Anahita

What the gods have to give, I'll take, and I'll live, and be bold
Introduction xxxxxShe's seen The Revolution, and she's not impressed. Description xxxxxA short and slender middle-aged woman. She has long black hair liberally shot through with silver, light brown skin, and dark brown eyes in an angular face. She is Hazara, but most Americans have difficulty placing her ethnicity and tend to guess she is Southeast Asian, Latina, or Native. She speaks English with a subtle Persian accent that most Americans also cannot place. Reputation xxxxxKnown among Prometheans as one of the Blackburn escapees, the only lab to liberate itself, and a steady, hardworking member of their community. Her former labmates (Blackburn and otherwise) remember her from the inside as quiet, reserved, and kind, and the more observant might have noticed she had some skill in managing the staff. At Freaktown she was known as a storyteller and a survivor of Utopia who's pretty handy with a wide variety of maintenance/caretaking tasks, who particularly looked out for young people and Prometheans. Among radical activists of various stripes she is considered an experienced and reliable organizer, even if her specific role beyond handing out food and water at actions can be hard to nail down. At Le Bonne Entente she is well-liked as the eccentric and competent head groundskeeper with a knack for resolving workplace disputes without resorting to HR. It is widely understood that someone in great distress can often find a cup of tea and a sympathetic ear in her workshop. She is developing a modest reputation among botanical horticulturalists for her success at bringing difficult plants to seed, and therefore frequently invited to rare seed exchanges. History xxxxxPiecing together some kind of personal history based on her stories isn't impossible, but it can be kind of surreal. Broadly, most people who know her now can agree she was a refugee from some kind of war in the '70s, ended up on the mutant island nation of Utopia somehow, had some years of weird and wonderful adventures, witnessed the fall of Utopia, got whisked away by witches, did a bunch of Communism, got pregnant, had a son, did a bunch more Communism, got thrown in jail about it, got thrown in Prometheus about that, broke out of Prometheus, vanished during the COVID pandemic, and then turned up again a couple of years late. The details on all of the above may vary wildly from person to person. Powers xxxxxShe can sense and manipulate the molecular properties and behavior of water. She cannot levitate water or otherwise make it defy the laws of physics, but can magnify or accelerate natural processes in ways that look like very much like they do. The properties she can affect include phase state, density, hydrodynamic stability, friction, surface tension, and other intermolecular forces. Skills xxxxxAnahita has led an extremely disrupted life, travelled much and relied on others little despite her highly communal philosophy, and so has picked up a wide variety of skills. Most of these are quite commonplace, and though she is generally competent she has honed few of them to mastery. Of those that she has honed, probably the most significant is managing men with large egos in such a way that they do not think they are being managed. She is experienced in both community and activist organizing, which includes coordinating often very disparate and disorganized people, mediating conflicts, public speaking, a wide range of logistics, a wide range of security, and making the most of limited budgets. She has eclectic medical skills, primarily in first aid, herbal medicine, and midwifery. She has a scattering of homesteading skills, knows how to hunt well enough to occasionally supplement but not subsist, and is a decent shot with longarms and bows generally. She is an exceptionally strong swimmer even without her power. Though she has never received any formal education, she is very keen to learn both the people and circumstances in her life. She is a self-taught horticulturalist, an excellent gardener, and a budding arborist. She has worked with a staggeringly wide range of plants and learns the needs of new ones quickly. She is an avid reader in botany, history, political and economic philosophy, sociology, religion, and hydrology. Dari is her first language, but not having spoken it since early childhood she is very rusty and far more fluent in English. She can speak Mandarin and Spanish reasonably well, and just enough badly accented and ungrammatical Arabic, Russian, and French for basic communication. Connections Companions Ion: You and I shall laugh together with the storm/And together we shall dig graves for all that die in us/And we shall stand in the sun with a will/And we shall be dangerous Toni: Then said my heart: Here will I take my rest!