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PLAYER
NAME/NICKNAME: Iola.
AGE: 19.
PERSONAL LJ: watchet.
TIMEZONE: EST (GMT -5)
EMAIL ADDRESS: kmarielevitt@gmail.com
IM SCREENNAME AND SERVICE: AIM: wild swirl
CHARACTER
NAME: Rikku.
AGE: Seventeen.
FANDOM/MEDIUM: Final Fantasy X-2 (video game).
CANON PULL-POINT: Post-game.
ABILITIES: Thievery: Rikku is a master thief! She’s been trained as such since a young age.
Engineer: Born and raised Al Bhed, she has a natural talent for working with and building machines. She is also an expert at creating explosives.
Rikku will be bringing the Horn of Plenty Garment Grid with her. Already in the Grid will be:
The Gunner dress sphere.
The Warrior dress sphere.
The Berserker dress sphere.
The Black Mage dress sphere.
The White Mage dresspheres.
Machina Maw can only be used the way it is in the game; when Rikku has changed into all of her currently equipped dresspheres.
Since Rikku's default outfit is her thief dressphere, I have not included it on this list.
CHARACTER BACKGROUND:
Born to a set of Al Bhed parents, Rikku was raised as most others of her race were-behind the walls of Home in the Sanubia Sands, away from the religious influences of Yevon. Bikanel Island is where she grew up; it's an out-of-the-way island that's basically just one big desert. She was pretty much raised in a garage, surrounded by tools and machina, her world's version of machines. As she got older, she came to understand the hate between her people and most of the rest of Spira, and grew accustomed to ethnic slurs and dirty looks anytime she set foot off of the island her people had dubbed a safe haven. As her father, Cid, was the self-appointed maytan (leader) of her entire race, she was considered a sort of “princess.” However, she has never embraced this position, and expertly avoids any mention of it; she also becomes quite annoyed and upset whenever it's brought up, even if in a completely innocent and unassuming manner.
When she was six years old, she got into an argument with her family and ran into the desert; there, she came into contact with a haywire machina which attempted to stab her. Right before it could impale her, however, her mother rushed in and took the blow, dismantling the machine before dying right in front of Rikku's eyes. Ever since, the girl has had a strong sense of family and won't tolerate her friends being injured in any way. Even though she often argues with her relatives, she would never abandon them or let them come to any harm if there was something she could do to prevent it. She has an undying strength of loyalty to those she considers important, and would willingly make the same sacrifice her mother did, if need be. This fierce love for others played a big part in her later decision to become a Guardian.
Just before her mother's death, she met a boy named Gippal; he had come to Home with his mother, without any trace of his father. Intrigued by his eye patch and the murky story surrounding his arrival on Bikanel, she was determined to find out more about him. Quickly (after a few minor scuffles, I'm sure), he and Rikku became the best of friends and were basically inseparable; one could call them childhood sweethearts, in spite of the fact that he was a year older than her. Also, Cid became sort of a father-figure to Gippal, and the one-eyed boy's mother assumed the role of Rikku's surrogate mother. It was a convenient, if bitter, turn of events that only brought the two young Al Bhed closer together.
A few years after she met Gippal, Rikku was at the oasis with Brother. A water fiend rose from the depths, and attacked her without warning. Still clumsy in the field of magic use, he shot a thunder spell at the creature, but missed horribly. Of course, he ended up hitting his younger sister instead, throwing her back into the rocks and knocking her unconscious. After suffering from amnesia for three days, she recovered her memories, but has never really forgiven her elder sibling for his lack of aim. Ever since, she has suffered from astraphobia, the fear of thunder and lightning.
At the age of fifteen, she found out that Gippal, was leaving Home. Rikku had no idea of where he was going or why-all she knew was that her best friend was leaving her, and the thought terrified her. Finding him the night before he left, she demanded an explanation for his abandonment. After he refused to give one, she told him that she had decided to become a Guardian for her cousin, Yuna. The two realized that they were both heading out for dangerous futures, and knew they might not see each other again once they set out. With this knowledge in mind, they made the mutual decision to make love for the first-and possibly last-time. That was the second time Gippal had ever asked Rikku to trust him, and she did so without question.
