Brishti Chaudhury

## Appearance

Brishti stands at an average height of 167cm (5'4) and has light brown skin, dark eyes, and short dark hair which is usually tied up in small ponytail by a teal ribbon. She has a round body, though usually hidden by her uniform. She also has a pair round, clear glasses which she almost always forgets to wear.

She has her seperate uniform resembling that of the paladins', but all of it is a bright teal due to her just being a soldier, not an actual paladin. Though she did modify her pod a bit to be interactive and different as compared, so her pod is like a paladin's lion to her? Don't ask her how she did it, she was running on five cups of coffee and no will to live.

When she's not wearing her uniform, she wears a white full sleeved shirt and baggy sap-green pants along with the rare glasses. Her shoes are worn-out white sneakers.

## Personality

Brishti had ended up with the paladins on accident, and scared for her life, so she isn't exactly the bravest in the starting, but due to her bold personality in general, she grows accustomed to the violent and unnatural life of a paladin, or a space warrior in general. She has a loud and somewhat outgoing personality, though it changes in certain cases. She has more of street smarts than academic smarts, but does exceptionally good with machines despite her detoriating math skills.

She is much calmer and soft spoken with a book in her hand, but it doesn't mean bothering her again and again will not end in someone with a black eye.

She has quite a stubborn personality which can prove to be both a good asset and an annoyance, though it does mean she never lets a paladin die in her watch.

## Abilities

###### **Equipment :**

* **Weapon:** She wileds a double-sided spear which extends and shrinks to her will, so it is relatively easy to carry around.
* **Paladin Armour:** Armor that allows for safe travel in space; it contains a highly advanced computer system, communication system, a laser gun, a grappling hook and tether, holographic capabilities, an energy shield for defense, breathable air, and a jetpack for brief sustained flight.

###### **Abilities**

* **Close-fighter:** She is better at close combat than shooting due to her lack of aiming skills. Fun fact, all of Brishti's knowledge in fighting comes from movies and tv shows, which somehow made her good at using her spear (though the injuries she herself faced with the weapon were inevitable)
* **Mechanical skills:** She is good with machines, and though it took her time to get used to the altean tech, and alien tech in general, with a good amount of time, she is able to fix ships and weaponds with anything near her. Though the process is faster with her tools, which she carried on her at all times.
* **Hearing:** Brishti has a surprisingly good sense of hearing which during battle, god knows how, helps her predict attacks to a certain point. Though this is not a very common case for her, it has helped her out in dire situations.

###### **Piloting**

Back in the Galaxy Garrison, Brishti was an engineer like Hunk and, like mentioned multiple times before, it has helped her out with the Paladins as well. She wasn't very fond of flying the plane itself, but has grown used to it with her modified pod.

###### **Other abilities**

* Cooking: Another thing Brishti shares with Hunk is being the Paladins's personal chefs. They share a passion for eating and cooking and love to experiment with whatever they have. Hunk usually goes out and about with trying anything he can in dishes, so Brishti's there to stop him from causing food poisoning before the paladin's have to fight their insides along with their enemies.
* Agility and Flexibility: As a young girl, Brishti's mother pushed her into doing classical dance, and practically all of it. From Bharatnatyam to Odissi and so much more. Due to her experience in this, Brishti is quite flexible and fast which helps her in avoiding attacks and landing them too.

## Relationships

**Lance:**

Brishti had become close friends with Lance in the Garrison due to their similair personalities and same classes. She seems to be one of the few people who can handle his "narcisstic" personality, and one of the few to see the person behind it. She had gone to live with him during a break since her parents still lived in India and they adored her presecence. She had been going to their for the holidays ever since. They're practically her second family.

**Hunk:**

Hunk and her prove to be the only rational people in the beginning friend group, constantly trying to get Lance and Pidge out of trouble for their big mouths. Aside from that, they bond due to their shared love and passion for food and have often been seen in the kitches chatting along with flour covering their aprons. They act almost like siblings.

**Pidge:**

Brishti didn't really know her much at first, and actually assumed she was a girl, only to be proven right after all. They really got to know eachother as she modified her pod to be more of a "badass killing machine". Pidge helped her out with the tech and they chatted throughout the process, growing a good friendship as well. Pidge regrets not taking notes to this day.

**Keith:**

Keith and Brishti were in the same crew while he was there, but they never really got to know eachother until they were thrown into an alien war. Brishti's first impressions of him after being yeeted into space was that he was moody, arrogant, and incredibly self-isolating. They had their many argument at first, yelling at eachother practically more than him and Lance, and this really started after they retrieved his Lion together. This is because their bond actually grew during that mission, surprisingly, and they became quick friends, sometimes described to be two sides of the same coin. She was one of the people he really befriended, even though it doesn't really seem like it. Their bond slowly grew and grew until she grew feelings for him. Sometime after he came back from the Quantum Abyss, they revealed their feelings for eachother during somewhat of a diagreement, and are currently still together.

**Shiro:**

Obviously, Brishti looked up to him for a long time. Having him as a captain was defenitely a change from whatever Lance was, but he did grow on her more than just that. Like the other, she refers to him as the "Space Dad", and their relationship is quite close.

**Allura:**

Being one of thew few girls (who is not occupied with tech all day), Brishti finds herself beside Allura whenever it is possible. They like to chit-chat and have their own 'girl time'. They have utmost respect and adoration for eachother.

## Trivia

* Brishti has three siblings. An older sister, a younger brother, and a cat.
* Lance once tried to copy her dancing and ended up falling into her arms.
* Her favourite book series is Percy Jackson.
* Relating to the previous fact, she loves reading Greek Mythology and will reference random things throughout the day.
* Aside from saving the world, Brishti likes to write a lot. She also likes to sing and has a nice voice.
* She has failed maths too many times.
* Despite having a cat, her favourite animal is a chinchilla.