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xxx❖xxxC E C I L I A xxxN A O M Ixxx Q U I N T A N Axxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxx❖xxxA B O U T MExxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
NICKNAMES »» Cici, Bubblegum, Bubbles
AGE »» 38
BIRTHDAY »» 14 April 2014
GENDER »» Female
FACE-CLAIM »» »» Justina Machado✖
BLOOD STATUS »» Halfblood, Halfbreed (1/2 Wood Nymph)
WAND »» 9 1/3 inches, Alder with Wood Nymph Hair, pliable with a bent shaft
LANGUAGES SPOKEN »» English, Spanish, some French
ACCENT »» Spanish ✖
PET »» - - -
LIKES
xxx»» Music
xxx»» Beach weather
xxx»» Fashion
xxx»» Spicy food
xxx»» Parties
DISLIKES
xxx»» Libraries
xxx»» English food
xxx»» Smug musicians
xxx»» Staying in one place
xxx»» Waking up early
HOBBIES
xxx»» Music
xxx»» Capoeira
xxx»» Cooking
xxx❖xxxP E R S O N A L I T Yxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
NURTURING
xxx»» Cici is naturally attuned to the needs of others, and feels a compulsion to care for almost anyone she meets. She isn't quite sure what to do with herself if she doesn't have anyone to look out for. Years spent either blind to or actively ignoring what her mother suffered at the hands of her father left her with an intense need to ensure that she never again avoided the responsibility she had towards another person. She would hate to ever see anyone in a position as desperate as her mother's had been, and will do almost anything to help keep someone from suffering that much. She likes to help, to teach, to praise and coddle and care for, anything to make sure she's doing all that she can for the people in her life.
NO-NONSENSE
xxx»» Cici is somewhat unique among wood nymphs and halflings alike. While she likes to play and frolic and celebrate as much as any other of her kind, she also knows when to get serious. Her life has been full of ups and downs, and the only thing that helped her get through the downs until the next up was to buckle down and work for it. She doesn't mince words, doesn't put up with laziness or irresponsibility. She believes there is a time to play and a time to work; if you can make your work into play, all the better, but work can't always be fun. That doesn't mean it doesn't have to get done.
FRIENDLY
xxx»» Cici has an open heart and an open mind. She tries to like everyone she meets, even when they make it difficult at times. For a while, she was jaded against human men because of her father, but experiences with some of her former bandmates, roadies, club employees, etc, has taught her that not everyone in the world is out there to take advantage of her. She's still wary around men, but she tries to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. If someone is rude to her, she's the first to generously assume they're having a bad day and it's not about her personally. If someone seems down, she's right there to try and perk them up, be they friend or stranger. She wants the world to be a brighter place than the one she grew up in and hid herself away from, and figures the only way to make that happen is to do it herself.
GUARDED
xxx»» Cici is well aware that she's moving about the world with a rather large handicap, one that many people would be more than happy to take advantage of. While she, unlike her mother, has the power to at least try to fight the compulsion to do as she's told, the act of doing so is exceptionally strenuous, and she suffers severe anxiety to the point of almost physical pain when she defies anyone. So, while she has a good many people in her life, she absolutely refuses to spend one on one time with anyone until they've proven themselves completely trustworthy. She never tells anyone the truth about her heritage, too worried that the wrong person will find out and force her into a position she doesn't want to be in.
CREATIVE
xxx»» Cici doesn't really credit herself when it comes to her ideas, be it a song or outfit design or even the rare drawing here and there. She insists that it is nature and the universe, channeling their messages through her, using her as a proxy to tell stories and share ideas. That doesn't stop her from being struck by sudden inspiration and throwing herself whole-heartedly into writing the newest song, sketching and sewing a new costume, getting herself dirty trying to bring the vision in her head to life. She suffers greatly when she feels stuck in a rut, and craves new ideas.
