<div class="floatleft">(http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae282/caela_ecub/Blondes/js1.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Keridwyn "Keri" Jones<br/><br/><strong>Age:</strong>27 (her petite frame, only 5'3 in her bare feet, often makes people guess younger)<br/><br/><strong>Position:</strong>Pilot<br/>Keri is a crack Pilot. She has a feel for ships, how they'll fly, when to push them, when to let up and let them glide. When she's flying (especially under pressure) she almost seem to become one with the ship itself. There's nothing she can't fly from the smallest shuttle to the largest cargo ships. She's pretty sure she could handle anything the Alliance has as well but she hasn't had the chance.<br/><br/><strong>Background:</strong>Growing up on the outer planets she didn't have the access to education and technology that those in the inner core did but that didn't stop her from learning everything she could. Especially when it came to flying and navigation. Having a head for science and numbers she learned all that she could about the theory behind different ships, how they worked, how/why they flew, what common problems with them were, and how to push them to their limits.<br/><br/>She built a reputation as a pilot, first on small jobs on her own planet and then on longer jobs between worlds. Her reputation had her as bold, willing, and able, to push a ship to it's limits, and for being slightly crazy in finding those limits. She took chances other pilots wouldn't but she always brought her ship back into port. It was the crazy part that often had her catching jobs with smugglers and other, somewhat, nefarious types, the part where she always brought the ships into whatever port they were calling home, was what kept those same types coming back for more until she found a ship to settle, and a crew, to settle on.<br/><br/>With the rest of the 'Verse choosing sides all Keri wanted to do was fly. She didn't care much for the Alliance, but she didn't see how the outer rim would be improved by booting them out of their lives either. Of course she also didn't see what the Alliance gained by keeping a bunch of poor, dustbowl planets barely scraping by either. Truth was, she didn't much care. She had what she wanted and so long as neither side interfered with that, she'd let them battle it out on their own.<br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong>Keri is a very laid back sort of girl. In general, she doesn't bother herself with matters of morality too much though she is the sort that is naturally kind and, if able, willing to help those in need. Her loyalty lies with the crew of her ship, who are a sort of replacement family for her and helping a stranger will never come before keeping her crew safe. She's intelligent and learns new skills quickly but, having grown up on an outer planet, not as educated as she could have been had she grown up in the Core. She has a thirst for adventure and freedom that keeps her flying fast and, sometimes, laughing when a job turns dangerous and pushes her skills to their limits.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Distinguishing Marks</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae282/caela_ecub/Misc%20Story%20Accessories/vine-tattoo-1.jpg)<br/>Keri has the above tattoo curving along the left side of her back and is currently saving up the money to get it's mirror image on the other side.</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button"> player information</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Scenes I’d like to see my character participate in:</strong><br/>Flying hard, running from the law or Reavers (if they take a job far enough out on the Rim since the Reavers haven't pushed in far yet), the party after a job well done, the fun to be had on the occasional landing Planetside. <br/><br/><strong>Are you familiar with the works of Shan’Yu?</strong><br/>Keri isn't the sort to want to hurt anyone. She will if pushed to it, but she's not sadistic and wouldn't take pleasure in it. She won't feel bad about it either.<br/><br/>Sexually, she is a bit of a masochist and enjoys being tied up, biting, clawing etc but she isn't submissive. She'll play but she's not going to kneel happily at someone's feet and if someone tried to make her do so...they'd find that she knows where to claw and bite to make things <em>less</em> than pleasurable for everyone involved.<br/></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button"> attributes and skills</div><div class="spoiler_body"><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Physical</strong></td><td><strong>Social</strong></td><td><strong>Mental</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Strength 1</td><td>Presence 2</td><td>Knowledge 4</td></tr><tr><td>Dexterity 4</td><td>Manipulation 1</td><td>Wits 3</td></tr><tr><td>Stamina 3</td><td>Composure 2</td><td>Perception 3</td></tr></tbody></table><br/>Dodge 1    Brawl   1      Gunslinger 1   Stealth 1   Alertness 3    Survival 1          <br/>Empathy 2    Socialize 2   Pilot 4    Mechanic 1       <br/>Spacer 1    Knife Fighting  2    Singing 2     Carving (wood)   2     Seduction 1      <br/></div></div><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Advancements</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Points Awarded:</strong> 7exp - 11-23-12 - saved<br/>12/10/12, Seduction 1 added to skills, subtract 1 point from total saved<br/><br/><strong>Points Total:</strong> 6</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Relationships</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br/><div align="center"><strong><em>~The Crew~</em></strong></div><br/><strong>The Line:</strong> Keri <em>loves</em> the ship! The only way she could love it more would be if it were actually her own but she has no desire to own a ship and so the Line gives her everything she could want and feels like more of a home to her than her actual home ever did. Anyone speaking poorly of the ships she loves will have a very angry Keri on their hands.