Name
Rika Vai
Aliases
"Paprika"
Age
22
Gender
Female
Species
Human-ish
Ethnicity
Edani, supposedly. Probably some heavy mixed ancestry.
Height
5'8"
Occupation
Rogue mage and Pepper Bandit
Residence
Edanith
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Physical Description
As one might expect from an Edani, Rika is relatively light-skinned, although her long days spent out in the Frontier tend to leave her with an ever-present tan. She sports a light, strawberry blond head of hair accompanied by energetic blue eyes and a seemingly perpetual smile. She looks to be a bit on the delicate side, but has started putting on some more muscle as a result of her more recent adventures. Typical of Edani mages, she has a port installed on each of her temples that are supposed to allow her to link to a Mordecai. Truth be told, she hates the damn things and would have dug them out herself long ago if there was a safe way of doing so.
Decidedly not Edani, however, are Rika's feathery wings. She has two pairs of them for a total of four emerging from her back, and they're a pretty dead giveaway that her origins might not be entirely human. They exhibit a variety of vivid colours that resemble those of certain tropical birds. With a mixture of yellow, orange, red, and even some purple, the image of a sunset comes to mind when they're on full display.
Personality
Rika would definitely be considered the "bright and bubbly" type. It's exceedingly difficult to get her down in the dumps for more than a few minutes, and she highly enjoys being in the company of others (regardless of how receptive they are of her presence). She doesn't care much for trading barbs with others, taking all manner of insults without any hint of embarrassment and responding with friendly and nonchalant language until whoever she's "arguing" with realizes the futility of their efforts. She finds that holding grudges only ever seems to make people miserable, and outside of her banditry, she genuinely enjoys finding ways to make people smile.
That said, Rika can certainly be a handful at times. It can be difficult to determine when she's genuinely trying to be friendly, and when she's just playing it up in order to serve some sort of external motive. She's also quite prone to acting on her own impulses when the mood strikes her, and has very little patience for "sitting around and doing nothing", regardless of how important said "sitting around" might actually be. Failure to keep her on a tight leash in delicate situations is a pretty good way to find her getting into some sort of trouble.
Abilities
Flight- Pretty self explanatory. She's damn good at it, too.
Weapons- Rika's not a huge fan of guns. Instead, she typically carries around a bunch of hand-crafted darts to use as weapons. She makes them by attaching sharp pointy bits to her feathers when they end up falling out. Occasionally she might coat them with various substances to make them more effective, but she's hesitant to use some of the more deadly types.
Magic- Rika possesses the ability to summon and control wind- kind of. A chip she's implanted with is supposed to prevent her from being able to use it properly without being linked to a Mordecai, but a recent malfunction in the chip has given her a small amount of control over her abilities. The kind of gusts she's able to create are fairly harmless.
Other stuff
- Really likes wearing bright colours and long, flowing accessories such as scarves. Not always particularly practical, but it looks cool blowing around in the wind which is something she apparently thinks is important.
- Has a fondness for playing cards and tricks involving them (including magic tricks, even though she's kind of horrible at them and doesn't really understand how they're supposed to work). She could probably give people paper cuts by throwing them hard enough and has definitely tossed a full deck in someone's face at some point as part of some hastily-formed getaway scheme.
- Honestly feels a little bad about doing bandit-y things sometimes. She often leaves behind little crafts and trinkets she makes using some of her feathers as a way of offering her apologies.
- Is astonishingly lightweight. Most people could probably lift her without too much difficulty.
Relationships
- Probably has some family members back home who are worried about and/or disappointed in her.
- Relationships to other Pepper Bandits TBD.
History
Rika's affinity for magic was discovered at an early age, and it wasn't long before she was equipped with her chip and mage ports. Despite the generally high standards of care she was given as a mage, the idea of not being allowed control over how she lived her own life never sat particularly well with her. She would generally do what was requested of her without complaining in order to keep people happy, but secretly she resented the whole process and wished desperately for a way to break free from it.
As luck would have it, her wish eventually came to pass. One day, something suddenly changed about her- it seemed that the chip responsible for suppressing her magic and preventing her from leaving her city without permission was malfunctioning, giving her back some degree of control. Figuring that the malfunction might allow her to leave the city, Rika took her chance and made a break for it. Fortunately her theory proved correct, and she quickly fled from sight, making her way out to the Frontier.
Recently, Rika has fallen in with a group calling themselves the "Pepper Bandits", becoming the group's most newest member. It might not be exactly the kind of life she had imagined for herself when she first made her escape, but at the very least, she figures it's better than whatever might be waiting for her back home.
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