Post by rini on Jun 26, 2006 22:42:06 GMT -5
Name: Rini
Age: Twenty
Gender: Female
Nation:The Southern Water Tribe
Bender?: No
Physical Appearance: Rini, at the height of five-feet, doesn't look very
threatening, and really, she isn't. A young woman living the simple life of a young woman growing up in the barren block of ice that is the bottom of the world. Just like everyone else of her nation, Rini has a dark complexion and a flat, slightly upturned nose upon a round face. Her chin is a bit more squared off than the average female's, but other than that, she has an absolutely plain appearance, nothing special about her. Her elegantly slanting eyes are a deep blue the color of a sea in the middle of a fierce storm.
Rini's practically stick-straight hair is a deep chestnut and comes down to the bottom of her rib cage. The front half, save two strands hanging in front, is pulled to up into a high ponytail at the top-back of her head. This ponytail is braided and then let hang down, the tip usually reaching a few inches past her shoulders. the bit in back is left hanging down with tiny braids sprinkled randomly on its surface. Her nails are often bitten down to the point where the whites are virtually non-existent because she chews her nails when she gets anxious, which happens more than is probably normal.
Clothing/Armor: Rini wears a simple, blue dress that has a hint of light purple in it also. It ends a little below her mid-calve so she may remain modest and warm in the cold weather of the South Pole. The dress is made out of very thick fabric with fur on the inside so she will not get cold in the harsh temperatures. It slits slightly up the sides, the slits ending about an inch and a half below her knees so she can move more easily. The edging on the bottom is a strip of light blue fabric. The same edging is at the end of her long sleeves.
The collar of the dress is high on her neck, kept closed by buttons which start below the bust on her right side. The buttons aren't really anything special, simple pieces of bone of some sort with dark blue thread, threaded through them. On the collar, there is an embroidery of a couple snowflakes in white thread, nothing special but there for decoration.
Under her dress, Rini wears light blue pants, also heavily lined with fur, that have the same color as the main part of her dress. She wears dark tan boots that are made out of a fur of some animal or another. Lighter fur spills out of the boots slightly due to the sloppy craftsmanship though they are durable enough. Her pants are stuffed into them as they are as high as her mid-calve.
She wears a parka over her dress almost all of the time that goes down to her knees. It is very plain and a dark blue color, the only decorations on it being a couple strings of white fur at the collar which have beads slide over the ends. The parka is very thick, fur spilling out of the cuffs of her parka which are at her wrists. Her mittens are the same color as her dress and are fitted to her hands so they will not be cumbersome. They are also thick as it would not be good if heat would escape from her hands. They have no decoration on them.
Rini's only accessory is an earring that belonged to her older brother, given to her before he went off to war, that hands from her right ear. The earring consists of a flat disc of bone and the hook it hangs off of.
Weapons: Due to her status as a female and her tribes location in the middle of nowhere, Rini doesn't use weapons formally. Though, she does like goofing around with her little brother's toy spear.
Personality: In one word, Rini is skeptical. She won't believe anything unless she's seen living proof. Until that day the avatar was discovered in an iceberg, she was pretty sure he was gone for good and the cycle was broken forever. Even after that discovery she's having trouble convincing herself he's the real thing. It's because of this that she's pretty much impossible to have a conversation with since she needs to argue with any piece of information the other side of the chat is handing out. A few people have given up on having a decent conversation with her because of this, but she doesn't mind. The little kids she always hangs around don't care if she argues about reality seeing as most anything they say is little kid nonsense.
She's not really anyone to hold a grudge and gets along with most anyone, but Rini feels more comfortable around the younger children of her tribe. She doesn't have to act any different around them because they don't judge and will laugh at anything.
Due to her skepticism, Rini has her own outlooks on life. Few people actually understand her outlooks because they tend to be a bit out there.
Her sense of humor is a rather dry one and she doesn't get many other people's jokes, nor do they understand hers.
Now, if you happen to catch her right after she's woken up in the morning, she might just bite your hand off. Rini never really was a morning person and if she doesn't get her sleep, she gets very snappy. The people of the tribe have learned to just let the girl sleep or else fear her sleep deprivation-induced wrath.
Background: Twenty years ago, Rini was born the second child of Arun and Bala of the Southern Water Tribe. Their son, Ichiro, was nearing the age of five at the time. The family was a perfectly happy one, living in their little village at the bottom of the world. And their little family just kept growing. When Rini was thirteen her younger brother Jiro came into the world.
Shuen City was once as big as it's Northern sister tribe, but the number slowly began decreasing from the semi-random Fire Nation raids. By the time Rini was born, the village was down to a little over a hundred. On more big raid and there were much less.
Throughout her life, Rini wasn't exactly surrounded by girl's her age, so she spent a lot of time with her mother, or her brother, even with their five-year age difference. Of course, when Rini was fifteen, her brother got married and so they didn't hang out nearly as much.
