Maella

- apphia means "to increase" and

-risa means "laugh"

- so her names basically increasing laughter,,

- joined the pony express services out of desperation. wanted to fulfill her mom & dad's wishes as their eldest daughter - for her to be able to have a stable job enough to support her younger siblings to get them into education. they were around lower middle class

- originally wanted to pursue painting/fine arts! she's good at it, but had to choose practicality over passion

- easily matches the vibe with daisuke with her cheeriness. they get along pretty well.

- does help with daisuke and/or swansea from time to time and visits the utility room when she's not busy in the engine room

- i don't have anythin to imagine her interaction with curly but she does help daisuke with getting away with the sweetener by rizzing the captain up

- 30/70 chance it works

- is surprisingly close with anya even though they don't seem to interact much. she loves to get into deep talks with her in any given chance or circumstances when it's just the two of them

- i'd like to think that she purposefully gets jimmy's name wrong every time and condescendingly laughs at every interaction w him cause she hates him THAT much secretly behind her air-headed and overly optimistic demeanour, but he's not probably able to tell the difference and doesn't care enough because she does laugh all the time. he does get pissed off and maybe has nightmares of her laughter 24/7

- "ahahahaha, me and jimmers are buddy buddies! isn't that right, jingle bells?"

-"it's jimmy. you almost got it right the first time."

-"right, my bad, jambalaya!"

-"..."

- she may not seem like she's emotionally intelligent, given the fact that she's always laughing at unnecessary moments, but she's really good at perceiving and handling the others' emotions

- lowkey a therapist w the advice she gives

- RARELY is serious tbh,,

- has a small scar across her upper left cheek near the eyes. she wears these shades so it's not that much noticeable.

- only one dimple at her right cheek whenever she smiles or laughs

- she's FILIPINO?!?!

- curses in tagalog