HASTINGS, ALASKA

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ALASKA • MARIE • HASTINGS

Play By: KURURU / air gear
take your time 'cuz you're up against space
sweep up the tears running down your face

• Labels Do Not Define Me •

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Name: alaska marie hastings
Age: eighteen
Gender: female
Sexuality: straight
Status: trainer

• On The Outside Looking In •

Hair: blonde
Eyes: baby blue
Scars/Markings: scar on left knee, ears pierced
General Appearance: maturally long and blonde, most people don't think alaska's hair is her own. dyed, maybe, and a few extensions added? no - it took several years for it to get to the length it currently is, but all it took was patience. a pure blonde colour, alaska loves it - not strawberry blonde, and not dirty blonde either, but somewhere in between. when loose, her hair reaches down to the center of her back. she likes her long hair, but her choice in career sometimes requires agility, and her hair could get caught. and we wouldn't want that to happen, now would we? two plaits are her preferred style, hanging either side of her face - pigtails, some might call them. however, bunchies, french plaits and some more elaborate styles are all possible when you meet alaska. She likes ponytails and what not, but in any casual situation, her long hair will be down and flowing.

with rather gentle face, you wouldn't think at first glance that alaska's not all she's cracked up to be. sapphire blue eyes are her favorite feature of herself, and in her words they 'sparkle and shimmer like the sea'. a rather small nose is centered nicely in her face, and pale pink lips are a little thin for the female's liking, though she's learned to live with them. she finds her chin a little too pointed at times, though does enjoy her long, slender neck, which makes up slightly for her other problems.

alaska's a slim girl with gentle, slender features. at a healthy height for her age, she's quite pleased, especially as her father was rather short. the addition of high heels often makes her look tall, although she's begun to wear them less and less, just to prove that she is happy with her height. her father had broad shoulders, but she is quite the opposite, the tip of her shoulder blades visible on her back if it's bare, slender arms in fact fairly muscular, but in a pretty way. if you look closely, you can just see the slight highlights and bulges in alaska's arms where her muscles are outlined. she definitely isn't a light weight.

legs are the same, subtle outlines of muscles visible if you look carefully, all due to training and a hard childhood by herself. after all, they do have a certain standard needed. alaska does enjoy using the assets of her figure to help her during her work, a slightly larger than average bust size being the main asset used, although of course her slim, slender figure comes in handy also.

as for clothes, she does enjoy dressing as her gender expects - skirts, dresses, tank tops and the likes. however, that doesn't mean that she wears dresses and high heels out when she's training - she realizes that practicality sometimes needs to come above appearance in her line of work. and for this reason, you will sometimes see alaska in more boyish clothes - jeans, t-shirts, trainers, etc. She doesn't mind too much - she likes dressing down when the occasion comes.

• There's More Than Meets The Eye •

Likes:

• pokémon
  
• battles
  
• nighttime
  
• swimming
  
• running
  
• alcohol
  
• eating
  
• reading
  
• scars

Dislikes:

• failure
  
• pain
  
• being scared
  
• fighting
  
• memories
  
• diet soda
  
• bland colors
  
• bug pokémon

Strengths:

• listening to others
  
• holding her alcohol
  
• reading for a long time
  
• running for a while
  
• keeping up with training

Weaknesses:

• controlling emotions
  
• accepting failure
  
• keeping up with life
  
• coordinating things
  
• picking good moves

Personality: alaska couldn't just... easily be described. something about her unusual, overwhelming demeanor is appealing to quite a few, while to others, it's something to hate. she is, in every meaning, bi-polar to a certain extent. it's not without reason, but there's something about her that just screams that she could flicker at any moment. no, she wouldn't randomly be acting sweet and then just turn on you like a vicious dog, but if you saw her happy in the day and angrily rude at night, it wouldn't be too much of a surprise. she's oddly likable in a way, and can so easily impact people with her opinions and odd manner of going at things that it's quite interesting.

the alaska that almost everyone who's willing to get to know her loves is actually a fun person to be around. she's self-destructive in every sense of the manner - occasionally seen smoking as fast as she possibly can or drinking alcohol with her amazing ability to retain more than most without throwing up. she just loves to have fun and live it up to the fullest extent before she dies, which will come to everyone at some point or the other. it's in her nature to naturally feel the urge to just party while she can and break as many rules as possible. when you're poor enough that you live in an old warehouse most of your life, you look up to things like the parties that go on there.

she is always, always, up for a game of truth or dare. there is absolutely nothing more that she would rather do when bored with friends (except maybe drink, smoke, or pull some pranks). she's the queen of truth or dare and, so help her god, she will do whatever it takes to win. doing what isn't always expected is quite usual for her, so any dares she's given that are odd? yeah - she'd go for them. on top of taking odd dares is her need to pull pranks. she'll pull them for revenge or just for the hell of it. her reasons behind them aren't really the important part, but her plots... she could easily gather up enough data to have the 'prank of the century' pulled. alaska even names her pranks - all odd, elongated names that don't typically make too much sense.

