Two-Bit Con Artist
Content Notes: Genocide, Chronic Illness/Pain, Mention of Suicidal Ideation, Nightmares
Irajah's Theme - Created by [member="Abyss"]
CURRENT STATUS AT A GLANCE:Current Residence: Blackwater Reach, Dosuun. New City, Maena.
Title: Doctor Irajah Ven, D.C.O. (Dame Commander of the Order of Merit, awarded by [member="Natasi Fortan"]), Baroness of Blackwater Reach
Affiliation: The First Order
Frequently Visits: Azure
Force Sensitive: Yes
Force Alignment: Neutral, skewing Dark
Force Training: Apprentice
STRENGTHS:
(+) Think Fast Irajah thinks fast on her feet. She makes connections that other people might miss, and acts on them, sometimes without conscious decision. She is also physically quick, and her small size makes her a difficult target.
(+) Level Headed Keeping calm in an emergency is easy for her.
(+) M.D. Irajah is a trained Doctor with a focus in emergency medicine.
(+) The Spirit is Willing She's a fighter in the sense that no matter how hard something is, she will always keep trying.
WEAKNESSES:
(-) But The Flesh is Weak Irajah is physically weak, not just strength but also endurance and constitution. Almost like something is holding her back. She struggles daily with chronic pain with no hope of long term relief, despite current medical technology (see below).
(-) I've Taken an Oath Her medical training makes her hesitant to take a life.
(-) Launchpad McQuack She is a *lousy* pilot. Seriously, don't ask her to fly your ship. She'll probably crash it.
(-) Acrophobia A recent foray on Gap Nine with [member="Munin"] led to a number of discoveries. Not the least of which is that Irajah is apparently deeply uncomfortable with heights.
(-) Haunted Irajah is haunted by the memories of her dead planet and the months she spent there alone before making good her escape. She may always have nightmares about it. Because of this she seeks out company whenever possible, even if the company is unhealthy. Better bad company than no company at all.
(-) Ticking Plague Bomb Though she survived, she didn't get off of her home planet unscathed. Irajah is infected by the virus that killed everyone on her planet. Only what little she knows of the Force is keeping it contained within her. In time, her control will improve, taking less conscious concentration and maybe finding ways to keep it better contained. But there is no cure, and eventually she will die or lose control, making her a risk to everyone one around her.
(-) Dark Secret Irajah has a secret that makes her incredibly dangerous whenever she is planet side. But the Haunted weakness keeps bringing her back, and she constantly wars with her own guilt as to what happens if she let's go of her concentration or is killed? Another disaster like the one that killed her people. But she can't stay away either.
Past Strengths/Weaknesses
(-)What Have I Done? Irajah has an over developed sense of personal responsibility. She considers things that ought to be far outside of her actual sphere of influence to be things she ought to have control over, and is wracked with guilt when she is unable to foresee consequences, even if they are not truly her fault. - The discovery of her manipulation at the hands of those she thought her allies buys off this weakness as she sees the total of her experiences and understands that no, these things were not her fault.
SKILLS:
Emergency First Aid - | | | | |
Medicine - | | | | |
Biology - | | | | |
Virology - | | | |
Genetics - | | | |
Biochemistry - | | | |
Prosthetic Repair - | | | |
Cybernetic Technology - | | |
Chemistry- | | |
Painting - | | |
Music (Piano) - | | |
Computers - | |
Prosthetic Design - | |
Communications - | |
Sensors - | |
Hand to Hand - | |
Slicing- |
Blaster Pistol- |
Mechanics - |
APPEARANCE:
Irajah is a petite near human from a small colony settlement world. She keeps her dark brown, wavy hair cut short and generally pushed out of her way. Wide hazel eyes hold a deep intelligence, but also can't hide physical pain. Her skin is pale, almost translucent and not always in a health fashion, often bruising easily or sometimes for no obvious external reason. She is just a little too thin, as though she is recovering from a long illness. She has constantly reforming bruises on her neck, torso and inside of her forearms from the minute internal bleeding caused by the virus. She tends to wear high necked, long sleeved clothing to cover them.
Recent events have led to a number of cybernetic prosthetics: her right arm, the pinky and ring fingers on her left hand, and her left leg below the knee. She also has scars of sith runes that have been carved into her body, though she keeps those hidden.
History:
Prelude- Before Chaos
Irajah was the only child of Inara Sou (human) and Dr. Salcom Ven (half Kiffar). Until her early teenage years, her childhood was largely uneventful. Raised by an artist and a doctor, she had a foot in two very different worlds, and embraced both with equal fervor. Occasionally strange things would happen, coincidences too uncanny to ignore, but they were normal enough and her parents never treated them as particularly noteworthy, so Irajah grew up simply expecting a certain amount of benign strangeness as normal.