All her life, Rini's mom had been trying to get her to pull her own weight in the tribe, by sewing and fishing and the like. The downside, she's never been good at any of these things. Not patient enough for fishing, neat enough for stitching, or any of that useful stuff. She was good with children, having helped raise little Jiro. So she became the local babysitter. The older women trusted her to take care of their children while they did their work, and that's what she did, finally making herself useful. Occasionally Ichiro would help out, but he spent more time with his wife, who became pregnant with their first child when Rini was seventeen.
Two years ago, the men of their tribe went off to war, Rini's big brother and father going with them, leaving behind a wife and their unborn child. It was only a few months after they left that Ichiro's daughter, Emi, was born. So far, she's never met her father, nor her grandfather, even though she's nearing the age of two.
Not too long ago, two of the tribe's members found the avatar, bringing new hope to the desolate "city." The two siblings who found them went off, leaving more work for everyone to do, but making everyone proud. Even Rini, who got a little jealous that someone else was having adventure, and she was stuck in the middle of nowhere, taking care of toddlers. But for now, she does her work, and she does it well. Seldom complaining... Except when Emi's crying wakes her up up dawn, then she's not approachable for half of the day.
Sample RP: Rini sat in her family's tent, staring ahead crossly, as she did her best to give her little brother the cold shoulder.
By her side, Jiro pleaded insistently, failing to convince her that it was just a harmless joke. "Rini, will you come back out and take us penguin sledding, please? We were just kidding around, and we're sorry that we messed up your hair."
Rini glared up at the wet blanket of hair draped over her face, and rushed it aside with one mitten-covered hand. She looked down at her brother, ruining her attempt to give him the silent treatment, "Jiro, you and your little friends pushed me in that snow drift and now I'm all wet and... snowy."
"Rini, we live in the South Pole. Are you ever not covered in snow?"
One look from his big sister and Jiro quickly shut his mouth, to avoid invoking any more rage. It was probably his fault anyway, getting her up only a little past dawn to have a snowball sight. That girl loved her sleep more than anything.
Glancing at her brother's sad face, Rini sighed at the seven-year-old's face and said, "Jiro, would it make you stop making that face if I said I'd take you all penguin sledding?"
"Yeah!" The little boy's face brightened up as he bounded out of the tent to tell his little companions.
Rini came out after him, grumbling under her breath, "He is so in charge of brushing out the tangles in my hair tonight."
Age: Twenty
Gender: Female
Nation:The Southern Water Tribe
Bender?: No
Physical Appearance: Rini, at the height of five-feet, doesn't look very
threatening, and really, she isn't. A young woman living the simple life of a young woman growing up in the barren block of ice that is the bottom of the world. Just like everyone else of her nation, Rini has a dark complexion and a flat, slightly upturned nose upon a round face. Her chin is a bit more squared off than the average female's, but other than that, she has an absolutely plain appearance, nothing special about her. Her elegantly slanting eyes are a deep blue the color of a sea in the middle of a fierce storm.
Rini's practically stick-straight hair is a deep chestnut and comes down to the bottom of her rib cage. The front half, save two strands hanging in front, is pulled to up into a high ponytail at the top-back of her head. This ponytail is braided and then let hang down, the tip usually reaching a few inches past her shoulders. the bit in back is left hanging down with tiny braids sprinkled randomly on its surface. Her nails are often bitten down to the point where the whites are virtually non-existent because she chews her nails when she gets anxious, which happens more than is probably normal.
Clothing/Armor: Rini wears a simple, blue dress that has a hint of light purple in it also. It ends a little below her mid-calve so she may remain modest and warm in the cold weather of the South Pole. The dress is made out of very thick fabric with fur on the inside so she will not get cold in the harsh temperatures. It slits slightly up the sides, the slits ending about an inch and a half below her knees so she can move more easily. The edging on the bottom is a strip of light blue fabric. The same edging is at the end of her long sleeves.
The collar of the dress is high on her neck, kept closed by buttons which start below the bust on her right side. The buttons aren't really anything special, simple pieces of bone of some sort with dark blue thread, threaded through them. On the collar, there is an embroidery of a couple snowflakes in white thread, nothing special but there for decoration.
Under her dress, Rini wears light blue pants, also heavily lined with fur, that have the same color as the main part of her dress. She wears dark tan boots that are made out of a fur of some animal or another. Lighter fur spills out of the boots slightly due to the sloppy craftsmanship though they are durable enough. Her pants are stuffed into them as they are as high as her mid-calve.
She wears a parka over her dress almost all of the time that goes down to her knees. It is very plain and a dark blue color, the only decorations on it being a couple strings of white fur at the collar which have beads slide over the ends. The parka is very thick, fur spilling out of the cuffs of her parka which are at her wrists. Her mittens are the same color as her dress and are fitted to her hands so they will not be cumbersome. They are also thick as it would not be good if heat would escape from her hands. They have no decoration on them.
