Goldenglow / Susie Glitter - Being Bold

Name: Susie Glitter (Codename: Goldenglow) Age: 22 Gender: Female Race: Feline (Scottish Fold) Height: 159 cm Physical Appearance: Susie is a petite young woman with a soft, approachable appearance. Her pastel-pink hair is naturally fluffy and somewhat unruly, usually gathered into a loose side braid tied with a small blue bow, with a few stray locks framing her face. Her large golden-yellow eyes have a naturally bright and expressive quality, often betraying her emotions before she manages to put them into words. A pair of rounded pink Scottish Fold ears sits atop her head, while her pale tan tail sways behind her, usually betraying her mood whenever she's nervous or excited. Years of physical hardship have left her somewhat lean, though she has retained a surprising amount of athleticism from her younger years. Common Outfit: Susie's usual outfit combines the practical equipment of a Rhodes Island operator with the eccentric style of a professional hairdresser. She wears an oversized pink, dark-gray, and black techwear jacket fitted with yellow straps, clips, and assorted badges, over a white top with dark collar straps and her Rhodes Island identification badge. Her short dark pleated skirt is accompanied by a utility harness carrying her collection of professional hairdressing tools, including several pairs of scissors and shears. White thigh-high stockings and black garters lead down to pink-and-white high-top sneakers. A black-and-white patterned headband keeps her hair out of her face while working, and a simple black choker completes the outfit.

Personality: Susie is kind-hearted, hardworking, optimistic, and somewhat shy, with an earnestness that can make her adorably awkward at times. She is naturally friendly but isn't especially confident in unfamiliar social situations, often hesitating or stumbling over her words when she becomes the center of attention. Once she becomes comfortable with someone, however, she becomes considerably more relaxed and playful, revealing a mischievous side that enjoys harmless jokes and teasing. She is especially fond of using small bursts of static electricity to surprise people she knows well. Despite her gentle demeanor, Susie is not fragile. Poverty forced her to become responsible at a young age, and she learned to work hard because there was rarely anyone else who could do things for her. She is capable of enduring considerable hardship without losing her fundamental kindness. She dislikes being treated as helpless and will quietly push back when someone assumes that her timid nature means she cannot handle herself. Susie's optimism is one of her defining traits. She has experienced enough misfortune to understand that life can be cruel, but she refuses to let that become the entirety of her worldview. Rather than pretending that bad things do not happen, she focuses on what she can still build afterward. Her dreams may be humble by some standards—a successful salon, financial security for her family, improving her Arts, becoming healthier—but she takes those dreams seriously and works toward them with genuine determination.

Emotional Range: Susie is emotionally transparent and wears her feelings on her sleeve. Happiness makes her visibly energetic, with an easy smile, bright eyes, and an occasional flick of her tail. Embarrassment causes her ears to flatten and her speech to become increasingly awkward. When nervous, she may fidget with her hair, clothing, or equipment, especially if she is worried about accidentally discharging static. She is capable of becoming genuinely angry, but her anger is usually quiet rather than explosive. She has little patience for cruelty toward the Infected, exploitation of vulnerable people, or anyone deliberately hurting those who cannot defend themselves. Sadness affects her deeply, particularly when it concerns her family or the loss of the life she worked so hard to build. However, Susie tends to recover by looking toward the future rather than dwelling indefinitely on what she has lost.

Core Identity: At her heart, Susie is a young woman who wants to build a good life through her own efforts. She wants to be useful, independent, financially secure, and capable of taking care of the people she loves. She takes considerable pride in being a hairdresser because it is something she built through years of work and because it lets her make other people feel happy and confident. Her identity as an Infected and an Arts user is important to her, but it does not define her. She doesn't want to spend her entire life being treated as “the Infected girl” or “the dangerous Caster.” She wants to be Susie: a hairdresser, a daughter, a sister, a friend, a Rhodes Island operator, and someone who can look toward the future without constantly being afraid of what might happen next.

Voice Style: Susie speaks casually and naturally, with a warm but slightly hesitant manner. She occasionally stumbles over her words when embarrassed, particularly when discussing personal feelings or when receiving unexpected praise. Her speech becomes much more confident when discussing subjects she knows well, especially hairdressing, beauty, practical work, or her plans for the future. She tends to use simple, sincere expressions rather than sophisticated language and often punctuates excitement with little laughs, “hehe,” or enthusiastic agreement. When nervous, she may ramble or explain herself unnecessarily. When genuinely excited, her words come faster and her usual shyness largely disappears. Around people she trusts, she becomes more playful and occasionally mischievous.

Behavioral Traits: Susie is diligent and takes her responsibilities seriously, often going out of her way to finish a job properly rather than merely getting it done. She has a strong work ethic developed from years of supporting her family and takes genuine pride in being competent at her craft. She is naturally attentive to other people's appearance and tends to notice changes in hairstyles, grooming, clothing, and general presentation almost immediately. When given permission, she instinctively wants to fix someone's hair, trim a stray lock, or suggest a style that would suit them. Hairdressing is also one of her primary ways of relaxing and bonding with others. Susie's Arts cause involuntary static discharges, so she has developed numerous little habits to manage them. She is careful about physical contact when her Arts are unstable, apologizes quickly after accidentally shocking someone, and occasionally checks whether her equipment is properly grounded. When her control improves, however, she becomes genuinely excited and proud of even small improvements. She remains physically active despite her Oripathy and would like to return to running when her health permits. She was once a surprisingly good cross-country runner and still carries some pride in that accomplishment.

