Mandy Arixan
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Mandy Arixan is a street rat of the truest form. Growing up in the gutters and grime, to say she is a bit rough around the edges is putting it lightly. Her rough demeanor and lack of manners seems to put off those of a finer disposition at first, though her kind-hearted nature tends to win people over in the end. Most of the time she means well, even if she is in the habit of opening her mouth before she thinks about the consequences of her words.
Not too long ago, the teen was not so far removed from the streets, much too skinny for her age and size. Though in a bit better physical shape now, Mandy still seems to be skin wrapped around sinew and bone, her physique made of flat planes and sharp points. She doesn't have much of a girlish figure, being almost flat as a board both front and back, and it is not uncommon for people to mistake her for a boy. As for notable features, Mandy has an old, naturally-healed scar that stretches from the tip of her nose to the bottom of her right ear. Her eyes can often times seem too big for her face, especially when surprised or scared. She has thin lips and hollow cheeks, and when she smiles, more often than not it comes across as snarky and ingenuine. All together, she creates a somewhat cute, but fairly plain picture. She moves with a slight limp on her left leg. If exposed, her left leg shows lots of deep, pitted scars down its length on the front.
Mandy almost always has a staff on her person. Though she doesn't know how to use it as a piratical weapon, she can make up for that a bit with her conjury. The teen is proficient in most of the basic spells of her craft, and has been known to defend herself with a good-sized rock to the face, a painfully biting gust of wind, or to knock people back with a sudden burst of water to the face. She might be more smol than swol, but that doesn't mean she's defenseless. For hand-to-hand combat, Mandy is at a serious disadvantage. She has great reflexes born out of her time on the streets, so the girl can dodge a lot of things coming her way(as long as she sees them coming), but she couldn't take much punishment if something lands. And if she tried to deliver blows herself? She could probably cause a good bit of pain with her staff if she landed a lucky blow or two, but her fists probably wouldn't be much more than a nuisance.
Mandy was orphaned at a young age. She lived with her mother near Little Ala Migho, and found herself suddenly on her own after a robbery went wrong that left her mother dead and herself lost and homeless. An incident drove her from the caves and crevices of the refugee shanty-town to Ul'dah, where she survived(as well as one could) on Pearl Lane until just recently. She survived mostly on picking pockets and scrounging for scraps, though once she got too big to slip about unnoticed she abandoned risky thievery and took more to sitting around and begging.
As luck would have it, Mandy caught the attention of Lukas Madrazo. She took an immediate liking to the older Miqo'te who would come around with a handful of gil, food, or a bit of small talk to take her mind off of her situation. After coming into a windfall of gil from a random gentleman, the teen took up an almost permanent residence of Lukas' couch and made the decision to start trying to study as a mender to try and make a living one day. A random chance of catching snippets of conversation led her to approaching Eyvindr Kolrast and R'mehro Deadeye in the Quicksand. Vin had been speaking of some sort of mending potion or the like, and Mandy approached the pair asking for instruction. Rem convinced Vin to take Mandy on as an extremely fledgling student. In the past few years, she's honed and grown her skills. She studies her craft almost obsessively, pouring over books(slowly, as reading still doesn't come easy to her) and picking other mender's minds when she's able. Where she will go from here is anyone's guess.
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I am 31 years old, married, and have a seven year old son. I also have two cats, a dog, a gerbil, and three horses. I am the main caretaker for my family and my household while my husband is working and in school, and I also train horses. My life can get immeasurably busy, and there will be times when I try to rp and will be interrupted(sometimes a great deal), and there will be many other times where I won't be able to be on for any substantial amount of time for more than a couple days a week. If we are supposed to rp and I disappear or miss whatever time we set up, I apologize now! Your understanding and patience are highly appreciated!
Overall, I'm pretty chill as far as guidelines go. I don't have an extensive list of 'Do's or 'Don't's or things that I personally find triggering. So chances are, you won't offend me or make me uncomfortable unless you're trying to or just being really skeevy in general. Still, for the sake of making sure everyone's on the same page here, let me make a few mentions in particular:
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