Leina Ashta

IC Information
Full Name:	Leina Ashta
Gender:	Female (She/Her)
Species:	Newtype
Age (Birthdate):	19 (March 3, 0077)
Hair Colour:	Dark Brown
Eye Colour:	Green
Job:	Her Brother's Keeper
Homeland:	Shangri-la Colony, Side 1
Awakening:	5
Primary Unit:	None!
BGM:	Elle and Leina, from Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ OST
OOC Information
Origin:	Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
Factions:	Civilian, Shuffle Alliance
Player:	AntaBaka

Sassy and down to earth despite being born in space, all Leina Ashta ever wanted was for her brother and her to go to school and live upstanding lives. Unfortunately the conditions of Shingri-La and the absence of their parents made it not to be; as her brother became a junk dealer for her sake and despite her constant protests; taking on both dubiously legal and outright felonious jobs. By chance, this eventually led to them both being thrust into the First Neo-Zeon War, in which Leina quickly became a hostage of Axis Zeon in their various schemes against her brother and the Argama. Thought dead, but in truth rescued by Sayla Mass, she's been her ward ever since her brother left for Jupiter. Now a no-nonsense and much wiser young woman under her tutelage who still retains her propensity to call out anyone for their misbehavior, she's looking to enter the university next year. Despite having awakened as a powerful Newtype years ago, she has absolutely no desire to ever pilot a mobile suit if she can help it, having witnessed the wanton destruction they can cause first hand.

Background

Born in the Shangri-la Colony on Side 1. Most of her childhood memories are of her and her older Brother Judau. Their parents were barely a factor.
Judau becomes a junk dealer to try and support her and fell in the orbit of Elle, Beecha, Mondo, and Lino. Leina continually tries to yank him out of that life with almost zero success.
The Argama comes to town. Judau tries to steal the Zeta. After many hijinks, sees an opportunity for him to have a more respectable life and schemes to get him in the Argama's crew. It only sticks after she quits school and joins the crew herself. Meets Roux Louka, who makes quite an impression on her.
Becomes a crew member of the Argama and the AEUG briefly. Since she was a child herself, mostly cooked, did laundry, worked on crew morale, wrangled chickens, tried to manage a hostage situation with said chicken and tried to defuse various schemes that were always afoot.
In a case of mistaken identity, gets taken hostage by Glemy Toto, who believed she was actually Roux Louka. Rather than treat her as a prisoner of war, Glemy decides to groom her to become a 'Lady of Neo-Zeon' by teaching her table manners, the piano, ballet, ballroom dancing, and many other skills of the Upper Class.
Gets tied to a mobile suit by Gottn when Glemy isn't around to try and draw her brother out. Gottn is a jerk.
Meets Elpeo Puru during all of this. The two have a complicated and at times a quite traumatic relationship, due to Elpeo's fixation on Judau and the perception that Leina casually possesses what she desires.
Debuts as a 'Lady of Neo-Zeon' during a Neo-Zeon ball held in Dakar, the Earth Federation Capital. Truly awakens as a Newtype, has an existential crisis on the nature of adulthood. During a rescue attempt made on her by Judau and a tense confrontation with Haman Karn, steps between the two to protect him and is shot.
Manages to escape Dakar, only for Elpeo Puru to try and lead her away while she's still critically injured for another tense confrontation. Judau talkes Elpeo down and convinces her to become part of their family. However... a mobile suit crashes on a hut Leina was in during the aftermath and she was thought to be dead.
In truth, rescued by Sayla Mass. The gunshot wound goes septic, and she has a lengthy recovery phase. During this time frame on occasion she connected with Judau and the Nahel Argama crew in space with her own Newtype abilities, which led them to the belief she wasn't actually dead.
The War ends, she reveals she's alive before Judau and Roux leave for Jupiter on a lengthy contract with the Jupiter Energy Fleet, and meets Puru-Two who promptly goes missing afterwards. Stays behind on Earth and becomes the ward of Sayla Mass, is raised by her throughout her teens in AEU Spain.
Discovers a love of books and the theater. Briefly does track, and joins her school's swim team. Falls out of love with anything Glemy Toto might have taught her during her time in Axis, becomes more and more disenchanted with the Federation, high society, and society's view of adulthood.
In Sayla's orbit, meets a lot of the Shuffle Alliance and the older generation of heroes, including Master Asia briefly before his betrayal. Fields the fallout that Axis caused within Sayla's life. Is on occasion visited by Elpeo's ghost who tries to guide her towards finding and reuniting her 'sisters'.
Dates Shiro Kabuto, becomes close to him and the Mazinger Crew as a result. However, his decision to lean hard into his role as the OCU's ace pilot causes the two to become more and more distant until they decide mutually break up. The two remain close friends.
Judau returns!!! Roux returns!!! Puru-Two returns and now has the name Callisto Diana!!! She is understandably, thrilled.

Resources

Many. While she's a civilian, she's in Sayla's orbit, which means that she has access to numerous resources should she need them. Despite this, she tries not to take advantage of her and tries to use them judiciously.
She's aware the Shuffle Alliance exists, and knows how to directly contact them, as well as having a number of members on speed dial.
Is a really good shot with many small firearms. Did you really think Sayla wouldn't teach her how to shoot a gun???
Has stayed in touch with most characters from ZZ who remained in the Earth Sphere.