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Girlfriend and roommate of Zhi RomLu. On the Eidolon OC Wiki.
Eventually, Zhi gave up on looking for other jobs, and started working for his girlfriend in a tourist trap of a gift shop named the Trade Winds' Trade Post. He lived with her too, which was yet another secret he kept. His girlfriend was a lycan- they were on even worse standing than werewolves. But for some reason, humans seemed obsessed with lycan culture despite simultaneously begrudging them, and the tradepost saw good business.
His girlfriend, Gaea, hated it. But having also felt the pressure of not being able to be otherwise gainfully employed, begrudgingly accepted her fate of being objectified. The tourists saw Gaea as some sort of zoo exhibit, a window into a place in history where everyone lived peacefully off the land, held shared spiritual beliefs, could do some sort of shamanic magic, and had no pollution.
Gaea was part of the Trade Winds tribe, hence the name of the tradepost and also the lycan's last name. Trade Winds had their own culture, their own history, their own language, and they weren't even from around this particular city, historically.
One day, Zhi had made the mistake of asking Gaea why the tradepost told all these stories about a unified culture and sold dream catchers. Dream catchers, specifically, because Zhi knew Trade Winds had never made or used them.
“It's all bullshit,” Gaea explained. “Humans don't want to know the truth. The truth is too complicated. It doesn't sell souvenirs and trinkets.”
Despite Gaea being bitter about how the world worked, she still managed to be a loving, entertaining, and somehow still-hopeful individual. That's part of what drew them together. They'd both had not the best life experiences growing up, but still managed to make do and survive. Zhi admired Gaea's perseverance and drive. And Gaea… Well. Gaea had first taken sympathy on Zhi, seeing herself in him. But now… Gaea secretly was so envious of the werewolf and the ability to pass as human. Gaea wanted Zhi to succeed in anything he decided to do… Not only because she loved him… But also because, perhaps through Zhi's success, Gaea could be successful too. Not that Gaea was not, herself, successful - far from it. Financially, yes, Gaea was taken care of. But spiritually, and personally, she was not.
Zhi was actually envious of Gaea- Gaea was able to run a business as a lycan, and not give in to the constant pressure to move elsewhere. The police pestering, the inappropriate questions by tourists, the heckling. Gaea had a will of steel that Zhi only wished he could possess.
Eventually, Zhi gave up on looking for other jobs, and started working for his girlfriend in a tourist trap of a gift shop named the Trade Winds' Trade Post. He lived with her too, which was yet another secret he kept. His girlfriend was a lycan- they were on even worse standing than werewolves. But for some reason, humans seemed obsessed with lycan culture despite simultaneously begrudging them, and the tradepost saw good business.
His girlfriend, Gaea, hated it. But having also felt the pressure of not being able to be otherwise gainfully employed, begrudgingly accepted her fate of being objectified. The tourists saw Gaea as some sort of zoo exhibit, a window into a place in history where everyone lived peacefully off the land, held shared spiritual beliefs, could do some sort of shamanic magic, and had no pollution.
Gaea was part of the Trade Winds tribe, hence the name of the tradepost and also the lycan's last name. Trade Winds had their own culture, their own history, their own language, and they weren't even from around this particular city, historically.
One day, Zhi had made the mistake of asking Gaea why the tradepost told all these stories about a unified culture and sold dream catchers. Dream catchers, specifically, because Zhi knew Trade Winds had never made or used them.
“It's all bullshit,” Gaea explained. “Humans don't want to know the truth. The truth is too complicated. It doesn't sell souvenirs and trinkets.”
Despite Gaea being bitter about how the world worked, she still managed to be a loving, entertaining, and somehow still-hopeful individual. That's part of what drew them together. They'd both had not the best life experiences growing up, but still managed to make do and survive. Zhi admired Gaea's perseverance and drive. And Gaea… Well. Gaea had first taken sympathy on Zhi, seeing herself in him. But now… Gaea secretly was so envious of the werewolf and the ability to pass as human. Gaea wanted Zhi to succeed in anything he decided to do… Not only because she loved him… But also because, perhaps through Zhi's success, Gaea could be successful too. Not that Gaea was not, herself, successful - far from it. Financially, yes, Gaea was taken care of. But spiritually, and personally, she was not.
Zhi was actually envious of Gaea- Gaea was able to run a business as a lycan, and not give in to the constant pressure to move elsewhere. The police pestering, the inappropriate questions by tourists, the heckling. Gaea had a will of steel that Zhi only wished he could possess.
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