Anne Moriyama

A modest, shy young woman, appearing to be just barely 19 years old, Anne arrived at Yuriba having gone through an incredibly strange transformation. Gone was the incredibly plain Japanese girl she had always known herself to be, replaced, at least in terms of appearance, by a far cuter young redheaded woman who looks to be as pure-blooded Irish as one can get.

Personality

Years of hiding her sexuality, of having crushes she could never admit, of having to dig deep, deep, deep into her homeworld's version of the Internet just to find like-minded individuals with the same orientation as herself have combined to result in Anne a rather rich mix of social awkwardness and moments of never-reckless bravery.

Anne does not act brashly, nor without the utmost of caution. But, should Anne feel that the moment and her surroundings are 100% safe, she is decisive and forward. Otherwise, she is a blushing, stammering and introverted young woman who is most definitely timid and bordering on withdrawn.

Even when she is bold, it is with a pre-planned "exit strategy" should things go awry. Her moments of bravery are infused with a large degree of timidity, each and every word, move, expression, tone chosen ahead of time to reduce the possibility of a disastrous result.

Appearance

She appears even younger than her 19 years, closer to a woman who has just barely finished the changes brought on by puberty, leading to many to think she is but 15 or 16. She has pure, pure red hair that looks like a ponytail after a massive explosion had undone all of its neatness. Her skin is one shade darker than pure-Irish-pale, befreckled heavily. Her eyes do not even come close to matching, with one a brilliant teal-blue, the other energy-drink-green. She has a very slight upturn to her nose, as if she had endured one tiny sneeze too many. Thin lips and pure white, straight teeth complete her facial appearance.

She has an ever-so-slightly long neck, and the rest of her frame is lithe, with small breasts that measure around the 34-AB range, boyish curves, slender and toned arms. Her thin wrists lead to delicate hands with bitten nails that are a testament to her perpetually nervous state of mind. The left hand's fingertips are rather heavily calloused due to many, many hours practicing a cello. Her stomach is flat but well-fed. She has legs that seem just a little too long for her 4 feet 8 inches of height. Every pair of shoes she wears exposes her dainty and well-maintained feet in some way, with soft soles shown by her sandals and most other footwear, and baby-pink toenail polish.

Her pendant, an A-natural 440Hz (A440) tuning fork on a silver chain, can only be removed by her own hand, feeling to others that it weighs tons.

Biography

Anne's Native Japan

Through a twist in the Japanese Diet, any and all homosexuals, including those simply rumored to be non-heterosexual, were stripped of all rights with the solitary exception being that they cannot be physically assaulted (although enough loopholes in the law existed that even that provision was effectively moot.)

Anne's parents, full-blooded Japanese dating back beyond memory, were both educated in the West and, while never broaching the subject with Anne, saw in her introversion and fear a high likelihood that the law terrified her. As an act of parental love, they shipped Anne to continue her studies abroad.

The College Years

Anne's parents were indeed correct, as the now-14 year old girl, having skipped many grades of compulsory education, found herself as a freshman at Dublin's Trinity College. Their parting gift, a tuning fork pendant, two suitcases of clothes, and their love her only traveling companions, Anne found herself in Dublin, and soon found work, many years underage, as a bartender. She never even attempted to try to find a young woman to love, still fearing a law that didn't apply to her now that she was outside its reach.

The night she graduated, "Egregia Cum Laude," with degrees from the conservatory in the cello, and in computer science and electrical engineering, she found herself upon a bridge overlooking the all-too-lonely Raglan Road. Wishing upon her pendant to be taken to a land of peace, where lesbians are free to love and live happily and undisturbed, she found herself blinded by white light, and deafened by the same A-natural, 440Hz (A440) note as her tuning fork, naked upon a hilltop.

Yuriba

After arriving, and after settling in, Anne spent some time letting herself get used to the Island and its ways. She spends a fair amount of time at Leona's Bar and Girl. There, she met many friends, and several whom she fell deeply in love with, forming steady, stable, and lasting romantic relationships. She currently owns a rather unusually-shaped house, with an octagonal living room, square kitchen, ovular bedroom, rectangular bathroom (with a 2-person Japanese bathtub and shower), and what she refers to as the 'Stellarium,' a geodesic dome with an Onsen (Japanese hotspring) inside whose steam never fogs the glass.

