Alasta

Overview

Alasta is the main character of my Project. She is a swordswoman with barely any knowledge on how the world works.
She often relies on her charismatic nature and her skills to get herself from day to day.

Playstyle:

Alasta uses her snake slaying katana primarily and she carries it with her everywhere.
The sword contains the potent mantras invoked thousands of years ago and it gets hot in the presence of an evil snake.
Since she is now in the slow process of being posessed by a spirit burning with the flames of vengence, she deals fire damage sometimes.

Appearance

• Age: 24
• Hair: Long, cool red, spiky, ponytail that is held together with a white cloth ribbon
• Eyes: Teal and bright. Long eyelashes with a playful expression
• Lips: Light pink. Lip-gloss sometimes?
• Nose: Kinda big but cute
• Clothes: Since her home is in Japan, she tended to wear more traditional clothes due to where she lived. Now, she wears mostly business suits and street wear in hopes of blending in with American culture. Her signature look is a blue pinstripe suit and high heels with socks. She did not change what she uses to tie her hair.

Strengths:

• Does not mind stepping out of her comfort zone
• Traditions and expectations are secondary, constantly has a knack for sticking out (even unintentionally due to her flamboyant style)
• Likes to inject artistic creativity into her words and actions
• Feels like the world is meant to be felt and experienced.
• Highly observant. She's not great at understanding people, but if someone acts differently from what she knows, she will notice.
• Talkative, witty, and almost never runs out of things to discuss.
• Happiness and satisfaction stems from the time she spends with the people she enjoys being with.

Weaknesses:

• Sensitive. When criticized, she feels like she is backed into a corner. This is mostly due to her living on her own and her lack of understanding why anything about her should be considered wrong. Since her choices have never failed her, why should they be wrong?
• Ignores and avoids verbal conflict entirely. She'd much rather settle disputes with her fists and if that isn't an option, she'd rather move onto something fun.
• Would rather indulge in fun in-the-moment activities while her long-term goals suffer, since she isn't good at planning. The only long-term goal she remembers is her goal for revenge, which she remembers solely because she treats it like a short-term goal.
• She also grows quite bored of deep, philosophical conversations or analysis of anything. She has her own personal opinions, of course, but she does not like hurting her pretty head over politics and things that bore her.
• She takes things as they come. She wonders, "Why think about the consequences of anything, when those can be dealt with later also?"
• She finds joy in the journey rather than the destination. In fact, she'd often forget the destination. Her revenge goal has been a rather fun journey so far. The only reason she remembers the destination is the pain that lingers from the wrongdoings that were dealt to her in addition to all the spider lilies at her home, and the color of her hair that resembles the lilies. These things in addition to the song of vengeance getting stronger in her head keeps her on the track to revenge.

Romance:

• Believes it to be something to be enjoyed by both parties. Talks about the future and commitment scare her. She's never been in a relationship before but it's solely of her own choosing. She has never been in a relationship but this is over her own choosing. To her, relationships are scary and life-draining. Due to her upbringing, she believes relationships involve a lot of responsibilities and commitment, and is therefore not worth her time. Why have a relationship when you could just have a lot of friends?
• She does not like being asked if she is single, since it is an indication of the opposite party wanting more than friendship. Thinking too deeply about the goals of the other person would then stress her out so she'd much rather look for friendship elsewhere. Of course, if a friend of her were to approach her romantically, she might consider it. She is honest and if she did not want it, she would just say so, without severing the friendship.
• Her partner would have to be someone who excites her as much as she thinks she excites others. They would also need a lot of stamina, undiscovered patience, and does not necessarily need a sweet attitude. All Alasta would care for (if at all) is their sense of humor, tact and wit, and similar interests. Additionally, they cannot judge her actions seriously or she will probably need time away from them to sort out her thoughts, which is a process not too fun for her.
• If she were to settle into a relationship however, she would likely stay with this person for a very, very long time. She believes relationships are a commitment, therefore, she would only get together with someone who she'd like to share everything with and someone who would not waste her precious time for enjoying life.

Friendships:

• Loves hanging out with people who shares her crazy fun ideas and plans. If someone judges and lectures her, she's likely going to be turned off from hanging out with this person.
• Uses an alluring combination of blunt truths and disarming openness and charm to keep things moving for her. She often attracts people to her, but it's hard to find people who stick to her crazy antics. She has a lot of friends back home, but in the city, many see her as a hazard.
• Has a short attention span with people that can make her seem shallow and careless, but the truth is, she tends to focus on what's important to her first and foremost, and she expects others to understand that sentiment. Because of this, if she were ignored by someone, she would not be deeply offended, instead she would mope for two seconds then move on to what else could be done.
• Enjoys deep connections and long-term friends, especially when things get comfortable and they start discussing deep topics with each other. This is the only time she might share her personal opinions.