About halfway through the Pilgrimage, Rikku caught up with her elder cousin, and enrolled herself as a member of the diverse crew of Guardians. Quickly, she came to look up to Lulu (the resident black mage) and Auron (the resident warrior) as role-models. She and another Guardian, Wakka, became friends as well; however, Wakka was an avid believer in Yevon, and the moment he found out that Rikku was Al Bhed, he renounced their friendship. After attempt after attempt to prove to him that she was not a heathen, he finally relented and admitted that he liked her anyway, no matter her ethnicity.
Before Home was put under siege, Rikku received word that Gippal had joined an Al Bhed-friendly faction of the Crusaders. Knowing that the Crusaders had worked in unison with Al Bhed to create a machina to destroy Sin at Operation Mi'ihen, she assumed that was where Gippal had been stationed. With the knowledge that many of her people had died there, she sought out the one person she was positive would know her best friend's whereabouts-Rin. He told her that Gippal had already been sent to Home, so she knew he was alive, for the time being. As not all the Al Bhed got away on the airship, one of which was Gippal, there was an extended period of time where Rikku was under the impression that Gippal was either missing or dead, and he thought the same of her. Not until much later is it assumed that the two find out that the other is indeed still alive.
Just before Yuna's marriage to Seymour, the Guado launched an attack on Home. Desperate to save both the Summoners and her people, Rikku led the other Guardians into the bowels of the machina city to try and rid it of fiends. Unable to do much except slow them down, all of the remaining Al Bhed piled onto the airship, Fahrenheit, and abandoned their haven. In a last-minute act of defiance, Cid decided to destroy Home; the airship launched several missiles at it, sending the city back into the sands from whence it had come, along with all the monsters inside. Rikku's eldest brother, Keyakku, was killed before she and the other Guardians arrived on Bikanel to help; his death weighs heavily on her conscious, as she still believes that if she had been perhaps a few seconds faster or a tiny bit stronger, she would have been able to save him.
Two years pass after Sin is defeated; Spira finally has the pleasure of the Eternal Calm. During this time, Rikku changes rapidly (in character and dress), and travels all around the world to teach people about machina and its various uses.
However, peace doesn't last long; a new threat has arrived, and it's up to the Gullwings-Rikku and Brother's sphere hunting group-to clean up trouble. Yuna, Rikku, and Paine-better known as YRP-fly across Spira on the airship Celsius, beating down their sphere hunting competition and defeating fiends and corrupt Aeons alike. At one point in their journey, in the Den of Woe, Rikku becomes possessed by an Unsent called Shuyin, and actually attacks her comrades, under the delusion that they're fiends.
Also, Rikku meets up with Gippal again at the centre of the Machine Faction, Djose Temple. Immediately recognizing him, she tries to play it cool with her now-famous cousin and describes him as "alright." In turn, the eighteen year old boy remarks that he and Rikku "made quite the couple." Obviously embarrassed by this, she becomes flustered and can't really find anything else to say to him. This initial meeting is short-lived, but the two continue to run into each other as YRP makes their way towards Bevelle to finally reveal Vegnagun and expose Yevon's (and New Yevon's) secrets.
Note; All events that take place before FFX/X-2 are part of my personal background for Rikku. Almost everything that happens during this time, especially those dealing with other characters of the fandom, is subject to change at other muns’ discretion.
CHARACTER PERSONALITY:
Rikku is a bubbly and lively seventeen year old girl who was born and raised in Home, an Al Bhed settlement on Bikanel Island. She isn’t afraid to flirt, and will use her attractive body to her advantage. She loves to talk and sometimes waves her arms around when she gets excited. Whenever she does this, the circles and arcs that she draws in the air seem to have meaning to no one but herself. She tends to make humorous remarks in dangerous or anxious situations, and often speaks without thinking. Most people view her as a total ditz, but there’s much more to the package.
