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Lilith’s blush flared to life when Xiomara called her by the affectionate nickname. It wasn’t the first time they had gone through this process.  But Lilith blushed every time they did the kisses and nickname. Her stomach fluttered as she pulled away. Opening the door more “I know, not a drop of mud insight, might have some sauce though. I hope you like Beef Stroganoff.” Lilith said closing the door. As she did so Athena came running down the hall, her short little corgi legs carrying her faster then possible to jump onto the Xio. “Athena down, sit, good girl” Lilith exclaimed leaning down to gently pet the well behaved dog. “Can I get you anything? Wine? Water, or anything else?” Lilith was rambling, it was nervous as she fiddled with the ends of her shirt.

Xiomara stepped through the door and immediately dropped to one knee to administer ear scratches to the adorable pup, making sure to greet her with as much attention as Xiomara did her owner. Once Athena had flopped over onto her back and received more than her fair share of tummy rubs, Xiomara looked back up at Lillith.

"I would love some wine, if you have a bottle open already" Xiomara said, straightening up. "I don't know that I have had beef stroganoff before, but I am sure it will be amazing." Xiomara stopped to check if Lilith was wearing shoes indoors, faltering for a moment as this was a custom she still mixed up from time to time. It didn't help that there weren't many consistencies in American households, whether to wear your shoes inside or not. "Shoes?" she asked, half apologetically.

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Xio loved to start her day grabbing breakfast from a local food cart, and finding a market to peruse through. She spent so much time at work absorbed in her art, ignoring everything (and everyone) around her, that she liked to make sure she got some genuine human interactions. Portland was a city bursting with creativity and small businesses, and given the chance, Xio would always buy from a person she could look in the face, rather than some faceless CEO. An added bonus was the ability to get in quick gesture drawings, location studies, or just atmospheric sketches. It used to be awkward when people would catch her drawing them, but years of practice afforded her confidence. Plus, she could always turn it onto a compliment, stroke an ego, and offer the sketch the disgruntled person in question. This morning Xio spent some extra time drawing, moving past just basic sketches to more fleshed out drawings, doing her best to capture the essence of the people who were moving all about her on their own paths. She stopped to roll her neck and noticed her drawing had caught someones attention. "See something you like?" She asked, tilting the sketchbook page their way.

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Xiomara double checked the address before she locked her car, and approached the apartment building. She didn’t want to show up at the wrong place, she had done it before and it wasn’t the most pleasant experience. Confident she had the right house she rang the bell, but she didn’t have long to wait, within moments the door was opening and Lilith was smiling at her.  “It’s good to see you too, you look good all cleaned up Lili” Xiomara replied as she stepped in close, a smile on her lips as she noticed the blush on Lilith’s cheeks, and placed a chaste kiss on first the left, then right cheek. It was a simple, practiced ritual, a commonplace greeting for her, that she knew was not so common in America. But she wasn’t going to pass up on the opportunity to get closer to Lilith, and maybe make her blush a little more.  

Lilith wasn’t sure why she was so nervous, it was just Xio, and it was just dinner. Okay all of that was a lie Lilith was telling herself to feel better. She knew exactly why she was so nervous. Xio meant something to her that was more then just friendship. Thus why she was frantically running around her kitchen attempting to cook a nice dinner for two instead of her normal thrown together shit for one. Beef Stroganoff was typically easy and done in ten minutes but Lilith had decided to be fancy and try to do it from scratch. In theory it was a great idea, in practice Lilith was trying to avoid getting sauce on her one pair of nice jeans and running through her glass of wine a little to quickly.  Lilith was halfway down with her glass of wine when their was a knock on her apartment door. Knocking down the rest of the glass, Lilith set the stove to simmer before hastily going to answer the door, a little to excited to see Xios face. “Hey! Its really good to see you”

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All About Xiomara Keita

FULL NAME: Xiomara Suikerbos Keita

NICKNAME: Xio, Little Flower (by her parents) 

OCCUPATION: Comic Book Author and Artist

AGE: 33

DATE OF BIRTH: 21st June 1987

NATIONALITY: Xiomara holds citizenship in USA, Mexico and Mozambique

GENDER & PRONOUNS: Genderqueer Femme, She/They

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Queer

RELIGION ( or lack thereof ): Xiomara practices a loose mix of indigenous religious traditions from both Mexico and Mozambique. She definitely doesn’t subscribe to monotheism, but isn’t particularly monogamous with a belief system or practice. 

PHYSICAL INFORMATION

DOMINANT HAND: Left

ACCENT + INTENSITY: typically Xiomara speaks with an average American accent from the west coast. However, when she is speaking with her family she speaks with a slight accent, and when she visits her extended family in Mexico or Mozambique her accent becomes a lot stronger. 

