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basics:
name: victoria yue xi wu nee sun. pronunciation: vik-tore-ee-uh. yoo shee. meaning: victoria - victory. yue xi - moonlight at dawn. birthday: september 13th. zodiac: virgo. age: two hundred six. appears thirty. pronouns: she/her. sexuality: pansexual. greysexual. siblings: sun nicholas lei (brother). presumed deceased. parents: sun jaw-long (father) & sun si yu nee fu (mother). deceased. other family: none known. languages: mandarin, cantonese, wu, english, french. current residence: a townhouse in the shipyard. hometown: hong kong island, china.
appearance:
height: 5′. hair color: black. eye color: black. typical hair style: rumor has it that victoria's hair was never cut. she certainly has no memory of that ever happening in life. her mother and grandmother insisted that she take meticulous care of it, even going so far as to maintain one hundred brushes daily to keep the locks shiny and strong. in life, hair was often a very telling factor of her mental state. when well, victoria kept each piece of hair intricately plaited and ornately styled, but when unwell, her hair was the first thing to fall disheveled and unkempt, hiding her eyes and face. now as a specter, her hair most often appears in symmetrical, traditional styles that allow for visual ease in terms of work and movement. fashion style: in life, victoria delighted in fashion. her style was both exquisite and precise. she preferred the best quality and loved collecting gowns considered masterfully crafted, timeless pieces expected to last a much longer lifetime than was afforded. her jewelry boxes were organized with precious stones and heirloom accessories. now as a spirit, vix appears much the same, but her old-fashioned, traditional sense of taste has blended with aspects of more modern trends through the years. when not concentrating on her appearance, victoria will appear in an old patient's gown or her funeral shroud, the white fabric and veil of which is often mistaken for a bridal gown instead. [ fashion ] distinguishing features: vix has deeply expressive and inquisitive eyes, but an extremely passive and controlled face. there is a scar running in a clean line across her left palm. what she will never show is the fatal wound that encompasses her left eye, eye socket, and the cranium above.
personality:
positive traits: calm. maternal. resourceful. precise. negative traits: intimidating. secretive. callous. macabre. theme song: cast no shadow by shadow academy tarot card: the high priestess - intuition, sacred knowledge, divine feminine, the subconscious mind, mystery, spirituality, higher power, inner voice. mbti: istp - logical and observant; with a strong interest in understanding how things work; enjoy taking things apart, experimenting, and trying new experiences. alignment: true neutral - no preference toward good, evil, law, or chaos; primarily self-interested and doesn’t commit to specific moral codes. temperament: melancholic - traditionally associated with the element of earth, people with this temperament may appear serious, introverted, cautious or even suspicious. they can become preoccupied with the tragedy and cruelty in the world and are susceptible to depression and moodiness. they may be focused and conscientious. they often prefer to do things themselves, both to meet their own standards and because they are not inherently sociable.
headcanons:
trigger warning: mild abuse, neglect, and death.
Victoria came to Vievecor City in order to fulfill an arranged marriage so her family could come into a great deal of money. Her husband was not a very kind man, she fell into a deep depression, and so he commissioned the sanatorium to house her (and others like her). It was done under the guise of care, but truly, it was meant to be a punishment and cage. However, Victoria actually grew very fond of the place, and the people inside. It drove her husband mad, for lack of a better phrase, and he could not stand the idea that she was happier amongst the rabble than in his home with him. He called for an experimental procedure to be done on her to ‘fix’ her attitude and that is what finally took her life. She spent a long, long time completely unseen to everyone as she wanted anyone who knew her to pass on before living again as a spirit. During that time, she watched and studied the sanatorium workers and the psychiatrists. She delved into any psychological text she could get her hands on. She might have given her ex-husband a few sincere frights, even more nightmares, but nothing that would break the pact. Until eventually, she settled into the role of psychiatrist herself which is why she is so loath to give it up easily. By all accounts, this is her sanatorium.
There have been many animal spirits that Vix has cared for over the generations. Most recently, there is a clever little fox that follows her near every step. She’s pretty sure that it is still many years away from being able to learn a human form, but relishes the company that it brings. She calls it Xue.
Victoria is a particularly talented dream walker. Even when alive, she had dreams so vivid they would often be difficult to discern from waking memories. Once she passed into a spirit, she began appearing in dreams quite by accident. It was almost easier than maintaining a permanence in the physical realm. It was an incredible relief that finally something came naturally to her. She started to note how each mind, each dreamer, almost spoke a language all their own. There were nuances to each shape and thought and passing metaphor. Not every symbol resonated the same meaning to each personality. Tirelessly silent, she spent years on the sidelines observing each different accent of thought. Now, there is little that she cannot gleam from a dream at first glance from an unwitting mind. However, she wants to become a truly honed expert at the craft. Vix has even gone so far as to find certain witches to teach new perspectives to her.
There is a special soft spot in her heart for malevolent or nearly malevolent spirits. All those who linger without answers or closure. She is of the opinion that it is rarely their fault and cannot find fault in not wanting answers to questions that still hurt. Sometimes she wonders how or why she did not become one of them as there seems to be much still unanswered in her own history. Then again, she never started with a sound mind so how was she to lose it?
Victoria is a staunch bibliophile. Even for her era in history, she was far better educated than many of her peers. She never hesitated to seek out any library or book resource available. The vast majority of her time both during life and throughout afterlife has been spent with her nose in the pages. When not absorbed in a text on anthropology, psychology, biology, chemistry, or entomology, Vix rather enjoys a romantic story in her free time.
biography:
more details to come...
wanted connections:
my oldest friend || someone who knew victoria even before she passed. they are well aware of who she was and what she went through. vix says she trusts them, but it still feels like there's a wall around all of victoria's true, unfiltered feelings. teach me || they have a niche skill that they want to share, and vix took an interest in it. now they spend a good deal of free time in practice together. fuck you too || they didn't like vix poking around inside of their head. vix did not like what she found. these two cannot stand each other. one of the few people who can cause vix to forget her calm.