Sayla Mass

Dr Sayla Mass has lived what could be considered an eventful life. One of the surviving pilots of the White Base from the One Year War, Sayla retired from the military to complete her medical training. In the following years she created the Yumi Foundation, caring for war orphans, and in UC0083 was appointed the Earth Federation High Commissioner for Refugees, but suddenly resigned in 0085. Since then, she seems to have retired to philanthropic work, living off her familial wealth. In reality, she has been working in an organizational role with the Shuffle Alliance, managing resources and coordinating relief and infrastructure building efforts in the aftermath of Alliance operations. Juggling this with her charitable work and caring for her ward Leina has been difficult, but after the Axis Shock she has taken on the additional burden of piloting. Sayla is personable enough, but guarded and occasionally cold, and it's few who can claim to know the 'real' Sayla Mass.   

Sayla Mass
IC Information
Full Name:	Sayla Mass
Gender:	Female (She/Her)
Species:	Newtype
Age (Birthdate):	33 (September 12, 0062)
Hair Colour:	Blonde
Eye Colour:	Blue
Height	5'4" (165cm)
Job:	Celebrity Philanthropist
Homeland:	AEU Spain
Awakening:	4
Primary Unit:	ARX-107 Saint Lance
BGM:	Tobe! Gundam - Koh Ikeda
OOC Information
Origin:	Mobile Suit Gundam
Factions:	Shuffle Alliance
Player:	Beam Coat

Background

• 0062: Born Artesia Som Deikun to Zeon Zum Deikun and Astraea Tor Deikun, in the Republic of Munzo, Side 3, where she grew up with her brother, Casval.
• 0068: Zeon Zum Deikun is assassinated by Degwin Sodo Zabi. Casval and Artesia are smuggled to Cáceres province on Earth by Jimba and Peta Ral, setting up in a small farmhouse. Given the names Edouard and Sayla Mass by the Rals, who become their adoptive parents. Starts volunteering at refugee camps at a young age.
• 0075: The Mass house burns down, killing Jimba and Peta, orphaning Edouard and Sayla for a second time. Sayla is sent to a boarding school at Side 5. Edouard disappears not long after.
• 0076: Sayla Mass enters Medical School in Loum at 14, and excels in her studies.
• 0079: Sayla commences an internship at a Side 7 hospital, only to get caught up in a Zeon attack, She becomes part of the crew of the White Base, and serves valiantly as one of the pilots of the RX-78-2 Gundam and the FF-X7-Bst Core Booster. She holds the second highest kill count of the White Base pilots, but it pales in comparison to Amuro Ray. She retires immediately after the war, ending her career as an Ensign.
• 0080: With Side 7 still near destroyed from the war, Sayla starts an internship at a Hospital in Cheyenne, Wyoming on the Britannian Mainland. At the same time, she starts a relationship with fellow White Base Pilot Amuro Ray. While they face media scrutiny for a time, interest in Amuro drops after a few interviews.
• 0082: After receiving a delayed inheritance meant for her and her brother, and having completed her medical training, Sayla starts practice as a pediatrician. Within a few months, she founds the Yumi Foundation, a charitable organisation aimed at aiding war orphans. The charity quickly grows. and so does it's remit.
• 0083: In the wake of Operation Stardust, Sayla is appointed Federation High Commissioner for Refugees do to her prominent charity work, vocal stance on the Federation's treatment of the victims of war, and status as a war hero. She takes this position, and attempts to do as much good as she can.
• 0084: Sayla ends her relationship with Amuro, and moves to Castellon, Spain, where she purchases a villa.
• 0085: Sayla suddenly resigns from her position as Federation High Commissioner for Refugees. While remembered as passionate and well intentioned, her foray into politics is generally considered to have been mostly for show and she accomplished little- however, in a post-Titans world, it is easy to see many of her attempts at making change were blocked by anti-spacenoid sentiment in the government. Sayla devotes herself to the Foundation full time, though keeps up her medical license in order to aid work on the ground.
• 0088: Sayla is recruited to the Shuffle Alliance by former Black Joker Tris Sergeyrev, serving as a coordinator and occasional field agent.
• 0089: Sayla takes in a ward, Leina Ashta, after saving her from nearly dying in the First Neo Zeon Conflict, following Leina's brother Judau leaving for space.
• 0093: Sayla disappears from the public stage for about three months after the Axis Shock. When she finally returns to the public eye, her charity efforts are redoubled, and more aggressive. She seems even more driven to make change, and the Yumi Foundation helps more people and places than it had in any year prior, with a special focus on victims of Char Aznable's assault on earth.
• 0094: Returns to piloting in secret as Heart-2 of the recently rebuilt Shuffle Alliance.
• 0097: Identity as Artesia Som Deikun revealed by Martha Vist Carbine during the fighting at Dakar, later confirmed in a press conference held by the Yumi foundation.

