Post by tsuki on May 1, 2010 19:30:23 GMT -5
Maria :: Bara :: Sohma
"People are Roses."
"People are Roses."
Nickname: Anis/Anise
Age: 15
DOB: October 18th
Gender: Female
Zodiac: Horse
Appearance~
Description:
Personal~
Likes:
- Chocolate
- The woods/forest
- Roses. Adores them.
- Playing with cards
- Archery
Dislikes:
- Doing Nothing at all
- Being told what to do
- Giving Up
- Depending on others
- Her sister, Zell
Personality: Maria is many things. She's mostly stubborn and independent, always wanting things her way or doing things by herself. She'll often defend herslef or the ones she cares about in any way she can, and has a strong sense of justice. She's also adventurous, and loves action.
However, in another case, she is actually very sad, guilty, and scared inside. She fears losing Akari, as she feels she is the only person she has left, seeing that she hates Zell. Because of past experiances, she believes everything is her fault, although she tries not to show this side of her. She is happy and optimistic on the outside when she is around others, somewhat part of her old self. But she cries when she's alone, and fears her memories. Maria hides her depressing inner feelings, but yet, somehow deep inside of her, is a spark of real, true happiness left. She just doesn't realize it yet.
Strengths:
- Her stubborness/independence
- Fighting{Skilled with some reflexes} and Archery{very talented}
- Knowing Akari is still alive
Weaknesses:
- Her feelings{has a problem expressing/admitting her inner/true feelings}
- Mnemophobia{fear of memories}
- Love for the opposite gender
- Somewhat afraid of Zell after the last beating
Mother: Rosso Sohma (deceased)
Father: Azul Sohma (deceased)
Siblings: Akari and Zell Sohma
Other Relatives: Other members of the Zodiac, although they're very, very distant relatives, and perhaps shouldn't be listed. But they do refer to each other as "cousins" sometimes.
Relationships: none as of yet. Hopefully, someone will come around ^^
History: Maria was the youngest of the three sisters, and was born as one of the unlucky few zodiac: the horse. This was revealed when the nurse gave infant Maria to her father for the first time, and she transformed into a baby horse. But her parents weren't surprised or shocked by this - no, no! Afterall, Maria was their third zodiac child, and they were to expect this. Their two other daughters - Zell, the cursed dog, and Akari, the cursed cat -- had also been cursed with spirits of the zodiac.
Maria was happy and optimistic. Always looked at the good side, and had a bright perspective on things. This made her different from the other members of her family. Akari, her middle sister, had been the spirit of the cat -- a zodiac very disliked by other members of the Sohma family -- and always seemed distant from everyone else. Maria knew why, of course, but unlike everyone else, liked her and respected her for who she was. Zell, the eldest, had been the spirit of the dog, and hated both of her younger sisters. Especically Maria, who Zell would slap and tell her things were her fault. But Maria always tried to speak up for herself against her sister, but it never worked. Zell always won the arguements, and this lessened Maria's self-esteem.
Maria was always the oddball. She looked nothing like her family members with her essentric pink hair and blood red eyes. And she dressed differently, too -- always wearing punk-rock styles, which, ironically, was the opposite of her personality. And, not only that, it was also her different views on things -- her optimistic, bright perspective that made her different. And that irked everyone. At school, she would get bullied, teased, and picked on. Of course, with her independent spirit, she would always stand up for herself. But it never did any good. People still teased her. Still bullied. The only person who DID like Maria was Akari, her older sister, and she would try to stand up for Maria, but that never worked either.
And things were worse with Maria's parents. Okay, they hated Akari, but not like they did Maria. Nothing like they did Maria. They despised Maria, because they hadn't wanted another zodiac child, and because of her appearance. Everytime they would make a mistake or misplace something, they would blame her, saying it was all her fault. It even got to the point where they would abuse her. Beat her. Maria attempted to fight back, stand up for herself, but that just made the blows harder and worse. The more she tried to defend herself, the angrier her parents would get, saying things like "We should've put you up for adoption!" or "Why didn't we abort you the instant you were born?!". Akari would try to stand up for Maria again, but no one ever listened, so she just gave up, and watched in anger.
Eventually, after a few years of defending herself against the bullies, Zell, and her parents, Maria was forced to give up after not succeeding in her many attempts to stand up for herself. She finally fell silent and distant. Zell got all the glory and goodies, while Maria and Akari were forced to suffer. Maria noticed Akari growing more bitter, but after feeling so worthless, Maria felt there was nothing she could do. Still, despite all the tragedy, Maria still loved her sisters and her parents. But she still blamed every misfortune upon herself because of the guilt Zell, her parents, and schoolmates had made her feel.
One day, Maria was literally forced to go shopping with her parents while they completely ignored Akari and told Zell not to tag along. Maria was 12, Akari was 13, and Zell was 16. Akari and Zell were left alone at home while Maria was to be their servant and carry all the bags and do all the work for their parents. After two hours passed, the shopping trip was over, and Maria loaded all the groceries into the car, and they all got in to go home. Only, they never arrived home. The car turned and murged with another car in a head-on collison. Maria survived, while her parents lay dead. The abulance came, and took her parents away.
Maria was in shock, and came home feeling so very ashamed, so very guilty. She just knew this had been her fault! Even though her parents had said all those harmful things and had abused her, she couldn't help but feel sorrow and shame. And it didn't help when Zell blamed Maria for the accident and beat her up, shouting over and over that it was her fault. Their parents had died because of her. She had murdered them. It was all her doing. That's what Maria truely believed.
That's what she thought. And that's what she still thinks to this day. But it's been a few years since the accident, and Zell moved out to live somewhere else in the Sohma Estate. Maria still lives with Akari in the Sohma Estate, seeing to it that she can't live on her own yet. Maria has learned to cope with her inner and outside feelings. Her inner feelings are always ones of shame, fear, guilt, emptiness or remorse, while her outside feelings are the optisim and happiness she used to carry. She uses her bright feelings as a shell to cover the ones on the inside because she doesn't want Akari to worry about her, and she doesn't want to seem vunerable to anyone. Especially Zell.
So, now she lives on like that. Some people would call it 'living a lie', but to her, it's just hiding what's on the inside. But she has at least a little real happiness left since she still has Akari.
Extra~
Anything Else: Maria fears her memories, and doesn't like to remember her past: her childhood, and especially the car crash -- drilled in her mind that these things are her fault. However, she usually stirs her own fears by accidently remembering, or dreaming of the awful incidents, and has something similar to a nervous breakdown once this happens. She usually ends up escaping it somehow, whether it be running away from it mentally, or physically running away from her current location.
Code Word: Cat in the Hat! XD
Face Claim: Anis/Anise Yamamoto from Barajou No Kiss{Kiss of Rose Princess}
