Post by lei on Jun 28, 2006 14:35:52 GMT -5
(Gah, I hate long profiles. Too much to read/write. *dies*)
Name: Lei
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Nation: Earth Kingdom
Bender?: Nah
Physical Appearance: Being in the culinary industry, the last thing Lei is is thin, but handling her brothers, especially the twins, have left her with a pretty good, athletic frame. She's merely a 5'5, to her annoyance, forcing her to have to look up at her younger brother. Unlike most girls her age, her hair isn't hanging down, but neatly braided behind her back, falling just below her elbows. An accident with Xiang involving scissors left her with chin length bangs on the right side of her face, forcing her to pin it up with a simple, but cute red and orange flower clip she recieved as an apology.
Similar with her mother in facial features, especially her pudgy nose, Lei has been told many a time that she's like a younger version of her mother. In response, when their back's are turned, she sticks her tongue at them. She also inherited her mother's light tan and dark, almost black, colored hair. From her father, a beauty mark on the bottom of her right cheek, and his long fingers. They're several scars across her fingers, especially on her left hand because of her carelessness or rush when chopping the food. However, they're not noticable unless one looks closely at them except for one when she was younger and she accidently sliced her index finger, leaving a large scar covering it from the knucke to the joint, even to this day. The most striking is her eyes that she also received from him. Brownish in normal light, but when she's in the light, her eyes turn an almost reddish auburn color, similar to the redwood trees nearby.
Clothing/Armor: Lei is a person who prefers simplicity, especially when dealing with fire in the kitchen. Whenever she's out of the kitchen, serving food, she is most often seen wearing a long, knee-length, forest green robe. The sides are slit, running up to her waist, but crisscrossing thread that stop just mid thigh keep it from blowing around in the wind. The sleeves bell out, but have clips at the end, allowing her to roll it up and pin it to her shoulders. The sash that holds it closed is a bark brown in color, and is the same color as the pants she wears underneath the robe. To give it a feminine touch, the hem of the robe is embroidered lightly with small, red and yellow flowers. For comfort, she wears plain brown sandals, easy to pull off and throw it at a nearby customer who’s acting up. All of her clothing is flame resistant, of course.
Weapons: Strapped across her back is a Bo staff she received from her father. It's made from a hard and sturdy red oak tree and just a few inches shorter than herself when place straight on the ground. Bands of dark green cover the ends of the staff for a simple decoration. Her father was so afraid that his 'little girl' would be in danger as she grew up in a time of war, so he forced her to take lessons with her uncle on defensive and offensive training with her uncle who was a Bojutsu master. It's not only handy when she's on the streets shopping, but in the restaurant when the customers become rowdy.
Personality: Lei, like her mother, is very cynical, especially since she has to deal with four younger brothers who like to fry her nerves. Of course, she utterly adores her siblings, except when she wants to throttle them with her staff. That is, when her parents aren't around. Past memories of the whackings she recieved from her head, have kept her respectful to her elders and patrons of the establishment. Although when dealing with a rowdy customers...her personality does a total turn around, her smile, usually sweet, turning into something of a smirk as she throws the person out of the restaurant.
When not dealing with her family, Lei is quiet and polite, surprising her family. Her younger brothers are the most surprised since they're used to a girl who's loud and will chase them around -usually the twins- in a moment's notice. However, earning another infamous trait of her mother's, Lei is a natural salesperson, whether it's encouraging a customer to buy five loaves of bread when they only came in for one, or slyly suggest a couple to buy a bottle of wine, even two.
Lei is normally a mellow person with her friends. Whenever with them, she'll usually lay back and watch them do their thing, commenting every once in a while if it was important. If it wasn't, she listened to them with half interested ears as she enjoyed herself in the sun or whatever environment she was in.
Background: Lei is the first daughter of two food establishment owners. She is the oldest of four other siblings. Unfortunately, for her, they're all male, making her the only girl. Her parents own several restaurants scattered about the Earth Kingdom. The flagship restaurant, "Yum Yum Bun" is where her parents still own and operate directly.
