Swift

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**Swift** is a feline member of Manumit, previously working for BaiKal.

## Appearance

Swift is short, but if ears count towards height they're of normal height. They have bluish grey, almost silvery, hair, which is reflected in the fur on their ears and tail. Their outfit normally consists of a blank tank top, teal cargo shorts with lots of pockets, and a light blue jacket she wears improperly. However, they have a blue dress used as formal wear.

They canonically carry a pendant which grants them strength and thus lets them mine; however, in-game, it is not often equipped. Likewise, they also carry around a standard-issue book and quill, which serves as their short-term memory, but in-game it is stored in their ender chest when not being written to or read from.

## History

### Early life

Swift was born on Concord to two loving parents. Early into high school, they had difficulty recalling things, so they would carry around a notebook where they would write all pertinent information.

They were enrolled in their first year of tertiary education when their parents were divorced; still, the two supported Swift financially. They got a bachelor's degree in mathematics three semesters early, which was fortunate, as their parents would soon struggle to support Swift and their brother.

### Early working life

Swift had an office job soon after graduation. Within their first week, however, far too many things changed such that their workplace training no longer held. They applied to a job on Preservation, where they would research magical botany under BaiKal.

### Arriving at preservation

Soon after landing on Preservation, they met Aeron Molave, who they spoke to over Comms while still on the ship. Their first concern was getting Aeron into the water, as the conduit on the landing pad had not been installed (the conduit was actually an improvement of Swift's initial suggestion for preventing those with aquatic origins from suffocating in air).

Swift was, like Aeron, assigned to research magical botany. One week into their job, they along with Aeron discovered the association between flowers, color, and magic within Preservation, alongside mana generation.

They expressed interest in void research under NSRC, but nothing came of it as of present.

### Illness and Fish Solidarity

Swift soon fell ill with an airborne contagious disease, and had to rest away from others. During this time, they conversed with Nico, who they met through Aeron, and Zirul, who they met a few days prior to falling ill. Swift learned to read and write Piscan by reading comm logs in this period.

It was in this period of time when they learned of Nico's aversion and of the Marine Research department, resulting in them wanting to protect their fish friends. They collaborated with Aeron on Pale Storm Cloud, their new weapon of choice; a spear decorated with both aerial and aquatic motifs, as well as scraps from a broken trident.

### The Puzzle

[Todo: talk about Swift's dreams and isolation]

### Departure from Baikal

Eventually, Swift discovered that the Puzzle was a clue to a set of coordinates, in which the materials for making the portal could be found. [elaborate]

However, throwing bread through the portal caused an explosion, which distressed themself and Aeron. [elaborate]

It was on this day that Swift chose to follow Aeron and join Manumit.

## Relationships

### Aeron Molave

Best fren :>

Swift has also taken on the task of keeping them sober.

Aeron was the person that convinced them to join Manumit.

### Callan A.

Callan was their direct superior for a while, They appreciate Callan's casual manner of speech.

### Vidark

Swift looks up to Vidark somewhat, considering him "dependable". At one point, they adopted him as a big brother.

### Berumi

Swift occasionally frequents the Darkened Glass, where Berumi works as a bartender, to check up on general goings-on. Swift understands the two of them to be on good terms. In light of rumors surrounding Berumi and Vidark, Swift views Berumi as a pleasant in-law, but relents on stating this out loud.

### Nico

Nico and Swift are on relatively good terms, both being friends of Aeron. They feel a need to keep him safe from Baikal. One time, Swift made him upset by bringing up a bad memory, and she's still mad at herself about it.

## Notable quotes

> "5 hours to landing. I have just woken up. I will be heading to Preservation as a botanist and researcher for BaiKal. Calamidy is my manager. Molave is my co-worker. He is a fish.
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> The plants have magic. We will be doing research and submitting findings after two weeks. HQ is near a river and a forest. There's also snow.
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> We will be provided resources for taking notes, which is good. Not having a book to write in is very slightly getting to me, especially since the next best thing is the comms chatbox and I risk hitting send, thus requiring formality."
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*-Swift, in Baikal Comms, accidentally sent.*

> Hey, so, if we're on a moon, what's that been? That looks like it's orbiting us?
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*-Upon seeing what would eventually be referred to as the Moon Moon*

> "Callan's house confirmed not to have become a tree."
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*-Swift, in reaction to seeing Callan's house in the real world after seeing it as a tree in a dream.*

> "Would uou love mr if i am was moise"
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-To Aeron

> "woulf yoi love me if I was a nmous"
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-To Dirk

> "Woufbfj rl love me ifi was a moust"
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-To Vidark

> "But from the bottom of my heart...
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> Thank you. BaiKal made me less afraid of change.
> Completely unrelated to the reasons I'm leaving, I tore out pages of my book. I've never done that with any of my books. Because I came to terms with the fact that it no longer applied.
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> I'm grateful. Just not grateful enough to stay."
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-On leaving BaiKal

## Trivia

* Swift does not have a surname, because they felt that when their parents divorced, picking a surname would be declaring that they loved one parent more than the other.
	+ Their new "database purposes" surname, Mangrove, is meant to parallel Aeron's. Both are trees commonly found in the Philippines.
* Reflecting their mathematical background, Swift uses Lua's functional programming features compared to object oriented features.
	+ However, because the player is the opposite, this is not reflected in-game, other than the statistics programs that are still to be typed in their in-game computer.
* Swift's motifs are wind, clouds, and (to a lesser extent) snow.
* Swift's favourite food is squid ink pasta. The lack of squids near Baikal causes understandable stress.
* Coruscare caught the coronavirus in late November, forcing him to isolate in a house without a computer capable of running the modpack. Pressed for a lore reason for absence, Swift was given an illness as well. It ended up lasting longer than Coru's own sick period due to other personal problems.
* Swift's book is a reference to their, and their player's, ADHD. Amusingly, it's working better for Swift than for Coru.