TESTING Zarko's Testing Thread

Zarko Straadi · Jul 23, 2020

KIMIKO AMATERASU

"I seem to be a verb."

AGE: 21

HEIGHT: 4' 11"

HAIR COLOR: Dyed silvery white (natural: black)

EYE COLOR: Dark brown.

SKIN DETAILS: Fair skin tone, has a tattoo of a cross on the inside of her left forearm, with a passage from the Gnostic text Thunder, Perfect Mind in Koine Greek that crosses it to go around her forearm like a bracelet.

BUILD: Slender and petite with firm muscle tone.

HEALTH CONDITIONS/NOTES: Autism spectrum, ADHD

OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES: Kimiko wears futuristic clothing that usually involves the use of 3-D printing and/or unusual materials, incorporating elements of Buckminster Fuller's "Synergetic Geometry" and biomimicry with a hint of 1960's Mod aesthetic. Her color scheme is usually white, light pastel colors, or iridescent "holographic" fabrics, and sometimes she includes fiberoptics or LED lighting effects. If you ask her "What planet are you from, anyway?!" and she says "Gliese 581g--well actually most of us live in O'Neill Cylinders and the Orbital Ring!"...you just might believe her.

PERSONALITY: High-Energy | Cheerful | Very Eccentric | Optimistic | Innocent | Sense of Wonder | Kind | Spontaneous | People: How Do They Work? | Attention Zips From One Thing to the Next | Oblivious to Social Cues | Non-Conformist | Respectful to Elders | Wants to Help Create a Better World

LIKES: Electronic music | Science fiction | Psychedelics | Mysticism | Esoteric Texts | The Paranormal | Science | Technology | Sacred Geometry | Outer Space | Ecology | Clubbing | Dancing | Singing | Laughing | Design

DISLIKES: Country music | Baseball caps | Cars | Pushy, Entitled People | Narrow-Mindedness | Bigotry | Wastefulness | Clutter | Ugly or Wasteful Design

EXTRA: Kimiko produces electronic music with a futuristic, upbeat psychedelic sound, singing her own vocals. She has an album's worth of songs, all set in a science fiction universe for which she's written a novel, so that the songs and story reference each other. Unable to succeed at jumping through the hoops of the music industry, she has self-published her works. They make her a modest amount of money so far, but she has yet to attract much notice beyond a small but loyal fandom. She also has a moderately successful YouTube channel and podcast, where she gives short rhapsodic talks about "exponential technology," scientific mysticism, and the future. Her novel is a science fiction story that integrates E-8 Cosmology with Jacques Vallee's writings on the UFO phenomenon, the paranormal, along with sci-fi Gnosticism, Hermeticism, Chaos Magic, and the latest eco-technology.

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Zarko Straadi · Jul 24, 2020

AMARI LEIGHTON

"We pity people who hoard old newspapers. Why are people who hoard money any different?"

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Zarko Straadi · Jul 24, 2020

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Zarko Straadi · Jul 25, 2020

AMARI LEIGHTON

"We pity people who hoard old newspapers. Why are people who hoard money any different?"

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Zarko Straadi · Jul 25, 2020

AMARI LEIGHTON

"We pity people who hoard old newspapers. Why are people who hoard money any different?"

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Zarko Straadi · Jul 25, 2020

AMARI LEIGHTON

"We pity people who hoard old newspapers. Why are people who hoard money any different?"

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Zarko Straadi · Jul 27, 2020

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Kali watched the "fight" between Liam and 16 with clinical detachment. She figured she could deal with 16 if he ever gave her trouble. Liam, on the other hand... Looks like he must use some kind of illusion attack, she thought, noticing the way 16 had slashed at empty air before passing out. He hadn't even been aiming at the real Liam. Then Liam and some other guy got in a verbal sparring match. She glowered a little as the other guy started calling Liam a "girl," as if that was the ultimate term of contempt. Yeah? We'll see if you still feel that way after one hands you your pigu on a platter. But she kept her mouth shut.

Zarko Straadi · Jul 27, 2020

KaliX (pron. Ka-lee Ex)

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NICKNAME/S: Kali. Yin Ruiyao (this is actually her birth name, but she never uses it).
AGE: 23
HEIGHT: 5' 7"
HAIR: Color schemes change fairly often. (naturally black)
EYES: Dark brown, but has a collection of sets of colored contacts she wears.
BODY: Petite but somewhat stocky, with hard, toned muscle.

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KaliX is an anarchist radical who sings/plays punk metal music because it's marginally safer than throwing bombs. Her personality is a raised middle finger to the world. She doesn't go looking for fights, but if someone threatens or attacks her, she shows no mercy. KaliX does not believe in the concept of a fair fight. It's all about leaving the opponent broken and bloody as quickly and efficiently as possible. KaliX hates bullies. She generally won't intervene to stop a bully from picking on someone (she doesn't want hangers-on looking to her for protection) but chances are good she will make bad things happen to them out of sight. KaliX may offer to teach the victim how to fight so they can protect themselves, but she doesn't step into the "hero" role. If the bully comes for her, they will receive especially vicious treatment.

