Sister Baphiwe

(design acquired from dreamalgia 2023 aug 21. "WOULD YOU WIFE HER?")

Sister Baphiwe, "Baph", Baphiwe Izandla (Xhosa)

Xhosa, family migrated to south of Durban after conversion to catholocisim decades ago.

The darkness of her skin? Noticeable, might have caused her to be singled out occasionally. Being 4/3 of a person? Her whole live was handled discretely, with the help of the local Church. After an extended search, Peredharna (an ocean away) was where she chose to make her vow.

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Under bright light, her skin is darker than her clothes - her habit, or 'civilian' clothes.

Her visible head has 4 eyes, which can be mistaken as pure white in contrast to the surrounding skin. The have slmost no brown iris, and the pupil is usually so close to the eyelids as being indistinguishable.

The visible head *does not* have a mouth, though it has a rather flat nose. She can "smile" because there is a little of a jawbone that can move.

Her actual mouth lines up with the navel of her upper torso - her upper ribcage pulled around where her head should be like a too-large Ushanka.

She talks, she eats. But tries to avoid both around strangers. she's had medical complications before - duplicate organs with not enough use.