I swear this is the last one. For now.
Be the battle-weary deserter.
Your name is Limena Preyar, and... you're not sure what perigree it is. You stopped counting after a while, so that you'd stop counting how many nights it has been since you absconded from military service. You take solace in your belief that you're somewhere your fellow soldiers would never think to look – back on Alternia. Pilfered carpenter droids built this bunker for you, hidden in a heavily wooded hillside. Locked away in seclusion, you try not to think about why you left in the first place.
It was only a sweep ago, if memory serves, when you served on that... diplomatic infiltration. Even as a relatively new recruit, you were recognized for undeniably potent charisma and amiability, which after some time earned you a special role in the military's plans. Your duty was simple – all you had to do was lull a race of neutral aliens into a false sense of security, get them to drop their defenses. But some of those fake friendships were a little too rooted in reality, and when their blood decorated your uniform as the threshecutioners went about their business, grim reality was a little too much for you. Suddenly, the glory of Alternian conquest was nothing but senseless butchery. The trolls you'd once thought of as your own people were more monstrous than the creatures assigned to raise them. You didn't know what to feel. Frustration? Rage? Pity? Hate? Loss?
You still hadn't sorted it out when you stole a small craft and fled. You had always been an excellent liar, though, and so the excuses you gave when asked your purpose (which happened repeatedly when flying through Alternian space) seemed to work well enough. The truly mystifying moment was discovering your lusus, still alive, waiting for your return. These nights, the armored reptile takes care of you as you try to wrestle with what you ran away from.
The floorspace and walls of your bunker are littered with junk, most related to what pastimes you've retained from your childhood. An old karaoke machine, battered and quite clearly worn from abuse, sits on a table adjacent to your weapon-cleaning counter. The mindless, repetitive task of arms maintenance helps soothe you. Your rifle rests next to a pair of cestus, still reeking of the cleaning fluid. An archaic treadmill is stuffed into the corner, and you make certain that it hums to life at least once a night. After all, you can't let them take you if they manage to find you, so you need to stay in shape. Old movies about camaraderie and adventure collect dust on the shelves, though every once in a while you pull one down to gaze fondly at the cover and reminisce.
You'd once dreamed of being an actress, of rivaling the big names in the film industry as you sauntered into the spotlight even when given a minor role. Musicals were your favorite, due in part to an old moirail remarking that you have a lovely singing voice. Granted, the two of you were drunk, and anything sounded good at the time, but you took the sentiment seriously. But all of your old friends have long since left your life, and so your recourse is to try to build new relationships from the safety of your home.
The only lights typically illuminating your bunker come from your computer. A desktop stuffed with numerous messaging programs greets the ocular globes of anyone bothering to take a peek. Some are copies of others, but set up for role-playing personas you've cultivated. You do your best to lose yourself in these imaginary worlds, where things like pain and fear are equally imaginary. If the thought of stepping outside your bunker didn't terrify you, if the idea of having to see another troll face to face didn't make you want to cringe with horror, you'd perhaps engage in something of the extreme role-playing genre. For now, you work with lighter subject matter, in the interest of keeping safe and sound in this... cocoon of sorts that you've built for yourself.
If there's one thing you can't abide these nights, it's pointless fighting. You often find yourself playing the peace maker when other trolls are barking and snapping at each other. It's not that you care about them, per se, so much as you don't want anyone to drag you out of the bunker just to clean up the mess someone else has made. You want them to shut up and play nicely so you don't have to see walls painted in blood again. You know what trolls are capable of, and can't help but expect the worst from them.
As previously mentioned, your lusus is a plated reptile. Certain pale creatures from another universe might consider it a relative of the ankylosaur. She brings you food, but as Rookette isn't particularly carnivorous, you primarily eat a lot of salad and have to hope bugs or rodents crawl into your home when you want some protein. You don't admit it, but part of you enjoys being taken care of again, after your stint in the military.
Your trolltag is dreamingChrysalis, and you tend to be a little soft-spoken, but also formal, sir.
EDIT: Thanks go to alexthewhite for help in character development, and adamantRevolutionary for costume inspiration :3




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