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BASICS
NAME: Talikaa
GENDER: Feminine
PRONOUNS: Feminine (she/her/hers)
ORIENTATION: Seductive
BIRTHDATE: Late Summer 2750
AGE: 24 as of Early Summer 2774
LOCATION: Semaca Weyr
OCCUPATION: Wherhandler
WING: Mazurka
APPEARANCE
EYES: Dark Brown
HAIR: Black, dreadlocked
HEIGHT AND BUILD: 5' 6" || slender
PLAY-BY: Paula Arundell
FULL APPEARANCE:
Talikaa is a touch shorter than an average Pernese woman, standing at 5' 6" in height; her build is slender, and her skin dark tan. Talikaa's hair is a deep black, often twisted into dreadlocks and secured using white bands at the ends of each strand. Talikaa's eyes are dark brown, and often filled with an odd gleam. Other than Threadfighting, she prefers to wear summer dresses suited to Semaca's warm climate, often in varying shades of orange to beige, along with silver-colored boots.
PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY:
Talikaa is a very sweet and soft-spoken young woman. Shy as a deer and ever so gentle, she's very helpful and eager to please. Though she doesn't know how to do some things, she's always willing to learn, and she learns quickly. Rather humble and agreeable, she's content to let others walk atop her and claim her work for themselves to please them. It pleases her to see others happy, so she's willing to allow whatever it is they wish to see a smile on that face.
So, you think you know Talikaa? Oh no, you don't. Trash everything you think you know about her. At her core, Talikaa is a clever and manipulative person, who possesses no concern for others' needs or wants; she's in it for herself and herself alone. Aware that she's an attractive woman, she won't hesitate to exploit others' desires to get what she seeks or achieve her goals. Cunning and deviously intelligent, she won't hesitate to betray a dear friend to get a leg up in this world.
Oddly enough, despite feeling little to no empathy or other emotion for others, Talikaa can read and understand emotions in others enough to exploit them against another. Mourning for someone or something you've lost? Talikaa will be your shoulder to cry on. Scared to face your fears? Talikaa will be your champion; someone in your corner to cheer you on. But unless it benefits her to stay near and play her part, she often makes herself scarce in emotionally-charged situations.
Talikaa, on occasion, is uncertain that she can maintain that facade that she can feel as others do; her confidence wavers. As a result, she steers clear of situations that could place her careful act at risk.
HISTORY
FAMILY:
Parents - common farmers - living
Siblings/Half-Siblings - one (sister, younger) - living
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: No.
BIRTHPLACE: An Igen cothold
HISTORY:
Talikaa was born to tired farmers in Igen, a birth of no particular note to parents of no particular import. Days passed into weeks into Turns, seeing Talikaa grow up into a fine young woman. Though she worked her parents' field in silence, she wasn't content. Something burned in her; something dark and fierce. A need to explore and see what world awaited her...and to conquer it; to carve a place for herself and hold it against all who'd stand against her and her desires.
But how could she achieve such goals? It was just Talikaa herself, alone.
While mulling on how to assert herself in her world, a caravan rolled through her cothold to rest and trade. That's what brought her to pursue wherhandling. A loyal wher at her side would assure Talikaa's victory in all her endeavors. Though she lacked both age and knowledge required to be a wherhandler, she vowed to learn and ensure she was worthy upon another caravan's arrival. And once another caravan rolled into her cothold, Talikaa was ready. At age eighteen, she purchased a wher egg using all her savings and bonded Kaask upon his hatching.
A brown! How fortunate! How fortunate too that this brown was rather large and sturdy, in combination with his firm and unwavering loyalty; perfect for her every need.
It was time to accomplish her first goal: depart from that waste that her parents called home and seek new horizons. And she did just that, leaving home and a note behind her. This was her life, and she'd live it as she pleased. Joining that very same caravan that she'd acquired her Kaask before they'd left her cothold, she traveled Pern alongside them for several Turns, giving both herself and Kaask time to grow and bond even more than ever before.
At last, traveling wearied Talikaa; she grew bored of such monotony. News reached them about a budding Weyr down south: Semaca, home in a lush jungle, where danger and opportunity abounded in equal. Perfect for someone like her to hide and set roots. Once her caravan made a loop near a worthy port, she split much as she had toward her parents, leaving but a note behind as farewell. Seeing as she would never see them again, why bother faking sentiment?
Acquiring passage aboard a pirate vessel bound for Semaca was an easy enough endeavor, and soon Talikaa and Kaask found themselves in Semaca. It was a mess, as a Weyr being built from nothing was wont to be. But this was a new home for Talikaa and Kaask. Joining Mazurka Squad, they put themselves to scouting and mapping, pursuits that took them far from a need to socialize. Even today, they still do just that, continuing to volunteer for forays to map and forage, far from Semaca's huts and halls...and her denizens too. Perfect for them.
