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Canon Character and Series: Ahiru/Princess Tutu // Princess Tutu
In-Game Name: Ahiru
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Current Residence: Traveling Theatre Ship (Roaming)
Position & Ship: Traveling Theatre Ship, part time deckhand and ballerina.
Appearance: Ahiru is a somewhat awkward, short teenage girl. She's not especially pretty, with overly large blue eyes and a touch of speckles around her nose. But she keeps a bright smile on as often as she can, lighting up her face and making it glow. Her long orange hair is usually done up in a tight braid, or put up in a bun with a band to keep it in place as she dances. One lock of hair sticks up atop her head, looking conspicuously like a feather.
Since she is a dancer, she often wears leotards for practice and then showier costumes for performance. When not dancing, she usually wears light, airy clothing in bright colors. She's particularly fond of an outfit consisting of a white turtleneck and yellow, strangely duck-like shorts.
Personality: She is genuinely optimistic and happy. Situations that would make others give up or fall into despair she handles with a smile and perseverance. She is no stranger to misfortune given her clumsy ways, but at the same time it’s taught her to take everything in stride. If the world doesn’t turn out the way she has hoped Ahiru will keep striving for the sake of those she cares about.
As said before, Ahiru is often awkward and clumsy. She seems to be completely inept at certain things such as dancing which, considering the type of ship she’s on, is a bit strange. That’s why she usually has to take on the ship’s extra jobs to make up for her clumsiness, but she tackles these with the same optimism she has in other modes of life. Despite her utter lack of grace, she commands a strange stage presence due to her amiable nature.
Also, after having been told for as long as she can remember that she is a duck transformed into a girl, she's taken on many of the bird's mannerisms, including letting out the occasional, "Quack," which leads her to clamp a hand over her mouth in embarrassment. She also tends to talk rather loudly and nonsensically when she’s embarrassed or excited.
Abilities/Weapons: Coming from a magically inclined family she has some knowledge of the arts, but as with most things she’s not very good at using them. Instead, she relies more upon her natural athleticism in times of dire need. But her friends are always with her, and as long as she has them she isn’t in want of any special skill. She is also usually very quick to perk back up from a low note; she doesn’t dwell over the past when the future is just ahead.
Weaknesses: To reiterate, her magic skills aren’t very strong. It’s likely that they would only be useful for some amusement, but not very useful in a fight. She also tends to be far too trusting of people, believing that there is always good in people, which could hurt her at some point.
History: It was never the role meant for her. She wasn't the ugly duckling that became a beautiful swan in the end, like the old man wanted. She was clumsy, silly Ahiru, apply named. He had told her that she was nothing more than a duck masquerading as a girl; that was her role and she accepted it without question.
She couldn’t remember her life before Drosselmeyer found her. ‘Found her,’ as he said, by the side of a pond, a tiny duck with a heart too big for such a small form. He had taken her in and turned her into a girl. Thus, she had become a part of his ever evolving story.
He took her and the other children he had kidnapped and made them act in the roles he set for them. But Ahiru was different. As much as she tried, she didn’t have the grace of “Princess Tutu,” the beautiful and tragic princess who died for the one she loved, disappearing in a wash of bubbles. That was where her story was supposed to end.
She couldn’t master the delicate poses needed to portray Princess Tutu. While she was overcome with the want to do so, something inside herself always pushed her back. Was this her true role? Her real form was that of a duck, wasn’t it? In the end, a duck was only a duck and could never be a swan. She was only a duck and could never be Princess Tutu.
The only action she was capable of that even somewhat resembled the story laid out for Princess Tutu was to die. She could die as Drosselmeyer wanted, and complete her place in the story. But on his stage, Ahiru could not bring herself to die. Even when it was only an act, a practice for the real ballet of their lives, she couldn’t do it. Her body stopped mid step and she tottered on the stage.
Was this right? Why did fate call for her to die like this? She wanted to stay with all her friends! It was a play and not a play; it was her real life. Princess Tutu died, but did Ahiru really have to? The story came to a grinding halt and Ahiru could no longer make sense of it all. Had she broken destiny itself?
Then, he died.
She and the other children finally learned the truth. They were not the people the man had told them they were. Ahiru was not Princess Tutu. Then, that meant that she wouldn’t have to follow the events of the story anymore! While some of the children struggled with relinquishing their past, she was one of the first to accept it and move on, because it meant that she would be able to spend the rest of her days with the people she cared about.