Since she is an Al Bhed, she can speak both her native language, surprisingly called Al Bhed, as well as English. Rikku has a strong sense of what is right and wrong (even though she’s a thief, born and bred), and will usually put another’s safety before her own. She's very caring and will often help out others whenever she can, even if it can mean getting into trouble. When push comes to shove, though, she’s an apt fighter and isn’t afraid to bleed or spill a little blood if she has to. When she gets really frustrated with one thing or another, she has been known to pick fights in order to “vent.” Sometimes, though, she can be childish and selfish, but over the years these instances have decreased tremendously. She has a fetish for toying with machina, and will gladly mix up explosives when asked or sometimes if she’s just bored.
It’s obvious that she’s extremely confident in herself, not just because of her garment choices, but also because of her entire demeanor. She’s outgoing, speaks her mind, and is rather egotistical at times. Insulting her is a chore, because she usually takes any lewd comments in stride, sometimes shooting back one of her own. I mean, when you think about her growing up in a house full of men in a community that didn’t discriminate based on gender, you have to believe that she can hold her own when it comes to bawdy jokes and the like. She knows that she can get what she wants, is aware that she’s attractive, and is perfectly willing to do almost whatever it takes to achieve a goal.
WORLD:
Spira is a planet covered mostly in water. Bikanel Island, far to the west of the main continent, is where Rikku grew up. It is literally a desert island, covered almost completely by the Sanubia Sands. Oases are few and far between, but travelling Hypello merchants always seem to stop in them with their shoopufs. Bikanel is where the Al Bhed, a race of machine-loving people, were banished after Yevon gained enough power, roughly 10 years before the events of FFX take place. All Al Bhed have blonde hair and green eyes with a spiraled pupil; this genetic mutation sets them apart from other humans on Spira, making them easily recognizable.
The geography of Spira is varied, ranging from beautiful tropical islands like Besaid to the icy peaks of Mt. Gagazet. There is even an entire forest made of crystalline trees and an entire prarie plagued by constant lightning storms. Luckily, areas like the Moonflow and Luca offer some reprise from some of the nastier parts of the world. Fiends generally run rampant in the more undeveloped parts of the world, but they generally stay away from larger cities like Bevelle.
There are several races on Spira. The Hypello and Al Bhed have already been covered; the only other fully humanoid race on Spira besides the Al Bhed is made up of those who associated with the religion of Yevon, and are referred to just as Yevonites. On Mt. Gagazet reside the Ronso, a race of catlike creatures with blue fur and large horns on their foreheads. Most stand around six feet tall, male and female included. They “protect” the mountain, and hardly ever leave its peaks. The last race is that of the Guado, who reside in Guadosalam, an entire city built beneath the roots of a great tree just outside the Thunder Plains. They are a very proud people, but prefer to keep to themselves most of the time.
Zanarkand Ruins is a curious sort of place in Spira. It used to be the site of a huge city, a mecca of technology and culture. However, one day a huge monster known only as Sin attacked the city, and it was completely destroyed. Now, Zanarkand is the end of the Pilgrimage that Summoners annually make across Spira. Though not a separate race, Summoners and their Guardians comprise a small part of the population of Spira. Summoners are the few who can speak with the fayth. The fayth are those who have, in the past, willingly given their lives in order to fight Sin. The fayth are stationed at temples throughout Spira (Baaj, Djose, Macalania) and present themselves to Summoners in various forms (Valefor, Ifrit, Ixion, Shiva, Bahamut, Yojimbo, Anima, the Magus Sisters), least often that of a ghost-like being. Should a Summoner’s prayers be heard by a certain fayth, they will be able to summon an aeon (Valefor, Ifrit, Ixion, Shiva, Bahamut, Yojimbo, Anima, the Magus Sisters), a creature that aids them in battle. A Guardian’s duty is to protect their Summoner throughout their pilgrimage, no matter the cost.
And chocobos.
OCCUPATION: Rikku will be like, a blacksmith/tinker combo.
