We're doing a challenge run through the Warframe storyline in a Discord server that Rhys and I are in, so here's some fun updated Mirza + Auva lore. I'll be playing Auva on the secondary account I've made.
Notes:
Mirza and Auva are twins. Mirza is older by only a few minutes.
In the operator timeline, both are alive they are just separated and searching for each other.
In the drifter timelines, each watched the other die on their versions of the Zariman and thus only one is alive per their individual timelines.
They are also well aware of eternalism's implications regarding this and are each terrified of running into each other in their own way.
More info below!
Mirza and Auva
The Herald and The Barker
OPERATORS
Physically:
Operator Mirza (AMAB nb; they/them) is a stringbean. They have little to no muscle, are pale as hell, and have deep under-eye bags and an almost permanent happy-drowsy facial expression. They keep their hair short because it’s less of a hassle, and they aren’t telling anyone if the magenta is a dye or not (it is). Operator Auva (trans woman, she/her) is also skinny, but a lot of it is lithe muscle. She has piercing eyes and smiles more rarely. She definitely has resting-bitch-face. She keeps her hair long and doesn’t dye it (often). She loves bright makeup.
Mentally/Emotionally:
Operator Mirza does not sleep. They can’t stand the feeling of it after so long in stasis. They tend to anxiety and panic attacks when they feel themself slipping into unconsciousness and try to stay awake as long as possible with the help, often times, of exceedingly large amounts of caffeine. As a result they are often out of it and/or half-asleep; and they have trouble telling the difference between awake, sleep, transference, etc. They don’t like silence because they tend to drift off without external stimuli, so they listen to music, radio shows, watch serials, podcasts, etc. They turn to jokes and sarcasm to cope with their own trauma, but to those they care about they are eternally loyal and will spring to their defense at a moment’s notice. Operator Auva is tough, strong, and opinionated. She’s dealt with the horrors she’d lived through by becoming a protector, a knight in shining armor for those she cares about. She prefers stealthy work, but is not above shock and awe to destroy her enemies and claim victory. She is brutally loyal to whomever is running the missions she’s on, and absolutely vicious to any that get in her way. She’s got a wicked sense of humor, dark and sarcastic, but also surprisingly absurd in some instances.
Notes:
Mirza obsesses over Defense and Survival missions, particularly those where cryopods and data are being stolen because they were separated from Auva during the Collapse and when they finally awoke from the Long Dream they vowed to find her again.
Likewise, Auva pours over Spy missions hunting for some clue as to Mirza’s whereabouts.
Mirza mains Mag, while Auva mains Loki.
DRIFTERS
Physically:
Drifter Mirza (AMAB nb; they/them) is not bulky but is not skinny either. Life in Duviri has honed them a bit more into a capable fighter outside of a Warframe, though their muscle is hidden under a bit of roundness that never wore off their frame. They aren’t particularly tall, having grown very little past their teenage growth spurts. Like their operator form, they are pale as hell, and have deep under-eye bags and an almost permanent happy-drowsy facial expression. They keep their hair short because it’s less of a hassle, and they aren’t telling anyone if the magenta is a dye or not (it is) Drifter Auva (trans woman, she/her) is strong and decently muscular. She is, unfortunately, also a bit on the shorter side. She grows her hair out as long as possible, only cutting it when it gets really frizzy and stringy at the ends. Once she gets into 1999, she does dye her hair more often than operator Auva, and loves bright makeup just as much.
Mentally/Emotionally:
Drifter Mirza has nightmares, haunted by the death of their twin right before their eyes, by their own death numerous times at the hands of the soldiers of Dominus Thrax, by the deaths of the Hex while they're stuck unable to help. They barely sleep and when they do, they often awake in a panic unless they have their kubrow, Shenzi, nearby. They do still sleep more than operator Mirza. They tend to be very chill and lazy in demeanor, overall seeming to be a kind of sleepy-friendly with an occasional unexpected bite of sarcasm. The surefire way to make them shake their usual demeanor is to give horrific things a pass (ie: make light of Duviri, Amir’s whole thing with cephalons, Kaya’s obsession with the future being super amazing while giving the atrocities still present kind of a brush aside, and how the other protoframes were out here talking about their trauma to the new arrivals). Mirza is also a lot more awake during Transference, acting almost like a kind of energy vampire and drawing energy from the frames they pilot (the protoframes would probably notice this). As they get more awake, they can become noticeably more tactical and vicious depending on the situation. Still, they don't shy away from goofing off on a mission when they have the space to, issuing themself or the others with them silly little challenges or tests of skill. Drifter Auva has nightmares, but dreams are the only time she can see her lost twin again. She has a healthier relationship with sleep than any variant of Mirza does, but that’s not saying much since she still sleeps like a prey animal when there’s a predator around: curled up and hidden and in shorter bursts at a time, ready to run and fight and hide again when she wakes. But when she’s awake, Auva is a vicious and efficient fighter. If only she’d acted quicker on the Zariman…She has more difficulty using Transference with the protoframes, their more intact minds causing conflict with her usually very powerful command of a frame.
Notes:
Drifter Mirza mains Temple, Drifter Auva mains ??? Loki probably??? Though I could see her with Voruna or Khora.
Drifter Mirza is in a polycule with Aoi, Amir, and Flare. They worked out a lot of issues with Aoi’s help, and then in turn fell for Amir and Flare (once they showed up).
Drifter Auva is dating Lettie.