Shadiyah is a strange Keeper woman of many faces, sometimes literally. It's difficult to tell which, if any, is the real one. Despite something being incredibly off-putting about the woman, one can't help but be drawn in, an unnatural allure surrounding her. Those who can read aether will especially sense something amiss with the Voidtouched Miqo'te.
About
Name: Shadiyah Amari
Nickname: Shade
Age: Unknown
Gender: Female
Race: Miqo'te/Voidtouched
Clan: Keeper of the Moon
Orientation: Pansexual
Marital: Engaged
Deity: Menphina, the Lover
Nationality: Ul'dahn
Occupation: None
Alignment: Neutral Evil
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Shade stands at 5'5", notably tall for a Miqo'te woman, with a lightly-toned figure that's slender but not lacking in curves with a narrow waist and large breasts. Her face is a bit slender and long for that of a Miqo'te with high cheekbones and two white stripes on each cheek. Her skin is a pale brown, mocha-colored and free of any blemishes, and her eyes--large and round due with wide pupils to her Keeper heritage--are sapphire blue, but tend to fluctuate between that and black. They're lined with thick, winged black eyeliner, dark blue eyeshadow, and long eyelashes. A single, small black mole can be found below the outer corner of her left eye, a beauty mark. Her mouth is slightly wide, lips full and plump, painted a wine red to match her long fingernails, and constantly set into a frown, masking her pointed canines. Her eyebrows are thin, neatly shaped and sharply angled, half-hidden behind her straight-cut bangs. Her nose is small but aquiline, narrow, the faintest of bumps along its bridge.
Her hair is chopped into a short, angled bob, shorter in the back and longer in the front to frame her pointed chin and often adorned with beads and small braids. The locks and her fur are a shiny, inky black, fading into midnight blue highlights at the ends. Her tail is long and slender, narrowing at the tip with sleek, short fur. Each feline ear is pierced several times, adorned with golden earrings. She seems to have a preference for gold jewelry, dark colors, and revealing outfits often of an Ul'dahn style. What her outfits lack in cloth and coverage, they make up for in jewelry and flare, a soft jingling sound usually accompanying her motions from all the metal clinking together. She wears a black leather choker at all times, curiously adorned with an ornate red heart, outlined in gold with a small diamond set in the middle. Her movements are graceful and oftentimes suggestive, obviously well-practiced and bordering on unnatural. Something about her visage has an almost hypnotic quality, luring in onlookers male and female alike. The scent of a strong perfume of jasmine and spices surrounds her.
When "in disguise" in public, she typically opts to take the appearance of a servant with a black maid uniform and a pair of thick, round glasses, absent of some of her usual jewelry but still always sporting that heart-shaped locket. In her true, Voidsent glory, black horns like a rams curl out from behind her temples around her ears. Two black, leathery, bat-like wings sprout from her shoulder blades; too small to grant her flight, but enough to help her glide. Her once well-manicured fingernails overgrow into the form of long, sharp, ebony talons.
Speech: She tends to speak in somewhat of a purr, the words leaving her lips in a sultry drawl. Each word is carefully pronounced--one can assume she comes from a noble and well-educated background. Her R's are sometimes rolled in the common Miqo'te fashion and when angered, certain syllables come out in a hiss. Most notably, she does not use contractions when she speaks, making her speech sometimes sound eerily robotic or emotionless. Her voice is low and quiet, velvety, making the most basic conversation sound like sweet nothings.
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Shade is notably unstable and unpleasant. A long, tumultuous life, along with her affliction and far too much time spent within the Void has left her a bit out of touch with her humanity, unable to easily connect with others or process her emotions normally. She is quiet and tends to keep herself, giving away very little when she does speak. However, she is truly very lonely and can sometimes be found lurking silently in the public places, or harassing someone just for an excuse for some interaction. She is wary of people and very defensive around them, despite a secret desire for friendship. She feels that other have nothing in common with her and could not relate to her, and any relationships would only end in despair and betrayal, regardless. For this reason, she resents having any sort of connection with others, and when she realizes that one is forming, she will often try to push the person away and sabotage the friendship. Because of this, the people she likes are typically wholly unaware, and rather than being safe from her ire are more likely to receive it than anyone else.
