"Why can't I just trip over a get-rich-quick scheme already?!"
BASICS
NAME: K'ioyo [Kukioyo]
GENDER: Female
PRONOUNS: She/Her/Hers
ORIENTATION: Bisexual
BIRTHDATE: Summer 2753
AGE: 23 as of Summer 2776
LOCATION: Semaca Weyr
OCCUPATION:
WING: Weyr Guard
APPEARANCE
EYES: Sapphire
HAIR: Copper - red sheen under proper lighting
HEIGHT AND BUILD: 6'1" and modest, thin
PLAY-BY: N/A
EXPY SOURCE: Jessie (Pokémon)
FULL APPEARANCE: Everything about this woman is pointed and sharp: from the angle of her chin to the dourness of her gaze. It's easy to spot her beauty in the room. Piercing blue eyes could split your soul down the middle. Her hair, a brilliant copper that has shimmers of red under direct sunlight, sways all the way down to her hips. K'ioyo typically keeps the ungainly mass tied into a tight ponytail or bun. She has a delicate, shapely figure and has no misgivings about flaunting it in all its glory. Most of her attire clings to her well-defined curves or is spattered with such colors and patterns that would compliment her own looks.
PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY: Faranth, where to even begin? K'ioyo is headstrong, and not in a mild way either. Stubborn, conceited, and scheming with just a hint of kleptomania. She's far from one who will sit back and wait for the world to spit out a favor in her direction. Heck no, she'll go out and seize it with (or without) consent. K'ioyo doesn't have much respect for personal property unless its her own. "What's your's is mine! What's mine is still mine!"
Default mood? Pessimistic anger. She'd like to consider herself pragmatic but let's face it - most of her plans are half-baked and doomed to fail, likely owing to the fact that she horribly underestimates her situations or the people she may be rivaling against. K'ioyo is exceptionally proud of her long, beautiful hair and 'vivacious good looks' and can be driven to blind rage if her physical attributes become damaged. Her drive to become Weyrwoman is a deep-seated longing for all the wrong reasons - longing for popularity and not so much all the work that comes with it.
Despite K'ioyo's caustic outer layer, she has a longing to love and be loved. The life of a dragonrider does not necessarily allot room for romance yet she pines to walk down the aisle with some dashing Prince Charming awaiting her hand. She tends to bet on the wrong partners - often - and can be ridiculously blind to what's directly in front of her.
Speaking of! K'rio. Of him, her dragon, her fire-lizard and even Meowth, K'ioyo is ruthlessly protective. Although they may drive her nuts and their relationships are anything but perfect, K'ioyo champions them and will often coach them self-confidence. She is extremely comfortable with K'rio, regarding him as the closest thing to family since her mother passed so many turns ago.
HISTORY
FAMILY:
Ioto - mother, 52 (presumed dead)
Father - unknown
K'rio of Garnet Mareath - closest friend/love interest
Meowth - Best Friend (formerly) -- Open Tie
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: Complicated situationship
BIRTHPLACE: A cothold in the Northern Barrier Mountains
HISTORY: TW: Death.
Ioto was a nomadic by heart. She spent the vast majority of her life traveling the wilds of Pern, taking up various trades in her meandering. The world of Pern was in turmoil in her youth and settling into a safe, sound location was the furthest thing from her brain. Eventually she took on with a caravan that grew in number. Over the turns their numbers fluctuated, seeing some retire to Holds small and large while still more took their place. Ioto found love with multiple partners who waxed and waned like the moon. One hapless encounter left her with child. Thus Kukioyo was born on the winding road - fatherless, as her sire was not want for commitment as so many of Ioto's lovers had been.
