#sectors tabi

[dailytabimc]

DAILY TABI DAY FORTY NINE

Lowk teaser for 50... Hmmm...........???

[metallurgys]

— Look who it is! If you take a look at our database, you’ll find that THEA SEONG is an ART DEALER that works in SECTOR 10. According to the file, they’re a mutant with the power of INTUITIVE MULTILINGUALISM & VOCAL REPLICATION. That must be why they’re ASTUTE and MERCURIAL. If you ask me, they remind me of glimmering oil reflections on rain-soaked concrete, a cat’s eye winking in darkness ; spines of white-hot lightning splitting apart a distant thunderstorm ; when Clarice Lispector said, “I’m alive. Like a wound, a flower in the flesh���. They are affiliated with NOBODY.

statistics .

character name. Thea Nari (나리) Seong (성) ( her parents often refer to her using her middle name ) nickname(s). absolutely not  face claim. Greta Lee mutation status. gen ii mutant , intuitive multilingualism & vocal manipulation birthday. november 30 , sagittarius  age. thirty - nine sexuality. lesbian gender & pronouns. cis woman , she / her occupation. art dealer & occasional forger ( when the mood strikes ) ; her clients range from those associated with the democratic council to underground groups work sector. sector ten  affiliation. none , however clients range from the democratic council to underground organisations  moral alignment. lawful neutral  positive traits. astute , eccentric , poised   negative traits. mercurial , vindictive , abstract   distinguishing features. sleek , inky hair styled into a bob that is never out of place & dramatic eye makeup & dopamine dressing , office siren looks ( think : tailored sets , patent tabi boots , hard to find and intentional accessorising , a statement lip and perfect manicure ) & no ( visible ) tattoos . 

biography .

extended bio to be added !

from sol city, however Thea was no stranger to travel growing up due to her parents’ work as artists and familial connections in what was South Korea. really, artists are the last people expected to have that kind of money to go between settlements - occasional art forging on the side seems to help.

creativity was highly encouraged - while Thea has the skills to be a talented artist, she much preferred the business side of things. a sense of control over what she wanted and earned was comforting in the face of expectations to be a carbon copy of what her parents are. 

originally in sector five as a research assistant and then art conservator, Thea started to build her client base and developed an eye for what she recognised could bring in significant money, if she chose her clients right. she’s been an art dealer for the last 8 years.

there were a handful of years back where Thea dealt extensively in the underground. largely as a way to make ends meet, she had to hone her mutations to avoid getting caught up in tricky situations. dishonesty in such environments didn’t bother her - pretending to be someone else, ripping someone off occasionally with a forgery or two. in order to survive it didn’t really matter.

currently, Thea works within a tight-knit client network not limited to sol city. a very limited number know who she actually is - the rest deal with junior assistant staff or a complete stranger she hires to pose as her throughout the sell. she has philanthropic connections to sectors five and ten as well as the democratic council, presenting herself as an art collector, socialite or advisor. 

questionnaire .

how do they feel about living in sol city? have they always lived there or did they travel from another settlement?

sol city born, though it’s never quite felt like home. parents somewhere between the relatively well-off and buy a million dollar trinket for funsies tax bracket that let them travel on a whim, there are glittering neon signs of other cities that punctuate Thea’s formative memories. one of the strangest business trips she accompanied her parents on was to a city in South Korea, curiosity underlined by a gentle tug of longing for what lies here that unknowingly shapes who she is. Thea accepts the grit of sol city barely just, so long as it makes her a living. as an adult, she has spent six to twelve months at a time in other cities where the business demands she follow. 

do they trust the council's leadership? why or why not?

she doesn’t particularly care about the council. although having made her career through sectors closely tied to it, she doesn’t feel a strong opinion needs to be formed about its leadership unless it brings her more questionable dealings onto their radar. there’s a touch of privilege to her attitude about what they do or the decisions they make, with a mutation easy to hide. she supposes her opinion would be different in that instance. 

if they chose their sector and profession, why did they make that choice? if they didn't, why not? were they happy with their assignment or not?

went with what she knows. with both parents slightly beyond having a cult following in the art world, there weren’t many blind spots for Thea to grapple with in the early years of her career. art conservation was a rare pocket of quiet in the bustle of sol city, buried in the cool, dim quiet of gallery and museum storage rooms. conveniently, it gave her the insider’s access to know what not to do when forging works. on the other hand, Thea painstakingly weaved together the network of clients she most often deals art to now. she chose to build her own business from the ground up and plays down the nepo baby perks she’d have otherwise leveraged. a positive of choosing her own connections was that the eye she’s developed is entirely her own rather than giving in to the continuation of the familial hopes laid out for her from the beginning.

what's one object that they always keep on their person?

an old map, stored in a quilted satin snap-lock purse she keeps in her handbag. Thea originally came across it in her conservator job, sifting through dust-ridden collections of papers in the archives. she has no idea what the map shows on the crumpled, yellow paper - it’s a strange, circular pattern of overlapping lines and borders in faded brown ink. at first she thought it may be sol city’s underground. asking around, it doesn’t seem to be the case. it doesn’t particularly matter whether or not she knows what it is nor the value it carries – it serves her no purpose other than being a curio and a point of conversation.

