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PLAYER INFORMATION-
Name/Nickname: Angie
AIM/E-mail/Contact: mean umbrellas | rockinghorsefly[at]gmail[dot]com
LJ: tealantern
CHARACTER INFORMATION-
Canon Character and Series: Kid of Chrono Cross
In-Game Name: Kid Ashtear on her official documents, but just goes by Kid usually.
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Position & Ship: 4423 | Passenger
Appearance: Anorexic is likely the first word one will associate when looking at Kid, but she isn't really, she promises. And it's called metabolism and a life of thievery, okay. She weighs in at just above a hundred and ten pounds and stands at five foot five, so although she is a loli, she's not a short loli, which makes all the difference. Despite being slender, she is slightly toned in her arms, thighs and abs, which are displayed thanks to her minimal clothing. Kid purposely wears as least as possible because clothes get in the way when you're a thief and need to make a fast getaway, so they'd only slow you down, and she can't have that.
Her golden-blond hair is always tied up in bows (which is ironic, considering how extremely unladylike she is) and the only time you'll see it down is... well, never. When it is let down, it brushes her mid-back. Adding to Kid's youthful look are her big blue eyes, which are really quite lovely when you get close enough to look into them. When she was young, Lucca used to tell her that it was like looking into the ocean. On her cheeks and arms are six white tattoos that she had illegally inked in a sketchy alleyway in Tulgim.
Personality: The girl may look tiny, but her personality is anything but. Kid's cute face doesn't exactly correspond with her boyish, often rude behaviour, and this may be alarming to some people. She doesn't know what proper manners are, having never been taught them, and she doesn't know what's acceptable and what isn't. Despite her occasionally disrespectful attitude, she is a nice person, although she'd never admit to it, and it really depends on one's definition of "nice". Kid is not inherently cruel, and is actually very soft at heart, often taking people easy and letting them off with only a warning, but she's a terrible tease and enjoys poking fun at others. And she never takes more from someone than she feels she has to.
Thievery is something that comes very natural to her, but she knows where to draw the line. She'll never steal from poorer people, and opts mostly for nobles on the streets or richer folk who she thinks already have more than they need. Her logic behind it is that if you're poor enough that you have to steal, you're not worth stealing from. Or it'd be too mean to, whichever. That isn't to imply, however, that she constructs elaborate plans. On the contrary, Kid is very impulsive and does things without thinking through the consequences. Her logic is that you act first, think later. Plans aren't really her thing, but she'll follow them. Just not make any elaborate ones herself. And tact? ... uh, what's tact?
One of Kid's leading motivations is revenge. Revenge for Lynx burning down her orphanage, killing Lucca and her friends there, and ruining whatever hopes she had for a future. It drives her and motivates her decisions, fuels her anger, and gives her something to look forward to: kicking Lynx's furry behind all the way to the moon.
Abilities/Weapons: Kid's weapon of choice is her curved dagger -- and she'll use nothing else but a dagger. She has no idea how to use any other weapon except those that are less conventional -- like umbrellas or rocks and maybe pans, so if you give her a gun, she might possibly shoot herself or somebody else. Because she's used various spells over the years in her life as a thief (since, really, spells are handy) she's sensitive to magic and can generally tell when people are strong magic users, but she's not too great at detecting, and only use a Fire spell.
Her profession allows her to be very quick on her feet, flexible, and good at dodging swinging arms and weapons, which usually makes her difficult to catch.
How well can your character hack?: She is so crap with computers it's not even funny. So she can't, and will probably need to ask someone how to filter posts.
Weaknesses: Kid's very foolhardy when it comes to making snap decisions. She has a brain, but she doesn't always use it. Her impulsive behaviour is probably her biggest flaw, and it usually lands her in trouble, or in jail. She also is lacking many things that other girls her age have -- a decent education, a role model or parental figure, and a sense of common courtesy. But what she doesn't have, she makes up in various skills she's learned over time. The girl's got a short fuse and an even shorter attention span, and more often that not, this makes her life more difficult. She's consumed by hate for Lynx, and because of this he's almost constantly occupying her mind, but somehow, it doesn't make her as bitter as it should.
On the outside, she appears a lot stronger than she really is. But inside, she's emotional tormented and will never let anybody else see it. She's got a reputation to keep up, after all.
History: When she was just a baby, she was left on the doorstep of an orphanage that belonged to Lucca Ashtear, and was subsequently taken in and raised there. The first few years of her life were happy and every day was an adventure. She was friends with all the children, Lucca was like a big sister and role model to her, and there was rarely ever any sadness. Kid never wanted anything more. When she got a little older, Lucca tried to teach her some proper manners, but Kid was always too childish and never went along with the lessons, which may explain her poor manners now.
But tragedy struck at the age of 8, when the orphanage was set on fire sometime during the night. Nearly all the children escaped, but as the building began to burst into more flames, Kid noticed that Lucca wasn't outside with them. She had stayed in the house to make sure everyone got out safe. But the fire was too intense for her to run back inside, and so it collapsed with Lucca still within. Memories of that night are foggy, but she still remembered a face that stood out and watched at her home burned to the ground -- Lynx, a demi-human with cat-like features, and his little minion, a small harlequin-looking girl. And she never forgot their faces. Kid vowed to exact revenge for ruining her life.
She would make them pay -- and in blood.
Kid spent the next several years on the streets, eating what she could, sleeping where she could. The girl traveled all across Vohemar, hitching rides to anywhere she could manage in order to form a life for herself. But eventually her pride wouldn't allow her to beg on the streets, so she began to look into other means. It started with sneakily snatching food from markets and hiding them in her bag, and over time, it evolved into snatching purses off people's sides and dashing off into hidden alleyways. With her quick feet, she was rarely ever caught. And when she was, she sure as hell kicked the shit out of whoever tried to take her away. Because of this, she was sent to jail more than once, but never for longer than several months at a time. Not that she could complain. It was a roof over her head.
But this cyclic life of thievery then jail then thievery then jail turned out to be too much of a hasstle for Kid. She wanted more than that. She wanted recognition. So she started stealing from certain people instead -- those she felt deserved it. Rich, condescending assholes. Irritating merchants, the like. And after every steal, she would leave a note that said "YOU'VE BEEN SERVED BY THE RADICAL DREAMERS". Only spelled worse, because she had atrocious spelling, so it was more like "YUV BEEN SERVD BY THE RADICAL DREAMERS". As the years went by, the notority of the Radical Dreamers -- a band of thieves with one one member, her -- skyrocketed and led her to be one of the most feared thieves in all of Vohemar. Signs with her description -- a girl with blond hair and red clothing -- were posted up in major cities, so she learned to stay in the shadows to avoid detection.
Every day Kid focused on her hate for Lynx, pushing forward in her journey to find him and end his sorry life. It gave her own life a sense of purpose and provided her with a determination she never knew she could channel. And when she found him, she would make sure never forgot the name of the great Kid Ashtear.