Post by taylor on Mar 26, 2013 16:40:02 GMT -5
Rineska
Name: Rineska (sometimes says her name is "Ri'a")
Pronunciation: Rin - ess - cuh (Ree - uh)
Age: 5 turns old
Season Born In: Winter
Gender: Girl
Sexuality: She's five
Appearance:
Rineska has dark brown eyes with little flecks of gold. Her hair is dirty blonde, with bangs cut in a straight line across her forehead. Her hair is a few inches longer than shoulder length. Her mother puts it into a ponytail each morning, but she's usually gotten it a bit mussed by midday, and there are always some strands hanging loose around her ears and face by dinner.
Rineska is often a bit dirty from running around the weyr and playing all day. If she isn't wearing shorts, the knees of her pants are likely to be covered in dirt and a bit worn. She occasionally gets the urge "to be pretty" and dons a skirt, which she then spends much of the day showing off and twirling about her ankles.
Rineska has reached the age where she wants to dress herself but doesn't quite have the skills to do so well. Kariss likes to let her do as she likes, however, as long as it doesn't hurt her. So, the young girl often runs around in very non-matching clothes, or even shoes that don't match - a closed-toed shoe on one foot and a sandal on the other, with brightly colored socks on both.
Personality:
Rineska has no idea of personal boundaries. It's impossible to embarrass her, and you'll have to work really hard to explain why you don't want her climbing into your lap while you're having dinner, if that's the case. Once she's found a friend (*someone she considers a friend - they might not have any say in it), she'll want to follow them around everywhere.
Rineska likes to talk, and will talk herself hoarse telling you all about what she did today or even just stories she made up. Rineska likes to play make believe. One of her favorite games is to pretend she is a bronzerider. She'll introduce herself as "Ri'a" and tell you all about how she impressed Bubbly (whose name will suddenly be "Bubbleth") if you'll let her.
Family: Kariss - mother - 21 - Candidate and journeyman animal healer
J'degar - father (he doesn't know about her) - 40 - rider of brown Syphraelth
Location: Trelis
Rank: Weyrbrat
History:
Kariss was searched to Southern when she was 15. When she failed to Impress at her first hatching, she chose to stick around for a while, working with the weyr's animals while waiting for the next hatching. It was during this interim time that she ran into J'degar. His brown had just lost a flight and he was looking for release with the nearest warm body. That body was Kariss.
A month later, she discovered that she was pregnant. Knowing that the pregnancy was the result of flightlust and nothing more significant, she didn't bother telling J'degar. Of course, pregnancy would drop her out of Candidacy. After some hard thought, she decided she wanted the child more than she wanted the chance at a dragon right away - it wasn't like dragons were lining up to claim her, after all.
Kariss returned to her home in Southern Hold until Rineska was born. Rineska was largely raised there, toddling after her mother when she was working somewhere safe, like helping canines give birth, staying home with a sitter when Kariss was taking care of rowdy, injured herdbeasts or some such dangerous activity. Once Rineska was old enough to understand a bit, Kariss gave her a firelizard egg. The bronze which hatched proved the perfect companion for when Kariss was gone long nights or got caught up with a job while Rineska was hoping for her attention. She allowed the young girl to name him, and thus the bronze was named after bubbly pies.
Just before Rineska's fifth turnsday, a searchdragon found Kariss at work and asked if she wanted to stand at Trelis. After some consideration, the woman agreed. Soon, Rineska found herself uprooted and whisked away on an adventure. The little girl adores being around dragons, and is quite happy with this new home. Kariss was somewhat shocked to discover that Rineska's father lives at this weyr. Kariss had never kept his identity a secret, not wanting Rineska to think it was her fault her father was absent or that there was anything bad about their situation. This frank talk, however, made it a little tricky to explain to Rineska why she shouldn't talk about her father. Rineska now understands that her father's name is their little secret, and she shouldn't tell it to people.
Bubbly
Name: Bubbly
Pronunciation: Bubbly...?
Age: 2
Type: Firelizard
Rank: Bronze
Size: 26 inches
Color Codes: #79501B
Appearance/Personality: Bubbly is somewhat small for a bronze. Even still, he's large compared to his owner, and frequently walks beside her since he can't ride on her shoulder. When he's not being carried, that is. Rineska sometimes wants to express her affection for the bronze in the form of carrying him. This means looping her arms around him just below his front legs, with his back to her chest, and waddling around with him hanging down her front. It's not particularly comfortable for him. Kariss had a small wagon made for Rineska, for Bubbly's sake, and the girl now occasionally plops her bronze into it to haul him around, rather than carrying him.
Bubbly is likely the most tolerant bronze you'll ever meet. Regal? Kingly? Is that what bronzes are supposed to be? Uh...well, he didn't get the message, or perhaps he shredded it before Rineska could see, for the girl's sake. He very clearly adores her, and is her favorite playmate. When she is in "bronzerider mode", you'll see some more dignified behavior from him, as he preens and suns and pulls himself up to his full height to be the majestic bronze dragon she says he is.
