Name: Ruth Dixon

Gender: Female, bisexual

Age/DOB: ~15, aged, RY13

Origin: Rookery born to Aperturth parents, born at Grounds

Family: Mother Linda, Father Remi, brother Luke, half-sister Nisse, extended relatives

Other: As sweet as she seems, Ruth is a bit of a handful and is known as high maintenance by anyone trying to get close to her

Height: 5'6"

Weight: 130, curvy and compact bodied with lots of hip and generous thighs, she is however quite strong and is used to manual labor, not just looking pretty

Hair: dark brown, heavy and wooly, usually kept softened and in a poof or bun, braids, or other styles; can be as long as mid-back but she keeps it reasonably under control

Eyes: clear orange-brown, a bright shade, even and large, deceptively coy looking

Appearance: brown skin with freckles and a few small scars from gardening, dark full lips, a flat and broad nose, and a remarkably slender neck and arms; she's one of those picture-perfect garden club types, but puts in enough work daily that she always smells of the gardens she tends; has a sharp voice, but usually seems demure

Genetic Abilities: Like her brother, she has a strong amount of control over plant life, and her focus is on scents, sap, pollen, and products that come from plants overall, not just food. She's worked with some of the rare plants that got taken from wherever along with those coffee beans, the rubber trees and vines, and is able to create thick rubber and glue, amber-like materials, and hemp products that are very durable. She can take a flowering plant and create new color varieties, cause corn to be very resistant to disease, and plant genetics 'stick' so given some time and effort she can have plants that don't even need much water or light to survive and thrive, though her power does not work on Xenian or other invasive life.. Do not touch her projects. She has a modest Vortal suite, she sees people nearby, and can communicate with other telepaths at around 200 meters easily. She can sense her family members at up to 2 miles, as well as sensing the overall mood of a group, the more the clearer the effects can be

Icarus Processing: none, though she's considered it. She was aged and given skill downloads, but since her parents are reasonably well suited to Vortal adaptation, it didn't seem needed. However she has also considered those Plasmid things...

Image Credits: Doll Divine Princess Maker

Skills or Profession: with those same downloaded skills that Luke has, she has turned her efforts toward practical applications as well as beautiful additions. She can identify virtually any plant, as well as the tools to work on them. She's also got a bit more of a focus on environmental crafting, landscaping, and visual effects as well as scents and even sounds (she believes that the wind through specific leaves sounds different depending on the temperature and season, she's not wrong). She is good with exploration, and since her sense of plants is basically 'right nearby' rather than extended through root systems, she likes to physically track where plants have come from around the Grounds. For this reason too she's able to use cues of recently-disturbed dirt, scuff marks, upturned grass and turf, and the like, and get a sense of whether the area is safe or if there's a den of Hounds or Headcrabs there. She does have a set of magazine clippings, artwork and garden supply store stuff, that she bases any new plant or developments on.
Personality: She is very much a rose - watch out for those thorns. If you dare disturb her while she's concentrating, or god forbid interrupt her when she's talking about something important, her wrath is growing legendary. She has close friends, but few of them, and a few 'suitors' here and there who learn the hard way that she's a feisty one.
Events or History: With her brother being just over a year older than her, they actually were sent to be aged together, though they're still both about a year visually apart. The Grounds are still dangerous in the era when these kids are all growing up, with regular patrols of Combine ships overhead, but also rewarding in that there are more and more places to open up and explore in the township nearby. She prefers to explore with Blue Rose, and maybe her brother, going it alone for her own reasons. Don't assume that she is incapable just because she didn't have combat downloads. She knows how to use a shovel.

Dragon

Name: Blue Rose
Gender: Female
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Features: Icewing, possibly mixed with Seawing
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Origin: Adopted from LunarSolstice981 with Biohazardia lines on Deviantart, WoF by Tui Sutherland
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