Anne's Abilities

Anne is blessed with perfect pitch coupled with the ability to match pitch as well. Upon hearing any sound, she can instantly tell what musical note is its counterpart. Should a musical note be up-tuned or down-tuned, she can also match its pitch perfectly and instantly. This ability also allows her to memorize with perfect accuracy any and all things she ever hears.

Additionally, Anne is both a lexical prodigy, able to recall anything she has ever read, be it printed or written by hand, with approximately 98% accuracy, coupled with a reading speed of 120 pages per hour paperback, 100 pages per hour trade paperback, and 85 pages per hour hardcover, all with the same 98% recall.

While just barely missing the cutoff for true supergenius-level, Anne makes up for it with a degree of "street smarts" despite her seemingly overpowering naivete. Her nervous and shy and interoverted nature are not a front, but years spent in a strange city have taught her a thing or two about keeping herself safe.

Aerynna

While her wristwatch disappeared in transit to Yuriba, her tuning fork did not, and she found in her pocket a very small, peculiar music box that, when placed upon the ground and her tuning fork pendant is struck, transforms into a semi-sentient cello, perfectly in tune, with a chair and a peg stand for the base of the cello.

The cello, who calls herself 'Aerynna', refuses to play unless Anne's own emotions are so bottled up that the only way to express them is through a song that Anne and Aerynna play as if sharing one mind and sense of aesthetics, a song to be heard once and once only.

The "Feelings First" Rule

Anne has a personal, inviolable law. She refuses, without exception, to engage in any physically intimate act, including kisses, with anyone unless there already exist romantic feelings between all involved.

The single exception to this is cuddling or hugging behavior.

Anne's Friends

Rockpath is a steadfast and great friend, and an amazing source of help in so many thing, making her awesomeness personified.

Anne's Beloved

Kayo is a sweetheart and a gentle, wise soul. Few have ever had the ability to truly send Anne's passions alight while simultaneously soothing her to pudding the way Kayo does, fewer still able to do so as if it is second nature.

Chisa was at first a mystery to Anne, sexy and sweet, passionate and gentle, all at once. To this day, Anne marvels at Chisa's ability to be the embodiment of eroticism, and not without a sly smile on Anne's part every time she tries to untangle the mystery.

Mika Tetsuyama has the honor of being the first Yuriban to make her feel not only welcome, but also wanted. Anne cannot help but marvel at Mika, especially how tender the woman is to her, and Anne feels that it is a joy to love Mika with her affections returned measure for measure.

Ria Cantalbria has a gracefulness and purposefulness to her every movement that has Anne in awe. The Skunkette's luxuriously luscious tail only adds to Anne's ever-so-slightly slackjawed looks Ria's way. She is as playful as she is sweet, and her ballet-like movement leave Anne in a blush, especially since Anne cannot figure out how a bipedal Skunkette could move without falling over with every step. Add this to Ria's kind, gentle nature, and Anne is most thoroughly lost, both in confusion and in love.

Angela is heaven come to Yuriba in Anne's eyes. Nothing makes her feel as safe as a "wing hug" especially since wings and magick are so linked in Anne's mind; only magick lets you have wings, and only wings let you fly, and since Anne is obsessed with flight, magick and flight are one and the same. Angela, or "Angelove" as Anne has been known to call her, is as healing as she is sensual, and as soothing as she is arousing, and the total package known as Angela makes Anne feel humbled to be in love with and loved by the angel.

Laurie at first reminded Anne of herself not some 4 months back, new to Yuriba and a little scared. The moment of their mutual falling for each other was, for Anne, a dream made real, and Anne feels such a sweet girl as Laurie is a blessing.

Dakota Hargrave is equal parts hotter than sin and cool customer, and it is the middle ground, her sweet and nurturing side, that makes Dakota "the complete package" in Anne's eyes, especially how she so easily transitions across that entire spectrum seemingly effortlessly.