Ioto strived her best to care for her fledgling while maintaining her deep wanderlust. It became clear during harsh winters and uncertain ventures that Kukioyo needed a more stable environment to flourish in. Shortly after her babe's first birthday, Ioto took her business savvy and gathered goods to plant roots down at the base of the Northern Barrier Mountains, meshing in with the little cothold that had been established there by the older members of their caravan. Relations with other members were good enough for her to trust Kukioyo's care into their hands. Ioto could not contain herself to one location for long. Soon, she heeded the call of the wild. Each time she returned with tales of her ventures, trinkets from different locations, and enough marks to carry her daughter through life for the next several months.
Then when Kukioyo was four, Thread emerged in silvery strands from the sky. And with it, dragons! Beautiful fire searing the threat! Ioto returned under the heavy stench of sulfur and exclaimed about the intensity and adrenaline of being caught in the open while the Weyrs fought above (and receiving a tongue-lashing for such a dangerous feat). When the winter thawed in 2758, Ioto once again left with the caravan. It was the last Kukioyo saw her alive. Straggling members from the traders' band returned with only a third of their men and half the runners. An avalanche swept most of them away - Ioto included. Those taken did not survive.
Kukioyo was young at the time and did not quite understand the tragedy that befell her mother, nor was she able to process it in a healthy manner. As she grew, she acted out. The wild redhead's temperament became so tumultuous that her foster family could no longer maintain her. She was passed from family to family in hopes of finding somebody better suited. Yet her tantrums evolved into thrown fists and petty theft. Unhappy and uncontrollable, Kukioyo had enough in 2764, swiping enough provisions to last her a few sevendays and a fire-lizard egg from the clueless old man tending to her at the time. The cothold never bothered to report her. To be honest, they were happy she was gone and her wellbeing was no longer of their concern. The newly-hatched garnet named Ekans was her only companion for a good long while. Eventually her supplies ran empty. Fall quickly fell in line with the biting chill of winter. Kukioyo took from one Hold to another, taking up drudgery and various other tasks to earn her keep, fill their tummies, and a warm place to rest her head. Several made offers to take her in, seeing her hard work. But being closed in was a repellant. Kukioyo never stayed longer than absolutely necessary.
At 16, her paths crossed with Kakario. They were both in same Hold for the same reason, albeit the boy's was at least humble. Kukioyo immediately found a kinship and closeness with him that could not be felt with anybody else and whether he was aware of it or not, it led her to stay rooted to the spot for longer than a season. When dragonriders Searched Kakario, she was hit with a sudden and intense despair of being left along again - but it was short-lived, as the creature seemed to find her suitable for candidacy as well. The pair set off for Ista Weyr, where they met Meowth and quickly became an unbreakable trio ... and degenerates, as their environment and personalities turned them into little imps who caused trouble when and where they could. Of course they stood for clutches, yet no dragons looked their way. At least not until 2770, when garnet Mareath claimed the newly-dubbed K'rio with daggers piercing into Kukioyo's soul.
It was Mareath who pulled K'rio away. It was Mareath who uttered sweet nothings and turned him against her. It was Mareath who ultimately fractures the seemingly steel bond that once tethered them together. Meowth and Kukioyo were both ignored while K'rio's rose-colored glasses could see only his dragon. Burned and betrayed, she left. Kukioyo transferred to Telgar Weyr as soon as the chance came. When bitter winds heralded winter's approach, blue Wobbuffeth with her malformed wings found her on the sands. She was K'ioyo! His K'ioyo!
Intense weyrling training and eventual graduation did little to pull her memories of Ista, of K'rio, and of Meowth. She tossed herself into relationships with others, seeking 'the one and only' as a means of filling that void without relief. When the option of transferring opened up to her, K'ioyo planted her ears to the ground - or rather, Ekans to the air, for she would become a little spy seeking bits of information potentially leading to K'rio's new location. He wasn't at Ista anymore. Not Benden (thank Faranth!) nor Fort or High Reaches. Ekans returned with clues indicating he'd transferred to Semaca. So that was what K'ioyo was going to do, to! She was going to go to the Summerlands and tell K'rio exactly how pissed off she was at his whershit antics!
