Fatanu, Kora Grace

[`kora fatanu]

kora fatanu

let's start with the basics

[style=color:#6d4350; text-transform:uppercase;]name ::

kora grace fatanu.

nicknames ::

kora.

age ::

twelve.

birthday ::

august fifteenth.

hometown ::

moai.

address ::

moai. even though I wish koro would let me come on the ship wit him.

occupation ::

i work with koka sara most of the time, i like to help around the shop. sometimes i go out to the junkyard with the other kids to look for things we can sell, but don’t tell koro i told ye that.
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don't dare try to judge me

[style=color:#6d4350; text-transform:uppercase;]but let me tell you what i look like ::

i’ve got dark hair and dark eyes. i'm still small, but koka promises i’ll get taller soon. either way, i like bein’ able to slip under fences. i dress in whatever hand me downs koka gets from the older kids in the neighborhood, so i don’t get a whole lot of choice, but it isn’t like it really matters. As for tattoos, koro says i’m not old enough yet, but i plan to get them as soon as he lets me out from under his thumb.
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that's just the way it is

[style=color:#6d4350; text-transform:uppercase;]i really like ::

to go to the scrapyard with my friends, to see the ships coming and going, when koro finally comes home from a journey, oh and chatting with him on the videophone (when it's working). i like tattoos, and i want to get a bunch when i'm older. i like learning about the engines in the shop too! maybe if i learn enough, i can go with father next time. let's see... i like bright colors, oranges are my favorite (to die for!) and i love loud music.

but i don't like ::

being told what to do. or being treated like a little kid. i don't like the government, but koka says i don't know what i'm talking about. i don't like that i always get left behind. i hate carrots and brussel sprouts. ...

i rock at ::

fixing things, not getting caught, and... um, playing innocent.

but i can't seem to ::

talk my koro into anything, he's stubborn as a mule. i'm not very good at math or reading really... on account of not going to school. koka tries and koro lectures, but there always seemed to be better things to do. [would be awkward if she ever went planetside]

i am afraid of ::

koka or koro dying. death in general. koro getting arrested.

you know i'm not normal ::

i love to work with music blasting, i don't mind being dirty

i think i like ::

boys?

so if you want me ::

i don't really know yet i guess. i think i want someone strong and handsome like koro.

but never ever ::

um, i guess don't let me beat you up? i shouldn't be stronger than the guy i like.

everyone has secrets ::

i have an older boyfriend, but no one knows about it.

someday i'm gonna ::

someday i want to be a pirate, just like koro!

if i had to sum it all up ::

koka says that i'm a dumb kid, but i don't think she means it. i love to help out around the shop and go dig for scrap with my friends. i think it would be great to have a grand adventure someday, but my koro will never let me go along on any of his journeys. i would describe myself as adventurous and brave. i think i'm pretty strong too, for my size.

my biggest fear is death. i guess that got instilled in me at a young age when my mother and grandparents died. out here it's so easy to lose people, and if i lose any more i'll be all alone in the 'verse.

i have lots of energy and i'm always ready to try something new, unless it's a vegetable.
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where i'm comin' from

[style=color:#6d4350; text-transform:uppercase;]my mother is ::

serra koari. she died in a shop explosion when i was little.

my father is ::

waka fatanu. he's a mechanic on a pirate ship. he's my hero.

i was born in ::

moai.

and i grew up with ::

none unfortunately, but i had the other neighborhood kids to play with.

i'll always remember when ::

tell us about an early memory your character has.

if i had to write an essay ::

i was born and raised on moai. when i was very small, my grandparents ran a salvage and repair shop for the ships that come through here. i don't remember it, but they were killed along with my mother when the shop blew up. after that, koro went off to work on the ships and left me with koka saraphim.

koka got a job working in another shop, and has done her best to raise me all on her own. i spent most of my younger years hanging around the shop and helping out with whatever i could. i was always good with machinery (koka says i get it from koro), so they always welcomed my company.

i never went to real school, so i've always had lots of time to pretty much do as i please. unfortunately, i never mastered math because of it. i can read, but not very well. koro lectures me about it, but i don't think i'm ever going to need it anyways.
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the face behind the curtain

[style=color:#6d4350; text-transform:uppercase;]hi i am ::

nic.

and i am ::

twenty two.

you should contact me by ::

All of the above.

i also play ::

Chrysanthemum Weaver.

and i know the code ::

[secret]

let me show you my skills ::

see Chrys.
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[`kora fatanu]

abilities

sometimes we do things right

[style=color:#6d4350; text-transform:uppercase;]mechanic :: four ::

kora is already a decent mechanic despite her age. she practically lives in the shop when she's not out causing trouble. someday this girl will be one of the best mechanics in the 'verse. that's a promise.

reading :: two ::

kora can barely read. she doesn't see the point in learning something she's never going to use, but that doesn't stop her father and aunt from getting on her case about it.
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sometimes, we do them wrong

[style=color:#6d4350; text-transform:uppercase;]MAU RAKAU :: four ::

the traditional style of weapons training for the maori, kora has been working with the mere and taiaha since she was big enough to handle them. while she is still learning she is getting pretty good with them.
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[Jeanna]

accepted!

good job!

please proceed to the claims!
What a little badass I can't wait to see her cause all kinds of trouble for everyone-- they need a trouble maker.