Post by Alouette Pendleton on Jan 17, 2014 21:01:09 GMT -5
Name: Alouette (Ally) Pendleton
Age: 16
Date of Birth: November 5
Birthplace: Unknown
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Unsure
Face Claim: Gunner - Etrian Odyssey II
Appearance:
Height: 5'0"
Distinguishing Features: Alouette is quite short for her age and likely isn't going to get much taller either. To go along with her small stature, the girl is small framed and exceedingly light. She is in exceedingly good physical condition from large amounts of physical activity, though she retains very little muscle. Instead, her body is simply more firm to the touch. Though, if one were to poke at her, one could note that she is still quite fragile and quite frankly, easy to knock over. Please don't do this though. She is almost always wearing her large jacket, so her true physique is normally hidden.
Class: Persona-user
Arcana: Chariot
Occupation: Drop-out
Weapons and Proficiencies (Optional): Ally learned to build and use explosives of various kinds. All of her explosives are homemade from ingredients bought at the supermarket. They deal strike damage.
Personality: Alouette is quite the interesting individual. Her expression is calm and collected most of the time making her quite hard to read unless she truly wants someone to know it. Though in between those calm and collected moments, she can be quite the little ball of energy should you give her the opportunity. She is quite intelligent, as she may indirectly show in various ways. For instance, her large vocabulary of words, repertoire of cooking recipes, wilderness survival knowledge, weapon knowhow, and even obscure things such as medical disorders usually come up at some point. It should also be noted that among her large vocabulary of impressive words are just as many vulgar words ready for use should she find the opportunity. These various points of knowledge have been built up from childhood due to the excessive reading she does.
Her method of figuring out a situation and the best course of action is somewhat unique, in that, she doesn't exactly think things over. Rather, she just does what comes naturally based on what she knows about the situation. Thankfully, her choices are usually quite appropriate; if not the best option. Though there is always room for a bit of misconception, allowing her to misread what is going on and allow for some degree of error. Nobody is perfect after all. Perhaps the best way to describe her "modus operandi" is that she relies solely on her intuition, her gut, and maybe a little bit of whatever she's feeling at the current time.
She speaks in an intelligent but carefree manner; sometimes sounding very direct and come off sounding rude occasionally. Really, it just depends on how sensitive the person she's talking to is. Her normal speaking tone is a deadpan, lacking most emotion. Though, she really just sounds like she's tired all the time. This tone can sometimes rise, or even possibly fall, when given enough reason to. Occasions like these happen, but not too often. If one becomes good friends with her, Alouette may speak in a slightly warmer tone. This is usually a sign of comfortability with such a person. In other words, this is a good thing. Though it is a major event to see her let out any degree of laughter no matter what.
Making friends never seemed to be an issue for Alouette. This isn't exactly for a good reason, mind you! You see, she will rarely ever bother to take the time to make any. She will not approach someone she doesn't know unless finds the need to. Never are one of those reasons an intent of making friends. Despite her loner attitude, she has managed to attract attention to herself in the past and thus make a few friends over time. Though, none she really cared for beyond having an occasional nice conversation with. If one ever does become quite close with her, she may even dabble in a bit of teasing should she deem it appropriate. One may expect a few of other forms of comfortability too, as subtle as they may be.
Though it hasn't happened yet, one can make an enemy out of her. Given her naturally easy-going and apathetic nature, one would have to put a great deal of effort to accomplish such a thing. Even antagonistic approaches will usually garner nothing more than an odd glance and a boring response. Should someone manage to get past that, she will try to remain calm and collected; only now she may have an attitude and quite a dirty mouth to go with it. Her glare is something completely foreign to her usual facade and can throw off a great deal of people out of intimidation. And if things take a turn for the worse, she won't hesitate to get physical.
