Age: Zakiya
Did you fail the test or just not get chosen: Failed
What is your weapon of choice: Scythe
Physical description:
Zakiya was born with mahogany skin, but a freak accident inside her father's Alchemy lab as a young child forever changed her. Her skin is glazed a bright, metallic copper that glares in the sun. Instead of reaching her to hate her alteration, her father taught her embrace her abnormality. Her skin is laced with graceful golden tattoos made of a special permanent ink.
Her hair is of an odd texture, most likely due to the accident that occurred in her father's lab. It grows in heavy, glossy black coils that fall just past her shoulders. For convenience, she likes to bind her hair into hundreds of tinys braids and tie the the ends with little golden beads.
Luckily, Zakiya inherited her beauty from her mother. With large brown eyes, and full, glossy lips that have a l She could be considered an exotic beauty.
From an early age, She was graced with a curvaceous figure. Large breasts, tiny waist, Thick yet powerful thighs, trim stomach, and broad hips, she would have had the tendency to draw much attention from the opposite sex if it weren't for the fact that looking upon her in full sunlight practically blind people. As a courtesy, she has taken to wearing sheer, arm length gloves, long sleeved blouses, long pants, or long flowing skirts to dim down the "Gleam effect". Her choice of clothes are often brown, a particularly comforting color.
Personality description:
Outwardly:
Even in womanhood, Zakiya has always kept a playful spirit. She has a tendency to be a bit of a daredevil, leaping over rooftops, climbing sheer drops, and perfecting her balance on top of branches from formidable heights. She also has a disregard for things many would deem repulsive, such as blood, or insects. She has a bit of a high tolerance for pain as well. She seems to be especially accepting and appreciative of every one, never judging a person according to their looks. On some occasions, some may say she can be too trusting.
Strangely, she tends to give people the impression that she has a short attention span, looking them in the eyes for only the first span of the conversation before letting her gaze flicker as random items. When asked a question, her response is always immediate, and if not tinted with a strange bit of melancholy. She is extraordinarily polite with her use of speech, never cursing, or engaging in verbal banter. She is more likely to give out a most sincere compliment. She has a deep, melodic voice that has a sensual quality to it. Many people describe her laughter as sinister, or even chilling in some situations. Unknowingly she can give people the impression that she has insidious intentions with her unique, trademark chortle.
On the other hand, while in motion she does tend to get distracted at the worst possible instances. This often results in a particularly nasty wipe out fall, or collision with inanimate objects. Not master how painful the incident may be, she always finds it within herself to leap back up and continue on her way. Which, unfortunately leads to another....collision...
The only thing that some may find disturbing is her tendency to be caught staring at the one with which she is conversing, the distracted look of her eyes replaced with something more strange, undefinable. It has been known to be so unnerving that it causes some to cut off associations with her completely.
Inwardly:
Zakiya is extremely observant, yet does her best to hide her interests behind a upbeat, nonchalant exterior. She finds that meeting another's eyes is not absolutely necessary unless they say soothing particularly offensive, or suspicious. She figures that she's always been slightly cautious when conversing with any one. She is easily hurt by a sharp insult, but tends to forcefully make herself forget things for the sake of a carefree mind. She strongly believes that grudges tend to be detrimental to her health.
Secretly she fears being viewed as an abomination. Due to her strange copper skin and unique hair texture, growing up she would often find herself unable to fit in to the atypical definition of beauty among her peers as she grew into adulthood. It has led to rather unfortunate social hiccups. She considers it to be an embarrassingly shallow inhibition.
How did you join the Airvenger:
As Zakiya grew, her childish antics such as peeping into the boys washrooms and streaking naked across and elders lawn became less tolerated. At the age of 12, her father began to teach her the art of Jara'kris; scythe wielding. Despite the fact that it seemed to be a lost martial arts form, she found that she had a talent for it.
Another interest that she took to was improvising weapons and gadgets. Under her father's gentle tutelage, she grew to be quite the ambitious inventor. She began to take to binding her hair back with a leather strap, and wearing a pair of goggles about her neck. It was almost always needed as she balanced inventing new devices, aiding her father's Alchemy experimental, and training her body to make the scythe effective against every close combat weapon.
One day, a guardian witnessed her practicing with her father near a river, and suggested she attempt to serve as a guardian. At first, much to her surprise, her father protested. But later the next day, after much thought, Her father told her that her mother was a guardian, and had died in the line of duty. She'd inherited the talent for inventing from her father, and the scythe with which she'd been trained had been her mother's. He declared that is was time she venture out to the academy to see what fate held for her.
Mystified, yet finally understanding her father's pain, she ventured with the guardian to train at the acadamy.
Upon failing the trials, she'd grown disquieted, slightly sorrowful, and most of all, lost. She'd let her distracable nature get the best of her, and finaly acknowledged that she did indeed have a bit of a problem.
Upon hearing about the Airvengers, she realized that her inventions may contribute to their weapon developement, or better yet they could put her training to good use. With reignited enthusiasm, she signed up for the Airvengers.
Tell us about your history:
As you know, Zakiya was born to the Alchemist of her town. She'd paid little attention to the Guardians until she heard that hermother had been among them.
Growing up had not been so much of a trial. She'd been blessed to be born in a town where people did not fear things that were different or unusual, but embraced them. Unfortunately, Zakiya became the bane of the village all on her own...
Her father satisfied her curiosity of her mother with stories, and did his best to raise her to be a reasonably proper young woman.
Otherwise, Zakiya had a happy, healthy life. At least...so far...
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