quicksilver || notekeeper﹢maiandros

[notekeeper.]

NOTEKEEPER.

‎—— BASICS

─ NOTEKEEPER / ” ??? > blōtmōnað ('november') > notekeeper "
── was 'named' by maiandros
─ cis female, she/her, sexuality undetermined
─ 12 moons old, ages real time, 12/1, sagittarius 
─ member of xx // xx rank
─ open to; minor and minor nonviolent powerplay, unprovoked attack, minor injuries
─ ask for; maim, torture, capture, major injuries
─ closed to; major and major nonviolent powerplay, murder
─ will; start fights, end fights, and run away ;; ?? difficulty
─ not inherently violent; will not attack, kill, or capture without reason. however, her terms of 'reason' are skewed, and she may attack out of seemingly nowhere. she typically attacks out of jealousy and or possessiveness over maiandros.

‎—— PHYSICAL

[  † • ° ` DOMESTIC FELINE ] ─ HEALTH ??%
── brief, sentence description
──  DETAILED DESCRIPTION  †
─ fur color; multiple shades of red. light base that grows darker along her back, face, paws, and tail tip. has one lighter paw and a lighter underbelly. 
─ fur texture; long, thin, and greasy. you can certainly tell when you touch it. typically looks unkempt and dirty.
─ skin color; light pink. nose, ears, paw pads, and skin.
─ eyes; light green. appear to be sunken in and they are prominently dark underneath. 
─ build; extremely skinny and lethargic. emaciated. how is she alive? very prominent ribcage, shoulder bones, hip bones, cheekbones, and spine. quite tall regardless and she has large feet as she did not grow properly into them.
─ eww; has fleas, ticks, and may potentially have mange. typically crusted over with dried blood... or fresh. notekeeper is a heavy drooler and has a very wet mouth. 
─ other; she is never seen without maiandros in tow. never. 
── INJURIES †
─ bleeding; usually always bleeding from somewhere. typically covered with bandages.
─ rotting; (zombification) appears to be rotting from certain open wounds. typically covered with bandages. gross!
─ sores; has large, bald sores on her haunches, shoulders, and neck. sore and itchy. caused by flea bites and by her collar rubbing.
─ broken nails; missing a couple of claws on her front paws after they ripped out.
─ ear scar; has a small scar on her left ear that resembles a t. self-performed, made to mirror maiandros’.
─ body scars; has a multitude of small scars along her body, predominantly covering her chest, arms, and legs.
── ACCESSORIES †
─ flea collar; too small, doesn't work anymore.
─ bandages; a lot of them, often bloody.
─ maiandros; he basically counts, as he is never not in tow. she carries him underneath his hips, helping him to move.
── WEAPONRY †
─ maiandros; ?? we will get there
── OTHER IMPORTANT INVENTORY †
─ notebooks; serve as a diary and journal, expressing both her thoughts and notes on how the world works. she has a lot of these, though only one active one at a time. carried by maiandros.
─ small trinkets; little objects such as keys and old coins. carried by maiandros.
── SCENT †
─ blood, formaldehyde, metal.
── ACCENT †
─ no specific accent, though she sounds nasally and talks slow. she is still learning how to speak, and this is displayed in her voice.
──  POWERS AND MUTATIONS †
─ PLEASE keep in mind that this list is not official. all powers and mutations still need to be purchased from the item store. i will be doing this promptly before roleplay!!!
─ mental bond; mental bond connection with maiandros. very strong emotional connection between the two of them. they feed off of each other directly, typically in negative ways. 
─ clairvoyance; notekeeper has a strong connection to the afterlife. she is exceptionally capable of seeing ghosts and spirits, though she has trouble discerning them from other living people. she doesn't truly understand what any of this means and may grow frustrated should anyone not see what she does, insisting she's correct. seeing that it's difficult for her to make sense of the situation at hand, she's quite uncomfortable as a whole with it all. 
─ zombification; causes certain parts of notekeeper's skin to appear to be rotting without much negative downside. much. 
─ odd organs; causes her blood to be abnormal and contain heavy amounts of metals such as mercury, zinc, lead, and gallium. 

