#alako

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Here’s all of it, for Alako

What does their bedroom look like?  -- Not especially messy, but bed usually unmade. Clothing and small items neatly put away each night.

Do they have any daily rituals? --several; meditating with candles, early rise, try to get food for herself and her bond (usually not possible, bond is usually already long gone on their day)

Do they exercise, and if so, what do they do? How often? -- Daily, running and martial-arts practice on sandbags; often combat simulations with hardlight combatants.

What would they do if they needed to make dinner but the kitchen was busy? -- get a fire going and roast some steaks on sticks.

Cleanliness habits (personal, workspace, etc.) -- relatively clean, but simply so. Hair is long, but tied back, body showered daily, clothes cleaned daily as part of routine.

Eating habits and sample daily menu -- mostly breakfast and dinner, with quick-grab snacks for mid-day needs. MOSTLY meat. By a huge margin. Especially steak.

Favorite way to waste time and feelings surrounding wasting time -- Highly avoidant of wasting time. Feels like reports and anything that isn’t actively progressing goals is ‘wasted’, but recognizes necessity.

Favorite indulgence and feelings surrounding indulging -- fire-cooked steaks. Positive nostalgia for best memories of harsh childhood. Doesn’t eat often enough to hit excess at this time in her life.

Makeup? -- never. Exceptions would be due to big-deal, one-off events that she wants to ‘do her part’ for if make-up was part of that.

Neuroses? Do they recognize them as such? -- hyper jealous/possessive, over emotional. Very aware.

Intellectual pursuits? -- studying sigils, reading political/economic literature to keep up with bond, engineering for weapons tinkering (hobby)

Favorite book genre? -- enjoys heroic myths. Too much draken buried under her aggravations with her culture to avoid admiring heroes and great warriors, despite learning better consciously.

Sexual Orientation? And, regardless of own orientation, thoughts on sexual orientation in general? -- technically demisexual. Currently in relationship with another woman. Views sexual preferences as a non-issue, and is simply annoyed by anyone other than her bond trying to flirt with her.

Physical abnormalities? (Both visible and not, including injuries/disabilities, long-term illnesses, food-intolerances, etc.) -- mutated eyes, and runt body (short, gangly, mostly muscle and bone due to combatant lifestyle and exercise)

Biggest and smallest short term goal? -- Smallest would be finding ways to make her bond smile sincerely during a day -- biggest is probably just ensuring all combat missions under her purview go smoothly with no casualties.

Biggest and smallest long term goal? -- greater master of sigils -- helping her bond achieve their political and sociological goals.

Preferred mode of dress and rituals surrounding dress -- utilitarian or casual/comfortable. Prefers to be /covered/. Prefers pants. Highly awkward in stereotypical feminine attire.

Favorite beverage? -- bingberry juice

What do they think about before falling asleep at night? --mostly concerns/stress related to how her bond is handling her own stresses.

Childhood illnesses? Any interesting stories behind them? --remarkably few illnesses, in fact. She was always an unusually hardy little critter. But she was abused constantly by her family, and has numerous scars/injuries from this.

Turn-ons? Turn-offs? --blunt version: anything her bond does that is powerful, authoritative, or flirtacious; turn-offs would be just about anyone else /trying/ to get her turned on. Without her bond, she’s very nearly asexual. -- For nonsexual turn on/off, mostly just good, fire-cooked steak and safe spaces, hidden away. Exposure or mockery is her biggest turn off.

Given a blank piece of paper, a pencil, and nothing to do, what would happen? -- likely sigil practice.

How organized are they? How does this organization/disorganization manifest in their everyday life? -- fairly organized. Rides the line between practicality and OCD. Things that need organization are tightly organized. Things that don’t get in the way and aren’t necessary on a daily basis may be just shunted aside.

Is there one subject of study that they excel at? Or do they even care about intellectual pursuits at all? --Specifically none. They make up for their lack of intellectual nature with dedicated time for research, practice, and study in sigils, combat, tactics, and politics. They care enough to do this because of their bond, otherwise they would just learn what was necessary to get through any given day.

How do they see themselves 5 years from today? --hope to be alive with bond, and making progress toward the greater goals.

Do they have any plans for the future? Any contingency plans if things don’t workout? --ideally, continuing to help their bond achieve their goals until they both die of old age, very successful. -- If things don’t work out, vanishing off the grid with bond to stay safe until their days are spent or a better opportunity is found.