Considering she refuses to intentionally kill, typically tries not to bring serious physical harm to anyone, and may sometimes seek to protect the defenseless and innocent, one might believe she at least maintains a moral code, but the truth is just as much that she'd rather inflict emotional turmoil on someone and wreak havoc on their lives rather than hurt them physically or allow them the mercy of death. She is petty and vindictive, even to those who have seemingly done her no wrong. She believes the world and everyone in it is vile, so any harm she inflicts upon them will be deserved in the end and is just an inevitable part of life, and is nothing she hasn't suffered herself. She's something of a sadist who likes to see others suffer because it helps her feel better about her own miserable existence. Despite how venomous she seems toward others, the truth is it comes from a place of self-loathing. She has little regard for herself. She is softer than it seems, but it's thoroughly hidden behind a cold exterior and vicious outbursts.
Her favorite area to bring trouble to people are their love lives, though this has largely stopped now that she is bound to her own significant other and forbidden to fool around elsewhere. However, despite her own devotion to this man and genuine love for him, she is still a cynic when it comes to love and sickened by romance and affection involving others. Despite her promise of monogamy, she is still often very flirtatious and seductive with others, taking every opportunity to slip innuendos into the conversation. She is not actually looking for sex or romance with this behavior; she just either wants to watch the person squirm or pine after her, or lure them in so that she might steal their aether when the opportunity arises. In fact, if someone actually tries to touch her, she usually shies away and becomes defensive--sometimes violently. She likes to have others be hung up on her--be it due to hatred, lust, or love. She enjoys being praised by others and having them pander to her and try to please her, and yet she can be easily annoyed by the smothering attention and lash out at them for it. Regardless of being truly enamored with Melfice, she enjoys making him jealous, making him uncomfortable, or angering him from time to time either to test the limits of his affection for her or to earn his attention when she feels ignored.
Motivations: Pleasing her Master. Lifting her curse. Finding contentment, though she goes about it in all the wrong ways.
Disposition: Unpleasant, unfriendly, unhinged. Shade is typically stand-offish around others, but perhaps out of loneliness she sometimes seeks the company of other people regardless. She is usually very gloomy and often rude.
Outlook: Negative. Shade is a pessimist and a bit of a nihilist. She claims to hate everyone, and she doesn't exclude herself from that.
Positive Personality Traits
Loyal and protective of her Master, intelligent, maternal, witty, persuasive, and seductive. She has a certain soft spot for children, animals, and anyone/anything else truly innocent. She has her moments of kindness and compassion, as well charm and eloquence, but they are few and far between.
She has a distaste for Miqo'te men, especially Seekers, Nunhs most of all.
Fears
Drowning
Being rejected or abandoned
Being seen as undesirable
Being alone, particularly in the Void
Talents/Hobbies
Cooking! Breakfast is her favorite meal of the day... even if it usually comes quite late for the Keeper.
Cleaning! She doesn't particularly enjoy it, but she's decent at it.
Using magicks from the Void, though she avoids physical altercations if possible.
Charm and seduction (of both the natural and magical variety).
Trivia
Favorite Dessert: Dark chocolate
Favorite Drink: Red wine. Juice for non-alcoholic.
Favorite Color: Black. Purple, blue, gold, teal, and red are also favorites.
Favorite Flower: Red roses and lotuses.
Nameday: 13th Sun of the Fifth Umbral Moon
Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under the Player Character category!
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◢ Common Rumors - Easily overheard. Use these freely!
■ "Ain't she a whore? Pretty sure she's a whore."
■ "She gives me the heebie-jeebies. I stay away from her."
■ "I'd sure like a night with that one. Bet she knows how to please a man."
■ "I don't know much about her. I don't think anyone does."
■ "Men always gawk at her--women, too! I'm so jealous. She's like a goddess."
◢ Uncommon Rumors -A little more difficult to hear. Use sparingly or ask first!
■ "I see her lurking around Ul'dah a lot. Always looks real nasty and mysterious. Keeps to herself."
■ "I'm not even into women and I'd still take her to bed."
■ "She creeps me out... but I've never laid eyes on someone so good-looking before."
■ "I've seen her hanging all over some big Au Ra guy. He looked... scary. Then they started arguing."
◢ Rare Rumors -Very rarely overheard. Please ask before using!
