Occupation... 'Private Excise and Transport Specialist'
Alignment... Neutral Good
THE SEA IS HISTORY
By Derek Walcott
...and in the salt chuckle of rocks with their sea pools, there was the sound like a rumour without any echo
of History, really beginning.
She swims like a whisper, like a half-waking dream, an eel or a siren, warm shallows and sunless depths equally beloved, equally welcomed and welcoming. From saltwater she was born and to it she will ever return, carrying the taste on her lips like the last breath of home held sacred and sweet in the lungs while departing. Carrying it in shining little crystalline facets that cling to sun-and-sea bleached scales when she treks inland, waiting to bless simple bathwater with seaborne salt, white and pure.
Hard, unmoving earth is somehow more alien to her, so oft buoyed and enveloped on all sides by a grounding and groundless medium. The strong steering rudder and easy swaying momentum of her bulky tail is heavy without those formless buoying hands. The sounds echoing through her horns feel at once too sharp and too subtle, unsoftened above the eternal velveteen of the surface and so quickly fading in hard-edged air.
“So come and walk awhile with me and share the twisting trails and wondrous worlds I've known. But this bridge will only take you halfway there. The last few steps you have to take alone."
-Shel Silverstein
The precise, crisp calculation of her terrestrial movement could be mistaken for grace only to the unfamiliar. Every step, each gesture, made with purpose and intent outside her tidal cowls seems fluid lacking another frame of reference. The impression does not last beyond the water's first visit, the first aquatic observation where it is revealed crisp is a mask for clumsy when her feet must tread solid land. She is silken submerged, the hard angles and points of her form made to cut water rather than earth and air.
HOW DOTH THE LITTLE CROCODILE
By Lewis Carroll in ALice's Adventures in Wonderland
How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale How cheerfully he seems to grin How neatly spreads his claws And welcomes little fishes in
With gently smiling jaws!
Sharp and scaled, deep blue clashing against hard white; those harsher angles of her features and the salt that she bears and that so bears her wrap a soft and welcoming warmth in a misleadingly austere shell. Her horns are curled and point sharply forward at whatever catches the attention of abyssal blue eyes, but her voice is seafoam instead of storm-spray. Her smiles are mother-of-pearl instead of shark-toothed, salt-rough hands seeking flowers and simple fishing rods more often than any blade.
Those sharp-edged lessons of the world have been well-learned and well-taught, and though she does not actively seek to menace the many-toothed maws of the world anymore, neither will she shy from parting her own jaws. Wiser, though, she fancies herself. Wiser and more patient, sometimes leaking but never sinking from the dearly-shaped holes in the hull of her heart.
Tsuru swims, sings, sails, and the sea ever beckons.
Naturally pale, with a slim but lean-muscled frame; standing 5 fulms, 10 ilms tall and weighing 181 ponze. Tsuru is quite tall for an au ra woman, and densely packed with muscle from an aquatic lifetime of swimming. A not insignificant portion of her potentially surprising weight comes from her heavy tail that serves as both rudder and propulsion when taking to the sea. Tsuru is slim but not lacking in strength, figure balancing obvious femininity with some noted strength. Every ilm of her form is shaped with lean, dense muscle that points at a very physical life, with her weight centered low thanks to the bulk of said crocodilian tail.
Her eyes are royal blue in color, with a near-black rim of the iris. Her hair is often left salt-swept in loose waves, and naturally colored blue. Her scales are salt-white, as are the curved ram-like horns that sweep back from her temples before reversing to curl forward to follow the bend of her jaw. Her teeth are a bit sharper than other hominid races, though only noticeable on canines and bicuspids.
Notable Markings:
Rather more scales coat her skin than an average au ra.
Her tail is heavy, thick, and long enough that the end noticeably would drag on the ground if left limp while walking. Definitely made more for swimming than terrestrial motion. Distinctly crocodilian in appearance.
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“There is nothing that cuts you down to size like coming to some strange and marvelous place where no one even stops to notice that you stare about you.”
-Richard Adams
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Likes
Water
Fishing
Sailing
Hot baths
Unadon
Rainy days
Evading import taxes
Dislikes
Heat
Shoes
Tea
Children
Seriousness and solemnity
Fears
Heights
Failure
Trivia
Favorite Food: Unadon
Favorite Drink: Lemonade, orange tea, sweet wines
Favorite Color: White
"Don't say anything, because I see that you understand me, and I am afraid of your understanding. I have such a fear of finding another like myself, and such a desire to find one! I am so utterly lonely, but I also have such a fear that my isolation be broken through, and I no longer be the head and ruler of my universe. I am in great terror of your understanding by which you penetrate into my world; and then I stand revealed and I have to share my kingdom with you.”
-Anaïs Nin
Color Key
♥ In A Relationship: Name is romantically involved with this character.
♥ Romantic Attraction: Name is romantically interested in this character.
♥ Sexual Attraction Name is physically interested in this character.
♥ Platonic Love/Family: Name considers this person family.
♦ Friend: Name considers this person her friend.
♦ Friendly Acquaintance: Name considers this person mostly friendly, or as an ally.
