Naaki

Selin Lieb (younger sister)

Jami Peroskin (adopted younger brother/cousin)

Naaki (she/her) is a bright ray of sunshine in the dull atmosphere of Igoldsel. She works in one of the last restaurants in Igoldsel to still use human labor as a barista and a waitress. Her major in college is on English Literature, and she dreams of one day becoming a successful author. From a young age, she was raised to value family above all else, and to her, family includes friends too.

### **Appearance**

Naaki is tan, with a rosy-caramel hue to her skin. Her hair is a soft brown down that waves down to her mid-back, cut into choppy layers. Her eyes are close to the same hue as her hair, and freckles dot her face, arms, and legs. She has a septum piercing and an eyebrow piercing. She stands at 5'8, or 173 centimeters. She's about midsize, and has a sort of pear-shaped body.

In terms of outfits, Naaki will wear practically anything as long as it's purple. Her favorite outfits consist of skirts to her knees or lower, a cute blouse or sweater, and tons of necklaces and earrings. She has one necklace she never goes without, a pendant of The Star of David that her mother made for her. Her nails are usually done with extensions, always in some shade of purple.

### **Personality**

As stated before, Naaki is a very sunny person. She is generally very sweet and happy, always greeting customers with a smile and genuinely interested conversation. She is energetic when excited, and sometimes can ramble on for too long if not stopped. She is quick to help those in need, and frequently volunteers at retirement homes to help aid the elderly. She's terrible at keeping secrets and also is a terrible liar, finding it extremely difficult to keep information inside of herself. This has led to quite a few embarrassing experiences for her, her siblings and her best friend, Paris, as she finds it most literally impossible to keep any of their secrets. Despite this, she's a very good friend, and is willing to do practically anything for the people she cares for.

### **Backstory**

Naaki was born to a middle-class family in Igoldsel. Her father ran a restaurant, a traditional Jewish deli and daytime coffee bar, in the main urban area of the city, and her mother was a jeweler. Growing up going to the synagogue every week gave her a sense of community, and allowed her to truly be integrated into a caring group of people from a young age. When she was 10, her younger sister Selin was born, and she began to help her father around his restaurant, cleaning dishes and restocking ingredients. Seeing her father's passion for his restaurant inspired Naaki to want to help out more, oftentimes heading straight to the restaurant from school to do her homework there and then help out, not heading home until her father closed up for the night.

From a young age, Naaki was bad at sports. They weren't something she enjoyed, or even wanted to excel in, but was pushed into doing them due to PE classes. During a game of dodgeball, she threw a ball far too fast and far too hard, hitting a boy straight in the face, breaking his glasses and causing him to topple over and hit the ground. As she helped walk him to the nurse's office, they got to talking, learning that the boy's name was Paris, and he was just as terrible at al kinds of sports. From that day onwards, they hung out as much as possible, with Paris coming to the restaurant with Naaki whenever he didn't have some form of instrumental practice after school. They've stayed best friends into college, and it's safe to assume that if you're trying to find one of them, you'll end up finding both of them.

Naaki always had a passion for writing. Ever since she was able to write, she was writing stories of far off lands, ranging from pretty unicorn clouds to fire-covered lava lands. She has at least 50 journals worth of writing, ranging from when she was under 10 to now. Writing is an escape from the real world to her, where she can write whatever ending she wants to for her characters. She feels in control of fate when she writes, instead of being thrown around by the tides of life like she usually is.

The year she graduated high school, her immediate family gained another member. Her aunt and uncle from her mother's side were killed in a car crash, leaving their 7 year old son with no one to take care of him. Naaki's parents took him in and gained custody of him, and since then, he's become just like another younger sibling to Naaki. It took a while for him to feel safe and okay after such a terrible experience, but Naaki did everything she could to help him, watching movies, playing with his toys, and taking him to the park to meet with his friends as often as she could while balancing work and college.

Naaki's father wants her to take over the restaurant once he retires. Naaki, on the other hand, has no desire. While she loves working for her father, she sees herself becoming an author, not the owner and head chef of a restaurant. This has caused some tension between her and her father, as he doesn't seem to understand why she doesn't want to when she's been working with him her whole life.

### **Relationships with other Main NPCs**

**David**: Naaki knows David as the tall dude who tips well whenever he comes in. They've had a few small conversations about life, college, and work, but nothing super in depth. She has a generally positive view of him.

**Lucifer**: Naaki hates Lucifer. The one time he came into the restaurant to get a coffee, he didn't tip, and seemingly ignored most of her attempts to start a friendly conversation. She has no clue that he just had earbuds in, and also genuinely just forgot to tip.

**Paris**: Paris is Naaki's very best friend. They do practically everything together. He's practically a member of her family, and vice versa. When they aren't together, they're constantly texting each other, usually consisting of Naaki's complete inability to send a non-proper text, and Paris texting back "DGO!!!!!" with the 15th dog video of the day attached.

**Sebaste**: Sebaste is known as the shy emo boy to Naaki. He's one of her most frequent customers for coffee, and she talks to him every time, encouraging him to try to cut back on caffeine at least a little, and get more sleep. They aren't quite friends yet, but every visit brings a little smile to Sebaste's face.

### **Likes/Dislikes**

Likes: Purple, fountain pens, lavender-scented items, collectible figures

Dislikes: People who don't tip, snakes, chalk, heels

### **Other Information**

Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Preference: Bisexual

Voice Claim: Madeline Hatter from Ever After High

Song Associated With Her: B4 The Flight by Jazmin Bean