SAMPLES
THIRD PERSON:
Rikku puffed out one cheek in semi-annoyance as she grabbed a wrench from where it lay beside her and used it to flick a blonde braid from her face, effectively leaving a smudge of grease on said puffed-out cheek. She dropped a screwdriver in the tool’s place, the clang of metal hitting concrete echoing around the garage, momentarily drowning out the station that she’d tuned the radio to. Listening to music was one of the few forms of entertainment that she indulged herself in, so she liked just about every genre. Today’s pick was just some slow ballad-thing that she had never heard before, but she really couldn’t enjoy the song thanks to the humongous jeep she was currently fixing-or, as she liked to call it in her mind, “the bucket of twisted scrap that inflicted pain simply by existing.”
Grumbling a few well-chosen Al Bhed curses, the blonde girl recalled exactly how early she’d gotten the call on this job (6:18 A.M.-she’d grabbed the first pair of shorts and tank top she could get her hands on), exactly what she’d had for breakfast (a generous helping of absolutely nothing), and exactly how much she was being paid to do this (she’d hardly be able to afford the parts to fix this thing). Not only was she a little tired and very hungry, but she was also broke, and therefore couldn’t buy any food to halfway fill her empty stomach. So here she was, flat on her back underneath a gargantuan excuse for a four wheel drive/hemi combo, just like she had been for the past four or five hours.
And to top it all off, she had guests that would be arriving soon. Lackeys, actually, whom she had hired for the day in order to get some of the larger generators and the like out of the hangar and into the open air for a change. They were pretty grody, and she didn’t feel like falling down again and having to explain to some random woman on the street why she needed her help bandaging her arm or putting a band aid on her back. Doctors and Rikku had never really gotten along, needless to say. Most of the machina was waterproof anyways, so she wouldn’t have to worry about electrocuting anybody. Hopefully.
Sighing with a more-than-slightly melodramatic flair, she let her arms slump to rest against the cold floor, the contact sending goose bumps up her skin. The thief bent her knees, knocking them together in time with the music, which she forced herself to listen to; a man was currently singing something in an amazingly low voice, the likes of which she didn’t think could have existed. She couldn’t help but give a wry smile as she rested the wrench on her abdomen and stretched her arm to the side, groping around for her toolbox. It was out of reach of her yellow-polished fingers by about a foot, and her arm moved in great arcs as she tried to grab it, muttering quietly when she didn’t grasp it immediately. “L'suh, pypo, tuh'd tu drec du sysy... L'sana!”
FIRST PERSON:
[video flicks on, showing rikku looking kind of flustered. she’s wearing her thief garb, and is tugging on one of her braids nervously.]
Y’know, when a girl’s dragged out of her own dimension into another one, she kinda likes to be asked about it first. Or told, at least. Don’t get me wrong-I’m always up for an adventure, but. Even this is kind of extensive for my tastes. And I have pretty unique tastes.
Like, this place isn’t full of memories masquerading as live people, which is pretty cool, but it isn’t full of chocobos or Hypello either, which makes it less cool. There is some nifty machina, like this communicator-watch thing, but... nothing else I really recognize. Not even any tall buildings like in Bevelle. [she frowns, wrapping the braid around her hand.] But Shiva knows I really don’t wanna be there right now.
Moving on.
[and now her expression changes; she gives a half-smirky smile, her spiraled green eyes glinting mischievously.]
Anyways, does this place have a name? It can’t not have a name, right? That’d be silly, and a place that brought the Great and Awesome Rikku here can’t be silly. Because I’m totally not silly-if I’m gonna be on an adventure in another dimension, I gotta be serious and calm and stuff. Like Auron!
[she struggles to make her face look serious, pressing her lips together and furrowing her brow. but she can’t keep it up, and she giggles as she reverts back to a grin. then her expression fades to something like puzzlement.]
Hey, can anybody even see this? [she taps the camera, getting up close-just one verdant, swirled eye is visible in the feed now.] Is it on right? I thought so, but just in case-
[she raises her voice, almost yelling now.] Hello? Hello! Hey, hi there, I’m Rikku! Anybody there? Answer me, okay?
[she laughs, pulling back from the camera with a grin. she waves cutely, and then the feed cuts.]