Resources

Newtype: Sayla is a moderately powerful Newtype who awakened during the One Year War, and grew up with the theory and beliefs of Contolism and Newtypes taught to her by Jimba Ral. She may have a slightly better idea of what a Newtype was supposed to be, but her own powers manifest as the standard flash, the ability to guard her own mind, the ability to use psycommu and psycoframe systems, and slight edge on being able to read people. She was also attuned to Casval, and could at times sense his presence and emotion, as well as being able to psychically communicate with Amuro, even if she couldn't initiate. She occasionally gets senses of danger about those she cares about, but recently her powers have started to develop away from her walls and more towards a better sense of those she's close to.

Sayla Mass, MD: Sayla completed her medical degree, with a specialisation in General Paediatrics. Her rotations in ER and Surgery still stick with her, but she decided they wouldn't be her specialisation. And, to be honest- she didn't want to be under that level of pressure again.

Independently Wealthy: Even after giving millions of gilla to be shared with the rest of the White Base crew, Sayla still had access to money. Jimba Ral had prepared for things going wrong, the children's adulthood, and the off-chance assets seized by the Zabi family would be released. Over time, Sayla has accumulated enough money that she would never have to work if she didn't want to, as well as owning a villa in AEU Spain: As much as it's a risk, she couldn't bring herself to move to Neo-Spain.

The Yumi Foundation: Sayla founded the Yumi Foundation primarily to help children like the Ratokie family, who were left abandoned and unable or unwilling to enter the federation system. This was initially a little selfish- It was a way to support Hayato, Fraw and the orphans without making them feel bad about taking Sayla's money, and to maybe assuage Kai's guilt. But there were so many people who needed help, and this little fiction spread into a force for good. Sayla is the Director and CEO of the foundation, but she has people she trusts in the organisation. She also keeps it independent from her resources- if she goes down, she has made sure the Yumi Foundation won't go with her.

Criminal Contacts: Sayla's contact with the criminal world came not from bankrolling Karaba but from the Yumi Foundation. If you want goods transferred to people in war torn zones without them being stolen, you need people who can get them there safely, and people who can keep them safe. If you want to move families whose identities are known- and wanted- you need forgers and spenders. If you want to get money to people who don't exist without leaving a trail, you need people to launder it and to transfer it. It takes a long time to build these contacts, but Sayla has people she can count on if they're paid, even if she doesn't entirely trust them. This is the riskiest part of the Foundation's work, and the most prone to vulnerability, so Sayla needs secrecy. The few of her staff involved in this, the 'Advanced Logistics' team, operate siloed from the rest of the organization, but are paid well. Though, for her own money, Sayla doesn't think that being a criminal is automatically a strike against you- but the reason why you are might be. Unless you're with Bionet.

Basic Weapons and Self Defense Training: As soon as they were old enough, Jimba and Peta Ral taught Sayla and Casval to defend themselves, with firearms and their bare hands. It was primarily 'do this so you can run away', but with the threat of the Zabis, it seemed prudent. Sayla remembered this, and may have been the start of her too hard personality. She is uncomfortable without a handgun to hand.

Political Contacts: Sayla still has a few friends in politics from her time, but she is loathe to lean on them. Still, sometimes it helps having friends in high places. Some of them are additionally corrupt as hell, which comes in handy when you need something authorized. Sayla is too pragmatic to mind.

Relationships

Closest Bonds

• Leina Ashta - I'm so, so glad you're back. It's gonna be a long road, but I'll be there for you all through it. There's so much I have to make up to you, and I'm going to keep trying every day to be the mother you deserve.
• Christina McKenzie - The years have been rough on both of us, but I'm glad you're back around. I still wonder if we could have stuck it out sometimes.
• Akane Shinjo - You've come a long, long way in such a short time. I'm proud of you, and I'll be on your side whenever you need me.
• Faye Valentine - It's been fun so far, but is fun all you want from this? I need something more than just fun.