Until her mother got sick.
It was a wasting illness, a degenerative disease with no cure but a long timeline. No real treatment other than to make the patient as comfortable as possible for as long as possible. It was the first time Irajah felt helpless, and the first time she experienced watching her own father's helplessness as well.
It was also when she learned that he had once been a Jedi. And that she had the same gift inside of her, should she ever choose to nurture it. Dr. Ven refused to tell her why he had left the Order, even going so far as to raise his voice, demanding her silence in this. He had never yelled at her before, not once that she could remember. Whether it was truly that painful, or the stress of his wife's illness, she couldn't know. But she stopped asking, and he never offered. But he did train her. Just a little. At that time, she didn't know that she really wanted to be a Jedi. She knew very little about them, living so far off the beaten path as they did, and he seemed happy enough to never talk about them. And he was only willing to teach her one thing, after all.
A single healing technique. She didn't have the knowledge of anatomy to heal the damage to her mother's disease ravaged body, and even if she did, it wouldn't have mattered. But she could help him by keeping the disease at bay. Walling it up deep within her mother's body. It prolonged her life by a year, and eased her suffering in that time. It gave them time. But that was all it did. In the end, the disease still claimed her. But she went in as much peace as she was able, and in very little pain. It was small comfort to Irajah and Salcom.
It seemed natural for Irajah to follow in her father's path after that. Not as a Jedi. But as a Doctor. She excelled in school and eventually went on to focus on emergency medicine- not her original plans as a teenager, but then, people change after all. She had been a Doctor for four years at the same hospital her father was Head Surgeon at. Respected, well liked, but largely too busy for anything too much more than an occasional date or drinks after work with friends. She was content, if not happy.
Then the virus came. Released in to the atmosphere? In to the water and then became airborne? She never discovered. In five days, every person on her planet was dead, wiped out by a nameless virus sent down by nameless people for an unknown reason.
Five days of dying was followed by five months of hell. It took her that long to recover enough to escape her dead planet. She almost died herself half a dozen times, and not all of them from the sickness. More than once she contemplated taking her own life. The pain that wracked her body, the horror, the literal hell of being surrounded by the dead at every turn. And the knowledge that even if she escaped she was nothing more than a walking plague threat to any living planet she went to. Could she subject others to that? What was her responsibility as a doctor? As a living being? To know she risked bringing this fate to other worlds. It was almost enough to finish the job more than once.
Only the technique her father taught her saved her life physically. Cured? No. She carried that nameless virus with her when she left that planet of death. She kept it sequestered within her, eating away at her organs. She was better now though, and knew more now, and could move the virus, healing the damage before it became enough to kill her. Around and around her body, always moving, always eating, always in pain. Always hidden and safe from infecting others.
And the knowledge that someone had done this, that this virus was manufactured (there could be no denying that after studying it) kept her alive in other ways. Someone knew. Someone had done this deliberately to her planet.
And someone would pay.
Chapters 1- 4
Incoming
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Inventory:
Survival Medpack
ECM-598 Medical Backpack Received
TT24 Hold Out Blaster
Electroshock Emitter Received
Canteen
Alkahest Light Crystal (consumable) Received
Photoreactive Spidersilk Elaxtex Cloak Received
SHIP:
Starlight-Class Light Freighter
'Om' - OM-3 Pilot Droid
KILLS:
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The Story Thus Far:
ROLE-PLAYS: Threads in Green are formative threads- they changed the character or the path she is on in a fundamental way.
Chapter 1 - Questions
Where Irajah has many false starts, trying to track down information, and meets some very interesting/strange people.
After crash landing on Tatooine, Irajah travels from place to place and job to job. Always moving, always searching, she never puts down serious roots, though the beginnings of new friendships are formed. Each dead end while searching for information about the virus leaves her frustrated, but the fire burns brighter each time she fails. A spectre of doubt looms, however, every time she is reminded of the risk she poses to each planet she sets foot on.
Chapter Theme - Thousand Foot Krutch - Untraveled Road
Patch Me Up ([member="Krest"], Tatooine) Complete
Quarantine ([member="Thane"], Tatooine)
Do I Know You? ([member="Ra Vizsla"], Tatooine)
These Lines on My Hands ([member="Phylis Alince"], Mon Calamari) Complete
It's Very Colds and Dark In Space ([member="Jonathon Patches"], [member="Skye Mertaal"], various)
If I'm Running, You Should Be Too ([member="Rylan Thatcher"], Dantooine)
War Games (Mandalorian Clans Dominion, Axxila and Bandomeer)
The Leper Affinity ([member="Daxton Bane"], Coruscant) Complete
A Song of Smoke (Various, Yavin)
The Tragedy of the Coruscant Queen (Various, unknown location)
The Body is Just a Different Tool ([member="Ijaat Mereel"], Tygara)
ATC Product Testing (Various, Tatooine)
Adrift ([member="Niysha"], empty space)
Even Kings Need Doctors ([member="Mythos"], Atrisia)
The Bonds of Catastrophe ([member="Ghorua the Shark"], Coruscant) Complete
Interlude - A Chance
Where Irajah meets someone who makes her want to be better, if only she knew how. At least she'll try.
