Ava S'Rey

### Identifying Marks

She has multiple white markings on her fringe, and white markings along her face that resemble human freckles.

### Tattoos

She has a tattoo on her left ankle of an Earth cooking whisk and chef’s knife crossed over a traditional chef’s hat like a culinary Jolly Roger. She has a tattoo on her right wrist of some old fashioned gears.

## OOC Info

### Status

Active

**Ava S'Rey** is a self-taught engineer with a proficiency in mechanics, weapon and armor modification, and robotics. Her pride in life are her friends and her engineering accomplishments, namely, Nano.

## Biography

Ava was born in a region of southern Thessia called Vella in the Earth year of 1947, on July 3rd around 10pm (22:00). Her mother’s name is Enira S’Rey and her father was a salarian named Tedok Alusa. Her father was the one to spark her interest in engineering and technology. Despite not having much time with him, she savors every second of their memories together. She had always been closest to him and never truly bonded with anyone else the same way. It’s not that she didn’t get along with her mother, she did, but they just didn’t have the same interests. Her mother is actually quite loving and dotes on Ava since Ava is her only daughter. They talk on comms regularly. Enira always struggled to have children since the time she became a Matron as early as 351 years of age. She finally had Ava at 653 and has been enamored by her little girl since. Enira is a politician on Thessia so when her daughter wasn’t a very good student and never received a higher education, she was disappointed but understood her daughter’s interests never aligned with traditional academics. Her mother bought her a diamond-shaped necklace with a small amount Thessian eezo in it to always remind Ava that she always had a home to come back to.

Ava did her best to scrape by in her education all the way up through Thessia’s equivalent of high school. She didn’t rank very highly in biotics despite her potential being average for an asari because she preferred to play with the biotic equipment’s internals that the girls used to train rather than train herself. She always seemed to stay up late in the evenings tinkering and experimenting with scraps and wires she’d find. Her first VI was making a little metal stick figure walk a few steps with a super basic code. She keeps that little VI in a case that she takes with her whenever she moves and displays on her messy desk. It was her first accomplishment and she made it advanced enough to do simple math calculations for her while she worked as well as tell time. If she asks Ruddy, the name of the figure, what the area of a 41cm x 56cm scrap metal sheet was, his little robotic voice would reply, “2,296cm”. She left the planet to seek out adventures in the galaxy as soon as she was able. Her Thessian home also just had too many memories of her father who barely took up a blip of her life yet she missed so immensely.

Ava’s first taste of professional engineering came when an old turian on the Citadel named Tulius offered her a job cleaning the transports he repaired while learning about how they worked after lunch everyday. As she learned more about mechanics, she also felt her first true friendship forming with the old, bitter, bird. His dry humor and cynicism was a lot to get past but she eventually saw the big heart inside. While not as close to him as she was with her own father, he did fill the role of a father figure for her with learning to be out on her own. He helped her get her first apartment and learn how to cook, which she grew to love. He helped her open her first checking and savings account, and how to shoot a pistol for defense. Her current pistol is still the original pistol he gave her. Tulius only lived another 15 years but Ava is close with his granddaughter, Cylia and speaks to her regularly. Most importantly, Tulius left his garage to Ava in his will.

Ava’s laziness has an interesting way of manifesting itself sometimes. Ava will often put a lot of time and energy into something in order to make it automated so she can go back to doing absolutely nothing. She did exactly this with the business Tulius left to her.

“Tullius' Transport Shop” was the name of the original shuttle repair garage. Ava, who’d been doing most of the upgrades, saw potential for more to be done. Tulius actually owned quite a bit of space in his garage that he wasn’t using. He had very poor organizational skills so about 40% of the space could be utilized for other tasks if she could clean and organize. It took about a month to accomplish with the muscle of the other couple of employees that Tulius had but she got the space she wanted. She also shortened the name to just “Tullius’”.

At first, Ava didn’t know what else she would do with the space she now had but she knew it wasn’t going to involve shuttles. Shuttles were a constant financial inflow but it was also slow because they were large and they could only work on so many at a time. What she ended up doing was converting the remaining space into workshops for other types of repair and upgrading. This included items like weapons, armor, VIs, and some basic tech appliances people might have in their homes. Ava was able to hire some more employees to fill these new roles. She personally took on VI repairs and more complex repairs and upgrades on combat items that her employees would either spend too much time on, or involve more expensive parts.

Even though the business was now in her name and her employee roster grew from just having two turian and a krogan to having 15 total employees, Ava never truly saw herself as the boss. She was personable enough to evaluate and hire but reprimanding and firing is not her strong suit. She had an incident with a rather cocky human mechanic in the shuttle repair area who knew he could walk all over her like a doormat. If it weren’t for the three original employees supporting her, she probably would never had the spine to fire the asshat. As the business became more autonomous, she ended up relying on those 3 most to deal with the other employees. Ava earned respect easily with her ability to prove herself through her work and retains that loyalty with her kindness. With her business thriving and her time more freed up, Ava could get back to her passion projects, pets.