■ "I visited that free clinic once where she worked with that doctor. Seemed too good to be true. They patched me up, but I left feeling worse than when I'd arrived. It's shut down now."
■ "I haven't seen that maid girl or the Hyur fellow she worked for in a while. I know his family had fallen on tough times. Guess they must have run outta gil. Probably living in some alley now with all the other unfortunate folk."
■ "Her aether is tainted. I can tell. She reeks of the Void. Stay away from that thing."
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◢ Player Character Rumors -Feel free to add rumors of your own, true or untrue, just keep it IC!
Warning! Unmei's story involves mention of death, murder, injury, violence, and body horror. Please read at your own risk if you are sensitive to such themes.
X'unmei was born to a sect of the Lynx tribe native to the Black Shroud, the only child of her father's favored mate. Her birth left her mother weak and ill, earning her much resentment from the Nunh. Always rather small and meek, she was something of the runt of the litter. She found that not only did she have little talent in violence, but she also had little interest in it. Everything from sparring to hunting to watching Nunhs and their contenders fight for dominance made her wince and shy away. After her mother died due to injuries she obtained hunting, Unmei even entirely abstained from hunting, opting to only gather fruits and vegetables instead. She couldn't embrace the mentality of fighting for the right to live, or the way Seeker tribes shut themselves off from the world in the name of self-preservation, neither giving nor accepting help outside the tribe.
A world where people helped each other seemed to be much more productive, in her mind, than a world where people shut out others to focus solely on themselves. And she knew that such a world existed--or at least, a world that was closer to that ideal did exist. It was the world outside of Seeker tribes. She had ventured to Gridania and the nearby villages whenever she could, she had quietly watched the other races from afar, and she had read. She read whatever she could get her hands on. Books of nonfiction, as well as fairy tales and romance, tragedies and drama. She liked the world in her books more than her own life. And thus she read more and more to escape, silently enduring her own reality whenever she must.
As much as she felt outcast from her tribe, her tribe seemed to agree. She was reluctant to hunt, reluctant to fight. A huntress who spent all her time with her nose in book and cringing at bloodshed was not beneficial to the tribe. She was a burden. Another mouth to feed who did not even pull her own weight. Her tribe viewed her with disdain. She was a black sheep. A nuisance. An embarrassment. They were hopeful she could at least be put to use for motherhood, but she seemed to run from that responsibility, as well. As she grew older, the expectation for her to begin to breed grew stronger, and she found herself resenting her life more and more.
The books she read had filled her mind with dreams of romance. Where was romance in spending a night with a fellow who had been with half the women in the tribe? Where was the sentiment in being a number rather than a lover? How miserable must it be to carry a child you don't want fathered by a man you don't love? She couldn't stand the idea. She could no longer stand tribal life, in general. She felt like she was considered a tool, an object used to put food on the table and procreate. She knew it was for the good of the tribe, but where was the good in it when so many in the tribe were miserable and missing out on so much in life? What was the point of benefiting the people in the tribe when they ceased to be people? Why strive for the good of the abstract concept of a tribe in general rather than its actual members? She couldn't understand any of it.
She couldn't withhold her feelings any longer. With her mother now gone and the tribe pushing her harder and harder toward mating, she had little reason to stay. So she gathered what few belongings she had and could carry, and she left. Her tribe viewed her leaving as an act of a disloyalty, but at the same time was not particularly distraught to see the timid girl go. It was one less mouth to feed, an annoyance gone from the tribe. She cut ties with the Lynx tribe, and it was largely mutual. She wandered the Shroud, but she found that living on her own was much more difficult than she had anticipated. She had felt alone within her tribe, but now she understood what it was truly like to be alone. She struggled to find food, shelter, and gil, and to keep herself safe from the dangers of the Shroud.
She struggled, and failed. Moons passed, and ultimately she found herself tired, and cold, and hungry. Weakened as she was, she was thoroughly unable to flee or defend herself when she was attacked by Ixali and she was left for dead. And not incorrectly. She remembered the world fading to black for a while... and then suddenly, everything was light again. Her memory of the incident was fuzzy, and not something she particularly wanted to recall. But she knew someone had rescued her, brought her back from the clutches of death. Her savior introduced himself as Melfice Vainchelon, and the powerful mage became both a benefactor and more or less a father figure in her life. Noticing in her a particular talent after she had crossed into death and back, he began to teach her how to manipulate aether, a talent she had never held before her brief dip into the Lifestream. He took her in for a time, granting her food, shelter, and anything material she might need. She had little choice but to continue to visit Melfice regularly for transfusions of aether to treat her "condition," lest she begin to fade away. Unmei knew Melfice practiced some bizarre magicks, but considering he'd saved her life and seemed very kind, she didn't mind or question it.
