Post by /Sad/~rain on Jan 20, 2009 16:49:38 GMT -5
Erika Riona ~;Name}
Female ~;Gender}
Human ~;Type}
23 years ~;Age}
No one ~;Owner}
Free ~;Position}
Cook/Gardener ~;Lifestyle}
Doveville; Blossom Farm ~;Residence}
Female ~;Gender}
Human ~;Type}
23 years ~;Age}
No one ~;Owner}
Free ~;Position}
Cook/Gardener ~;Lifestyle}
Doveville; Blossom Farm ~;Residence}
{Description;~ Erika is not your drop dead gorgeous girl but dressed nicely she can draw quite much of attention. She has got a curvy body that is not really exposed, though, as she wears if not baggy then certainly proper clothes. There is no need for her to wear high heeled shoes as she is already above average in her height. And despite her work is mostly connected to food, she is also slender. Her arms and legs are long and muscled (Not overly much but still) from all the job she does. Erika's skin is smooth and tanned by the sun.
She is graceful girl, seemingly never tripping or looking silly and her pace is light. She knows how to hold her self and sometimes even seems proud of her appearance, with her head always held high, looking straightly at you. Only thing that warms this is almost always apparent smile on her lips. It is just that her mother taught her to never bow down to anyone and hold her self proudly.
Her face is nicely shaped, though, some would say it's too long, on her long neck. Maybe her nose is, too. Her mouth is neither small or big and everything is rather proportional. She has got her right ear pierced and has a small purple gem earring in it. What she hides the best she can, if her back, scarred by her previous owner when she was just a child. Some of the marks are even on her upper legs and shoulders.
Her hair is somewhat middle length, falling past her shoulder blades in slightly messy black curls, framing her face. Keeping them open is how she prefers them but when she is working she will either bride them in thick braid or pull in pony tail. They are very light and soft, tangling often, so causing her lot of trouble at times. She has often swore that she will cut them completely but never gets to doing that.
What is most unusual about her, is her eyes. You have probably heard of people having purple eyes, maybe even seen some but they are usually blue-purple, not pure colored like hers. Yes, the color is rather dark and sometimes seen as black in shadows but it's still pure purple, rather bright if the light shines in them. They are what seems to be the most mysterious about her as gives away only some of the friendliness, not all the emotions she feels. Thick dark eyelashes shadows them and she wouldn't need mascara even if there was one.
{Wardrobe;~ She wears simple clothing that she doesn't have to worry about if she dirties it. Often, she is seen in dark jeans and purple jumper or some T-shirt. Erika loves purple and black colors, though, all earthly tones appeal to her as well, and those all are seen in her clothing the most. Occasionally, if there is need, she will wear a dress but as much as she likes them deep down, she knows how unpractical they are.
Erika doesn't have any special jewelry except her earring and ring that she got from her mother but she never wears the latter one... not on finger, at least. Sometimes she will hang it on a leather cord around her neck, something like a lucky talisman. Overall, she really does keep her wardrobe simple and quite empty.
{Personality;~ One thing can be surely said about Erika is that she is strong. She is determined and nothing in her rather harsh life has broken her spirit. She hides her suffering behind a pretty smile, thinking that those who hurt her doesn't need the pleasure of seeing her tears or pain. She does not give up easily and goes steadily for her goals. Erika is proud of who she is and does not pretend to be different. She also doesn't bow down to anyone in fake respect - it can be only earned. You won't force her to truly obey and while she is not snappy or look for a fight, she doesn't change her opinions easily about anything, either it's a person or some other thing. She rarely, if ever, argues and if she sees that something could turn in a verbal fight, she will just smile sweetly and nod, making you think she has agreed, while actually she has kept her previous thoughts.
It seems she is never in low mood. Not that she is always overjoyed but she never looks upset or depressed. You would never guess if she has any problems as those weakness moments are kept hidden behind the doors of her room. Erika is very sweet and kind, always trying to help others and brushing her own problems off as somewhat unimportant, certainly things that she can deal with later. As a very open and friendly person, she is one that you easily can turn to in your problems, a great shoulder to cry on as she will actually try to help you and listen well. It's also very easily to befriend her.
Erika is fair and thoughtful, always looking at the problem from both sides and seeing trough the small fakes and cover ups and only then deciding who is right. She has got a talent with children, especially those without parents. Some lives in Jemi's farm and she is like a mother to them and they will surely never grow in careless, heartless people.
