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“

I’ve always been a visionary.”

– Tender Sky, Open as Possible

Tender Sky is the Architect, portrayed by Ali Acampora.^{^[1]} She is a mean catgirl who is living her best life.^[2]

As a digital architect, Tender designs and builds environments in the augmented reality of the Mesh. As for her jam, on the weekends she runs a digital lounge, called the Steady, a jazz club with the aesthetic that changes weekly. Its tagline is "Nothing stays at the Steady."^{^[3]}

Though Tender's cyberbrain was removed from her, she can still use the powers that it gave her previously. It feels like fate to her; it feels Divine. She keeps this information a secret.^[1]

With her abilities, it's possible for three things to "bleed" over into the physical world should things go awry: memories of the By and By or of Open Metal (her ex-partner), or feelings of unworthiness about her powers.^[4]

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After entering the Vault of Anticipation on Altar, Tender took the Divine Anticipation into her mind, and is now the Excerpt/Candidate of Anticipation, with the excerpt name Our voices combined, filled with great tenderness, as we sang for their good fortune, or ⸢Tenderness⸣.^[5]

Appearance[edit | edit source]

Tender Sky is a "big titty catgirl with an incredible tailor".^[6] She is "thicc with two c's" and has a sweet face, calculating eyes, cat ears, and a tail. She has light brown skin and long, thick, curly lilac hair that falls to chest length. Ali has compared her appearance to that of the actress Ciara Renée.^[7] Vogue runway shows are an inspiration for her, along with the Gucci body suit. She has a fondness for coats that are cropped jackets with short capes on the back.^[2]

During the Beloved Dust's time in the Steady during "We Want You to Come Home", Tender is wearing a velour long-sleeved bodysuit with no legs (like a long-sleeved bathing suit), somewhat sheer teal thigh-high stockings, white heels, and a capelet with a built-in collar with stiff pieces that rest on her shoulders. There is light embroidery and bejeweling on the collar, and the cape's lining is a pastel that transitions slowly from yellow to pink to purple to green. Her hair is pulled back into a single round bun high on the back of her head, wrapped in a ribbon with a jeweled clip.

She can change her appearance with her abilities, but the above description is as she presents normally.

Beliefs[edit | edit source]

The Veil[edit | edit source]

~~"Never take a shortcut."^{^[8]}~~
~~"My gift is divine and cannot be taken from me. I must hide it from anyone who would try."^{^[9]}~~
"Fourteen feels like they owe me something; I'll take whatever they're offering."^{^[10]}
"The boundaries of my mind are fading. I will crack the barriers that remain."^{^[11]}
"My gift is divine and cannot be taken from me. I must stop anyone who would try."^{^[12]}

Scum and Villainy[edit | edit source]

“The NEH have only used unchecked power to cause harm. I’ll use the Clearcut to de-escalate situations and/or violence.”^[13]

Origin[edit | edit source]

The "Tender Sky" pencil case (via @friends_table)

Tender's name stems in part from a serendipitous moment during the season's planning stage. While in LA with Jack, Austin, and Janine for Art's wedding, Ali told them she had thought of naming her character 'Tenderness', but couldn't think of a good surname, and was thinking of going by 'Tender' followed by a one-syllable word such as 'Sea' or 'Sky'^{^[14]^[15]}. Shortly afterward, they came across a pencil case in a store with "Tender Sky" written on it, which Austin tweeted a photo of from the official Friends at the Table account^{^[16]^[17]}.

History[edit | edit source]

Tender was formerly a priestess of Anticipation.

