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[onehotbabe]

Player
Name: Sunny
Personal Journal: dreamship
E-mail:
AIM/MSN: AIM=shonencloudburst
Timezone: CST/GMT-5
Current Characters in Route: Miyako Inoue (digital_bingo), Flora Reinhold (icansolvethemtoo), Jade Curtiss (fonic_sight)

Character
Name: Ray Beams
Series: Eureka Seven
Timeline: ?????
Canon Resource Links: Wikipedia; E7 Wikia;


Personality: Ray is probably one of the most motherly people you'll ever meet. At first appearances, she's made of all smiles and greets everyone with a very loving voice. She's a sweetheart with a soft spot for children, having always wanted a few herself. While also deeply in love with her husband, Charles, Ray likes the idea of having a little family with the stereotypical routine which includes the mother making dinner and having it hot and waiting for her husband while he returned.

However, she's also one feisty young lady, Ray's not all sunshine and rainbows, as she was once in the military. Years ago, she was a member of the SOF--the Special Operations Force--but during the fight, she was swept up in the Seven Swell, which robbed her ability to give birth. Because of this, she harbors not only harbors a deep hatred for Eureka, but she also ragequit the military with her husband. They make a living as freelance mercenaries, doing odd jobs when called. It's an easier living, since they don't have to answer to everyone, although she doesn't mind that part so much. She's able to hold herself in combat, and she doesn't hold back. It's because of her time in the military that she's able to hold her own without taking much offense to insults or people pushing her. She can also take a punch--much less throw a few good ones of her own. She doesn't take things lying down, as she's very proactive and often the one to get everyone's butts moving.

But even with all of this, Ray's motherly nature is often her downfall. Once she takes a child-figure under her wing, they're often her soft spot, whether they decide to leave the nest or not. When it comes to the ones she devotes her heart to, she'll do just about anything for them. In Renton's case, she couldn't fight him, but she loved him enough to let him choose his own sides, however twisted she saw them to be. After all, if you love someone enough, you'll let them follow your heart - Ray takes this quite literally.


Strengths/Weaknesses: She's a very motherly person. Older than many and stronger, she's good when it comes to working with children of any age, especially those who want to be babied. She's also very protective of them - Ray will step in and help out or take over if it looks like someone younger wants or needs her assistance. Also, she doesn't take shit from anyone - Ray will not hesitate to smack someone for being an idiot. She's got quite a tongue on her, and while she rarely uses it, it's a good secret weapon when it comes to snarky discussion. While she's a sweetheart, beware the nice ones...

With her military background comes a physical and athletic strength. She's very strong and can hold her own in a fist fight, or a gun fight... sword fight.. Any fight, really. Ray takes no prisoners. And because she's so thin and light, she's also quite agile, so besides packing quite a punch, she's quick on her feet and can maneuver in small spaces or through vents and hallways. She's great when it comes to stealth activity. She's also very strategic. Because of the military, she's become quite skilled in coming up with plans that could benefit her or her husband in the end.

...She's also an amazing cook. Charles considers this to be her most important strength.

The hatred she harbors for Eureka is also one of her biggest weaknesses and the easiest way to upset her. Because she blames Eureka for the Seven Swell which robbed her ability to have children, she thinks Eureka stole everything from her. After all, Eureka has three children--even if they aren't hers biologically--and Ray doesn't think that's fair, especially since the only child she 'had' was Renton who, incidentally, was devoted to Eureka and chose to stay by her side. She's also so attached to her husband that without him, she literally falls apart. Her strategies become weaker and more passion-driven, and she makes more careless mistakes because she literally cannot think straight without being in contact with him. He is her rock, the only person that keeps her sane.


Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Team Rocket
Starter: Cubone
Password: Scrambled Eggs

Samples
First Person Sample:
[For a good moment, Ray just stares at the gear. She's seated somewhere outside, her Cubone sitting on her lap, his little hands covered in what looks like blueberry jam. While his eyes are still teary, he's definitely not making much noise save for licking the sweets off his hands. It's a good enough distraction for her as she bounces him on her lap, while still staring at the gear, nearly speechless. But a few seconds later, she finds herself smiling a little.]

Parades are wonderful, aren't they? While I doubt I'll ever come to understand why a Jigglypuff needs to learn to tap dance, let alone six of them, I will say I did appreciate the entertainment. Apparently today is a Public Serice Parade day to celebrate the work of Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy...

But since I'm out, I've decided to take the day off to treat Chiba to his first outing. Isn't that right, Chiba?

[The Cubone lets out an excitable 'Boooone!', wibbling in her lap. She has to smile.]

Who knew jam could be so effective in soothing a Cubone? They're sweet pokémon, just a little challenge. But what mother wouldn't be against one of those? [Rubbing his back again, she smiles at the gear.]

If anyone would like to join me, I'm at the café in Ecruteak. I'll also buy you a free drink, should you be thirsty. After all, traveling takes energy! You've got to remember to stay hydrated.

[Free advice from a caring soul. And with that, she shuts the gear.]


Third Person Sample:
Trying to bargain off days with Ariana wasn't even worth it. When Ray heard about the appreciation parade, she really wanted to sneak off of the job to watch it--not because they were the appreciated, upstanding citizens of Johto, but because she liked parades, and because Charles was meeting her that afternoon--but Ariana wanted nothing to do with it. After all, the officers were very, very against Team Rocket... Which was understandable, given Ariana's profession, but still! It wasn't like Ray hated the officers. They were just a mild annoyance, as were every police force no matter what the planet. But that honestly didn't stop Ray--she was going to that parade, damn Ariana's opinions!

Having created a rather brilliant lie about scoping out the city and robbing the tourists, Ray had received permission (from Petrel, bless his casual little heart) to hit up Goldenrod two days before the festival. Then a bit of tweaking in the helicopter's control panel while the pilot was off getting a burger had them "grounded" for a few days. And that was what had Ray sitting at a little cafe, flipping through a pamphlet of the popular goings-on happening around Goldenrod during the parade. Some carnival games, a few sales... a discount dinner sale at a restaurant? With a poké-daycare system?

...

Ray looked at her Cubone, who was currently whining as he stared at the crowds, then back at the pamphlet. This sounded like a good plan to her. A night on the town with her hubby... Oh! She needed to let him know she arrived! That had been the promise they made when formulating this plan. It was rather covert and far too sneaky for just a date with her husband, but damn it, Ariana couldn't stand in the way of her love!

...that and Ray just wanted to see if she really could mess with this world's technology. And, as the pilot would find out whenever he returned to the 'copter and found her missing, she could.

Whipping out her gear, she speed-dialed his number. "Charles, baby, are you in the city yet? I just touched in half an hour ago!"