#a2029

Pre-timeline Nico in Norway and her mentor Andrei.

As @cyberxbun dubs them - Little Blvck Fairy and Big Dumb Metalhead.

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Ah yes, Nico and @cyberxbun’s Tepes. The wild cards. While their personalities couldn’t be more far apart, their ‘live by my own rules’ streak puts them in the same lane. Tepes is a real life lorikeet - color personified, an open book, and sociable to the max. Nico methodically blends into her surroundings and changes roles as she pleases. Her restrained personality and obscure intentions often gets her into misunderstandings though… [3/5]

A chart of Nico’s known aliases, mentioned or used throughout the story. I had it mostly finished a couple months back, but decided make a few design changes last minute. Solar (temp name bcuz I’m uncreative at 2am) is kind of a PopStar!AU joke mentioned in passing with @cyberxbun, but I can say Nico takes upon the guise of Rey, Nima, Naomi, Aster (with and sans makeup), Andrija, and Nakia at least once in canon. Naomi is a bit of a special case, as that was her persona for 3-4-ish years during her time living with the Vinters and essentially a product of young Erika drinking a lot of emotional development juice before becoming the person she portrays herself as now. Every now and then, though, she still recycles that appearance as it is quite simple and unassuming. And while Nico rarely ever applies heavy makeup or bright hair on the regular, she knows just how to attract attention when a situation calls for something a bit more ‘loud’. Wigs for days, man…

Some hair design tings for the squad