She had been dispatched to a planet as part of a team where things went wrong. The other architect, Open Metal, attempted a plan where Tender and her would combine their cyberbrains so they would become a Divine. Tender refused. As a reaction to their failure at colonizing the planet, and to the death of Anticipation that occurred at the same time, she was sent back to the Divine Fleet, and the program to give people cyberbrains in order to do work in the Mesh was scrapped entirely.^{^[1]}

She also has a Mercy Officer named Helena Vex assigned to her.^{^[18]}

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Art by @ootron
Art by Marinacjulia
Art by Vlasdygoth
Art by Vlasdygoth

References[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Episode 01, 00:42:00.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Episode 01, 00:50:00.
↑ Episode 01, 00:54:15.
↑ Episode 01, 01:01:45.
↑ Episode 56, 01:22:28
↑ Episode 01, 00:50:55
↑ Episode 01, 01:51:00.
↑ Episode 01, 0:55:30.
↑ Episode 09, 0:05:15.
↑ Episode 06, 0:24:30.
↑ Episode 09, 0:59:30.
↑ Episode 17, 0:59:30.
↑ Episode 47, 30:37
↑ https://twitter.com/ali_west/status/880580420542312450
↑ https://twitter.com/ali_west/status/880580544261750786
↑ https://twitter.com/ali_west/status/880580544261750786
↑ https://twitter.com/Friends_Table/status/833509350219997184
↑ Episode 01, 01:03:25.

External links[edit | edit source]

Ciara Renée on Wikipedia
Rihanna's Gucci body suit

[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Episode 01, 00:42:00.

[:1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Episode 01, 00:50:00.

[3] Episode 01, 00:54:15.

[4] Episode 01, 01:01:45.

[5] Episode 56, 01:22:28

[6] Episode 01, 00:50:55

[7] Episode 01, 01:51:00.

[8] Episode 01, 0:55:30.

[9] Episode 09, 0:05:15.

[10] Episode 06, 0:24:30.

[11] Episode 09, 0:59:30.

[12] Episode 17, 0:59:30.

[13] Episode 47, 30:37

[14] ttps://twitter.com/ali_west/status/880580420542312450

[15] ttps://twitter.com/ali_west/status/880580544261750786

[16] ttps://twitter.com/ali_west/status/880580544261750786

[17] ttps://twitter.com/Friends_Table/status/833509350219997184

[18] Episode 01, 01:03:25.

