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Fire Emblem: A Tale Of Two Swords

Pauline Bloem

"Please, don't overestimate me..."

Sprite:

Name: Pauline Bloem

Nicknames/Title: Scaredy Cat Ninja

Gender: Female

Marital Status: Single

Age: 17

Sexuality: Bisexual

Family Ties: Nobody

Class: Ninja

Weapon Mastery(ies): Shurikens

Inventory: An Iron Kunai, Vulneraries, Gaius' Confect

Personality: An incredibly shy and self-conscious girl, who is, however, very passionate about ninjas and the kingdom she lives in. Pauline has an astonishing sweet tooth and has gotten quite good at making food, especially desserts.

Pauline has an incredibly low self-esteem and, for whatever reason, always thinks people are overestimating her. Because of that, she can lose motivation quite easily, but with her passion for ninjas, her home country and its protection, she recovers quickly. Pauline is also quite hardworking, and despite not being the bravest person you'll find in the army, she is very agile and has potential to become a great fighter.

She's also a diligent fighter for justice - even in small things, like everyone in the army getting their share of food. Pauline's incredibly thoughtful of others and tries to help healers the best she can, caring about everyone's health as much as they do.

Biography: Born in Jotenvarr in a family of historians, Pauline has always been interested in culture. You could easily find her libraries - she started spending huge amounts of time as soon as she learned to read. However, it wasn't mages or brave knights and lances who fascinated her, but ninjas. She could spend hours reading about them and telling her parents about the legends.
At the age of 10, her parents finally decided to start her training. Pauline was incredibly worried at first - after all, it would be the first time she was away from her home from so long.

The training was, unsurprisingly, quite tough. Pauline got homesick quite a few times, but managed to do quite well. Unsurprisingly, she excels at hiding herself and attacking from afar, as these skills are, perhaps, the most needed for a person as cowardly as she is.

Fire Emblem: A Tale Of Two Swords

I'm nearly done with my CS, I'll finish the biography tomorrow since it's around 1 am here

Open Waters (Slots Open!)

Emma, Rathe and Tiffany. The pretty ladies that will keep her company for this ride.

Elvira got two more glasses for the ones who arrived slightly later and poured the wine for them. Out of all four, Rathe definitely was the most active and talkative. She approached Elvira and focused on her right shoulder. Oh, the sun tatoo, her pride and love. "That's nice work". "Why, thank you" - Elvira answered before smiling at the other ladies. "I certainly hope we'll find common ground" - she rose her glass and took a long pull of wine. "I hope they'll be gentlemen, but I wouldn't count on it" - Rathe continued. Elvira glanced at the men sitting across the room, most of them silent or not even close to each other. "I'll be surprised if any of them are. Look at the brit" - Elvira motioned towards Richard - "He seems too relaxed and insolent to be a gentleman. Can't really judge the others, they haven't shown that much character yet".

And the room fell silent with an arrival of another man. Before he even said anything, a thought crossed Elvira's mind - "That must be the captain'. And she was right - as soon as he started speaking, it was apparent he's a member of the staff. Elvira set down her glass and leaned on the bar stand. He locked eyes with everyone - including her - and Elvira felt very, very weak. As if though all of her secrets were revealed, no matter how well she hid them. She suddenly felt 18 again, standing in the rain and looking into the eyes of a man whom she did not want to remember.
Even though she knew thoughts of him will never leave her.

She needed to focus on the captain's speech instead.

Well... Elvira has certainly met a lot of different people with their nitpicks during her years of work, but... Maddox was, perhaps, one of the more exquisite ones. This is going to be very, very interesting and the captain's speech only made her even more excited.
Two people left soon after the speech - Dustin, one of the men who stayed silent for most of the time and enjoyed his drink and a cigarette, and Rathe.

Elvira stretched her arms and glanced at the people around her. 6 more remained - Richard, Tiffany, Emma, and two more men who haven't introduced themselves yet.
"Would anyone like to take a walk around the ship with me? I've only seen this room and the living quarters and I'm sure I'm not the only one".

Fire Emblem: A Tale Of Two Swords

Interested, I'll start writing a CS soon!

Open Waters (Slots Open!)

I'm back for a while! I'll try to a few posts today and during the weekend, sorry for the inactivity.

Open Waters (Slots Open!)

Just wanted to warn you guys that I'll probably be inactive during January and early February since I'm having finals. I'll try to make more than one post per week, but I can't promise anything, unfortunately.

Open Waters (Slots Open!)

Elvira set down the bottle and bent down, searching for a bottle opener. And there is was, in one of the shelves below the bar itself. She grabbed a glass for herself before opening the bottle and filling both of the vessels with a burgundy transparent luquid. Elvira pushed the bottle towards the Italian and answered, smiling: "Prego. May I know your name?"

