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a daring, modern, workaholic filmmaker, zarina strove to reveal hidden truths.

AUs

Notes

a couple of things in regards to these aus. first, constants:

1) her father is most likely dead
2) probably dating/married to caleb quinn (

deathslinger). if you play deathslinger and don't ship it but still interested in playing the aus available feel free to disregard! all portions of this will be noted down with an asterisk *
3) ghostface 😒 this varies and depends on the player & au however. like with #2 disregard if not interested!

Hooked on You

there are two particular hooked on you aus: survivor zarina and killer zarina.

survivor zarina:
- bartender mainly bc 1) they listen to their patron when they talk plenty, and 2) they know all the gossip bc of #1 most of the time especially when they have regulars. she can still plays all roles on the island when required of her but she's well liked as a bartender bc talking to people + she has experience with customer service + she's already got the skills to be a social chameleon in canon she can probably be one in this au
- bc of the above maybe she knows all the killers favorite drinks, knows how to talk to them, that way she blends in + survives longer than others maybe
- sometimes she can be found on ip island but most of the time she's on murderer's island
- gameplay-wise, zarina is the bartender the protag can speak to for information about other killers. speaking to her a few times will also hint and unlock a sidequest:
- *she & the deathslinger are the vn trope of the protag playing cupid to get them together, which is optional but unlocks the secret ending (yes we're also using bioware/vn romance tactics). getting them together also severely decreases the chances of her dying repeatedly.
- she's the one directing the confessionals bc it's one of her specialties
- has definitely died several different ways like her co-workers
- ghostface is her least favorite customer
- tbh hoy trapper calling zarina karina or some other name and when she corrects him he's like oh right your name is DEAD and kills her

killer zarina:
- if reverse au: she can normally be found by the pool either sunbathing or swimming. also has a similar sidequest to her survivor counterpart where it's optional to either romance her or help her and survivor caleb* by playing cupid. her secret spot is a private movie theater and the person from her past would be her father.
- if she is in the vanilla killer roster: same solo route as reverse au. alternatively* can be found vibing with her cowboy bf, they are not a romance route like trickster. flirting with either of them is fine but only to a limit otherwise it might get the protagonist killed.

Killer

a filmmaker driven to vengeance upon the death of her father. she hunts down clark stevenson first, the rest of his gang follows suit. she dons a dark, stylish outfit accompanied by a mask that she finds at the theater and a veil that hides her identity. her sight is taken from her, being only able to see through sound for justice is blind.

INFORMATION
name — zarina kassir
alias(es) — the director, the judge
realm — a mishmash brooklyn that has a theater, gas station, and a motel with broken heating. needs to be a modern contrast to glenvale. TBA
mori — she sets up her camcorder at an angle, then proceeds to slash and gut the survivor, 4 claws across the throat, and then a glasglow smile.

LOADOUT
passive — After not attacking for 6 seconds, Zarina becomes undetectable until she attacks a survivor. She begins the match undetectable.

ability — zarina has two pieces of equipment she can swap between: her recorder and her camera.
the flash of her camera blinds survivors for a certain amount of time, unable to do any actions like vaulting windows and whatnot. aoe effect, but the center = longest blind. she's given time to attack.
she has five recorders she can place anywhere on the map. it creates a false terror radius. survivors can destroy it, but the entity creates another recorder for her to use again.

weapon — retractable, sharpened clawed nails on a glove

add ons — located here.

perk 1 // for the people — an obsession perk. can see the obsessions aura within a certain distance without being revealed. damaging the obsession gives them the broken status for x amount of seconds.

perk 2 // red herring — whenever a survivor becomes injured by any means, the auras of any survivors within 10 meters of the injured survivor will be revealed to you for 12/14/16 seconds.

perk 3 // hex: off the record — A Hex that rewards your sheer determination. Whenever a killer hooks two unique survivors consecutively, Off The Record activates. On the killer's next attack, they will have true strike which will be able to down any survivor whether or not they have the endurance effect up.

she's either a killer in reverse au or alongside the vanilla killer roster. TBA

19th Century*

born 1851 in lebanon, her family moves to north america in the year 1870. she adapts well in her new home country and learns english extremely well. by the time she reaches 25 years of age, the outlaw named clark stevenson kills her father. upset and angry, she ventures out to his rumored location: somewhere in the american frontier. she meets caleb quinn on 1876 and hires him to find stevenson. she comes along because she wants to see his arrest with her own eyes.

becomes mrs. quinn through a secret marriage during 1878. by 1881, her husband disappears. she eventually returns back to new york, abandoning the house caleb builds for them. becomes interested in investigative journalism, inspired by her father's death and the disappearance (not death because his body is never found) of her husband.