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-{{Infobox_PC|title1 = Tender Sky|pronouns = She/her|place_of_origin = [[The By-and-By]]|affiliation(s) = [[The Beloved]]
+{{Infobox Character|color_theme = tm
+|title = Tender Sky
-[[Beloved Dust]]|relations = [[Open Metal]] (former partner)|playbook = The Architect|player = [[Ali Acampora]]|lifeform = Catgirl}}'''Tender Sky''' is a mean catgirl and digital architect portrayed by Ali Acampora.
+|pronouns = She/her
+|place_of_origin = [[The By-and-By]]
+|affiliations = [[The Beloved]]<br />
+[[The Notion]]
+|relations = [[Open Metal]] (former partner)
+|playbook = The Architect<br />The Mystic
+|player = [[Ali Acampora]]
+| people =  Catgirl|season=''[[Twilight Mirage]]''}}
+{{Quote
+|I’ve always been a visionary.
+|Tender Sky, ''[[Twilight Mirage 51: Open As Possible|Open as Possible]]''
+}}
+'''Tender Sky''' is the Architect, portrayed by Ali Acampora.<sup><ref name=":0">[http://friendsatthetable.net/twilight-mirage-01-the-beloved-dust Episode 01], 00:42:00.</ref></sup> She is a mean catgirl who is living her best life.<ref name=":1">[http://friendsatthetable.net/twilight-mirage-01-the-beloved-dust Episode 01], 00:50:00.</ref>
-She an architect who designs and builds environments in The Mesh, which is the digital environment that is an augmented reality space established in [http://counterweight.wikia.com/wiki/COUNTER/Weight_Wikia COUNTER/Weight].
+As a digital architect, Tender designs and builds environments in the augmented reality of the Mesh. As for her jam, on the weekends she runs a digital lounge, called [[the Steady]], a jazz club with the aesthetic that changes weekly. Its tagline is "Nothing stays at the Steady."<sup><ref>[http://friendsatthetable.net/twilight-mirage-01-the-beloved-dust Episode 01], 00:54:15.</ref></sup>
-Tender Sky is a cat girl. She's also mean--and living her best life.
+Though Tender's cyberbrain was removed from her, she can still use the powers that it gave her previously. It feels like fate to her; it feels Divine. She keeps this information a secret.<ref name=":0" />
-On the weekends she runs a digital lounge, called [[the Steady]]; a jazz club with the aesthetic that changes weekly. Its tagline is "Nothing stays at the Steady."
+With her abilities, it's possible for three things to "bleed" over into the physical world should things go awry: memories of [[the By and By]] or of [[Open Metal]] (her ex-partner), or feelings of unworthiness about her powers.<ref>[http://friendsatthetable.net/twilight-mirage-01-the-beloved-dust Episode 01], 01:01:45.</ref>
-Though Tender's cyberbrain was removed from her, she can still use the powers that it gave her previously. It feels like fate to her; it feels Divine. She keeps this information a secret.
+{{Spoiler Block
+| spoiling = [[The Vault of Anticipation Pt.2|Twilight Mirage 56]]
+| text = After entering the [[The Vault of Anticipation (location)|Vault of Anticipation]] on [[Altar (planet)|Altar]], Tender took the [[Divine]] [[Anticipation]] into her mind, and is now the Excerpt/Candidate of Anticipation, with the excerpt name '''Our voices combined, filled with great tenderness, as we sang for their good fortune''', or '''⸢Tenderness⸣'''.<ref>[[The Vault of Anticipation Pt.2|Episode 56]], 01:22:28</ref>
+| theme=tm }}
-With her abilities it's possible for three things to "bleed" over into world should things go awry: Memories of [[the By and By]], [[Open Metal]] (her ex-partner), and unworthiness; guilt about having these powers still.
+==Appearance==
+Tender Sky is a "big titty catgirl with an incredible tailor".<ref>[http://friendsatthetable.net/twilight-mirage-01-the-beloved-dust Episode 01], 00:50:55</ref> She is "thicc with two c's" and has a sweet face, calculating eyes, cat ears, and a tail. She has light brown skin and long, thick, curly lilac hair that falls to chest length. Ali has compared her appearance to that of the actress [https://www.google.ca/search?q=Ciara+Ren%C3%A9e&rlz=1C1CHWA_enCA713CA713&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiRzIDz9vLUAhUM4oMKHUTyAvgQ_AUICigB&biw=1806&bih=791 Ciara Renée].<ref>[http://friendsatthetable.net/twilight-mirage-01-the-beloved-dust Episode 01], 01:51:00.</ref> Vogue runway shows are an inspiration for her, along with the [https://www.google.ca/search?q=gucci+body+suit&rlz=1C1CHWA_enCA713CA713&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwin3Mn_-_LUAhWrx4MKHZfJAloQ_AUICigB&biw=1806&bih=791#tbm=isch&q=gucci+bodysuit+rihanna Gucci body suit]. She has a fondness for coats that are cropped jackets with short capes on the back.<ref name=":1" />
