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"Hello, stranger."
Affable ✦ Gentle ✦ Duplicitous ✦ Withdrawn ✦ Selfish
A seemingly perfect stranger, Irha maintains a charming but distant persona. His facade is near impossible to break— perpetually polite and subservient, he appears more than eager to please, often bending over backwards just to fulfill another’s wishes. Perhaps he gains some sort of joy from the small acts of kindness; perhaps not.
Beneath the mask of pleasantries is a deeply jaded individual. He'll do whatever it takes to ensure his own survival, and if that requires some smoke & mirrors, so be it. These lies aren't born of malice, after all. It’s as though he’s yet to find a home in himself— better to lie than to embrace his crumbling facade. On rare occasions, Irha displays a catty sense of humor and an inclination towards mischief, but this is generally reserved for those he is closest to.
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Magic
Area of Expertise
Irha focuses on illusory magic, primarily glamours. While he is able to disguise his face, figure, and voice, he is unable to perform similar feats on others.
His inherent shapeshifting changes his physical form, and he is unable to speak when taking the form of an object. Illusions, however, allow him to mask him appearance to that of a living creature as opposed to an object.
Abilities
As a mimic, Irha is able to shapeshift into simple objects- an ability he supplements with illusions. He can take the form of smaller things but is unable to replicate the function of complex machinery. So Irha can appear as a watch, but he cannot accurately tell the time. He also must maintain roughly the same surface area as his human form (or smaller). For example, he can mimic an area rug but not an armchair.
Limitations
Replicating the features and voices of others is an art requiring hours of practice, meaning it takes Irha quite some time to devise an exact illusory copy of another individual. Otherwise, he relies on memory, and there are few things as fallible as that.
Personal Lore
History
Early Life
Mimics are not born so much as they are made. An object built for a singular purpose, the being that would become Irha was crafted to guard the treasures of an elderly witch. As time passed, so did she, and Irha — as with most of her property — was liquidated. He eventually found himself in the service of another woman named Haname Oshiro. It was under her tutelage that he was able to adapt a more humanoid form (although this came after several years of trial and error), and she provided him with food, shelter, and work. Still, she never gave him a name. Names are for people, after all, and what was he but an elegant facsimile?
Moving to Walpurgis
Irha came to town in an effort to escape his old life. Though he still owes Haname a great debt, he’s allowed the small freedom of traveling to Walpurgis to work in her cocktail lounge, Andante. Part of him hopes that, in time, he'll be able to repay her and cut the final thread connecting him to his past.
Present Day
Since arriving at Walpurgis six months ago, Irha has served as the bartender at Andante, a local cocktail bar & lounge catered towards the wealthy. The lounge floor is usually reserved for dinner parties, but the bar itself is open for all. He spends most nights there, working until the early hours of the morning and sleeping through sunrise. If he isn’t working, he’s typically babysitting Rhaq’a’s little sisters or loitering in Basile’s shop.
Race Lore
Mimics are creatures created through magic, taking the form of inanimate objects to disguise themselves from would-be prey. They tend to be neutral and often act as guardians for their creators’ treasure. Ranging in size and ability, some mimics are capable of speech and magic, but their innate spellcasting is limited to illusions and beguilement. Mimics are notorious for their appetite and are most prone to bribes involving food.
Despite common misconception, mimics have no inherent inclination towards evil. They, like all other creatures, simply exist to each their very own.
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Rhaq'a Tayuun [ Friend ]
Despite embodying everything Irha loathes in a person, Rhaq'a has nevertheless managed to weasel his way into his life & heart. He is among Irha's closest friends and has earned the withdrawn mimic's trust. This, of course, doesn't mean Irha won't smack Rhaq'a upside the head for every salacious comment made in his presence. Every. Single. One.
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