College

- studies journalism
- meets danny johnson and nancy wheeler at the journalism org they join
- has a podcast/online video series with danny ala shane and ryan's buzzfeed unsolved series.
- yes they collab with haddie and jordan sometimes!
- hires caleb quinn* as a one time camera man for an episode that doesn't go too well. makes it up to him by buying him coffee that ends up with them talking all night long together. he eventually becomes her constant camera man and close friend.
- father dies later on, a year or two after (note: decide!) just starting her studies. zarina & her mother move to a small apartment in manhattan, zarina applies for a scholarship so that she doesn't have to stop studying.
- zarina takes in part-time jobs to help her mother while still studying. lots of stress. freelancing writing and filming. she quits the podcast to give herself more time for work and studying.

		NOTES /
		Hoy /
		Killer /
		19th Century* /
		College

	

headcanon

「 THE GIRL 」

► religion: though her parents are muslim, zarina is a non-practicing one.

► personality/romance: somewhat too much of a workaholic to really get to focus on relationships before she was taken by the entity. has two exes as a result.

► personality/animals: zarina has no pets and she likes cats and dogs equally. would not adopt them in her current situation however. her favorite animal is a penguin.

► vices: she drinks occasionally, she doesn't smoke, she doesn't gamble (money), she loves coffee ;; zarina can handle her alcohol somewhat but not as much as others. favorite drink is a long island iced tea. she's okay at poker, has a good poker face, but isn't as skilled compared to the likes of ace.

► sleeping habits: probably has a poor sleeping schedule especially when she works on a project. when she does sleep however, she is a deep sleeper.

「 HER STORY 」

► family: both her parents work and zarina is a single child (no mention of siblings). her mother is her only family left. zarina has immense guilt of not being there to save her father when he died. it's one of the reasons she pursued and investigated clark stevenson with an unhealthy obsession for at least a year. in addition to that, based on this i assume the second coffee is for zarina. to be changed if canon decides otherwise.

► revenge: there is no one she hates more than clark stevenson even after he's finally locked up.

► birthday/zodiac: zarina is from the modern age, so taking her from 2020. taken on the day the dlc she's from is released — 10 March 2020 (Tuesday). placing her birthdate on september 7 1989, which makes her a virgo. it also makes her 30 years of age by the time she was taken.

► places: back home, zarina has a go-to cafe for morning coffee when she runs out of beans at home/in a rush. it's also a nice place to work sometimes.

► education: she took journalism at nyu.

► home: has her own one bedroom apartment located in manhattan because of work; she moved from bay ridge, brooklyn(her canon hometown). has a giant cork board with plenty of notes about work and leads and whatnot. a small kitchen, bathroom with a tub, a small closet.

► home/childhood: after her father's death, zarina and her mother had to move out of their bay ridge home and into a smaller apartment in manhattan (canon from the penguin onesie cosmetic). her mother still lives in the same apartment after zarina moves out to live on her own but she makes sure to pay for all the repairs and to make the facilities of her mother's place much better than the first time they moved in.

► childhood/cosmetic; penguin onesie: the entity returns her long blonde hair that she hasn't donned since high school, back when she called herself "Karina."

► hobbies/cosmetic; penguin onesie: zarina knows how to play the piano, mainly as a hobby. she can play well enough though not on a professional level. ( x )

► career/cosmetic; grant applicant: she filed for a grant because she wanted to make a documentary about hellshire and the irish outlaw behind the massacre a century ago. it did not go through.

► nicknames: though she called herself "Karina" when she was young to blend in, she doesn't like being called that anymore. she naturally answers to it but she does correct them. "It's Zarina, not Karina."

► inventory: she has the deathslinger's wrench with her that she found in his prison cell. she also has pictures from her previous research into hellshire and her camera (see below) and everything else on her person from her character model (recorder, notepad, ballpoint pen, wool scarf). she steals a box from badham and places some of her items inside, like her three cameras which won't fit her leather bag if placed all together.

► items/cosmetics: zarina receives various items from when the entity changes her clothes, with some she's able to keep:

➸ grand applicant: a leather messenger bag with various documents. may or may not be stolen documents. the leather bag is used to store everything she owns so far so long as it fits, like letters, jewellery, make-up, and one of her cameras should she bring one along when exploring the fog.

