【 PERSONALITY 】

Zerize is the result of what happens if you mix a golden retriever and a cockatoo together in one troll. At her core, she is a social butterfly. With an ecstatic eagerness to meet new people and an insatiable lust for new experiences, it's not uncommon to see zerize hopping from one friend group or another at parties and shows. But on the flip side sometimes she can take it too far, her overly friendliness can be seen as downright annoying sometimes.

When it comes to others, Zerize is a reliable shoulder to cry on. While she may not have the best advice to give she's still willing to listen to any one who needs it. She isn't afraid to be Vulnerable in front of others nor will she ever hide who she is. In turn, Zerize is pretty emotionally resilient, even if she's going through high hell and back she always tries to find a way to make light of the situation. However at the same time if she ever feels like someone is taking advantage of her, she will not hesitate to drop that said person, Zerize is not naive. Yet, even without that event playing out she can be pretty flakey since she has a tendency to not stick around too long with just one person.

Her demeanor is like a switchblade, though rarely ever in a bad mood. One minute she could be bouncing off the wall rife with energy and the next she can be laid back and down to earth. Though she can shakily maintain a steady baseline, rarely does she ever choose to stay that way. She takes comfort in fast paced loud environments.

【 STORY 】

EARLY LIFE

Right out of the brooding caves, Zerize was a lonely kid. Even though she had started out with a fairly average for a gold blood in build and stature, she was still a gold blood. In her early childhood she didn't live in the safest of places, seasonal bombings from the heiress and murders where just another tuesday. However her lusus didn't see it that way, rightfully so. Due to this Zerize barely ever went outside during this time. So it wasn't an uncommon site to see the gold blood staring longingly out the window at other trolls passing by her hive. Already the hemospectrum had left a bitter taste in her mouth. But, that didn't dampen her curiosity, instead being at home all the time emboldened her enthusiasm for exploring new experiences.

For a while she was content with her living situation, she understood her lusi’s concerns. Yet, her thirst for the outside grew like a weed. It only took half a sweep to go by before the girl started finding ways to sneak out without her lusus noticing. Zerize explored all she could of her subgrub, though it was dangerous that didn't stop her from coming out for more. One day on these little urban explorations, she came across a brazen house party. The loud gnarly music and the fast paced environment drew her in, she was like a fly to honey. At this exact moment she found solace and finally felt like she belonged there. Though she was an uninvited party guest at first, it didn't take long for her to start assimilating with Alternia’s wrank nightlife scene.

Over time, through these occasions she made a hefty amount of friends and she managed to scrounge up a supportive friend group. But the cherry on top to all of this would have to be her Rust blooded Moirail, Dhonza. When the two met, the first thing Zerize noticed about him was his tattoos. Right off the bat She was so enthralled by the symbols scrawled on his skin that she was eager to pick up the new art form. Though Dhonza was a little older than Zerize by a sweep, he took her under his wing. The two bonded over their love of tattoos and Dhonza exposed zerize to the local punk scene. Of course, Zerize latched on and loved the scene within mere seconds of going to her first show.

TEENAGE YEARS

Her teen years were pretty much spent in utter bliss with her friends. Sneaking out, going to parties and underground shows, running from the cops and all that mischevy, what was there not to love about that type of life? By now her lusus had pretty much given up trying to keep her at home and opted for a more laid back type of parenting. Zerize felt as free as a bird and during this time her moirail taught her how to tattoo using the stick and poke method. It took her a while to properly get a hang of it, but after practicing and giving herself a few regrettable tattoo’s Zerize was able to get a hang of it. The only thing that put a dampen to her demeanor was the common loss of someone from her inner circle. Most of the people she connected with were lowbloods like herself. Yet even so, when those bad times came, she was able to fall back on her other friends and she wouldn't hesitate to do the same for them.

Unfortunately this blissful support would not last long, when the system is built against you tragedy is bound to happen. Right at the age of 8 sweeps, the time for zerize to get sent off planet was soon underway. While she wasn't too privy to losing most of her friends with this new change. But she was still open to embrace it with her moirail at her side. Dhonza attempted to somewhat comfort Zerize by giving her a barbed wire tattoo on her upper left shoulder.(They got matching tattoos). To both of them, it meant that no matter what hardship that came to them in the future, they’d stick together and overcome it. It was his last gift to her and it calmed the gold blood for a short while. However its effect was soon lost upon Dhonza’s sudden death. From the beginning her moirail’s life had been wrapped up in petty crime in order to keep themselves afloat. Zerize honestly wasn’t expecting it, nor did she know how to handle it. Before she could get a grip on her emotions she was torn away from the life she once loved and was shoved into a new one.

