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[gonepostal]

i can't make this pretty right now i'm at work and can't crop art aaaaaa

here's my beautiful oc though



Su Fei is a former soldier in an uprising against an oppressive empire; the revolution was successful, but Su Fei did not get to see it to the end due to a serious injury that left her down a leg. once she recovered, she took the qilin she'd been given as a service animal, former imperial property, and decided to start delivering the mail—mostly for the newly-forming government, but she's too soft-hearted to say no to anyone who has a letter or a package for someone with a far away friend.

Su Fei is:
- boisterous, loud, and friendly
- big sisterly
- a bit of a bully
- constantly fighting the urge to fall back on old violent instincts

Su Fei is not:
- dealing with her trauma well!! mostly she just BOTTLES ALL THAT RIGHT UP
- genuinely mean-spirited
- holding herself in particularly high esteem at any given time

Likes: alcohol, flying, flowers, spicy food, jewelry
Dislikes: nobility, mad science (and magical equivalents thereof), fire, immortality, dogs

more info here!


Scenarios

Murdergame
i constantly have the murdergame bug but i have no time to play in them anymore... in general, expect su fei to be the sort who tries to take care of the others, especially the kids (anyone younger than su fei is a kid). she's more than willing to defer to others with more experience, but otherwise takes charge of keeping everyone organized as best she can. takes losses really hard, though she works hard not to show it, but is a little more understanding of most culprits than others might be.

in settings that are basically entirely indoors, su fei prooobably won't have her qilin available, and will instead be getting around primarily on her crutches.

potential specific scenarios include:
- su fei takes a hostage motive real poorly because they kidNAPPED ONE OF HER GODCHILDREN!!! laments this with another adult, partially in an attempt to keep herself in check and from doing something stupid (like murder)
- congrats on being one of su fei's little siblings; if you are having a rough time she will TAKE CARE OF YOU
- this one only works if you assume a scapegoat murdergame but: congrats on being one of su fei's little siblings, on doing a murder, and on getting caught in the act—by su fei, who takes it upon herself to try to help you get away with it: setting up the crime scene, trying to frame someone who sucks, and/or confessing to the crime herself at the trial
- su fei, resident body-toucher, excuses herself from her usual job when the corpse of someone she likes well enough is found badly burned—maybe talk to her about that one!!

don't feel limited to these, they're just what i've got off the top of my head!!! we can also borrow ideas from the murdergame meme


Jamjar
definitely my preference over AUs or trying to mash canons together tbh!! settings-wise i don't like horror, and maybe ask me before doing a survival setting (i don't like them normally but would be happy to do one for a thread's worth of time for a good idea), but will happily go for basically anything else. again, in settings that are more or less trapped indoors, she's less likely to have her qilin available.

potential scenarios:
- su fei has taken up a courier service in jamjarlandia and you're helping out for the day!! let's go flying
- jamjarlandia with action/combat aspects?!?! su fei is more than willing to teach self-defense. alternatively, she's protecting you from whatever monsters or threats have arisen—maybe it's her first time really showing off that she's combat-capable at all?
- sci-fi jamjarlandia and su fei, who is from ye olde fantasy china, has no goddamn idea what's going on. please help her. what's a microwave


Character Dynamics
here are just some specific character dynamics i think would be neat

- let su fei be your big sis!!!! i always want her to adopt people are you kidding me
- in particular gimme your child soldiers and let her adopt the everloving heck out of them ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!!
- fellow adults who have been through Some Shit, commiserating over, like, Existence. All Of It. especially good if we assume a setting with a lot of teens running around. ESPECIALLY especially good if they co-parent all those teens?!?!
- su fei hates nobility as a rule. either 1) let her be a rude li'l shit to your noble or 2) force them into a get-along shirt by virtue of some shared activity or crisis
- su fei does not hate magic or mages but like. she doesn't like it. it's been used against her and her people too many times. she's a little mage racist. force her and a mage into a get along shirt? have a mage talk to her about their craft?

Comments

[fairfortune]

[ Annaliese's smile doesn't let up for a second – she just beams with the easy confidence of a girl who's used to bluffing and charming her way into getting what she wants. She has a good feeling about this courier and her gruff, grouchy steed and out here, without her usual way of being so sure of things, she has nothing but her gut to rely on if she wants to get ahead.

