Unica Scarlett, Tamer (v2.0) [WIP]

overview

GENDER ▸ Female (she/her)
AGE ▸ 8 years
BIRTHDAY ▸ June 30th
ALIGNMENT ▸ Lawful good
ETHNICITY ▸ American
BIRTH PLACE ▸ South Carolina, United States of America
RESIDENCE ▸ Greater Shibuya District in Tokyo, Japan

appearance

RACE ▸ Caucasian/White, American
HAIR ▸ Light blonde, long, straight
EYES ▸ Light blue
HEIGHT ▸ Estimated _ feet (_ centimeters)
WEIGHT ▸ Estimated _ pounds (_ kilograms)
PHYSIQUE ▸ Healthy, short, slightly muscular
CLOTHES ▸ Dresses and frilly skirts, hair ribbons and pins, a friendship bracelet on her left wrist, a digivice cradle on her right wrist, red backpack with a Biyomon and dango keychain on the zippers
FACE CLAIM ▸

DESCRIPTION ▸ Unica is eight years old and her appearance reflects this fact. Though she used to be heavyset, all her adventures in the digital world have led to a more active lifestyle. Because of this, she has lost weight and has gained some muscle mass. She looks like a healthy, physically fit young lady. Her long hair, which once bordered on being classified as "bleach blonde," has changed slightly with age. While the underside of her hair has darkened into a slightly richer shade of yellow, the top layers had remained light due to the amount of time she spends outside in the sun. Her blue eyes are perhaps her most striking trait, standing out due in part to the blues and whites she tends to wear. Being born to two Americans, Unica's skin color matches that of her biological parents. Though she used to be incredibly pale, she now tends to a sport a light tan, once again thanks to how often she spends in the sun.

INVENTORY ▸

• A lavender and white D-3 digivice. It often sits in a digivice cradle that goes on Unica's left wrist.
  
• A red backpack with a large image of a white rabbit on the front. It contains all of Unica's other inventory items.
• A couple laminated index cards with Unica's emergency contact information scribbled on them. It includes such information as her parents' names, their contact information, and the train information to help Unica find her way home.
• School supplies, ranging from notebooks and folders to a lunchbox and pencil pouch.

personality

Before she learned about the digital world, Unica was an emotional, naive, and clingy child. Any little inconvenience would send her sobbing, and being told "no" would cause her to throw a fit, no matter where she was or who was watching. Over the last year, however, she has grown and matured into a more confident, dependent individual. Thanks to the people and Digimon she's met along the way, she now feels comfortable standing her ground, especially when it comes to bullies. This fact has come as both a blessing and curse for her parents who are proud of the fact that she is finding her voice but are also frustrated with the fact that she now has the "attitude" to talk back. And yet, she loves her family and they love her, so any disagreements they have are usually short-lived and have no lasting impact.

With that said, Unica has learned how to mask her true intentions and feelings. If given a gift that she doesn't particularly like, she will thank the gift-giver instead of voicing her displeasure. This higher level of cognitive thinking is mostly due to the fact that her brain is developing at a regular pace, but the attitude and dishonest has most likely developed due to the amount of time she spends with Birdie. As is normal of a child's growth, she is more acutely aware of how others feel and isn't so self-centered. Of course, she still has moments of selfishness, but she is now capable of putting herself in someone else's shoes and seeing situations from multiple different angles. It’s about a 75-25 split between whether she’ll be selfless and do something for others or if she’ll act out of self-interest,

As an eight-year-old, Unica still displays mimicking behavior; that is to say, if someone is doing something such as weight-lifting, cleaning, or singing, she will copy the behavior in an attempt to create social connections. Although this was once her way of experiencing different hobbies and finding out what was really enjoyable, she has since found things that she truly enjoys. She loves cooking and dancing, but she also has a fondness for singing, drawing, and playing sports. When it comes to dancing, Unica will oftentimes grab anything that looks remotely like pompoms and jump around in an attempt to mimic cheerleaders.

LIKES ▸ Sweets (especially chocolate), strawberries, cooking and baking, helping people, rabbits, dancing, singing, making friends, incense, playing sports like soccer and track, beaches
DISLIKES ▸ Bullies, cherries, squash, mosquitoes, bedtime, scary stories, long car trips, being ignored, being scolded, being alone, being called weak, fights and arguments, death

history

Once upon a time, there were two young lovers who were madly in love. The young woman was named Maria Scarlett and the man, Joshua Adams. They were high school sweethearts who dropped out in order to pursue their dream of traveling across the nation in a microvan. They were young and reckless, and they believed nothing could ruin their fun. They drank alcohol, did drugs, and stayed up late partying. They hit mailboxes with baseball bats, broke into people’s pools to go skinny-dipping, and even committed petty larceny. No one ever got hurt because that wasn’t the couple’s goal — they just wanted to live wild and free. 

