Aleesia Orina
More comfortable in the streets and with the common folks, Aleesia seems very out of place at The Devil’s Contract. Her attitude betrays a tough upbringing, but working with the people of the law firm has softened her hard edge over the years, and she has started acting more feminine than she used to.
She prefers to go by the nickname “Lisa” or her last name rather than her full first name, but she doesn’t put up a fight when Lucinda uses it as she respects and admires her too much. Anyone else using it can expect a sharp comment in return or some minor form of physical retaliation.
Physical Description
Very tall and thin, she has kept her physique and obviously works out regularly. Being a high elf, she has the typical long ears, but actually has auburn hair, bordering on red, a rare trait among pure blooded high elves. She likes to keep her hair out of her face, and so will generally make a loose bun in the back and let it cascade down from that. However, since she doesn’t spend as much time on it as others, there are lots of loose bits on the side of her face and around her neck. Her eyes are a bright shade of violet and she has picked up her make-up habits from her boss, Lucinda, preferring long red nails and painted red lips.
She almost always has a high quality camera with her, pursuant with her job as office investigator. She also keeps a kit of other surveillance gear in her car, which contrasts almost everyone else’s in the office: a run down old Focus from about 8 years ago. She can often be seen underneath it or fiddling with the engine trying to get the thing back in working order, and is well known for being the only one in the office who changes her own oil.
Physical Quirks
Despite her very rugged attitude, she has been picking up quite a few feminine traits from being around the ladies in the office. One in particular is she can’t seem to stop herself from dancing when she hears a song she likes, and sometimes seems to dance when she walks. She also is quite a touchy-feely kind of person, and likes to touch those she is talking to, by holding their hands, arm around the shoulders, or even touching their cheeks if she likes them. While she will respect personal space to those who ask for it, she wants to be close to people.
Clothing Style
She tends towards more utilitarian clothing, a leather catsuit, which allows her to hide easier when she’s trying to get good shots on a target, and when she needs to get close to someone, she can easily use it to show a little cleavage to distract them. She has also recently taken to wearing extra long high heeled boots to match, which adds to her already impressive height. When not working, she’s usually in a beat up t-shirt and jeans with sneakers, preferring to be comfortable.
Mental Characteristics
Personal History
Born to a family practically living on the streets, she was raised by her father and uncle. Her father used to be a rich doctor before his wife, who didn’t even do anything, took him for everything he had, and left him destitute, and so she finds that kind of gold digging attitude abhorrent. She was forced to defend her family in a very rough neighbourhood, so quickly learned to shoot a gun to try and keep safe. She had many run ins with the law, and once she met Lucinda working on another case. Lucinda worked with the police to ensure that she was given a chance to turn her life around before it became worse. The police agreed and helped her get a good education and eventually she joined the police force and became a detective as thanks. When she saw the standards for police officers being lowered to get more women on the force, she left in disgust and went to work as a private investigator at the Devil’s Contract.
Education
While she does have a solid high school diploma and made it through police training without a hitch, she doesn’t feel there’s any need for her to get any more schooling. She believes that while school may be useful for some jobs, with what she wants to do, she finds it more of a waste of time.
Employment
She spent five years as a police officer on the beat and then two years as a detective before resigning. Some of her former colleagues agree with her reason for leaving, especially after seeing the new cops coming in, so they maintain good ties with her and she can always ask for help from them. Her former captain still tries to get her to come back to this day, but it’s now more of a joke than a serious request, since he knows she will not return, her new job is too good.
For the past 5 years, she’s been on staff investigator for The Devil’s Contract, the law firm of Lucinda Walker. Going from a mostly male dominated profession like police work to the female dominated law office was quite a shock for her, and she has been working harder to fit in with the other ladies.
Morality & Philosophy
Growing up in a poor environment, she learned that while the law is there to protect people, it is limited in it’s own fashion. She does not like lawbreakers, but understands if those breaking the law are doing so because they have been unjustly treated. If she caught a homeless kid stealing food, for example, she’d pay for the food herself, and then help make sure they understood that stealing hurts others, and how to get food without it. She believes in second chances, but also believes that it is important that people make their own way, and do things for themselves rather than relying on others. She even will save a little money by going out and hunting for food herself rather than buying meat from the store.