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Once she was nursed back to health and back on her feet, Unmei returned to the Shroud to continue wandering, this time able to turn to Melfice if desperate for a meal or a roof over her head. While lazing about Gridania one sun, she found a lost Midlander man by the name of Cyrus Mulano. She helped him navigate his map, and he wished to repay her, insisting she stay with him when he learned she had no home. Hesitantly, she agreed, sharing an inn room with the man for a time. Within a couple moons, the two were lovers, and Unmei followed him in his travels, enamored with the handsome and unbelievably kind man, but it was not to last. One sun while they were staying in Ul'dah, Cyrus never came home from work... nor the next... and the next... Mei began to grow worried, having had no contact with the man who usually came home every night. When she tracked down some of his co-workers, they said they had not seen him for suns. Unmei visited the Quicksand in hopes of finding some clues.
Loitering there visibly upset, an Elezen by the name of Vallois Villeneuve noticed her, seeing an opportunity to make some gil. He approached her, asking what troubled her. She explained the situation, and he offered to help her find her lost lover. She explained she had little gil, but she would pay what she could and promised the man food and a place to stay. Rather reluctantly, she agreed, and the two set off on a journey together. The Wildwood didn't make for very pleasant company, grumpy and quiet and knowing little about himself, but she was grateful just to have some help. They ventured to the Shroud to seek out the Harbingers of Dawn free company that Cyrus had worked with in the past. Unfortunately, the Harbingers had no idea of Cyrus's whereabouts, but they offered their assistance in finding him and granted shelter to Mei and Vallois.
Desperate for answers, Unmei turned to Melfice, who scried for Cyrus's presence, but found nothing. The mage explained it meant the Midlander was either dead, or within another realm. Not about to accept he could be dead, Mei continued searching for answers. She found none, but they began to find her, strange beasts attacking her and Vallois, prompting her to discover that she could manipulate and animate unliving flesh. One evening, the two were ambushed by a robed man in a mask and a Voidsent creature he summoned. The creature was slain, dropping some sort of key, and the masked man fled. The key was enchanted, acting as a compass of sorts. Unmei and Vallois gathered a group of Harbingers and set out to see where the key might lead. It led them to a misplaced door in a back alley of Ul'dah. When unlocked and opened, the door revealed a portal into the Void.
Hesitantly, the group entered, finding themselves within some sort of pocket dimension within the Void. The place was rife with dangers, illusions, and bizarre scenery, splitting the group in two for a time before they found each other again. Mei was unaware at the time that everything they witnessed was a clue to a larger puzzle. At last, they found Cyrus, bound and severely injured, malnourished and maimed, unrecognizable. Unmei rushed over to him and his bonds were destroyed. The only things the man managed to rasp out, however, were pleas for death. He lashed out violently, his body suddenly and painfully morphing into something inhuman, a beast befitting the Void. Lan Darklyn gave the order to end the creature's suffering, much to Mei's horror and protests. Vallois grabbed the poor girl, dragging her literally kicking and screaming out of the Void so that she would not witness what would occur next.
For the next few suns, Unmei was inconsolable. She and Vallois had grown quite close during their misadventures, and she soon turned to him for comfort, the two entering a relationship once she had finally accepted Cyrus's death. However, she was not done in her quest for answers, now bent on discovering who had done such a horrible thing to Cyrus and why.
Stories are in chronological order. Stories contain mature/sensitive/nsfw themes. Please read at your own risk.
A Man and his Voidsent Context: Melfice is displeased after Shade takes aether from their associate.
How to Train Your Voidsent Context: Shade gets in trouble once again after consuming Val's aether.
No Solace in Death Context: Shade is banished and forced to wander the Void after being "killed."
Visiting Ancient Ruins Context: Melfice and Shade pay a visit to some ruins in search of information.
Breakfast Context: Shade and Unmei bond over an awkward breakfast following banishing Chandra's ghost.