Rini's only accessory is an earring that belonged to her older brother, given to her before he went off to war, that hands from her right ear. The earring consists of a flat disc of bone and the hook it hangs off of.
Weapons: Due to her status as a female and her tribes location in the middle of nowhere, Rini doesn't use weapons formally. Though, she does like goofing around with her little brother's toy spear.
Personality: In one word, Rini is skeptical. She won't believe anything unless she's seen living proof. Until that day the avatar was discovered in an iceberg, she was pretty sure he was gone for good and the cycle was broken forever. Even after that discovery she's having trouble convincing herself he's the real thing. It's because of this that she's pretty much impossible to have a conversation with since she needs to argue with any piece of information the other side of the chat is handing out. A few people have given up on having a decent conversation with her because of this, but she doesn't mind. The little kids she always hangs around don't care if she argues about reality seeing as most anything they say is little kid nonsense.
She's not really anyone to hold a grudge and gets along with most anyone, but Rini feels more comfortable around the younger children of her tribe. She doesn't have to act any different around them because they don't judge and will laugh at anything.
Due to her skepticism, Rini has her own outlooks on life. Few people actually understand her outlooks because they tend to be a bit out there.
Her sense of humor is a rather dry one and she doesn't get many other people's jokes, nor do they understand hers.
Now, if you happen to catch her right after she's woken up in the morning, she might just bite your hand off. Rini never really was a morning person and if she doesn't get her sleep, she gets very snappy. The people of the tribe have learned to just let the girl sleep or else fear her sleep deprivation-induced wrath.
Background: Twenty years ago, Rini was born the second child of Arun and Bala of the Southern Water Tribe. Their son, Ichiro, was nearing the age of five at the time. The family was a perfectly happy one, living in their little village at the bottom of the world. And their little family just kept growing. When Rini was thirteen her younger brother Jiro came into the world.
Shuen City was once as big as it's Northern sister tribe, but the number slowly began decreasing from the semi-random Fire Nation raids. By the time Rini was born, the village was down to a little over a hundred. On more big raid and there were much less.
Throughout her life, Rini wasn't exactly surrounded by girl's her age, so she spent a lot of time with her mother, or her brother, even with their five-year age difference. Of course, when Rini was fifteen, her brother got married and so they didn't hang out nearly as much.
All her life, Rini's mom had been trying to get her to pull her own weight in the tribe, by sewing and fishing and the like. The downside, she's never been good at any of these things. Not patient enough for fishing, neat enough for stitching, or any of that useful stuff. She was good with children, having helped raise little Jiro. So she became the local babysitter. The older women trusted her to take care of their children while they did their work, and that's what she did, finally making herself useful. Occasionally Ichiro would help out, but he spent more time with his wife, who became pregnant with their first child when Rini was seventeen.
Two years ago, the men of their tribe went off to war, Rini's big brother and father going with them, leaving behind a wife and their unborn child. It was only a few months after they left that Ichiro's daughter, Emi, was born. So far, she's never met her father, nor her grandfather, even though she's nearing the age of two.
Not too long ago, two of the tribe's members found the avatar, bringing new hope to the desolate "city." The two siblings who found them went off, leaving more work for everyone to do, but making everyone proud. Even Rini, who got a little jealous that someone else was having adventure, and she was stuck in the middle of nowhere, taking care of toddlers. But for now, she does her work, and she does it well. Seldom complaining... Except when Emi's crying wakes her up up dawn, then she's not approachable for half of the day.
Sample RP: Rini sat in her family's tent, staring ahead crossly, as she did her best to give her little brother the cold shoulder.
By her side, Jiro pleaded insistently, failing to convince her that it was just a harmless joke. "Rini, will you come back out and take us penguin sledding, please? We were just kidding around, and we're sorry that we messed up your hair."
Rini glared up at the wet blanket of hair draped over her face, and rushed it aside with one mitten-covered hand. She looked down at her brother, ruining her attempt to give him the silent treatment, "Jiro, you and your little friends pushed me in that snow drift and now I'm all wet and... snowy."
"Rini, we live in the South Pole. Are you ever not covered in snow?"
One look from his big sister and Jiro quickly shut his mouth, to avoid invoking any more rage. It was probably his fault anyway, getting her up only a little past dawn to have a snowball sight. That girl loved her sleep more than anything.
Glancing at her brother's sad face, Rini sighed at the seven-year-old's face and said, "Jiro, would it make you stop making that face if I said I'd take you all penguin sledding?"
"Yeah!" The little boy's face brightened up as he bounded out of the tent to tell his little companions.
Rini came out after him, grumbling under her breath, "He is so in charge of brushing out the tangles in my hair tonight."