My Palia OC, Estella "Estelle" Marie Sol. :]

My Palia OC, Estella "Estelle" Marie Sol. :] 🩷

Estelle is a high-energy sweetheart that has no idea how she appeared in Kilima, but she knows she loves it. She's locally known for being a social butterfly and bringing a playful atmosphere to the room.

Of course, that's essentially the superficial layer of her that she lets people see. internally, Estelle is deeply conflicted about her old human life, which she can only remember in bits and pieces. She's conflicted about fitting into Majiri culture and adapting to a new society that's looking at her kind closely. She uses a skill her muscle memory has still perserved, drawing, to out her emotions and fears about the new world she lives in. Estelle prefers to keep her complex emotions hidden from the world, and only publicly draws little sketches for her friends with gifts.

As she gets closer to 4 specific people in kilima village, (Reth, Tish, Jel, and oddly enough Hassian) Estelle starts letting them know there's more than what meets she eye with her. It's quite shocking to see that the village's "social butterfly" is actually a terrified, nervous wreck deep inside and is frightened by the thought of this new society rejecting her. She grows the closest to Reth and Hassian over the next few months of living in Kilima: Hassian, because he provides reassurance and advice about Majiri ways, and Reth, because he knows all about feeling ostracized by a society and not quite fitting in. Reth is pretty similar to her in the fact that they both know how to laugh through hardship. They show each other their vulnerabilities and trust, comfort and slowly heal one another, so naturally they get drawn to each other romantically. Hassian is lowkey HIGHKEY destroyed by this but he won't let Estelle know such a thing; if she's happy, he's happy. Being her best friend is still a treat, and he wants nothing more than for her to be in his life. Yeah . . .

Notes:

- Estelle is a strict pescatarian (Reth claims it's a skill issue and tells her to work on it)

- Estelle loves gossiping with Tish and Jel every now and then in Jel's shop

- Estelle also chats with Kenyatta and/or Nai'o about animals, as she loves fauna and taking care of them

- If not in her home or in the village, Estelle is in Reth's storeroom, most likely sleeping

- Estelle can remember her religion from her old life and chooses to continue following it after all these years

- Estelle secretly writes poetry like Hassian, and he is the only person that knows

- Estelle can speak another Human language, Latin Spanish, and excitedly freaks out when she finds another human that she can speak it with

- Estelle has insomnia and frequently loses sleep (yet she still chastises Jel for having a poor sleep schedule)

- Estelle wants to learn how to play Majiri instruments; Kenyatta tries to teach her the Majiri lute, but Estelle "just sucks at it"

- Estelle loves butterflies and worships them as a symbol of change and regrowth

friends w/ benefits (the benefit is free clothes from time to time)

alicja went kerplunk n lost a chip

i made a tadc oc. :] her name is alicja (a-LIS-ya) n she's one of those little porcelain ballerinas that are in jewelry boxes. that's all i have rn. oh n she can't move her ankles she has to walk on her toes constantly :'D

more estelle and jel bc i am quite silly

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god what perfect artwork. can u guys feel the coziness?? bc i can. like i wanna jump in there i lav this silly guy. and the hair???? omg

He really needs it.

"you pierce my soul. i am half agony. half hope. tell me not that i'm too late, that such precious feelings are going for ever." 🌅

hassian needs a break lol i want to make him tea let him snuggle up and just read to him to give him some peace. he's such a sweetheart idc what they say. also tbis came out way cartoonier than i had in mind but i needed this idea out of my head either way lmaoaoa