Working on Coruscant after the war where control of the planet was rested from the Sith, Irajah encounters [member="Boo Chiyo"] , a young slave- realizing how inadequate the supports that are currently in place for refugees are, she offers, without serious thought, for him to stay with her. Without one moment of regret (though some small amount of panic), she relocates them to Dosuun, in FO space, for the stability offered. These moments, as challenging they are, offering Irajah a slice of life that she had been so keenly missing.
Interlude Theme - One Republic - I Lived
Passing Through Gethsemane ([member="Boo Chiyo"], Coruscant) Complete
A Voice In the Wilderness ([member="Boo Chiyo"] , Coruscant) Complete
Ants and Cats and Sealing Wax ([member="Boo Chiyo"] [member="Ryn'Dhal"] , Hyperspace)
First Day, First Order ([member="Boo Chiyo"], FO, Dosuun)
A Voice In the Wilderness ([member="Boo Chiyo"] , Coruscant) Complete
Ants and Cats and Sealing Wax ([member="Boo Chiyo"] [member="Ryn'Dhal"] , Hyperspace)
First Day, First Order ([member="Boo Chiyo"], FO, Dosuun)
Chapter 2 - Answers
Where Irajah finds answers to her questions she never expected, and struggles through Denial and Projection.
Finally, real information. Traveling to a defunct lab on Gap Nine, Irajah and her infochant contact uncover the truth about the virus that wiped out her planet- Project Gideon- and the true progenitor of the horror. Now Irajah must struggle to reconcile the memories she has of her father with the new light shining on what really happened. Dealing with the first two stages of processing Shadow (Denial and Projection), Irajah is keenly and darkly aware of the selfishness involved in the choice to simply live.
Chapter Theme - Hozier- Take Me To Church
Questions ([member="Munin"], unknown location) Complete
Boom Crunch (FO, Dosuun)
In My Time of Need ([member="Catya Delarn"] , Dosuun)
Union (FO, Thakwaa)
Silhoutte ([member="Darth Prazutis"], Panatha) Complete
Doctor...... who? ([member="Connor Harrison"], Dosuun) Complete
The Night and the Silent Water ([member="Connor Harrison"], Panatha) Complete
Outside Turning In ([member="Matsu Xiangu"], Maena) Complete
I Need Some Help ([member="Valkyrien Aurelios"] , Dosuun) Complete
Broad Strokes (FO, Dosuun)
Silent Night (Various, Panatha)
To Ashes (Various, Panatha space)
Curiosity Killed the Cat ([member="Jude Falkrowe"] [member="Matsu Xiangu"] , Maena)
Break Out on Dxun ([member="Jacob Crawford"], Dxun) Complete
I Knew My Weakness ([member="Jacob Crawford"] , [member="Connor Harrison"] , Various) Complete
A Castle on the Sand ([member="Samka Derith"] , Dosuun) Complete
Monkey Business ([member="Malok"], Atzerri) Complete
And It Is Surely To Their Credit (FO, Dosuun)
Casus Belli (TA/GA vs FO Rebellion, Kaeshana) Complete
Disarmed and Dangerous ([member="Rexus Wenck"], Dosuun)
A Bell to Raise the Dead With ([member="Garett Van"], Dosuun)
A Doctrine In Motion (FO Dev) Complete
Chapter 3 - Tightening Knots
Where Irajah has gathered her resources, but is too distracted to realize how deep the water is.
Unaware of all of the strands weaving around her, Irajah dives headlong into her research on Dark Side Corruption and the Gideon Virus. As the threads tighten, she finds herself walking paths she never thought possible- not knowing how dark the woods are..... and that here be monsters.
