Ferris Smith

Ferris as seen on page 37

**Ferris Smith** (フェリス スミス *Ferisu Sumisu*) is a minor antagonist of *Shift Star*. At the beginning of the series, she is 23 years old.

## **BACKGROUND**

Little is revealed about Ferris's past, but it is revealed that she disappeared five years before the start of the series, and has a history with Lazarus. She also has a history with somebody resembling her, who said they "thought she was smarter than that", which may have played a part in her role as an antagonist.

## **PERSONALITY**

Little has been revealed about her attitude, but she has been shown to be snobbish and dismissive, and she has a sarcastic and aggressive attitude towards Laz, attacking both verbally and physically. She has a distaste for expectations of others, but has a slightly hypocritical aproach to the subject.

## **APPEARANCE**

Ferris is a young woman with olive skin and mint green hair. Her bangs are swept to the left side and her hair is tied up in a side-bun, which is wrapped by a thin braid and has a lock of hair flowing from it. The right side of her hair has a fuchsia streak that leads from her bangs into a braided fringe. Her eyes are narrow and forest green, and she wears black-rimmed reading glasses. She wears pink lipstick as well. Her star is located on her right upper thigh, under her skirt.

She wears a mulberry-purple tank-top dress with a black corset with yellow buttons and decorative fringes. She sports white ballroom gloves that stop just over her elbows, and black boots with slits down the centers bound by three straps. She has white socks that stop under her knees. She wears a ribbon around her neck, which is the same color as her dress.

## **SHIFT STAR ABILITIES**

Her abilities are not quite shown, but she most definitely has a star. It is likely her star includes shooting some kind of bead at targets, only for the bead to explode in some kind of shock wave.

## **RELATIONSHIPS**

### **Lazarus Trabae**

Ferris and Laz have a history together. It hasn't been explained what that may be. Deducing their matching ages and her being 18 at the time of her disappearance, if Laz's accuracy in his estimation in correct, it is likely they may have been classmates. Laz's remark of her "punching him in the glasses" suggests they're not on good terms. She insults him, suggesting there may have been some ill will before she disappeared. She detests him for joining Transtello. It's also note-worthy that she distances herself from him by calling him "Lazarus" rather than "Laz", which every other character familiar with him does.

### **Person with the Glasses**

Ferris and the bespectacled person in the one-panel flashback bear a resemblance, suggesting they may be related in some way. The person looks down on Ferris, so their history is likely not a positive one.

## **TRIVIA**

* If *Shift Star* were to be occurring in our world, Ferris would be Italian-American.
* Ferris was designed by Arc's close deviantART friend Takyra-Chan as part of an OC swap they did a few years ago.
* Ferris's attitude is inspired by the classic "tsundere" archetype, but Arc decided to scrap the cliche reluctance to admit her feelings and decided to make her more sarcastic and rude.
* Arc imagines Ferris's voice would be medium-pitched and feminine with a powerful and deliberate kick, much like Laura Bailey's voice.
* Her favorite color is actually red, despite wearing purple (maybe that's why the shade she wears is closer to red than blue).