/This city breathes her love in every part. Fellow Travellers DJ: You are your own forerunner, and the towers you have builded are but the foundation of your giant self. And that self, too, shall be a foundation. Karida: Kamil: Few were the hardy heroes would dare/to ride or leap the raging flames Kasim: The fire raged, the earth was rocked/the flames leaped high to heaven itself Jax: For we have not come to take prisoners/Nor confine our wondrous spirits/But to know ever and ever deeper/Our courage, and freedom, and Light! Joshua: It is dangerous to be right, to be righteous/To stand against the wall of might/Open the door for Eliyahu/that he may come in. Gino: Our neighbors sat at their windows and listened; for our songs were deep as the sea and our melodies were full of strange memories. Leo: May I for my own self song’s truth reckon/Journey’s jargon, how I in harsh days/Hardship endured oft/Bitter breast-cares have I abided Lucien: Give thanks for nights spent in good company/And take the gifts a tranquil mind may bring. Ryan: Who wrote all your notes of sadness/But also etched and gave you/Every ecstatic wince of joy your face, body/And heart has ever known? Tok: Grown bye and bye/To hold mistaken/His pretty estimates/Of Prickly Things Strangers Charles: Do you feel heavy? Your eyes drop with grief/Your spirit is wild and your suffering is brief/So never you buckle and bend to the masses/I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes Damien: There was never a traveller like him but knew/The ways of the road and the hostelry Lumin: Let's see, we could start anywhere/With any word, in this fertile luminous world/What is the first letter of your alphabet? Rocket: Out here, when we touch/The Earth turns, we go sailing through islands of stars Perils Erik: Watch that old fire as it flickers and dies/That once blessed the household and lit up our lives/It shone for the friends and the clinking of glasses/I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes Matt: I had not castled, and the time is gone/What shall I play? Upon the chequered floor/Of Night and Day, Death won the game Cairns Aubrey: Rest softly, ah rest! while the shadow delays/For Time's self is nought and the dial's face Flicker: To them that here renowned for virtue live/A heavenly palace is meet reward Khalil: One there was born, the best of all,/And strong was he made with the strength of earth Trivia She wears a quartz crystal pendant with a bubble of water trapped inside Most people assume she's a lesbian, which seems to amuse her inordinately She probably has that thing nobody thought to bring but which would be really handy right about now Gallery [[Image:|x150px]] [[Image:|x150px]] [[Image:|x150px]]	Anahita Lien Baran Codename None Birthdate 12/21/1972 Birthplace Parwan Province, Afghanistan Species Mutant Affiliation Prometheus Alignment Communal Powers Molecular hydrokinesis Occupation Storyteller, gardener, busybody Registration Status (currently n/a) Faceclaim Atossa Leoni RP Hooks Weird auntie - Anahita isn't conventionally warm and solicitous, but strives to take care of her community and has a wide range of useful skills. Plumbing problem? She can take a look. Sick in bed? She'll make you soup and clean the house while she's at it. Need a trip sitter? She and her ginger lemon tea are there for you. Practical radical - A quietly passionate second-generation communist, she has learned from, worked with, and loved comrades of many tendencies. Her organizing skills and experience can come in handy whether for long-haul coalition building or emergency actions. Water witch - While not Wiccan herself, Anahita was raised by a Wiccan coven and has incorporated aspects of Neopaganism into her own syncretistic practices. She rarely identifies herself as a witch, but makes no secret of it in relevant conversations. She's much more reserved about the ways her spirituality encompasses her (mutant) power. Big fish - She loves telling stories and is prone to embellishment. It's not always easy to tell if she's mildly exaggerating, framing something in a surreal way, outright fabricating, or not embellishing at all. Every word is true, of course. Groundsfairy - As head groundkeeper for Le Bonne Entente, Anahita can often be found in its conservatory and outdoor gardens. She's full of lore about the plants under her care, and might just show you some marvelous secret if you catch her at the right moment.