WHIMSICAL
xxx»» If you didn't know her well, you wouldn't think Cici had a serious bone in her body. On the surface, she is every bit the party girl musician you'd expect her to be by looking at her. When in a safe space, with nothing important to distract her, she is prone to flights of fancy. She can be very spontaneous, and gets caught up in excitement quite easily. She thinks that the world, oftentimes, is far too serious, and everyone would benefit greatly from knowing when to lighten up. When she meets people who seem to struggle with that concept, she's more than happy to drag them along behind her as she shows them how to have fun.
STRENGTHS
xxx»» Self-reliant
xxx»» Caring nature
WEAKNESSES
xxx»» Wood nymph genes make her susceptible to being taken advantage of
xxx»» Tiny and weak
FEARS
xxx»» Being controlled
xxx»» Being trapped
xxx❖xxxB A C K S T O R Yxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
CHILDHOOD
xxx»» The story of Cici's early life is not a particularly fun one. Her father, a Spanish wizard who studied fae creatures, had traveled from his own home to the United Kingdom to expand his knowledge on the subject, hoping to eventually publish a book. He was somewhat sidetracked when he met Iolanthe, a beautiful creature the likes of which he'd never seen. The pair played an odd game of cat and mouse for a few months, with Rene never sure if Iolanthe wanted to be caught or not. The game came to a rather sudden halt, though, when he discovered that she was compelled to follow his commands. Rene started small, requesting that she not run away, that she talk to him. He wanted to get to know her. To take care of her. But the power went to his head, and while he was never really sure whether or not his requests were being followed out of obligation or not, most days he couldn't bring himself to care. In his mind, he cared for her, and she cared for him, so there was nothing to worry about.
xxx»» Iolanthe, for her part, wasn't exactly unwilling to be with Rene or to follow his commands, but she did find him stifling. He wanted her to live in his home, away from her forest. He wanted her to dote on him, show him affection, which she found increasingly difficult the longer she was away from her true home. She missed her family, her trees. She began to resent him, and plotted to leave when his back was turned. However, her plan hit a couple snags; for one, he was constantly catching her in the act of trying to flee, and demanding that she stay, an order she literally could not refuse. Each time he caught her only made him more paranoid, until she was constantly being watched. Eventually, she discovered she was with child, and resigned herself to her fate; she was of the forest, but her child would not be, not truly.
xxx»» Cici's birth was exciting for her father, and terrifying for her mother. Rene was thrilled to no end to have a child, a beautiful daughter he could dote on. More to the point, he was thrilled that he never had to worry about his daughter acting out against him; she would be forced to obey his commands, same as her mother, he assumed. And she did, and she was loved very much by both her parents, though her mother always seemed afraid of something. What, she had no idea, but there was an undeniable glimmer of fear in her eyes.
SCHOOL YEARS
xxx»» When her Hogwarts letter came, Cici was unsure of how she felt. She didn't want to leave her parents behind; truthfully, some small sense that something terrible would happen was constantly at the back of her mind. But, she attended Hogwarts as expected, and found she enjoyed it very much. Sorted into Hufflepuff, she was thrilled to discover that her house was known for being skilled at Herbology. Her childhood home was in the city, and she had never been exposed to so much greenery. When she went to the greenhouses, or hovered near the edge of the forest, she felt more at home than she ever had anywhere else. She grew restless, constantly fighting the urge to run away, to leave the school behind and hide herself away in the forest forever.
xxx»» Eventually, that was exactly what she did. Cici was visited at the school by a couple of Ministry officials, who informed her that, at age sixteen, she had just become an orphan, more or less. Her mother had finally reached a breaking point, it seemed; she wanted out, any way she could get out. But, she couldn't bear to abandon her daughter with Rene, worried about what he might do without his 'wife' to order about and mistreat. So, she'd poisoned him, and run away. Cici spent the remainder of the school year terrified of what was to come; she had no home to return to. But, the forest called, and eventually she decided it was home. Shortly before the year came to an end, she vanished without a trace.
