Tsubaki Motomeru
Kindness has its price.
♥ Wife ♥ sister ♥ mother ♥
Summary
What if the promises you make are the shackles that keep you tethered?Tiny bell bracelets that jingles softly with each step, hang loosely on one slender wrist.A serene smile mask the raging turmoil she feels inside most of the time. Wide eyes stare almost directly and remain hard to read. As soon as they see you looking, she turns to look the other way.Quiet strength and diligent work are her hallmarks. Obedient to a fault, she prioritizes the needs of others over her own. So much that she believes it's a weakness and does what she can to not get close to anyone if she can help it.Having tasted poverty, she compromises on too much things for gil.As fate would have it, from one tether to another, a life of searching would lead her to answers she wasn't prepared for.She now runs an unassuming izakaya in the Goblet, at the foot of a nearby apartment block. The guests seen coming and going often appear less than lawful. Amongst the diverse folk and within its rickety walls, the lithe raen greets everyone with a faint smile.
Currently
From nobility to rags, and then to riches. The last of the Fujiki clan now stands beside the xaela known by others as Arcadius Rhode. Together they manage the manufacturing corporation Chikage and its subsidiaries, Tairiku being one of them.
Tairiku
Are stories only told by the winners? Can black hair be bleached white if you really tried? She found out the answer to one of that question. The other, she doesn't wish to find out.Even kindness has a price and she wasn't ready to pay when the creditor arrived.
> Tairiku <
What She's Like
Polite
Reserved and respectful, she prefers to keep criticism at the door when she meets new friends. That is till she gets to know you better, her eastern hunger to seek perfection will be revealed as she barrels down on you with well meaning stares and kind remarks for you to improve, what are you doing, this isn't the way oh twelve why, can't you-Flirty
She grew up watching courtesans and entertainers alike earn their keep. Showing skin and navigating customers come naturally to her but she prefers to stay just out of reach.Family & Duty
Family always comes first. Always. Children should be filial, parents are always responsible and will never fail. Ever. As do the elders who look after the village and leaders who guide their charge. If everyone does their part, the system will always work. So why, father? Why did you draw that sword?Wealth
The poor are always in want and the world does not pity. Neither is the world a charitable place. Every gil earned is an extra chain to the armor, every sweat poured should sprout more than its worth. The rich can't hurt you if they see you as equal.Aspirations
Cool Pina Coladas by the beach, and golden crisp fish and chips. A café to call her own, a tight knit group of staff working to bring a smile to every sunbathing customer. A simple routine life, simple pleasures.Dislikes
Being poor. A messy home and cutting in when its not your turn. Like seriously, can't you wait? Look, everyone here is waiting why can't you?
| Bio | |
|---|---|
| Name | Tsubaki Motomeru (previously Yselle Sui) |
| Age | Appears to be in her late 20s |
| Race | Au Ra, raen |
| Gender | Female |
| Sexuality | Straight |
| Height | 4' 7" |
| Alignment | Lawful Evil |
| Skin | Pale tan |
| Eye Color | Bright plum color |
| Hair | Bleached white with a purple tint on the edgs |
| Built | Petite with some tone |
| Additional | Her ivory scales appear far removed from traditional raen appearance and might even be considered artificially sculpted into floral like patterns. On closer inspection, those discerning would notice the influences of glamours. Her horns and tails are sheathed in thin sheets of intricate gold patterned accessories. |
Backstory
(Spoilers ahead)
What happens when the promises that you keep, are also the chains that hold you back?The daughter of a wealthy xaela samurai father and raen homemaker from Othard. Her parents were accused of committing treason and exiled. Finding refuge in Sui-no-Sato, this place was where her father turned to alcohol and her happy life started heading downhill.Forced to support the family, Yselle's mother would work herself to the bone for a few years before passing away due to illness. On her death bed, Isa handed Yselle the only possession that she didn't sell, a pair of bell charm bracelets, one for each of the siblings, and make Yselle promise to keep the family together.By Isa's death, the okiya that Yselle worked at had taken a liking to her dancing talents and trained her as a geisha. Yselle also learned some fighting skills through a dancer.Returned home one day to find a raging drunk father about to cut down her younger brother, she reacted and injured her father in order to save her brother who ran from home that day. She lost half her vision, her brother and severed her bond with her father that day.She would later find out that her brother had fled to Eorzea with Yuigiri and so Yselle packed up her things. Made arrangements for someone to look after her father with all her savings and left for Eorzea to bring her brother back.She would be forced to rename herself upon arriving at Eorzea.At least that's what Tsubaki would tell others...
Hook
(New) She manages and helps run a crime syndicate, so outlaws and those with shifty morals can feel free to hmu to find out more!
Having seen the limitations of her skills, she seeks ways to improve her usefulness outside of domestic scenarios
She's still keeping an eye out for information on her brother though as the moons draw by her high hopes has since faded into a distant wish
She frequents brothels and venues as a working courtesan, never as a patron. ((Retired))
((Honestly, just hit me up for anything really.))
Gil is in short supply and she hopes to find work as a dancer. Or just about any work. (Update: she's since amased a healthy amount)
Perhaps she can find a way to cure her right eye? (Update: Cured.)
The Garlean empire that exiled her parents may recognize her (Update: she doesn't dislike them as much as she used to but does have less tolerance for their kind)