ADULTHOOD

Zerize’s time within the Alternian Military was short lived, truthfully she wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed. Her psionics were fairly average, however it was nowhere close enough to power a ship nor did she possess the I.T knowledge that most of her colleagues had. Due to this she didn’t even last a sweep before getting sent to a different work planet. From one change to another it didnt get better from there. Already the alternian empire wasn't too kind to lowbloods who had finished up their service within the military, even more so who were “Dishonorably discharged”. There was little to no support for her, yet she trudged on. It took her a while to finally get somewhat of a footing in this new life. After hopping from part time to part time, Zerize was finally able to land herself as an apprentice for a tattooist and a cashier for a merch vendor at one of the venues she frequented. Things seemed to be looking up for the goldie, even though her job choices were barely letting her scape by, she still had her art with her. Yet on the flip side, during this time she still hadn’t really recovered from realizing that all of her friends and the people she cherished could be torn away from her in one foul swoop. zerize was fairly apprehensive towards making close connections with others, in a sense she was almost emotionally reclusive. She still had acquaintances, but for the most part she put up a facade. At times she felt so alone in a suffocating sea of new faces.

For a while, things got better. One day at the venue she was working at, she met a purple blooded troll by the name of Eligos. Right off the bat they hit it off pretty well the conversations between the two deepened and before long the two started going out on dates. Truthfully it was a little strange at first, Eligos was twice her age and a famous black metal vocalist from the band I.O.D. But zerize didn't mind it. If anything she was just happy she had someone around who could make her feel like what she used to be. While things were great, Eligos made her feel confident and outgoing again. Before long she moved in with her newly found partner miles away from her old stingy apartment. For a time, the gold blood almost lived like a high-blooded socialite.

In the beginning of the relationship, it was as if zerize had rose tinted glasses duct-taped to her eyes. Sure there were some red flags here and there, like Eligos almost constantly monitoring what she did online and constantly asking where she went. But for a while she just chalked it up to him being protective over her. This problem however could not be ignored forever, the relationship started to snowball. First it was the over protectiveness, then came the manipulation. At first it started off with just a few small jabs at her appearance, yet she didn't take those remarks too seriously in the beginning. But when it started to get repeated over and over again, Zerize started to doubt herself. Isolated with no one but herself for support, Eligos’ word became as good as god’s in her eyes. She was desperate to keep him happy. After all, he did help her out with getting her life sorted, so it was the least she could do right? As slowly as Eligos had built her up, he knocked her down.

The gold blood went on with this for months, her happiness almost entirely depended on keeping her matesprit happy. Yet as time went on, Eligos only grew more distant and cold towards her. Truthfully, whatever use he had gotten out of her had dried up, or he was just bored of her at this point. Zerize was tired of the loneliness, she was separated from the people she once cared about, once loved and cherished. The person who she was supposed to love was cold towards her, yet the fact that he wouldn't let go of her confused her further. So she kept trying, she poured all of herself into Eligos. Her actions did not make things better, in desperation for the rush she once felt, Zerize turned to chasing the white dragon. After that, the days soonly blurred together, she no longer cared. She was constantly in and out of an altered state of mind. Life went on like this for a while, she kept using it to the point where she’d do it 3 or 4 times a day to keep up the constant stream of euphoria. The cash flow that came from her matesprite’s celebrity status fueled her addiction and kept her going and her partner couldn't seem to care.

This ultimately came to a halting stop oneday, she could bear the isolation no longer. Admittedly though she was on the fringes of emotional clarity at this moment, she wanted out. However, Eligos’s loveless grasp was still tight around her collar, with the worsening feeling of captivity Zerize decided there was only one way for her to truly be free. An attempt was made, luckily she lost her nerve once she realized there was another way. Eligos would loosen his grasp if he THOUGHT she was dead. She lit a blaze to the walls that kept her captive and she quickly made her escape with what resources she could take with her on hand. With nowhere to go, she decided to head back to the city she once lived in. She hitchhiked back, it wasn't ideal in the harsh Snowy conditions of the alternian north, but it was better than nothing. For a time she camped in abandoned hives on the side of the road.

Halfway through her journey she ran out of heroin and started to enter stages of withdrawal, One-Night she came across an abandoned cathedral or so she thought, only after breaking into the dilapidated edifice did she realize that she wasn't alone. Before she knew it she was faced to face with a stone cold rainbow drinker. In no shape to defend herself Zerize was able to talk and plead her way out of a fight by spilling her entire life story out to him. The rainbow drinker in need of company, let her stay at his hive for a few nights on a whim of mercy. She later came to know this rainbow drinker as Ntshav. During the time they spent together, although apprehensive at first they slowly became close friends. The two bonded over the hardships they went through.

Upon returning to the city she had once lived in she got herself checked into a rehab center, Unfortunately for a gold blood there weren't many options or good programs out there. But with a little bit of help from her new rainbow drinker friend she was able to get back on her feet. Slowly but surely, Zerize became her true self again, she went back to tattooing and was able to make a steady income to support herself after she finished up her apprenticeship and over time she was able to rediscover her love for her local punk and party scene.

【 RELATIONSHIPS 】

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Matesprit

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Moirail

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Kismesis

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Close friend

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