🦀🌊 Nadia

Crew Member of the Pirates Who Don't Do Anything Red Coursers

🎶 / 🎶 / 🎶

Personality: Impulsive, Guarded, Creative, Grumpy, Tired, Melancholy, Secretly Caring

Likes: The Ocean, Beachcombing, Seashells, Sea Glass, Jewelry Making, Textile Art, Craft Fairs, Her Family, Vibrant Colors, Naps, Sunrises, Fruity Drinks, Seafood

Dislikes: Public Affection, Responsibility, Talking About Herself, Her Past Self, Feeling Guilty, Grief, Burnout, Feeling Helpless, Babysitting, Seeing Others Suffering, Being Asked for Help, Red Meat, Dull Colors

Design Notes:

• Design inspired by a Ladybug Amphipod [crustacean photo in link]
• Tiny and ROUND
• Black nose an light yellow (#ECCF8B) toe beans
• Wings are pale blue (#CBDFEA) at 75% opacity
• Usually wears blue scallop shell necklace with fire agate and blue keystone beads
• Sometimes wears a string of yellow/blue/green cat's eye prayer beads as a bracelet
• Generally looks kind of stressed out

Character Notes:

• She lost a kitten when she was younger and was so upset that she ran away to become a pirate, leaving her surviving kitten with his dad, an acquaintance she'd had a fling with. She's still in the early stages of making amends with her now-grown son.
• It took her a long time to trust herself and the universe enough to get married and have another kitten, but she now has a wife and a young son and loves them both very much.
• She makes crafts (mostly jewelry) and sells them at craft fairs and pop-up souvenir stands on the beach with the assistance of her friend Ruben. Nadia handles the creative side of things and Ruben handles the business side.
• Which her jewelry business is, for the most part, legitimate, Nadia has no qualms about helping her crewmates or Ruben run minor scams, as long as their targets are sufficiently rich.
• She's cranky, eternally tired, and usually looks like her soul has left her body, but her grumpy demeanor doesn't mean she doesn't care. In fact, if anything it's because she cares so much that she wears herself out.
• Because she has a young kitten of her own and is unfortunately in possession of what many see as "a kind face", she often ends up getting volunteered to babysit everyone else's kids. She hates it. She likes kids just fine, but she doesn't like being responsible for half a dozen of them who aren't even hers all at once.
• If she sees someone in need of help and it's in her power to help them, she rarely passes up the opportunity to do so. However, she also complains the entire time she's helping them.
• Has undiagnosed and untreated Bipolar II but is doing her best.