-== Appearance ==
+During the Beloved Dust's time in the Steady during "[[We Want You to Come Home]]", Tender is wearing a velour long-sleeved bodysuit with no legs (like a long-sleeved bathing suit), somewhat sheer teal thigh-high stockings, white heels, and a capelet with a built-in collar with stiff pieces that rest on her shoulders. There is light embroidery and bejeweling on the collar, and the cape's lining is a pastel that transitions slowly from yellow to pink to purple to green. Her hair is pulled back into a single round bun high on the back of her head, wrapped in a ribbon with a jeweled clip.
-Tender Sky is a thicc "big tity catgirl with incredible tailor", has a sweet face, calculating eyes, cat ears, and a tail. She has light brown skin and long thick curly light purple lilac hair that falls to chest length height. Ali has compared her appearance to that of the actress [https://www.google.ca/search?q=Ciara+Ren%C3%A9e&rlz=1C1CHWA_enCA713CA713&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiRzIDz9vLUAhUM4oMKHUTyAvgQ_AUICigB&biw=1806&bih=791 Ciara Renée].
+She can change her appearance with her abilities, but the above description is as she presents normally.
-Vogue runway shows are an inspiration for her along with the [https://www.google.ca/search?q=gucci+body+suit&rlz=1C1CHWA_enCA713CA713&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwin3Mn_-_LUAhWrx4MKHZfJAloQ_AUICigB&biw=1806&bih=791#tbm=isch&q=gucci+bodysuit+rihanna Gucci body suit] , a fondness for coats that are cropped jackets with short capes on the back. "Capes all the time."
+==Beliefs==
-During the Beloved Dust's time in the Steady during "[[We Want You to Come Home]]", Tender is wearing a velour long-sleeved bodysuit with no legs (like a long-sleeved bathing suit), somewhat sheer teal thigh-high stockings, white heels, and a capelet with a built-in collar with stiff pieces that rest on her shoulders. There is light embroidery and bejeweling on the collar, and the cape's lining is a pastel that transitions slowly from yellow to pink to purple to green. Her hair is pulled back into a single round bun high on the back of her head, wrapped in a ribbon with a jeweled clip.
+===''The Veil''===
+*<s>"Never take a shortcut."<sup><ref>[http://friendsatthetable.net/twilight-mirage-01-the-beloved-dust Episode 01], 0:55:30.</ref></sup></s>
+*<s>"My gift is divine and cannot be taken from me. I must hide it from anyone who would try."<sup><ref>[http://friendsatthetable.net/twilight-mirage-09-the-sound-of-strings Episode 09], 0:05:15.</ref></sup></s>
+*"Fourteen feels like they owe me something; I'll take whatever they're offering."<sup><ref>[http://friendsatthetable.net/twilight-mirage-06-we-want-you-to-come-home Episode 06], 0:24:30.</ref></sup>
+*"The boundaries of my mind are fading. I will crack the barriers that remain."<sup><ref>[http://friendsatthetable.net/twilight-mirage-17-like-falling-leaves Episode 09], 0:59:30.</ref></sup>
+*"My gift is divine and cannot be taken from me. I must stop anyone who would try."<sup><ref>[http://friendsatthetable.net/twilight-mirage-17-like-falling-leaves Episode 17], 0:59:30.</ref></sup>
-She can change her appearance with her abilities but the above description is as she presents normally without doing so.
+===''Scum and Villainy''===
-== Beliefs ==
+*“The [[New Earth Hegemony|NEH]] have only used unchecked power to cause harm. I’ll use the [[Angler|Clearcut]] to de-escalate situations and/or violence.”<ref>[https://friendsatthetable.net/twilight-mirage-47-uncontrolled-fires Episode 47], 30:37</ref>
-* "Never take a shortcut."
-* "Fourteen feels like they owe me something; I'll take whatever they're offering."<sup><ref group="note">Added in Episode 06: "[[We Want You to Come Home]]", replacing the non-finalized belief about building a home for Fourteen Fifteen to die in</ref></sup>
-* "Controlling [[the Mesh]] must be my purpose and so I will either strive to protect it, or I can determine what can be seen and what shouldn't."<sup><ref group="note">This wording is not final.</ref></sup>
-== Origin ==
+==Origin==
 [[File:Tenderskypencilcase.jpg|thumb|293x293px|The "Tender Sky" pencil case (via @[https://twitter.com/Friends_Table/status/833509350219997184 friends_table])]]
