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Civilian Glamour Name: Nikiki Biscotte

Nickname: Kiki

Gender/Pronoun: she/her/hers

Age: 152, appears as 21

Birthday: July 25 (it’s as good a date as any)

Sign: Dead End

Gemstone: But why?

Blood Type: AB+ (Velencians all appear to have AB+ blood type and can receive blood from human donors, but cannot donate their own)

Fav. Food: Okay, but have you tried this Bread Pudding stuff with custard? It is AMAZING! And tomatoes with salt?!? So good!

Hated Food: Anything once in possession of a face. It’s barbaric!

Occupation: Vet Tech

Hobbies:
All the Zoologies: Glynnhial loves animals. All the animals. Even the strange, mythical, made up ones. She inherited this deep love from her grandfather, who spent much of her childhood teaching her about the various creatures that once lived on Velenia and on other, assorted planets. One of her goals in life is to have patted the head of every animal that is still alive out in the universe.

Time in Nature: Though Velencyia doesn’t have the plantlife that once graced Velenia (at least according to her grandfather), Glynnhial still sought out every little bit she could while growing up. She finds plants and green growing things to be supremely relaxing to be around. Even better is time amongst the plants while listening to birds and watching pollinators and small creatures live their little lives. Imagine her glee at being told that she was being sent to assist in the mission on Earth! So much Nature to explore and get lost in.

Fiber Arts: It is silly and primitive, but Glynnhial enjoys picking up a bit of cloth, a needle and some thread and creating embroidered or cross-stitched designs. It helps to calm her brain and focus on nothing more than filling in shapes or patterns. She’s heard that it is considered a great form of art amongst other people and she looks forward to further research about it.

Virtues:
Flexibility is Key!: To adapt is to survive. One must never be so bound by rules and perceived limits that they become unable to welcome change. Glynnhial keeps any plans she’s made fluid, so as to better react when the unknown decides that those plans must change. She prides herself on her flexibility and willingness to alter and adapt to face whatever challenges arise.

Fortune Favors the Bold: Glynnhial has heard some people say that bravery is acting in spite of being afraid. While she agrees to a point with that sentiment, she also finds it deeply silly. To be brave, to be bold, is to simply take action without talk of what-abouts and what-ifs. Will she throw herself head first into danger if it means that the greater whole will survive? Yes. Without question. Will she stare down creatures larger, hungrier and meaner than herself if they are in her way? Yes. Without question. She can’t say she is without fear because that is also deeply silly. But those fears are irrelevant when it comes to taking action.

Maximum Effort!: As the idiom goes, this is pretty much what it says on the tin. Slacking and giving less than her all are foreign and disdainful concepts to Glynnhial. Oftentimes, she will actively and happily give everything she has and then some. By Velencyia, if Glynnhial is going to do something, it will be done with her whole a**. None of this halved nonsense!

Flaws:
Pour From the Empty Cup: While it is admirable to give something your full effort and attention, Glynnhial tends to take this to unhealthy extremes. She will deprive herself of sleep, forget to eat and barely give a thought to hydration if she is in the middle of a task. She can, will and has pushed herself into collapse in the course of her duties. And the worst (though she would say otherwise) part is even in collapse, she will keep crawling and trying to give everything left in her to the job at hand.

Alltogether Too Romantic: Glynnhial was raised by her grandfather, who was part of the first generation born on Velencyia. Though he either couldn’t, or perhaps, wouldn’t tell her about the history of his forebears, he instead told her stories of the magnificence and beauty of Velenia, instilling a fierce love and beautifully hazy idea of the place within her. As she grew, she came to fully believe that Velenia had gardens of unmatched splendour and that the people could perfectly understand the very speech of the animals. That the Velenians were unrivaled in intelligence and beauty. And perhaps, some of it was even true. What began as little embellishments to the stories told to him by his own (highly traumatized) parents were passed down with further additions and wonders to Glynnhial. This forming of her world view is now set in stone and she wouldn’t even believe Lyndin if he were to tell her otherwise. The end result is a far too romantic view of the world and her own place within it. And it has, unfortunately, made her more susceptible to anyone capable of peddling a good story. Because, surely, lofty goals mixed with tales of beauty and thwarted accomplishment must be true! Right?

Recklessness Leads…: There is no need for sugarcoating. Glynnhial is highly reckless and what is worse, on some level, she knows this. She knows that every time she acts without really thinking, when she pushes herself too far it puts her in danger. It can put others in danger. Every beautiful sob story that she takes to her heart can put the mission into peril or her friends at risk. And she knows this and continues on her way regardless. It is not so much that she is consciously trying to cause trouble. She just sees the risks as unavoidable and continues on. Simply living one’s best life is reckless on some level, is it not? So really, her own brand of recklessness can’t be all that bad!

CIVILIAN GLAMOUR: PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Appearance:
Eyes - Same as natural form
Hair - Same length and color as her natural form, but drawn up into space buns
Skin - Soft, caramel tan like a 70s swimsuit model with slightly darker freckling across her nose

Clothes: She still wears her ear cuff, but leans towards more rough and tumble ready clothes given her work and habit of going off into the woods to hike. Worn jeans or denim overalls and t-shirts with birkenstocks is the go to. For when she wants to feel fancier, she enjoys linen pants with halter or tube tops and nice sandals.