Sleepy Cat

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Sleepy Cat [edit] About Personality Background Rumors Stories Music OOC Credit Character Info ■ Past Aliases: Numerous ■ Birth Name: Sleepy Cat (veracity debated) ■ Race: Miqo'te ■ Gender: Female ■ Age: 24 ■ Orientation: Gray-Asexual/Homoromantic/Poly ■ Marital Status: Huh? Misc. Info ■ Nationality: Ul'dahn ■ Tribe: Unknown Seeker tribe ■ Current Residence: Room 219, The Hourglass ■ Occupation: Mercenary, Immortal Flames reserve ■ Patron Deity: Azeyma ■ Alignment: Chaotic Good Personality/Basic Info Sleepy is a woman not easily approached: she prefers to make the first move in most social situations, and is instantly skeptical of even the most well-meaning of sorts who seek her. Those that pass her initial appraisal, however, see a warm and caring individual, one who is civic-minded, patient and generous to a fault. Those that don't are quick to learn a much colder, different woman. Her body is covered in countless little nicks and scars, the most visible ones being the ones along her face and the horizontal gash on her right side, along her waist. She is athletic, loves climbing and balancing on things, and enjoys the company of those she considers friends. Her nearly insatiable curiousity sometimes lands her in trouble, but it is one that lends itself well to her vigilantism, one she claims is borne from a life raised in Thanalan. She has little respect for the Brass Blades and even less for the Syndicate, her learned yet neutral stance on the Immortal Flames being the sole point against her streak of anti-authoritarianism. The drawl she is known to speak in is the end result of numerous dialects and accents she's been exposed to mashing together into a crude amalgam. Occasionally, she is heard to speak in more refined manners, something she claims is a holdover from her past. Likes ■ Reading, academic or otherwise. ■ Enjoys selflessness and kindness in others. ■ Rainstorms, warm climes, the sun ■ Small groups and quiet places. ■ Meat. Except eft meat. Dislikes ■ Ignorance, bigotry, and similar. ■ The cold, and the snow especially. ■ Tends to disregard nobility and the rich out of hand. ■ Long-winded, dramatic sorts (is vaguely aware of the irony) ■ Eft. Fears ■ Losing her friends. ■ Being betrayed. ■ Being found at a disadvantage. Full Character Background (read at own risk) Sleepy, at first glance, seems a contradiction: a heavily-armed Flame Sergeant with a laid-back, almost demure demeanor and a penchant for bad jokes. Rumors would tell of a woman on the hunt, a self-styled vigilante wielding arcane powers, who allows nothing to stand in the way of helping her fellows and righting wrongs. Still others tell of an aloof, clumsy and melodramatic miqo'te who is a horrible flirt and possessing zero social grace of her own. All that is certain is Sleepy seems perfectly comfortable with the resultant obscurity surrounding her, wearing it as a cloak. A long time ago, Sleepy was just another orphan being communally raised in various Thanalan refugee camps. Her childhood saw her developing a rather broad set of skills: climbing things, stealing things, and lying being chief among them. Despite the unsavoury connotations, she was determined to do some good with it, trying her best to help ease the burdens of life in Thanalan. She eventually made a few like-minded friends, and together they formed the Coeurl Kissers, a troupe of bandits, thieves and other talented sorts known primarily for disrupting wealthy merchant caravans before the Calamity. Afterwards, they broadened their horizons considerably (after some time spent scattered in the chaos): kidnapping, extortion, and more brazen acts of theft being their forte. Sleepy began to find herself becoming best friends with a fellow bandit and miqo'te woman: a nameless conjurer who she found herself spending many nights alongside. Eventually, their group was betrayed by one of its senior members, Sleepy being the only survivor by way of her best friend's sacrifice. Sleepy seems hesitant towards discussing the particulars of what followed, only referring to it as a "closed chapter of her life". What is clear is that she spent upwards of two summers in Coerthas, became a Dark Knight, and found her way back to Ul'dah, where she enlisted in the Immortal Flames and met new friends: Shiori, a demure sketch artist; Majh, a mysterious old man who has assumed a somewhat fatherly role to Sleepy; and Jayne, one of Sleepy's closest friends at the time. Sleepy's struggle to come to terms with the obvious traumas of her experiences would see all three involved, eventually culminating in an event that left her broken, battered, and at the bottom of a cliff... but the keeper of her own soul once more. In her recovery, she took up tinkering with Magitek and sent in various pleas to be re-accepted into the Flames: Eventually, her old squadmates represented her interests and pushed for her return after something scandalous involving the squadron's replacement Chief Sergeant. After her body and aether were both mended, she returned to Ul'dah a new woman... but there was still one thing at the back of her mind, refusing to be forgotten. She wanted to get back to work. And so she did, after a fashion. Motivated by her past struggles, she has transferred herself to a reserve company (amidst protests from her squadmates) to give herself more time to study what she has become. She is currently investigating other Dark Knights in an attempt to produce an easily accessible compendium, to prevent any from having to live through the same harrowing experiences she had, entirely without guidance. She entertains