Post by Suji on Aug 6, 2009 4:07:25 GMT -5
Name: Suji Clarke
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Hometown: Greater Tristate Area
Nationality: American
Languages Spoken: Fluent English, Proficient Spanish, Proficient French, Some Korean
Description:
Suji can barely remember back to a time before the Yeerks; it was another lifetime ago for her, and she’s become what seems like a whole new person. Gone are the days of manicured nails and expensive haircuts—and while the end of the world doesn’t do much for one’s sense of style, she’d probably confess that she appreciates her body more now. After all, it was still hers, and that counted for a fair bit now.
Born and raised in America, Suji is of Korean descent: her mother is Korean, and her father is half-Korean, half-Caucasian. Her dark hair is generally kept tied back for utility’s sake (though something that smacks of vanity has kept her from completely lopping it off). She’s a little on the thin side these days, but really, what person that doesn’t get three hots from a Yeerk food vendor isn’t a few pounds lighter than they’d like to be? It’s obvious that she had a solid middle (perhaps even upper-middle) class upbringing: white teeth that were straightened by a couple years of braces, and relatively unblemished skin.
Skills:
Personality:
She was a different person before the invasion. And of course everyone was different, but she would have claimed that she was beyond even that standard. Before, Suji was a popular kid getting straight A’s and leading a few clubs at her public high school. She’d sent out college applications to some pretty lofty places (more Ivy Leage than not). But she wasn’t just smart: she’d been vain, and on the cruel side. It was what tended to happen to kids that were gifted with stable families, attractive features, and an aptitude for schoolwork: they got content with being the best (or at least counted among the select few at the top).
When the war broke out and everything started to hit the fan, it was like a switch flipped. Now, Suji would have liked to believe that it was her true inner nature surfacing, but she couldn’t really be sure. She feels driven, actually challenged for one of the first times in her life: there is something bigger than just taking a standardized test and hoping for a scholarship. And if you failed, there was no make-up exam or extra credit or just studying really hard for the next one.
Overall, Suji is a person that understands people (or at least imagines she does—and her high school experience didn’t prove her wrong), and she’s also a person that will follow orders on the basis of their logic, rather than out of pure trust for the leader. As vice-president of the debate society (a deal she and a close friend had worked out), this type of attitude brought her more wins than loses (both in, and out of school).
Bio/History:
Suji had been in her favorite spot of the local library studying, whenever she heard the news. Or rather, she should have been studying, but instead she was chatting with a friend on her cell phone: the place was deserted, and the spot was secluded, so she didn’t expect any reprimand.
“Wait- Suji- ohmyGod! OhmyGod-whatisthat!”
Suji finally got (through speech broken by cursing and shrieks) that strange creatures, monsters, were closing off the exits of the mall her friend was in. At first Suji thought it was a prank, and did a quick search on Google to see what was happening: the results that came back were immediate and frightening. It was the first hours of the invasion, and many things had been put up. Consciously she battled with herself, trying to continue to write it off as a mass prank—but the truth was abysmally clear: it was happening everywhere, too damn fast. She stayed only for a few more minutes, in that time coming across multiple warnings about The Sharing (which likely came from the Yeerk Peace Movement, but there was no way she could know that).
The Sharing, which her younger sister had brought her parents to a couple months back, and they’d become as addicted as their child. It was about community service or something, and Suji had begged off of going, namely because she was a cabinet member of two Honors Societies in school (Treasurer of NHS, Secretary of NAHS) and she simply had no time for it, unless she never wanted to see her friends again. Still, she’d planned on going to a meeting for The Sharing in the upcoming weeks, to get her parents to finally shut up about it.
After a fated call to her mother, who urged her to come home at once (Suji wouldn’t tell her where she was), Suji started running. She didn’t follow crowds, and she avoided the enormous instinct to jump in her car—it would only get her caught.
