Fantasy ⊵ umbra moderna characters ⊴

[Aster]

⊵ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɪɴ ʜᴏᴇs ⊴​

• cato
• anora
• jason

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  cato marshall caine
  
  an Unusual // town boy
  

  
  — appearance.
  - he has three names bc I couldn't decide on one
  - eyebags like no tomorrow
  - actually wears thick framed glasses
  - slouchy ectomorph, v bad posture
  - contrary to the image, his hair is actually a dark brown nearing black
  
  
  — persona.
  - wary
  - borderline insomniac
  - marked off as autistic bc of his abilities
  
  
  — abilities.
  - can talk to plants, it drives him insane
  - vegans are the absolute worse
  - can't eat fresh salads
  - can tolerate succulents bc they're usually mellow
  - hindrance 1: he can't talk to them cause he can't speak plant (yet)
  - hindrance 2: he can't make them shut up or stop himself from hearing their voices
  - kryptonite (undiscovered): alcohol, pain
  
  
  — brief bio.
  - mother died when he was v young
  - father abandoned him
  - passed around from his mother's many relatives like a hot potato
  - currently staying with his Aunt Karma and Uncle Jack
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  anora
  
  an Unusual // town girl
  

  
  — appearance.
  - 12 year old girl, turning 13
  - has really wide, pale eyes
  - innocent, baby face
  - not sure what her hair color is yet bc do I rly want to make her an animu?
  - v fashionable for a kid
  
  
  — persona.
  - quiet around most people
  - but a chatterbox if she trusts you
  - very obedient to her superiors / adults
  - easy to abuse / exploit due to her age but hard to deceive bc of her ability
  - very honest, doesn't know how to lie
  - tbh, a v innocent child who just wants to be loved and accepted
  - doesn't understand why she has her abilities
  - scared of abandonment so she's clingy to those she grows attached to
  
  
  — abilities.
  - can basically tell if you're lying or not
  - hindrance 1: she can't explain how she knows, it's just a definite truth or lie. Her abilities sort out lies in a clear black and white with little or no room for grey. Which means white lies are also counted as lies, no matter how much 'truth' may be added to them.
  - hindrance 2: the truths and lies are not definite but go based on the teller's beliefs. For eg. if someone rly believes the sky is green and they tell her that, her powers will tell her that the person is saying the "truth", even though she knows very well it isn't true.
  - hindrance 3: her abilities work on herself.
  - kryptonite: white noise
  
  
  — brief bio.
  - lives in a mansion in the corner of the town, away from people
  - busy parents, they work in the city
  - has an older brother who takes care of her and the house when he's on sem break
  - used to taking care of the house alone
  - has a butler, maid, cook and gardener to help her at home
  - the gardener and cook works part-time
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  jason wong
  
  an Unusual // city boy
  

  
  — appearance.
  - healthy Asian 18 year old
  - has a bionic left leg
  - can't rmbr how he lost his leg tbh, his parents tell him he was born without it they're bad liars
  - has both of his ears pierced tbh
  -athletic build but barely has abs tbh
  
  
  — persona.
  - loves aliens and supernatural things
  - great at hacking, v handy with electronics cause he fiddles with his leg a lot
  - most prob going to be an engineer when he grows up
  - has a secret chat server for Unusuals
  - conspiracy theories are his shit, he's super extra about them
  - aside from being a huge nerd, he does balance out his interests with hobbies like basketball
  - also friends with the girl who owns his local pizza joint
  
  
  — abilities.
  - eats up electricity/energy
  - hindrance: normal human food doesn't make him feel satisfied, he does eat it but he'd still be hungry
  - hindrance 2: a fully charged power bank is like a meal, batteries are like snack bars
  - hindrance 3: he access it by touching said thing, which means his phone usually runs out of battery real quick
  - hindrance 4: if he tried to he could prob cause a temporary black out by eating up the power
  - thinks he's a robot bc of his abilities
  - or maybe it has to do with his robotic leg (cue conspiracy bgm)
  - kryptonite: latex (normal gloves or fabrics don't work)
  