Her mother, Chyou, is a well renowned cook in the Earth Kingdom, who forever has a wooden spoon in her hand. It's either used to punish her children when they've gotten themselves into mischief, or stir a sauce that's simmering in a nearby pot. Since Lei was the oldest, Chyou made sure that Lei was responsible for her younger siblings regardless that she was a girl. Although Chyou may be strict with Lei and her siblings, she makes sure her children are more than well fed and are happy. Overall, she's the one who’s wearing the pants in the family.
Lei's father, Tun, is an eccentric baker whose love of bread often clashes with Chyou when he prepares when of his newest 'creations' for dinner. For example, a green wheat bread with pickled leaks and onions, stuffed with river shrimp. Luckily, or unluckily, it usually makes it way to the bakery and more than often, become popular much to the family's annoyance. Tun is an extremely doting father, often randomly hugging Lei (thus covering her with flour) whenever she passes by him, crying onto her shoulder that his little girl will be taken away by 'evil' boys. He may seem like a wimpy father around Lei, he's more than happy to kick his son’s asses in various things ranging from sports, baking contests, and who can belch the longest.
Chin, 17, is the second oldest sibling and first son. He was born a week before Lei's first birthday. Like his father, Chin enjoys baking and is constantly covered in flour. Contrary to Tun, he's not as tactile with Lei, preferring to give her a nod of greeting whenever she comes in looking for more pastries for the restaurant. Not surprising, he's a finch when it deals with money, hoarding away his allowance when he receives it, adding up to a pretty decent fortune by now. As a side job from the bakery, he does accounting for the family and a few relatives and neighbors.
Lim and Lin, 16, are the identical twins of the family, help out Chyou and Lei in the kitchen. They're not as proficient with cooking as the two females in the family, but they've broken a potato peeling record by peeling one in less than ten seconds. They still in school although the majority of the time, they’re skipping, prefer to go to the neighboring market and scour the place for a produce haul. That, and throw eggplants at each other. To tell them apart, all non-family members have to do is look at the side of their heads for a bump, and if it's on the left, it's Lim, on the right, Lin. It's from where their mother hit them with her spoon after she finds out they've skipped class once again.
Xiang, 12, is the baby of the family. Much to the chagrin of the parents, he has no interest in cooking even if he does make a mean scrambled egg. Regardless of his culinary interest, Xiang still helps around the family restaurant, preferring to stay in the bakery because it's slower paced, allowing him to charm his female classmates when they come in to buy pastries. Lei and Chin see him as a lazy playboy, but still trust him enough not to burn down the bakery while he's dealing with one of his blushing classmates.
Although her family may always be busy with the restaurant and bakery, ever since she was small, they've always managed to get away and relax in the mountainous region of the Earth Kingdom at her grandparent's home. As always, the children of the family manage to get themselves suckered into doing all the cooking for the family while they're there, not that they mind since they're allowed to go off on their own after they're done.
When Lei was in school, she was as lazy as a bum. Her teachers called her smart -she thought of herself as average- and constantly told her parents that she would do so much better if she applied herself. Even as a child, Lei knew what she wanted to do, and if she didn't want to do something, she would do it half-heartedly. Giving her parents a look of annoyance because of the teachers, she shrugged her shoulders and did the work. Secretly, half of the time, she had her younger brother do it. Bribery did wonders.
Her friends were actually the children of her parent's friends. They were the children of shopkeeper, so that gave her and her friends something in common. Her best friend, Jolin, was often seen with her. Her family were merchant's and often went to Yum Yum Bun for their food (Jolin's mom couldn’t boil water to save her life). More than happy to have a female companion, Lei befriended the girl, often bringing homemade snacks whenever she went to Jolin's home.
Jolin's parents had recently come from the borders of the Earth Kingdom, dealing with some 'honest' pirates who had just bought a fresh supply of Fire Nation goods from Hokage markets (Fire Nation items, mostly the metal weapons, were highly prized in the Earth Kingdom). One of the many items they bought was a case of scrolls containing various legends and folktales. Unbeknownest to them, one of the pirates, being clumsy, has dropped one of the scrolls into the case by accident. It was a map of the Fire Nation capital, Lun Yang. It not only held all the entrances and exits throughout the nation like the ports and gates, but a few of the entrances only known to the soldiers and high ranking officials in the military.
