Kyrashee

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Name: Kyrashee

Age: 42 Migrations

Gender / Pronouns: Cherub, She/Her

Homeworld: Kaah'Tchew

Personality

Kyrashee has a strong sense of duty and a tireless work ethic- traits not too uncommon within whokik society. She is serious and driven, taking her responsibilities with the utmost seriousness and pouring her passion into it. Despite her stern exterior, she has a deep and caring nature, especially for those she considers her allies or friends. Combined with her stubborn nature, she can become fiercely loyal and protective of those around her, and an unstoppable force when those she cares for are in danger.

Kyrashee has an impressive sense of other people's emotions and moods, a skill that was encouraged by her flock to develop. Unusual for her kind though is her understanding of other species' moods and body language- her interest in other cultures mixes well with her talents. Despite her emotional intelligence, she tends to pretend her own emotions and problems don't exist, and wilts away at the idea of communicating her feelings to others. Unfortunately, Kyrashee is prone to hurting herself by refusing to make her own needs known.

Speaking Style

Kyrashee speaks in a precise and formal manner, rarely using humor and preferring direct and straightforward communication. Her grasp of the common tongue is shaky at worst and passable at best, and she is prone to accidentally speaking too fast or with odd 'beats' more akin to her native language. When stressed this becomes more common, and she'll begin speaking sarcastically or ranting about small things.

Background

Born into a flock as Cherub (a female heir of a Seraph, aka the leader of a flock), Kyrashee was expected to follow in the Seraph's footsteps and become Seraph herself one day. Her bright plumage, typically associated with the males of her species, made some believe she wasn't fit for the role and that it was a bad omen. In the worst cases, some believed she was 'meant to be male', but was 'born wrong'. Her talents- her hunting capabilities, emotional strength, and honed instincts (all of which are associated with femininity in her society) more than made up for her 'shortcomings' however, and slowly the painful comments quieted down over time.

However, after meeting with an As'ens trading vessel, she became friends with some of the workers. She met with them over the course of years, a small spark of curiosity and rebellion beginning to burn within her. She glimpsed something beyond her own flock, beyond the sky and in the stars, and saw herself among them. After years of fighting with herself over her duty to her flock and her own desires, she made her choice and fled onto a vexori ship to leave her homeworld.

She left with little goodbye- once her flock had found out, she had been effectively outcasted and exiled. Kyrashee was fortunate however, and found employment in being a bodyguard or mercenary, free from expectations of leadership and legacy. She made allies, but enemies as well, and her inexperience with the universe caught up with her. Laws made little sense to her and she found that society worked wildly different than with her flock, two factors that landed her in hot water with law enforcement. It only took a year for her to be wanted by the law, but it took three more for her to finally be caught.

While the sentence wasn't long due to pleading cultural differences, it had been decided that Kyrashee had been unable to adapt to space travel, and would be returned to her home planet. Her flock had been demanding for her return for years now in order to punish her for running (others had begun to hear of her running away, and many had followed suit), and an agreement had been met to make it happen. Desperate to find any way out of her situation, she eventually was able to turn in an old favor and contact Dyson Dynamics to see if working off her sentence was possible. Soon a deal between Kyrashee and the company was made, freeing Kyrashee from returning home, but shackling her to a new enemy instead.

Preferences

Kyrashee tends to seek out those who are opposite to her, despite initially seeming like she would connect more to those like her. She finds that less serious personalities rile her up less, and she's able to relax more around them. She has a particular bias towards humans and as'ens, taking an interest in their cultures, history, and admiring their views on gender.

Around those like her though, Kyrashee gets defensive and hostile, butting heads with the person in question. She reacts negatively to those who try and hold her back when she has her sights focused on something, especially to those trying to recite 'pointless' rules or laws to stop her. Despite enjoying those who are more relaxed and lighthearted, she gets frustrated with those who refuse to take anything seriously. She's hesitant, sometimes downright afraid of other female whokiks, but usually finds interacting with male whokiks surprisingly pleasant.

Hobbies/Interests

Kyrashee enjoys maintaining her physical fitness through sparring, hunting, fitness equipment, and generally anything she can get her talons on. She has an interest in as'ens culture, particularly their art and fighting, and enjoys reading about other races, as well as their history and culture. She also has an interest in puzzles (especially physical toys like rubix cubes), but doesn't like sharing this with others due to a lifetime of pushing her 'masculine' traits away and hiding them.