● Good Standing: Name has no specific feelings about this character, however they left a good impression.
● Neutral: Name has no specific feelings about this character.
● Bad Standing: Name has no specific feelings about this character, however they left a bad impression.
♠ Dislike: Name doesn't consider this person a friend, and will talk if needed, but try to avoid them.
♠ Hate: Name consider this person an annoyance, and will try to avoid them. Conflict can happen.
♠ Fear: Name is terrified by this character, and will try to avoid them at all cost.
♠ Rivalry: Name consider 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 Name.
✔ Business: This character is either an Name'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 Name isn't fully aware of it yet.
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Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under the Player Character category, or send me a note on Discord, in-game, etc. and I'll happily include your rumor here if you don't want to deal with all the messy code-text!
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◢ Common Rumors - Easily overheard. Use these freely!
■ "She used to cause a damn ruckus at the Conjurer's guild. Can't imagine how she ever passed her studies." -Stillglade Greens-Tender
■ "Raucous little thing. Mouth's bigger than she is high, it seems. Pays her tabs, at the least." -Barkeep
■ "Lhyr? Used to scale the walls at night. Even worse when she learned to shape the earth to move under them. She's been far afield and a-foot for a handful of years now." -Wood Wailer
◢ Uncommon Rumors -A little more difficult to hear, but found when looking in the right places.
■ "Seems she spends more on gyshal greens and saddle-upkeep than anything she could use for herself." -Merchant
■ "She's Lhyr'a's sprout-- leatherworker fellow, lives just outside Gridania. Neighbors say she nips out her window most nights, sleeps on the roof instead." -Wood Wailer
■ "Bah, pest, she is. Three times I caught her throwing shoes at the bowsprit. Ran off laughing when we yelled. Never came back for her boots, neither." -Lominsan Dockworker
◢ Rare Rumors -More rarely overheard. Feel free to use IC, but someone would need to have done some digging to find.
■ "She was driven from her birth clan, years and years ago. I've not seen hide nor hair of her around these old hunting trails since." -Keeper Clanswoman
■ "Seen her poking about Ul'dah's walls now and then, outside and a ways off the road. Conjuring stones, hopping about and seeing how high she could get before a Blade chased her off." -Caravaneer
■ "Mm? The little blonde conjurer? Ah, yes, sold her a room key, now and then. Seems every time I see her she's got some new bruise or limp or nick in her ear. Always gone well before morning." -Innkeep
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◢ Player Character Rumors -Feel free to add rumors of your own!
■ "She's a good lass, smart and strong. Honest, too. Nobody who ain't honest can walk as she does, without a mask, or without shoes. But, honestly, she should get some shoes, its fuckin' hot out here, damn Khoba listen to yar father fer once!" - Zeean Wraithor
■ "Sometimes I think she tries to make me angry, twisting my words into something bad. I don't understand why she laughs at me so much, but I am glad there is somebody else in this world that still remembers to play and have fun." - Syf Kha
■ "She's an inexplicable example of someone that gets under my skin while being enjoyable at the same time. Despite her mischief, she never means poorly. I appreciate her in a way I really can't describe." - Eddard Holt
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Songs included likely set some mood appropriate for Khoba at some spot in her story. Lyrics may not necessarily reflect the views of me or my character. Please mind your speakers/headphones when clicking links as volume may not be standardized between them!
Sheep in Wolves Clothes Artist: Little Hurrican From your head down to your toes, you're a sheep in wolves’ clothes. I Burn Artist: Casey Williams You’re starting up a fight that you just can’t finish Bohemian Dances Artist: The Do The best is never around if you're trying too hard
Old Pine Artist: Ben Howard Careless and young, free as the birds that fly Every Other Freckle Artist: alt-J I’m gonna kiss you like the sun browns you Wrecking Ball Artist: Mother Mother I made a fist and not a plan Animal Artist: Badflower I'm your masochist, make me bleed
Personal RP Limits
■ I will play mature content and themes (violence, sexuality, drug / alcohol use) as long as they're consensual OOC, or fit into a plot-driven encounter. Coarse and excessive language a-okay. Injury or incapacitation, temporary imprisonment okay. All walk-up encounters welcome, or always feel free to shoot me a tell! I'm very easygoing and just love that sweet sweet co-op writing!
■ Ask about Permanent injury and/or disfigurement. Long-term captivity or imprisonment, death.
■ I won't play Unplanned permanent character death.!
Disclaimer
■ If an aspect of my writing makes you uncomfortable in a scene we're playing, please send me a /tell letting me know! Communication is very important, more important than keeping immersion. If Tsuru steps over any line IC or OOC and you are at all uncomfortable, feel free to tell me to rein her in a bit, or feel free to bite back at her IC! All here to have fun, and make fun for other folks. If ever uncertain about or interested in something RP-wise, just shoot me a /tell! I am willing to talk anything out and generally amenable to anything that makes for a good story.
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Time Zone/Server
■ Time Zone: US Central
■ Server: Balmung
Credit
Thanks to everyone for the coding! If I miss anyone do let me know and I will credit where it is due!