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Hometown: Greater Tristate Area
Nationality: American
Languages Spoken: Fluent English, Proficient Spanish, Proficient French, Some Korean
Description:
Suji can barely remember back to a time before the Yeerks; it was another lifetime ago for her, and she’s become what seems like a whole new person. Gone are the days of manicured nails and expensive haircuts—and while the end of the world doesn’t do much for one’s sense of style, she’d probably confess that she appreciates her body more now. After all, it was still hers, and that counted for a fair bit now.
Born and raised in America, Suji is of Korean descent: her mother is Korean, and her father is half-Korean, half-Caucasian. Her dark hair is generally kept tied back for utility’s sake (though something that smacks of vanity has kept her from completely lopping it off). She’s a little on the thin side these days, but really, what person that doesn’t get three hots from a Yeerk food vendor isn’t a few pounds lighter than they’d like to be? It’s obvious that she had a solid middle (perhaps even upper-middle) class upbringing: white teeth that were straightened by a couple years of braces, and relatively unblemished skin.
Skills:
- Suji is very good at acting, though that's more out of necessity (it's a great tool in the war effort) rather than because she gets some kind of enjoyment out of it.
- She is also adept at strategizing and planning.
- One of her less obvious skills is cooking.
Personality:
She was a different person before the invasion. And of course everyone was different, but she would have claimed that she was beyond even that standard. Before, Suji was a popular kid getting straight A’s and leading a few clubs at her public high school. She’d sent out college applications to some pretty lofty places (more Ivy Leage than not). But she wasn’t just smart: she’d been vain, and on the cruel side. It was what tended to happen to kids that were gifted with stable families, attractive features, and an aptitude for schoolwork: they got content with being the best (or at least counted among the select few at the top).
When the war broke out and everything started to hit the fan, it was like a switch flipped. Now, Suji would have liked to believe that it was her true inner nature surfacing, but she couldn’t really be sure. She feels driven, actually challenged for one of the first times in her life: there is something bigger than just taking a standardized test and hoping for a scholarship. And if you failed, there was no make-up exam or extra credit or just studying really hard for the next one.
Overall, Suji is a person that understands people (or at least imagines she does—and her high school experience didn’t prove her wrong), and she’s also a person that will follow orders on the basis of their logic, rather than out of pure trust for the leader. As vice-president of the debate society (a deal she and a close friend had worked out), this type of attitude brought her more wins than loses (both in, and out of school).
Bio/History:
Suji had been in her favorite spot of the local library studying, whenever she heard the news. Or rather, she should have been studying, but instead she was chatting with a friend on her cell phone: the place was deserted, and the spot was secluded, so she didn’t expect any reprimand.
“Wait- Suji- ohmyGod! OhmyGod-whatisthat!”
Suji finally got (through speech broken by cursing and shrieks) that strange creatures, monsters, were closing off the exits of the mall her friend was in. At first Suji thought it was a prank, and did a quick search on Google to see what was happening: the results that came back were immediate and frightening. It was the first hours of the invasion, and many things had been put up. Consciously she battled with herself, trying to continue to write it off as a mass prank—but the truth was abysmally clear: it was happening everywhere, too damn fast. She stayed only for a few more minutes, in that time coming across multiple warnings about The Sharing (which likely came from the Yeerk Peace Movement, but there was no way she could know that).
The Sharing, which her younger sister had brought her parents to a couple months back, and they’d become as addicted as their child. It was about community service or something, and Suji had begged off of going, namely because she was a cabinet member of two Honors Societies in school (Treasurer of NHS, Secretary of NAHS) and she simply had no time for it, unless she never wanted to see her friends again. Still, she’d planned on going to a meeting for The Sharing in the upcoming weeks, to get her parents to finally shut up about it.
After a fated call to her mother, who urged her to come home at once (Suji wouldn’t tell her where she was), Suji started running. She didn’t follow crowds, and she avoided the enormous instinct to jump in her car—it would only get her caught.