➸ penguin onesie: light pink lipstick.

➸ gilded hair: gold lipstick and gold eyeshadow.

► items/cameras: zarina has exactly three cameras in her inventory:

➸ Ricoh GR III — compact, silent, and discreet. the camera she brings to her second and final visit at hellshire penitentiary.

contains the following: a picture of herself testing the camera outside on a sunny day, a small store somewhere in nebraska with the desert in the background, the outside of a prison called hellshire penitentiary, a prisoner behind bars with the label c. stevenson, several pictures of many open folders all about a man named mick with plenty of blacked out information, an aged and old prison cell, and finally markings on the wall that reads DEATH TO BAYSHORE. + shots from the campfire, various trials including her first one at glenvale, and during explorations/scavenging through the fog in various realms.

➸ Bravoshot H31-X — given to her when the entity dresses her in the guerrilla filmmaker skin. it's a camera she leaves behind home, not used during her travel to hellshire penitentiary because it isn't inconspicuous enough. it has a nightvision mode which helps zarina navigate through pitch black corridors and whatnot. attached to the lens is a lens hood. going to use the Canon EOS R for its basis.

contains the following: various pictures of crowds, riots, and police.

➸ Canon IXY DIGITAL 320 — the entity brings her father's digital camera to the realm for some strange reason. it's a keepsake for her at this point, but still usable.

contains the following: old pictures of herself and her family, videos and pictures of people from her hometown of bayridge that are focused on the problems and injustice.

「 BEHIND THE SCENES 」

► because of her journalistic investigations, she found a few pieces from pages of vigo's journal. (item descriptions)

► when it comes to trials zarina brings in a medkit the most, followed by the rest in order: 1) toolbox 2) map 3) key 4) flashlight 5) firecrackers.

► she memorizes glenvale like the back of her hand with hawkin's national laboratory and léry's memorial institute being the worst maps for her.

► zarina's first trial details: based on the chains of hate spotlight trailer ( x )

➸ survivors — claudette, nea, zarina [obsession], jake

➸ killer — deathslinger

➸ map — glenvale

➸ everyone gets hooked once, then everyone gets mori'd. maybe one survivor. claudette gets hit and gearhead activates because of it, thus accidentally reveals where nea is repairing. jake is the last to be mori'd. maybe nea survives in the end because zarina heals her.

➸ zarina followed the deathslinger from behind because her curiosity gets the best of her. dodges a few shots but eventually gets caught by the deathslinger. kobes off on the first try and sneaks away while saving nea. she dies in the process however. she gets mori'd off the first hook; her first trial ends up with a spear through her head.

➸ because it is her first trial, zarina has permanent, though healed, injuries and scars: scars from the deathslinger's bayonet, damages from the harpoon across her upper body, and one at her lower back and behind her head from the mori. all of this is based on what occurred during the chains of hate spotlight video. ( reference )

➸ notes: there was a total amount of survivors to create two and a half teams in the spotlight. i have divided them as: Team B — dwight, david, meg [obsession], kate // Team C — jeff, jake, claudette, and an unknown fourth survivor

► other dlcs: zarina appears in the descend beyond spotlight trailer, which means she shows up in felix's first trial and encounters the blight. her team in this trial consists of: herself, felix, claudette, and feng. she has also shown up in the sadako rising trailers, teaming up with: yoichi, jonah, and jane.

► perks - for the people: in-game zarina gets injured as she instant heals fellow survivors, and unable to be healed for a certain amount of time. going to translate that into her skill being some sort of magic the entity gives her because of who she is where she absorbs the person's injuries, experiencing how it happened (a stab wound occuring on her for example) and taking in everything. perhaps to the point of being downed herself in rp threads, depending how much of the injuries she absorbs beyond actually dying.

► perks - red herring: in-game zarina makes the generator experience the same reaction as though it exploded, but doesn't regress. going to translate that into zarina intentionally sabotages part of the generator, giving herself a small timer to hide before it explodes by the time she arrives at a locker.