Earth animals aren’t just Ava’s favorite things but she would give up cooking to be able to love the furry creatures humans keep as companions without breaking out into hives and having respiratory problems. The first time she saw a dog and gave it a hug was a terrifying experience. Ava seeks to fix her problem by making VI robot versions of Earth pets. Making a body is easy enough but she spends most of her time coding the VI off of veterinary databases from the human side of the extranet. So far, she has a completed hamster named Nano, and is working on a dog. She bought an Earth robot called Aibo and using that as a base. The humans also seemed to try and make VI animals but didn’t put in that much effort. Nano was exhibiting interesting mischievous behaviors which Ava noted seemed to be a pattern in Earth rodents, especially in things called ferrets. If she wanted him to sit still, she’d hand him a lug nut and he would sit for hours nibbling on something that he can’t actually eat. He will always try though. For the full experience of pet ownership, Ava programs her animals to require feeding, attention, and other natural requirements for a real animal’s health. Rosie’s VI was complete and loaded into her half finished body but she couldn’t physically move much at the moment besides moving her head and looking around. Occasionally, she might meow at Ava or anyone she can see.

Ava is definitely stuck in a rut and in her nice little comfort zone. That could change.

## Personality

Ava is the epitome of an introvert. She prefers to stay hidden in her studio for most of the day and only interacts with people she really likes or is required to talk to for work or if they’re a roommate. She will often chat with her robotic creations more than she speaks to other people. She’s shy to make friends and speak up for herself. She will often let people walk over her. When she is your friend, she will do almost anything for you.

Ava can also be described as cowardly. She owns a weapon for self-defense and knows how to use it but she never actually has. In a situation where bullets are flying, she’s more apt to hide and take a defensive position.

She definitely has room to grow in confidence and assertiveness. She can also be rather lazy. If she’s not interested enough in something, she won’t do it. She doesn’t have well developed biotics because of this. She doesn’t lack the potential, simply the motivation to be a decent asari biotic. She is very sentimental and her modest belongings largely consist of things that are meaningful to her in some way.

Her strengths lie in her emotional intelligence. Ava is the friend that will hold you as you sob when your fish die of starvation and listen to your frustrations about a mission or difficult decision. She will tell you if there is something in your teeth and take a spider out of your hair before you realize it and freak out. She makes soothing hot cocoa and homemade ice cream for when your boyfriend dumps you. Birthdays and holidays are the one time where she’s visibly giddy. She loves parties, and celebrations, especially if she gets to make the food for them.

As an engineer, she is passionate about her field and can have hours long conversations about quantum mechanics and how they’re used to make quantum communicators, or halt the entire conversation to write down an idea that just came to her. She also has a tendency to take apart machines lying around and improve them so it’s important to set clear boundaries but also understand that if she offers to improve your gun or armor, it’s wise to take her up on the offer. She is always looking for a part or item and most of her credits are foolishly spent on them. She has often gotten into sticky situations that involve a gun in her face in less than stellar areas of a city market. She will go to any length for a part if it’s for one of her pets.

Ava has an obsession with Earth and it’s creatures. She has always wanted the adorable fluffy animals that thrive on the little, blue planet more than she’s ever wanted anything. Alas, she is extremely allergic. After a short phase of depression, she was inspired to create replicas of these animal companions for herself. She also has a deep love of Earth food.

Ava’s passion besides engineering is cooking. What started out as a means to stay healthy once she was out on her own fast food just doesn’t cut it- has become a favorite pastime of hers. She enjoys cooking all kinds of food, but primarily Earth cuisine. She can also make some basic dextro meals thanks to her former Turian mentor. This has also led to a very interesting stress response. When Ava finds herself under significant stress or anxiety, she will bake. She most often stress bakes French pastries and mutter to herself as she works through the issue mentally.

### Exceptional Skills

* Ava is an engineering prodigy. She can make or reverse engineer anything. If a machine of any kind needs improvement, she can do it. Her biggest hobbies are making robotic VI replicas of Earth pets. She has a completed hamster, ball and all, is partially done with her cat, and has plans for a dog which she is gathering parts for. She has the potential to make AI if not for the moral implications.
* Ava enjoys cooking and is pretty good at it. Due to voluntarily being on her own for many years, she has picked up many recipes in order to feed herself something other than fast food. She can even make dextro-meals thanks to her Turian mentor teaching her a few basic dextro dishes. If Ava is stressed out, she will bake something.

## Physical Description

Ava is in many ways, a below average Asari. She’s below average in height at around 5’3 to start. She’s also below average in muscle tone due to a lifestyle with little exercise. The most cardio she gets is running to keep her food from burning in the oven or chasing after one of her robotic pets. She was lucky with her complexion of a blue toned, teal with very pretty white markings. Her mother always said she almost looked like a human with their “freckles”. You can’t always see the markings though with how much grease and oil she gets on her face everyday. She sees the world from big brown eyes and has a soft, calming, voice. She has recently found a love of tattoos and currently has two but plans to get more. One is on her right wrist and one on her left ankle. She also wears a diamond-shaped necklace with a small amount of Thessian eezo in it, which was a gift from her mother.
She is most often wearing plain clothes underneath greasy, blue, overalls and worn, black, work boots. She will often stick tools in her hair fringe for ease of access along with a pencil with an exhausted eraser and not much lead left in it. She could design things digitally but nothing beats hand drawing designs. The perpetual graphite dust on her fingers shows as much. Her back pockets will typically have a small paper, notepad for ideas and some nuts and bolts to feed her hamster. He can’t eat but he thinks he can.

### Armament

* M-3 Predator
* M-97 Viper
* M15 - Vindicator

### Abilities

* AI Hacking
* Sabotage
* Lift
* Throw