NOTES: I LOVE MY TL;DR APPS EVEN IF YOU MAY NOT...
NAME/NICKNAME: Iola.
AGE: 19.
PERSONAL LJ: watchet.
TIMEZONE: EST (GMT -5)
EMAIL ADDRESS: kmarielevitt@gmail.com
IM SCREENNAME AND SERVICE: AIM: wild swirl
CHARACTER
NAME: Rikku.
AGE: Seventeen.
FANDOM/MEDIUM: Final Fantasy X-2 (video game).
CANON PULL-POINT: Post-game.
ABILITIES: Thievery: Rikku is a master thief! She’s been trained as such since a young age.
Engineer: Born and raised Al Bhed, she has a natural talent for working with and building machines. She is also an expert at creating explosives.
Rikku will be bringing the Horn of Plenty Garment Grid with her. Already in the Grid will be:
The Gunner dress sphere.
The Warrior dress sphere.
The Berserker dress sphere.
The Black Mage dress sphere.
The White Mage dresspheres.
Machina Maw can only be used the way it is in the game; when Rikku has changed into all of her currently equipped dresspheres.
Since Rikku's default outfit is her thief dressphere, I have not included it on this list.
CHARACTER BACKGROUND:
Born to a set of Al Bhed parents, Rikku was raised as most others of her race were-behind the walls of Home in the Sanubia Sands, away from the religious influences of Yevon. Bikanel Island is where she grew up; it's an out-of-the-way island that's basically just one big desert. She was pretty much raised in a garage, surrounded by tools and machina, her world's version of machines. As she got older, she came to understand the hate between her people and most of the rest of Spira, and grew accustomed to ethnic slurs and dirty looks anytime she set foot off of the island her people had dubbed a safe haven. As her father, Cid, was the self-appointed maytan (leader) of her entire race, she was considered a sort of “princess.” However, she has never embraced this position, and expertly avoids any mention of it; she also becomes quite annoyed and upset whenever it's brought up, even if in a completely innocent and unassuming manner.
When she was six years old, she got into an argument with her family and ran into the desert; there, she came into contact with a haywire machina which attempted to stab her. Right before it could impale her, however, her mother rushed in and took the blow, dismantling the machine before dying right in front of Rikku's eyes. Ever since, the girl has had a strong sense of family and won't tolerate her friends being injured in any way. Even though she often argues with her relatives, she would never abandon them or let them come to any harm if there was something she could do to prevent it. She has an undying strength of loyalty to those she considers important, and would willingly make the same sacrifice her mother did, if need be. This fierce love for others played a big part in her later decision to become a Guardian.
Just before her mother's death, she met a boy named Gippal; he had come to Home with his mother, without any trace of his father. Intrigued by his eye patch and the murky story surrounding his arrival on Bikanel, she was determined to find out more about him. Quickly (after a few minor scuffles, I'm sure), he and Rikku became the best of friends and were basically inseparable; one could call them childhood sweethearts, in spite of the fact that he was a year older than her. Also, Cid became sort of a father-figure to Gippal, and the one-eyed boy's mother assumed the role of Rikku's surrogate mother. It was a convenient, if bitter, turn of events that only brought the two young Al Bhed closer together.
A few years after she met Gippal, Rikku was at the oasis with Brother. A water fiend rose from the depths, and attacked her without warning. Still clumsy in the field of magic use, he shot a thunder spell at the creature, but missed horribly. Of course, he ended up hitting his younger sister instead, throwing her back into the rocks and knocking her unconscious. After suffering from amnesia for three days, she recovered her memories, but has never really forgiven her elder sibling for his lack of aim. Ever since, she has suffered from astraphobia, the fear of thunder and lightning.
At the age of fifteen, she found out that Gippal, was leaving Home. Rikku had no idea of where he was going or why-all she knew was that her best friend was leaving her, and the thought terrified her. Finding him the night before he left, she demanded an explanation for his abandonment. After he refused to give one, she told him that she had decided to become a Guardian for her cousin, Yuna. The two realized that they were both heading out for dangerous futures, and knew they might not see each other again once they set out. With this knowledge in mind, they made the mutual decision to make love for the first-and possibly last-time. That was the second time Gippal had ever asked Rikku to trust him, and she did so without question.
