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BASICS
RETIRE INFO: Retire / Adopt Wher
NAME: Shiko
GENDER: Female
PRONOUNS: she/her/hers
ORIENTATION: Bisexual
BIRTHDATE: Late Spring 2750
AGE: 20 as of Late Spring 2770
LOCATION: Semaca Weyr
OCCUPATION: Wherling
WING: N/A
APPEARANCE
EYES: Brown
HAIR: Brown
HEIGHT AND BUILD: 5'6", Solid Muscles
PLAY-BY: (n/a)
FULL APPEARANCE:
Shiko is a little on the short side while not managing to be called small, though the densely packed muscle and the way she holds herself both tend to make her seem larger than she is. Mid-length brown hair reaches to the middle of her shoulder blades on the rare occasion she allows it freedom, but is more often than not subjugated into a thick ponytail where it won't get in her face while she works. The corners of her eyes are perpetually pinched, as though she spent a great deal of time staring into the sun or constantly in bright light and just forgot how to open her eyes the whole way.
Her right arm from the elbow down is covered in old, light burn scars that have been well exercised to ensure that they don't interfere with her freedom of motion, but she keeps it wrapped in bandages or long sleeves since it seems to make people uncomfortable. At least that's the reason she gives when people ask; more likely it's because she has a hard time with extreme temperature changes around her arm.
PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY:
Shiko throws herself into everything she does, believing that if she's going to do anything at all she might as well do it as best as she possibly can. Life tends to throw things at her that she doesn't expect, and while she's become a bit of an expert at rolling with the punches, she can only handle so much before she shuts down and goes into survivability mode.
Shiko has very little use for lies, finding them a waste of time and borderline offensive, though may occasionally allow herself a white lie or a lie of omission if the person she's speaking to is genuinely better off without the real information. While generally a good person, she's more willing to venture into morally gray than most, as long as it doesn't harm the whole.
Shiko is also painfully social, hating everything about being alone, and will try her absolute best to discreetly insert herself into friendgroups. If she gets the slightest hint she's unwelcome, though, she'll retreat like a frightened bird.
HISTORY
FAMILY: Mother (Unnamed), Father (Deceased)
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: None, Yet
BIRTHPLACE: Minor hold beholden to Nerat Hold
HISTORY:
Shiko grew up as part of a small, insular crafting family who strangely didn't fall prey to the habit of having dozens of children to help continue their work. She and her parents were one of many groups who made and sold the ever important marked candles necessary for both telling time and for light all around Pern.
She started learning how to mark and dip candles almost as soon as she could read, and was incredibly enamored with the entire process. Something so simple was so important to so many people, and what could be better than making sure everyone had light? Even if Glows were better and safer for light, people still needed timekeeping. She probably would have continued to do make candles for the rest of her life if things hadn't 'happened,' as they're wont to do.
It was entirely an accident even if it was a stupid one. One really shouldn't actually have open flame around a lot of candles. The inside of her house went up so fast it may as well have been hit by dragonfire, and her father never made it out. They lost everything, and this was how Shiko earned her scars on her forearm. At fourteen, Shiko was old enough to set out on her own, and decided (perhaps erroneously) that it would be easier if she did so and sent marks back to her mother to help support her while she rebuilt.
She wandered the countryside and labored as parts of trade caravans, becoming enamored with Whers on the way. During this time she built up a decent reputation as a reliable workhand, and at the age of twenty, she found herself at Nerat proper at the end of a long, difficult convoy. It was there she was searched by Ista and, when opportunity arose, transferred to Semaca at the potential promise of lots of work and new things to see.
UPDATES
- Early Summer 2770 - Shiko stands for the first clutch at Semaca since she arrived, a wher clutch, and is delighted to be chosen for Blue Shisk. (Survivors of the Sound clutch)