LI, FAYE

FAYE LI

18

FEMALE

AUSTRALIAN CHINESE

SELENE

To activate DOUBLE WAVE, the sword must be held out to the side, tip pointing to the ground at an angle of 45 degrees. The blade will glow blue and once the target is within striking range, the sword will slash diagonally upwards before coming vertically downwards for a second strike.

To activate, the sword must be held horizontally in front of the body, both hands outstretched with the right on the handle of the sword and the other held near the tip, palm on the blade. The blade will glow light blue if activated correctly. The user will then swing the sword out to the side and bring it back in a diagonally down slashing movement, bringing it back up in a backhand movement and then back down to hit a maximum of three opponents.

positive.

• INTELLIGENT
  
• PRACTICAL
  
• DETERMINED
  
• COOPERATIVE
  
• ENDURES

negative.

• ALOOF
  
• COMPLACENT
  
• SELFISH
  
• CALLOUS
  
• SECRETIVE

hobbies.

• READING
  
• MATHEMATICS
  
• INVENTING

likes.

• BOOKS
  
• RAIN
  
• TECHNOLOGY

dislikes.

• THUNDER
  
• TRAINING

Faye's early life was fairly atypical. Her mother and father were married for five years before she was born. It could be said that it was her birth that was the catalyst for her parents' divorce, being one of those babies that never made a fuss or sound. Her parents were split as to how to deal with a quiet baby. Her mother insisted that Faye was normal, while her father wanted to look into possible treatments, especially as Faye grew. She hardly spoke a word until age six, and by that time her father had left the mother-daughter duo for two years (her first word, incidentally, was 'no', and by that time she had actually amassed a vocabulary larger than most ten year olds; she just refused to use words to speak to people who wanted her to speak to prove that she wasn't retarded).

Faye grew up independent, her mother working an around-the-clock job as a famous heart surgeon. Due to her job her mother had to move quite often, from country to country, and took her daughter with her. Faye, while having experienced the diverse culture of the world, lacked the companionship that children her age required, and her initial shyness became mixed with an inability to socialise and make long-lasting friends.

Age eleven was when Faye played her first video game (Pokemon; her mother hadn't let her near electronics except the television). She was hooked, and quickly moved from handheld consoles to MMORPGs on the computer she designed herself (she got someone else to build it though). Her mother would've restricted Faye's time on the computer if it weren't for the fact that her grades were the highest in her year. As such, she had no excuse to prevent Faye from playing her games (and she wasn't around enough to see to it that Faye didn't go on the computer anyway). Her social life by this time was inexistant, and her shyness progressed into an apathy for those around her; after all, why should she attempt to make friends with those who would seek to use her only for her intelligence?

At age fifteen, her mother finally settled down in a permanent place at one of the leading hospitals in Sydney, Australia. Age eighteen, Sword Art Online and the NerveGear were first announced, and Faye was over-the-moon ecstatic. In fact, she was one of the many who lined up for three days to buy S.A.O. and the NerveGear. Being the holidays, her mother couldn't really say anything against her using it, except to play in increments of two hours, to prevent her body from wasting away, knowing that Faye often lost track of time when playing.

Selene's reaction to Akihiko's announcement was of cold calculation. While confident in her skills, fighting was not one of them. She debated joining the front lines that she knew would form (if only for the rare item drops), but quickly dropped the idea when it was announced your death in S.A.O. meant your death in real life. She spared one thought for her lamenting mother, and the rest on how to survive.