Complicated Family

• Char Aznable - I have no idea where to go from here. I don't think you do either. We're just going to have to work it out.
• Mineva Lao Zabi - I didn't expect things to be the way they are. Still, I'll try to do right by you. I'm just not sure where your path is going to take you.

Villa Mass and Associates

• Judau Ashta - In the time I've known you, you've gone above and beyond for Leina, and tackled things head on. I'm glad you're here, Judau.
• Roux Louka - I swear, you've slotted into the house like you were always there. Thank you for being here.
• Knight - You've really decided the person you want to be, and made it real in ways most of us can't. I'm really glad you and Akane have each other.
• Nidaime - You've grown up so quickly! I never would have guessed the path you'd chosen, but I'm happy you've found what you want to do.
• Renais Cardiff - It's nice to see you catching up on the things BioNet took from you. I hope you can have something more normal from now.
• Rikka Takarada - You've grown into a bold young woman in the short time I've known you. You and Akane deserve every happiness in the world.
• Banagher Links - I know you love Leina. I know you're a good kid. But... You can't take everyone's pain onto yourself. Let some of us adults take our share of the burden.

Trusted Friends

• Guy Shishioh - You've become a pillar of support since you came back. I'll help you get your people back. We have our promises to keep.
• Koji Kabuto - You ended up following in your family's footsteps. You've already changed the world, as a pilot and as a scientist. Thanks for sticking with me, even when I'm a stubborn ass.
• Sayaka Yumi - I couldn't have picked you becoming Director of the Photon Power Labs that first day Amuro and I met you. You're really in you're element now, and I want to see what further changes you make to this world of ours.
• Kikka Kobayashi - I never did spend that much time with you when you were little, but it's astounding to see how you've grown up. I wonder how that book you're writing is going to unfold now.
• Kamille Bidan - It's strange, only knowing you as Leina's doctor when we had someone else we were both so close to. How are you handling his return?

Yumi Foundation

• Ramo Marusa - Who knew I'd find employee of the year working at a Shogi parlor? You're going to go far, now that the world is in front of you.

Shuffle Alliance

• Domon Kasshu - I'm still not sure how I feel. You're supposed to be the person in charge, but... You're your masters pupil in some ways you don't realize yet.
• George de Sand - I keep wondering why you haven't stepped forward into a leadership role, other than Argo you're the best suited for it. So why stay back where you are?
• Chibodee Crockett - You can't keep deferring to me all the time. You're supposed to be one of our leaders, not my part time body guard.
• Argo Gulskii - At least you're acting- but I wish you'd do more than command your ship.
• Sai Saici - You're a bit young for your position but all the same I wish you'd grow up and step up.
• Jamil Neate - We're some of the few who are left. Are we living up to their legacy, as we are now?
• Kaname Chidori - The whims of fate are strange, aren't they? I hope your choice to fight is the right one for you.
• Sousuke Sagara - You've been through a lot in your young life, and normalcy is a hard adjustment to make. But it gives me hope seeing you try.
• Teletha Testarossa - In a warmer world, you'd be living a normal life... but there's no one else in the alliance I trust more. I'm sorry for disillusioning you.
• Nanai Miguel - We really need to talk again, don't we? But I keep avoiding you.
• Anser Vespacula - ...I can't blame you for how you feel. But I'm not backing down from my decisions, even if they were questionable.
• Shelby Korts - You've come through on many deployments, and stepped up. How are you handling the recent developments, then?
• Seolla Schweizer - I'm glad you came to me for help. I need to talk to you again, soon. I want to see how you're doing.
• Gridman - You've got so much to adjust to, even if you had just been Yuta. I'll try and help you find a way to see it's not all dark.

Enemies of My Enemy

• Eight York - I'm probably too paranoid about you. You've done right by family. I'm just...
• Ruri Hoshino - I still haven't found anyone like you, I'm sorry. I'm sorry I haven't checked in lately, either.

Enemies

• Alexis*Kerib - You've done so much harm to the people I care about. You will pay for what you have done.
• Elisa Kafim - I am not sure what exactly you are... but I do know it's antethical to me.
• Yuliana Kafim - Your help has been appreciated but... I can't allow you to have what you want. That world isn't for the living.
• Michele Luio - You used Leina in whatever twisted plan you have. I almost regret helping you back then. You and your sister both.