<br/><br/><strong>Captain Braxton Early:</strong> She respects and likes the Captain. He took a chance on a young pilot and she sees to it that he never regrets taking that chance. She also appreciates that he respects her skill and leaves matters of piloting and navigation to her instead of "backseat" driving. He can do things that get on her nerves but at the end of the day she will stand by her Captain because he has, in the months she's been on the ship, become a part of a sort of extended family for her.<br/><br/><strong>Elfie:</strong> The Captain's slave, Keri is truthfully irritated by the girl. That the girl seems to simply accept her status as property baffles Keri, who cannot imagine just skittering around in the background the way the girl does. If she catches Elfie trying to clean up her bunk or the helm of the ship she doesn't trust her temper and will have warned the girl to leave those areas to her. <br/><br/><strong>Richard Dawson:</strong> Keri feels like she doesn't know the First Mate very well. He seems like a good man but also seems to isolate himself and doesn't seem to loosen up. She wants to like him, she just wishes he'd not be quite so uptight.<br/><br/><strong>Lance Daniels:</strong> Lance is her buddy. She views him as her best friend aboard the ship and often teases him mercilessly. She thinks he puts on a few airs, like calling himself and engineer instead of a mechanic, but forgives him such foibles because he can, almost always, make her laugh and because he just doesn't know any better. She also likes that he was raised in the Core because he can offer advice on books and educational subjects she'd never even heard of out on the rim. Like the Captain, Lance has become a part of her extended family and while she may tease him herself and give him a hard time, she'd stand between him and anyone else in a heartbeat!<br/><br/><strong>Sue:</strong> Keri likes the man and not only because he can keep her well fed! She feels like she can be herself around him and enjoys teasing him. She won't admit it to anyone but herself, but she's wondered just what he might do if she ever teased too much and that the idea sends a shiver down her spine and sets a small smile playing on her lips.<br/><br/><strong>Girias "Cookie" Bomban:</strong> Keri stays out of Girias way. The man is known to have a temper and since he often stays in his bunk, when not patrolling the ship, it's easy enough to avoid him and steer clear of that temper. <br/><br/><strong>Philemon Adricus:</strong> They don't have a lot in common but Keri likes the man and is amused by how he can turn on the "charm" when he chooses to.<br/><br/><strong>Mya Richone:</strong> Keri doesn't cross paths with the doctor much but likes the woman well enough...or at least doesn't <em>dis</em>like her. She is skilled and useful, which Keri always appreciates, but she doesn't understand why the rich girl hasn't paid off her indenture and gotten a fare back to a Core world and her family. Mostly she doesn't understand the doctor.<br/><br/><div align="center"><strong><em>~Passengers~</em></strong></div><br/><strong>Serenity Sun Kwan:</strong> Keri holds the Companion in a bit of awe. Not that she'd ever admit it. She admires the woman's charm and grace and her ability to manipulate a room with seeming ease. She is also a bit envious of the other woman's education and access to a life that Keri can only imagine but not so envious that it makes her bitter or dislike the woman. She does however find herself, at times, irritated with the way the Companion and the Captain are constantly sniping at each other. She's wishes they'd either fight, or fuck, it out like adults and be done with it!<br/><br/><strong>Isi Smith:</strong><br/><br/><strong>Blake Thernwood:</strong><br/><br/><strong>Sophie DeLaurents:</strong> That girl is not all there in the brainpan! We'll see how crazy she is going to make everyone and if the men can think with anything but their dicks around her!<br/><br/><strong>Levi Evens:</strong><br/></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Equipment/Personal Items</div><div class="spoiler_body">Keri's cabin is small but that's fine by her. She doesn't need a lot of space, preferring to be at the helm instead of in her bunk for anything but sleep. In it there is a small bunk that can retract into the wall, a bookshelf lined with books about various types of ships and stellar navigation through space, she also has a small chest of drawers that holds her clothing and a few pieces of wood that she's picked up on various planets and her carving knives. <br/><br/>The carving is something she does when she needs to let her mind worry out a problem without actually <em>thinking</em> about it too hard and she has actually sold a few pieces on some of the outer planets for a few extra coins. Nothing so fine that it would end up in the home of a rich man in the Core, but better decoration than usually makes it way out that far. <br/><br/>In the ships helm is the other possession she prizes. A series of stellar charts. They're replicas, she'd never have the money for originals, but she doesn't care. They are replicas of the original charts make when science teams first pushed into the galaxy looking for a new home after Earth-that-was was used up. They are exacting in detail and if anyone laid a finger to them they'd likely find one of her carving knives buried in their heart. <br/><br/>On her person she keeps a small six shooter on one hip and a double edged dagger on the other. She <em>can</em> hit the broad side of a barn with the gun, but mostly it's there when she needs to intimidate someone into just backing away since her own, petite, frame isn't all that intimidating on it's own. If someone is actually pushing a fight, it's the knife, not the gun, that she draws when she means business. She's far better with the blade than the gun and being female, and petite, often makes people underestimate her giving her an edge they don't even realize. <br/><br/>As for her clothing, she prefers simple denim pants and cotton shirts when on board the ship and she has a couple of simple sundresses for when they land planet-side with the intention of taking on passengers. She finds the dresses make a better first impression and seem less standoff-ish  for people signing on to travel with a bunch of strangers. </div></div>