daily interaction with skye

[hackitude]

EVERYDAY FASHION

PALETTE

STYLE "Casual chic." Not one for business outfits or pretty dresses; she wears the same thing to work as she'd wear to go out. She's not a tomboy, or fashion impaired. Her clothes all still fit and look good on her. Rather, she's just geared towards being both stylish and practical. She's almost always in skinny jeans. Expect plaid blouses and plain, fitted cotton shirts. In colder months, she layers a lot-- scarves and vests aplenty. Also fond of leather jackets, khaki and camo. At home, it's shorts and a baggy t-shirt. She wears some jewellery but not a ton. Usually small, cheap pieces-- a single bracelet, a cord necklace, etc. Converse sneakers or flat-footed boots for shoes. One pair of high heels for special occasions, but even those aren't excessively high. Her hair is down and curled 99% of the time, unless she's exercising or anticipating trouble.

DAILY ROUTINE

Since the end of the Summer Games, Skye has been getting up earlier in the mornings. She goes for a short 30 minute run around Heropa before showering, eating breakfast and heading to work at Stark Tech. (She doesn't own a car, so she takes public transport everywhere.) She might occasionally dick around on the imPort network if work's slow, but usually she's pretty focused. She's good at answering her phone though, if you call her. She takes lunch in a variety of cafes nearby-- not always at the same place. She likes to switch it up, try new places. During lunch she'll almost definitely be messaging people on her laptop or her phone. Sometimes she packs lunch (but she doesn't spend money on a lot of other things, so she feels entitled to buy lunch most days), and on those days she'll eat in a nearby park if the weather's clear. After work she sometimes does a second (longer) work-out at the gym, three times a week-- more focused on muscle strengthening and combat moves. She doesn't like grocery shopping or cooking very much, so she just orders groceries online when she needs them. (Though often she forgets and just lives off cup noodles or whatever her roommates have to mooch off.) In the evenings she can be found usually lounging around in the living room or her bedroom, on her laptop. Occasionally she goes out with friends at night. Other nights she can be found studying for her GED, either at home or at Will Graham's place.

AROUND THE HOUSE / DOWN TIME

Skye splits her weekends equally between time spent chilling out at home and time spent out with friends. When she's at home, she'll either be goofing around on the internet, watching TV in the living room, or studying for her GED. Or some unholy combination of the three, depending. She's a usually considerate housemate, but she does like to lounge around in pajamas a lot. Also, sometimes she brings home her not-boyfriend to stay the night without warning. And all that implies. She takes care of her own stuff (not that she has much of it) and cleans up after herself around the house, but she's not great at general household cleaning or cooking or keeping the kitchen well-stocked with anything but junk food. When she goes out, she'll often go to one of Loki's clubs in the evening, or where ever Noh-Varr is DJing at. She doesn't often go to the mall unless she's been asked to go with someone else. During the day she also sometimes hangs out at random cafes and the library, occasionally trying to run hacks on government operations (and usually failing). Oftentimes she will just chill with friends at their place. She's also acquired a gun licence and a small handgun recently, which she occasionally takes to the gun range on weekends to practice with.

TICS, HABITS & QUIRKS

Skye's eyebrows are the most expressive part of her face-- but only just. She's easy to read, and her mouth is constantly in motion. But it's her eyebrows that give away the game. They raise high when surprised, furrow deeply when she's troubled or confused, and she's no stranger to the one-eyebrow-lifted look of judgement. Her hands are somewhat expressive also-- not so much as to be remarkable, but occasionally she will punctuate a sentence with a snap or a pointed finger. She seems to have a habit of playing with the sugar packets in cafes when she sits down, laying them out on the table and arranging them in a particular order. When she's concentrating particularly hard on something, she might bite the end of her pen or her thumb nail. Since coming to MoM and acquiring cyberpathy, she sometimes gets a far off look in her eyes like she's zoning out-- though she's really doing so such thing. Rather, she's looking something up on the network or communicating with nearby tech. Skye can also often be seen whipping her phone out to photograph or video things-- friends and enemies beware, she's quick on the draw. Her fake instagram can be found here, updated only very occasionally (because I'm lazy).

EARTHLY POSSESSIONS

Skye doesn't own much; she's still used to living her life on the move, so being stationary and in a house of her own is a new experience for her. She hasn't decorated much, and only bought the necessities. So far in MoM she's bought for herself the following (other than clothes, food and toiletries): ❖ One set of crockery for herself (yep... just... the one...) ❖ Two glasses, two mugs, and a water bottle ❖ One laptop, mid-range (she doesn't need it, but it's a comfort thing) ❖ One hand gun . . . ( s k y e . . . n o . . . ) ❖ One puppy, adopted. Named Trotsky. ❖ A food bowl, water bowl, collar and leash for said puppy. She also bought a fairly cheap television set and a coffee machine for the house, to be shared with the other housemates if they wish. That's... pretty much it. If the house has any furnishings in it other than the bare essentials it comes with, it's not because Skye's bought them.

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