Logs

• 2022-01-19: A Job for Job John
• 2022-01-19: Passing in the Night
• 2022-01-21: Sergeant Sousuke Sagara's Security Services Suit Sayla's Society Soiree Swell
• 2022-01-27: Sweet Charity
• 2022-01-31: Dual Alliances
• 2022-02-02: Someone is Learning the Colors of All Your Moods
• 2022-02-09: 'Awaken', Child
• 2022-02-09: UltRamen
• 2022-02-11: Dirty Job
• 2022-02-12: A Place That Wants You To Belong
• 2022-02-16: A Meeting Under Pressure
• 2022-02-17: Is It Loud For You?
• 2022-02-20: Contretemps
• 2022-02-22: Simpler Times, Not Better Times
• 2022-03-03: Similar Wounds, Same Weapon
• 2022-03-05: Haunted by Doubt
• 2022-03-09: A New Sponsor
• 2022-03-09: Cultural Diplomacy
• 2022-03-09: Whither Wander Well
• 2022-03-12: The Reasons We Keep Going
• 2022-03-13: A Long Faded Rainbow
• 2022-03-22: Quiet Roar ~ENTRAPMENT~
• 2022-03-30: Provocation
• 2022-04-06: Britannian Newtype
• 2022-04-16: Dangerous Safehouse
• 2022-04-18: King and Queen, God and Devil ~LIQUATION~
• 2022-04-20: Run, Run, Run!
• 2022-04-23: The Fuse of Battle
• 2022-04-24: Rampaging One Night Stand
• 2022-04-24: Shallow Scrapes and Old Scars
• 2022-05-07: Choosing Danger
• 2022-05-10: Good News and Bad Moods
• 2022-05-12: ~RETURN~ / Family
• 2022-05-16: What is a Leader?
• 2022-05-19: Contact
• 2022-05-20: Striated irruption secondary to our reconstruction
• 2022-05-20: Two of Hearts, Four of Spades
• 2022-05-23: As Many Final Goodbyes We Have
• 2022-06-15: Scintilla
• 2022-06-19: And Now, Taking The Stage!
• 2022-06-29: A Kindness I Don't Recognize
• 2022-06-30: Proliferating Light ~RESHUFFLE~
• 2022-07-15: Scheme
• 2022-07-26: Dangerous Bonds
• 2022-08-12: Gone
• 2022-08-14: Floating at Sunset
• 2022-08-16: Never Meet Your Heroes
• 2022-08-20: Speaking Secrets
• 2022-08-29: A Memory I Don't Recognize
• 2022-08-30: The Black Joker
• 2022-09-01: Secrets and Mistakes
• 2022-09-05: Melancholy
• 2022-09-06: The Weapon Who Worries
• 2022-09-07: Well Wishers
• 2022-09-08: Ungrateful
• 2022-09-09: Making a Magical Girl
• 2022-09-13: Happy Birthday, Dr Mass
• 2022-09-24: What The Heart Dictates
• 2022-09-28: Naginata
• 2022-09-29: Rush Job
• 2022-09-30: At the Bottom of the Gravity Well: Two Unicorns
• 2022-10-04: Gored
• 2022-10-06: Persistence
• 2022-10-14: An Oath Sworn Against Despair
• 2022-10-16: Cheyenne '81
• 2022-10-25: Diamond is a Girl's Best Friend
• 2022-10-26: Unacceptable Kindness
• 2022-10-28: Questions Long Held
• 2022-11-01: Charity Single
• 2022-11-02: Disobedience
• 2022-11-06: Old Habits
• 2022-11-07: Concession
• 2022-11-07: Intake
• 2022-11-18: To Family
• 2022-11-22: Good Drinks, Good Company
• 2022-12-02: Asylum
• 2022-12-02: The Man of Our Memories
• 2022-12-03: Welcome Home, Renais
• 2022-12-09: Collapse
• 2022-12-13: A Show of Faith
• 2022-12-16: Broken Hearts
• 2022-12-17: Fall/Catch
• 2022-12-23: All Our Many Faces
• 2022-12-25: Notification of Death/Acknowledgement of Birth
• 2022-12-26: Behind Golden Eyes
• 2022-12-27: Medical Intervention
• 2022-12-29: The Wounds On Our Hearts
• 2022-12-31: Where Nobody Knows Your Name