‎—— PERSONALITY & MENTALITY

── ALL OPINIONS AND CHOICES ARE IN CHARACTER AND DO NOT REFLECT THOSE OF THE ROLEPLAYER.
+ friendly, affectionate, loving, 'considerate,' sense of justice, book smart, 
─ timid, anxious, naive, jealous, possessive, selfish (unintentionally), emotionally inept, dirty
† ─ DETAILED PERSONALITY
─ loves her husband; notekeeper loves maiandros to an excessive and highly obsessive extent. she takes him with her everywhere she goes, and you'll never be able to get her away from him. ever.  she prefers to talk to him over other people and may speak to you indirectly though speaking to him. she pulls the strings in the relationship, often speaking for him even if his opinion is differing from hers and silencing him when he does attempt to speak for himself. despite their relationship being inherently toxic and selfish, she truly does love him and has no intention of hurting him in any regards. she has trouble listening to and processing the feelings and emotions of other people, and her straightforwardness with him helps her feel more confident and in control in a world unfamiliar to her. 
─ caring and affectionate; while most people tend not to see this aspect of her for... understandable reasons, it's crucial to understand that notekeeper is not an inherently violent or cruel person. she has the same baseline standards of kindness that most people have. she loves deeply those that she learns to trust and wants nothing but the best for them... even if she has trouble doing so in actuality. she is capable of consideration, sympathy, and affection. 
─ jealous and possessive; perhaps notekeeper's biggest flaw. when it comes to maiandros, she is extremely prone to jealousy and possessiveness. having little social skills, she perceives social settings differently than others. simple kindness towards or from her husband is often taken to her as flirting, to which she grows fearful of him being taken from her or leaving her. notekeeper will grow aggressive and may be prone to attacking the 'object of affection'. this suddenness and senseless action may make her appear to be senselessly cruel and violent, despite that being far from the actual case. this jealousy is part of the reason why notekeeper frequently speaks for maiandros and refuses to allow him to talk to or interact easily with other people.
─ stubborn; she can be incredibly stubborn and hotheaded at times. whenever she gets her mind set on doing something, there's not much that can talk her out of it. maiandros serves as a strong voice of reason for her, and she's more willing to listen to him than she is anybody else. however, there are many times in which she refuses to let him talk and will speak out of turn for him, knowing that if she didn't, he'd do or ask for something different than what she wants. maiandros has learned that there's usually no point arguing or trying to change her mind when a situation is innocent and isn't (potentially) dangerous. other people may not know this and will quickly realize the same lesson. 
─ socially inept and timid; notekeeper grew up with no social interaction. none. because of this, she is only just now learning everything regarding the real world. she may have trouble picking up on social cues, holding conversation, saying the right things, and acting properly in a situation. she's not very in tune with her emotions and will allow them to control her. large groups of people can be extremely overwhelming for her as well as serious one on one conversations. out of comfort, notekeeper may speak to another character indirectly, speaking her thoughts to maiandros instead and allowing them to garner information in that way instead. she is also prone to act out of bias and may refuse to help someone who desperately needs it due to a former grudge, or even because they looked at her husband funny a moment sooner... or at least if she thinks they did. in addition, she may insert herself in situations that she should not be and enter areas which are typically restricted unless directly stated not to. she does not mean to disrespect, the thought simply does not cross her mind, nor does it make sense to her that there are areas she can not go. this applies for territories of groups. in addition, notekeeper has a baseline sense of justice, and has a desire to see wrongs righted... it's just keen to note that her idea of wrongs and righting are both differing from most normal people's ideas. 
─ naive and gullible; notekeeper is extremely book smart. however, her knowledge is limited. while she may be skeptical and untrusting of a lot of people, there is the chance for her to be easily manipulated by others. she may take things at face value and not second guess what's being said if it makes sense to her. after all, everything is new to her, and she has no life experience to reflect upon. however, keep in mind that maiandros watches her back and will not allow her to be taken advantage of by a person that he does not trust. he will warn her of danger and tell her who to avoid. she trusts him immensely, so she obliges with little to no question a majority of the time. however, there are cases where she has trouble believing what he says when there's enough reasonable doubt, although she tends to trust him regardless. 
─ intellect; while she may not have the most in the way of street smarts or common sense, she is very book smart. notekeeper has been reading books since day one and is extremely literate and has a large vocabulary. however, the bulk of her vocabulary and knowledge centers around science and medicine. growing up, she had access to some classic literature, but the majority of what she owned was scientific and medical journals. she has self-taught herself a good chunk of mathematics. despite an extensive vocabulary, she may often be unsure of what more common words and sayings mean. she enjoys talking in metaphors, however it's quite obvious that she does not understand what the bulk of them actually mean, and she can be seen misusing them out of context and messing up the term itself. one of notekeeper's notable flaws in her intellect is the lack of ability for her to understand the reach and severity of certain words in comparison to others with the same meaning, i.e. big, giant, and humongous. one of the most prominent examples of this in day-to-day life is her rushed 'marriage' with maiandros. while she undoubtedly loves him, part of her obsession can be interpreted to that of a very close and trusted friend alongside a sense of found family. the extent of what it means to be a married couple isn’t fully fleshed out in her head beyond the positives, and this is a part of what causes their relationship to be rocky and extremely one-sided at times.
─ writer; notekeeper can frequently be found keeping her own personal journals which serve multiple purposes such as a diary, journal, and dictionary. she most frequently writes down her thoughts and feelings, elaborating on what she did and who she has issues with. she can also be found keeping tabs on new knowledge that she's learned, even at inappropriate times. she likes to be able to note how certain things work and how others react to them, this way she can look back and make sense of these situations herself and appropriate herself into them should she be faced with them again. she tends to do this asap and may sometimes look as she is ignoring you or being disrespectful... she does not consider this and has no intention of coming across as such.  this specific hobby of hers is the obvious reason why she goes by the name notekeeper, which was 'given' to her by maiandros as a tease that she adopted permanently. 
─ doctor; while she doesn't make it extremely well known to others, due to reading journal after journal of science and medicine, notekeeper has strong medicinal knowledge. while she’s not necessarily passionate about it, notekeeper can be good in a pinch should her home be low on healers. however, keep in mind that she has never had any sort of hands-on experience throughout those years, and has only preformed enough healing to count on one paw. notekeeper also has very poor demeanor due to her weird obsession with maiandros, and the fact he is accompanying her only makes helping people more difficult. instead, she prefers to further her knowledge by studying on things that are already dead, and in turn she loves the idea of performing autopsies.
─ dirty; disorderly and... slightly disgusting. she is already rough around the edges when it comes to keeping up with her appearances, partially due to never having had to worry about it growing up. in turn, her fur is usually unkempt and dirty, and she faces issues with bugs such as fleas. in comparison to herself, she takes great care into keeping up with the way that maiandros looks and is groomed. in all honesty, notekeeper doesn't intend to be this way, but due to being quite lethargic, it's extremely difficult for her to keep up with him alone, let alone her own appearances, room, and belongings. on top of her blatant lack of squeamishness towards things that people typically see as disgusting, it's extremely easy for her to lose track of keeping clean and going excessive periods of time living in a dirty room and neglecting herself. 
─ sickly; notekeeper tends to have a habit of getting sick and feeling under the weather. she has a weak immune system and is especially prone to common colds and flul-like symptoms. she also has chronic issues with migraines and nausea. with a weak stomach, it's hard for her to eat and stomach her food. her nausea also can be a result from motion sickness, a side effect to her migraines, or seemingly out of nowhere at times.

