a jungle, the people with similar traits unlike the wind and ice tribes individuals around her, the feeling of love-- of being love...
Even if she moved on and forgot all about her past, she still wishes to find her way back to the jungle, back to Jahuar... so she can finally be her old self again.
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 6:48 pm
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