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Relationships
Color Key
♥ In A Relationship: Unmei is romantically involved with this character.
♥ Romantic Attraction: Unmei is romantically interested in this character.
♥ Sexual Attraction Unmei is physically interested in this character.
♥ Platonic Love/Family: Unmei considers this person family.
♦ Friend: Unmei considers this person her friend.
♦ Friendly Acquaintance: Unmei considers this person mostly friendly, or as an ally.
● Good Standing: Unmei has no specific feelings about this character, however, they left a good impression.
● Neutral: Unmei has no specific feelings about this character.<
● Bad Standing: Unmei has no specific feelings about this character, however, they left a bad impression.
♠ Dislike: Unmei doesn't consider this person a friend, and will talk if needed, but try to avoid them.
♠ Hate: Unmei considers this person an annoyance, and will try to avoid them. Conflict can happen.
♠ Fear: Unmei is terrified by this character, and will try to avoid them at all costs.
♠ Rivalry: Unmei considers this person a rival, and will try to initiate conflict every time she gets to meet them.
♥ Family Member: This character is related by blood to Unmei.
✔ Business: This character is either Unmei's employer, employee, or coworker.
✖ Deceased: This character has passed away.
?Hidden Feelings/Unknown: This character has one of all the color keys above, but Unmei isn't fully aware of it yet.
Misc.
X'noh Nunh(♥♠♥)(NPC) - Dad
Unmei's father, a Nunh of the Lynx tribe. After Mei's birth left his favorite mate weakened and unable to bear more children, Noh grew rather bitter toward the girl, her resemblance to her mother only fueling his ire, especially after she passed away. He viewed Unmei as useless to the tribe and a disappointment of a daughter. Mei has not seen or spoken to her father since she left her tribe, and does not know whether he still holds his Nunh status, or if he is still even alive.
X'kima Howa(♥♥✖)(NPC) - Mom
Unmei's late mother, skilled huntress, and X'noh's favored mate. Complications surrounding Mei's birth left her ill and unable to bear no more children. She was rather sympathetic and accepting of Unmei's reclusive and pacifistic nature, but she did still try to encourage her daughter to do her expected duties for the tribe. When Mei was 13, Kima died after sustaining injuries with hunting.
Her savior, a tall Midlander man who brought her back from the brink of death. He was a stranger to her before the incident and she was a little puzzled at his motives, but she assumed them to be kindness. She found herself rather nervous around him, but she was loyal to him and deeply indebted to him, as her life depended upon him. His dabbling in the Void changed his appearance to something far more foreboding, but despite her initial shock, Mei was hardly fazed by the change. After finding out that Melfice had been killing others to provide aether for Unmei, that he had been responsible for Cyrus's death, and that the man had done many other foul things and manipulated her, their relationship has become rather estranged, and Mei is less than thrilled about Melfice continuing to consider himself her father.
A Keeper of the Moon woman who is Melfice's lover, acquired sometime after he rescued Unmei. Unmei feels uneasy around her after getting the impression that the dark-haired woman is rather possessive, jealous, and overall volatile, but the Seeker does her best to be polite and friendly to the woman none the less. After Shade saved her life and showed her some kindness, Mei is beginning to believe that perhaps she isn't so bad after all.
A lost Midlander she helped find his way to the inn in Gridania. To repay her kindness, he insisted on taking her in when he learned she had no home. For a time, she was ever at his side, traveling wherever his work sent him. She marveled at his kindness and bravery. His strength and generosity easily won her over, and with much time to spend together living with each other in close quarters, the two quickly developed a relationship deeper than friendship and were engaged at one point, until Cyrus went missing. During her search to find and rescue Cyrus, Unmei realized he was dead and turned to Vallois for comfort, and a new relationship bloomed. She soon discovered that with Melfice's help, Cyrus's stored aether could be given a new body to bring him life again. After Cyrus was revived, however, things weren't the same and Mei had developed intense feeling for Vallois, who she decided to return to.
