I. Li-Na is energetic by nature. She gets up early to put in an hour at the gym before eating breakfast. She's the first on the barre in her dance class. Every movement she makes, while fluid, has an underlying current of energy.
Now take that and ramp it up to ten.
While she normally enjoys a latte in the morning, lately she hasn't even felt like she needs the caffeine kick. She just gets up and goes. And goes. And goes. And goes. She's bouncing from one thing to another like a pin ball, sometimes skipping right over lunch to instead cram some extra studying in at the library, because ... why stop? She feels great!
Once her classes are done in the afternoon, it's off to Dancinerate to squeeze in some extra practice before she teaches her toddlers. Or off to the Rec Center to take a capoeira class. Or attending some extra lecture or event on campus. Or maybe she's arranged to meet up with a study group.
A home, she cooks up a storm. It's Chinese New Year and that means she's missing Hong Kong more than ever. So she cooks all of her favorite foods and all of Xiaolang's favorite foods, and probably goes a bit overboard.
The bad thing about being extremely energetic is the fact that energy has to come from somewhere. Not to mention her body can only take so much strain. Sooner or later, she's going to crash (especially with the meal skipping).
II. But just try to tell her to stop.
As soon as the sun goes down, something hot flares up inside Li-Na. She already has something of a temper, but it tends to run cool and quiet until the very last second. But this month, it's hot and fast, and flares at the littlest things.
Cut in front of her at the coffee shop? Take the last triple chocolate brownie? Or maybe just look at her funny? Whatever it is, Li-Na is getting in people's faces and giving them a thorough tongue lashing. Hopefully, you're not on the receiving end.
She could probably use someone to rein her in, but that person is going to have to put up with her temper.
III. In between, Li-Na tries to do some degree of damage control. If she went off on someone the night before, she tries to track them down to apologize, before she slides back into angry mode. Which is why you might have a very sheepish and apologetic Li-Na approach you, early one evening.
"Um... about last night... I'm sorry."
BONUS - Li-Na Yiu (joined July 2017), age 19, born Feb 22 in Hong Kong (prev. name 'Lenalee Lee') - Height: 5'6", dark green hair (orig. black), purple eyes (orig. brown) - Parents killed in car accident, placed in care of relative for 2 years in Guangxi, older brother became legal guardian after - Studied at Hong Kong Youth Ballet Academy and Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts - Received HKDSE in 2017, attended Recolle High school for 1 year before applying to Recolle University as Dance major - Items received: weapon called 'Innocence,' takes form of armored boots; three different uniforms, communication golem, hairclips, pillow with face on it (???) - Boots have purifying properties and enhance leg strength, speed, and durability - Additional abilities: walking on water, super sonic speed, tornado creation, 'meteor blade'?, crystalline shield - Participated in initial exploration of Bosuma, asked for cake for teammate - Converses frequently with James Barnes, Xiaolang Li, Elliot Craig, Derek Matthews - Warm-hearted and kind, takes interest in those around her, quick to protect people - Trust easily broken, quick to hold grudges, quick to jump to conclusions
Note: named dog 'Spotted' in Mandarin after expressly instructed not to name him Spot Note: need to find way to measure ability to synchronize with Innocence
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Li-Na is energetic by nature. She gets up early to put in an hour at the gym before eating breakfast. She's the first on the barre in her dance class. Every movement she makes, while fluid, has an underlying current of energy.
Now take that and ramp it up to ten.
While she normally enjoys a latte in the morning, lately she hasn't even felt like she needs the caffeine kick. She just gets up and goes. And goes. And goes. And goes. She's bouncing from one thing to another like a pin ball, sometimes skipping right over lunch to instead cram some extra studying in at the library, because ... why stop? She feels great!
Once her classes are done in the afternoon, it's off to Dancinerate to squeeze in some extra practice before she teaches her toddlers. Or off to the Rec Center to take a capoeira class. Or attending some extra lecture or event on campus. Or maybe she's arranged to meet up with a study group.
A home, she cooks up a storm. It's Chinese New Year and that means she's missing Hong Kong more than ever. So she cooks all of her favorite foods and all of Xiaolang's favorite foods, and probably goes a bit overboard.
The bad thing about being extremely energetic is the fact that energy has to come from somewhere. Not to mention her body can only take so much strain. Sooner or later, she's going to crash (especially with the meal skipping).
II.
But just try to tell her to stop.
As soon as the sun goes down, something hot flares up inside Li-Na. She already has something of a temper, but it tends to run cool and quiet until the very last second. But this month, it's hot and fast, and flares at the littlest things.
Cut in front of her at the coffee shop? Take the last triple chocolate brownie? Or maybe just look at her funny? Whatever it is, Li-Na is getting in people's faces and giving them a thorough tongue lashing. Hopefully, you're not on the receiving end.
She could probably use someone to rein her in, but that person is going to have to put up with her temper.
III.
In between, Li-Na tries to do some degree of damage control. If she went off on someone the night before, she tries to track them down to apologize, before she slides back into angry mode. Which is why you might have a very sheepish and apologetic Li-Na approach you, early one evening.
"Um... about last night... I'm sorry."
BONUS
- Li-Na Yiu (joined July 2017), age 19, born Feb 22 in Hong Kong (prev. name 'Lenalee Lee')
- Height: 5'6", dark green hair (orig. black), purple eyes (orig. brown)
- Parents killed in car accident, placed in care of relative for 2 years in Guangxi, older brother became legal guardian after
- Studied at Hong Kong Youth Ballet Academy and Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
- Received HKDSE in 2017, attended Recolle High school for 1 year before applying to Recolle University as Dance major
- Items received: weapon called 'Innocence,' takes form of armored boots; three different uniforms, communication golem, hairclips, pillow with face on it (???)
- Boots have purifying properties and enhance leg strength, speed, and durability
- Additional abilities: walking on water, super sonic speed, tornado creation, 'meteor blade'?, crystalline shield
- Participated in initial exploration of Bosuma, asked for cake for teammate
- Converses frequently with James Barnes, Xiaolang Li, Elliot Craig, Derek Matthews
- Warm-hearted and kind, takes interest in those around her, quick to protect people
- Trust easily broken, quick to hold grudges, quick to jump to conclusions
Note: named dog 'Spotted' in Mandarin after expressly instructed not to name him Spot
Note: need to find way to measure ability to synchronize with Innocence