the formation of an order of sorts, but keeps it firmly planted in the back of her mind. Rumors Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under the Player Character category! NPC . ◢ Common Rumors - Easily overheard. Use these freely! ■ "You mean that woman who comes by every so often who screamed about how gay she was to the entire floor once? I mean, she seems nice... a little loud, though.." -Sultana's Breath staff member. ■ "I feel like she's been around for as long as I can remember. She doesn't seem the troublemaking sort.. at least, I don't think she does... hmm." -Anonymous Brass Blade. ◢ Uncommon Rumors - A little more difficult to hear. Use sparingly or ask first! ■ "Seen her burn an amalj'aa to cinders. She just stood there, watchin' it. I'm sure there's some greater irony we're not appreciating fully there, but the big takeaway? Girl likes fire.. and she's not afraid to use it." -Anonymous Immortal Flames Corporal, 2nd Brigade. ■ "I think I saw her puke once. Wow, that sounds weird, okay... I'm saying, she was eatin' at a table with someone, all was well, then she just... makes for the railing, starts retching and howling about eft. [A pause.] Do we even serve eft here? I always wanted to try it." -Anonymous Lominsan culinarian. ◢ Rare Rumors - Very rarely overheard. Please ask before using! ■ "A woman like that has killed before. You can see it in her eyes. That cheery miqo'te girl thing? All an act. It's only a matter of time before she finds her next victim." -Ul'dahn resident.. ■ “I overheard her talking to some friends about... kidnapping some tradeswoman's personal assistant and ransoming her back. I don't know what she's into, and she seems nice enough, but... something doesn't add up, you know?” -Dyrstweitz. PC . ◢ Player Character Rumors - Feel free to add rumors of your own! ■ "Rumor Goes Here" Name Goes Here Stories No IC works yet... [-] Context: - [-] Context: - [-] Context: - [-] Context: - [-] Context: - [-] Context: - [-] Context: - [-] Context: - [-] Context: - Music I May Not Awaken Artist: Enya Context: Coerthas kinda fucked Sleepy up big time. Right Where it Belongs Artist: Nine Inch Nails Context: ...like, really fucked her up. [-] Artist: - Context: - [-] Artist: - Context: - [-] Artist: - Context: - [-] Artist: - Context: - OOC OOC INFORMATION Personal RP Limits ■ Will play with mature content and themes, drug (ab)use, violence/sexuality and the like. Willing to engage in combat, temporary injury/incapacitation, temporary captivity. ■ Ask about long-term and/or permanent injury and disfigurement, long-term captivity or imprisonment, or otherwise seriously screwing her over. ■ I won't play permanent character death. This is my main, c'mon. That'd be... awkward right now. Disclaimers/Other info ■ Balmung, GMT +12. That's a real weird timezone, yes. ■ If you plan to fight Sleepy, please let me know what systems or methods you prefer using first. If you plan to fight me in real life, please contact me and we will agree on a mutually convienient geographical location. High noon, ten paces, winner writes the loser's obituary. ■ Despite Sleepy's proclivities or lack thereof, I am not averse to vaguely intimate role plays.. just know what you're getting into, first. ■ Sleepy's darkside bullshit manifests itself in the form of fire and heat. It's basically aetheric darkfire and she doesn't really make a point of flinging it around in public. She will do the eye-flashy thing though, being an unrepentant show-off. ■ If an aspect of RP makes you uncomfortable in a scene we're playing, please let me know immediately. CHARACTER TIDBITS Inventory Little bits and bobs Sleepy keeps around. ■ "Anna" [Model Magitek Bit] - What was once a ruined mass of a Garlean drone soon became Sleepy Cat's hobby project as she recovered from her ordeal. With the help of some stolen parts, stolen books and stolen.. everything else, she managed to bring the drone back to working order, figure out some potential uses for it, and even construct a crude bangle that allows her to direct it... most of the time. After a brief fix-up, it boasts impressive listening range and increased stability. ■ "Errant Ember" [Ul'dahn Claymore] - Sleepy Cat's personal claymore, gifted to her by her squadron after she was discharged from the Flames. Eventually, she'd worm her way back into the ranks... but nobody's sure just how she managed it. The blade has been treated to be heat-resistant to a much higher degree than standard swords: Sleepy's unique combat stylings demand such. ■ Unnamed Codex - A privately commissioned grimoire which only responds to Sleepy's aetheric signature. Within lies the extent of her research on dark knights, interviews with individuals and comprehensive analysis of their state of health. It is information Sleepy wishes to distill and disseminate, to combat ignorance, guide the lost, and ultimately save lives. ■ "Uurdiin Zurig" <Everlasting Courage> - A blackened leather gauntlet with earth-aspected crystal shards embedded into the back of the palm. There is a likeness of Sleepy's mother etched into the back as well, but the gauntlet serves more purpose than a simple keepsake: it is capable of calling forth a small earthen shield, akin to a buckler. Current Motivations ■ - ■ - ■ - Credit Credit to the following: ■ Template was created by Bancroft Gairn. ■ Adapted by Xheja Rajhera. ■ Backround and headers Atreus del Alumet. ■ Tabs by Unnamed Mercenary. ■ Expanded bits and relationship color keys by Lucaell Tareth'eian. ■ Music and OOC notes by Glioca Sargonnai. ■ Mashing everything together like a mad scientist D'lyhhia Lhuil. Hooray! "...yeah, that's my real name."