Nerina Lif

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She cares deeply for others, but she's trying not to because of her tendency to lash out when she's afraid, and she is very, very often afraid. Her mind is, in her own terms, "slightly fractured". In our terms, that might mean unstable.[break]
Nerina wants to believe she'll heal, but thinks it would be safer for her to avoid everyone for now. She tried sweeping everything under a metaphorical rug, but it didn't work. Now, she vents her anger by going monster hunting. Nightly. Sometimes, she may lose herself in these hunts, and they'll last for days (though she's only vaguely aware of the passage of time). She eats rarely and bathes even more rarely, caught between two realities, unsure which is actually hers.[break]
She still tries to bounce back when she's faced with something negative, and she still loves music with a fierce passion, despite the massive amount of trouble it's gotten her in. She likes animals, too, especially dogs and birds. (Song sparrows are her favorite.) If someone comes to her with a problem, she will try to help them, though she may not succeed.[break]
Cathryn is an auditory hallucination Nerina fabricated while she was in jail to handle the stress. Cathryn appears to her during flashbacks and was almost constantly present back in those days. It is unclear whether or not she realizes Cathryn is not real.

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Her eyes and hair are still brown, her height is still five three, and not much has changed, honestly, except her clothes. Nerina's appearance could most kindly be described as "unkempt". The clothes she's wearing are tattered and reeking as though she hasn't washed them in months, and her cloak is worn completely through in places. (It seems as though she only owns a couple sets of clothes.)

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Nerina's life hasn't exactly been duck soup. Originally a citizen of Labrynna, Nerina lived on her family's pumpkin farm. Hardships started when she and her family didn't get along due to a conflict in interests (not a one of them appreciated the arts at all, her elder sister included), and at the age of fourteen, she packed up her possessions, whistled for her dog, and left. Later, she regretted her choice to leave them when friends repeatedly disappeared. Ryne… Leona... Darcel… Larisa… Nolana… all names that she remembers quite well. An especially bright spot in her memory was her mentor, Harper Ceridwen, but he too vanished soon after appearing, like a feather blown away by the wind. Despite all of these things, Nerina and CC, her dog, kept on their journey, always pressing forward. Not all towns enjoy jobless travelers, though, and they tend to attract no small amount of suspicion. Nerina didn't care; she found that when people realize you're simply a young traveling performer, they're slightly more sympathetic. Slightly, and not always, at that. The girl eventually ran into foul territory. For playing music, owning a dog without a permit, traveling without papers, and being unable to pay the resulting fine, she landed herself a year in a crowded jail full of people who had committed far worse crimes…
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Jail severely affected the innocent young Labrynnian; she hid in a state of shock for several weeks before two broken ribs brought on a brief fever and fainting spell. That's when Cathryn appeared. Cathryn was another inmate; oddly, she spoke only in rhymes, and swiftly took Nerina under her wing, teaching her to turn her light, musical hands into quick, killing hands. With guidance from her new mentor and friend, Nerina made it through jail, but it... isn't something she likes to talk about. In fact, she's not sure... she wants to think about it at all... [break]
She really didn't know what to do with herself after leaving jail, other than the fact that she knew she had to leave Labrynna, since there was obviously nothing left for her there. So, Nerina decided to head to Termina. By chance, she met a vigilante named Nero Antony, who was similarly hard-hearted toward the world, and they just… clicked. The two decided to travel together. They shared their life stories, they elected to room together to share the cost of board, and gradually, their hearts softened until both realized, "crap, my roomie's kinda sorta REALLY cute!" Due to a series of rather strange events — a shared dream, a poem, and… well, it was supposed to be "just dinner", but then there was a puppy, and a masquerade, and more, and more, until the pair fell in love.[break]
However, a wedding wasn't in the cards for the happy couple. Nerina's mental state had, even since before the jail, been questionable at best, and she knew it. She'd "lived in her own world", said some; others wondered if she was in touch with reality at all. Her "episodes" got worse and worse, and she finally decided to pull another runner. Two years later, she has finally resurfaced in the land of Hyrule.

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- is an incredible harp player and singer. (soprano, if you're wondering. her voice got higher over the years.)[break]
- hates out of tune music. has relative pitch.[break]
- goes by her middle name. seems to think it is her first name.[break]
- learned to use two single-edged swords (similar to Chinese nan dao, but longer, and with modified hilts and guards) in her two years' disappearance. she still carries her gauntlet, but doesn't use it much. the swords do not have names.
- would die for a dog.[break]
- really, really misses nero, but doesn't want to go back for his own safety.[break]
- loves her sister more than she'll admit.[break]
- doesn't like to stay in one place for long.[break]
- wishes she could settle down.[break]
- yes, that is contradictory.[break]
- that's just who she is.

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PLAYED BY NERINA

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Hanji Zoe - Attack on Titan