#edenpride

Physical disability/disadvantage

While it takes a lot for her to talk about it, Kasumi has suffered from her younger recklessness. Some of it has been covered by cybernetic work, but unfortunately, implants aren’t always perfect. Just as well, she hasn’t been able to cover everything with it.

Her most sensitive areas are probably in her right hip, which suffered extensive damage in the same incident that had severely damaged her eyes. While fully recovered, the hip has a higher tendency to break.

As the subject to her eyes, those have been saved by heavy cybernetic repair. However, they occasionally have problems with light sensitivity, and as mentioned before, can fail on occasion.

An obscure interest

Kasumi has actually spent quite a bit of time studying batarian culture and the language— as much as a human can anyway. Much of this has to do with how she grew up with many of the constants in her life having been her mother’s work associates, who were, rather often, batarian. 

It’s probably one of the few things in her childhood that she keeps, though she’ll rarely talk about it.

Something or someone she downright hates

Despite her work and regularity in shafting people, she actually doesn’t really hate a whole lot of things or people, but as soon as hurting children or slavery is involved, things become very, very different.

Whether personal ties or just a philosophical violation, Kasumi can be outright severe when it comes to finding these sorts of operations. 

✦ : Fatal flaw

Miranda's absolute hatred for herself is a major flaw she has. It's played off as subtle in-game (at least imo), but she plays the perfect archetype for women who seemingly exude confidence but in actuality can't stand themselves and everything they do. Her origins as being created rather than born causes her to question her own sense of humanity, whether she's actually one or not, and oftentimes she doesn't think she is. Or,if she does, she asks who or what she was made for. She said she likes to know why she was created, placing her as a sort of auxiliary person in her own life. She constantly wonders what her purpose is, and for whom or what she should serve that purpose. Miranda's spent a long time ridding herself of her father's influence over her (especially so, being a trans woman), but there are always reminders that make her realise he'll never leave, and it brings up the hatred all over again. Her self-loathing bars her from many things, and in essence, she really doesn't think she deserves to be happy because of it.

❋ : Belief they have

Keeping onto the list of negativity, Miranda believes she's toxic to people around her, and there's a reason why her father sheltered her from everyone else. All ofthese beliefs stem from lingering roots from Henry's abuse to her (which is worse than what Miranda actually says). In the same light, her beliefs of being toxic also lead her to think that she's physically and emotionally incapable of being attached to others and to feel intimacy. This is prominent early in ME2 fromher aloof exterior and disinterest in making friends with Shepard. It's a defense mechanism to bar herself from being attached under the belief that they'll either betray or leave her, or vice versa. From relationships in the past, her thoughts have held true to her mindset, and it takes a long time to rid herself ofthese thoughts in a slow process of forgiving and accepting, if ever. It's shown it's possible with Shepard in-game, and her interactions with Kasumi have proven to be the most healing for her.

✪ : Critique they have about others

Usually their confidence. Someone who knows how to carry themselves in a room, but the truly good people, the people you want to keep talking to, they back it up within a few words. Physically too, they’re a little broader. Just a little more open. 

They may not guarantee a relationship, but usually, they know how to have an interesting evening.

Keiji… Heh. It was his smile. He had the audacity to smile at me, even when I had him pinned on the ground. Like a damn fool. -the smile on her face is surprisingly at ease, nostalgic-

Send me an "Excuse Me" and I'll tell you my muse's reaction to being Interrupted while...

7. Dancing at Home

The Normandy was in dry-dock, again, after their latest tussle with the geth and the Reapers. The apartment's fireplace was lit and the Commander hummed off-key to the melody of the song playing over the sound system. She moved her hips in some helter-skelter sembalance of rhythm, and didn't hear the apartment door open behind her. Shepard spun in a wobbly circle and froze when her gaze fell upon the man in her doorway. 

"Oh, no…" Neil went pale when he saw Mira coming towards the shop. He looked down at himself. His boss wanted to try out a new marketing strategy, and let’s just say it involved him in a cupcake outfit. His cheeks reddened, going from pale to pink in a matter of seconds.

Shit. It was bad enough having strangers see him like this, but someone he knew? Hoping she hadn’t seen him yet, he slunk back into the store, a metaphorical tail between his legs.

It was impossible to miss the large costumed figure retreating into the Upper Crust Bakery. She’d only come by to pay a visit (and maybe pay for some of those delicious pastries), but this wasn’t something she could drop so easily. Mira quickly followed into the shop, her beady eyes sweeping the store for the baked good costume.

@winteredcommander said: [[i logged onto my old ashley blog the other day and saw i was still tracking the osmacar tag there and got depressed. MERP just isn’t the same.]]

@kar-alorade said: [I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT OSMACAR]

[Osmacar and the stinto chats were along the lines of my thoughts.]