Whenever the opportunity presents itself, KaliX likes to turn her life into a rush of sensation, whether it be jumping a snowboard off a cornice at the top of a double-black diamond trail, long-boarding down Lombard St., doing acid while on Ecstasy at a rave club, or taking hairpin turns way too fast on her streetbike. KaliX is a regular at the local MMA gym and the nearest shooting range. Wild, uninhibited sex? Yes, please. Well, if you're hot. A girl's gotta have standards.

LIKES: Punk rock | Heavy metal | Darksynth | MMA | Guns | Exotic weapons | Adrenalin junkie | Fast vehicles | Clubbing | Ecstasy | Acid | Dancing | Punching Nazis | Extreme sports | Shocking church lady types | Various types of "Anarchist praxis" such as slipping shirts she's made with over-the-top slogans and imagery into the stacks at Wal-Mart and other tricks of culture-jamming | Performing dangerous stunts

DISLIKES: Authority | Bullies | Idiots | The MBA crowd | Simps | "Macho" men who think they can dominate her | Alcohol | Drunks | Religious proselytizers | Liberals | Conservatives | Fuuuuck the police | Tankies | Classroom study (but she doesn't skip out; she's worked too hard to get here)

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KaliX always dresses in radical punk clothes with wild hairstyles and makeup to match. Whenever possible, she wears clothing items that can be weaponized: gloves with sand sewn into the knuckles, a hairpin that doubles as a throwing-spike, bracers that are fully functional, sometimes festooned with spikes or cutting blades...she's creative at this. Her purse will usually contain a set of brass knucks, pepper spray, or a tazer.

She speaks with a sassy Liverpudlian accent and slang, and isn't always easy for Americans to understand.

Zarko Straadi · Jul 28, 2020

KaliX (pron. Ka-lee Ex)

"What are you sittin' there for? Life is an extreme sport, mate!"

NICKNAME/S: Kali. Yin Ruiyao (this is actually her birth name, but she never uses it).
AGE: 23
HEIGHT: 5' 7"
HAIR: Color schemes change fairly often. (naturally black)
EYES: Dark brown, but has a collection of sets of colored contacts she wears.
BODY: Petite but somewhat stocky, with hard, toned muscle.

PERSONALITY:

KaliX is an anarchist radical who sings/plays punk metal music because it's marginally safer than throwing bombs. Her personality is a raised middle finger to the world. She doesn't go looking for fights, but if someone threatens or attacks her, she shows no mercy. KaliX does not believe in the concept of a fair fight. It's all about leaving the opponent broken and bloody as quickly and efficiently as possible. KaliX hates bullies. She generally won't intervene to stop a bully from picking on someone (she doesn't want hangers-on looking to her for protection) but chances are good she will make bad things happen to them out of sight. KaliX may offer to teach the victim how to fight so they can protect themselves, but she doesn't step into the "hero" role. If the bully comes for her, they will receive especially vicious treatment.

Whenever the opportunity presents itself, KaliX likes to turn her life into a rush of sensation, whether it be jumping a snowboard off a cornice at the top of a double-black diamond trail, long-boarding down Lombard St., doing acid while on Ecstasy at a rave club, or taking hairpin turns way too fast on her streetbike. KaliX is a regular at the local MMA gym and the nearest shooting range. Wild, uninhibited sex? Yes, please. Well, if you're hot. A girl's gotta have standards.

LIKES: Punk rock | Heavy metal | Darksynth | MMA | Guns | Exotic weapons | Adrenalin junkie | Fast vehicles | Clubbing | Ecstasy | Acid | Dancing | Punching Nazis | Extreme sports | Shocking church lady types | Various types of "Anarchist praxis" such as slipping shirts she's made with over-the-top slogans and imagery into the stacks at Wal-Mart and other tricks of culture-jamming | Performing dangerous stunts

DISLIKES: Authority | Bullies | Idiots | The MBA crowd | Simps | "Macho" men who think they can dominate her | Alcohol | Drunks | Religious proselytizers | Liberals | Conservatives | Fuuuuck the police | Tankies | Classroom study (but she doesn't skip out; she's worked too hard to get here)

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KaliX always dresses in radical punk clothes with wild hairstyles and makeup to match. Whenever possible, she wears clothing items that can be weaponized: gloves with sand sewn into the knuckles, a hairpin that doubles as a throwing-spike, bracers that are fully functional, sometimes festooned with spikes or cutting blades...she's creative at this. Her purse will usually contain a set of brass knucks, pepper spray, or a tazer.

She speaks with a sassy Liverpudlian accent and slang, and isn't always easy for Americans to understand.

Zarko Straadi · Jul 29, 2020

KIMIKO AMATERASU

Human | Bisexual female | SKA House

Kimiko breathed a sigh of relief. She'd managed to get the U-Haul truck into a parking space--and not destroy anything, there or anywhere along the way. Any other car she'd ever driven could have fit in the back of this beast; and she avoided driving as a general rule to boot.

