General Description:
A black, long-haired kitten. Shiney coat, bright eyes, bushy tail, nasty
temper, *very* sharp claws and the inclination to use them. Wears a silver
colored chain with a small medallion around her neck. If you see Ari at
all around VRDET, this is most likely the form she'll be in. In humanoid
form however, she'll be wearing black. Typically; black jeans, a black
top, some form of black shoes, a small black canvas backpack and the same
medallion described earlier. She has a suprisingly good tan for someone
who spends most of her time inside a mountain and covered in fluff. Regular
exercise helps to keep her in excellent physical condition.
Around TRES you'll find Ari wearing the prescribed uniform, always
neatly pressed, with her hair pulled back. She'll still be wearing the
medallion but it'll usually be tucked into her shirt and out of sight.
She's much more formal around TRES HQ for some as yet unexplained reason.
Jihad positions:
Verthandic Rangers, Director of Explorations and Scouting
JihadWeb, Co-Webmistress
TRES Corps, XO, Omega Squad
TRES Corps, FAQ Keeper
Personality notes:
Ari is loyal and very protective of friends and posessions. She's also
adventurous and a bit reckless. It isn't something she can help. She battles
constantly between human and feline instinct. She has a tendency to get
impatient and bulldoze her way through things, especially when it comes
to minor details holding the show up. She might have little regard for
her own saftey but she would never intentionally risk anothers safety.
Ari has one major phobia, Dogs. It doesn't matter what kind, how friendly
nor who it belongs to. She won't go anywhere near one except to rescue
a friend [but it'd have to be a damn good friend holding something really
important and the friend had better be willing to pay big]. Dogs are greeted
with a high pitched screech that makes Mariah Carey sound like a Bass Tenor.
People who deliberately try to scare Ari are never heard from again, so
don't push your luck. Did I mention her vindictive side? You'll have to
work extra hard to upset her otherwise, she's suprisingly laid back.
She is not a pacifist. She won't hesitate to speak up if she feels
something isn't fair or is wrong, but isn't going to interfere with anyone's
decision making. If she feels things are getting out of control she won't
think twice about stepping in, even if it means over-stepping her authority.
Physical Skills:
Extremely agile, flexible, and graceful. Keen vision and hearing as
well as sense of smell.
Can shapeshift if given time to learn the physicality of whatever she
wants to change into. [currently only between human, cat, mist, shadow.]
New things take time and much practice. Ari has been trying to learn raven
since she was 5 and dolphin since she was 11 and hopes to be successful,
at least in one, sometime soon.
Mild telepathic abilities.
Teleports at will, can move others. Limitations apply.
Combat Skills:
Posesses decent hand to hand combat skills and a few sneaky moves and
dirty tricks. Prefers to use technology regardless of any natural talent
for hand to hand. She could be quite formidable if she'd ever practice.
Above average swordsmanship skills.
Skilled at a suprising number of modern weapons. No experience with
watercraft of any kind and not likely to ever be eligible for the AAA Good
Drivers club either..
Due to her shapeshifting abilities, she has an advantage where stealth
is required, for obvious reasons.
Other Skills:
Multi-lingual. Pick a language, almost any language.
Disadvantages:
Has had no formal education. Knows very little about earth and it's
customs, history, and cultures. Her knowledge of society, it's standards
and customs is limited to what she's picked up from Katze and those she's
worked with since being here.
Her speech patterns are unusual, at best, however she's come along
quite a bit since her arrival. She is easily enough understood if you're
paying attention, familiar with her and so long as she isn't excited.
She's not the most mature person in the world, a bit finicky, prissy
and spoiled at times, just like a cat. She also likes to go out at night
and often won't bother to come home until dawn.
Has little sense of time, could and will stare off into space for a
month if something doesn't distract her first. Unlike most, she doesn't
require sleep very often. She can go for a week without sleeping and remain
perfectly coherent. The longer she's awake, the longer she must sleep to
get rested up.
History:
Nexxus was born at the dimensional coordinates of 00-00-07, to an Eternian[1]
mother and a Human father. Unlike in the Human world, where children have
a nearly incaluable chance of inheriting this or that from one parent or
decendant etc. Children who have one Eternian parent and an "other" parent
have a 50/50 chance of being 100% "whatever" or 100% Eternian. Nex is 100%
Eternian.
She grew up a ward of the Empire of Chi-Lin and therefor served all
her capable childhood and the first part of her adult life in service to
their army. She remained voluntarilly for a few years after reaching the
age of independence. And wandered around for about a year before finding
her way into the Jihad Universe.
[1] Eternians are a race of time and matter manipulators. Cosmic driffters by nature, 99% are born far from their own dimension and spend centuries upon centuries wandering around before going home. It's is very rare to find two Eterns in one place. It should be noted that all Eternians possess abilities, what they possess is limited only by their devotion to the practice, speed and sometimes their location. It should also be noted that it can take years and even centuries to learn new abilities.