[Work in Progress]

Kess-Voranta Lio Meren dam Chass, usually known simply as Lio, or Lio Meren is a young Culture citizen and representative of Contact, currently (loosely) attached to the GCU Stunning Lack of Vision.

She is the sort of person who looks as though she has arrived at a formal diplomatic engagement on her way to a party, and might leave before the speeches are finished.

She is striking, with dark hair, an athletic figure and the relaxed physical confidence common among extensively genefixed Culture citizens. Her clothing tends toward the minimal and practical, although she has a particular fondness for things that make an otherwise sensible outfit look slightly ridiculous.
She wears a fine silver anklet around her left ankle, decorated with a growing collection of tiny charms and trinkets, and almost always has a mischievous smile somewhere close to her lips.

Lio is enthusiastic about almost everything. She is particularly fond of games, elaborate parties, recreational challenges and finding out what happens when somebody takes an apparently sensible idea much further than intended. Her professional interests lie in landscape design, and she has a fascination with constructing strange environments, particularly on Orbitals. The opportunity to visit somewhere new, meet someone unusual or become involved in something interesting is rarely one she turns down.

Her position with Contact has only broadened her horizons. She is fascinated by other cultures and species, and approaches diplomacy with considerably more curiosity than ceremony. She asks questions, gets distracted, makes jokes at inappropriate moments and has an unfortunate habit of treating formal occasions as opportunities to see whether everyone might be having more fun.

She is openly flirtatious and sexually liberated, regarding the subject with the same casual good humour she applies to most other pleasures of Culture life. She is perfectly capable of being serious when circumstances demand it; the difficulty is usually convincing her that the circumstances demand it.

The anklet is the one conspicuous exception to her otherwise changeable tastes.

Lights:
[To follow.]