Unfortunately, one night while Lei was sleeping over at Jolin's home, Fire Nation soldiers had arrived at a nearby port. Jolin's parents were immediately targeted first because of the 'interrogation' with the pirates, the Fire Nation soldiers found out that Jolin's parents were the one's who recieved the scroll. Unknowingly, they brought the scroll to the Earth Kingdom, thinking the scroll like any of the others.
Several of the Fire Nation's soldiers, disguised as villagers from the more rural parts of the Earth Kingom, arrived at the house. Afraid that the merchant couple had read the scroll, and were traveling to the Earth Kingdom capital to deliver it to King Bumi (they were actually just going to Omashu to trade the so called worthless scrolls for other misc. items), they set the house on fire, hoping to get rid of the evidence, including the family. Luckily, there were several Earth Benders in the vicinity (Yum Yum Bun was infamous for staying open late), and tried to make their way through the flames to the family. Several others ran after the Fire Benders who were in the midst of escaping through the confusion.
Lei was the first to be saved, having been closer to the outside of the house because she had to go to the bathroom. However, Jolin and her parents weren't as lucky, them being cornered in the house while the flames quickly spread through the home. The Earth Benders had somehow saved the family, but half of Jolin's body was horribly burned. After that fiasco, when their burns had been treated to the best of the healers abilites, Jolin's father decided to escape the Earth Kingdom and find some place safe for them hide, fearing that the Fire Nation might come after them again. After all, the Fire Benders were supposed to remove all traces of the people who had handled the scroll as a cautionary procedure.
Although Jolin had said numerous times that it wasn't Lei's fault, the guilt that she had come out of the house with barely a scratch while her friend's body was disfigured, weighed heavily on her shoulders. With a wave with her bandaged hand, her best friend went on her way under the cover of night. That day, Lei has had an incredible dislike of the Fire Nation. It wasn't hate just yet, there was still a line there she hasn't crossed toward hate, but whenever she sees their bright, red uniforms walk by, a feeling of complete and utter disgust fills her.
Sample RP:
"If you don't put me down right now you-" Lei was cut off by a flour-covered hand, the owner of said hand smirking over his shoulder as he carried his sister to the employee entrance of the bakery. Mentally, she counted down from ten, praying to any nearby god to give her the strength not to slam her foot somewhere very, very painful. Once the hand pulled away, certain that she wouldn't try anything funny, Lei gave Chin a glare that could've rivaled their mother's. "What do you want?"
"This man, an important customer of this bakery, is here to buy a few pastries," Chin answered simply, setting her down from his shoulder onto the ground. Pleased to see she wasn't throttling him with her vengeful female fury, he reassuringly patted her shoulder. "I just need you to convince him to buy a couple dozen more pastries than usual."
Suspicious of this little request, Lei narrowed her eyes up at Chin. He was up to something, it wasn't uncommon, but still, for him to forcibly carry her here, he was in either trouble or looking to get money quick. Most likely both. "What did you do this time?"
"Weeeell..." Greenish gray eyes averted from Lei's inquiring ones, looking at a nearby badger statue. A tan hand reaching for knife in her robe made him finally speak, "I made a miscalculation with the dough so...I kinda made a few dozen more berry pastries than usual. Since Mr. Bando buys many of our pastries for his stall, I thought he would buy it. However, he always orders the SAME amount of pastries, but since he's fond of you, I thought you could...encourage him to buy a few extra."
"Your mistake, you clean it up," Lei said bluntly, one of her hips as she frowned up at him. The other hand poked him right on the chest to emphasize her point, "Besides, it's just a few dozen. It won't take that long to sell."
"Actually..."
Seeing the look in his eyes, one of desperation breaking through his normally calm facade, just like when they were younger and he wet his bed -one she never let him live down- Lei sighed. To make herself feel better, she stomped down on his foot, putting all of her weight down as she did so. Putting on a smile well known to make the grouchiest customers feel better, she said coolly through clenched teeth, "You owe me."
While Chin was biting his tongue not to scream at his bruised fit, Lei stiffly walked over to the awaiting customer, greeting him sweetly. "So, what are you ordering today Mr. Bando? Pastries? Ah, we have a fine selection today, I'm sure you'd like."
