CHARACTER NAME: alina starkov
CHARACTER JOURNAL: peasant
SUMMARY: alina arrived with her emotional luggage in tow, including a good bit of paranoia that she had been successfully taken back by the darkling after all. this prompted her to threaten paul, once she woke up in a strange place, and doing the same to nikolai; unfortunately, the latter resulted in learning about his STD (sexually transmitted demon) and getting a nice scratchmark in the thigh for it. this prompted reflection on where, exactly, her alliance with nikolai — and the future of ravka back home — stands.

in the meantime, she's resolved to cosplaying as A Normal Person in the manor, mostly out of self-defense, but also because she's allowed the freedom to do so here (for now). feeling out of place despite that, she got a little more comfortable after completing the scavenger hunt (with a big thanks to koby and matt, less thanks to bellamy and parisa for their parts), and shared multiple encounters in otherworld (paul, furiosa, armand, alia, eddie, mal, kovacs & betty) that matched her freak & have taught her some new things about herself.