Chapter Theme - Fever Ray - If I Had a Heart
All I Found Underneath ([member="Darth Prazutis"], Panatha) Complete
Hey All! It's the Sector Pub Crawl (FO Dominion of New Balosar Hex) Complete
The Geometry of Shadows ([member="Boo Chiyo"] , Dosuun) Complete
Choking on the Air ([member="Nisha Skaiyr"], Panatha) Complete
Madrigal ([member="Aria Vale"], Maena)
Hindsight ([member="Elliot Locke"], various)
Quando Judex Est Venturus ([member="Xena Amonali"] [member="Darth Carnifex"], Panatha)
Wrapt in Obsidian (Various, Maena) Complete
First Order: Beyond Darkness- Rakata Dominion Complete
Swarm ([member="Neesa"] , Bakura) Complete
First Order: A Herevan Rose (FO, Dosuun) Complete
Before We Turn Into A Monster ([member="Matsu Xiangu"], [member="Darell Irani"], Dosuun) Complete
Roasty Toasty Princess ([member="Ara Ren"], Dosuun) Complete
You'll Need a Doctor ([member="Vrak Nashar"] , Outer Rim) Complete
Grim Necessity ([member="Darth Carnifex"], Panatha) Complete
Ein Jeder Engel ist Schrecklich ([member="Darth Prazutis"], Panatha) Complete
This Is the Darkness In My Hand ([member="Connor Harrison"], Maena) Complete
A Piece of Quiet Between Stone and Sea ([member="Jacob Crawford"] , Maena) Complete
Endgame ([member="Nisha Skaiyr"], Panatha)
Chapter 4 - In This Twilight
Where Irajah realizes how deeply she has been used, and moves on to the next phase of Shadow. Integration.
"Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual's conscious life, the blacker and denser it is."
Slipping morality. Promises of Revenge. Poorly thought out decisions. A choice, between giving up part of herself in order to live, or to die.
In this chapter, Irajah chooses life.
Chapter Theme - Tool - Forty-Six & 2
In This Twilight ([member="Carach"], Maena) Complete
Sea Glass ([member="Carach"], Azure) Complete
Aren't You a Little Old for a Slumber Party? ([member="Matsu Xiangu"] [member="Aria Vale"] [member="Darth Imperia"], Maena)
Dust and Shadow ([member="Pravus Zambrano"] , Maena)
The Drapery Falls ([member="Xena Amonali"] , Maena)
Caught in the Middle ([member="Jacob Crawford"] , Coruscant)
Shoring Up (FO Dom) Complete
Oderint Dum Metuant (FO Invasion of GA) Complete
Aftermath (FO, Dosuun)
To Blackwater Reach ([member="Ashin Karrde"], Dosuun) Complete
What We Have Become ([member="Matsu Xiangu"] , Maena) Complete
Bright Lights, Bigger City (Various, Zeltros)
The Spider and the Butterfly ([member="Reverance"] [member="Matsu Xiangu"], Maena)
Orison ([member="Samson"] , Maena) Complete
A Second Opinion ([member="Hazel Zanteres"] [member="Samson"] [member="Carach"] , Various) Complete
The Blitz FO Invasion of GA Held Skor II Complete
A Gift ([member="The Slave"] , Dosuun) Complete
The Azimuth Circle ([member="Samson"], Dosuun) Complete
Interlude - Black Waters
A series of moments only, but cherished.
Set between the events of the last chapter, these moments mark where Irajah makes her peace with what is to come. She says goodbyes, just in case. Because there is no way to know what awaits beyond the event horizon. As she waits for the inevitable, she fills her days, as best she can, with simply living.
Interlude Theme - Spirited Away - The Name of Life
High By the Beach ([member="Kato"], Various)
The Name of Life ([member="Connor Harrison"], Dosuun) Complete
Remember Tomorrow ([member="The Slave"], Dosuun) Complete
An Unexpected Cut ([member="Jacob Crawford"], Dosuun)
Stars and Bones ([member="Reverance"], Maena)
The Name of Life ([member="Connor Harrison"], Dosuun) Complete
Remember Tomorrow ([member="The Slave"], Dosuun) Complete
An Unexpected Cut ([member="Jacob Crawford"], Dosuun)
Stars and Bones ([member="Reverance"], Maena)
Event Horizon
A boundary marking the limits of a black hole. At the event horizon, the escape velocity is equal to the speed of light- Nothing inside the event horizon can ever cross the boundary and escape beyond it. Since the event horizon is not a material surface but rather merely a mathematically defined demarcation boundary, nothing prevents something from entering a black hole, only from exiting one.
A short, fast paced series of events. Over the span of a single week, the life of Doctor Irajah Ven changes irrevocably.
Theme - Varied, see behind spoiler.
A Black Bag Affair ([member="Castor Ren"] [member="Samka Derith"] [member="Amit Nykoan"] , Dosuun)
For Amit | For Samka
Some Like it Hoth (GA Invasion of Hoth Hex, Bespin) Complete
Splinters ([member="Elliot Locke"] [member="Jorg"], Hyperspace) Complete
For Elliot | For Jorg
But Not To Help ([member="Jorg"] [member="Deacon"] [member="Ghorua the Shark"] [member="Samka Derith"], Aleen)
Thread Theme
Choosing My Confessions ([member="Samka Derith"], Dosuun)
Thread Theme
