name: signe ichareon
nickname: sig
age: 23
gender: female, her/hers
sexuality: homosexual homoromantic
titles: forensic scientist, the unicorn (hacker handle and "merchant" name), the bug-eater (also a "merchant name", sometimes hacker handle in passing for the pun)
unofficial titles crack/crap cop, wannabe tesla
hometown: las vegas, nevada
faceclaim: sananthachat thanapatpisal
appearance: signe's got a mischevious-looking, rather childlike face. she's usually seen with a shit-eating grin and a hyperactive glint in her deep brown eyes, and her dyed, dark orange hair is befitting of her fiery attitude. she's of an average height (though leaning on the shorter side) at 5'4". though she doesn't intend to, she's got a somewhat scraggly, rebellious look: her hair, usually in a ponytail with bangs, tends to appear somewhat windblown and choppy. as someone who does little to no exercise, she has a small and scrawny frame, looking neither too lady-like nor masculine. the soft features of her face belie her capriciousness.
scars: she's burned some parts of her fingers and arms here and there due to working with electrical parts and acids. she does wear personal protective equipment when working in her laboratory, but the substances she works with get extremely volatile very quickly. minor scars decorate her palms and forearm as a result.
- body mods;; while signe is a huge proponent for bodily modifications, she really only has small things here and there that are hardly invasive. She's installed implants that allow her to listen to music whenever she wants, for example. she's also implanted lenses that allow her to store information in a visual and accessible way to simplify her work. the most invasive modification of hers is a mechanism that delivers mild electric shocks to its user when it senses biological indicators of fatigue/sleepiness; signe frequently uses this to pull all-nighters. these modifications are hardly identifiable and cannot be seen at first glance.
- typical style;; signe dresses very casually and simply. beneath her lab coat, she'll usually put on any t-shirt and jeans. if she's feeling particularly fancy and feels the need to show off, she'll dress business-casual and wear button-ups and dark turtle necks. that said, she doesn't mind an uneven collar or a wrinkly shirt; part of this can be attributed to the fact that she spends much of her time in her laboratory alone. wears tennis shoes. occasionally will wear big 'ol, round glasses for chiefly aesthetic purposes.
- positive traits: tireless worker/goal-oriented, caring (questionably so), very creative, intelligent, confident, outwardly cheerful, relaxed, inquisitive, interested in having fun, mature
- neutral traits: lofty, talkative, practically nocturnal, proud, methodical, eccentric, flirtatious, mischievous, easily amused
- negative traits: selfish, stubborn, petty, extraordinarily self-indulgent, elitist, impractical, pessimistic/cynical, prideful, little respect for privacy/sanctity, self-centered, a compulsive liar
- likes;; eating bugs (caterpillars are her favorite), the avant-garde, the arts, gossip, memes, bad jokes, breeding exotic lizards, animals, propriety, drama & intensity, high-quality objects, technology, drugs, money, her electric violin
- dislikes;; mindless consumerism, physical exercise, athletics/sports, things that are not aesthetically pleasing, conventionality, dimness, dirtiness, directness, being one-uped/losing, children, excessive hedonism
history: signe's parents immigrated from bangkok in search of a better life. signe was born on U.S. soil to a hardworking yet impoverished household, and she spent most of her life in las vegas until she was 20 years old. she briefly attended a local university for several years (having graduated high school two years early) before dropping out. though she excelled in academics, she deeply hated going to school and spent much of her time partying in the desert, much to the chagrin of her parents.
signe's resentment towards the education system and her parents grew the most when she was rejected from multiple prestigious music schools after high school. having spent much of her time on vegas strip growing up, signe wished to be an entertainer, and it was with much bitterness that she decided to study chemical engineering/computer science in college. while in college, she made a profit selling drugs and fixing odd parts for other students and various clientele. when this wild life of hers became unsustainable for her health, she was forced to leave school. she never returned to formal education, instead choosing to learn from other hackers and bioengineers in the community. much of her technical knowledge, however, came as a result of an intimate relationship she pursued with a female faculty member at a local college when signe was 20. it was after their parting that signe made the move to chicago, as she had heard the drug and biotech market was more competitive and diverse there. still resentful that her parents never supported her artistic aspirations, she left nevada on less than amicable terms with her family.
signe arrived in chicago when she was 21. after hustling for two years, she established a name for herself as "the unicorn" thanks to her ability to work technological "magic" and create hallucinogenic drugs. she also became known as the "bug-eater" for her characteristic entomophagy. in time, signe had also made several clients out of some mafia members. due to her connections with the mafia, she became interested in assisting the CPD once news of the murder had broken out. wishing to take advantage of the situation, signe applied to be a forensic scientist for the CPD. the CPD very reluctantly accepted signe as she had made it clear she did not care much for justice at all and only wished for a mutually beneficial relationship.
affiliation: CPD
- parents;; chatchom ichareon (father) x suda shinawatra (mother)
- siblings;; two sisters and two brothers (out of contact with them); she is the oldest of the bunch
- trusts/friends;; a handful of hackers, an old lady who works at her favorite fried chicken shop, other exotic lizard breeding enthusiasts; largely tbd (open for plotting)
- does not trust/enemies;; the gangs (will sometimes allow them to buy her wares/drugs, though), largely tbd (open for plotting)
headcanons:
- her laboratory is filled with tanks of lizards, frogs, snakes, etc. of various colors. she's an avid breeder of these animals and sells them for a decent price
- she loves to eat bugs because she views them as delicacy. her favorite bugs to consume are caterpillars and centipedes. she finds people's reactions to it amusing
- she's somewhat of a narcissist. if it's safe to, she'll leave the silhouette of a unicorn's head on her designs and drug packages
- though she's a talented hacker and a decent engineer, she specializes in chemical processes and crafting drugs
- she still believes she's a talented artist in any and all forms of art. her favorite thing to do is go to museums and pretend to be a performance artist like marina abramovic. it usually doesn't end well.
- she'll call people "dear" in a slightly derogatory way, much similar to the ways of southern propriety. she'll ironically say "bless your heart" as well.
- she likes to flirt a little bit when she's in the mood
- she's terrified of ghosts and demons and anything akin to the supernatural
- she's shit at driving any kind of vehicle
- she can't hold her own for long in a fight. her best physical attribute when it comes to combat is her agility, but she lacks stamina.
- her motherly and caring side will sometimes activate if she sees a friend/ally is upset. she hates seeing people cry. signe does have a heart, she just doesn't really wear some parts of it on her sleeve
- for someone who sells drugs, she actually refuses to ingest them 90% of the time
- she's picked up playing the electric violin and is a huge fan. she's also quite good at it
- she loves street food and will try pretty much everything
- frequently asks for pay raises from the CPD. rarely ever gets them, despite being an extremely hard worker
- keeps her word only half the time. enjoys lying not because she's trying to hurt, but because she genuinely finds it funny
- pretty good at reading other people's emotions
- more interested in making more friends than enemies. finds physical skirmishes to be silly and pointless.
- rolls her eyes whenever she's treated like a kid. it doesn't bother her that much because she doesn't care a ton about what other people care about her. she cares about what she thinks of herself.
plots: tbd - open for plotting
other: tbd