-Tea-

tea | she/her | student 
Tea isn't really that unique. Of course, she is a little strange, with her tendency to go about life as though she's narrating her own story, or maybe her slightly obsessive nature when it comes to books. But overall, she's pretty much normal. She's quiet and hasn't learned how to stand up for herself, hasn't learned how to trust. Hasn't really learned how to be happy. Growing up without anyone by her side, she learned how to be alone, but never learned how to be with other dragon. She belongs to herbalteas, please don't edit!
tea 	tea
 	
Background Information	Background Information
Art By 	sand the animus, base by prosecutor_crybaby
Creator 	herbalteas
Main Attribute 	thoughtful
Elemental Attribute 	air
Theme Animal 	sparrow
Theme Color 	green
Theme Song 	not by the moon - got7
Character Information 	Character Information
Age 	19 HY
Gender 	female
Occupation 	student
Tribe 	rainwing
Goal 	to make an impact
Residence 	minli
Relatives 	adoptive parents (osore and kojo), adoptive siblings (tentative relationship with both)
Allies 	kaze, yoru, osore (hasn't seen him in a while, relationship tentative)
Enemies 	her family
Likes 	being alone, coffee, scrolls, horror, the quiet, pop music, reptiles, dancing
Dislikes 	too much company, loud noises, parties, hot weather, romance novels
Abilities 	color-changing scales, venom
Weapons 	venom, claws, fangs
Love Interests 	hmm
Quote 	"maybe you should just stop what you're doing and think about it first."
appearance
Tea is small. With a flyaway look to her general appearance and a perpetually worried look in her large brown eyes, she appears years younger than 19 (HY). She is constantly weighed down by bags stuffed to the brim with books or disorganized papers as she sprints through the quiet, sleeping streets of Minli to get to her next class. She resembles that of a mouse scurrying into different buildings, hiding from dragons, doing its best to remain unnoticed while sprinting to its desired location. 
She has a tiny build, falling several inches shorter than the average female RainWing, with thin limbs and an angular stature. Her wings are small, her face diamond-shaped, and her eyes large. Tea is considered cute by most, but it would be a stretch to refer to her as pretty. With her high cheekbones and size that almost borders on malnourishment, she's most certainly a little strange looking. But somewhat attractive nonetheless.
Her scales change color, but Tea has some form of control over them, causing them to turn a pale imitation of the color that applies to the emotion. They most commonly shift somewhere between pale green and teal. Tea likes to take advantage of her ability to camouflage and uses it commonly throughout the city to further prevent social interaction. 
Tea is scrawny and, with little meat on her tiny bones and a tendency to camouflage, doesn't stand out in a crowd. Her mouth is often set in a determined frown, but despite her bored demeanor, her eyes sparkle with interest and life. 
Her horns are a deep green, her claws the same shade. Neither are particularly sharp or menacing, but are sweet nonetheless and fit in with her overall appearance. Tea isn't fond of jewelry (having ear piercings that closed up from neglect), but wears a pair of golden framed glasses on her nose as a result of reading too many scrolls, rendering her nearsighted. 
personality
 Tea is complex, not because of her nature but because of her emotions. She appears to be a quiet, discombobulated student sprinting around town and trying her best to get to class on time; perpetually worried. This first impression isn’t exactly inaccurate, just simplistic in comparison to the layers of anxiety, wounded pride, and fear of failure that are hidden beneath the surface. Hatched in an orphanage and adopted by a wealthy family, she never experienced a lack of resources, but that didn’t mean her home life was beneficial for her. Despised by her mother and shunned by her younger siblings, she found herself alone and independent, for her father was rarely around when she needed him. 
Tea finds it difficult to trust people, assessing them quietly. She doesn’t like to speak and chooses not to unless absolutely necessary. No one knows exactly why, and she doesn’t either. She takes both compliments and insults personally, a weakness that she wishes she could improve. Tea suppresses her anger, bottling it up inside of her rather than expressing her thoughts, which makes her significantly unhappy and often causing her to hold grudges on dragons based on the most minor of interactions. She chooses to avoid those she doesn’t like rather than confronting them about their offending behavior, and finds more companionship in scrolls than other dragons. Tea doesn’t mind being alone, but she cares about what others think and doesn’t want them pitying her, which makes everything so much more difficult than it is.