Alouette's two greatest strengths are her indomitable drive for success when it comes to anything she desires and her oddly inspiring charisma. She tackles any challenges presented to her with determination and willpower. When finding something that interests her enough to devote herself to it, expect her to do just that. Each day she may put aside time specifically to such an interest in an attempt to better herself, and eventually master it. Physical training is one such example of this. She always takes time out of her day to go for a jog, do a little climbing, and maybe a bit of hunting. Needless to say, the girl is always in top physical condition. Though she lacks brute strength, her very petite frame is still quite firm to the touch. This doesn't mean to go poking at her though; seriously don't.
Her charisma is something that seems a bit more out of place. She naturally keeps eye contact when speaking with people no matter how intimidating they may be. She has no trouble dealing with large groups of people, giving off the impression that such dealings are natural for her. If she were to ever be given such an opportunity, Alouette could prove to be an outstanding leader. Her charisma and calm attitude would prove to be driving forces in her choices in such positions. Naturally, she also admires such characteristics in other people as well and respects them for it. In other words, she finds kinship in equally strong-willed individuals.
The girl also suffers from Narcolepsy, a sleeping disorder which causes her to faint every so often. Because of this, she often has a hard time sleeping giving her enough free time to simply read until she falls asleep again. Of course, this messes up her Circadian Cycle to the point where she is often quite tired, even in the morning. This slight deprivation of sleep is also partially the cause for her deadpan speaking habits. As for when she does go to sleep, she has a star patterned blue blanket named Helel that she takes to bed with her every night. She also has quite an appetite for her size, managing to eat twice as much as an average adult. To accommodate for such an appetite, her large knowledge of cooking recipes comes in handy quite often.
Likes: Physical training, Eating in excess, Drinking Tea, Reading, Trying out new recipes (cooking or explosive), Pushing herself to greater limits, the Outdoors
Dislikes: Lack of Confidence, Excessive heat, People who can't pull their own, Being held back by her own limitations
History: Alouette was born somewhere in the middle of the rain forests of South America to her two parents Mark and Erina Pendleton. The young British couple were a pair of scientist/explorers that studied various wildlife and geography. Little Alouette was just another surprise in the middle of their journey through the rain forest. (It was certainly quite the ordeal too.) Following Alouette's birth, the new family travelled together just as before, studying the wild world around them.
Unfortunately, Erina died of a sickness contracted during one of their expeditions when Alouette was only three. The loss hit the father and daughter very hard, but Mark persevered. He knew that Erina would have wanted him to continue his work whether she was gone or not. That was why Mark told Alouette what he did following her mother's burial. "I persevered because your mother would have wanted it. She and I both would want you to persevere as well. Always remember that." Those words would burn into the girl's memory for as long as she lived. And it was from her father's words that Alouette began to develop the willpower that she would have in the near future.
Mark quite his job as an exploring researcher not too long after that. He had certainly not taken back what he said though. Instead, he decided to focus his studies elsewhere with the help of his daughter. It started off as a simple wildlife documentary television series starring himself and his daughter where the two would interact with various animals. The show was a huge success for a number of years, up until Alouette turned twelve. It ran for over eight years straight. The show's popularity finally began to die down, and Mark simply wanted to live a normal lifestyle with his daughter. As such, the two moved into a rather large, rather nice mansion in the Esquaria district of Mosaic City. Their new life would start here.
Young Alouette had a peculiar degree of eagerness to learn, as Mark would soon learn. Her first interest, the outdoors, could only be credited to her parent's work. But the second hobby, being experimenting with explosives and practicing use of firearms, was likely on the fault of Mark and his "hobbies" that he began to get into following retirement.
Mark would often dabble in scientific research when he was bored, where young Alouette would find herself watching him curiously. Her favorite parts happened to be the "boom parts." And Mark being the doting parent he was, decided to teach her how to make her own "booms." They were small booms, of course. But Mark underestimated the girl. It wasn't long before she got into his heavier explosive books and soon began cooking different types of bombs. Of course, this only nominated Mark for Father of the Year, All Years.