‎—— HISTORY & FAMILY

─ gen 1, npc × npc / has no known siblings
─ ‘married’ to maiandros / ⅓ of baba / has had no past relationships
──  FRIENDS 
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── ENEMIES 
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── TRUSTS
─ maiandros; she trusts him more than anybody. while she may not always listen to him, she usually believes almost everything that he says.
─ testimony; ?? 
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── DISTRUSTS 
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† ─ DETAILED HISTORY
─ notekeeper lived alone for the bulk of her life growing up. she never had any sort of remembrance of who her parents or family could be, nor can she even recall ever seeing them. from what was presumably day one, she was alone and left to fend for herself. she never knew her name, and went a lengthy period of time completely without one. and so, she grew up on her own, taking it upon herself to learn the english language and spending countless hours reading and writing. it's not like there was that much else to do in her prison of a home. in addition to simple knowledge, notekeeper had to teach herself how to hunt and catch her own food, and she didn’t have much of anything to even catch and eat to eat other than rats.  such a diet caused her to not receive the proper nutrition to grow and resulted in her never properly growing into her body. while she was not physically trapped, persay, notekeeper could fathom leaving her home as she was fully aware of the looming fact that she’d not survive in the real world all on her own. this caused her to spend the first ten months of her life in social solitude with a repeating system of reading and learning and wishing she had anybody else there with her. after a while, she began to identify with certain words and meanings, specifically the term blōtmōnað, an old term for the month of november. 