-Tender's name stems in part from a serendipitous moment during the season's planning stage. While in LA with [[Jack]], [[Austin]], and [[Janine]] for [[Art|Art's]] wedding, Ali told them she had thought of naming her character 'Tenderness', but couldn't think of a good surname, and was thinking of going by 'Tender' followed by a one-syllable word such as 'Sea' or 'Sky'<sup><ref>https://twitter.com/ali_west/status/880580420542312450</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/ali_west/status/880580544261750786
+Tender's name stems in part from a serendipitous moment during the season's planning stage. While in LA with [[Jack]], [[Austin]], and [[Janine Hawkins|Janine]] for [[Art|Art's]] wedding, Ali told them she had thought of naming her character 'Tenderness', but couldn't think of a good surname, and was thinking of going by 'Tender' followed by a one-syllable word such as 'Sea' or 'Sky'<sup><ref>https://twitter.com/ali_west/status/880580420542312450</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/ali_west/status/880580544261750786
 </ref></sup>. Shortly afterward, they came across a pencil case in a store with "Tender Sky" written on it, which Austin tweeted a photo of from the official ''Friends at the Table'' account<sup><ref>https://twitter.com/ali_west/status/880580544261750786</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/Friends_Table/status/833509350219997184
 </ref></sup>.
-== History ==
+==History==
-She had been dispatched to a planet as part of a team where things went wrong. [http://friends-at-the-table-twilight-mirage.wikia.com/wiki/The_Divine_Fleet?action=edit&section=8 Anticipation], the Divine, died while she was down there.
+Tender was formerly a priestess of [[Anticipation]].
-The other architect, [http://friends-at-the-table-twilight-mirage.wikia.com/wiki/Open_Metal?venotify=created Open Metal], attempted a plan where Tender and her would combine their cyberbrains (tech that enables their talents within [http://friends-at-the-table-twilight-mirage.wikia.com/wiki/Concepts_for_New_Listeners?veaction=edit&insights=withoutimages The Mesh])  so they would become a Divine. Tender refused this plan and Anticipation was killed.
-As a reaction to their failure she was sent back to the Divine Fleet and the program where they would give people these cyberbrains in order to do work in The Mesh, was scrapped entirely.
+She had been dispatched to a planet as part of a team where things went wrong. The other architect, [[Open Metal]], attempted a plan where Tender and her would combine their cyberbrains so they would become a Divine. Tender refused. As a reaction to their failure at colonizing the planet, and to the death of Anticipation that occurred at the same time, she was sent back to the Divine Fleet, and the program to give people cyberbrains in order to do work in the Mesh was scrapped entirely.<sup><ref name=":0" /></sup>
-She also has a [http://friends-at-the-table-twilight-mirage.wikia.com/wiki/Divine_Fleet_Lore Mercy Officer] assigned to her because of her involvement with the death of Anticipation, named [http://friends-at-the-table-twilight-mirage.wikia.com/wiki/Helena_Vex Helena Vex].
+She also has a [[Mercy#Mercy Officers|Mercy Officer]] named [[Helena Vex]] assigned to her.<sup><ref>[http://friendsatthetable.net/twilight-mirage-01-the-beloved-dust Episode 01], 01:03:25.</ref></sup>
-== Notes ==
+==Gallery==
-{{Reflist|group = note}}
+<gallery>
+File:Ootron tendersky.jpeg|Art by [https://twitter.com/ootron/status/1317231547032940544?s=20&t=1UgYiNHefMeAxZJWSuZceg @ootron]
+File:Marinacjulia tender.png|Art by [https://twitter.com/marinacjulia/status/1476993201370238979?s=20&t=TOAsEcBNiiChLLQUcqvPOw Marinacjulia]
+File:Vlasdygoth Tender.png|Art by [https://twitter.com/vlasdygoth/status/1424511116713943044?s=20&t=Lcwv-V_Q9xWXbbKt3JRyyA Vlasdygoth]
+File:Vlasdygoth Tender2.png|Art by [https://twitter.com/vlasdygoth/status/1366818575609065472?s=20&t=Lcwv-V_Q9xWXbbKt3JRyyA Vlasdygoth]
+</gallery>
-== References ==
+==References==
 {{Reflist}}
-== External links ==
+==External links==
-* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciara_Ren%C3%A9e Ciara Renée] on Wikipedia
+*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciara_Ren%C3%A9e Ciara Renée] on Wikipedia
-{{PCs}}
+*Rihanna's [https://www.google.ca/search?q=gucci+body+suit&rlz=1C1CHWA_enCA713CA713&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwin3Mn_-_LUAhWrx4MKHZfJAloQ_AUICigB&biw=1806&bih=791#tbm=isch&q=gucci+bodysuit+rihanna Gucci body suit]
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