A Wildwood mercenary Unmei met in the Quicksand during the time when Cyrus was missing. The gruff Elezen was looking for work, so Unmei hired him to help locate her missing fiance. During their adventures in finding the missing Midlander, Unmei's bright and caring personality could not be ignored even by the grumpy Elezen. The things they found during their investigation led them to believe that Cyrus was dead, and in her mourning Unmei turned to Vallois for comfort. However, they eventually learned that Cyrus was not beyond saving. Vallois stayed true to his word to help Unmei recover Cyrus, and Unmei was intent on staying true to her vow to become Cyrus's wife someday, Vallois and Unmei painfully parting ways once Cyrus was in Unmei's life once more. However, Mei still had unresolved feelings for the Elezen who she decided had more need of her than Cyrus, and she returned to him.
■ I will play mature content and themes (violence, sexuality, drug/alcohol use, crimes, gore, profane language, innuendo, nonsexual nudity, death). Temporary injury and incapacitation. Temporary imprisonment. Most walk-up encounters.
■ Ask about long-term and/or permanent injury and disfigurement. Long-term captivity or imprisonment. Fake/temporary character "deaths." Anything likely to deal permanent and severe psychological trauma to my character. Pre-established relationships.
■ I won't play permanent character death. Erotic role-play. Fetish fulfillment. Lolicon/shotacon. Any sexual themes involving children, objectively child-like characters, or animals. Any sexual themes with players who are minors OOC. Excessively detailed and overly descriptive gore. Long, drawn out, descriptive torture scenes. Sexual/romantic relationships or requited feelings when my character is already in a serious relationship.
■ Please do not metagame, autohit, godmod, powerplay, role-play to win, or be a bad sport. Take OOC hiccups IC (typos, accidental button pressing, afking, etc.), bring IC into OOC, bring OOC into IC. Lecture me on lore, disrespect my OOC boundaries, disrespect my RP partners, be inconsiderate of my time (hour long waits for posts, demanding I spend more time with you, guilt-trip me for RPing with others, etc.). Write so much purple prose I cannot understand/find the actual action of your post. Fail to respect if I tell you I'm uncomfortable with something, attempt OOC to force our characters into a certain relationship, do underhanded OOC things to try to sabotage my character's relationship with another character (or mine with their player), say racist/sexist/homophobic/otherwise offensive things to me OOC, or lie to me or otherwise cause drama OOC. These are dealbreakers, and I may drop all contact with you without further warning if any of these things happen (I am understanding of accidental/innocent mistakes like the occasional autohit or bit of subconscious metagaming). I know this probably sounds super paranoid, but I only mention each of these things because they are things that have happened before--often more than once!
About Me as an RPer
■I am on the Balmung server.
■I am over 18.
■I do freestyle posting, most often para-RP with a paragraph or two. I will typically try to post-to-match, but if you do nothing but one-liners or nothing but huge multi-para posts, I may settle on something more moderate. I do not mind your post style, so long as your posts have interesting content I can respond to and I do not have to struggle through long descriptions that are useless to me or make no sense. I do like posts that are lacking in empty, flowery verbage yet still contain some description and artistry, so I would ideally like to find other para-RPers, but I am not picky!
■I am primarily looking for in game role-play, or at least RP with characters also from Balmung, but I am open to role-play via RPC PM's or threads, Enjin PM's or threads, Skype messages, or Discord messages or channels. Please send me a PM on the RPC or a /tell in game to ask for my handles.
■I am in EST timezone. My schedule is somewhat sporadic, so I am on at odd hours. I am usually online somewhere between 2PM - 3AM EST. Most often, you can find me online between 9PM - 2AM EST. I recommend starting any RP before midnight, since I am typically winding down and getting ready for bed after that point.
■Along with RP, I am glad to just chat or maybe do some PvE content, or play other games outside of FFXIV. Please don't ever feel you're bothering me if you send me a message. I suck at socializing so I will probably never message you first, but that doesn't mean I dislike talking to you.
■I like long-term relationships and story-heavy plots. I suck at making my own plots, but I am always happy to be a part of someone else's story!
■If you do not like Shadiyah, or if she doesn't mesh well with your character, yet you would still like to role-play with me, I do have other characters who are vastly different.
■I like to bend lore for the sake of story if called for, but not break it. If someone not conforming to the lore to a T sets you off, you may want to skip on anything more than brief, casual interactions with my characters. If your character is a Miqo'te Dragoon female Nunh WoL, likewise, you may want to find someone more up to your speed instead of me! I prefer a healthy middle-ground.