Logs
Date Title Cast Mentions (2024-11-15) Tales, Glorious Tales Anahita, Karida, Kamil Khalil (2024-11-04) Diversity of Tactical Apparel Anahita, Ryan (2024-09-07) Amazement seized all of them, and they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying, “We have seen strange things today.” Anahita, Leo, Lucien, Flèche Joshua (2024-07-21) Temptation Lucien, Sera, Flèche Kavalam, K.C., Elie, Matt, Anahita (2024-07-17) S: Pt. states they are "sick and tired of breaking" & has no safety net w/o parents. O: Pt. has been w/Morlocks 3mos. A: Anxieties may inhibit capacity for relationship-building. P: Explore anxiety-mitigation tools (snowsuit, padded armor, bubble wrap?) Gino, Lumin, Zack Anahita, Toni (2024-07-17) Cut Flowers Anahita, Lumin, Toni (2024-07-14) Rolling Anahita, Lucien, Rocket, Ryan, with Matt & Jax & Steve via text Damien (2024-07-14) Dry Anahita, Lucien, Ryan Damien, Jax, Matt (2024-07-04) (Other)kin Anahita, Damien, Lucien Elie, Matt, Joshua (2024-07-02) Slippery as Fuck Anahita, Damien, Joshua Lucien, Matt, Jax, Ryan, Charles (2024-06-30) Out of Context Anahita, Joshua, Lumin (2024-06-24) (Be)Coming Home Anahita, Toni (2024-06-15) Long Haul Anahita, Tok Charles (2024-06-13) Forget-me-not Anahita, Lucien (2024-06-10) Whatever your lips utter you must diligently perform, just as you have freely vowed to the Lord your God with your own mouth. Damien, Joshua, Leo, Mirror, Jax, Scott, Wendy, Anahita, B, Bryce (2024-05-27) Home Away From Home Anahita, Damien (2024-05-23) Havens For Those Scattered Lumin, Anahita (2024-05-08) No Demonstration Without Hydration Anahita, Gino B, Shane (2024-05-01) Many Hats Anahita, Jax Taylor, Tag, Dawson, Lucien, Ryan (2024-04-29) In which the bricks fall / we pick them up off the ground / to throw, or to build? Matt, Mirror, Lucien, Winona, Scramble, Scott, Shane, Eric, Ion, Taylor, Bug, Anahita, Destiny, Natsumi, B, Mystique, DJ, Heather, Jax, Polaris, Tian-shin, Joshua, Nick Regan (2024-03-22) The storms of winter / left our roads broken and fraught / now we repave them. Anahita, Ion, Natsumi Gino, Zack (2024-01-25) Upaya Charles, Lucien Rasheed, Erik, Elie, Matt, Fury, Hive, Ryan, Anahita (2023-12-31) Of Freedom and Festivals (Or, Through the Cracks) Lucien, Ryan, Nanami, Gaétan, Spencer, Wendy, Anahita, Joshua, Avi, Alma, Matt, NPC-Elie, Kavalam, Harm, Roscoe, Nevaeh, Jax, Dawson, Mirror (2023-12-31) In Which You Have Made People Like the Fish of the Sea, Like Crawling Things That Have No Ruler. Lucien, Leo, Scramble, Shane, B, DJ, Sera, Nick, Tian-shin, Polaris, Joshua, Skye, Anahita, Desi, Lael, Taylor, Elie Tag, Erik, Ion, Avi, Spencer, Nanami, Kelawini, Dusk (2023-08-01) At a Crossroads Polaris, Wendy DJ, Dawson, Hive, Anahita, Lucien, Charles, Jax (2023-05-30) Fathers, do not provoke your children, or they may lose heart. Anahita, Kitty, Leo, Toni, Carmen Pryde Lucien, Akihiro, Wendy (2023-05-14) Mothers Anahita, Lucien Jax, Fury, Gaétan, Spencer (2023-03-28) Wonderfullest things are ever the unmentionable; deep memories yield no epitaphs Anahita, Erik Ion, Charles, Polaris (2023-03-20) New Anahita, Lucien, Flèche (2023-03-14) The In-Betweens Anahita, Toni Lucien (2023-03-06) Garden Variety Anahita, Lucien Matt (2023-02-17) Future things swim before me, as in empty outlines and skeletons; all the past is somehow grown dim. Anahita, Erik, Ion Charles, Polaris (2023-02-17) All my means are sane, my motive and my object mad Erik, Ion Anahita, Polaris, Leo, Dawson (2023-01-27) Telling Stories Anahita, Ion Joshua, Erik (2023-01-22) Free-Range Mutant Community Anahita, Joshua, Kevin Erik, Ion (2023-01-11) Iron and Blood Carnage, Erik Anahita, Charles (2023-01-08) Water Under The Bridge Akihiro, Anahita, Carnage, Erik Leo, Charles (2023-01-07) I will plant them upon their land, and they shall never again be plucked up out of the land that I have given them, Anahita, Carnage, Leo (2023-01-04) (Re)connecting? Anahita, DJ Dawson, Polaris, WInona, Maya, Jamie, Leo, Lucien