• 2023-01-04: Salvage/Wreckage
• 2023-01-10: Unannounced SEEKING TRUTH
• 2023-01-11: Hot or Not
• 2023-01-20: Connection Re-established
• 2023-01-21: Decisive Battle ~INTEGRATION~
• 2023-01-22: Next Steps
• 2023-01-31: Late For Christmas
• 2023-02-10: Family Restaurant
• 2023-02-14: The Venom in My Soul
• 2023-02-16: Valentine's Valentine
• 2023-02-23: A Departure from Despair
• 2023-02-24: Moving On
• 2023-02-26: Gratuitous Intervention
• 2023-03-03: While the Stew Grows Cold
• 2023-03-04: Shared Pasts
• 2023-03-12: A Dread Return
• 2023-03-24: Brother and Sister
• 2023-03-30: Palau Falling - Rescue Operation
• 2023-03-31: Palau Falling - Siegfried
• 2023-04-20: A Talk
• 2023-05-08: Things Aren't Okay
• 2023-05-14: Harsh Lights and Harsh Words
• 2023-05-14: VERTEX - Pair of Twos
• 2023-05-17: The Price We Pay
• 2023-05-19: First Gate Open
• 2023-05-23: Aftermath
• 2023-05-26: Broken Mirror
• 2023-05-27: Was It Worth It?
• 2023-05-30: Desperate Movements
• 2023-05-30: Sleepless Despair, Hopeful Rest
• 2023-06-02: ?...you're asking mE
• 2023-06-03: Contagious Hope
• 2023-06-07: To Things To Look Forward To
• 2023-06-11: Borrowing Courage
• 2023-06-16: New Taste
• 2023-06-17: Owed Explanations
• 2023-06-23: IV. I Wanna Hear Your Voice
• 2023-06-23: VI. Re: I am
• 2023-06-26: Kindness, Justice or Neither?
• 2023-06-28: Madre e Hija
• 2023-07-06: A Calm Visit
• 2023-07-13: Castellon '89
• 2023-07-20: Lives Before
• 2023-07-30: What Comes After Fighting
• 2023-08-03: The End and the Beginning
• 2023-08-18: Another Cosmic Glow
• 2023-08-18: Over the Rainbow
• 2023-08-18: World of Filth
• 2023-08-19: Creation
• 2023-08-19: Creation ~AWAKENING~
• 2023-08-19: Finite Life
• 2023-08-26: Session Extra: Requiem for a Clown
• 2023-09-01: Narrative
• 2023-09-03: A Promise To Order
• 2023-09-07: Consequences
• 2023-09-09: Cage
• 2023-09-09: The Chains of Connection
• 2023-09-12: Negotiation And Necessity
• 2023-09-13: A Boy I Don't Recognize
• 2023-10-07: After Me, The Flood
• 2023-10-12: A New Way Forward
• 2023-10-12: Munzo, Spain, Loum - 0062-0079
• 2023-10-20: Second Interview
• 2023-10-21: Fierce Negotiation
• 2023-10-26: .you have come to my Calling with concerns and conspiracY
• 2023-10-26: Of Like Mind
• 2023-11-01: The Mental Millstone Of Wars
• 2023-11-02: Trick and Treat
• 2023-11-08: Full-Ride
• 2023-11-09: Reading In The Masses
• 2023-11-11: Cataclysm! The Apostles of Goragon!
• 2023-11-18: Where in the World is Julia Ampere?
• 2023-11-25: Imagine! 'Love'!
• 2023-12-02: Second Gate Open
• 2023-12-08: Infinity! Beyond 'God' and 'Devil'
• 2023-12-15: Siblings Once More
• 2024-02-06: Victory Celebration! Koji Kabuto Bungles It Big Time?!
• 2024-02-13: Housewarming Gift
• 2024-03-07: A Villain in Recovery
• 2024-06-08: Pride and Prejudice
• 2024-06-16: .and all these thorns inside my hearT
• 2024-08-04: Welcome Reprieve
• 2024-08-10: We're Taking Our Big Rock Back
• 2024-08-30: Break The World 1: Side B
• 2024-08-30: Break The World 2
• 2024-10-10: Some Stories That Sound Like Yours