What won him the award was his second hobby. Guns. Mark liked to try out his various guns on the firing range whenever he got the chance. And of course, who better to bring than young Alouette? The girl watched with great interest as her father hit targets from a distance with a great deal of precision. And who could say no to the little girl who seemed so excited to fire the gun on her own? And much like the case of cooking explosives, Alouette's interest in firearms could only expand.
The day of the quarantine was a day to remember, though. Alouette had just finished up school when she had heard something had happened on the other side of the city. Her father had been on the West side of the city at the time, with the firing range being there. When trying to reach her father, Alouette was stopped by the police as expected. Realizing the only way to get through was by force, Alouette went home and prepared herself. A military backpack filled with food, some of her own explosives, and a gun. From there, she began to sneak out of the city under the security's nose. She would find her dad.
It wasn't long until she was confronted with what she would later learn to be Shadows. They had first attacked her in the city ruins where she had expected her father to be. Immediately she defended herself using the weapons she had brought alone. The fight quickly turned sour though, as she was knocked to the ground and her consciousness began to fade. It was then that she noticed a bright light shine around her and a beautiful angelic creature saved her. She passed out after that, never learning who that angel was.
When she came to, she began to recall all of the events so far. The police were lying about the outside, her father was missing, and there was something odd going on out here. By her indomitable will, the girl chose to go on the path of a lone warrior. She would solve the mystery behind the city and find her father if it was the last thing she would do. From there, she began to frequently visit the Shadowlands in search of her father. She was armed and ready. Nothing was going to get in her way.
OOC Name:
Persona: Valkyrie
Appearance:
Persona Lore: "Odin's daughters in Norse lore. They ride their horses through the sky and fight. Their duty is to guide the souls of warriors to Valhalla in preparation for Ragnarok. "Valkyrie" means "chooser of the slain."
—Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Compendium
Skills: Cleave, Dia
Strengths and Weaknesses: Str: Slash, Strike Wk: Pierce, Dark
Age: 16
Date of Birth: November 5
Birthplace: Unknown
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Unsure
Face Claim: Gunner - Etrian Odyssey II
Appearance:
Height: 5'0"
Distinguishing Features: Alouette is quite short for her age and likely isn't going to get much taller either. To go along with her small stature, the girl is small framed and exceedingly light. She is in exceedingly good physical condition from large amounts of physical activity, though she retains very little muscle. Instead, her body is simply more firm to the touch. Though, if one were to poke at her, one could note that she is still quite fragile and quite frankly, easy to knock over. Please don't do this though. She is almost always wearing her large jacket, so her true physique is normally hidden.
Class: Persona-user
Arcana: Chariot
Occupation: Drop-out
Weapons and Proficiencies (Optional): Ally learned to build and use explosives of various kinds. All of her explosives are homemade from ingredients bought at the supermarket. They deal strike damage.
Personality: Alouette is quite the interesting individual. Her expression is calm and collected most of the time making her quite hard to read unless she truly wants someone to know it. Though in between those calm and collected moments, she can be quite the little ball of energy should you give her the opportunity. She is quite intelligent, as she may indirectly show in various ways. For instance, her large vocabulary of words, repertoire of cooking recipes, wilderness survival knowledge, weapon knowhow, and even obscure things such as medical disorders usually come up at some point. It should also be noted that among her large vocabulary of impressive words are just as many vulgar words ready for use should she find the opportunity. These various points of knowledge have been built up from childhood due to the excessive reading she does.
Her method of figuring out a situation and the best course of action is somewhat unique, in that, she doesn't exactly think things over. Rather, she just does what comes naturally based on what she knows about the situation. Thankfully, her choices are usually quite appropriate; if not the best option. Though there is always room for a bit of misconception, allowing her to misread what is going on and allow for some degree of error. Nobody is perfect after all. Perhaps the best way to describe her "modus operandi" is that she relies solely on her intuition, her gut, and maybe a little bit of whatever she's feeling at the current time.