■I typically try to avoid combat RP. If somehow it happens despite this, I am often flexible between freeform, rolling, etc. and prefer to do whatever feels best in each individual situation.
■I am okay with (loosely) planning RP if you have an idea you want to bring up. I do not like RP that is highly scripted, or gives my character a narrow choice of options to react for no discernible IC reason. I am also okay with walk-ups. If you see anywhere, even if you've never spoken to me before, feel free to post at me! If I am not IC, I will let you know. If I don't respond, it just means I'm afk--sorry! I afk a lot.
■If you ever have any questions or need clarification about anything whatsoever, please do not hesitate to ask. I am a very open person and in the odd case anything does make me uncomfortable, I will simply tell you that. Even if it's mid-RP, I am not one of those "muh 'mmersion!!" people, so I promise I won't be bothered!
■ If an aspect of RP makes you uncomfortable in a scene we're playing, please send me a /tell letting me know immediately. Communication is very important, more important than potentially keeping immersion or avoiding "metagaming." I do care about your feelings, comfort, and enjoyment of the RP! I am fine dialing things back, or dropping a role-play with no hard feelings if we are just not compatible.
RP Hooks
■ Friends and acquaintances? Friends, acquaintances, allies, and business contacts are always welcome. These will need to happen naturally rather than our characters being forced into a friendship that might not suit them. Unmei is very sweet and easily considers anyone a friend. Even someone cruel and villainous she may still linger around in hopes of convincing them to be a better person and supporting them through whatever is making them act in such a way. Mei could form a friendship with just about anyone, but those she has common ground with for a fast track to friendship would be kind and virtuous people, and others who like cute things, nature, reading, and desserts. We can talk out some details, or you can simply walk-up and we can see where things go from there.
■ Enemies and rivals? Enemies are always welcome, pending certain conditions. I am not interested in RPing with anyone who will harass my character to the point of me having to avoid public RP in the name of "antagonist" RP. I also do not want to RP with anyone who will be sour or demand to retcon if harassing Unmei lands their character in trouble they didn't expect. She does not necessarily make enemies herself, but she is a prime target for a villain looking for someone innocent to harass or manipulate. She will step in if she sees something bad going on and lecture the culprit, which could easily land her in trouble with someone of ill-intent. Someone who is perhaps even virtuous may wish to eliminate Unmei for what she is (undead/necromancer). Mei herself is relatively harmless, but she does have some ruthless allies who will likely champion her, so PLEASE, PLEASE do not ask to take an antagonist role if you are not okay with this and what it might mean for your character (I will try to avoid situations where your character might be killed or permanently imprisoned and give your character an out if possible and ask you do the same for me, but disbelief can only be suspended so much before the RP stops being fun).
■ Family? I am open to the idea pending certain conditions, if anyone is so inclined. Unmei's mother is deceased therefore not open for RP, and she has no full-blooded siblings nor maternal half-siblings. Mei's father is still potentially alive if anyone is interested in playing him as a player character--please keep in mind there are already established details about this character including his name, past, personality, and the fact he is still likely with his tribe. She does have paternal half-siblings if anyone would like to play one. They would share the "Noh" surname (if female) and (at least originally) be from the same sect of the Lynx tribe in the Shroud. Their relationship would be more akin to cousins. Aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, nieces, etc. or more distant relatives are also a possibility, though Mei may not know them well. A slight physical resemblance to Mei would be nice, but less important the more distant the relation. Please hash out details with me and get my permission before deciding on any relation to Unmei.
■ Lovers? Mei is in a long-term, committed, monogamous relationship, and she is faithful and not open to sex or romance outside of her relationship, nor will she leave her boyfriend for anyone. If you want your character to have unrequited feelings for Unmei for any reason, that's fine, please just respect me and the player of Mei's spouse OOC and do not expect your character's feelings to ever be returned or fulfilled.
■ Past connections? I am open to past connections with some discussion to work out the details and my permission given, if you would rather have some pre-established foundation for our characters to build upon rather than starting fresh. This includes childhood friends from the Shroud (likely other Miqo'te children), other Lynx tribe members (including ones from other sects who might have passed through hers), and Twelveswood residents or those who were wandering the Shroud when she lived there (especially after she left her tribe). I am open to any suggestions not mentioned here.
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