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Name: Belvedia
Age: 40+
Contact: Belvedia @ plurk, discord, DW
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IC
Character Name: Cerise Idrella
Canon: Original Character / Arc City
Canon Point: N/A
Character Age: 32
History:

Cerise Idrella is a private investigator and information professional, with a reputation for keeping a low profile and knowing far more than she lets on. Earlier in her career, she worked for a prestigious research university. The university, known as Palosanto, was later exposed as deeply corrupt, and ultimately collapsed under the weight of multiple scandals a few years ago. During her time there, Cerise was involved in large-scale social media information farming, a role that gave her intimate familiarity with data aggregation, behavioral profiling, and the quiet pathways that connect public-facing systems to far more sensitive ones.

That work is the foundation of her current skillset. Cerise knows how to access deep, classified, and officially “nonexistent” databases, including systems like Citizen ID and IntelliProjection, not because she breaks them open by force, but because she understands how they were built and where they were never fully sealed. When the university folded, she walked away with a generous severance package—healthy enough to live on comfortably, and clearly intended as hush money under the strict NDA she signed at the time.

These days, Cerise lives mostly off that severance, supplementing it with selective detective work that suits her skills and keeps her out of the spotlight. For research, she still quietly uses her account credentials from Palosanto, which were never fully deactivated, allowing her to move through information networks as if she still belongs there. She doesn’t advertise what she knows or how she knows it, but when someone needs answers that aren’t supposed to exist, Cerise Idrella is often where those questions end up.

Division: Cerise will be working in Medical to start due to the need for support there (and she likes the idea of being a ~sexy nurse~ according to her terrible sense of humor). However, once Medical isn't so short-staffed, she'll likely transfer to Research & Archives, where she truly belongs with her skillset.

Edict: MALFUNCTION VII - Cerise is all about connection and no matter how many people she gathers into her fold, she always wants more. She's one of those people talented enough to feel alone in a crowded room. She's searching for deeper connection at all times. In fact, she winds up in a polycule in her canon eventually because one partner just isn't enough for her. She's got a lot of love to give and is always seeking ways of sharing it-- both physically and emotionally.

Powers: Aside from her technical abilities, which I'm limiting to some fun HTML in her Network comments, she's pretty much your standard human.

As the Ascendants deemed your character worthy of being on this exploration voyage, what qualities did they observe in your character that they found appropriate for the mission?

Cerise is, at her core, a people-pleaser with an unshakable curiosity and a deep love of mysteries. She genuinely enjoys learning how people think, what motivates them, and how small details fit together into larger patterns. That combination makes her unusually well suited for a mission like this. She is psychologically resilient, able to absorb stress and uncertainty without fracturing, and warm enough to form quick, genuine bonds with other Wayfarers. Cerise understands that trust is often the most valuable resource in unfamiliar territory, and she knows how to cultivate it without forcing it.

She is also, in her own way, a love addict. Cerise craves affection and connection and is unashamed of seeking it out, whether through emotional intimacy, quiet reassurance, or simple physical closeness. This need doesn’t make her reckless so much as deeply human; she thrives when she feels wanted and included, and she often helps others feel the same in return.

Professionally and personally, Cerise is data-driven. She evaluates situations carefully, gathering information and analyzing the most efficient or logical course of action. However, she never treats people like numbers. Feelings, morale, and interpersonal dynamics are always part of her calculations. In practice, this makes her a well-balanced adult—steady, thoughtful, and emotionally literate—and an ideal counterweight to companions who run hot, volatile, or emotionally turbulent.

What is your character's best quality, what is their worst, and how do these two qualities affect each other?

Cerise’s greatest strength is her balance. She is emotionally literate, intellectually curious, and deeply attuned to both people and systems, which allows her to operate effectively in high-stress, morally gray situations. Her ability to read social dynamics, build trust quickly, and combine empathy with data-driven analysis makes her an exceptional investigator and teammate. She knows how to listen, how to ask the right questions, and how to connect dots that others miss—both in databases and in people. Her warmth and reliability often make her a stabilizing presence, especially for those who struggle with emotional volatility.

However, these same traits form the core of her weaknesses. Cerise’s people-pleasing tendencies can lead her to overextend herself or hesitate when firm boundaries are needed. Her desire for affection and connection sometimes leaves her vulnerable to manipulation, particularly by those who recognize how deeply she wants to be valued. She may prioritize harmony over confrontation, even when conflict would be healthier in the long run. Additionally, her reliance on information can become a form of emotional armor, encouraging her to analyze feelings rather than fully sit with them.

What ultimately keeps Cerise grounded is how these qualities temper one another. Her self-awareness prevents her need for love from becoming self-destructive, while her empathy keeps her analytical mind from turning cold or detached. Together, her strengths and flaws create a woman who is deeply human, capable, and quietly resilient.

Your character's Edict appears in front of them, and agrees to grant them one wish: what does your character wish for?

Cerise's wish would largely depend on who she's met and interacted with on the Theorem. She'd wish for something for them rather than herself. It's not that she's selfless, but more that she's gotten to a point in her life where she's pretty content with what she has and where she is, personally, and anything that the Edict would give her would feel unearned. While she is constantly striving for more love, more connection, more friends and more-than-friends in her life, she wants to make those connections organically and honestly. Maybe she'd ask for something temporary, like an ability to read minds, but only if she's struggling to figure someone out and wants to know how to get through to them. Or she's genuinely questioning a relationship and wants to know if she's messing up, wasting her time, or is feeling a real connection with the person. But even then, she'd be hesitant to use that ability.

The Theorem has broken down, and is drifting toward a black hole. There is very little hope of outside rescue. What does your character do?

Cerise leaps into action. She researches, she learns what she can, she does whatever is necessary as an information professional to support and solve problems before they're all doomed. She doesn't accept defeat or go gracefully into the void. Her entire life she's been a firecracker, and she's not about to fizzle out now. She goes out with a bang instead of a whimper.

If the situation is indeed doomed, and all data she uncovers confirms as such (and yes, ALL data, even a .0001% would keep her going), then she literally would try to go out with a bang. Anyone she's ever considered getting physical with is getting propositioned. It's the end of the world (or at least their world), let's have some fun before the curtain falls and the lights go out. If death is certain, a few little deaths first would be ideal, right?

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