She speaks in an intelligent but carefree manner; sometimes sounding very direct and come off sounding rude occasionally. Really, it just depends on how sensitive the person she's talking to is. Her normal speaking tone is a deadpan, lacking most emotion. Though, she really just sounds like she's tired all the time. This tone can sometimes rise, or even possibly fall, when given enough reason to. Occasions like these happen, but not too often. If one becomes good friends with her, Alouette may speak in a slightly warmer tone. This is usually a sign of comfortability with such a person. In other words, this is a good thing. Though it is a major event to see her let out any degree of laughter no matter what.
Making friends never seemed to be an issue for Alouette. This isn't exactly for a good reason, mind you! You see, she will rarely ever bother to take the time to make any. She will not approach someone she doesn't know unless finds the need to. Never are one of those reasons an intent of making friends. Despite her loner attitude, she has managed to attract attention to herself in the past and thus make a few friends over time. Though, none she really cared for beyond having an occasional nice conversation with. If one ever does become quite close with her, she may even dabble in a bit of teasing should she deem it appropriate. One may expect a few of other forms of comfortability too, as subtle as they may be.
Though it hasn't happened yet, one can make an enemy out of her. Given her naturally easy-going and apathetic nature, one would have to put a great deal of effort to accomplish such a thing. Even antagonistic approaches will usually garner nothing more than an odd glance and a boring response. Should someone manage to get past that, she will try to remain calm and collected; only now she may have an attitude and quite a dirty mouth to go with it. Her glare is something completely foreign to her usual facade and can throw off a great deal of people out of intimidation. And if things take a turn for the worse, she won't hesitate to get physical.
Alouette's two greatest strengths are her indomitable drive for success when it comes to anything she desires and her oddly inspiring charisma. She tackles any challenges presented to her with determination and willpower. When finding something that interests her enough to devote herself to it, expect her to do just that. Each day she may put aside time specifically to such an interest in an attempt to better herself, and eventually master it. Physical training is one such example of this. She always takes time out of her day to go for a jog, do a little climbing, and maybe a bit of hunting. Needless to say, the girl is always in top physical condition. Though she lacks brute strength, her very petite frame is still quite firm to the touch. This doesn't mean to go poking at her though; seriously don't.
Her charisma is something that seems a bit more out of place. She naturally keeps eye contact when speaking with people no matter how intimidating they may be. She has no trouble dealing with large groups of people, giving off the impression that such dealings are natural for her. If she were to ever be given such an opportunity, Alouette could prove to be an outstanding leader. Her charisma and calm attitude would prove to be driving forces in her choices in such positions. Naturally, she also admires such characteristics in other people as well and respects them for it. In other words, she finds kinship in equally strong-willed individuals.
The girl also suffers from Narcolepsy, a sleeping disorder which causes her to faint every so often. Because of this, she often has a hard time sleeping giving her enough free time to simply read until she falls asleep again. Of course, this messes up her Circadian Cycle to the point where she is often quite tired, even in the morning. This slight deprivation of sleep is also partially the cause for her deadpan speaking habits. As for when she does go to sleep, she has a star patterned blue blanket named Helel that she takes to bed with her every night. She also has quite an appetite for her size, managing to eat twice as much as an average adult. To accommodate for such an appetite, her large knowledge of cooking recipes comes in handy quite often.
Likes: Physical training, Eating in excess, Drinking Tea, Reading, Trying out new recipes (cooking or explosive), Pushing herself to greater limits, the Outdoors
Dislikes: Lack of Confidence, Excessive heat, People who can't pull their own, Being held back by her own limitations
History: Alouette was born somewhere in the middle of the rain forests of South America to her two parents Mark and Erina Pendleton. The young British couple were a pair of scientist/explorers that studied various wildlife and geography. Little Alouette was just another surprise in the middle of their journey through the rain forest. (It was certainly quite the ordeal too.) Following Alouette's birth, the new family travelled together just as before, studying the wild world around them.