  
  — brief bio.
  - only child, has two parents who are living apart from each other
  - they aren't officially divorced yet
  - his parents don't live very far from each other. They're only a train stop away.
  - they're both going through counseling. He hopes they won't get divorced.
  - he travels back and forth weekly and frequently visits his grandma on the weekends

 

[Merciless]

• Jett
• Cornelia
• Abel
• Kayla

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  Jett
  Unusual // city boy on the run
  
  — appearance.
  • is actually not an albino but he does have white hair and very pale skin
  • skin is cold as fuck (do not touch), has low body temperature
  • always has most of his skin covered, gloves are must
  • snow prince
  
  — persona.
  • personification of grumpy cat, grumpy cat tm
  • very serious, can’t handle jokes
  • pessimist
  • is always warm (even in winter)
  • always sleepy, can randomly fall asleep
  • very good at gambling, pokerface and cheating game is strong
  
  — abilities.
  • freezes anything that touches his bare skin (Elsa is that u)
  • only works skin upon skin as clothing can dim the effect
  • does not work from a distance
  • body temperature adjusts so he can’t control his power
  • power gets stronger as his body temperature gets lower but there is a danger that he himself will be affected by his power if the temperature gets too low
  - kryptonite (discovered): body heat getting higher (different reasons such as weather, exercise, sickness with fever or alcohol)
  
  — brief bio.
  • dad and mom work for the government
  • family drama tm
  • had to run away from home when his parents wanted to give him to the lab, they wanted to ‘help'
  • has been on the run for 2 years now
  • earns money by gambling
  
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  Cornelia
  unusual // town girl
  
  — appearance.
  • looks like she knows ur deepest and darkest secrets, smirks a lot
  • reminds people of Wednesday Adams
  • is a bit dark and creepy
  • dresses in all black and white, kind of a goth girl
  • has pitch black hair and eyes that stare into ur soul
  • very perfect skin, looks like porcelain
  
  — persona.
  • very secretive, thinks about death a lot, constantly plotting how to murder someone
  • bad at communicating with people
  • loves horror and creepy things, likes collecting items that are paranormal, witchcrafty or special
  • studies (dark) magic and witchcraft, voodoo is her favourite
  • probably a psychopath and will murder you if you wrong her
  
  — abilities.
  • prophecy surrounding manipulation
  • a chance based power
  • she isn’t really sure how to control it
  • not even 100% it is a power at all, she thinks she is just possessed or something
  - kryptonite (undiscovered): based on emotions, positive emotions are the kryptonite
  
  — brief bio.
  • has no parents, her grandparents raised her
  • works in a little shop in town that sells weird magical shit
  • also sells magical shady shit on amazon and eBay
  • has a pretty big fortune because of this
  • is an internet persona, very active online
  • has her own cynical blog
  
  
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  Abel
  Unusual // city boy
  
  — appearance.
  • yellow cat eyes
  • dark skin
  • very good fucking hair, like wow let me touch
  • pretty boi and knows it
  
  — persona.
  • useless member of society
  • in love with himself, very self absorbed
  • money whore
  
  — abilities.
  • can make anyone fall in love with him through (prolonged) eye contact
  • how much eye contact is needed for power to take effect depends on victim
  • effect of power also depends on victim
  • how long effect lasts also depends on victim
  • not mind control, person will remember what happened but (usually) won’t understand that it was because of a power
  • does not work if Abel or victim wear glasses, sunglasses or lenses
  - kryptonite (discovered): his tears, if his eyes water for whatever reason his power stops working
  
  — brief bio.
  • useless member of society
  • freeloader
  • rich parents but they kicked him the fuck out
  • freeloads on rich people thanks to his ability
  
  
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  Kayla
  Unusual // ???
  
