Difference between revisions of "Masaka"

|'world=KomashiUnknown

|booksfirst appeared=[[Yumi and the Nightmare Painter]]

Masaka istakes the appearance of a short woman who wears her hair with bangs and tends to wear dark makeup on her face, especially around the eyes.{{book ref|yumi|16}} She exclusively wears black clothing, and favors a black sweater.{{book ref|yumi|33}} She dislikes showing theirher skin, to avoid revealing her nature as a [[Sleepless]] to others--she wears scarves or tops with a high collar in order to hide her neck, and sometimes wear sleeves long enough to pull her hands into them.{{book ref|yumi|16}}{{book ref|yumi|33}}

Masaka is usually very shy and quiet, even with her friends.{{book ref|yumi|16}} She dislikes when people stare at her, and showshows other signs of antisocial behavior.{{book ref|yumi|16}} Despite her strange personality, Masaka makes an effort to be friendly to people she likes.{{book ref|yumi|16}} Her odd behavior is likely a consequence of her limited experience being a human.{{book ref|yumi|33}} Masaka is very adamantly tired of war,{{book ref|yumi|33}} and tries to influence her friends toward being accepting of aliens, likely as a measure to prevent bigotry and war.{{book ref|yumi|21}} She also thinks nightmares[[nightmare]]s can sometimes be cute, though she insists she dislikes horrific creatures.{{book ref|yumi|30}} Masaka often draws on her sketchpad while hanging out with friends.{{book ref|yumi|16}} As one can assume from the career she choose, she enjoys painting, and art in general.{{book ref|yumi|16}}{{book ref|yumi|33}}

She takes on the form of a human woman not just out of convenience, but due to actually finding happiness in that form and being perceived as such.{{book ref|yumi|33}}{{book ref|yumi|part=anotherepilogue}} She actively prefers the name MakasaMasaka to her Sleepless name, Chinikdakordich, and corrects those that refer to her otherwise.{{book ref|yumi|33}}

As a [[Sleepless]], Masaka is able to send out hordelings away from herself to search and spy, though she does not do this regularly.{{book ref|yumi|33}} Masaka is also a competent painter, having completed two years of upper school on the subject before being hired.{{book ref|yumi|16}}

Masaka previously used the name Chinikdakordich, and is the sixtieth horde of the [[Natricatich strain]] of Sleepless. She doesn't talk much about their past, but experienced a great deal of prejudice due to being a Sleepless. At some point she grew tired of wars being fought elsewhere in the [[cosmere]] and so decided to disguise herself and live a normal human life. After years of breeding she was able to produce a convincing face, and took up residence on [[Kilahito]].{{book ref|yumi|33}} When she arrived on Kilahito, she sent out hordelings to investigate her surroundings. She found circular regions which she could not enter, and avoided searching them further.{{book ref|yumi|1633}}

In upper school on Komashi, Masaka was rumored to have stabbed someone years prior, and been sent to become a painter by a court as part of her plea deal.{{book ref|yumi|16}} During their schooling she became friends with [[Nikaro]], [[Akane]], [[Tojin]], and [[Izzy]].{{book ref|yumi|16}} She once made a hat for Nikaro, for his birthday.{{book ref|yumi|28}} She became a painter after graduating and typically works alongside Izzy.{{book ref|yumi|21}}