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7. Describe them in three words. Now let them describe themself in three words: I'd describe her as hard-working, messy & controlling. she'd describe herself as selfless, sexy & smart.

13. Name one thing their parents taught them: oh that's a good one for her, because she doesn't like her parents and they're pretty useless. probably......a lot of cons and scams and just how to think like a criminal which helps her out a lot when she starts doing rebellion stuff.

20. What do they like that nobody else does?: she likes to sing, specifically zabraki folk music and old workers/union songs. she, out of her siblings, was the one that spent the most time with her parents (a zabraki immigrant and a union ship builder) and absorbed their culture the most. she loves the music that they exposed her to, even though it has no relevance in her life anymore and her siblings don't know where the music she sings came from, and don't even understand the language of the zabraki songs.

10th of Flamerule, 1491 DR

Tonight , I was part of a group going out to invesigate the nearby haunted mansion that Lady Wei Min used to live in. Upon arrival, there were three froglike demons that we tried to quickly dispatch. Fortunately, we were able to take out two of them before the last one downed me. When I woke up after being healed, my precious longsword was taken away.

It felt like my heart and soul were empty. A piece of me was missing.

Desperate, I tried to search around the area for the longsword that was reminiscent of my master. I could see and hear Maximo being disgusted with me for continuing to search for the valuable longsword. However, I would not give up. Suspecting that the group knew where it was, I asked Maximo. He denied having anything to do with the smuggling of my longsword. However, he was lying. After finding him out, he continually denied its whereabouts and pushed to move on into the house.

Numb without the longsword, I was not able to help them with the fracas in the dining room. My soul cried out into the world, wanting to feel like it belonged to master again. Surprisingly, in return, I received a reply. "Alexios". His name reverberated in my head. Soon, I had time to myself to make the move to run outside back to the area as they took a break after the fight. I was then able to retrieve the longsword. I was ready and raring to go. After clearing a few more areas inside the mansion, we approached the top of the staircase into the 2nd floor hallway.

It was at this moment that my master's voice rang in my head again. Alexios told me to drop the sword as he had something better in mind for me. As we approached the top of the stairs into the 2nd floor, I threw the sword over the railing into the foyer. I could see Alora eyeing the sword while Maximo yelled in shock. I could hear their questions thrown at me, wondering why I would chuck such an important weapon away. I simply replied that I had no need for it any longer.

After, the party continued through the house. We were able to take down many of the mansion's inhabitants on the 2nd floor. In the end, I came out with one of the most valuable diamonds I had ever seen, which would be useful for at most 3 revivifies. I could not wait for Alexios's surprise as I skipped all the way back to the inn.

8th of Flamerule, 1491 DR

I found him. The one. Everything else is irrelevant in his presence.

At the beginning of the day,  Mistress Cala had gathered an assault to storm a stronghold to retrieve the two portal crystals. However, something must have gone wrong with the method of teleportation because we had people switching places with the other assault group back and forth. You could say that for one moment, we had the same people while fighting cultists and then the next it was the people from the other assault group magically popping into place where we had our people. Then, the fighting would resume. I remember popping from a heated battle into the aftermath of another one and vice versa.

At one point, I again popped into the aftermath of a battle and helped heal people up for the next fight. At this time, the group were investigating rooms. One such room was opened by Hal, and, curious as I was, I peeked inside. There was a misshapen mist. It darted away down the hallway. I decided to go and follow it by myself, which, the old me would have said that she should not have gone alone.

I was charmed by that mist that I now refer to as my beloved Alexios. Originally, he put me under a charm that was near impossible to break so I did his every whim and bidding. Under a haze, I believed his promises to keep me safe and unharmed, believing he was my very best friend who knew the best for my welfare. He secreted me away into a small room for my safety. Under the charm, I never wanted to disobey him and leave.

However, the group found me again and I refused to go with them because Alexios needed me here. They tried to convince me to leave but then suddenly the switch happened again, and I popped into a battle full of zombies. I was a little distraught that I left the cell involuntarily but I managed the best I could, holding out hope that I would see him again. Soon, we found ourselves exiting the building to arrive at a decrepit keep, its stones all fallen and leaving a crater in the middle. Small-scale fiends were there to stop us from obtaining the portal crystals but we took them down. However, a large dragon, later identified as a Nargacuga swooped down and almost killed us all. In addition, there were exchange portals to the other side that had the same portals as well. We eventually found that if we sent one over, then they could send another person back. It seemed we were better off than the other side. The other side had it much worse, fighting cultists and other heavy-hitting things.

Miraculously, we were able to shoot down the Nargacuga and the other side had finished their battle as well. I gathered up the portal crystals and headed towards the exchange portals with the others. Coming out, I was suddenly struck by a strong compulsion. At the time, I did not know Alexios's name and his charm called out to me to come towards him. I went eagerly but our group converged on me and dragged me back kicking and screaming. Did they not know how much I needed to be with him? I needed him! Please do not take me away from him!

They dragged me through the portal and tried to beat me out of my senses. In the kerfuffle, they had taken away the portal crystals in my bag. Yet, all I felt was that I was simply lost without him. A little while after, the group opened parcels obtained from the battle. In one of the parcels, there was a beautiful black longsword that reminded me of Alexios. Needing to have it, I took it. It would be the only weapon that I would be dedicated to in battle, which reinforced my determination to meet him again.