With that in mind, she and her friends soon joined a traveling theatre ship and have been there ever since.
In-Game Name: Ahiru
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Current Residence: Traveling Theatre Ship (Roaming)
Position & Ship: Traveling Theatre Ship, part time deckhand and ballerina.
Appearance: Ahiru is a somewhat awkward, short teenage girl. She's not especially pretty, with overly large blue eyes and a touch of speckles around her nose. But she keeps a bright smile on as often as she can, lighting up her face and making it glow. Her long orange hair is usually done up in a tight braid, or put up in a bun with a band to keep it in place as she dances. One lock of hair sticks up atop her head, looking conspicuously like a feather.
Since she is a dancer, she often wears leotards for practice and then showier costumes for performance. When not dancing, she usually wears light, airy clothing in bright colors. She's particularly fond of an outfit consisting of a white turtleneck and yellow, strangely duck-like shorts.
Personality: She is genuinely optimistic and happy. Situations that would make others give up or fall into despair she handles with a smile and perseverance. She is no stranger to misfortune given her clumsy ways, but at the same time it’s taught her to take everything in stride. If the world doesn’t turn out the way she has hoped Ahiru will keep striving for the sake of those she cares about.
As said before, Ahiru is often awkward and clumsy. She seems to be completely inept at certain things such as dancing which, considering the type of ship she’s on, is a bit strange. That’s why she usually has to take on the ship’s extra jobs to make up for her clumsiness, but she tackles these with the same optimism she has in other modes of life. Despite her utter lack of grace, she commands a strange stage presence due to her amiable nature.
Also, after having been told for as long as she can remember that she is a duck transformed into a girl, she's taken on many of the bird's mannerisms, including letting out the occasional, "Quack," which leads her to clamp a hand over her mouth in embarrassment. She also tends to talk rather loudly and nonsensically when she’s embarrassed or excited.
Abilities/Weapons: Coming from a magically inclined family she has some knowledge of the arts, but as with most things she’s not very good at using them. Instead, she relies more upon her natural athleticism in times of dire need. But her friends are always with her, and as long as she has them she isn’t in want of any special skill. She is also usually very quick to perk back up from a low note; she doesn’t dwell over the past when the future is just ahead.
Weaknesses: To reiterate, her magic skills aren’t very strong. It’s likely that they would only be useful for some amusement, but not very useful in a fight. She also tends to be far too trusting of people, believing that there is always good in people, which could hurt her at some point.
History: It was never the role meant for her. She wasn't the ugly duckling that became a beautiful swan in the end, like the old man wanted. She was clumsy, silly Ahiru, apply named. He had told her that she was nothing more than a duck masquerading as a girl; that was her role and she accepted it without question.
She couldn’t remember her life before Drosselmeyer found her. ‘Found her,’ as he said, by the side of a pond, a tiny duck with a heart too big for such a small form. He had taken her in and turned her into a girl. Thus, she had become a part of his ever evolving story.
He took her and the other children he had kidnapped and made them act in the roles he set for them. But Ahiru was different. As much as she tried, she didn’t have the grace of “Princess Tutu,” the beautiful and tragic princess who died for the one she loved, disappearing in a wash of bubbles. That was where her story was supposed to end.
She couldn’t master the delicate poses needed to portray Princess Tutu. While she was overcome with the want to do so, something inside herself always pushed her back. Was this her true role? Her real form was that of a duck, wasn’t it? In the end, a duck was only a duck and could never be a swan. She was only a duck and could never be Princess Tutu.
The only action she was capable of that even somewhat resembled the story laid out for Princess Tutu was to die. She could die as Drosselmeyer wanted, and complete her place in the story. But on his stage, Ahiru could not bring herself to die. Even when it was only an act, a practice for the real ballet of their lives, she couldn’t do it. Her body stopped mid step and she tottered on the stage.
Was this right? Why did fate call for her to die like this? She wanted to stay with all her friends! It was a play and not a play; it was her real life. Princess Tutu died, but did Ahiru really have to? The story came to a grinding halt and Ahiru could no longer make sense of it all. Had she broken destiny itself?
Then, he died.
She and the other children finally learned the truth. They were not the people the man had told them they were. Ahiru was not Princess Tutu. Then, that meant that she wouldn’t have to follow the events of the story anymore! While some of the children struggled with relinquishing their past, she was one of the first to accept it and move on, because it meant that she would be able to spend the rest of her days with the people she cared about.
With that in mind, she and her friends soon joined a traveling theatre ship and have been there ever since.