Alara Ogasawara || FFXIV Roleplayer

“You gettin' sappy on me, Mrs. Ogasawara?" Ke'rii said with momentary victory before Alara whacked him playfully on the back of the head.“We all know you’re the big sap,”
Alara teased.

"The Essence of the Three"

Biography

Alara Slate Ogasawara, commonly called "Lara" by those who know her well, came to Eorzea from a distant world with her husband, Ke'rii Ogasawara. Growing up, she never knew her biological parents, but was raised by a man she addressed as her 'uncle', and was very poor. When her uncle died, she hopped from foster family to foster family. With nothing much to fall back on, she joined the Galactic Republic military, serving for a few years before getting a general discharge. Alara would go on to be a ship captain, and eventually marry Ke'rii Ogasawara.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Alara is slender and strong with short black hair. She has deep brown eyes with a nasty scar clearly visible over her right eye (though she tends to try to cover this), and dark skin. Her body has numerous scars; the deepest (and oldest) being down the middle of chest, her inner left arm, and the left side of her torso.

PERSONALITY

Alara builds walls and finds solace standing in the background. She's very guarded of her personal life and military career. Despite this, she does enjoy learning about other people and listening to their stories. She is very reserved and uncomfortable in large groups, preferring smaller numbers of quality friends. Deep down she is very caring and very loyal. She prefers to be honest with people, but tends to end up lying or hiding what she truly wants to say.

BASIC INFORMATION

Name: Alara Ogasawara
Server: Jenova
Species/Gender: Human/Female
Age: late 30s
Height: 5'6
Relationship status: Married
Birthplace: Corellia
Current Residence: Shirogane
Occupation: N/A

Out-of-Character

I am known as Mei-mei (she/her), and have been roleplaying since 2012. My first roleplay experience was in Star Wars: The Old Republic. Before that, I started to write 'seriously' (for fun!) beginning in 1999 (I'm sure I just dated myself there). I have experience writing comedy, romance, action, and drama. And I especially LOVE world building.I enjoy an immersive roleplay vs. light/casual. I really like to tell stories and work on character development. I also like organic story telling, meaning I go with the flow of how my character speaks to me. And if something with my character can be done in-game, I'm all for it rather than just "assuming" it happened and everyone moves on.TL;DR - I want to RP 24/7 if I could. Immersively.Note: I am not my characters. They have their own opinions, thoughts and personalities. I keep OOC out of my roleplaying.

Feel free to contact me on discord: meimei.onlineOr email:
[email protected]

The OOC on Alara
Alara comes from Star Wars: The Old Republic, and was a supporting character to a main character in that game. I am keeping her history from that world, though I am NOT roleplaying the world of Final Fantasy XIV as Star Wars. If this poses an issue for you, then that's perfectly fine and we are not meant to be roleplay pals.Final Fantasy XIV Lore
I am not good with lore for FFXIV. I'm trying to learn as I go, so I design my characters with my weaknesses in mind. All my RP characters are not originally from the world of FFXIV, but I do not roleplay as if FFXIV is another world.My Roleplay Characters
If you happen across any of these characters, you've found me!

Name	Server	Pronoun	Status
Ke'rii Ogasawara	Jenova/Gilg	He/Him	Married/Straight
Alara Ogasawara	Jenova	She/Her	Married/Straight
Mei'li Bluedark	Jen/Sarg/Ada	She/Her	Married/Straight
Keiko'li Ogasawara	Jenova	She/Her	Single/Straight
Carina Hart (Rageborn)	Gilg/Sarg/Ada	She/Her	Married/Straight

Roleplay Goal
To find a community of serious, yet fun, roleplayers to tell stories with and make friends in-character and out. I am an immersive roleplayer, so 99% of the time I am up for roleplaying. Please do not hesitate to approach me in-character (even without the RP tag on).Roleplay Preferences

RP Style:	Heavy immersive RP. If we can avoid OOC chatter in the middle of a scene, I'm happy (unless for consent/warning reasons of course). I use prose form often in /em. /say is for quick "Hey! How are ya?" dialogue (and YES, I use quotations for ALL dialogue). I'm also comfortable in party or tell chats for more private conversations. Obviously the /em descriptive writing is adapted for /party or /tell. I very much prefer the use of third-person POV when roleplaying. Saying something like "I wave to you", just feels uncomfortable and can kill a scene for me.
Immersion:	100%
Patience:	I'm a slow typer if I'm trying not to make typos. So please be patient and allow time to respond.
Age:	I prefer to roleplay with adults. No minors please.
OOC:	I will mark any out-of-character comments with (( )). For example: "Good to see you again, please sit with me." ((Phone BRB!))
RP Group Size:	I am most comfortable in smaller numbers and quieter settings.
Relationships:	I do romance roleplay very selectively. In the case of Alara, she is happily married to Ke'rii Ogasawara (whom I also play) and is not looking to break his heart. On any character, I am very open to friendships, bromance, enemies, frenemies, business partners, etc. The more connections, the more immersion!
Death:	No thanks.
Violence/Combat:	I'm a bit sensitive to violence, so I tend to avoid violence or even combat RP. However, with trusted RP partners it is a possibility.
Injuries:	Must be discussed.
Rating:	I am an adult, so I am open to most RP from light and funny to mature content and even difficult/controversial topics. But consent is key! I am very sensitive, and this goes back to my violence topic above, to sexual assault. This does not mean my characters can't discuss it (I'd prefer not to be the victim of it), but please give me a heads up warning. Communication is key, so /tell and let me know. My character's are also not saints and will swear, sometimes a lot. If you do not like this, then please let me know and I will tame it down for you.
Dice Rolls:	I am not a huge fan of this. Usually will only /random or /dice if in combat roleplay, but this is NOT a very smooth RP style for me. But I understand its need when in combat situations, but sometimes I may disagree with a roll if it doesn't fit my character's abilities. I RP in a "freestyle" manner rather than with technical numbers.
Real World:	When I roleplay, the things of our world do not exist. Memes, social media, pop culture, etc. I keep ALL these things OUT of my roleplay as they do not exist in the world where my characters exist. As an immersive RPer, bringing up things like this totally breaks the mood and will kill a scene for me.
Please Don'ts:	Nothing breaks immersion more for me than "Hey, how are you today? :)". How do you say :) in language? "Hey, how are you? smilie face"? Please avoid the smilie faces, "LOLs", and what not. I like my RP partners to have good grammar (dialogue excluded if for in-character reasons of course), punctuation, and spelling. That said, I'm also Queen Typo, so spelling errors are totally excused.
Godmodding:	If you "godmod" my character, meaning you make a motion or movement or say my character has said or done something and I did not post it first, I'm not happy. My characters are for me to control, not you. For example: You say /em says "Hey!" to Alara and she gives a kiss. EXCUSE ME? No she didn't! Please don't do this, its in poor taste.
Metagaming:	Metagaming is when you know something about my character OOCly and then turn it into in-character knowledge without your character being told. I can't stand this. Either we RP a scene where you learn said information or I just stop talking to you OOCly.