Things were going well for a couple months until Maria became pregnant. Josh was slow to respond to the news, but he eventually said he was happy for them and that he would do whatever he could to ensure their future. Maria felt a fool when she woke up the very next day, splayed out in a back alley with her head spinning and nothing to her name. The van was gone, and so too was her boyfriend. Her wallet and phone were missing as well. Everything was gone, save for the clothes on her back. Maria knew right away that she had been drugged and left by Joshua. Though heartbroken by the realization, she told herself that she was not allowed to cry — had to get up and do something. Without even giving herself time to grieve, she headed into the city.

As she worked on getting her life back on track, Maria seriously considered getting an abortion, since there was no way she could take care of a child given the current state of her life. However, the longer she considered the option, the harder the decision got, and she eventually gave up on the idea altogether. She focused all her efforts on applying to jobs, paying bills, and buying baby items. Though Maria and her parents had a strained relationship, she was desperate for aid and called them up. Though it was obvious they were disappointed with her life choices and were reluctant about being taken advantage of, they were still sympathetic to her situation. They loaned Maria some money with the condition she would pay them back with interest.

Nine months later, Maria gave birth to a young girl who she decided to name after her grandmother: Unica. Unica never heard many stories of her mother's past or how she may have never been born in the first place. She didn't know about her father because Maria thought it was for the best if she didn't. It seemed as though her mother preferred to look toward the future instead of lingering on the past, and Unica never bothered to ask. Questions such as "where is my biological dad" and "why don't we have much money" never even crossed her mind, so her mother never had to deal with answering them. That doesn’t mean Maria will be able to escape the past forever, but for now, she’s doing just fine ignoring it.

Unica and her mother lived in a run-down apartment, living off minimum wage for nearly three years before her mother started dating a man named Shouta Nakada who had immigrated to the United States with a work visa. The couple instantly hit it off and it didn’t take long for Maria to begin bringing him around the house. After only three months of dating, Shouta invited Maria to come live with him in his apartment. It was a better living condition than where they had been living previous, so Unica's mother accepted the offer. She was cautious, though. She loved Shouta, but having been betrayed before made her nervous about putting her life in the hands of someone else. She kept a separate bank account, kept a car under her own name, and always had a safe that only she knew the combination to.

Unica knew that this new man was not her real father, but that didn't prevent her from calling him “dad” anyway. He was the closest thing she had to a father figure and her mother seemed happy with the dynamic. Whenever her mother was at work and couldn't take care of her, her new father would take time off to look after her. He would watch shows with her, read with her, and would let her help him cook. He was very kind, if not incredibly inexperienced with children. There were some things that he had a tough time with; for example, when Unica was feeling ill, he would fret that her cough was something worse than a cold, though it rarely was. He spoiled her and had a difficult time telling her “no,” even though Unica's mother continuously told him that he should be more stern with children.

By the time Unica was four, her stepfather had been offered an opportunity to put his experience to the test in Japan, where the locals had been struggling with technical difficulties caused by strange "surges of energy." And just like that, Unica and her parents moved to Shibuya, Japan. It didn't take long after the move for all three of them to notice the strange electrical surges people had been talking about. On occasion, and without warning, the toaster would stop working or the digital clocks would read some unfathomable time. Needless to say, this kept Unica's father busy — for years even. He was employed to help multiple companies reenforce their equipment to ensure that they wouldn't act up the next time there was a “power surge.”

His work days grew longer as hospitals and private agencies began asking for his help. This meant that Unica's mother had to stay home more often in order to look after her daughter. Fortunately, she was able to find a job that allowed her to work from home. But not all was well in the Nakada-Scarlett household. Maria was frustrated by the fact that they were still living in poverty and that she was “the only one” taking care of Unica, and he was upset that he had such long work hours and his girlfriend didn’t understand how little contractors were paid. They bickering grew steadily more frequent until Unica finally broke down crying as she explained how “mommy and daddy shouldn’t fight.” Thus comment made both Maria and Shouta realize how they had been talking to one another, and they began making changes to repair their relationship. 

When Unica turned six, she began going to school. She used the Shibuya Train Terminal as her main means of transportation and was always accompanied by her mother who didn't feel comfortable letting her little girl wander alone in such a big crowd of people. When she was seven, her adventure began when a magical energy transported her to the digital world. Since then, she met her digital partner (a Biyomon she named Birdie), a ton of human and Digimon friends, and has become more confident in herself. Although she has matured much over the past year, Unica and Birdie's story is still far from over.