About halfway through the Pilgrimage, Rikku caught up with her elder cousin, and enrolled herself as a member of the diverse crew of Guardians. Quickly, she came to look up to Lulu (the resident black mage) and Auron (the resident warrior) as role-models. She and another Guardian, Wakka, became friends as well; however, Wakka was an avid believer in Yevon, and the moment he found out that Rikku was Al Bhed, he renounced their friendship. After attempt after attempt to prove to him that she was not a heathen, he finally relented and admitted that he liked her anyway, no matter her ethnicity.
Before Home was put under siege, Rikku received word that Gippal had joined an Al Bhed-friendly faction of the Crusaders. Knowing that the Crusaders had worked in unison with Al Bhed to create a machina to destroy Sin at Operation Mi'ihen, she assumed that was where Gippal had been stationed. With the knowledge that many of her people had died there, she sought out the one person she was positive would know her best friend's whereabouts-Rin. He told her that Gippal had already been sent to Home, so she knew he was alive, for the time being. As not all the Al Bhed got away on the airship, one of which was Gippal, there was an extended period of time where Rikku was under the impression that Gippal was either missing or dead, and he thought the same of her. Not until much later is it assumed that the two find out that the other is indeed still alive.
Just before Yuna's marriage to Seymour, the Guado launched an attack on Home. Desperate to save both the Summoners and her people, Rikku led the other Guardians into the bowels of the machina city to try and rid it of fiends. Unable to do much except slow them down, all of the remaining Al Bhed piled onto the airship, Fahrenheit, and abandoned their haven. In a last-minute act of defiance, Cid decided to destroy Home; the airship launched several missiles at it, sending the city back into the sands from whence it had come, along with all the monsters inside. Rikku's eldest brother, Keyakku, was killed before she and the other Guardians arrived on Bikanel to help; his death weighs heavily on her conscious, as she still believes that if she had been perhaps a few seconds faster or a tiny bit stronger, she would have been able to save him.
Two years pass after Sin is defeated; Spira finally has the pleasure of the Eternal Calm. During this time, Rikku changes rapidly (in character and dress), and travels all around the world to teach people about machina and its various uses.
However, peace doesn't last long; a new threat has arrived, and it's up to the Gullwings-Rikku and Brother's sphere hunting group-to clean up trouble. Yuna, Rikku, and Paine-better known as YRP-fly across Spira on the airship Celsius, beating down their sphere hunting competition and defeating fiends and corrupt Aeons alike. At one point in their journey, in the Den of Woe, Rikku becomes possessed by an Unsent called Shuyin, and actually attacks her comrades, under the delusion that they're fiends.
Also, Rikku meets up with Gippal again at the centre of the Machine Faction, Djose Temple. Immediately recognizing him, she tries to play it cool with her now-famous cousin and describes him as "alright." In turn, the eighteen year old boy remarks that he and Rikku "made quite the couple." Obviously embarrassed by this, she becomes flustered and can't really find anything else to say to him. This initial meeting is short-lived, but the two continue to run into each other as YRP makes their way towards Bevelle to finally reveal Vegnagun and expose Yevon's (and New Yevon's) secrets.
Note; All events that take place before FFX/X-2 are part of my personal background for Rikku. Almost everything that happens during this time, especially those dealing with other characters of the fandom, is subject to change at other muns’ discretion.
CHARACTER PERSONALITY:
Rikku is a bubbly and lively seventeen year old girl who was born and raised in Home, an Al Bhed settlement on Bikanel Island. She isn’t afraid to flirt, and will use her attractive body to her advantage. She loves to talk and sometimes waves her arms around when she gets excited. Whenever she does this, the circles and arcs that she draws in the air seem to have meaning to no one but herself. She tends to make humorous remarks in dangerous or anxious situations, and often speaks without thinking. Most people view her as a total ditz, but there’s much more to the package.
