"Agent of Love and Courage, the pretty sailor suited soldier Sailor Jupiter! In the name of Jupiter, I will punish you!"
BASICS
RETIRE INFO: Adopt both
NAME: Makoto
GENDER: Female
PRONOUNS: She/her/hers
ORIENTATION: Bisexual
BIRTHDATE: Early winter 2748
AGE: 18 as of Fall 2767
LOCATION: Fort Weyr
OCCUPATION: Wingrider
WING: Aurora
APPEARANCE
EYES: Green
HAIR: Light red with a bit of a curl
HEIGHT AND BUILD: 5'11, athletic and muscular
PLAY-BY: Makoto Kino (Sailor Moon)
FULL APPEARANCE: Makoto is a tall, athletic girl well adapted to the rigors of dragon riding. She has a surprising amount of muscle for a teenager and her looks are not misleading. She is strong and fast and often sets the pace in laps and drills. Most days, Makoto wears her long red hair pulled back in a high ponytail and dresses in practical clothes. Most will take her for a tomboy and leave it at that.
But Makoto does have a pronounced feminine side if you look a bit more closely. Her clothes may be practical and sturdy, but they're embellished with touches of delicacy and grace. Some roses embroidered on the sleeves, a few hearts along the neckline, some swirls by the hem. And when she does get a chance to dress up for a Hatching Feast or Gather? Makoto goes all out. But whether dressed in finery or riding leathers, there's one thing Makoto never takes off: her rose earrings, the last gift her mother ever gave her. Pink, pretty and delicate, she is never seen without them.
PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY: Makoto is a fighter but despite what some may assume, she isn't a bully. There's no meanness to her. No, Makoto is a protector. She's big, she's strong and that means she has the power to punish those who pick on others who are smaller and weaker. Makoto has no tolerance for people who use to their strength to dominate or subdue and nothing will rouse her temper faster than an unfair fight.
In social situations, Makoto is a bit shy, very generous and far, far too trusting. She desperately wants friends and boyfriends and all the things that should come with being a teenager. Often shy at first, she'll go all out at the first sign of interest, cooking and cleaning and doing the types of over the top favors that may make prospective friends uncomfortable and may draw the attention of people seeking someone to use. Once you do make a friend of her though, she's loyal through and through, with a silly side most people don't often see.
Makoto was a baker before she came to the weyr and much of her training has stuck with her. She loves making pretty little cakes and cookies and sandwiches and is delighted to have a dragon who will eat any extras she may have. She finds traditionally feminine chores, include cleaning and sewing, relaxing and sees no contradiction between helping keep the weyr tidy and being a dragon rider.
HISTORY
TW: DEATH
FAMILY: Her parents are deceased and she has no siblings. She has one uncle still living but she rarely speaks to him.
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: N/A
BIRTHPLACE: Ruatha Hold
HISTORY: Makoto was born in Ruatha Hold to a weaver and his wife. She was their only child and they doted on her. She was never particularly good at Harper lessons but from early childhood, she was tall and strong. Her father saw in her a potential guard and had his older brother teach her the basics of fighting. But her mother saw her for the little girl she was and showered her with pretty trinkets and little sweets. She adored them both.
When Makoto was 12 turns old, her parents left Ruatha to attend a gathering at Fort. They died in an accident caused by a heavy storm along the way. Makoto, who had always struggled to make friends as other girls were intimidated by her size and strength, was left alone. Her uncle offered to care for her until she was old enough to join the hold guard in her own right, but Makoto had no interest in fighting for some Lord. She apprenticed as a Baker, remembering the pretty cakes her mother used to make her. And she loved it.
When she was 15 and the dragons came on Search (as they often did, Ruatha was a big hold, after all), she went. On her way there, she saw an older boy pushing a smaller one out of the way. They fought, Makoto won. But it turned out he was a distant relative of the Lord Holder. Which was...less than good. Makoto lost her apprenticeship and feared being made holdless, but the searchrider, impressed by what he saw, offered to take her to Fort Weyr. She went.
And a turn later, she Impressed, a pretty little white who called herself Usakinth and saw nothing but good in Makoto, more good than Makoto has ever seen in herself. Makoto swore to herself that day she would do everything in her power to keep her dragon safe. Even if it cost her everything to do it.