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Zarko Straadi · Jul 30, 2020

AMARI LEIGHTON

"We pity people who hoard old newspapers. Why are people who hoard money any different?"

Code by MaryGold. Edited by Black_Sheep & Jenamos.

Zarko Straadi · Jul 30, 2020

KIMIKO AMATERASU

Human | Bisexual female | SKA House

Kimiko breathed a sigh of relief. She'd managed to get the U-Haul truck into a parking space--and not destroy anything, there or anywhere along the way. Any other car she'd ever driven could have fit in the back of this beast; and she avoided driving as a general rule to boot.

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Zarko Straadi · Jul 30, 2020

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Zarko Straadi · Jul 30, 2020

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Zarko Straadi · Jul 30, 2020

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Zarko Straadi · Jul 30, 2020

KaliX
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Kali leaned over hard, the steel shin-guard of her motorcycle suit leaving a trail of sparks as it scraped the pavement of the Pacific Coast Highway. The turbine engine of her motorbike screamed like a jet airplane. Coming around the turn in a blur of speed, she found herself coming at the ass end of a giant land-yacht motor home. Without so much as touching the brake, she dodged to the center of the of the road, between the motor home and an oncoming car. The protest of the car's horn was snatched away by the rush of wind as Kali goosed the throttle and pulled the bike up into a triumphant wheelie. "BOOYAH, BABYYYYY!" she shouted, leaving the motor home behind in the blink of an eye.

All too soon, the fun part of the ride was over, and she had to check for pigs before she could zip between the rows of crawling cars in order to get any excitement at all. After what seemed like eternity, she finally reached the campus. Weaving around yet more slowpokes, she finally goosed the throttle enough to screech into a parking space in a sideways slide before dismounting and heading for the KID House. KID? Seriously, who names these "Greek" houses anyway? Couldn't be something even a little badass like HEL or BFG?

She was actually scheduled to arrive a couple hours from now, when the movers were supposed to show up. Getting there early--not only was it more fun, it would give her a chance to get the lay of the land and pick out a better room than the trogs that would come trundling in later with their furniture.

Kali took off her helmet and shook loose her 'do of black and white dreadlocks and PVC ribbons. As she strode up to the waiting KID's, her mind made an inner calculation with each: Can I take 'em?

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Zarko Straadi · Jul 30, 2020

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Zarko Straadi · Jul 30, 2020

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Amari uncurled faer legs from a meditative pose at the sound of Helena's knock and call to general quarters. Emerging from faer room, fae saw her walking with slight stiffness, followed by her mewing feline disciples. Fae felt faer compassion go out to her. As always, she had spent her early morning on her knees, deep in prayer; most likely entreating the Most High to re-open Heaven's gates to the Virtues. Though the desire to return to Heaven's ordered perfection was understandable, if given the choice today, Amari would remain here on Earth.

The Greek word used for Amari's signature Virtue was αγάπη, a term referring to the deepest, most selfless form of Love. Thus, it extended well beyond the common understanding of "charity," the act of giving to those in need. Even so, that was still a significant part of Amari's reason for being, and there was no need, in Heaven.

As it is written,

Charity never faileth. But whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
For now we see through a glass, darkly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; but then shall I know, even as also I am known.
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

...so Love still has a place, even a very special place, in Heaven. Yet, the Buddhists have the concept of the Bodhisattva, one who refuses to enter Paradise while other beings remain trapped in suffering, choosing instead to return and show them the way to bliss. Amari wholeheartedly embraced that concept. And so, Amari had every intention of remaining here on Earth, to draw down as much Heavenly beauty and joy into this place as possible, until suffering was no more. And then: start in on Hell.

"Be on your best behavior," Helena said, gentleness suffusing her tone. Amari gave an evanescent grin, and silently helped her with the morning chores.

Amari followed Helena and Cassander out to greet their first human newcomer, and fae took a moment to inwardly express faer gratitude. Fae wore a billowy white cotton shirt with a laced collar and matching white cotton beach pants that suited faer ethereal look while being casual and cool enough for a hard day's work.

Fae returned Lucian's comment with a smirk the latter couldn't see from so far away, but would probably guess was there. If anyone's house was getting trashed this year, it would almost certainly be Lucian's own. Several of the demon's siblings would even encourage the process in various ways. Then fae turned faer attention to the young human woman who had arrived to join faer House, carefully noting the details of how she chose to manifest. To Amari's knowledge, most humans would wear generic clothes, like a T-shirt and jeans or shorts for a long drive followed by the work of moving in. But this one chose to retain her distinctiveness. She looked out at the world with wide, innocent eyes, and bore a pet carrier suitable for a small creature.

The way she tensed when they approached, and looked from one Virtue to the next made Amari decide to hang back. Helena and Cass seemed to have things well in hand, and fae would always be available if needed. But for now, fae decided that Kimiko did not need to be crowded.

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Zarko Straadi · Jul 31, 2020

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