[hider=Riikka "Angel" Valimaa - The Western Frontier: An Episodic, Schizophrenic Science Fiction RP (Jan. 13, 2014-Feb. 25, 2014]Name: Riikka "Angel" Valimaa

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Appearance: Riikka is 5'11" with a slim body that was gifted with endowments that made life a lot easier growing up. Her legs are shapely as ever, and her curves still pop out upon a first glance. Her skin retains that pale coloring that comes with a lifetime with little sun, although it has deepened with her recent time spent travelling.

Her shoulder-blade length hair is naturally blonde, but it has been streaked with sea blue, most prominently on her bangs, which were completely surrendered to the darker color. Varying streaks appear behind it, and they stand out when tied back in the ponytail she usually wears, although when out gathering info, it falls back down into place once she gets talking with her contact. Riikka's eyes are a lighter shade than her hair, an icy lake blue to contrast the sea blue. If one stared into them, they could see a faintly glowing ring in her right eye, an orange when she is lost in thought. She has a pair of tattoos; an outline pair of angel wings across her shoulder blades and a snowflake tramp stamp.

Outfits for Riikka vary based on what's necessary for meeting with her contacts, but her primary outfit consists of a tight white t-shirt cutoff at the midriff, a pair of black shorts reaching two thirds the way down her thighs, and a pair of shin-high black lace up boots. It's accessorized with a choker necklace consisting of a golden chain with a morganite pendant hanging from it, a thin white belt, and the slim leather holsters on her legs that hold her main weapons of choice. She does have a jet black jumpsuit used for missions where she has advanced knowledge of what's going on and what is necessary, but she prefers to keep things casual whenever she can.

Augments: Riikka's right eye has that glow to it because it is a cybernetic replacement. It serves as an enhanced reality display, allowing for better aim when throwing one of her daggers, better info when trying to talk a dealer down from an exorbitant price on bounty info, or better reviews on whether or not the restaurant in front of them has been condemned for biochemcial weapons use. It wasn't cheap to get it looking like it's twin, but no expense was spared.

That is the only cybernetic in her body, although Riikka has had some biochemical work done. Her body was infused with steroids critical for boosting the healing process. These allow her to recover quickly from any exertion, and give a strength boost, although given the lack of upkeep, the latter effect has faded over time. What hasn't faded is the blue in her hair, a permanent enhancement given to her on her 23rd birthday by a friend.

Equipment: Not used to working with a heavy tool kit, Riikka doesn't carry much. She has her non-lethal weapon, a small hand-held stun gun, capable of shocking a Tigrin yak into submission. A newer model to replace the one she previously owned, this tiny black model looks sleeker and packs a bigger wallop, but it lacks the nostalgic touch of her prior large black and blue one. This one is easily concealable though, and allows for unexpected take downs of targets.

Her main lethal weapons are a pair of daggers she keeps strapped to her thighs. She's put in a lot of time practicing with the bladed weapons and is now very efficient at getting them out quickly and getting them into whoever or whatever she wants stabbed, no matter if she is up close and personal, or far away enough to have to fling them.

Skills/Specialization: Riikka is a very good negotiator, usually able to charm her way in close with whoever she needs to talk to. Most of the time, she's able to get into the good graces through her looks alone, but she's learned some subtle verbal and tactile tricks to help her own cause. As such, she's also able to coerce a lot of valuable information out of most of the unsavory people she has to deal with.

In addition, Riikka's body is in very good shape. Despite getting too close to 30 for her liking, it's maintained it's flexibility, allowing her access into spots that otherwise might be unreachable. Of course, the biochemicals helped a bit with this upkeep.

Personality: Riikka is a very outgoing person. She will chat up everyone and anyone, in an effort to get info, to meet people who might be of use to her, or to get what she wants. She has is very positive, a necessity to make people feel comfortable with her, but a natural extension of her personality. However, if you somehow manage to end up on her shitlist, you are permanently marked in her books. She will ruthlessly seek retribution. It may not come immediately, but her vengeance will be great.

Homeworld: Criado - A mostly barren planet, Criado's poles are uninhabitable ice lands that repel even the hardiest of travelers, but it's equatorial belt is close enough to it's sun that it can sustain life. The belt of green breaks through the brown temperate zone and ice blue polar regions to create a weirdly colored planet from a distance.

The main attraction is the largest city, uncreatively named Criado City. The sprawling metropolis occupies a full two degrees of longitude along the belt, and has been built up into one of the Frontier's premier capitals of pleasure, a hedonistic orgy juxtaposed by the wastelands around it. If you want to do something in the city, chances are there is a building solely dedicated to it, and for a fee, you can enjoy it. The most popular are the old; staples are the most popular; gambling, prostitution, drugs of all states and levels of effect. The municipal services are ineffective and corrupt, as money talks in Criado. The rich control most of the goings on, and if you want something done, you have to convince them of it's value. If you can get in with one of them though, you have a powerful ally to be sure.

The areas outside Criado along the livable regions are rural throwbacks, consisting mostly of farms and other dirtier but life-sustaining business that the city dwellers don't want to deal with. It's a quieter area for those who detest the neon excess that the city represents. Those who need supplies head to the other city on the planet, Viani, which does have the affinities of a city, but none of the extraneous business that set up shop in Criado.

Notes: Riikka's favorite food is fettucine alfredo.

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