So she doesn't look relieved, precisely, by Su Fei's response. Just pleased. ]

Please, just call me Annaliese. I don't think there's much call for formalities when all of us are in much the same boat. And yours?

[gonepostal]

Su Fei. This here's Lairen. [She pats Lairen's flank in the space where Su Fei's leg might get in the way if, uh, one was there. Lairen gives another little huff of air.] Glad you're not worried about the formalities, 'cause you wouldn't've gotten them if you asked.

[She keeps that casual air about her in the way she positions herself, inasmuch as anyone can seem casual on horseback—or, flying-deer-horse-thing-back. Despite this, Lairen watches Annaliese carefully, a certain suspicion about her that Su Fei doesn't share.]

We're not usually in the business of taking passengers, I gotta say. Logistics aside, it's a vulnerable spot for us too, y'know. Besides, my girl doesn't care for strangers.

[Lairen does give another huff of air, as indignant as ever.]

What's got you so eager to take on outta here, huh?

[fairfortune]

Is that so? Well, it's good that you're travelling with someone who's looking out for you, if nothing else. I'm certain if any potential passenger had unruly intentions, she'd see to them quick as a wink.

[ Which is her roundabout way of at least trying to reassure them both that she's not stupid enough to try anything under the watchful gaze of a steed who looks like she could bite Annaliese's head clean off her shoulders without even thinking about it.

The coy, airy sort of affect she'd been holding up wanes a bit at last and she tips up her chin – not quite defiant, but determined. ]

This is a lovely village, but... it's too small for me, is all. I've found myself in a world entirely different from the one I existed in until now and I want nothing more than to see as much of it for myself as I can. There's sure to be beautiful and terrible things here that I'd never even dream of seeing in the place I came from and... it just seems such a waste to stay here and let them go unseen. Don't you think?

[gonepostal]

[That gets a wide, sparkling grin from Su Fei and an almost prideful little lift of her head from Lairen, who appears to understand well enough when she's being praised—noting her general awfulness feels enough like praise to her, anyway.

But her expression settles a little, watching Annaliese's fierce determination in the face of something so simple as wanting to see the world. It has never been Su Fei's intention to take on all that beauty and terror, but it comes with the territory of courier. Even if she could go with or without, even if that's not the point, she can understand where someone else would find such strong meaning in it.

There is a respect in her for Annaliese's sheer boldness to even ask. Besides, if she had spoken only of the joys and splendor, of the wide and bountiful world, Su Fei might have doubted her, but it's that phrasing, beautiful and terrible things—it isn't that Su Fei bears ill will against naivety, but she is the sort to weigh it against the reality she knows. At the same time, there's that same soft-heartedness that had her taking up a courier service in such a strange land in the first place, that had her delivering trinkets and love letters alongside missives and orders.

Su Fei tilts her head a little, that casual air turning a little matter-of-fact, a little firmer.]

Here's the deal. I got more deliveries to take care of today and a passenger's gonna slow us down. Can't afford the extra weight, either, especially while we're carrying packages.

[She lifts her chin a little and gives half a nod.]

So pack light. We'll have to fly into the night if I'm gonna circle back here and get back to home base when I've got the current load gone, so think about taking a power nap before I get back.

[fairfortune]

[ Despite all that twinkling confidence from earlier, there'd been a not-so insignificant part of Annaliese fairly convinced that she was going to be rebuffed. She's not a fool, even if it's occasionally useful to play the part a bit in a situation like this – Su Fei has a job to do and errands of her own to see to and a tag-along passenger who can't even do her the decency of paying her own way isn't exactly an attractive prospect. But she has to at least try her luck, even if she doesn't think it'll get her particularly far.

All this together means that when she hears Su Fei's response and realizes she really is going to be getting out of this town, her whole face lights up in a smile far more open and sincere than the one she'd been wearing before – less playful, more transparent surprise and delight. ]

Ah– yes, of course! I wouldn't think of being so rude as to overload you when you're doing me such a kindness – I'll pack the essentials and not a thing more. Is there anything from the village I should bring, some supplies that might be useful for you?