While often she seems completely down-to-earth person, someone who will look at everything realistically, she is quite a bit of a dreamer deep down. In fact, she has great fantasy and all the stories she tells the children are either her own or few that her mother told to her. And she keeps dreaming that she will learn singing and playing piano one day as well as find real love... Like in Sophie's stories. If anyone would call them silly fantasies, she would say that her dream of freedom and finding a kind animal has kind of come true already.
She also loves learning, not only new recipes or things about new plants but thing overall. That's why she has learned to read and write. She also shares her knowledge happily and will be pleased to hear that you want to learn, too, and she is patient teacher.
Erika doesn't like show-offs. She thinks it shows that the person is really unsure of him or her self or tries to give more worth to self than has. And she will point it out in subtle way. It's not that she is always this gentle, she won't be that 'shy' around new people or when she wishes to something out - she just doesn't like to harm other people feelings. She is also more quiet than loud and she won't play silly pranks on you. But often, she plays with children and she does know how to have fun. Sometimes, she disappears somewhere to just have peace and gather her strength that sometimes starts to weaken. If you catch her in such moment she will deny it, though.
Well, this seems to be all I can tell about her at the second. There, of course, is deeper, more unknown and sometimes darker sides of her that she will show when you truly hurt her or make her happy. But she is a person you could trust with your life - she won't betray you.
{History;~ Erika's past is not the sweetest story and she rarely shares it with anyone especially as the beginning deeply includes her dearest person on world - mother. She can't easily speak of her. But let's start with beginning.
Sophy was a perfect show human, being stunningly beautiful and was bred only once. The outcome was not one but two children, a boy and a girl. Sophy's owner kept the girl and gave the boy to father's owner. Never she has seen her twin and Erika often wonders how her life would have turned out if she was given away and her brother was kept.
She grew up very close to her mother, both loving each other from bottom of their hearts. Sophy wasn't a woman with broken spirit and she believed that humans deserved a better life so she taught her daughter to be proud of who she was and believe in her dreams. Erika developed three interests from early childhood, one being cooking, other everything releated to nature and gardening and the last one musics. Secretly, she was learning cooking and gardening but her dream of singing and playing some music instrument was just out of her reach.
When she was twelve, the worse what could, happened. Her mother who's beauty was slowly destroyed by her age and also worries and giving birth to two children, fell sick and could not perform in beauty contests anymore, For that, their owner parent beat her up... Which resulted in Sophy's death, possibly because her head was traumatized. The worse was that for two weeks she laid in her bed, barely alive and in her moments of consciousness she did not recognize anyone, including her daughter.
After that, Erika had to grow up quickly. There was no one to protect her from her owner's wrath anymore and she had to learn how to hide her proud nature and her hobbies as well. When she turned sixteen, her owner wanted to make her a show girl as she was already very pretty but Erika rebelled. The animal was drunk that night and he beat her up with a whip, scarring her back and legs... She suffered from a great fewer later, almost dying but she never was upset about it because now there was no chance she could become show girl, a thing she despised so much.
About year later, she was bred once but didn't become pregnant. That was the end of her owner's patience and he sold her off. Until age of twenty two, she was tossed between other captors and sometimes she was lucky enough to be allowed jobs she loved and was good at - cooking and gardening. Her last owner was merciless, though, often yelling and even harming her for her "stuck up" attitude. It never changed a thing in her personality, though.
And then Jemi came. The huge she-bear snatched her away from garden and after few words Erika willingly followed her to Blossom Farm, finding it to be her new and most loved home. She also befriended Jemi deeply and is doing all she can to help the bear to keep house and garden clean and nice as well as feed the animals and humans that lives there.
{Family;~ Mother - Sophy, Father - Unknown, Siblings - Twin Brother
{Married;~ No
{Children;~ None
{Married;~ No
{Children;~ None
{Statistics;~ Excellent at cooking and good at gardening
{Color;~ Post, "Her Speech", "Her Thoughts", "Other Speech"
{Other;~ There is not much to be said, other than a quick summary of 'other' facts.
She is great gardener and cook, learning all she can about both of these things. Wishes to learn sing and play some music instrument. Knows how to read and write, though, still has problems with it sometimes.
Has a twin brother she does know anything about.
Lives with Jemimah for the last year and is nicknamed Eri by her. She does all she can to help the bear with works at Blossom Farm.[/ul]