Vivian Lacerta

┤Full Name├
Vivian Lacerta

┤Nicknames├
Viv, Vivi

┤Gender├
Female

┤Sexuality├
Sapphic leaning bisexual

┤Height├
5’7”

┤Hair Colour├
Black/Dark Brown or Blonde

┤Eye Colour├
Blue

┤Shift├
Wolf

NO, ignore the picture on the left. Viv doesn’t look like that, at all.

Okay, it has some things right. She’s a tall woman, slender, with enough muscle to hold her own in a fight. She’s got great legs, is somewhat pale, and has a pretty great physique. But the rest of it? Nope. No. Completely inaccurate. That picture is how she looks when blackmailed into attending a royal gala by a thoroughly pissed off pride demon mother.

Normally, it’s more like this: Viv has blue eyes. They don’t tend to sparkle or glimmer or invite warmly or any of that kind of thing. They’re just there, cool and blue, contributing to one hell of a resting bitch face. She’s often wished they were a warmer colour, something that would make her look more inviting and less intimidating. On the other hand, being intimidating is kind of awesome. So there’s pros and cons.

Those soft black waves? Yeah, nope. Viv’s hair is pin-straight and swishy. She likes it down most of the time, a ponytail the rest, and occasionally a braid if it really needs to stay out of the way. After this week, she is never doing a single fancy hairstyle ever again. It’s a pain in the ass and takes hours. On the other hand, if someone were to do it for her…Viv actually rather likes her hair. Considering how much maintenance long hair is, that’s got to be why she’s never cut it. But she loves to have it played with, and she loves the fuss other girls make when her hair is just ‘so long!’. She switches between black and blond regularly, and often tells her stylists to go wild. It’s made her a favourite in the salons she frequents, and she’s rarely disappointed with the results.

Viv’s go-to style is jeans and tshirts. She’s perfectly capable of dressing up (or down ;3) as needed, but that’s what she’s comfortable in. She likes plain shirts in colours like red and orange, but she’s got a soft spot for funny graphics and silly slogans. Viv most often accessorizes with a black leather jacket and matching gloves. It’s practical – bike and all – but it also looks badass. Boots and sneakers are her go-to footwear, but honestly, she won’t say no to a strappy heel. She’s already tall, and there’s something fun about being head and shoulders above the crowd. Viv’s other signature accessory is onyx earrings. She’s actually got a full set, courtesy of her father, but the earrings are the only things she wears on a daily basis.

When she does dress up, Viv goes all out. She looks damn good in a suit, and has a way of making a formal gown intimidating. It does stroke her ego, the stares when people see her in a dress and realize she can do both. What Viv can’t do, though, is casual feminine styles. She looks fine in them, honestly, but something about it just feels…off. Like she’s pretending to be someone she’s not.

┤Personality├
Competitive║Amorous║Protective║Defiant║Passionate

If you ask Viv, she would say she doesn’t act very much like a pride demon. In many respects, this is very true. She cares very little for Hell’s social games, and though she acknowledges that schmoozing is a useful skill, she has little to no patience for it. But to say she isn’t proud would be entirely wrong. Viv’s pride is channeled into her competitive nature – she loves to win and she loves even more to win big. She’s a focused and skillful fighter, used to going up against opponents much larger than her. When she sees a big, muscle-y guy, part of her always just wants to…deck him. Just to see if she could win the fight.

Nowadays, she often uses those fighting skills to protect others. Viv’s always been fascinated by knights and heroes, and the idea of saving a princess (no one show her Utena. Just…don’t). On earth, there’s not many princesses to save, but there are plenty of girls in bad situations and plenty of shitty guys to punch out. It’s genuinely fun for her, and as a demon, she has a hidden advantage if things get really bad.

Beneath the aggression, though, is a young woman who isn’t entirely sure how to deal with her own femininity, or her sexuality, for that matter. Viv’s so easily distracted by other girls, their gentle voices, the curves of their bodies, and the softness of their skin. Her friends tease her about the way she often drifts off mid sentence, her eyes fixed on someone passing by. Her parents’ courtship was slow and soft and sweet, and that’s what Viv is seeking for herself. But when she gets so tongue tied and flustered, it feels like her only other option is to flirt outrageously. She definitely can’t take it when her own tactics are used on her.

┤Likes├
┤Girls├─They’re so soft and pretty and gentle and sweet. Viv could listen to a girl talk all day.
┤Fighting├─Viv loves the adrenaline of a good fight where you have to keep on your toes.
┤Motorcycles├─Bikes are awesome and badass. Viv has two, one for the underworld and one on earth

┤Hobbies├
┤White-knighting├─Viv will head up to earth, cruise around on her bike, and punch guys she catches creeping on girls. No better way to spend a weekend.
┤Hair├─Viv loves getting her hair done. On earth and in hell, whether it’s bleaching or a cut, she’ll give her stylist free rein.
┤Shopping├─She has fun making outfits and trying things on.

┤Dislikes├
┤Creeps├─See Hobby 1. Viv can punch a bitch, but not all women can.
┤Losing├─Specifically to her brother. He can fuck right off, thinking he’s awesome because he’s fucking tall as fuck.
┤Girly Shit├─Okay, not exactly. It’s more about having to act like a ‘proper lady’. The shit itself, dresses and nail polish and makeup? All fine.

┤Fears├
┤Being Trapped├─Just…metaphorically. A role and life she doesn’t and would never want is her greatest fear.
┤Sexism├─Viv wants nothing more than to prove she’s as good as any guy, and the idea that she might not succeed terrifies her.
┤Her mother being right├─She’s never let her forget.

Vivian’s mother is a pride demon and her father a wrath, and all in all, they’re a pretty happy little family. For a wrath demon, her father is remarkably calm (if not thoroughly terrifying when he’s justified in his anger), and her mother is the one who organizes their social lives and their promotions.

And then there’s the bane of her existence, her older brother, Mal. There’s nothing actually wrong with Mal, to be clear. A wrath demon like their father, he’s stupid, but his heart is in the right place. He gets angry easily, but he can be talked into or out of most anything. Viv’s seeming resentment is nothing more than good old sibling rivalry.

Viv is three years younger than Mal, and growing up, she was heavily influenced by him. She wore his old clothes because he grew so fast. She played with his blocks and cars and swords because she liked them and didn’t seem fond of dolls anyway. When their father took Mal out to fight or wrestle or patrol their massive territory, he took Viv too. They spent hours tussling in the dirt, practising the moves that their father showed them. It’s almost questionable if Viv realized there was a difference between boys and girls until puberty hit and her mother swooped in to try to address some of Vivian’s rougher edges.

Up until that point, Viv and Mal had done everything together. However, Mal did not have to take lessons on acting like a proper lady, and in hindsight, his disdain and mocking might explain Vivian’s attitudes.

Viv is not happy with her role in Hell’s society – she lacks the drives of many pride demons to be the best and the greatest. Not to say that she isn’t a proud being, but she’s not proud in the ‘right’ way, the way expected of her. Somewhere along the line, she learned that Earth was a great escape. On Earth, she’s free of expectations and of consequences. Her parents have noticed this and are subtly grooming her to take over the Earthen operations of LQM – Lacerta Quality Gemstones. Right now, she has yet to notice.

Most recently, she dropped by to see her parents and was promptly strong-armed into attending a royal gala. Her parents could only attend two nights, and Mal was mysteriously indisposed. She’s been given an elaborate wardrobe and plenty of gorgeous jewelry to use to make a statement. Say what you will about the girl, but she’s good at flattery, and her work has already significantly boosted commissions.