There are very few that she feels comfortable around, finding no consolation in her mother or siblings. Her father was the first dragon she really loved, and even then, he wasn’t there most of the time. She found it difficult to interact with other dragons because she never had practice with it, which caused her to develop an anti-social attitude. But when she accidentally bumped into the social, awkward, and charming Kaze, she found herself forced to open up, to speak. And she found that she really enjoyed it. She’s still somewhat distant and cold with her loved ones, but they’ve come to understand that it’s just her nature and nothing more.
She doesn't like to talk about or be with her family and distances herself from them, choosing to live at school despite her lack of friends. Tea gets worried and anxious about the most trivial of things, be it a deadline for homework or a project due in three weeks. She does fairly well in school but gets incredibly anxious whenever faced with any work. Tea is confident in her abilities and is incredibly proud, but at the same time finds herself doubting her work or her behavior, which provides for a series of conflicting emotions that she herself can’t figure out. 
Tea is empathetic. It would be a bit of a stretch to call her “good” or very “nice”, but she understands dragons’ emotions and doesn’t like to see them in pain. Tea has an intrinsic understanding of how to behave when one is upset, and is the type to cry when she sees a loved one crying. 
She’s creative and adores reading and writing; daydreaming is common for her. In fact, she goes about life as though she’s narrating her own story, which is most likely a result of the amount of scrolls she devours daily, but chooses to keep this part of her a secret. She doesn’t want someone making fun of her for it, after all.
history
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|-|one=
Osore and Kojo wanted a dragonet. It was impossible for them to hatch an egg, but after whispers of an orphanage, they knew they finally had the chance. Both had different reasons for wanting an egg: Osore wanted a little companion, someone he could take care of and talk to. Kojo wanted a child to flaunt to her neighbors, someone who would succeed in life and bring her fame and glory. She knew it was a selfish wish, but wished it all the same. But when they arrived at the grimy, poorly run building, both had the urge to leave. The smell was unbearable, and all the dragonets appeared malnourished and unhappy. Some were turning 4 the next year, and stared up at Osore and Kojo with desperation in their wide eyes. Kojo was tugging at her mate’s forearm, asking to leave, when he noticed her. 
She was different from the others, sitting in the corner and playing with her talons as though making a story with them. Osore loved her immediately. She was only recently hatched, indicated by her tiny size, and was named Tea for some unapparent reason. Osore pointed at her. “I want that one.” Kojo was hesitant, for she found Tea’s large brown eyes unsettling, her demeanor eccentric. But eventually she relented, and the two went home with a new dragonet who seemed to gravitate to her father and sit on his lap all hours of the day. 
|-|two=
Osore and Kojo adopted other dragonets, but none of them held the fervent motivation and interest that were ever present in Tea’s expression. They conformed to popular culture, laughed at their quiet older sister, and were their mother’s favorite children. She knew they would succeed in life. But as Tea grew older, developing a love for scrolls and a penchant for writing, Kojo frowned and disregarded her. Her oldest daughter didn’t know how to socialize and didn’t speak very often, but Kojo didn’t teach her how to speak. How to come into her own and stand up for herself. She just let Tea hide in a little corner with her scales turning rose with embarrassment as she stumbled on her words, unsure of how to convey what she was trying to say. 
Tea grew in confidence but also began doubting her abilities as her mother constantly slapped her down. Confiding in her father and ignoring the rest of her family, she found herself shut up in her room or the library most days, reading or writing, trying to forget her social interactions and constant loneliness. She studied for school and got accepted into a boarding school in a city on the outskirts of the rainforest, a quiet city that seemed asleep even during rush hour. It was a diverse place but a subdued one, and Tea wasn’t sure she liked it. But at least it was away from Kojo. 
|-|three=
Tea didn't fit in very well at school. Dragons kept their distance from her, she kept her distance from them. She wasn't good at talking, and found that she hadn't spoken two words in three weeks during her time at school. Not that she minded particularly; she'd rather be quiet than loud. And so, she went about her business without the realization that she was sinking further into total isolation. Sinking further into the pool of her own anxiety and conflicting thoughts.
But then Kaze and Yoru arrived. They were different in their own ways, and it was coincidence alone that brought them to school at the same time, but it provided for a wonderful change all in one year for Tea. Kaze, the clumsy kid who bumped into her and forced her to speak through his own sweet ways, became someone she cared for. Yoru was different. He was careful and reserved, someone who always seemed very smart yet very skeptical, and for some reason, Tea liked him. She liked his comments in class, and after a while, the two became friends. And for the first time, Tea valued her company.
