~Appearance:
Big-eyed, raven-haired, 5 foot tall cuteness. Arching and animated black eyebrows hold above her big, shiny green eyes. Her nose is small and pixie like and her mouth is also small but with plump pink lips. But often folk will see a huge enthusiastic grin coupled with a radiant glow or shining glint in those big green eyes.
Even though small in stature, she is very, very muscular especially shown off in her legs. The girl does have pronounced hourglass figure due to the nature of her acrobatic physicality; shoulders and hips seem much wider than her waist. Average bust but with a killer booty! Yet marred all along her body ar the marks and scars of being a high-flying performer. She has a particularly rough scar on her left arm when she broke it and the bone stuck out from her forearm. When asked, she will proudly show off her past scars; they are her badges of pride.
As may be the case of any little ball of energy and joy, the girl can be seen in constant motion. Rodent fidgets a lot, and is a hand-talker. She constantly moves her head about like a squirrel and shifts her body and head to constantly keep face to face/ eye contact whilst talking... which she does. A lot. No, really Rodent talks a lot. A lot, a lot. But she is infectious with her upbeat attitude and unwavering smiles. There is a bounce in her step, and sometimes she does little dance steps, twirls or poses when nervous, agitated or just simply ecstatic.
The girl has no discerning taste within her fashion choices. For the better part of her young life, her wardrobe was made and chosen for her so what mattered to her the most was function. And so now she dresses with function and practicality first and foremost in her mind. And though plain in her garment choice, Rodent will however always be seen with somekind of head wear on. But she loves hats of all kinds and will pay a pretty coin or make a deal to acquire the select item off the head of a traveller or patron, new or old. She will adore it whether it be a wig or a cap or scarf or bandanna or a gent's tophat, or even a mix up of them all! It matters not to her.
But when it comes to footwear she is exceptionally nit-picky; and it really is not a fashionista decision. She hates slipping and so will choose only the best shoes to eliminate such a thing; as an acrobat one slip could mean disaster.
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~Personality:
+ | Daring - Single-Minded. Bold. Fearless. As a high-intensity acrobat/performer, Radiant never turns down a challenge. The more breath-taking, the brighter the glint in those shiny green eyes. Although never spoken aloud, she is quite arrogant and believes she is the best acrobat out there. Bar none...
+ | Team-Player - Although raised to crave the spotlight, Radiant nevertheless understands the utter importance of trusting her troupe members, and in turn, she demands the utter importance of trusting her as well. She does aim to please and will do anything in her combined skillsets to ensure all members succeed... even if it means rolling up her sleeves and getting down and dirty...
+ | Uplifting - The lass always aims to please and keep spirits high. A big smile, a wink, a nod, then she'll chat you up. She can be silly and somewhat witty, if only to bring levity to tension and conflict. Again, although she craves spotlight and accolade, she will share what rewards are reaped as a troupe..
+ | Keen eyes - Trained to steal originals and valuables... and sometimes replace them with forgeries and knock-offs... Radiant has a discerning eye. And coupled with her keen eyesight, she notices fine details about things and people. Not that she can read people to discern lies or truths, like an empath, no, but she can tell alot about them just by mere casual glances. Items they wear, speech patterns, mannerisms. Basically if they are a worthy mark or con.
+ | Cute - Take a diminuative stature, shiny eyes, positive outlook, then toss in an infectious smile or giggle and you have a little heart-warmer. She looks inoffensive and harmless yet when she is in action she has an explosive physical intensity that catches most off guard. Off. Guard. Which is what she hopes happens most of the time when she pulls off a con on you ;D
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- | Daring - For all the upswings, there are downswings. And with the downswings of a high-risk/high-reward mindset, the consequences of biting off more than she can chew are staggering at times. Ask to see her scars.
- | Unrealistic/Naive - Growing up as a travelling performer, she has a very skewed view of the real world. Even though she is no longer a professional performer, and out of the boxed in world of the Carnivale without her troupe , she is still very naive and has been taken advantage of time and again.
- | Self-Worth - Even though she remains positive, behind it all, there she hides the self-doubt and fear of failure. She tends to downward spiral and remains highly dependant upon others to pick her up and shove her back up the path to her old, smiling, bantering self.
- | It talks... - oh yeah. That. The girls talks and talks and talks and talks and talks and talks and talks and... only stops when she is asleep.
- | Love-Struck!! - Once she falls for someone, she falls hard... Oh but those hearts and stars in her eyes and uh-oh: she will do anything to please that oh-so-special-specialness~~!!
