Ashley Kovalenko

Ashley 'Asha' Kovalenko
IC Info
Race:	Human
Gender:	Female
Sexuality:	Lesbian
Age:	27
Date of Birth:	August 19th, 1985
Place of Origin:	Odessa, Ukraine
Height:	5'7"
Weight:	129 lbs
Eye Color:	Blue
Hair Color:	Blonde
Bloodtype:	O-
Sign:	Leo
Hobbies:	Soccer, Swimming, Karaoke, Dancing, Drinking
Favorite Things:	Vodka, Stuffed Animals, 'Good' Flirting
Likes:	Flavor-infused Vodka, Good books and movies, Music
Dislikes:	Bad or Cheap Vodka, Excessive or 'desperate' flirting
Romantic Status:	Single
Romantic Identification:	Polyamorous, Open
Religion:	Orthodox Christian
Residence:	None yet
Occupation:	Model
OOC Info
Source:	Original

Ashley Kovalenko is a Ukrainian woman, who's worked as a model for most of her adult life. She's a very upbeat and cheerful person, despite her distant upbringing from her father. She has an inborn love of vodka, particularly flavor-infused varieties. She's also a big fan of European soccer, swimming, and karaoke.

She's very athletic too, with soccer and swimming being her favorite activities. Modeling is a career as well as a hobby, and her work has mostly been with swimwear and some lingerie. She a bit on the flirty side, likes to read books and watch movies, and loves Electronic music, particularly the english group, The Prodigy.

Her ethnicity is very much entirely Ukrainian, and like most Eastern Europeans, her faith has been Orthodox for much of her life. She isn't particularly religious, but still identifies with the faith here and there. Her major split with her religion is her sexuality, as she's an open lesbian, who took the time to explore herself as her career took her through Western Europe. She's very comfortable in such open relations, and it's unlikely she'll have too much difficulty adjusting to Yuriba in this respect.

Relationships

Ashley is flirty, and enjoys teasing back and forth, within reason. She doesn't, however, like to be bound to any one single person, and a committed relationship is something she doesn't want to engage in at the moment. She's very open with others, but can be discreet should another desire it. She's not a fan of clingy people, or those who flirt way too much.

History

Pre-Yuriba

Ashley 'Asha' Kovalenko is a young woman, in her late twenties. She was born in Odessa, Ukraine to a somewhat successful family, as her father had made a fair amount of money helping to build oil and natural gas pipelines in the area, after the reorganization of Ukraine's economy. Still, things were difficult for the family, despite the fact that Ashley was an only child. Her mother passed away when she was young, a victim of cancer that was brought on by the Chernobyl disaster. Her father continued his work, but was intensely focused on it instead of his daughter.

Ashley's youth was fairly uneventful, though it became more outgoing and fun after the fall of the Iron Curtain and the establishment of the Ukrainian state. Once she was a legal adult, she was picked up by a modeling agency, as Odessa began building a reputation for being an excellent vacation spot with numerous beaches along the Black Sea. She started off with general modeling, mainly for small clothing stores, but eventually worked her way into modeling swimwear and lingerie, and even attracted attention from magazines in the United States, the UK, and France. She travelled abroad to Germany and France, studying fashion, and continued her career.

She's an avid fan of European Soccer, with the Ukranian National Team and the English Barclays Premier League being her favorite to watch. She even managed to attend the UEFA Euro 2012 tournament in her home country of Ukraine, and neighboring Poland. She managed to get a job back home, modeling and doing promotional work for local soccer clubs, before she inexplicably ended up on Yuriba after a trip to a ski resort.

Yuriba

Ashley ended up on Yuriba while on a train that was taking her to a ski resort in Sochi, Russia, to do some modeling and promotion work for the Ukranian Olympic team well in advance of the 2014 Winter Games. She also had intended to take some time off there, as well. While she was going through a tunnel, sitting on the train, she closed her eyes for a moment.. and ended up on Yuriba, her luggage scattered about her. Since arriving, she seems to have adapted somewhat well, taking her sudden change of surroundings in stride.

Her friendly nature seems to have made at least a couple of friends, thusfar, and she appears to enjoy hanging around the village's Hot Spring, and not surprisingly has met Coral and Nezuma. Her arrival also coincided with the start of the Yuriban Anniversary Festival, which she used to great effect to meet even more new people. One of them was Suzume, who she met while the latter was manning the kissing booth. She met the Dryad later on, while she and Necahual paid a visit to the hot spring, and has become friendly with both.

She participated in a dance-off at the The Labrys after the Anniversary Festival's end, and ended up meeting even more people! Too many to list, even, though she's hopeful to meet these new faces again and learn about them some more.

She's also added a few hangouts to her list, mainly The Labrys and The Baby Seal, primarily since she's able to procure her beloved vodka here. She also likes to go to The Dragon's Brew, as she's fond of their black tea. She's expressed a lament, however, that there's no Russian style tea available!

Traits

Language

Ashley learned English out of convenience for her job, though she's picked up some French, Italian and German along the way. She's fluent in her native tongue of Ukrainian, in addition to Russian. She speaks her English with a very noticeable Slavic accent, and occasionally omits words or uses singular words where a plural one might be more appropriate. Still, her English is very good, either way.

Hobbies

Having lived near the sea for a long time, she's an avid swimmer, and makes frequent trips into Russia when she's not working to go skiing and snowboarding. Other activities she enjoys are European Football, karaoke, dancing and cooking. The latter she had to pick up early on, living mostly by herself, considering her father was busy with work, most of the time. She's quite well-versed in ethnic cooking from her native region, and likes to prove people wrong about Ukrainian and Russian food, in addition to misconceptions about Ukraine in general. She's also an avid drinker of vodka. Flavor infused vodka is her favorite, particularly pepper and herbal varieties.

Heritage

Ashley is very proud of her Slavic origins, and perhaps moreso of her Ukrainian roots. Disparaging remarks, even made in jest, about either are sure to earn her ire. Speaking of her home country like an object ('the Ukraine') implies that the country is less prominent, and was used by the Soviet Russians to refer to the Ukrainian SSR, under Communist rule. Indeed, implying Russian superiority or soveriegnty is considered insulting. It should be rather obvious that Chernobyl is a sensitive subject, especially considering the cancer that took Ashley's mother as a result, when she was still young.