SU RUIQI “SURISURI”
age: 00 liner company: millenium entertainment position: esports athlete traits: (+) kind, generous, innovative (-) insecure, morose, shy played by: katie
it’s cliche to say that ruiqi was not like other girls, but she really wasn’t. in her earlier years especially, it wasn’t cool for girls to hang out inside and play video games after they were done with their homework, at least. maybe that’s why ruiqi’s best friend ended up being her cat, and a few nice girls she met on the internet.
ruiqi always struggled with her mental health. school and pressures around that only made it worse-- gaming was something she could use to distract herself. and unfortunately she had to distract herself a lot-- she ended up getting really good. not at just one game, either; anything with a basic fpc mechanic to it was right in her wheelhouse.
there was just something about apex that brought her in immediately. maybe it was the design. maybe it was the community. maybe it was the characters and their lore. whatever it was, she loved it. she loved it a little too much. she sank hours into playing it-- ridiculous amounts of time.
she never gave a thought to playing competitively until millenium reached out to her. that season split, she’d managed to work her way up into predator rank, and was doing really well, which was a surprise to many-- usually you saw a lot of the same names in and out of there, but she was a bit of an unknown. and as it turned out, millenium was trying to build out an esports division of their own. they offered her a spot on their squad, a salary, and even housing. she said yes in an instant.
she had been excited at first to meet her teammates, completely unaware of the discord she was about to cause with her arrival. she knows taek hates her, and she’s pretty sure woo doesn’t like her much either. mingi is nice to her, but it’s hard to play well when you know your squad would rather be playing with someone else. not to mention that the moment she started playign with them, she had to start playing bloodhound instead of lifeline because it fit the meta better.
she’s trying hard. she wants to prove her teammates that she’s worthy of being there, and that she’s good enough to round out the team. but she can’t help but fall into depressive states sometimes. it’s hard when they people you ought to be closest to can’t stand you.
ruiqi’s determined, though. and one of these days, she’s hellbent on getting woo to let her try lifeline in a comp match. she knows that with the right team and the right player, any character can be made to be useful and deadly. they just have to let her try.