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~Skills:
{1} Acrobat (tight-rope walking, climbing, gymnastics, knife-tossing, juggling, physical fitness, concentration, explosiveness, devotion)
{2} Musically Inclined (Wind instruments (spec: Recorder), percussions, dancing, rhythm and reading, advanced acrobatic dance forms, ad-lib)
{3} Actress (costume/disguise, personifications, replicate emotions/demeanours, quick-study, stage knowledge, oratory)
{4} Thief (pick-pocket, sneaking, hiding, escape artistry, lock-picker, appraisal, hand-signalling, contacts, street-smarts, profiling)
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The Gift:
Unseen to See the World Unseen.
(Invisibility and seeing invisible things.) Still not even close to back to full power. But as of right now, she can blend into the shadows seamlessly and she can see into the dark/low-light like a cat can.
The Cost:
The Things you see are not as bad as what may see you... and call to you.
She sees ghosts sometimes and sometimes they see her. Rather frightening and unnerving. But the voices... it is the voices that tell her, call to her, demand of her that she do something for them. And the more powerful she becomes, the more the voices will call to her, the more she will succumb to madness and lose the will to resist them. In time she will blackout and she will once more be 'pulled in.' Radiant will be possessed and remember nary a thing she did while possessed. The more and more she becomes possessed, the greater chances she will lose herself-- mind, body and soul-- into the World Unseen.
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~Backstory:
There is much debate as to what this little performer was before she showed up here... But this is what is mostly agreed upon and told to others.
The lass was found in a field naked and alone by a wandering hunter named Dae'Liska. Swaddled in furs provided by the hunter, the raven headed girl was brought to the lodge. Over time, she was cared for and nursed back to conciousness and relative good health. And once the little lass opened her eyes, the very next day, during the wee hours of the morning, the burly hunter woman took leave without a word. But for some reason she had left some kind of payment in the form of a young elk carcass, skinned and bled, ready for all to feast.
At first, the girl spoke naught and only nodded in response to simple commands and queries. Soon enough she was given the name Rodent for her small stature and quick nibbling mannerisms when she ate.
As soon as she found the strength to walk, she soon began to fill out her fine physique and one day she exploded with all the energy and mirth in the world. The girl was a cyclone of dazzling skill. She spun, danced, flipped, climbed and swung from the rafters. It was quite apparent this girl had quite the intensity and hidden talents.
She impressed them with her acrobatics. She wowed them with her musical instrument ability. She won them over with her charm as an actor and dancer. Oh but what a grand spectacle had they uncovered within this girl.
And oh, but that mouth. Oh, that mouth.
As soon as she regained her memories, the little thing just did not stop talking. Nay, and again nay, it did not stop talking.
But they took her in and kept her busy with chores and performances to keep her mouth still, but even then only few could squelch the incessant chatter of the teen girl. But from the verbal waterfall of this girl's mouth at least more of her background was uncovered. She was once known as:
Sister Radiant!!
High-flying death defying Angel of the Wonderful Wondrous Wandering Carnivale!!
Brought to you by none other than: The Astounding Adestav Brothers!
Of course, none had heard of such a travelling carnivale but her skill was proof that, bar none, she could back up what she spouted on. Boundless energy and tenacity had she and she became a great little addition to the lodge. A tour de force as a nightly entertainer and a hell of a cleaner in the day time too.
She kept the name Rodent, as requested and as others had been accustomed to calling the little thing... besides, she liked the sound of it. That, and although she seemed to shrug it off, she preferred that they did not reveal her past life, name and identity to others for whatever the reason may be. And the staff had good suspicion as to why. There was something she was hiding from-- or rather something she kept hidden. They noticed those times that she stared off at something in the shadows or in the dark that made those normally bright green eyes, dull but glint with an eerie life of its own. It was as if she was receiving a message of some kind from beyond.
And then there are the times she freaks folk out. They seem to think they are all alone then all of a sudden Rodent appears out of the darkness from behind them.
That and only the staff who had been here since she arrived over half a year ago noticed the scars that appeared over time. Her skin had been pure as the driven snow when she had arrived and today she carries multiple scars as if she had been injured-- possibly abused-- multiple times.
And so the lass says she is 19 and, aye, she does look it.
But the staff that was there that day when the huge mountain woman brought her in... they swear up and down that when Rodent arrived, she did not look a day over 13.
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~Voice and Theme:
Felicity Jones
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The Greatest - by SIA