Permissions and stats
Age: 17
Height: 158 cm (5'2")
Weight: It's never stated. I'm guessing around 110-ish.
Medical Info: Nothing special. She's pretty healthy.
Eyes: Green with swirled pupils. Don't ask me how that works physiology-wise.
Hair: Blond
Physical traits: Pretty athletic. Her hair is long, and usually sticks up in several places; she tends to braid things into it, like feathers and chunky beads. Typically doesn't wear a lot of clothing, for two reasons. The first is that most of Spira is very warm, (and tropical in several places) and it's just more comfortable when you're traipsing around a monster-filled, humid environment. The second is that she's a thief, and since that presents a need to be quick and agile, some clothing may be restricting, such as shirts with sleeves or long pants. Not a klepto, srsly.
What's Okay To Mention Around Her: Pretty much anything! She worries a lot and sometimes over-analyzes things, but even if she's outwardly stricken with emo, she will usually smile and keep things in the light-hearted spectrum. Spira's an odd sort of place, though... so, some things will confuse her at first.
Abilities: Rikku is a thief and chemist. Not so much in FFX-2, where you have to use the garment grid to be an alchemist... but she was the item-mixer in FFX, and I'm pretty sure you don't forget that shit overnight. Stealing things and mugging people goes without saying, though. She's also pretty competent in hand-to-hand combat, usually with knives. Her strengths are in agility and speed-- strength isn't much of a necessity with dual-blades, as she typically lands a two-hit combo. Has TONS of items, though, since she can make her own. I'm going with the items available in X-2, and there's a list over here.
Notes for the Psychics: Feel free to get pinged by unsaid angst. Rikku's world has been through some serious crap for the last thousand years, and her race of people have probably had it the worst. She spent most of her life seeing her people persecuted for a belief that was never her own, simply for using machines. According to that belief system (named Yevon), use of machines (or machina) supposedly caused a huge thing called "Sin" to destroy people for relying on them too much. This led to her people's home being destroyed a few times, because they didn't follow said religion, and believed that technology can be used to help the world. She's also really worried about what's going on back home, because there's some serious stuff going down with spoilers, ghosts, and evil robots.
Can I shapeshift/bodyswap/spit at/step on/etc?: Sure, but contact me if it's something you're unsure about.
Kissing/Hugging/Other non-violent physical contact: Casual contact is okay, but flirting probably earns you some nervous awkwarding.
Maim/Murder/Death: I don't mind injuries, but get in touch with me about the death thing beforehand.
Cooking: There's usually a barkeep aboard the airship belonging to Rikku's group. Although I'm pretty sure that someone who cooks up bombs with dangerous chemicals can follow a recipe, she's also pretty clumsy. Be afraid of possible fires. ^^;
Al Bhed: In-canon, Rikku's people have their own language. Rikku speaks English primarily, but still slips into Al Bhed from time to time. Once translated, it comes through like this. Unless it's some strange circumstance, it'll always be formatted this way. I've seen some muns who type up whole entries in Al Bhed... and I think it's more than a little annoying, so we'll just assume camp translates it for you.
Apparently, there are also some people who've had enough time on their hands to come up with Al Bhed translators, the majority of which operate like babelfish's bastard lovechild.