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Main Base: The Underground
Name: Aino Linna
Nicknames: Mouse
Role: Rat
Character Pitch:
In a narrow column on the second page of a newspaper's battered yellow pages, should any succeed in finding a copy from an otherwise unremarkable day in late summer, the single most defining event of Aino's life can be found. Or, rather, a version of it can be found. The one where her mother, a governess in a well-to-do Land family with their eyes on the sky, was accused and found guilty of stealing valuables and pocketing them for herself.
Nothing is said of the woman's sobbing claims that she had never stolen anything, that all she had were gifts. None but she watched as the master of the house turned his face away from her, denying her claims but unable to look her in the eye as his wife called the woman a liar and a whore. There was malice in her eyes as they settled on the swell barely visible beneath the fabric of the accused's dress
In the dead of winter, in the claustrophobic heat of the underground, Satu Linna gave birth to her only family left in the world, Aino. Educated and wishing for a better future for her daughter, Satu left the girl with homework to keep her busy while her mother disappeared for the day, even sometimes days in a stretch. In this way, with little else to keep her busy and obedience born of love, Aino Linna received an education.
As Aino grew, she began to seek ways to help her mother, who grew sicker every day she spent in the choking smog of the Underground. Quiet as a mouse and so insubstantial that she might fade away at any moment into the smallest of crevices, Aino was able to find little errands and odd jobs for whoever was willing to pay. At her mother's behest - and using what little influence Satu Linna could wield amongst those who knew her to enforce her wishes - Aino stayed out of the more dangerous work and kept her hands relatively clean, bitter though it was at times when she had to turn down a lucrative offer.
Time has passed and the smog seems only to grow. Alone underground, Aino dreams of a life on the land.
Appearance: Perpetually underfed and malnourished, Aino barely scrapes in at 5'1" with a pale, wan face. Her obsidian eyes are small almonds turned down in the corners but fringed with unusually full lashes. Darker than a miner's lungs, her thick tresses are typically kept braided and pinned against her head to stay out of her way.
Name: Aino Linna
Nicknames: Mouse
Role: Rat
Character Pitch:
In a narrow column on the second page of a newspaper's battered yellow pages, should any succeed in finding a copy from an otherwise unremarkable day in late summer, the single most defining event of Aino's life can be found. Or, rather, a version of it can be found. The one where her mother, a governess in a well-to-do Land family with their eyes on the sky, was accused and found guilty of stealing valuables and pocketing them for herself.
Nothing is said of the woman's sobbing claims that she had never stolen anything, that all she had were gifts. None but she watched as the master of the house turned his face away from her, denying her claims but unable to look her in the eye as his wife called the woman a liar and a whore. There was malice in her eyes as they settled on the swell barely visible beneath the fabric of the accused's dress
In the dead of winter, in the claustrophobic heat of the underground, Satu Linna gave birth to her only family left in the world, Aino. Educated and wishing for a better future for her daughter, Satu left the girl with homework to keep her busy while her mother disappeared for the day, even sometimes days in a stretch. In this way, with little else to keep her busy and obedience born of love, Aino Linna received an education.
As Aino grew, she began to seek ways to help her mother, who grew sicker every day she spent in the choking smog of the Underground. Quiet as a mouse and so insubstantial that she might fade away at any moment into the smallest of crevices, Aino was able to find little errands and odd jobs for whoever was willing to pay. At her mother's behest - and using what little influence Satu Linna could wield amongst those who knew her to enforce her wishes - Aino stayed out of the more dangerous work and kept her hands relatively clean, bitter though it was at times when she had to turn down a lucrative offer.
Time has passed and the smog seems only to grow. Alone underground, Aino dreams of a life on the land.
Appearance: Perpetually underfed and malnourished, Aino barely scrapes in at 5'1" with a pale, wan face. Her obsidian eyes are small almonds turned down in the corners but fringed with unusually full lashes. Darker than a miner's lungs, her thick tresses are typically kept braided and pinned against her head to stay out of her way.
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