Kalabasa

it is not hard for her to catch your eye.

beautifully colored wings, rich fabrics catching the light as she slinks through the halls— kalabasa is like her vivacious sister in favoring attention-grabbing clothing, making it easy to spot her among the gilded shelves of the alcove.

but look away for even just a moment,
and you just might miss her.

the responsibilities she shoulders have her take an important role that mostly keeps her away from the populace. kalabasa does not frequent the front of the alcove as often as her sisters, rather keeping to the shelves in the further back, where little dragons think to peruse, where books of more...private contents lay.

if not there, she is in rooms hidden away from the public eye. her soft dulcet trills exchanging sensitive information with other dragons specifically invited to those rooms, often leaders or envoys of allied clans.

what is discussed is privy to those of the alcove and to those clans only, and it is kalabasa's duty to record every little detail and also be the one be the one directly responsible for maintaining that secrecy.

it is a commitment that she aspired and had the skillset for as long as she can remember.

as an offspring of the alcove's directors, she and her sisters were told at an early age (very gently, for tala and otonyo did not want their daughters to think they were unloved) why their parents work late hours into the night, why they often miss the chance to spend a beautiful day outside with their hatchlings.

kalabasa understood, and never resented them for that.

rather, she was in awe of them.

ever since she was young she was in love with the sloping walls of the alcove she grew up in, with the way the light filtered through the stained glass, how it would land on the spines of the books she loved to read, making them appear incandescent and ethereal.

knowing her parents were the ones responsible for creating this place that she's lucky to call home is a fact kalabasa will always be humbled by.

when she came of age, she immediately offered herself to assist the alcove's ever-growing development, and to do her parents proud.

her sisters, on the other hand, took to different methods in life to honoring their admiration. ones that, due to their completely different personalities and ideologies, had kalabasa be in the middle of whatever happens when the two clash.

the tactic she adopted to deal with them?
to smooth things out, before tempers can ever have a chance to rise in the first place.

reading social cues and body language.
predicting the way certain personalities would react to certain situations.
how to redirect the conversation to avoid said situations — it all soon became second nature to her, and her sisters' relationship resulted in minimal conflict due to it.

this became the foundation for the diplomacy she's to be responsible for, smooth words and intuition easily mollifying spats—be it petty or significant—between powerful political figures on opposing sides of the table (and argument.)

however - in exchange for such excellence in her line of work, kalabasa's sacrifice is that it eats away at her — constantly.

every rule of etiquette, of honeyed redirection in conversation. all the different tones that can be used and the thousands upon thousands of situations they can be used in — keeping track of them all causes her being high strung more often times than not, always preoccupied with the memorization of such vital information that she neglects her own health.

it's a concern her family all holds for her, all of them doing their best to check up on her or to lighten her workload when they can.

but kalabasa is as adamant as her mother was, as relentless her father had been.

in her eyes, they have done so much for her, for her sisters, for this clan — that this dedication to doing the same is the least that she can do to honor them.

Manunulid // Assistant



Kapalaran // Assistant

Alignment : Neutral Good
HP House: Ravenclaw Primary / Ravenclaw Secondary
Gijinka Ethnicity: Filipino / Carribean
Gijinka Face Claim : N/A
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Likes : Literature, Calligraphy
Dislikes : Messy Handwriting,
Leaving Things Unfinished
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tentative gijinka ideas

skin: #e7955a

hair: dark russet / auburn , wavy

medium length; half up/half down

facial features: oval shaped face; slight cheekbones.
tallest of her sisters.

clothes: purple/orange accents.

high fashion, long, trailing gowns.

One made of social grace.
Wings tipped with light.
The family name never to disgrace.

Her aura is a regal space.
Future of the alcove is on what she has her sight.
One made of social grace.

Reads the room at an outstanding pace-
What's good for the alcove is what is right.
The family never to disgrace!

Well earned pride upon her face.
Sensing cues to stop a fight!
One made of social grace.

Adorned in the finest silks and lace.
But stress eats away at her like a blight.
The family never to disgrace.

What challenges may she yet face?
A force of diplomatic might.
One made of social grace
The family never to disgrace.

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