  — appearance.
  • sickly
  • short blonde hair
  
  — persona.
  • very quiet
  
  — abilities.
  • can part her soul from her body when sleeping, hence turning into a ghost
  • the longer she’s asleep the stronger her abilities
  • basc astral projection
  • ghost abilities
  • now that she’s in a coma her powers are getting stronger by the day
  
  - kryptonite (undiscovered): being awake
  
  — brief bio.
  • comatose
  • has always been very sick
  • hospital is her home
  
  

 

[Aster]

⊵ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴇғᴛᴏᴠᴇʀs / sɪᴅᴇ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀs ⊴​

• bro
• x
• xx

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  xxx
  
  a norm // town
  
  — basics
  - anora's hot older brother
  - lowkey afraid of his sister
  - parents are rarely home
  
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  xxx
  
  a norm // city girl
  
  — basics
  - definite side character, just keeping her here bc she has a cute character design
  - does delivery services as a side job
  - rly good at roller-blades
  - occasionally borrows her boyfriend's motorbike for a ride
  - she's 16 though so that's illegal driving
  - her parents own a pizza joint
  - is probably going to get herself killed if she doesn't stop sticking her nose in places it doesn't belong
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  xxx
  
  Unusual // city boss
  
  — basics
  - rich widow
  - that one lady you should probably not pissed off
  - makes an awesome noona / oneesan

 

[PseudoLives]

• Anicuta
• Genevieve
• Diego

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  Anicuta Vasile
  an Unusual // city chick
  Nicknames: "Cutie" or "Ani" (unless you're close to her, these are way too sweet for her so she just might punch ya)
  
  — appearance.
  - Romanian ancestry
  - actually has dark brown hair, but she dyes it black
  - a little short because of her Romanian genes. it's lowkey hard to take her seriously--this girl's 5'2" (157 cm)!
  - never leaves home without her handy dandy leather jacket #angst
  - typically wears heavy concealer to hide how little she sleeps
  - biker? emo? no one knows
  
  
  — persona.
  - likes to sass the authorities (and everyone else)
  - she's pretty "out there" when people get to know her... but most of the time they're too annoying
  - starving artist. Like, legit starving. She spends her money on spray paint for the walls she's occasionally commissioned to make artsy
  - she sings while painting, so that's mainly what gets her enough money to scrape by. people throw cash in a raggedy fedora she sets out
  - side note: aromantic, but she dabbles in sexy time every now and again. It's just so weird when her one-night stands are infatuated afterwards
  
  
  — abilities.
  - a humanoid chameleon!
  - #IChangeColors
  - If she's completely naked she can blend in with her surroundings
  - #JohnCenaYouCan'tSeeMe
  - She still makes noise and can be bumped into
  - kryptonite: Idk tbd prob
  
  
  — brief bio.
  - Ani's parents are immigrants, but Ani was born in their new home country
  - Anicuta's got 3 successful older siblings. Ew.
  - Ani's always been the rebel child, ofc
  - She met X wandering the streets (a bad idea for a 9 year old)
  
  
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  Genevieve "V" Arbor
  an Unusual // suburban girlie
  
  — appearance.
  - long kinky hair (dyed a blue-green)
  - 5'5" (165 cm)
  - willowy figure
  - wears thin, cool clothes. She doesn't like to wear anything warm unless the temperature's at freezing.
  
  — persona.
  - V is rather laid-back
  - She loves being outside, as can be expected
  - Fire bad...!
  - A gymnast and a poet
  
  — abilities.
  
  She's kinda like a dryad. She can turn parts of her body into plants. Downside is she's got hella allergies--gotta pop a Claritin or a Zyrtec before she's a sneezing tree
  
  — kryptonite
  -Ehhhh idk
  
  — brief bio.
  - Was stuck in gymnastic classes as a kid. Happened to love it.
  - Has a good family: a working mom, a stay-at-home dad, and a 5 year old baby brother
  - Middle class. She's never struggled too much, y'know other than the hiding the fact that she can grow tree branches from her arms.
  
  
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  Juan Diego Ramirez (goes by Diego)
  a Norm // city boy
  
  — basics
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