Chiana

GENERAL

Name: Chiana

Gender: female

Age: early twenties

Marital status: single

Sexuality: yes, please (all genders, all species)

Species: Nebari

Intelligence: While Chiana is by no means stupid, her type of intelligence is more street smarts than anything else.

Strength: Only above average in times of great emotion.

Occupation: survivor (grifter, prostitute, thief).


APPEARANCE

Hair: white with grey roots

Eyes: black

Complexion: grey

Height: around 5'6

Weight and build: skinny, but with everything where it should be

Accent: she sounds Australian

Chiana is very clearly alien in every way possible. Not only does her color scheme scream that, but so does the way she moves, holds herself, laughs or speaks. Her natural stance has her feet wider apart and her leaning back from her hips upwards. Her body language seems over the top. Her laugh is somewhat dolphin-like, and alien slang words often litter her speech.

Her outfits generally incorporate a corset-like long-sleeved top that highlights her cleavage, gloves, legging-like pants and flat boots.


LIKES AND DISLIKES

Likes: Pleasure in all things, and thrills

Dislikes: Vulnerability

Movies: She will likely take to them.

TV: And to TV.

Music: Nothing from Earth, but she'll take to that, too - anything she can dance to.


PERSONALITY
Chiana is, at heart, a rebel. Nebari Prime is a stifling, traditional environment, and she has always striven to break free from their rules, as has her brother. This led to more than a few fights with her parents and pushed the siblings closer together, until they decided to make a run for it. Nerri is her everything, even now that she has lost sight of him. She knows that he is alive and out there somewhere, and that makes it alright. They'll be together again some day, she can't not believe that, although she knows how naive it might sound.

Chiana keeps a lot close to the vest, and doesn't trust easily. Her time in the Uncharted Territories and what she had to do there to survive have hardened her and warped her sense of humour into something a lot darker than it originally was. Her instinct in a new place will be to figure out people, find a mark and make the most of them, whether it means sleeping with them for protection or scamming them out of their money.

However, Chiana does have a good heart and is craving approval and affection. Give her a true place, make her trust it, and she will jump at the chance. It will take a very long time for her to be ready to risk herself for you, but once you have earned that loyalty, it will never go away. (Well, not unless you're a traitorous bastard, obviously.)

As a non-conformist Nebari, Chiana would easily be called promiscuous by more conservative people. Flirting is her default setting with men, and women if they're open to it. She is a hedonist through and through, enjoying all sensations, and has no body shame. As a con artist, she is very used to making the most of certain of her advantages, and is also quite good at reading people. She is not the most courageous person at all, but she will do what needs to be done if her back is against the wall. She has a very soft spot for anyone (or any creature) she can identify with.


HISTORY
Chiana was born on Nebari Prime, to your traditional Nebari family. She never much loved her sires, especially her rough father, but she always had a very close bond with her big brother, Nerri, three cycles older than her, and just as much of a non-conformist as she was. In their teens, they ran away from home, getting exit visas to their surprise and leaving Nebari Prime behind, looking for adventure and a different life in the Uncharted Territories.

Unbeknownst to them, they had both been infected by something called the Nebari Contagion, during the medical check-up necessary to obtain their exit visas. The Establishment (the fascist Nebari government) infected non-conformists before sending them on their way, hoping that they would spread this sexually-transmitted virus that would lay dormant until they decided to activate it, wiping the minds of anyone infected by it.

Despite Nerri being the older brother, Chiana was often the one providing for them in their new life. He managed to hold jobs in the Uncharted Territories… for a little while, but often found himself without work. In the meantime, Chiana resorted to thieving, scamming and prostitution to provide for them, activities Nerri disapproved of. She also taught herself to sew and put clothes together for them, and to pilot a few small vessels.

Their bond grew so tight that they got life discs together, devices implanted in their stomachs that made them aware of each other's existence at all times. Were one of them to die, the other would know immediately.

Two cycles after they left, Nerri found out about the Nebari Contagion, and managed to get an antibody. They both went through the very painful process of getting rid of the Contagion. In exchange for the antibody, Nerri joined the Nebari Resistance, abandoning his sister in order to protect her from this fight. Chiana was then on her own for a few cycles, making do as she could and cultivating her less than legal skills. Without her brother providing warmth and a moral compass, she grew harder and became more and more ready to do anything to survive.

And then, one day, she was in the Nexus.

CHARACTER NAME: Chiana
CHARACTER CANON: Farscape

[OOC]

Slowtagging: not a problem, unless it is a major plot point. In that case, please contact me so we can plan it out, so I can go forward in the meantime. I will sometimes go slow time myself.
Canon-puncturing: go for it if you like! Chiana will just think you're fahrbot.
Offensive subjects (elaborate): I'm probably cool with it, but better safe than sorry. If you're not sure, get in touch!

[IC]

Hugging this character: yes, depending on context. Or just plain yes if she knows you and likes you.
Kissing this character: yes, depending on context. But if she kisses you, it's likely she'll want to frell you next.
Flirting with this character: ALL THE YES.
Fighting with this character: let's get in touch and chat! Chiana is really no great fighter, but she'll fight dirty if she has to. Emphasis on 'if she has to' - she'll also do anything to avoid a fight.
Injuring this character (include limits and severity): minor injuries are totally fine, anything that would impair her later, let's talk it out first.
Using telepathy/mind reading abilities on this character: go for it.

General Warnings:

[GODMODDING]
Please don't godmod Chiana - if I'm not around, then she won't be around, for now.

Chiana was pacing, in the kitchen, as she waited for the savoury cake to be done baking. The smell was already appetising, but she barely noticed as she walked back and forth, wringing her hands together. Her body language seemed, to human eyes, disjointed at the best of times, but she was even worse today, muttering under her breath as she went over her options.

Except it all came back down to the same thing: she would have to ask Aria.