Personality
Motivation
After such a hard life, she tends to want to live comfortably and have fun, striving to enjoy her life, and have fun with those friends she has in it. She also seems to have picked up a bit of a celebrity worship trait and likes to read about all of the gossip on them, and has been known to miss a mark occasionally because she wanted to get a picture of a famous person she saw instead.
Likes & Dislikes
She loves talking about guns, cameras and celebrities, and has been known to talk cars with any of the guys she hangs out with. She also picked up embroidery from her old captain’s wife, who acted like a surrogate mother to her when the police force chipped in to help her growing up.
She abhors greedy people, especially those who feel that they are owed something without earning it. She takes particular delight in exposing gold diggers as frauds. She also has a hatred of those who break the law for no good reason. She had to be pulled from the scene of a crash when she began berating the driver who caused it said he just didn’t want to wait for someone to get out of the way.
Virtues
She is fairly empathetic with others, especially men since that’s mostly who she grew up with, and as such tends to be described as “one of the guys” a lot. She is also honest to a fault and will keep a promise if she makes it, being extremely loyal. She also doesn’t like the idea of flirting when you are with someone else.
Vices
A very short fuse is her main issue, but worse then that, it can lead her to be reckless in some situations. She also is very stubborn and will not give up on something until she’s proven to herself that it can’t be done. Her independent streak leads her to be a bit of a loner at times. And sometimes her desire to have fun has led her to get a little drunk.
Quirks
Just as prone to a playful punch on the arm for a slight as she is an all out verbal assault, she can be more than a little volatile with her mood. Going from charming , to calm, to outright hostile is not uncommon when dealing with some people. She also has a tendency to notice the tiniest of details with perfect clarity, something which suits her job well.
Values
She values hard work, independence and merit over all else. If you can prove to her you can do something, she will respect you when it comes to that. She also values those who put their lives on the line and regularly brings food to the police, armed forces and fire departments in the area. She never brings donuts, however, as she also values keeping them in shape.
Sexual Style
While she is bisexual, she does have a preference for women, which only adds to her being taken as one of the boys. When out with a group of men, she’s just as likely to make lewd comments as they are, and is more than happy to show them up by trying to seduce the woman before they will. She does have a particular love of bondage, being more dominant in that role.
She is very loyal, however, in her attentions towards those she shows interest in. She will pursue one person at a time, and keep at it until they make it clear they aren’t interested, or they give in to her charms. Always open to new things and being very brazen, she does keep her advances in the more seductive style, saving her lewdness for more playful interactions.
Social
Contacts & Relations
Still very close with her father and uncle, she spends weekends when she’s not working hanging out with them during the day most of the time, working on cars or occasionally hunting with them. She helped get both of them out of the bad area she grew up in and they own a little place in the rural area by a good game hunting forest. Other times she spends hanging out with her police buddies, usually at the bar or on their bowling nights.
Social Aptitude
Still a little uncomfortable around women, she tends to be the quiet one, observing what everyone is doing and rarely getting into the conversation unless celebrities get brought up. When she’s around men, she fits right in, being quite lewd and cynical in her jokes, talking shop on guns and cars.
Religious Views
Having seen poverty, she doesn’t believe in any sort of religion, but doesn’t seem to care either way what people believe. She is more than happy to let others live with their beliefs and has no desire to change anyone’s mind on the matter.
Mannerisms
Strangely, most people don’t see it at first within the office, but she tends to mimic Lucinda’s mannerisms, especially her touchy-feely nature. Unlike Lucinda, however, she does it to set people at ease rather than being flirty. She also has a rather cynical sense of humour, being more fond of dark comedy however.
Hobbies & Pets
Other than hunting and fixing her car, she tends to keep her skills as a marksman, with both a gun and a camera, sharp. When she does have down time and wants to relax, she’s more likely to put on a celebrity gossip show and start embroidering something. She has a black cat named Felix that she rescued from the neighbourhood she grew up in. It had been living under her old house, and was nearly starving when she found it.
Speech Style
Very blunt and to the point when she wants to get a point across, she speaks with the occasional ghetto slang, or sometimes uses police lingo. She has no obvious accent, as she is just a working class local.
Political Affiliation & Activism
She’s not really interested in politics or activism, but respects those who actually put their money where their mouth is when it comes to anything they campaign for. She doesn’t care much for people who’s sole activism is being against something without presenting a better alternative, and really has a high disdain for what she calls “keyboard slacktivists”.