Melody Camara-Ha

Melody has long and straight light blonde hair that flows just past her shoulders. Her cheeks are still holding onto their baby fat, and her cheeks and nose are covered in a light dusting of pale freckles. She stands at four-foot-seven-inches tall and leans a bit on the skinny side. She has a few small scars scattered across her arms and feet, and her eyes are a jade green color. Her ears are pierced and she's almost always wearing earrings, as well as dark clothes and, typically, layers. She also opts for more baggy, comfortable clothes rather than something that fits her better.

## Personality

Melody is not a daddy's girl, nor is she a sweet little gal who is dainty and pretty and graceful. Melody is a bratty piece of shit, the nightmare child all parents are afraid of having, the one who makes full-grown adults look at her and go "Yup, I'm not having kids. Ever." She is irritable and is often found complaining about something or other. It often seems like nothing is enough for her, as she complains about the food she eats and the house she lives in and even about her family. Actually, *especially* about her family — and she complains *loudly*. She'll often be whining about how her cousin unfair to her or bothering her, or that her uncle is annoying and bothering her, or that they're just not doing something to her satisfaction, but when faced with her father or brothers her complaints tend to die down (except when she's trying to nap and Caine is being loud). Most of her complaints are simply saying that she doesn't care, but she will also helpfully add her advice into fixing the problem, though it's usually vague instructions that don't offer much in the way of correction. Occasionally, she would describe how she would *want* something to be, but it's rare for her to do so, and usually it's just relegated to how she'd prefer something to end or how she thinks that her future should go. She often finds herself following no rules except for her own, which is something that can get her into trouble, and so she is destined to get into a lot of punishments, whether they're from her dad or any authorities in her life. She tends to spend the time while she's being punished complaining, whether she uses her words or just gives wordless whines and groans and moans. If there's something on her mind, then she'll be sure to say it, uncaring about whether it would start any arguments. She would also serve as a nightmare-worthy student, complaining if she thinks that what she's learning isn't interesting enough or just if she doesn't like who's teaching her. If she's learning something she deems interesting, though, then she's likely to throw herself into learning whatever it is wholeheartedly — even if she doesn't like the person teaching her. She also doesn't have a lot of patience, and she tends to think that her complaining will get her what she wants faster than just sitting and waiting for it. In fact, she has some trouble sitting still and keeping to one place in general. While she's normally irritable and grumpy, and she most certainly isn't the easiest or kindest kid to spend time with, she isn't a very angry one. She can get angry, certainly, but she usually isn't. She's more likely to get frustrated or annoyed before that. She can, however, make it *seem* like she's angry. No matter how old she is, even if she's just a baby who just opened her eyes — she can give others death-glares with the best of them. Hence, she has a surprisingly intimidating type of energy about her, no matter her age or her level of experience. She also has a tendency to think of more violent solutions to her problems, which doesn't lower her intimidation factor in the least. She is also quite an independent and domineering girl, and she knows how to take the lead in situations if she feels that she has to. In fact, despite all her worse personality traits, she has a good leading personality — though, she has no interest in actually gaining any type of authority. Melody is also a bit of an insomniac, and she is constantly yawning or asking for a nap. There are plenty of days where she is dead on her feet and barely able to keep her eyes open. Her constant tiredness only adds to her irritability and grumpiness, and when she can actually get a good night's sleep, the difference shows — even if it really just makes her a bit more patient than usual. Over anything else, though, all Melody really wants is her family's love and affection, and she can be unrelenting in her search to get any kind of attention on her. She will often see her brothers as competition, and will greet them with hostility on her worse days, but she really does care about them. She can sometimes be jealous when her brothers go off to spend time by themselves, but she'll simply barge in on whatever they're doing and include herself, so they get the good end of the stick compared to the pestering her father will sometimes deal with (though, he is *very* good at making her calm the fuck down). When she finally *does* get the attention and affection that she wants, she will be a bit like a stated beast, going silent and turning into a little bit of a cuddle bug — even if she's liable to glare at anyone that gets too close, in fear that they'd ruin the experience for her.

## Dæmon

Lifthrasir. Unsettled. Male.

Lifthrasir has a fondness for polecats, ferrets, and stoats, and those are the forms he takes on most often. He also likes taking on big, intimidating forms: things like big cats, wolves, and even bears (though Young-Chul has a rule about him taking on heavier forms when they're at home). If he turns into any winged-thing, it's likely to be a bird of prey.

Like his human, Lifthrasir can be a bit of a whiny little bitch. If he thinks that they're being patronized, or he doesn't like someone, or if his standards aren't met (standards that are remarkably low, now, after foster care and roughing it with their siblings), you are sure to know about it. Melody is not a closed-off person and so Lifthrasir is not a closed-off daemon: rather, it's the exact opposite, as it can be hard to get him to shut up at times. He's generally more energetic and active than Melody is, which isn't saying much since that's not hard to do, but he acts quite a bit more like a normal child their age (wanting to play and constantly have something to entertain him) as opposed to his constantly-tired human.

## History

Melody was the third child born to the Camara family, entering the world just a few minutes after fraternal her twin sister Faith. She had an older brother, Fred, who raised and cared for them far more than their parents actually did and didn't put up with Melody's shit. As for her and her twin, they were sisters against the world with Melody being a brat and Faith being arrogant. Fred was twelve years older than her and her sister, though, and when he came out as gay to their parents when she was five he was kicked out of the house and she hasn't seen him since. She lived a pretty average life until her parents and sister died in a car crash when she was seven and she was chucked into the foster system. After two homes where she wasn't treated well, she decided that she could take care of herself better and went to the streets, where she met Caine and Eli and lived with them in an abandoned building in Seeonee. She stayed with them for roughly a year, moving to another place to stay in Seeonee during that time frame, before they met Young-Chul. After some stubbornness on both of their parts and her unwillingly getting closer to him (she had, after all, learned that he didn't mind her cuddling tendencies and it doesn't take a genius to tell that he was an insomniac, too), and having to be tossed back into the system for a while while paperwork went through, before they were officially adopted by him. Unlike Eli, though, when the prospect of changing their names came up Melody opted to just hyphenate her name; not really because she cared about her parents, but because she cared about her siblings, and she still hopes that Fred is out there somewhere.