the short story

Originally an Ul'dahn street urchin, Emma quickly turned her life around thanks to bartending for nightclubs. She's since retired from club work, and irregularly operates her own smoking lounge (Light only) as a little passion project.

personality

- Detached and aloof despite an outwardly friendly and polite demeanor.
- Can have accidental moments of severe misunderstanding and being oblivious.
- Very slow to get particularly close to.

the short stats

Race: Viera, Veena
Height: 5 fulms 8 ilms (178.9cm)
Weight: 165 ponze (75kg)
Eye colour: Light green
Origin: Ul'dah (*renounced)Speaks: Common, Doman*Domiciled Lominsan

likes

- Sweets, spicy food
- Black nail lacquer
- Flavoured cigarettes (and fogweed)
- Blunt honesty

dislikes

- Beating around the bush
- Ul'dahn bureaucracy
- (Most) violence. Deserved slugs to the face need not apply!

does

- /say chat with primarily custom /em. Very heavy preference for these!
- Para, RARELY multi para. Two at most.
- Longer, less-restrictive passages will use [square brackets] (sometimes combined with /em).
- Both SFW/NSFW references (18+/mature themes, infrequent cannabis use).
- Speak with a slight accent.
- Have a rather foul mouth and strang(er) accent, when incensed.

does not

- Generally initiate often. (See the Hooks and Connections sections)
- Do any RP in any other language, aside from English
- Do /tell RP.

roleplay style

- Generally goes for mid-length, digestible paragraphs.
- One-liners when the moment calls for it.
- Uses both lore-friendly and real-world references.
- Opts for flexible writing that plays off of the other person.

good to know

If the Roleplaying tag is on, then WU/ts and IC approaches are fair game. Generally, you can consider that an open invitation.If the tag is not on, responses may not be guaranteed. This works both ways--if your tag is off, you'll be assumed OOC.

a little flirt?

Emma is characteristically a terrible flirt. Sometimes, she just isn't picking up what someone is putting down.*Comments that immediately zero in to sexual aspects will be ignored. Please, she's had enough of that from the club scene. Find some new material to work with.

ways to approach

- Introducing yourself normally. Strangers are nothing new or scary to a former bartender.
- Exotic eats, or just food in general. Bonus if you're a hunter or part of a hunting troupe; Emma has taken a recent interest in consuming flora & fauna of all types, and especially in cooking them.
- Bumming a smoke or asking for a light. Or just smoking together.
- You're a fellow Viera. Though this one might be a weird one, having grown up outside jungle culture.
- Incorporating some reference to any of the Likes/Dislikes, or Connections.

johnathon graves (NA)
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A rather unlikely romantic relationship that came to fruition, this Hyur managed to nail down the initially closed-off and overly cautious Viera by complete chance. Did he do it through songs and serenade at the Quicksand, or was it the dashing man's killer stew that won her over? Who knows.

lavern matsubara (NA)
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This Rava gleaner and Emma were pitted together in an exorcism attempt that never came to be. Despite that, they very quickly cultivated a friendship together. He can often be seen poking and teasing at the Veena, if he himself isn't a victim to Emma's playful whims at the moment.

heilagr svart ✧
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This Veena man is very close to Emma; after all, the two were few of even fewer Viera kits who had to fend for themselves in the harsh streets of Ul'dah. Though unrelated by blood, one might mistake them to be blood kin due to their hair colour and initial mannerisms.

liu hai
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Emma met this Doman noble at some point during her employ as a bartender. One drink was enough to convince the carefree Rava to strike up a friendship with her. Much of Emma's mahjong prowess and business acumen can be traced back to Liu. His most treasured gift to her? An abacus.

shiina aoi ✧
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This sweet Raen hailing from Sui-no-Sato served Emma her first taste of Hingashi. Shiina is singlehandedly credited with starting the Viera's unending hunger to discover new and novel foods around Hydaelyn. She still works at Umineko Teahouse, where Emma often stops whenever she's in Kugane.