What is their biggest regret? --all the instances/habits that cause her bond to suffer.

Who do they see as their best friend? Their worst enemy? --Her bond is her best friend. Her worst enemy is one particular person who made her bond suffer. ANYONE who insults or hurts her bond is a serious enemy Alako would happily kill if permitted to.

Reaction to sudden extrapersonal disaster (eg The house is on fire! What do they do?) -- combatant, practical. Get trapped people out if possible, if not possible, clear the area, and purge any sensitive documents. If not possible, make sure the place is totally destroyed.

Reaction to sudden intrapersonal disaster (eg close family member suddenly dies) --psychotic break or violent rage outburst, one or the other.

Most prized possession? --the fact that her bond is her bond. For actual physical items, her earrings used as momentos of her first teacher and her clanlord.

Thoughts on material possessions in general? --mildly sentimental on her own, but with bond’s aversion to anything that could be traced, follow a very utilitarian view of possessions for the most part.

Concept of home and family? -- wherever her bond is, and her bond herself.

Thoughts on privacy? (Are they a private person, or are they prone to ‘TMI’?) -- Extremly private about personal information and appearance, Alako is never /comfortable/ sharing details about herself. She will speak if it seems relevant, or the person she’s speaking to is sincerely opening up as well.

What activities do they enjoy, but consider to be a waste of time? --Alako enjoys working on sigils and building weapons, but will cut them both off if work needs doing. She rarely does true time-wastey stuff, though reading some fiction has crept up recently due to gifts from sincere friends.

What makes them feel guilty? --failing her bond, getting her bond hurt, and causing death/pain for anyone she might care for. Especially if it is due to incompetence or ignorance.

Are they more analytical or more emotional in their decision-making? --hyper emotional with learned-analytical behavior. If agitated, can lose the ability to analyze properly.

Would they consider themselves a Type A or Type B personality? -- Alako KNOWS she is TYPE A.

What recharges them when they’re feeling drained? --kindess from her bond for the most part.

Would you say that they have a superiority-complex? Inferiority-complex? Neither? --major inferiority complex. Abused child. Reacts violently to condescension, but is aware of the problem and disciplines it.

How misanthropic are they? --directly in relation to how the person handles her bond, or those weaker than themselves, especially children.

Hobbies? --weapon crafting/tinkering and sigil work.

How far did they get in formal education? What are their views on formal education vs self-education? --only formal ‘education’ was boot from the Legion. Alako is otherwise self taught or unofficially tutored. Alako values someone having the drive to seek their own knowledge.

Religion? --effectively agnostic. Knows there’s something there, but doesn’t necessarily respect it.

Superstitions or views on the occult? --dangerous, real, and something to be avoided or snuffed out.

Do they express their thoughts through words or deeds? --mix of both. Often unable to act due to society, so speaks a lot.

If they were to fall in love, who (or what) is their ideal? --Alako would immediately answer that her bond is her ideal partner. Honesty, practicality, but still caring despite all the reasons not to.

How do they express love? --either sacrificial acts of kindness or very gentle, quiet physical affection for the most part. If specifically aroused flirtaciously, gets more passionate about affection.

If this person were to get into a fist fight, what is their fighting style like? --mixture of precise, CQC tactics from bond, and wild, feral rapid-impact scrambling.

Is this person afraid of dying? Why or why not? --only if she dies before her bond does, and can no longer help her. 

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The Director and Her Entourage by luigiix

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Eyes, Ice, Fire by luigiix 

Another commission, and I’m SO happy with it!

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This little fluffy ball of joy can do no wrong. Every time he gives his humans that pitiful look often coupled with a meerkat impression, no one in the family has the heart to say no, ever! Soon after he moved into his new home, he stood on his hind quarters and hid his front paws in his ever s...

Alako as a cat!

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Long Week

In the last week, Alako has:

--met with leaders of opposed sides of a war

--negotiated security system modification for both sides of a war

--gotten the call from a certain Chua that he was bleeding out in the desert at the ‘negotiation meeting’

--coordinated the medevac and security footage/witness reports for said incident

--conducted negotiations between four different organizations, including the ICI, to attempt to avoid fullscale violence for said war

--mediated for two sides of said war in neutral territory /while/ being assaulted with a cheesecake and insulted to her face repeatedly.

She’s tired.

