VRDET Character Profile: Arianna Mahtash Name: Arianna Mahtash Birth Name: Nexxus 3 Kline Nicknames: Ari, Tasha, Nexx Date of Birth: 31, Pyanepsion 3141 or around Oct. 31st, 1975 Apparent Age: 6 months/25 years old Species: Feline/Humanoid Height: 10"/5'7" Weight: 12oz./120 lbs. Eyes: Green/Brown Hair: Black and fluffy, long/Very pale blond. Ari used to go back and forth between black and blond hair, depending on whether she was working at TRES HQ or VRDET, up until one night right after her return from Marraketh. She has yet to explain what happened and if her reaction to requests for an explanation is any indication, it's probably better left unsaid. Rumor has it she traded that bit of genetic information during the Marraketh mission to save someone from public execution for a crime they had no idea they'd committed. Weapon of Choice: a well timed *pout* and if that doesn't work there's always a gun or sword nearby. Favorite Color: Black Favorite Drink: Jolt, of course! Favorite Food: French Fries or Dill Jelly Beans[tm]. Theme Song: "Paraoid" by Garbage 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 single black leather, fingerless glove on her left hand, 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. She spends quite a bit of time with her @nd in Commands, Katze and Damocles, and she has formed a very strong bond with each of them. Around TRES you'll find Ari wearing the prescribed uniform, always neatly pressed, with her hair pulled back. She'll still be wearing the glove as well as 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.