siracha

• a lot of yelena's activities at the beginning will be on gathering intel about this world: history, maps, lore, the guilds themselves, etc. she'll probably be living in the local libraries and sometimes be chatting amiably with the locals.

• probably also shopping trips. girl loves her pattern-clashing wardrobe.

• i had this silly idea to have her working at a local coffee shop (in central city for now but that may change, idk yet — it'll depend on where her sister is at) as a cover to get the scoop on people who come in and get their morning cuppa on the regs, and build up a reputation as this totally normal, very friendly barista. 😊😊😊 (who could then kill you with a single move, no hesitation, but shh.)

• and generally she won't be engaging in superhero-type activities because she doesn't consider herself a superhero by any means. the goody-two-shoes way of life is also ... really not for her. but that doesn't mean she won't get involved if the cause is right (or her sister is involved. or maybe even that old man kate likes so much.) but also! the expo! i haven't decided if she'll go just to check it out, or to find some hilarious poser superhero merch she can buy and tease certain people about later. you know, #littlesisterthings

• she also had no superpowers back home, but since the confluence, she's developed a few. a lot of it boosts her already-existing abilities, but in a way that might actually trip her up as it plays a lot with manipulating gravity and her affects on it and their effects on her. would love to get some superheroes involved in training her, or for her to make a few powers-related mistakes along the way.

• initially yelena wanted to go home, but i think at this moment in time, she'll want to fully take advantage of all of the extra time she gets with her sister c': so. putting home-plans on hold for now.

• a lot of what yelena grapples with now is making her own choices, having her own freedom and autonomy, and figuring out what to do with it.

• emotionally, she just needs to feel like her own person again, and to get to know some genuine people. i'd love for her to actually be able to build some trust with a few people, have actual friends. they don't have to necessarily be good people either, they just need to keep it real.

• mostly yelena will do what she wants if she thinks its worth her time. she'll otherwise be harder to get a hold of.

• she doesn't consider herself neither a superhero or an antagonist; she's mostly just doing her own thing but she's absolutely open to recruitment and can be convinced to join a cause if said cause appeals.

• i definitely still want her to hold onto her own more ex-widow, grey-area assassin roots if only because it's the thing she's most comfortable with; if there are any situations that require a mercenary or someone who can spy or infiltrate other factions and pay good $$ to do so, there's a high chance yelena will take the gig, no questions asked. (hey, she might be trying for that self-fulfillment good stuff but these things take time and a girl's gotta eat!)

• she is an extremely skilled, violent combatant in a fight. she also has these new superpowers she's acquired through the confluence, which she needs to get a little more practice with. (see above!)

• would love for her to get roped into any plots that force her to kind of be? a superhero? and see that it's not so bad, maybe could even make her feel kinda good (she does get a fulfillment from helping others out, which is witnessed by her mission to free all her fellow widows! even if yes, that was also a very personal crusade for her).

• i don't want to get too deep into it, but any of her own power fuck-ups having an effect on some small party or some small area, or feed into some greater thing would be interesting? i haven't thought too much about it yet, but it's been a thing on my mind.

• superheroes and also villainous/grey-area types could be cool to vibe with for this especially.

• but also any kind of closer cr could have an effect on what she decides to do with her own life choices, and the kind of person she wants to be.

• again, i'm not really into negative cr for the sake of negative cr's sake, but i do love a good complicated push-and-pull cr.

• also not especially looking for anything shippy, and it'd probably take her some time to get to trust someone in a level of intimacy that lets her whole self be known, but! she's probably down for a good time; real surface-level stuff.