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Some Answers

So no one asked me stuff /shrug, decided to toss a few answers up for fun.

What position does your character sleep in? ( i.e; stomach, side, back, etc. ) Describe why they do this — optional.

A: Alako usually sleeps on her side for several reasons. Primarily, this allows her to hold a particular person most easily. Also, her horns and tail all sharply angle /back/ so lying on her back is rare. Lying on her front usually makes it hard to breathe.

Does your character have any noteworthy features? Freckles? Dimples? A scar somewhere unusual? etc.

A: Alako has MANY scars, mostly on the torso, shoulders, collarbone area, and upper thighs. Some of them are so severe you can see the muscles moving beneath the thin layer of repaired skin/scales.

Does your character have an accent? What does it sound like?

A: In fact, Alako has a mixture of lowborn and highborn Cassian accents in her Cassian language voice. Her Mikrosian accent only comes out when she drops into Mikrosian... which is extremely rare.

Do they have any verbal tics? Do they have trouble pronouncing certain words or getting their thoughts across clearly?

A: Alako has a tendency toward the lowborn use of ‘aye’ instead of a simple ‘yes’, and rarely uses common words like ‘yeah’. She has an awkward mixture of formal and casual word choice that tends to be consistent.

What are their chief tension areas?

A: Alako’s stress tends to forge tension at the base of her tail/lower back. DO NOT TOUCH HER IN THIS AREA. If you have an IC reason to ask why, she will answer.

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Alako’s Profile

A slightly updated version of Alako’s profile from the House Valesius internal forums.

<Name> Alako Sovak

<Alias> n/a, those who wish to disparage her call her 'runt'

<Gender> female

<Species> Draken

<Age> 24

<Age Appearance> for a draken, quite young, barely adult

<Occupation> House Valesius Valiant (Major) and weaponcrafter by hobby.

<Physical Description>

Unusually slim and slight for a Draken, Alako stands 'only' 6'2", and has notably slender physique. She is immediately distinguishable by her night-colored scales and highly unique eyes.

From mutation, Alako's eyes are nearly twice the size of a normal Draken's, and appear almost opaque (as if she were blind). In truth, her eyes are almost binocular in their ability to focus and sharpen details. When they do this they appear to nictate like spider eyes, changing inside as they dilate.

Alako keeps her rather long, dark hair tied back loosely, simply kept out of her way. Her horns are complex enough that she resists wearing helmets unless she can afford having them customized to fit around the extensions.

The only 'clan' marking Alako maintains is her bone-spike earrings, which are only vague references at best, and leave her home clan unclear.

Though rarely shown, Alako's torso from the base of the neck, over the upper arms, and even parts of her thighs are highly scarred. Most of them are very old, and some are so severe as to show the muscles twitching beneath a thin veil of skin/scales. The sources of the scars appears to be widely varied, including talons, blades, blunt impact-drags, punctures, etc.

<Personality>

Alako is actually quite pleasant by Draken standards. Disenchanted with her own culture, she is welcoming of outsiders enough to speak cordially. She still respects skill and strength as the primary reasons to be impressed by another person, but has a much broader definition of 'skill and strength' than most of her kind.

Due to her own troubles growing up, Alako sympathizes with underdogs and abuse victims very keenly. Her usually well-kept temper can flare dangerously where someone is being attack unjustly, with no means of defending him/herself.

Her temper is of a particularly tricky sort. 99% of the time, she is calm, cool, and focused. If triggered, however, she tends to fire and kill before the target even realizes they've turned her mood. As mentioned, this is usually only in relation to some kind of abuse situation, but it can lead to messy scenarios if the target has connections.

In less violent contexts, her outrage at abuse simply makes her protective. She'll drift toward someone who is obviously uncomfortable in a situation, and see if they desire assistance.

She has a dry sense of humor, and tends to be quiet unless addressed first. Someone doing something she finds impressive, good or bad, or actually making her laugh will usually get her to open up a bit more.

When relaxed, Alako is actually very warm and cheery, even by human standards. The trouble is that she won't relax unless she is VERY familiar with everyone around her. So, most of the time, she is calm, collected, and somewhat distant. This is how she manages crippling social stress borne of growing up as an outcast and abuse victim.