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abilities
Tea is a full RainWing and therefore does not possess any special abilities beyond that. With her camouflage scales and venom, she has little else to defend herself. She is small, which allows her to hide well, but also somewhat weak, having little to no extra muscle. She can fly quickly, but only for a short period of time given her lack of stamina. 
She can’t see very well but can be observant when focusing on her surroundings, able to spot someone’s missing necklace or even an outsider’s suspicious glances. But most of the time, she’s daydreaming while walking and not paying attention. Tea has her clumsy days, but is commonly pretty good about not crashing into random items. 
Tea is creative and smart. She finds it easy to put things on paper and make them sound good, but struggles with analytical writing. She’s incredibly suspicious of everything and everyone, which is both an ability and a weakness. Tea can solve puzzles well, be it jigsaw puzzles or codes she needs to crack, and loves them dearly. 
weaknesses
Tea's main weaknesses come from within. Of course, she has her physical weaknesses: she isn't strong, she has little stamina, she can't aim her venom properly, etc. But the main issues come from her personality. She's extremely proud and takes most things personally, while she also finds it difficult to trust dragons. Tea doesn't like fire or water and keeps her distance from both. With a burn scar on her talon from an accident in the rainforest, she runs when she smells smoke, let alone fire. 
Though she would never admit it, she is afraid of the dark, where her imagination runs wild. Her main fear is death because it's an unknown entity. She's twitchy and suspicious of everything, finding it difficult to trust and confide in dragons due to her past experience with family. 
relationships
kaze
Tea doesn't like to think about Kaze. But she does anyway. When the clumsy, social, cheerful IceWing stumbled into her life, she was frowning. He was everything she wasn't: social, kind, likeable. But despite the inherent jealousy, she liked him. He was sweet, and she was more thankful than she could express for his presence at school. But that doesn't stop their constant arguments (playful or otherwise) regarding their clashing tastes in music, scrolls, or whatever else. 
current wip
osore
Tea loved her father. He favored her among the rest of her siblings, which wasn't a sign of good parenting but was what saved her at home. Her mother had always taken a dislike to her oldest daughter and made that much clear. She knew she wasn't welcome at home for most of her life, but her father ensured she had the best time she could. But as their home-life grew worse and worse what with Kojo's ranting and her siblings' questionable behavior, Osore left home for longer periods of time, and was never there when Tea needed him most. She loved him, but resented him as time passed. 
kojo
Tea hated Kojo. If one could imagine having the worst possible relationship with one's mother, that was the extent of their relationship. Kojo loathed Tea from the start, despising the egg before it hatched. Tea's quiet, studious, scrollworm personality only ticked her off more, and it wasn't uncommon to hear the two shouting at one another. But eventually the shouting subsided. The two completely disregarded the other's presence until Tea went off to school. They didn't even exchange a goodbye, and haven't seen each other since. 
yoru
Yoru is the one person that Tea can safely call a friend. A best friend. He's a NightWing, a shy, reserved NightWing with a sarcastic sense of humor. She met him at school and gravitated to him because his demeanor reminded her of her own. Tea confides in Yoru and will always be there for him when he needs it. When RainWings disregard him because of his NightWing heritage, she steps by his side, though it doesn't really mean anything to them. The two disagree and fight like siblings a lot of the time, but none of the fights really mean anything in the end. She isn't sure she could have survived without him. 
trivia
*has a parrot
*ambidextrous
*slytherin
*likes cool weather but hates rain
*doesn't really care about suntime, cannot take a nap because she's always thinking of something better she could be doing; as a result her scales aren't shiny enough
*never dreams
*loves to dance and learn different dances to popular songs; cannot sing to save her life
*doesn't like bugs that buzz right next to her ear because it makes her scream (even though she's a very quiet dragon at heart)
*doesn't like eating very much and doesn't eat very much
*gets tired of fruit occasionally, which makes rainwings glare at her when she eats meat
*despite her name, she actually likes coffee more than tea
*cannot multitask for the life of her; gets stressed out and can't succeed in finishing one task let alone multiple
*is almost always in her own world
*likes learning new languages
*develops attachments to inanimate objects and treats them like living things on occasion
Category:Work in Progress
Category:Characters
Category:Females
Category:RainWings
Category:Occupation (Student)