► perks - off the record: in-game zarina's aura cannot be revealed and her grunts of pain caused by injuries are silenced for a certain amount of time. this perk activates after being unhooked either by herself or with help. going to translate that into zarina's experience clocking in and silences herself while trying to keep herself safe and out of the scene so that the killer doesn't find her.

hmd

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open rp post

DROP IN PROMPTS, PICTURES, OLD THREADS, A POST OR EVEN TFLN BRING IT.
( cw: body horror, gore, violence & etc. in some threads + please label threads for such. )

permissions

DETAILS

NAME Zarina Kassir
SERIES Dead by Daylight
AGE 30*
HEIGHT&WEIGHT 5'5"* & 130 lbs.*
CANONPOINT Post-All Things Wicked DLC + Tome 19: Splendor
NOTES *Headcanon

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

VISUAL short dark brown hair with the sides shaved; undercut style, olive skin, light hazel eyes ( 01 02 03 ) ;; PB is Tuba Büyüküstün ( 01 02 03 04 )
AURAL Voiced by Émilie Paquin ( 01 ) ;; modulated, silvery. speaks primarily english, fluent in arabic (lebanese arabic dialect), slight bits of french
OLEFACTORY an old book, black coffee, a hint of lavender.
DEMEANOUR observant, kind, bold, intrepid, creative

OOC

BACKTAGGING always here for backtags!
THREADHOPPING please ask first!
FOURTHWALLING no thank you
ACTION vs PROSE can do both, though i do follow whatever the replies start with.
CANON vs CROSSCANON very open to both!
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS no subjects come to mind
SHIPPING OTA w/ preference to f/m, 25+ | Please DM me so that we can hash things out! Selective with shipping and prefer writing build up/characters having strong chemistry with each other.
PAIRINGS
— ♥Deathslinger
— ♥Ghostface
— ♥?Vittorio, Elodie, Artist
— ❌Kate, Plague

PHYSICAL AFFECTION/FLIRTING unless zarina is into someone, then there will be little flirting from her part. open to her being flirted with of course.
RELATIONSHIPS zarina's very much a workaholic. she knows how to flirt, but tends to be focused on work over romance. if there's chemistry maybe she'll be interested! she would never be part of an affair with a married or taken person.
FIGHTING she isn't exactly a fighter but she won't back down either. the only magic power that she was given to is by the entity: the skill for the people.
TELEPATHY/PSYCHIC ABILITIES open to this! zarina is just a normal human being.

info

this section is currently a work in progress. more information can be found on the wiki link at the front page.

— NAME

Zarina Kassir ( x ) — زرنا قصير

— CANON

Dead by Daylight

— CANON POINT

Post-All Things Wicked DLC + Tome 19: Splendor

— APPEARANCE

default outfit explanation. expanded description of her cosmetics ( x )

add explanation how sometimes entity shenanigans gives her awful outfits or really nice outfits along with long hair etc etc

— PERSONALITY another rough outline for now

"She explored her neighborhood looking to collect, report, and disseminate information on the current local issues."

rough outline before i make them into paragraphs:
»»» "plucky documentarian"
»»» permissions tldr: resourceful, creative, innovative, patience that leads to stubbornness and determination, curious, observant, bold, selfless, intrepid, confident, thorough, kind, altruistic
»»» sneaky-intelligent? bc of how she did the restaurant stakeout and whatnot. look for a better word for it.
»»» she bribed a guard. +persuasion
»»» more streetsmart than academically smart. doesn't mean she's dumb or anything.
»»» a great work ethic that could turn into an obsession however. that obsession is what makes her an workaholic.
»»» the devs call zarina a "modern day cowboy with a camera" as well as how she represents part of the pioneering spirit like deathslinger. (note: expand more on this)
»»» she will sacrifice herself if it means saving everyone else during trials. (for the people, add on the spotlight scene of her saving nea and eventually getting caught because of it)
»»» noed? devour hope? exposed status from haunted ground or danny? so what, zarina will try to save someone anyway.
»»» she did certain illegal activities to find out more information, like trespassing, false identity, and read restricted information. she would never commit a crime that would end up hurting anyone however.
»»» "zarina brings the grit, courage, and the selflessness of the pioneer spirit." - devs @ the bts video
»»» convincing enough to be able to interrogate a criminal for all the details. this might be more of a personality section thing tho.
»»» she believes that she's in charge of her own destiny despite being taken by the entity. "We can write our own story and decide how it really ends."
»»» sometimes her life choices are just ????????
»»» zarina has gone through hatred, bitterness, and anger throughout different times of her life. unlike the deathslinger however, she doesn't go on a murder spree no she channels it into bringing justice to those who cannot reach it.
»»» the narrator in the chains of hate spotlight trailer mentions hatred can be a powerful motivator. it can turn some into instruments of justice, and others into weapons of vengeance. therefore: zarina hates clark stevenson for killing her father, but unlike the deathslinger she serves him justice over trying to kill him instead.