mutations .

what can your character do? what are their strengths? 

vocal manipulation - can generate varying pitches of voices to give the impression thea is someone incredibly far removed from who she is. she needs to hear a voice properly, once. the most commonly used voices are a mishmash of ones she has heard from memory. her voice changes to mimic a man, someone older or younger, a voice raspy or weak. there are many instances where she has used another voice to get what she wants, often with the goal to intimidate someone else or hide her identity.

intuitive multilingualism - operating in a similar manner to vocal manipulation, Thea needs to only ‘ gloss ’ over a language to learn it. this can be sweeping through a book or language dictionary, listening to conversations, watching an episode or two of a television show. learning a language means Thea is close to fluent and proficient at the very least

what can't they do? what are their weaknesses? 

vocal manipulation - all voices are replications only. it is rare for her to mimic voices heard in passing, for example someone she walks past on the street. Thea has a habit of pretending to be someone she is not, and if there is a new client or risky situation she is putting herself into, there’s almost always behind the scenes preparation. an actor for her to impersonate is crucial, be able to put the face to the voice she is hiding behind and keep her mark none the wiser. however different her voice may sound, she can only project it as a typical human would. new voices not yet practiced can waver and fall back to her own voice if Thea is rattled enough or taken by surprise. as with any person whose job it is to project their voice, she’s also victim to a dry throat that affects how well she can alter it. 

intuitive multilingualism - a dead giveaway that a language is ‘ new ’ to Thea is her pronunciation will be off. similar to the way she replicates other voices, she needs to hear what the language sounds like from a native / fluent speaker to be convincing. her learning also doesn’t take into account regional dialects or whether she is using formal / informal language, although her mental patterns of learning will adapt to it quickly. 

is there anything else you’d like to specify about them?

depending on the type of voice Thea manipulates, it can take a significant physical toll on her. there aren’t many people who have witnessed her use the ability, unless they have been around her in a tricky situation or are close to her ( she’s also done it as an occasional party trick when she was young ). people are far more likely to see her use intuitive multilingualism in a business capacity.

wanted connections .

business associates – people who she buys art from , or sells to ! maybe she ripped you off or she’s a usual contact when you want something ludicrously expensive . 

former colleagues – people she worked with in sector five ! a mentor , supervisor or coworker ? Thea has an immense amount of respect to those who mentored her and isn’t immune to bending to their will . maybe there’s something she can do for them now . 

friends / enemies / exes / literally anything else : people who see through the person she projects to know what she’s truly like ; she can't keep up the facade forever .

[of-petals-and-lightning]

Yuuki Shiori - Intro Info

BASICS. FULL NAME: Shiori Yuuki (Eng order) / Yuuki Shiori (Jap order) NICKNAME/S: Shi BIRTHDAY/AGE: 23. February 23. GENDER: Nonbinary (they/them primarily, but also uses she/her at times) HOMETOWN / AREA: Fujioka City, Gunma CURRENT HOME: Kasama City / Kasama Inari Shrine, Ibaraki. Butterfly Mansion. PROFESSION: Demon Slayer (retired after a severe injury), Wisteria House Mediciner, Butterfly Mansion healer (eventually)

PHYSICAL. HAIR: pale blonde / white hair EYES: pale purple / sky blue (sectoral heterochromia, irises are purple) NOSE: sharp, slight upturn at the end FACE: oval-esc LIPS: cupid's bow / full COMPLEXION: pale but rosy, freckles across cheeks, neck, and shoulders SCARS: very very faint scar across the left cheek close under the eye TATTOOS: HEIGHT: 5'4 WEIGHT: 130lbs BUILD: ballerina-esc. ALLERGIES: USUAL HAIRSTYLE: when working - when not working/any other time - USUAL EXPRESSION: Soft and calm, with a smile or quiet happiness easily showing alongside deep thoughtfulness. USUAL CLOTHING: A silver hairpin of entwined wisteria and hydrangea blossoms, a pale blue haori over a (easy to move and fight in) dark purple kimono with a pattern of falling petals, kept up with a black obi belt with white vines as the pattern, with white tabi socks and purple zori.

BACKSTORY. Losing their family to a demon in their childhood, Shiori spent some time in the entertainment district, having been left there by their uncle – much to the dismay of their cousin, Rai – as he claimed he had too many mouths to feed already. Taken in by a house, they kept away from the customers generally, unless they were bringing one up to see someone else, though they were taught some of the traditional skills that the girls were taught as well. However, they were not in the house for too long before the owner of a Wisteria House of the Demon Slayer corp bought out their debt.