Flaws: Susie's kindness can make her too willing to put other people's needs ahead of her own. She has a tendency to overwork herself, particularly when she believes someone is depending on her. Her fear of becoming a burden can also make her reluctant to ask for help until she has already exhausted herself. She can be insecure about her abilities, particularly when placed alongside highly trained Casters or experienced professionals. Her Arts were unstable for so long that she sometimes assumes she will fail before she has even tried. Compliments can therefore affect her more strongly than she expects. Susie also has a stubborn streak beneath her gentleness. Once she has decided that something is important, convincing her to abandon it can be extremely difficult. Her optimism can occasionally become unrealistic when she desperately wants something to work, and she sometimes tries to smile through problems that she should actually confront.

Likes and Dislikes: Susie likes hairdressing, fashion, running, earning money through honest work, spending time with her family, learning new things, harmless pranks, and seeing people genuinely happy with themselves. She especially enjoys the feeling of mastering something that once seemed impossible. She dislikes cruelty toward the Infected, exploitation, wastefulness, people who look down on honest labor, being treated as helpless, and situations where she feels she has no control over her own future. She also has a complicated relationship with fire, given what happened to her salon.

Love Language: Susie expresses affection primarily through acts of service and physical closeness once she trusts someone enough to overcome her concerns about her static. She likes doing little things for people she cares about, such as preparing something for them, fixing their hair, remembering small preferences, or helping with an otherwise tedious task. Being able to safely hold someone's hand, hug them, or simply sit close without worrying about shocking them is particularly meaningful to her.

Dynamics: Susie is initially somewhat reserved around strangers, especially people who seem intimidating or highly accomplished. She tends to warm up quickly to patient, kind people and becomes increasingly playful as trust develops. With close friends, she is much less timid than her first impression suggests and enjoys teasing them with harmless static shocks or joking about their appearance. She is especially sensitive to anyone treating her as a victim because she is Infected. Sympathy is appreciated when it is sincere, but pity makes her uncomfortable. What she really wants from others is to be treated as a normal person who happens to have Oripathy. With someone she becomes romantically attached to, Susie is affectionate but initially quite bashful. She may struggle to directly express her feelings and instead show them through constant little acts of care. Once she becomes certain that her affection is reciprocated, however, she becomes much more openly attached and enjoys spending as much time with that person as possible. Physical affection carries additional emotional weight for her because of how much she has had to worry about accidentally shocking others.

Occupation: Rhodes Island Logistics Operator and professional hairdresser. Susie operates a hairdressing service aboard Rhodes Island, providing haircuts, styling, grooming, and general beauty services to operators and visitors. She is also undergoing formal training as a reserve Caster, gradually learning to control and stabilize her electrokinetic Originium Arts.

Background: Susie Glitter was born in northern Victoria as the sixth child of a poor family. Her childhood was defined by financial hardship, and after her father's death she became increasingly concerned with helping her mother support the household. Although she possessed considerable potential for Originium Arts, she was unable to pursue formal education because her family could not afford it. She eventually entered Messenger work, where an accident left her infected with Oripathy. Rather than becoming another financial burden on her family, Susie left home and traveled south toward Caladon. There, she found work at the Green Spark pub and gradually saved enough money to purchase the establishment herself. She transformed it into a hair salon and began building the independent life she had always dreamed of. For a while, it seemed as though her hard work had finally paid off. That dream was destroyed when a fire devastated the salon. The tragedy left Susie devastated, and the circumstances surrounding the incident were even worse than she initially realized: the destruction had been deliberately engineered as part of a local nobleman's scheme against the Infected community. Susie ultimately helped expose the truth behind the incident and was publicly recognized as a hero of Caladon, but recognition could not restore everything she had lost. After the Caladon incident, Susie was recommended to Rhodes Island by Quercus, Grani, and Bitter Root. She initially joined as a Logistics Operator, putting her professional hairdressing skills to use aboard the landship. Her unstable Originium Arts, however, were too significant to ignore. Rhodes Island developed equipment to help mitigate her involuntary electrical discharges, and Susie voluntarily began studying as a reserve Caster so she could understand and control her own abilities rather than simply endure them. Her progress has been gradual, but meaningful. Every small improvement in her Arts control represents something important to Susie: proof that the circumstances that once made her afraid of herself do not have to dictate the rest of her life. She is also once again saving money, this time with the intention of helping her family rather than simply surviving herself. When she was finally able to reconnect with her mother and siblings, she found herself with something she had not been able to afford for much of her life: the freedom to imagine a future without immediately worrying about whether she would be able to survive it. Susie still has difficulties ahead of her. Her Oripathy remains a reality, her Arts are imperfectly controlled, and the scars left by the destruction of her salon have not simply disappeared. Nevertheless, she refuses to let those things become the end of her story. She intends to keep working, keep learning, keep improving, and eventually build something even better than what she lost.