ADULTHOOD
xxx»» Cici didn't stop in the Forbidden Forest; it was too close, and she knew she'd be caught. Besides, her heart told her there was somewhere else to be. She doesn't really know how long she walked, but eventually she came to a place that felt right. There, she met a family of Wood Nymphs, who told her that she had her mother's smile and her beautiful voice.
xxx»» For a time, everything felt perfect. Cici was older than most of the saplings, and became a sort of big sister figure for them all. However, it soon became apparent that even if the forest felt like home, it didn't quite suit her needs. Her human side required more than the nymphs could provide, and she felt like an outsider. There was something unique about human contact that she craved, and she knew that her use of magic could be off-putting to the other nymphs. Eventually, she elected to leave, at least temporarily. She thought that, if she could manage to find a way to live half in the forest, and half among humans, she would feel centered again.
xxx»» Her reintroduction to human society brought a reintroduction to music, which she'd often called her one true love. Nymphs had music, of course, but it was nothing like what came from the human world. She began hovering about in music stores, watching humans play on the streets and in parks, and became quite enamored with the idea of playing herself. She found a flier for a band, just starting out, that needed a vocalist. She auditioned, and was happily accepted into the fold. A spark between Cici and the guitarist earned her lessons, which she found invigorating and fascinating. She was soon dabbling in all manner of musical instruments, though guitar was by far her favorite. A falling out between the other band members led to its dissolving, and Cici elected to start her own. She's not had much luck, unfortunately, having gone through more than a dozen members who've joined and dropped out, six name changes (she insists she's not doing that one again; the current name is perfect), a couple attempted genre shifts (these, she firmly stamped out; she liked her music the way she played it, thank you very much), and of course the struggle of actually finding paying gigs. Cici manages alright, working odd jobs when she has to, but she can't help but wish for a bit more stability.
xxx»» While casing a bar in Knockturn Alley to see about getting her band a gig, Cici was rather unceremoniously introduced to Austmar Eide by a meddling friend of his. She didn't mind overmuch, since she found his company enjoyable. They became friends, and eventually Austmar asked her on a date, to which she agreed. She was surprised by how much she liked him, and how comfortable she was around him. Unfortunately, her self-perseverance was reluctant to trust that things with him were as good as they seemed. The closer they got, the more she worried about what would happen if things went badly with him, or if he discovered the truth about her. He noticed something was amiss, and asked her point blank about it, telling her that she should feel free to tell him if something is on her mind. She insisted everything was fine at first, but eventually broke and confessed to him that she had trouble trusting that he wouldn't take advantage of her. They talked it out, and he was able to reassure her that he would never use her half-nymph heritage and its quirks to hurt her, or force her to do anything she didn't want to. He hadn't ever done anything to make her think he couldn't be trusted to keep his promise, even before he'd known about her secret, so she decided to trust in him and to always tell him if he said or did anything that felt off-putting.
xxx❖xxxS C H O O L AND C A R E E Rxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ATTENDED »» Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
HOUSE »» Hufflepuff
DROPPED OUT »» 2030, Sixth Year
OWL SCORES
xxxASTRONOMY »» O
xxxCHARMS »» EE
xxxDEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS »» A
xxxHERBOLOGY »» O
xxxHISTORY OF MAGIC »» A
xxxPOTIONS »» EE
xxxTRANSFIGURATION »» P
xxxART »» EE
xxxCARE OF MAGICAL CREATURES »» EE
xxxMUSIC »» O
xxxMYTHOLOGY »» A
CURRENT JOB »» Temp, Lead Singer/Guitarist of The Manic Pixie Dream Girl Myth
DREAM JOB »» Actual bonafide rock star
xxx❖xxxR E L A T I O N S H I P Sxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
SEXUAL/ROMANTIC ORIENTATION »» Pan
RELATIONSHIP STATUS »» Single
SIGNIFICANT OTHER »» - - -
FAMILY
xxx»» Parents Rene Quintana and Iolanthe
FRIENDS
xxx»» Best friend "Candy"
xxx»» "Rebel"
xxx»» "Thorn"
xxx»» Austmar Eide
xxx»» Gypsy Lovette
BANDMATES
xxx»» "Candy"
xxx»» "Rebel"
xxx»» "Thorn"
ENEMIES
xxx»» - - -
ACQUAINTANCES
xxx»» - - -
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