Race(s): Bakeneko/Demon/Imp
Zodiac Sign: The Lyre: The Enthusiast
Academy House or University: Arkham House
Gender: Femme (Female)
Starting Stage: Junior
Base:
Brief Description
- Body: see reference, cute innocent facial expression
Eyes: CC
Ears: see reference (fluffy neko ears)
Hair: see reference, pink with purple hair band
Tail: Demon/Imp Hybrid Tail
Clothes: purple overalls with customization on them like small fabric patch squares and cute iron-ons. (hearts, butterflies, cats/paw prints) Only one shoulder is buckled. They should look very one of a kind and kinda kawaii if that makes sense.There is a simple pink t-shirt underneath, can have something on it, I'm not too picky. decoration references
References (if applicable):
Are You Questing Illegal Spells?: No
Are You Questing an Infected?: No
Random Selection OK?: Yes
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Profile:
Who is this person? What are they like? What has their life been like so far?
Kiki is a hybrid bakeneko and an overall happy person. She very short for her age and is often teased by her friends as being cute, which she's fine with. She knows she is adorable. She owns it. Kiki is super energetic and expressive. Mostly just physically expressive though because Kiki was born mute and is unable to speak. The academy was willing to provide charms to help combat this but Kiki was just fine with who she was. Despite the fact she can't speak Kiki has found other ways to show the world how she feels. Kiki does have to try harder with her art since she can't really speak for it. You can see a lot of her personality and passion in her creations. She is an aspiring fashion designer but loves painting and anything that involves color. She knows sign language fluently as the Academy taught her this as a freshling. Kiki however still finds it difficult express her emotions with signs alone. Still, her friends learned it too so they could understand her when she tried. Kiki prefers to express her feelings with body language and facial expressions. You can sign your happy all you want but who would believe it if you couldn't show them? At times Kiki is known to get excited and instead act out an event because its more accurate than the corresponding signs. It is for this reason that Kiki is currently a reigning Charades champion.
What's their family like? What's an event that's affected them so far?
Kiki was abandoned just by her birth parents. Her damaged stone was found by low class neko couple who had desperately wanted a child. When she awoke her new parents noticed immediately she was a hybrid. They came to the conclusion that since Kiki was clearly not a pure blood that she was simply discarded for this reason, not the crack in the stone. The couple were overjoyed raising their new baby girl but that quickly turned to concern when Kiki never uttered a sound. While everything seemed to be intact it was later discovered at the Academy that Kiki was actually born with no vocal cords. Miraculously both Kiki's esophagus and windpipe fully developed. Some nightmares were not this lucky and developed complications from damage to their neck during awakening. For all intensive purposes Kiki was what is referred to as mute, or someone with the inability to produce speech.
Her mother was a seamstrice which she was always fond of. Growing up they didn't really have much. The family had food, and a roof over there head but still struggled to get by. The clothes she wore her mothered had made from linens. As she grew Kiki learned to communicate through gestures or pointing which her parents understood. Her parent did their best to raise her despite all her differences and the disapproval of their community. This was no place for to raise a pink hybrid child.
When Kiki was a couple years old they decided Kiki would be better off getting an education at the Academy. There she could be provided with all the things her parents couldn't right now. With all their love and the last of their savings they sent Kiki away to the Academy knowing she would have a better future there than she would living at home. For awhile young Kiki didn't understand why her parent's sent her away but as she grew she realized the sacrifice they made for her and she was determined to return one day and repay everything they'd given for her.
How do they feel about their own race, as well as other races?
As a young bakeneko, she grew up in the poorer outskirts so it was easier for her parents to keep her sheltered from judgement. You could say she was not exposed to their cultural norms. Her community, like most bakeneko placed high value on physical traits within bloodline, such as pure fur colors. Kiki was a pink furred hybrid who stood below average on the height charts. It was very unlikely her community would accept her much less let her court and pass on those traits. She loved who she was and who her parents were so that was good enough for her.