<History Overview> When she was born, Alako was found to be weak and puny (a runt), and was a single birth. This was viewed as a twice-over curse from the Five. The only thing that spared her life was when her parents tried to throw her on a sacrificial spike, and she clawed onto their hands so violently that she drew blood. She was allowed to live.

Alako is very conscious of that last statement. She has been 'allowed to live' her entire life. Beaten aside, fed scraps, treated like an animal or a pest, she had to claw, scrape, and fight her own family for food, clothes, a place to sleep. She was constantly mocked for her size, her ugly eyes, her dark scales (even though they matched her mother's).

At first, she was vicious and angry. One day, a small animal tried to slink up and take her food she'd just stolen from the dinner table. She nearly slaughtered the creature in fury, but as it whimpered, she stopped, and realized the creature was barely alive. It was starved, ragged, dying.

She left her food and the creature outside, and let them both vanish. That epiphany is where the Alako we know today was born. There was always someone being run down, beaten, even by her. She would stop that cycle, for her own reasons.

As the all-but-orphan Alako wandered her birth-clan's settlement, one of the shamans fed her, cared for her as one would a beggar when feeling charitable. As she ate, Alako read the scrolls on the walls of the sacrificial hall. The shaman asked what she was doing, and she answered.

"Even that one?"

"Yes."

"So far away?"

"It's not far away for my eyes..."

The shaman tested her eyes, and was fascinated by how far the child could see, and with such flawless clarity.

Alako spent more time near the Shaman, usually retreating to the sacrificial hall when her family became too focused on beating her. Over time, she watched the rituals. Later, when eating with the shaman again, she asked about the magic arts used. The shaman started to explain.

Alako was gifted for the powers of the ethereal, but could not directly affect them with her mind as an Esper might. She was 'too grounded'... but with the right tools? The shaman started to teach the young Alako how to use spell-guns.

In less than a year, Alako could drop the hardiest beasts her clan hunted, and from so far that no one even realized she'd done it.

It finally came to a head when her family turned on her one day, and Alako drew her pistols. They were so enraged when she drew weapons that they all drew their own, and the normal fight turned into a bloodbath.

Only Alako walked out. Rather than being ostracized for this brutality, her clan leader recognized her martial prowess for defeating so many stronger foes, and gave Alako the opportunity to depart for Nexus, to serve the Dominion as a real soldier. He had, in fact, been aware of her situation. He knew what she really wanted.

Alako didn't look back. The two earrings were kept for the sake of the 1) shaman who trained her, and 2) the clanlord who allowed her to leave.

On Nexus, however, she learned something else. There were times where the Dominion made... troubling decisions. While she had no trouble gunning down her foes on the field, she saw the poisoning of civilians, shooting down transports with no armaments of their own. She stumbled onto more than one corrupt Dominion official in her work, and was the instrument of the Dominion's vengeance upon them... but still, she was troubled.

Then word reached her of House Valesius, their dignity, honor, and prowess. It is under the House's banner that Alako has transformed from a social-cripple to a leader of warriors, and she knows exactly where that growth came from. A loyal second-in-command to Keeper Falfnir, Alako takes the House's defense and efforts deadly serious.

<Talents and Weaknesses> Alako is physically weaker than most Draken of her same size. She is visibly thinner, almost gangly. As a result, she mainly focuses on staying away from her enemies, and attacking with her talents.

Alako is a deadly-precise shot, and from absurdly long range. Her eyes can read text nearly a thousand yards away, and it allows her to kill or debilitate foes, often before they even realize she was present. Quick, slim, and agile, she is good at evasion and retreat if her precious range is lost during a fight.

Socially, can be very easily hurt by comments about her physical weakness or her 'runt' status. She is also easily pleased by praise of her skills.

Continued training and experience has given Alako a slightly darker edge to her temper. She has a more focused, vicious edge to her anger than was previously present, and can be very vindictive when driven past her usual thresholds.

<Goals and Motivations> In essence, Alako wants a better Dominion for all people. She believes authority is necessary for government to function, and believes the Exiles are well-intentioned fools who are getting innocent civilians killed. She wants to help accomplish this through honorable and dignified manners.

Straight combat, rescue, protection, reconnaisance all appeal to her, and strike as moving toward her goal of a better galaxy through the Dominion's authority.

Assassination and subterfuge trouble her, and make her uncomfortable. If she thinks they are particularly underhanded, she may speak out.

Simply put, she wants to create a world where no one tries to throw their child away because she was born different.

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