I guess it’s pretty hypocritical to write a bunch of short stories about a travelling nomad who goes from place to place, using her bubbly personality and worldly wisdom to encourage others to live life to the full, when I barely leave the house. I guess it really is projection. I just hope…one day I can become this person, I suppose.
My character is very well-rounded and awesome, and I love her. Her name is Cary-Xu, and she’s half Japanese and half Irish and part Icelandic, and also descended from a fair-angel-dragon hybrid. Cary has naturally pink hair with gold streaks, one purple eye and one green and she’s super beautiful, even though she thinks she’s super ugly. It’s such a burden. One day, Cary’s parents died. She was mistreated by some evil relatives before escaping and traveling Australia, meeting keynote speakers and advising them on how to advise people, because Cary is so naturally wise, maybe because she was descended from magical creatures and she also has cool magical powers. She’s the only person who can transform into a dragon in the world, but it never rips her clothes or anything like that, and she thinks it’s a total curse because it makes her a bit tired. All of her friends think it’s super cool though.
So yeah, Cary is like…a super, ultra motivational speaker, but she’s so much better at it than all the others because she uses magic to speak right into people’s hearts and make them super cool, almost like her but nowhere near that cool. Cary really just wants to be normal, but she’s so super cool that she can never be that. Everyone just keeps loving her, and she makes people’s lives better just by talking to them all the time, and sometimes making the other motivational speakers look bad but not too much because she’s magical after all, and oh gosh I just love her, she’s great.
So that’s Cary-Xu. See how I gave her some realistic weaknesses? Oh, and she can also change her clothes just by thinking about it. Did I mention that her eyes change colour with her mood? Yeah, she’s basically the event speaker that everyone wishes they could have in real life, pretty much.
-Cary