Since she is an Al Bhed, she can speak both her native language, surprisingly called Al Bhed, as well as English. Rikku has a strong sense of what is right and wrong (even though she’s a thief, born and bred), and will usually put another’s safety before her own. She's very caring and will often help out others whenever she can, even if it can mean getting into trouble. When push comes to shove, though, she’s an apt fighter and isn’t afraid to bleed or spill a little blood if she has to. When she gets really frustrated with one thing or another, she has been known to pick fights in order to “vent.” Sometimes, though, she can be childish and selfish, but over the years these instances have decreased tremendously. She has a fetish for toying with machina, and will gladly mix up explosives when asked or sometimes if she’s just bored.
It’s obvious that she’s extremely confident in herself, not just because of her garment choices, but also because of her entire demeanor. She’s outgoing, speaks her mind, and is rather egotistical at times. Insulting her is a chore, because she usually takes any lewd comments in stride, sometimes shooting back one of her own. I mean, when you think about her growing up in a house full of men in a community that didn’t discriminate based on gender, you have to believe that she can hold her own when it comes to bawdy jokes and the like. She knows that she can get what she wants, is aware that she’s attractive, and is perfectly willing to do almost whatever it takes to achieve a goal.
WORLD:
Spira is a planet covered mostly in water. Bikanel Island, far to the west of the main continent, is where Rikku grew up. It is literally a desert island, covered almost completely by the Sanubia Sands. Oases are few and far between, but travelling Hypello merchants always seem to stop in them with their shoopufs. Bikanel is where the Al Bhed, a race of machine-loving people, were banished after Yevon gained enough power, roughly 10 years before the events of FFX take place. All Al Bhed have blonde hair and green eyes with a spiraled pupil; this genetic mutation sets them apart from other humans on Spira, making them easily recognizable.
The geography of Spira is varied, ranging from beautiful tropical islands like Besaid to the icy peaks of Mt. Gagazet. There is even an entire forest made of crystalline trees and an entire prarie plagued by constant lightning storms. Luckily, areas like the Moonflow and Luca offer some reprise from some of the nastier parts of the world. Fiends generally run rampant in the more undeveloped parts of the world, but they generally stay away from larger cities like Bevelle.
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There are several races on Spira. The Hypello and Al Bhed have already been covered; the only other fully humanoid race on Spira besides the Al Bhed is made up of those who associated with the religion of Yevon, and are referred to just as Yevonites. On Mt. Gagazet reside the Ronso, a race of catlike creatures with blue fur and large horns on their foreheads. Most stand around six feet tall, male and female included. They “protect” the mountain, and hardly ever leave its peaks. The last race is that of the Guado, who reside in Guadosalam, an entire city built beneath the roots of a great tree just outside the Thunder Plains. They are a very proud people, but prefer to keep to themselves most of the time.
Zanarkand Ruins is a curious sort of place in Spira. It used to be the site of a huge city, a mecca of technology and culture. However, one day a huge monster known only as Sin attacked the city, and it was completely destroyed. Now, Zanarkand is the end of the Pilgrimage that Summoners annually make across Spira. Though not a separate race, Summoners and their Guardians comprise a small part of the population of Spira. Summoners are the few who can speak with the fayth. The fayth are those who have, in the past, willingly given their lives in order to fight Sin. The fayth are stationed at temples throughout Spira (Baaj, Djose, Macalania) and present themselves to Summoners in various forms (Valefor, Ifrit, Ixion, Shiva, Bahamut, Yojimbo, Anima, the Magus Sisters), least often that of a ghost-like being. Should a Summoner’s prayers be heard by a certain fayth, they will be able to summon an aeon (Valefor, Ifrit, Ixion, Shiva, Bahamut, Yojimbo, Anima, the Magus Sisters), a creature that aids them in battle. A Guardian’s duty is to protect their Summoner throughout their pilgrimage, no matter the cost.
And chocobos.
OCCUPATION: Rikku will be like, a blacksmith/tinker combo.