"A daring, modern, workaholic filmmaker, Zarina strove to reveal hidden truths."

words

"She went to the streets to protest and documented her experience, filming this historical moments."

words

"She ventured into the city experimenting with verticality and light to capture unique images."

— SEXUALITY

Pansexual

— ABILITIES

tba

- she's sneaky. devs compared her to a spy with how she infiltrates. the perk off the record represents that along with red herring. knows how to disguise herself enough, knows how to dye her own hair & pretend to be someone else, and fake certain accents with practice.

- an excellent filmmaker, journalist, and experienced photographer with how she got international acclaim with her work. combined with the above bullet, she's really creative! as a journalist she knows how to get into deeper details and read between the lines.

- not too skilled on looping the killer as a distraction, but she's better off saving people and tricking/diverting the killer.

- based on this ( x ) picture, she knows how to play the piano. not certain to what degree but at least casual/as a hobby.

- the entity enhances its victims to the point where they just don't just suddenly die from being slashed by a knife/shot by a harpoon/getting placed on a meat hook several times every trial. they still can die, it's just harder to under normal circumstances.

- for the people: she has an entity-given power that has her instantly heal anyone she touches of their physical injuries at the cost of her gaining them, shouldering the burden instead.

— HISTORY

wip

details from this chains of hate-focused broadcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSHhA9gf9lU
- zarina's father is a victim of a hate crime
- no one cared about her father dying, no news, etc. she got inspired to do film about the stories that never get told.
- goes to infiltrate companies/groups to get answers and to create movies and to get the truth and get justice out in the world.
- "this one is very tragic and harsh" -- devs on her story
- "she's almost like a spy" infiltrating and getting the news out. zarina rogue class confirmed. :clap:

details from tome 13 (highlight for spoilers):
- her mother's first name is yasmin

— DETAILS

» zarina ( زرعنا ) is an arabic name meaning golden.
» kassir ( قصير ) is an arabic last name meaning short or measuring little.

— INFORMATION

» BIRTHDAY: September 7 1989*
» ZODIAC SIGN: Virgo*
» HEIGHT & WEIGHT: 5'5" + 130 lbs.*
» AGE: 30*
» BLOODTYPE: ?
» GENDER/SEX: Female/Female
» ITEMS:
- tba
» NOTES: * = Headcanon

— PERKS

FOR THE PEOPLE
RANK III

You risk life and injury for others.

For the People is only active while at full health.

Press the Active Ability button while healing another Survivor without a Med-Kit to instantly heal them from Dying to Injured, or from Injured to Healthy.

You become Injured and receive the Broken Status Effect for 110/100/90 seconds.

You become the Obsession.

Reduces the odds of being the Obsession.

The Killer can only be obsessed with one Survivor at a time.

How it works ICly: Zarina absorbs the damage done to a fellow survivor by touching them, and then as they heal she gains their wounds. feels how it happened. Understands how they nearly bleed out.

"We can write our own story and decide how it really ends." — Zarina Kassir

RED HERRING
RANK III

You've noticed that people pay attention to whatever makes the loudest noise.

After repairing a Generator for at least 3 seconds, it will be highlighted to you with a yellow Aura. The Generator stays highlighted until it is fully repairing, or you repair a new Generator, or enter a Locker.

Entering any Locker will trigger a Loud Noise indicator for the Killer at the highlighted Generator's location.

Red Herring can only be triggered once every 100/80/60 seconds.

How it works ICly: Zarina intentionally sabotages part of the generator, giving herself a small timer to hide before it explodes. The generator doesn't regress because the explosion occurs at an isolated part.

"The news edit out what is burdensome and complex, which is the truth." — Zarina Kassir

OFF THE RECORD
RANK III

You've learnt that a quiet approach is sometimes best.

Once you are unhooked or escape from the Hook, Off the Record activates for 60/70/80 seconds.

While Off the Record is active, your Aura will not be shown to the Killer and Grunts of Pain caused by injuries are reduced by 100 %.

How it works ICly: Zarina's seen plenty of things and silences herself while trying to keep herself safe and out of the scene so that the killer doesn't find her.

"Trust me, I investigate thoroughly and discreetly." — Zarina Kassir

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