Name: Suyua
Age: 16
Nameday: 3560.2.12
Sex: Female
Sexual Orientation: Hmmmm….
Craft: Apprentice Dolphin Handler
Rank: Candidate
Location: High Reaches
Physical Description: Despite being rather short, Suyua has hands and feet that seem to be just a bit too large for her and a generally stooped posture despite herself. She can stand up straighter when she desires to, but generally this and the way she keeps her arms in closer to her body than usual people give her an odd look. Near black eyes peer deadpan-like out of a broad face with a wide mouth prone to smiling, her long jet black hair almost always has a green-ish sheen to it thanks to dye, and her expression only changes should she be in danger or inner turmoil.
Preferring more movement friendly clothing, she opts for anything that will keep her warm as she despises the cold, but also has something swim worthy on beneath it at all times. For one just never knows, even so far away from the dolphins she was training with, when they might need to get wet.
Personality: “Someday that mouth of hers will get her in trouble.” This was not something her father said often because she was crude in any way, but because Suyua’s bluntness often has her sticking her foot square into her wide mouth. It isn’t that she intends to cause others harm or make them angry, just that she’ll point out the most obvious thing and it doesn't help that she’s very good at catching on in situations where others might hold something back. No, she figures these things out quickly and has no shame in pointing them out. It might come as a foul side to how straightforward she is, never being one to hide anything about herself or anything in her life, but she holds nothing as a secret. It makes life a little less complicated that way and a bit easier for her to navigate. Ask her a question, she’ll answer it in the most honest way possible, even if it hurts your feelings in the process.
In fact should someone be doing something foolish or that breaks a rule in any way, she doesn’t hesitate in being harsh. Even for harshness sake, she’ll all but slap someone in the face with her words should she think they need it, heedless in the moment of how it might hurt their feelings or change their opinion of her. Of course she’s not doing it to be cruel, in fact in her own way it’s to try and help them most often, even if the person in question doesn’t feel it at the time and this causes her some guilt afterwards to be certain. She does have regret in spades should she hurt a friend or loved one, for all she wants to do is support them and make them their best self. Lifting others up is what she does best in life most often, helping by being an extra set of hands or in lessons with something she might have known she’ll do her best to teach it. She’s always looking for a way to help others even if it’s just with a kind word where they need it, despite her bluntness she can actually be sweet when needed.
It’s the turns of maturity she developed by taking care of her siblings and helping the creche workers in her Hold that made her this way. Suyua experienced it first hand and grew from there, always balancing her own responsibilities with the care of her siblings and managing to keep the two divided so that they didn’t conflict or interfere with one another very often. This helped her develop into the well adjusted teenager bordering on adult that she was even before she hit her teens. It made for a bit of a lonely existence though, balancing the two like an act so well left her little time for her own needs and desires, which seemed to center the most on friendships and contacts. Naturally she sought to remedy this but it only made her a little more lonely when she realized that some of it fell back onto her own shoulders, why others might not want to be friends with her.
Quirks become her and she seems to be made of them. From her posture and expression to the odd way she answers in one word responses that seem to have nothing to do with the conversation, to her obsessive love of water and rain, Suyua is a strange person certainly. When excited she’ll hop a bit in place and when talking her fingers tend to be near her mouth, this can also happen when she’s pondering an answer or riddle. This has a habit of pushing others away from her since they view her as an oddball. Despite these strange quirks and any harshness she might snap towards others, the teen truly is as laid back as they come. Nothing seems to break her personal calm very often and she certainly knows how to kick back when the situation calls for it, even if her eyes are wide open in case someone should need help.
Positive Trait List Straightforward, Laid Back, Mature, Supportive
Negative Trait List Blunt, Harsh, Lonely, Quirky
History: Eldest born daughter of two fisherman, Suyua would wait six turns before she’d ever see a sibling and this while on and off at the creche thanks to her parents crafts making them a bit absent. No one wants a baby on a ship at sea after all! Or at least her’s didn’t. She wasn’t at all fussed by this upbringing and by the time her third sibling came along she was watching them actively by herself, even taking it upon herself to cook for them after watching the crecheworkers cook for turns while she was there. Suyua wanted to help and with the effort she could put forth, she was able to do so to an extent. With her diligence and attention towards her siblings and what she was doing to learn and help the crecheworkers, she didn’t tend to think of very much else or give herself the time to become friends with anyone. Even among the other children of the creche she didn’t give herself the opportunity to get that close, to form any of those connections and once she was old enough to realize, it became apparent that it was far too late to rectify.
Though lonely, Suyua continued on with life, did the best that she could and made an impression on the workers and holders around her, even if she didn’t have friends, she had those she could talk to. At the time it made all the difference. However it also affected what happened when the time came for her to choose where she would go herself. Having no desire to be a crecheworker herself, it was indeed her parents that suggested the course that she would begin walking and they themselves that helped her get there.
To a totally different continent even.
Rubicon River Hold on the Southern Continent welcomed her with open arms into the Dolphineer Craft and it felt as though she was officially coming home. While she loved her family and missed them deeply Suyua dove into her apprenticeship head first and even things about her personality began to change, her habits. Every day she would wear clothing fit for swimming under her outer clothing, ready to hop in the water any second for any job that someone might need her for. The dolphins were lovely and gave her something new to focus on as she navigated her training and for once began to come out of her shell, just a tad, to try and make her first friend.
One girl that seemed to have lived a life similar to her own, work and duty before friendship, struck it up with Suyua and they became fast friends, even if it was all too brief an experiment for both of them. The girl was Searched by a Weyr and suddenly Suyua was once again without a friend and her nerves a bit frayed from the abruptness of her first friend’s departure, maybe that was why it was such an overwhelming event when she herself was suddenly Searched as well. After having just gotten used to the Hold she was in and the apprenticeship she had chosen, with some help, the teen wasn’t sure she would even make a good Candidate and nearly declined the offer entirely. A kind journeyman pulled her aside to talk to her before she could answer and informed her of the opportunity and chance she was about to turn down, of the chances that she might be missing. Thread had returned after all and Pern needed riders.
The hard worker within her couldn’t refuse that and she accepted, whisked away to High Reaches Weyr to study and stand as a Candidate.
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Candidate Specific Questions
Do you want them to have an official Search RP? No
Do you understand they will age every passing year regardless if you're there to RP them or not? Yes
Do you want them to have a possible Stands Impression? No
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