List of functions $\chi_{s,a}(n)$ defined on a Group such that $\chi_{s,a}(n)\in{s,a}$ and depending on the parity

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Question

Let $(G,\cdot,e)$ be a non-commutative group and $s,a \in G$ .I'm looking for interesting functions $\chi_{s,a}:\Bbb N \rightarrow G$ witht this property

$$\chi_{s,a}(n)= \begin{cases} s, & \text{if $n$ is even} \\ a, & \text{if $n$ is odd} \end{cases}$$


My attempt for a closed form

I define the power of an element of $G$ as usual. then I tried to use the function $\theta(x)=\frac 12+\frac12(-1)^x$ and define $\chi$ as follow

$$\chi_{s,a}(n)=s^{\theta(n)}a^{\theta(n+1)}$$

Since $\theta(x)=\begin{cases} 1, & \text{if $n$ is even} \\ 0, & \text{if $n$ is odd} \end{cases}$ then $s^{\theta(n)}a^{\theta(n+1)}= \begin{cases} s^1a^0=se=s, & \text{if $n$ is even} \\ a^0a^1=ea=a, & \text{if $n$ is odd} \end{cases}$


Another partial attempt

If I define a function $F_a:\{0;1\}\times G\rightarrow G$ such that for every $x\in G$

$F_a(0,x)=x$ and $F_a(1,x)=a$ then $$\chi_{s,a}(n)=F_a(\theta(n),s)$$

But here I can't find a closed form for $F_a$ involving the group operation in an interesting way that is different from $F_a(q,x)=a^qx^{|q-1|}$


I'm looking for a big list of examples of nice alternative closed forms (involving the group operation too).