They were far happier living within the Wisteria House and helping demon slayers, even more so once they were taken in by Rengoku Ruka, wife of the Flame Pillar, Rengoku Shinjurou. They worked for the Rengoku family as a medical aid to Ruka, but in truth they were treated so close to family that one who was unfamiliar with the family would hardly think otherwise. It was only after Ruka’s death that Shiori went on to see training in the art of slaying demons from the former Wind Hashira, Takemoto Noriko.

Joining the demon slayer ranks, they stayed until an unfortunate turn in a mission against a lower moon resulted in a severe internal injury that led to their retirement as a slayer. However, they did not leave the corps in any official manner as they instead went back to their former Wisteria House to take time in determining what it was they wished to do. Dedicating themself to the growth and cultivation of the wisteria blossoms surrounding the shrine, as well as forming charms and perfumes made of the wisteria for those with marechi blood to ward demons, they continued to practice their breathing forms, but now with metal fans and hairpins sharp as knives with wisteria poison compartments inside.

They work often with the Butterfly mansion in sharing information about wisteria poisons and extracts, and as such were gifted with a pair of fans with razor sharp retractable 'teeth' made of nichirin steel that the Demon Slayers use, though crafted with their use of poison over sheer strength in mind. The breathing style they use now is Petal Breathing, a form that focuses on dexterity and poison, similar to Insect Breathing, but as they use fans and hairpins as their weapons, that is where the main difference lies

[agaricus-bitorquis]

I need to quit geeking and lock the fuck in I have cool tabi sector art to work on except all I do is slop post and hate on premiere pro

[soulsbetrayed]

rotfallen asked: "What the fuck is your problem?" (from tabi's pm verse to julian!)

"My problem is that my family is being pushed out by the forces in conflict." he hissed baring fangs at her. "I might be as cruel as the Blood Red Night but the safety of my people is priority." His hair bristled and writhed in anger as he speaks viciously as his eyes cast a dangerous red glow.

"An all out War is about to happen if you've failed to keep yourself informed three of the Five Fingers have been competing for the Eastern sectors of the City. The Hana Association's involvement also complicates things further"

Between the Index, the Middle and the Thumb Julian was stretched thin and he was frankly irritable. "And the Kadmon Family had made the Eastern wards its home." he adds. "Do you see the issue here?" His hair was was still bristling and undulating out of his sheer frustration.

@rotfallen

[coinmystique]

Picture Supply: PixabayPrada Group, the dad or mum firm of Miu Miu, has embraced high-tech options like blockchain expertise to fight counterfeit merchandise.The corporate, in cooperation with the Aura Blockchain Consortium, has launched blockchain companies that permit clients to confirm the authenticity of their bought merchandise, in accordance with a Wednesday report from Bloomberg. “This authentic Prada product’s certificate has been uploaded on Aura Blockchain Consortium’s platform to record and guarantee its integrity," a little card tucked in the company's expensive products read. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), counterfeit and fake products account for about 2.5% of world trade, with an estimated worth of $464 billion annually. To combat this growing issue, Prada Group, LVMH, Richemont, and other industry leaders founded the Aura Blockchain Consortium in 2021 to develop blockchain solutions to track their highly coveted and expensive goods. These brands aim to provide customers with a reliable way to authenticate their products, which, in turn, can increase the appeal and value of original items. Additionally, this technology allows customers to easily pass on or resell their products, further strengthening the investment value of these luxury goods. "A digital certificate of authenticity is a huge, huge problem solver. In parallel, it helps us market the product and track its origins," Stefano Rosso, chairman of Maison Margiela and CEO of BVX, explained.The Aura Consortium's blockchain technology enables customers to verify products by accessing a digital certificate of authenticity. Customers can tap their smartphones on items like Maison Margiela Tabi shoes, which contain embedded NFC chips. The chip then directs the phone to a website where the company provides an authenticity certificate, along with information about the product's origin. Similarly, Loro Piana, under LVMH, launched a service allowing customers to scan QR codes on labels to verify the authenticity of high-end garments.Prada Group Integrates Blockcina Into its Fine Jewelry Eternal Gold LinePrada Group has integrated blockchain tracking into its Fine Jewelry Eternal Gold line, which features certified recycled gold and ethically sourced precious stones. Customers can tap their phones on the jewelry's card to access the certificate of authenticity, information about the materials used, and the item's carbon footprint. This not only verifies the product's sustainability claims but also provides customers with a digital record of ownership.The implementation of blockchain technology in the luxury goods sector goes beyond authenticity verification, according to Pierre-Nicolas Hurstel, CEO of Arianee, a startup that works with consumer brands to build blockchain applications.It also allows brands to track the sale and repair history of products, providing customers with comprehensive information about their valuable possessions, he added. Hurstel even claimed that consumers may soon have a digital wallet on their phones containing certificates for all their luxury items.However, the rise of a stronger secondhand market facilitated by blockchain technology could pose challenges for luxury brands that rely on exclusivity and scarcity to maintain their appeal. “This is not good for brands trying to avoid ubiquity and selling the promise of exclusivity,” stated Luca Solca, a world luxurious items, senior analysis analyst at Alliance Bernstein.