one of alaska's biggest, most well-known factors, is her love of books. she may not have a home and she may not have enough to buy brand new books, but she definitely has read more than most people ever will. ever since she was little, she would stay up late just reading to her companion. she uses massive words in context - it's not odd to hear her rambling and using words that half the people she was talking to wouldn't understand. surprisingly, for someone with so little in the world, her education is as high as it could possibly get. alaska is a smart girl, regardless of what anyone else says. yes, even though she purposely tries to shorten her life-span with her bad, reckless, habits.

philosophical is another good word to describe the taller blonde girl with the feisty attitude. if you get her in the right mood, you won't find another person that shares the same odd opinions as her. she knows about everything - death, suffering, peace, war... and she's actually quite good at knowing just what to say. it's for those reasons that she will often just grab onto one of her friends and say "come on, we're going stargazing!" or something like it. she's spur of the moment and lives just like that - in the moment. she lives life like it is and, though she has dreams, she thinks of everything as how it's going.

sometimes, alaska can get... moody, though. when days come by that she thinks of her mother, she can grow to be rather cold. if anyone came to her whining about something minuscule, she'd tell them very honestly and say to go suck it up because their mommy wasn't always going to be there. in a way, alaska could take on the role of mother-figure really well. she honestly cares for her friends and would do just about anything for them. but... her mother is one of the things she has issues with. she'll sometimes think about her and just start crying uncontrollably or get so angry that she puts herself in some kind of reckless situation. her ability to care so little about life is almost sad.

overall, alaska is a flurry of emotions, but the one word that could sum her up? enigmatic. it means, strictly, not clear for understanding. resembling an oracle in obscurity or thought. isn't that all she really is? isn't that all she pictures life as? basically - it's the perfect word for her. enigmatic.

• I Am What I Own •

Items:

• oo2 - books
  
• oo1 - necklace
  
• oo4 - granola bars
  

Pokemon: ---

• How I Became Who I Am •

Family:
bradley hastings - father - unknown
mary hastings - mother - deceased
History: it started way back when. just about twenty years ago, actually. mary kingston, a nineteen year old herself, had done absolutely nothing wrong in life. she was pressured constantly to do better, to be her best, and to accomplish more than her extremely wealthy parents had. well, at the ripe age of nineteen, she was ready to rebel. she lived a life that had been filled with an absurd, morbid curiosity that would strike her at the oddest of times. so, one cool summer night, she packed up her stuff and just ran. she ran right to a party, really.

it was that night that mary got her first real taste of life. she danced like a maniac, she drank (though not so badly that she became incoherent), and she lived her life like she always wanted to. being gorgeous and finding out that she was a pretty good dancer led one thing most people tried to avoid to her, though. bradley hastings. he was an absolute player and never wanted to have a long relationship, but something about mary struck the 23 year old at the time. and honestly, he struck her, too.

they danced together. they partied together. they went back to his house together. they stayed like that for a month - just the two of them, living life to the fullest and having a party while they could, falling more and more in love each and every day. yeah, alaska's daddy was absolutely whipped. it was only after the end of that month that her mother realized 'holy shit! i missed my period.' and ran to the doctor's to get it checked out. well, turns out that missed period was all alaska's fault. honestly, that first month of her conception her mother did nothing but drink. it's truly amazing that alaska isn't mentally challenged.

anyway, the pair quickly got married and vowed to make their child's life as good as they possibly could. and it was - for a little while. until daddy dearest realized he was an alcoholic and didn't even bother to help fix that issue. hey shoved together all their money and bought the crappiest apartment they could find in fortree city. turns out, the crappiest was terrible! but the two soon-to-bes didn't notice. they moved furniture in, bought a crib and a bottle and then thought they were prepared. this is why teenagers shouldn't have kids, people.

it was on a cold autumn night that alaska reared her pretty head into the world. bradley wasn't around for it - he was too busy at 'work' or something. but mary was thrilled. she honestly loved the child with all her heart and all her soul. so she brought the baby home and tried to make it as happy as possible. they did everything they could to cheer the little girl up and to get her interested in the world out there. heck, mary even brought herself home a pikachu one day. alaska grew up in an uneventful childhood with that little pikachu. in fact, he was her main source of entertainment as she grew older and learned to love her mommy with all hear heart.

but when she was eight was when it happened. that one moment that changed her life forever. she was making some macaroni and cheese for her and the little pikachu in the kitchen when her mom came down the steps. they'd gone to the observatory together that day and her mother looked absolutely exhausted. but it wasn't until she put a hand on alaska's shoulder and promptly fell over, convulsing on the floor, that alaska did anything. she was too scared to call 911, which may have saved her. instead, she cried over her mother's convulsing body while the woman ripped off her necklace and shoved it at alaska. her last words were i love you and then she died.

bradley became a full-fledged alcoholic after that. he also started to beat alaska and went as far as giving away her mother's pikachu. he'd pull out her hair and send her away for days. so finally, little alaska got sick of it and left. she just ran as far away as she could. she made it to slateport city when she found an old man and his fearow sitting by each other on a bench. she was exhausted and plopped down with them. the two were apparently traveling from the star region. he asked her why she was all alone and she just said she was an orphan. and from that point on, the man took her in. he flew her back to star with him, where he promised to house her until she decided to go on a journey. his name was ivan and she did everything she could to make it up to him.

and one day, when she was eighteen, she decided she was old enough to go out there and make herself known in the world. and so she started her journey.

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