SAMPLES
THIRD PERSON:
Rikku puffed out one cheek in semi-annoyance as she grabbed a wrench from where it lay beside her and used it to flick a blonde braid from her face, effectively leaving a smudge of grease on said puffed-out cheek. She dropped a screwdriver in the tool’s place, the clang of metal hitting concrete echoing around the garage, momentarily drowning out the station that she’d tuned the radio to. Listening to music was one of the few forms of entertainment that she indulged herself in, so she liked just about every genre. Today’s pick was just some slow ballad-thing that she had never heard before, but she really couldn’t enjoy the song thanks to the humongous jeep she was currently fixing-or, as she liked to call it in her mind, “the bucket of twisted scrap that inflicted pain simply by existing.”
Grumbling a few well-chosen Al Bhed curses, the blonde girl recalled exactly how early she’d gotten the call on this job (6:18 A.M.-she’d grabbed the first pair of shorts and tank top she could get her hands on), exactly what she’d had for breakfast (a generous helping of absolutely nothing), and exactly how much she was being paid to do this (she’d hardly be able to afford the parts to fix this thing). Not only was she a little tired and very hungry, but she was also broke, and therefore couldn’t buy any food to halfway fill her empty stomach. So here she was, flat on her back underneath a gargantuan excuse for a four wheel drive/hemi combo, just like she had been for the past four or five hours.
And to top it all off, she had guests that would be arriving soon. Lackeys, actually, whom she had hired for the day in order to get some of the larger generators and the like out of the hangar and into the open air for a change. They were pretty grody, and she didn’t feel like falling down again and having to explain to some random woman on the street why she needed her help bandaging her arm or putting a band aid on her back. Doctors and Rikku had never really gotten along, needless to say. Most of the machina was waterproof anyways, so she wouldn’t have to worry about electrocuting anybody. Hopefully.
Sighing with a more-than-slightly melodramatic flair, she let her arms slump to rest against the cold floor, the contact sending goose bumps up her skin. The thief bent her knees, knocking them together in time with the music, which she forced herself to listen to; a man was currently singing something in an amazingly low voice, the likes of which she didn’t think could have existed. She couldn’t help but give a wry smile as she rested the wrench on her abdomen and stretched her arm to the side, groping around for her toolbox. It was out of reach of her yellow-polished fingers by about a foot, and her arm moved in great arcs as she tried to grab it, muttering quietly when she didn’t grasp it immediately. “L'suh, pypo, tuh'd tu drec du sysy... L'sana!”
FIRST PERSON:
[video flicks on, showing rikku looking kind of flustered. she’s wearing her thief garb, and is tugging on one of her braids nervously.]
Y’know, when a girl’s dragged out of her own dimension into another one, she kinda likes to be asked about it first. Or told, at least. Don’t get me wrong-I’m always up for an adventure, but. Even this is kind of extensive for my tastes. And I have pretty unique tastes.
Like, this place isn’t full of memories masquerading as live people, which is pretty cool, but it isn’t full of chocobos or Hypello either, which makes it less cool. There is some nifty machina, like this communicator-watch thing, but... nothing else I really recognize. Not even any tall buildings like in Bevelle. [she frowns, wrapping the braid around her hand.] But Shiva knows I really don’t wanna be there right now.
Moving on.
[and now her expression changes; she gives a half-smirky smile, her spiraled green eyes glinting mischievously.]
Anyways, does this place have a name? It can’t not have a name, right? That’d be silly, and a place that brought the Great and Awesome Rikku here can’t be silly. Because I’m totally not silly-if I’m gonna be on an adventure in another dimension, I gotta be serious and calm and stuff. Like Auron!
[she struggles to make her face look serious, pressing her lips together and furrowing her brow. but she can’t keep it up, and she giggles as she reverts back to a grin. then her expression fades to something like puzzlement.]
Hey, can anybody even see this? [she taps the camera, getting up close-just one verdant, swirled eye is visible in the feed now.] Is it on right? I thought so, but just in case-
[she raises her voice, almost yelling now.] Hello? Hello! Hey, hi there, I’m Rikku! Anybody there? Answer me, okay?
[she laughs, pulling back from the camera with a grin. she waves cutely, and then the feed cuts.]
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