Phoebe's style is contemporary casual; loose fitting shirts and pants that make it seem like she put effort into her outfits.
a wolf in sheep's clothing.
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—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————name. Phoebe Mei Akiyama.
aliases. - Phoebs It's a shortened version of her first name. Obviously.
- Eury Her "work name".
sex. Female
age. 25
occupations. - Manager at Tokyo Arcade
height. 5’7”
weight. 134 lb.
body type. Slim, feminine, but toned. Sarah makes her run in the mornings.
strengths. - Technologically savvy | Hacking prodigy.
- Psychology nerd | Knows how to win people over with verbal + body language.
- Resourceful + Conniving | Evil schemes abound against those who threaten her.
- Level headed | Calculating + calm under pressure. Puts Sarah at ease.
weaknesses. - Sarah Takumi + Kotori Akiyama | The two most important people in her life.
- Physically weak | Phoebe is incapable of defending herself in hand-to-hand.
- Heights | Phoebe has a fear of unreasonable heights.
skills. - Video gaming | It's in her blood.
- Multilingual | English, Japanese, Spanish
- Walking thesaurus | She knows a lot of words. It can get annoying.
- Handguns | Phoebs is a sub-par shooter, taught by Sarah.
personality. Phoebe possesses a quiet confidence, one that doesn't need a strong physical prowess to alert everyone of her presence in a room. She's sweet and charming, able to win people over with a silver tongue and a seemingly innocent demeanor. Phoebe plays nicely until she doesn't get her way; and then she becomes your enemy with a smile on her face.
backstory. Phoebe Mei Akiyama was born in Europe to a Japanese mother and a Spanish father who didn't stick around after the deed was done. Her mother had been abroad on some search for herself, trying to find some peace of mind (or something), and instead got pregnant. After learning of her pregnancy, Kotori Akiyama returned to Japan to be under the care of her family in Tokyo. Nine months later, Phoebe entered existence with that same quiet confidence that she possessed today.
An only child, she was spoiled by her grandparents, taught that she could have whatever she wanted. This mentality, mixed with a certain hunger to prove herself anyway, resulted in an abundance of toys and gifts, as well as a library filled with books she requested. Phoebe may have been overindulged as a child, but at least she made something of it; countless hours spent buried in books resulted in honors throughout her schooling, an expansive knowledge of random and useful topics, and eventually, the top position at the University of Tokyo in technology and computer sciences.
Phoebe had always been tech-savvy; it ran in her family. Her grandfather, also a technophile, owned an arcade near the University, and she was a magnet at his side whenever she wasn't in school or reading. As both she and her grandfather grew older, Phoebe began taking on more of the responsibilities of the arcade, and when he passed away, it was her turn to take care of his legacy. It was there that she met Sarah Takumi, the hot-headed and incredibly fascinating creature that she became taken with. She came out to her family, and while they disliked the idea of having a lesbian for their kin, they could never really say no to her. Much like Sarah, who - though originally opposed to the idea - agreed to marry her after a few years of living together.
Immediately following graduation from the University, someone had contacted Phoebe for her skills, offering money and security in exchange for embezzling money from banks or mixing the codes of some security in order to patch over a sketchy period of recording. Unable to say no to a challenge and opportunity like this, she signed on and began working for this mafia entity. Eventually Sarah found out about it, and signed on, as well.
Life was amazing for a while, with the two of them making plenty of money to live beyond comfortably. But a one-eighty could happen at any moment - something Phoebe took for granted - and it all went to shit after one job. A drunk client, sloppy and grotesquely unappealing, had called her in, which quickly turned into an attempted assault. Luckily, the asshole passed out from too much gin before he could do any real damage, but Phoebe's mind had been made from the minute he placed a dirty paw on her hip.
When she returned home to Sarah that night, tears were running down a face that had been stony just moments before she stepped through the doorway. Phoebe explained the incident and got Sarah nice and riled up, before gently proposing the plan she'd been brewing since she left the client's home. The next time she received a call from the scumbag, Phoebe came with a pleasant smile and offered him poisoned tea, courtesy of her wife. It worked; he was dead within a minute, and Phoebe had gotten her revenge. But karma was a bitch, and fucked with the hacking she had done to cover their trails through the camera systems. She could only guess that something had alerted security to an intruder in the systems, even though the cameras had gone offline.
Now she and her wife were on the run, and while there was a small voice inside of Phoebe that felt badly for ruining the life they'd had, the one shouting that it was worth it was much louder.
extra. -
Theme- Phoebe cannot survive without Sarah (figuratively and probably literally, especially now).
- She drinks a lot of tea and doesn't drive too often (surprise, surprise).