Name: Lei
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Nation: Earth Kingdom
Bender?: Nah
Physical Appearance: Being in the culinary industry, the last thing Lei is is thin, but handling her brothers, especially the twins, have left her with a pretty good, athletic frame. She's merely a 5'5, to her annoyance, forcing her to have to look up at her younger brother. Unlike most girls her age, her hair isn't hanging down, but neatly braided behind her back, falling just below her elbows. An accident with Xiang involving scissors left her with chin length bangs on the right side of her face, forcing her to pin it up with a simple, but cute red and orange flower clip she recieved as an apology.
Similar with her mother in facial features, especially her pudgy nose, Lei has been told many a time that she's like a younger version of her mother. In response, when their back's are turned, she sticks her tongue at them. She also inherited her mother's light tan and dark, almost black, colored hair. From her father, a beauty mark on the bottom of her right cheek, and his long fingers. They're several scars across her fingers, especially on her left hand because of her carelessness or rush when chopping the food. However, they're not noticable unless one looks closely at them except for one when she was younger and she accidently sliced her index finger, leaving a large scar covering it from the knucke to the joint, even to this day. The most striking is her eyes that she also received from him. Brownish in normal light, but when she's in the light, her eyes turn an almost reddish auburn color, similar to the redwood trees nearby.
Clothing/Armor: Lei is a person who prefers simplicity, especially when dealing with fire in the kitchen. Whenever she's out of the kitchen, serving food, she is most often seen wearing a long, knee-length, forest green robe. The sides are slit, running up to her waist, but crisscrossing thread that stop just mid thigh keep it from blowing around in the wind. The sleeves bell out, but have clips at the end, allowing her to roll it up and pin it to her shoulders. The sash that holds it closed is a bark brown in color, and is the same color as the pants she wears underneath the robe. To give it a feminine touch, the hem of the robe is embroidered lightly with small, red and yellow flowers. For comfort, she wears plain brown sandals, easy to pull off and throw it at a nearby customer who’s acting up. All of her clothing is flame resistant, of course.
Weapons: Strapped across her back is a Bo staff she received from her father. It's made from a hard and sturdy red oak tree and just a few inches shorter than herself when place straight on the ground. Bands of dark green cover the ends of the staff for a simple decoration. Her father was so afraid that his 'little girl' would be in danger as she grew up in a time of war, so he forced her to take lessons with her uncle on defensive and offensive training with her uncle who was a Bojutsu master. It's not only handy when she's on the streets shopping, but in the restaurant when the customers become rowdy.
Personality: Lei, like her mother, is very cynical, especially since she has to deal with four younger brothers who like to fry her nerves. Of course, she utterly adores her siblings, except when she wants to throttle them with her staff. That is, when her parents aren't around. Past memories of the whackings she recieved from her head, have kept her respectful to her elders and patrons of the establishment. Although when dealing with a rowdy customers...her personality does a total turn around, her smile, usually sweet, turning into something of a smirk as she throws the person out of the restaurant.
When not dealing with her family, Lei is quiet and polite, surprising her family. Her younger brothers are the most surprised since they're used to a girl who's loud and will chase them around -usually the twins- in a moment's notice. However, earning another infamous trait of her mother's, Lei is a natural salesperson, whether it's encouraging a customer to buy five loaves of bread when they only came in for one, or slyly suggest a couple to buy a bottle of wine, even two.
Lei is normally a mellow person with her friends. Whenever with them, she'll usually lay back and watch them do their thing, commenting every once in a while if it was important. If it wasn't, she listened to them with half interested ears as she enjoyed herself in the sun or whatever environment she was in.
Background: Lei is the first daughter of two food establishment owners. She is the oldest of four other siblings. Unfortunately, for her, they're all male, making her the only girl. Her parents own several restaurants scattered about the Earth Kingdom. The flagship restaurant, "Yum Yum Bun" is where her parents still own and operate directly.