Up until arriving at the Academy Kiki hadn't even know other races existed, or at the least what they looked like. She knew she didn't really look like her bakeneko parents but not what that meant. Now that she's been here for awhile she doesn't really have any bias against anyone. Kiki doesn't like to judge people but hasn't really educated herself about other races and cultures enough to draw any conclusions anyways. She believes everyone should be free to express themselves. However since she is so small in stature she can be cautious when first approaching a person much taller than her. She's happy to report some of the nicest people she's met have been larger races, like chomps. You shouldn't judge a book by its cover! Growing up she didn't see much variation in appearance so seeing how unique everyone is outside her village sometimes leaves her in awe.
And how do/did they feel about their Academy House or University?
Kiki loves Arkham House. Kiki's room was on a particularly artsy floor. She currently shares a room with someone who wants to design jewelry so they make a good pair. Kiki has never really been big on all the core classes. Reading isn't her forte and finds stuff like history boring. Being in Arkham has allowed her to freely express herself outside of class and socialize with kids who are just as creative and openminded as herself. Innovation is encouraged in all Arkham students. While she prefers to stick to artistic creativity, the house is home to many literary creatives as well as some up and coming inventors. But! that hasn't stopped Kiki from trying to befriend everyone she meets there.
What are their goals for the future?
Like a lot of artistic nightmares, Kiki wants to design clothes. She grew up watching her mother sew and alter other people's clothes but also make the clothes they wore themselves. However Kiki doesn't really care about whats trendy or considered to be in. She likes to make stuff she'd want to wear and her favorite outfit is a pair of customized overalls and a tshirt. When she graduates Academy she plans to go home and see her parents. She didn't really know if the place where she grew up would support her or her fashion dreams but if nothing else she could always sell her style elseware and send money home. Kiki has considered attending Grendel for an official fashion degree but that would only be if she could get a scholarship.
What are some things they like or dislike?
Kiki adores bright colors. Her favorite color is purple (incase you couldnt guess). She dislikes greyscale color schemes since in her opinion they lack life and seen very sad and stiff. Kiki is always excited to try new things since she is very hands on. She dislikes general studies for the most part. She doesn't like having to memorize things then take tests on them. To her its pointless. The only thing academically she finds good time in would be mathematics because measurement is a big part of fashion. She likes socializing and being with people, so in the same sense she dislikes being left out or being neglected by her peers. She is very energetic and excitable so unless shes asleep or focusing on something Kiki is always up on the move.. or at least bouncing in place.
What do they like to do in their free time?
Kiki likes to socialize. She's most happy when she's with other people. Though not very artsy of her, she enjoys playing videogames with her friends on the junior lounge YBoxes. She likes doodling and sketching, carrying around her own sketch book for future design ideas. Most recently she's found fun in making accessories with her dorm roomate. She's proud to say a couple of the Arkham kids are sporting those very accessories.
Strengths:
Kiki is a naturally happy and compassionate bakeneko. Her outlook is always optimistic so she is able to see the silver lining to any situation.
Kiki is very accepting not only of people but of criticism too. Negative feedback only encourages her to try harder.
Keeping an open mind about everything makes her easy to confide in.
She has a very likable personality so its never hard for her to make new friends.
Kiki is able to understand that sometimes to make friends you need be less of an excitable extrovert and more fluffy cute and quiet.
Faults:
Kiki is overly trusting. Having been accepted from the moment she got the Academy she has never had a reason not to instantly trust someone she meets. This unfortunately would make her someone really easy to manipulate. It is possible since Kiki has never met a bad person that she'd lack the common sense to be able to sense the danger.
Kiki has issues expressing negative emotions like sadness or anger. Where as she can empathize with others and express remorse or sorrow. She doesn't really get upset personally so should something really bad happen in her life it would be a struggle to cope with it properly. This event will probably be a key point in her future character development as well as the point above.
