"They left us alone, the kids in the dark,
To burn out forever, or light up a spark,
We come together, state of the art,
We'll never surrender, the kids in the dark,"
BASICS
RETIRE INFO: Retire
NAME: Dysoni; "Oni" to those close to her.
GENDER: Female
PRONOUNS: she/her/hers
ORIENTATION: Pansexual
BIRTHDATE: Early winter; 2747
AGE: 20
LOCATION: Semaca Weyr
OCCUPATION: Candidate
WING: N/A
APPEARANCE
EYES: Blue
HAIR: Her hair is long and naturally wavy. It is a pain to keep up with as it tangles extremely easily. It's mostly a singular brown color with golden highlights.
HEIGHT AND BUILD: 5' 3''; She's an extremely petite girl. Everything about her is very small, save for her legs, which are longer in proportion to her body size.
PLAY-BY: Sydney Sierota
FULL APPEARANCE: Dysoni is petite, in every sense of the word. Though she is just slightly taller than her older sister, she looks much taller because of the length of her legs. They make her look lanky and awkward at times. Her skin is pale, and oftentimes streaked with dirt. Her hair, which could look nice if it were...well, nice, is often tangled and unkempt. She tries to keep it up as often as possible to counter this. Her hands and feet are small, and her fingers are slight.
The girl abhors dresses. Her wardrobe is filled whatever she might find comfortable, as comfort is paramount to her. Nothing that will constrict her movements or make it difficult for her to move quickly. She is more often than not found with a mischievous smile on her face. In fact, she's almost never not smiling.
PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY: Oni can be described in a number of different terms. Witty, silly, irreverent, adventurous, gregarious. The girl is extremely friendly, to everyone she meets. She'll go out of her way to introduce herself to new people, and has absolutely no fear. Especially when it comes to approaching people. No one intimidates her and she likes nothing more than to bound right up to someone and telling them hello. In this way, she bonds very easily with people, and she'll always have a million people to socialize with. Those are all very loos associations though, because for all her socialization, she isn't very trusting.
No one gets to see what's really going on with the girl. Everything that she does is a mask, and she's constantly donning a new one to fit the situation. She's all smiles and tricks though, so it's easy to overlook that it might not all be genuine. She loves playing pranks on people and making people laugh. Nothing she does is ever too extreme, she doesn't really want to hurt people...just cause people to lighten up a little. There are far too many sticks in this weyr. She's the kind of person who'd just walk up to random people and throw glitter on them, both because it amuses her and to get them both laughing. Conversely, jokes also do the trick.
There isn't a single thing in her life that she's taken seriously. Even things that most people might consider bad are treated to her certain brand of humor. People cope with tragedy in different ways, and Oni is no different. Her humor can be dark and oftentimes irreverent, but nothing can stop her from making a good joke, even if she's the only one laughing at it.
She finds it difficult to sit in one spot, or focus on any one thing for too long, aside from her guitar. She needs to always be up and doing something, even if that something is just doing chores, though she doesn't delight in the thought. She just can't be still. Even when she's playing her music, at least her fingers are still moving. She's always up for new adventures, and oddly, the more dangerous something seems, the more she wants to try it...and she wants to try everything life has to offer at least once.
Though she has a causal and easy going outlook on life, she can be angered. Her rage is like a slow burning candle. It's difficult to life and takes a while to heat up. Even then it's like a simmering anger, boiling just below the surface. It's difficult to tell when she's truly angry until she strikes, and she'll still be making jokes, even if they're much more pointed and barbed. In short, don't get her angry, because if you do, she'll delight in seeing you hurt.
HISTORY
FAMILY:
- Father; Onigal (JM healer; 2717)
- Mother; Dyanora (JM harper; 2722)
- Sister; Anoni rider of ??? (i intend to make this character and adopt a dragon from the adoptables list to go with her; 2744)
- Brother; Nigalan (2742)
BIRTHPLACE: Fort Hold
HISTORY: Oni's history is neither long nor overly traumatic. She was born the baby of the family after her two older siblings. The child had figured out early in life that she had been the mistake of the family. After all, her parents had borne their perfect singular son and daughter. What use did they have for a spare? As it was, she had decided to take all of that bitterness, all of that resentfulness that she'd felt at that realization and turn it into joy. Pure joy at being alive. Her parents never treated her with any outright disdain, but it was clear that they didn't particularly care what became of her.
This was somewhat freeing for the girl. While her siblings were busy with lessons and being judged, Oni was free to be a child. She ran around with the hold children. She made friends and enemies. She had crushes (both male and female), and she played pranks on adults and children alike. There really wasn't much more she could ask for in a life.
Though it hadn't been required of her, she had begun to bore of her life and wished for more of a purpose. Her oldest brother was well on his way to becoming an excellent journeyman healer, and her older sister had been searched to Fort weyr. Oni found herself bored, and lonely. Of all of the friends she had made, none were particularly dear to her, and she left for harper hall, having been entranced by her mother's craft for as long as she could remember.
Playing music and singing was like something she had been born to do. The girl absolutely loved it. There was nothing on Pern that came quite as naturally to her, and she found herself rising in the ranks quickly. What didn't come quite as naturally was adapting to the strict lifestyle that she'd have to adhere to. She often found herself missing lessons more often than not, and she would play on the fly more than the masters would have liked. The girl was considering leaving harper hall when a search dragon came to her. Oni jumped at the chance for a change in her life, and without a thought, and without formally completing her harper training, she was transported to the weyr, and began the life of a candidate.
She was eighteen turns.
The teenager soon found that life as a candidate was even more structured and more rigid than that as an apprentice harper. The more she was restricted, the more she balked. Not only had her sister already impressed and transferred, but there was no one at the weyr she new. But she had her charm, and she had her music, and the promise of a dragon of her very own was enough to keep her feet still. Try as she might though, she couldn't manage to catch the attention of any of the baby dragons. She didn't know quite what it was. Her candidate master often told her it was because she was too jovial. Even a dragon hatching couldn't bring out the girl's serious side.
She refused to believe that there was anything wrong with her, because after all, what dragon wouldn't want her? So, after two straight turns of standing and failing to impress, Oni decided to transfer. Semaca was a new weyr to the south. Full of promise and exciting new possibilities, she decided this was the perfect place for her.