Unfortunately, Erina died of a sickness contracted during one of their expeditions when Alouette was only three. The loss hit the father and daughter very hard, but Mark persevered. He knew that Erina would have wanted him to continue his work whether she was gone or not. That was why Mark told Alouette what he did following her mother's burial. "I persevered because your mother would have wanted it. She and I both would want you to persevere as well. Always remember that." Those words would burn into the girl's memory for as long as she lived. And it was from her father's words that Alouette began to develop the willpower that she would have in the near future.
Mark quite his job as an exploring researcher not too long after that. He had certainly not taken back what he said though. Instead, he decided to focus his studies elsewhere with the help of his daughter. It started off as a simple wildlife documentary television series starring himself and his daughter where the two would interact with various animals. The show was a huge success for a number of years, up until Alouette turned twelve. It ran for over eight years straight. The show's popularity finally began to die down, and Mark simply wanted to live a normal lifestyle with his daughter. As such, the two moved into a rather large, rather nice mansion in the Esquaria district of Mosaic City. Their new life would start here.
Young Alouette had a peculiar degree of eagerness to learn, as Mark would soon learn. Her first interest, the outdoors, could only be credited to her parent's work. But the second hobby, being experimenting with explosives and practicing use of firearms, was likely on the fault of Mark and his "hobbies" that he began to get into following retirement.
Mark would often dabble in scientific research when he was bored, where young Alouette would find herself watching him curiously. Her favorite parts happened to be the "boom parts." And Mark being the doting parent he was, decided to teach her how to make her own "booms." They were small booms, of course. But Mark underestimated the girl. It wasn't long before she got into his heavier explosive books and soon began cooking different types of bombs. Of course, this only nominated Mark for Father of the Year, All Years.
What won him the award was his second hobby. Guns. Mark liked to try out his various guns on the firing range whenever he got the chance. And of course, who better to bring than young Alouette? The girl watched with great interest as her father hit targets from a distance with a great deal of precision. And who could say no to the little girl who seemed so excited to fire the gun on her own? And much like the case of cooking explosives, Alouette's interest in firearms could only expand.
The day of the quarantine was a day to remember, though. Alouette had just finished up school when she had heard something had happened on the other side of the city. Her father had been on the West side of the city at the time, with the firing range being there. When trying to reach her father, Alouette was stopped by the police as expected. Realizing the only way to get through was by force, Alouette went home and prepared herself. A military backpack filled with food, some of her own explosives, and a gun. From there, she began to sneak out of the city under the security's nose. She would find her dad.
It wasn't long until she was confronted with what she would later learn to be Shadows. They had first attacked her in the city ruins where she had expected her father to be. Immediately she defended herself using the weapons she had brought alone. The fight quickly turned sour though, as she was knocked to the ground and her consciousness began to fade. It was then that she noticed a bright light shine around her and a beautiful angelic creature saved her. She passed out after that, never learning who that angel was.
When she came to, she began to recall all of the events so far. The police were lying about the outside, her father was missing, and there was something odd going on out here. By her indomitable will, the girl chose to go on the path of a lone warrior. She would solve the mystery behind the city and find her father if it was the last thing she would do. From there, she began to frequently visit the Shadowlands in search of her father. She was armed and ready. Nothing was going to get in her way.
OOC Name:
Persona: Valkyrie
Appearance:
Persona Lore: "Odin's daughters in Norse lore. They ride their horses through the sky and fight. Their duty is to guide the souls of warriors to Valhalla in preparation for Ragnarok. "Valkyrie" means "chooser of the slain."
—Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Compendium
Skills: Cleave, Dia
Strengths and Weaknesses: Str: Slash, Strike Wk: Pierce, Dark