While waiting for an answer, she looked at the other people in the room. A petite, quiet girl with a doll-like face, a slender dark-haired woman who hasn't spoken a word since Elvira's arrival and three more men. One was smoking and holding a glass of rum the italian brought for him, another was holding a pack of cigarettes and the third one, standing next to the slender lady. If she remembered correctly, there was one key left. One more companion... "I wonder, who will it be?" - she muttered under her breath.

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Elvira

Elvira was happy.
She beamed at the darkening sky, looking at the clouds passing by. Sipping her coffee, she smiled. It was even better than usual today.
Elvira glanced at her watch. 4:50 already? "I think I spent too much time enjoying the scenery..." - she muttered, walking towars the enourmous ship.
It looked gorgeous just from outside. Maybe it actually wasn't, and this image appeared because of a lack of luxury in Elvira's life, though... Why would she care about her past life? She's leaving. Leaving everything and gaining everything in return. She's leaving for the Crescenzo.
Elvira walked on the deck, focusing on a small table as soon as it came into her sight. Two keys lay on it, with 204 and 203 on them. She remembered a small paper that was given to her when she bought the ticket. Oh, Elvira memorised the number by heart. Excited, she took the key with the even number.
The room was on the second desk, above the one she took the key from. While dragging her suitcase and backpack on the stairs, Elvira began to question herself - why did she take that many things again? Ugh, her physical strength was definitely worsening. There was a pool on the map of the ship... "I might start working out." - she muttered.
Finally, she reached the room. It was amazing - she can't say that it was quite what she expected, but it had everything needed. Elvira let out a laugh, left her bags in the corner of the room and took of her jacket. She didn't have time to rest, she needed to get to the living room - later though, she'd have plenty.
The living room was also on the first deck. She opened the door confidently, expecting to find a rather empty room.
"Oh, so I have company." - Elvira smiled at others. Three more ladies, one of which was already enjoying a drink, and three men. Well, the more the better, they say. "I'm Elvira." - she said, walking towards the bar. There was a wine fridge placed just besides it. Elvira picked a bottle from it and turned towards the others - "The collection of wine here is amazing. Would anyone like to enjoy a glass of Pinot Noir while we're still here? It would be a shame to let such great wine go to waste".

Open Waters (Slots Open!)

@HangYourSecrets, is it around 4:30 am or pm in the ic?

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Elvira Kostur

Elvira

31|July 22nd|174 cm|67 kg

Appearance: Elvira is a tanned, tall woman. Her short, maroon hair frames an oval face with defined cheekbones. There's a beauty mark placed above Elvira's thin, assymetrical lips and another one on her right temple, quite close to chesnut eyes.
She used to be very athletic, but has gained some weight recently - however, her physical strength hasn't dropped significantly, Elvira is definitely stronger than she appears to be.
A fan of everything related to the sky and the sea, she has quite a big tatoo on her right shoulder - a sun with a paisley pattern around it.
Elvira rarely wears formal clothing, preferring tank tops and jeans over dresses. However, she sometimes sports trouser suits.

Personality: Elvira in a comfortable environment is a literal ray of sunshine. Always smiling, happy to help anyone in need, trying to lift up others' mood... She is quite charismatic at such times.
However, she quickly loses her cool when in a bad mood or during unpleasant times - fortunately or not, life experience has given her a skill of making decisions quickly and thoughtfully, so usually the "unpleasant times" don't last long or don't stay the same way for long.
Elvira is very unwilling to talk about herself - she prefers to listen or tell a joke or a story heard from a friend. She is a great listener, however, and is willing to give advice.

Before “Open Waters” (Background):
"So what brought you here?"
Oh, Elvira has heard question a million times. When applying for a new job, when meeting colleagues, when a new acquaintance wanted to know more about her... Yeah, definitely, why would she come from a small mining town in Ukraine to the capital of one of the more developed countries of Europe?
Moscow was beautiful. Lively. Enormous. But very unaccepting. The only thing indicating her origin was her name, and yet she still got refused a few jobs because of it.
Sighing quietly, she answered the newbie's question and looked at the watch. Thankfully, it was time to get home.
"Getting a degree in a discipline I ain't even sure I like and being stuck in this hellhole is something I wouldn't wish to my worst enemy", - Elvira muttered, trying to find the key for the mailbox in her bag. - "God, please let me go somewhere where I'll be free from this. For example, the sea..."

Strengths: She's a great listener and is ready to give advice. Elvira has a keen eye for details and is good at analyzing big amounts of information in a rather short time. She is also quick at decision-making. Elvira is also quite adept at learning languages - she is fluent in Russian and English and is currently learning Italian. Ironically, she barely speaks any Ukranian.

Weaknesses: She's very quick at decision-making and rarely thinks about the long run. Elvira can also be incredibly moody, curses quite a lot and drinks quite a lot of alcohol. Thankfully, there are no signs of a physiological addiction.