Her mother, Chyou, is a well renowned cook in the Earth Kingdom, who forever has a wooden spoon in her hand. It's either used to punish her children when they've gotten themselves into mischief, or stir a sauce that's simmering in a nearby pot. Since Lei was the oldest, Chyou made sure that Lei was responsible for her younger siblings regardless that she was a girl. Although Chyou may be strict with Lei and her siblings, she makes sure her children are more than well fed and are happy. Overall, she's the one who’s wearing the pants in the family.
Lei's father, Tun, is an eccentric baker whose love of bread often clashes with Chyou when he prepares when of his newest 'creations' for dinner. For example, a green wheat bread with pickled leaks and onions, stuffed with river shrimp. Luckily, or unluckily, it usually makes it way to the bakery and more than often, become popular much to the family's annoyance. Tun is an extremely doting father, often randomly hugging Lei (thus covering her with flour) whenever she passes by him, crying onto her shoulder that his little girl will be taken away by 'evil' boys. He may seem like a wimpy father around Lei, he's more than happy to kick his son’s asses in various things ranging from sports, baking contests, and who can belch the longest.
Chin, 17, is the second oldest sibling and first son. He was born a week before Lei's first birthday. Like his father, Chin enjoys baking and is constantly covered in flour. Contrary to Tun, he's not as tactile with Lei, preferring to give her a nod of greeting whenever she comes in looking for more pastries for the restaurant. Not surprising, he's a finch when it deals with money, hoarding away his allowance when he receives it, adding up to a pretty decent fortune by now. As a side job from the bakery, he does accounting for the family and a few relatives and neighbors.
Lim and Lin, 16, are the identical twins of the family, help out Chyou and Lei in the kitchen. They're not as proficient with cooking as the two females in the family, but they've broken a potato peeling record by peeling one in less than ten seconds. They still in school although the majority of the time, they’re skipping, prefer to go to the neighboring market and scour the place for a produce haul. That, and throw eggplants at each other. To tell them apart, all non-family members have to do is look at the side of their heads for a bump, and if it's on the left, it's Lim, on the right, Lin. It's from where their mother hit them with her spoon after she finds out they've skipped class once again.
Xiang, 12, is the baby of the family. Much to the chagrin of the parents, he has no interest in cooking even if he does make a mean scrambled egg. Regardless of his culinary interest, Xiang still helps around the family restaurant, preferring to stay in the bakery because it's slower paced, allowing him to charm his female classmates when they come in to buy pastries. Lei and Chin see him as a lazy playboy, but still trust him enough not to burn down the bakery while he's dealing with one of his blushing classmates.
Although her family may always be busy with the restaurant and bakery, ever since she was small, they've always managed to get away and relax in the mountainous region of the Earth Kingdom at her grandparent's home. As always, the children of the family manage to get themselves suckered into doing all the cooking for the family while they're there, not that they mind since they're allowed to go off on their own after they're done.
When Lei was in school, she was as lazy as a bum. Her teachers called her smart -she thought of herself as average- and constantly told her parents that she would do so much better if she applied herself. Even as a child, Lei knew what she wanted to do, and if she didn't want to do something, she would do it half-heartedly. Giving her parents a look of annoyance because of the teachers, she shrugged her shoulders and did the work. Secretly, half of the time, she had her younger brother do it. Bribery did wonders.
Her friends were actually the children of her parent's friends. They were the children of shopkeeper, so that gave her and her friends something in common. Her best friend, Jolin, was often seen with her. Her family were merchant's and often went to Yum Yum Bun for their food (Jolin's mom couldn’t boil water to save her life). More than happy to have a female companion, Lei befriended the girl, often bringing homemade snacks whenever she went to Jolin's home.
Jolin's parents had recently come from the borders of the Earth Kingdom, dealing with some 'honest' pirates who had just bought a fresh supply of Fire Nation goods from Hokage markets (Fire Nation items, mostly the metal weapons, were highly prized in the Earth Kingdom). One of the many items they bought was a case of scrolls containing various legends and folktales. Unbeknownest to them, one of the pirates, being clumsy, has dropped one of the scrolls into the case by accident. It was a map of the Fire Nation capital, Lun Yang. It not only held all the entrances and exits throughout the nation like the ports and gates, but a few of the entrances only known to the soldiers and high ranking officials in the military.