TATTOO(s): Both of Xiomara’s arms are covered in full sleeves of protea flowers and traditional Aztec geometry, with the geometry coming down cover the backs of her hands and fingers. 

SCAR(s): Xiomara has no major scars

PIERCING(s): Septum, and nose ring, as well as triples in each ear and one at the top of the cartilage. 

GLASSES: only shades

 BACKGROUND INFORMATION

HOMETOWN: King, Portland

CURRENT RESIDENCE: Part time in King, part time in Milwaukie. 

LANGUAGE(s): English, Makua, Portuguese, Spanish, and some Nahuatl (she’s still working on this one)

SOCIAL CLASS: Upper Middle Class

BASIC EDUCATION: Her first year in Portland Xiomara went to an international school with a Spanish Program, and after that went to the local schools in King. 

COLLEGE EDUCATION: PNCA for Undergraduate. The Center for Cartoon Studies for Masters

DEGREE(s): Bachelor of Arts, Illustration with minors in Queer Theory and Creative Writing. Masters of Fine Arts. 

MOTHER: Andaiye Keita - Author and Poet

FATHER: Lucian Alazraqui -Singer/Songwriter and Guitar Teacher as well as instrument maker.

SIBLING(s): two younger sister Camila, Zubaida and one younger brother Kayron.

SIGNIFICANT OTHER(s): Currently Single, but in a flirtation

CHILDREN: None

ADDITIONAL FAMILY: Xiomara has a large family, with her maternal grandmother and two aunts and their families living with her family.  

PET(s): Growing up there were always a few Xolo dogs in the household, but Xiomara has no pets of her own. 

RAP SHEET?: Minor charges for protesting and the like. 

PRISON TIME?: None 

CHARACTER PERSONALITY

POSITIVE TRAITS: Passionate, Adventurous and Imaginative

NEGATIVE TRAITS: Absent-minded, Hyperactive, and Impulsive

BIGGEST FEAR: Family being hurt

BIGGEST REGRET: Not being more focused as a kid when her Abuela (grandmother) was trying to teach her Nahuatl, which is an endangered language. 

WHAT’S MORE IMPORTANT? SEX or INTIMACY?: Intimacy 

ARE YOU A LEADER or A FOLLOWER?: Leader

ARE YOU SPONTANEOUS or DO YOU NEED A PLAN?: Spontaneous

DO YOU BELIEVE IN TRUE LOVE?: I believe there are many loves in ones lifetime. 

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE?: Yes

DO YOU CARE WHAT OTHERS THINK OF YOU?: To a degree. 

HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH STRESS?: Try and shut it out until I can take a bath or do some other self care. 

WHAT IS A SONG YOUR CHARACTER RELATES TO THEIR LIFE?: Anything by Janelle Monae. 

 VICES & HABITS

DO YOU SMOKE?: Socially

DO YOU DRINK?: Yes

DO YOU DO DRUGS?: Occasionally, not so much recently

DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDICTIONS?: No

DO YOU HAVE VIOLENT TENDENCIES?: No

DO YOU HAVE ANY SELF-DESTRUCTIVE TENDENCIES?: Hyper Fixating on work and not looking up for hours and hours, which leads to forgetting to eat or drink things. 

 MISC CHARACTER QUESTIONS

IF YOUR CHARACTER COULD CHANGE ONE PHYSICAL DETAIL ABOUT THEMSELVES, WHAT WOULD IT BE?: Xiomara would want the ability to change her hair color or tattoos at will. 

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S FAVORITE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY?: Xiomara enjoys roller skating and running.  

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S LEAST FAVORITE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY?: rock climbing

YOUR CHARACTER CAME FACE-TO-FACE WITH THEIR WORST ENEMY. WHAT IS THEIR FIRST REACTION?: Turn around and walk away, ignore them. 

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S FAVORITE WEATHER?: Sunshine, and warm weather

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S FAVORITE SEASON?: Summer

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S LEAST FAVORITE SEASON?: Winter 

YOUR CHARACTER KEEPS A PHOTO ALBUM OF MEMORIES FROM THEIR LIFETIME. IF THEY COULD ONLY KEEP ONE PHOTO, WHAT WOULD IT DEPICT?: A picture of all her family together

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S FONDEST CHILDHOOD MEMORY?: Meeting her Avo (grandmother) in Mozambique for the first time

SOMEONE ASKS YOUR CHARACTER TO DESCRIBE THEIR FAMILY. HOW DO THEY ANSWER? Big, loving, boisterous, opinionated. 

IS YOUR CHARACTER A MORNING PERSON, A NIGHT OWL, OR SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY? Night owl, she absolutely hates mornings

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S LEAST FAVORITE COLOR? yellow 

A STRANGER MAKES A CRUDE COMMENT TO YOUR CHARACTER. HOW DO THEY REACT? Probably flip them off and roll their eyes.