after a long ten moons have passed, no longer able to bear the solitude and boredom, notekeeper finally took a chance worked up the courage to go outside. she was utterly fascinated with the world around her, and despite being extremely nervous, she slowly began to relax. she took small trips at a time, always making sure that she knew how to get home with clearly marked trails. her outings began to grow more frequent, and she never faced any sort of trouble. that was until she stumbled across maiandros, under the name of kleis at the time. she was fearful, but her curiosity made the best of her. growing closer to him, she realized his words were pained and his body incapacitated by some sort of trap. she cautiously approached him but seeing that she never learned how to verbally speak, she was unable to communicate with the coyote. in addition, she couldn't make sense of what he himself was saying and was in turn unaware that he didn’t ‘need’ or want her help. she stayed by his side, comfortable that his snapping and biting couldn't reach her, but still processing how she could help him out of the trap. at a certain point a good way through the long ordeal, kleis' body went unconscious and quit fighting, allowing for her to analyze the situation up close. after a long and dirty period of time, she had figured out how to dismantle the trap and was fighting to drag him home to patch him up. it wasn't clean or pretty on either of their ends. she ripped out a handful of her front claws digging at the trap and kleis' body was in very, very rough shape, but he was free. 

while kleis was still knocked out, she took it upon herself to clean up his wounds and attempt to care for them with what limited resources that she had in her home and collected outside during her brief visits. a few days passed before the coyote woke up, and once he did, the canine quickly realized that she was essentially mute. the two of them communicated briefly through written words, sharing their names and expressing the fact that she refused to allow him to leave… presumably until she knew that he would be safe and healthy on his own once more. in turn, he agreed to stay until that point, and he began teaching her verbal skills. at this point in time, she realized that the name she had chosen to associate herself by, blōtmōnað, was extremely difficult for her to pronounce. reading a word with no verbal association was completely different than trying to speak it on her tongue. instead, she began to address herself by its translation as the month of november, and she made many notes to help her learn language on her own. alongside verbal skills, kleis also took up teaching her about the real world outside of her home. eager to further her knowledge, she did the same as she did before, and filled journal after journal with everything that he taught her. amused by her dedication, kleis made the offhand comment calling her a notekeeper, to which the girl, confused yet endeared, began to call herself. although kleis quickly clarified the meaning of nicknames and jokes to her, she did not seem to care and adopted her new name. endeared, she began to call kleis by a new name, wanting to return the favor, which is why he began to start going by maiandros. while he presumed it to be a nickname, he learned too late in time that she did not see the name as a nickname, but rather a completely new one. although strongly against this, he realized that he didn't exactly have a choice. besides, it's not like he was going to be living here with her much longer. 

that was what he had thought, at least. although it had seemed to be healing well, maiandros' wound suddenly grew infected, and it spread quickly. despite arguing with her, notekeeper had to amputate the worse off of his two legs. despite doing this in a professional way, it didn't solve the bulk of his trouble. maiandros quickly began to lose feeling in the lower half of his body and was no longer able to move around on his own. living alone was no longer an option for him... not that notekeeper was going to allow him to leave without her in tow anyways. the more that time went on, the more that she worried that even despite his injuries and newfound paralysis, that he was going to end up leaving her. and then, with him gone, she was going to be on her own once more. and so, she grew more and more latched onto him, refusing to let him do anything in peace and on his own, even for simple tasks, and it became more aware to maiandros himself that even despite his growing frustrations, he wasn't going to be able to escape his fate with her. as time passed, his wounds closed, but notekeeper still took it upon herself to care for him. she grew more demanding and obsessive, even so far as so declare the two of them to be 'married,' even though they never officially dated or proposed or got engaged or had a ceremony or so much as gave maiandros the option to say no. though it seemed that he knew that it was easier to just go along with her and make her happy... besides, he did like her... if just not in the same way. at least that's what he says and notekeeper will beg to differ. 

despite maiandros' wounds healing over, he soon was faced with another problem. one that notekeeper had tried to solve since day one, and had been managing for that short period of time... but only seemed to grow worse in time. maiandros is hemovoric and needs heavy amounts of blood to survive, of which notekeeper had attempted to supply him with. while it did help him for a while, she realized that she could not manage to provide him with as much as he needed in order to survive, and in turn, her husband seemed to be growing sick again. she was not big or strong or overall capable enough to bring down large enough animals for him to feed, nor could she find enough small ones to make up the difference, even hunting outside. while she'd offer him her own to tide him over, they were faced with the issue of not having enough, and the issue of the quantity of heavy metals mixed in with her blood. after long consideration, maiandros convinced notekeeper to leave her home and take him with her in order to find help from someone outside. reluctantly, she agreed, and the two of them went off in search... although notekeeper has little intention of this being a permanent situation. she does not want to share him.