Unfortunately, one night while Lei was sleeping over at Jolin's home, Fire Nation soldiers had arrived at a nearby port. Jolin's parents were immediately targeted first because of the 'interrogation' with the pirates, the Fire Nation soldiers found out that Jolin's parents were the one's who recieved the scroll. Unknowingly, they brought the scroll to the Earth Kingdom, thinking the scroll like any of the others.
Several of the Fire Nation's soldiers, disguised as villagers from the more rural parts of the Earth Kingom, arrived at the house. Afraid that the merchant couple had read the scroll, and were traveling to the Earth Kingdom capital to deliver it to King Bumi (they were actually just going to Omashu to trade the so called worthless scrolls for other misc. items), they set the house on fire, hoping to get rid of the evidence, including the family. Luckily, there were several Earth Benders in the vicinity (Yum Yum Bun was infamous for staying open late), and tried to make their way through the flames to the family. Several others ran after the Fire Benders who were in the midst of escaping through the confusion.
Lei was the first to be saved, having been closer to the outside of the house because she had to go to the bathroom. However, Jolin and her parents weren't as lucky, them being cornered in the house while the flames quickly spread through the home. The Earth Benders had somehow saved the family, but half of Jolin's body was horribly burned. After that fiasco, when their burns had been treated to the best of the healers abilites, Jolin's father decided to escape the Earth Kingdom and find some place safe for them hide, fearing that the Fire Nation might come after them again. After all, the Fire Benders were supposed to remove all traces of the people who had handled the scroll as a cautionary procedure.
Although Jolin had said numerous times that it wasn't Lei's fault, the guilt that she had come out of the house with barely a scratch while her friend's body was disfigured, weighed heavily on her shoulders. With a wave with her bandaged hand, her best friend went on her way under the cover of night. That day, Lei has had an incredible dislike of the Fire Nation. It wasn't hate just yet, there was still a line there she hasn't crossed toward hate, but whenever she sees their bright, red uniforms walk by, a feeling of complete and utter disgust fills her.
Sample RP:
"If you don't put me down right now you-" Lei was cut off by a flour-covered hand, the owner of said hand smirking over his shoulder as he carried his sister to the employee entrance of the bakery. Mentally, she counted down from ten, praying to any nearby god to give her the strength not to slam her foot somewhere very, very painful. Once the hand pulled away, certain that she wouldn't try anything funny, Lei gave Chin a glare that could've rivaled their mother's. "What do you want?"
"This man, an important customer of this bakery, is here to buy a few pastries," Chin answered simply, setting her down from his shoulder onto the ground. Pleased to see she wasn't throttling him with her vengeful female fury, he reassuringly patted her shoulder. "I just need you to convince him to buy a couple dozen more pastries than usual."
Suspicious of this little request, Lei narrowed her eyes up at Chin. He was up to something, it wasn't uncommon, but still, for him to forcibly carry her here, he was in either trouble or looking to get money quick. Most likely both. "What did you do this time?"
"Weeeell..." Greenish gray eyes averted from Lei's inquiring ones, looking at a nearby badger statue. A tan hand reaching for knife in her robe made him finally speak, "I made a miscalculation with the dough so...I kinda made a few dozen more berry pastries than usual. Since Mr. Bando buys many of our pastries for his stall, I thought he would buy it. However, he always orders the SAME amount of pastries, but since he's fond of you, I thought you could...encourage him to buy a few extra."
"Your mistake, you clean it up," Lei said bluntly, one of her hips as she frowned up at him. The other hand poked him right on the chest to emphasize her point, "Besides, it's just a few dozen. It won't take that long to sell."
"Actually..."
Seeing the look in his eyes, one of desperation breaking through his normally calm facade, just like when they were younger and he wet his bed -one she never let him live down- Lei sighed. To make herself feel better, she stomped down on his foot, putting all of her weight down as she did so. Putting on a smile well known to make the grouchiest customers feel better, she said coolly through clenched teeth, "You owe me."
While Chin was biting his tongue not to scream at his bruised fit, Lei stiffly walked over to the awaiting customer, greeting him sweetly. "So, what are you ordering today Mr. Bando? Pastries? Ah, we have a fine selection today, I'm sure you'd like."