Fantasy OOC

[Shinu Tatsume]

Shinu Tatsume Hey, you do realize they're in the classroom now, right? I just wanna make sure since your post is a little odd.

I did not, thank you very much for the info!

 

[OnyxReaper]

Booya Boxxy's first post

 

[Deathkitten]

I did not, thank you very much for the info!

Just gotta make sure to read Osuka 's posts in that thread.

 

[Blackrose7]

So no Vurudial's post.

 

[Deathkitten]

So no Vurudial's post.

What? o.o

 

[Blackrose7]

My post is up, so I am just waiting for you here.

 

[Osuka]

-comes in with a mallet- I was called? I brought me mallet (points for reference).

 

[Edge Of Distortion]

Final-fucking-ly I did it....!!!

 

[Deathkitten]

Name:
Aribella Kris Astrias
Alias:
Nyx, Eldritch, or Horror depending on who's reporting it. She much prefers Nyx, but doesn't care enough anymore to argue or correct people when they call her Eldritch, Horror, or even the whole phrase, Eldritch Horror.
Age:
22
Gender:
Female
Appearance:
With long straight black hair that reaches her lower back, and black clothing complete with a black cloak, she often looks a bit like she belongs in the Adams Family. The only thing with any color are her eyes, which are a sharp shade of blood red. She boasts a strong chin, high cheekbones, and good genetics, with her skin generally free of blemishes. She stands at an unimposing 5'2", though many find this to be more creepy than endearing, and is only slightly underweight at a slim 100lbs.

Spoiler: Eyes

Costume:
No real costume per say. Instead, if her privacy needs kept, then she will shroud herself in her shadow.
Side:
Heroes
Bio:
Would people stop thinking she's a villain?

This is the main thought that often keeps poor Aribella annoyed and up when she tries to sleep. Many times, even as she was growing up, her powers were mistaken for something evil and unnatural. She wasn't some dramatic orphan or anything like that either. She had a relatively normal upbringing. Her Father wasn't in the picture and her Mom didn't speak of him much. She had her Dad, and it wasn't the sperm-donor that didn't care about her or her Mom. Easy.

They weren't abusive. They weren't evil. They weren't anything of the sort, and she definitely didn't get her abilities from her Mom's side of the family. Her Mom and Step-dad were wonderful, non-powered people that did a great job raising her to care about the world and about others. They taught her to the best of their abilities to be careful and to use her powers to help others instead of hurt them. She was taught, since she very much so wanted to be a Hero when she grew up, that unless there wasn't any other option, killing someone wasn't okay. Even if they caused great harm, if you could shut them down without killing them, that'd be the best way.

Unfortunately, a few years ago after she had moved out of her parents house, according to the authorities anyways, her sperm-donor returned with vengeance. She never saw him, but he made sure that the house she was raised in was reduced to ash. Her Mom and Step-dad got out, as well as one of her step-siblings, but her youngest, a four year old step-sister named Isabelle, had to be identified from the dental records. After that point it became clear her Father wasn't human, and that where she got her abilities from was truly unnatural.

After that event, she was even more determined to be a hero, and to stop things like that from happening to any other families.

Now, her family still has check-ups to make sure they've not heard anything of the absentee Father, and Aribella fights for the good of those around her. Even so, she still gets people who doubt her benevolence and even some in the past who have wanted to turn her to villainy. These attempts have failed, and she holds her head high despite the distrust.
Powers:

• Unaging
• Shadow Orison
• Darkvision
• Eldritch Horror

• 
  This does not aid her in day to day activities, and she's hardly noticed it yet seeing as she'd only stop aging when she hits 25. She will continue to look and biologically feel as though she is in her early to mid 20's regardless of her actual age. She will be immune to many age-related illnesses such as age-related macular degeneration or late-onset Alzheimer's.
  
• 
  Perhaps what she is best outwardly known for, this ability is as it sounds. She can control existing shadows, and tends to prefer her own shadow over any others. Though she cannot create shadows, she does use what she has available to her to her advantage. Because of this, she is significantly weaker in this ability during the day and especially outside during the day, being the weakest in it at high noon. Luckily, a large city allows her to worry less. There are often shadows below bridges or freeways, and tall buildings cast large shadows during the early or late hours of the day.
  
  These shadows, once they are under her control, look more like a low-viscosity black tar, peeling up from their home and clinging around her form. Once she is done with them, they slither back to their original spots and become "normal" shadows again. The lighter the shadow, the weaker the liquid beast she has at her disposal.
  
  With these shadows, the general application is varied. They can be used to obscure others vision, as shadows often do in their regular state. She can do this by having a liquid shadow slither up to someone and up onto their leg, or she could shoot it out at them from the shadows that cling to her while she uses this ability. Once they have made contact, the shadow creatures heed her whim, climbing up the person until they reach their face and especially their eyes.
  
  Alternatively, she could use the shadows to form a loose, watery bubble around multiple people. She has used this in the past to stop fights. Usually people are a bit more concerned they can't see than they are with the fight they were just having.
  
  The liquid shadows are not overly strong. Made out of something so ambiguous, they still have their strange ambiguous form that they would otherwise have. They feel very cold and airy, only a slight pressure on those they cling to, somewhat like the void was given form. They act as a liquid, rippling and bubbling like tar or water, but as they are not a true liquid, this varies slightly. Sometimes they will firm up to become more like a non-Newtonian fluid, and other times they will loosen, allowing tendrils to tear off from their main body and flap about in the wind before merging again.
  
  Because they are semi-solid, the shadows are very difficult to breathe through. If the situation is serious enough that blinding them won't help, then using this ability she can will liquid shadow that is clinging to her foe to attempt to slither into the victim's throat.
  
  
  Spoiler: Shadow Movement

  Using the shadows that she has in a liquid state, she can go into and through the liquid, appearing out of the other liquid shadow. This is very short range, seeing as her ability only functions best within 50ft of her, but is also very useful in close combat.
  
  She cannot bring others through her shadows, though she can move people with her shadows. Basically, think tentacles.
  Spoiler: Negative Side-effects

  Normal is said with caution. These shadows have a chance to reform into their liquid counterparts when she is no longer around or using them. This risk persists up to a week after she has used the shadows, and is far more of a prevalent risk with shadows that are consistently around. This is why she tries to use other shadows sparingly, and much prefers to use her own.
  
  Also, as a side-effect of her Shadow Movement ability, every time she goes through her shadows, it turns everything that has colors on her person black. Her hair if she dyed it from its natural black to something less ominous like blonde? The shadows turn it black. She has no other colors of clothes than shades of grey and black because everything would get turned monochromatic anyways.
  Spoiler: Limitations

  This ability is not infallible, and as has been mentioned is severely limited by time of day, and her control over these liquid shadows is generally limited to a 50ft radius around her.
  
  When outside during the day, the shadows are fewer and far weaker. Even if she goes inside, the prevalence of florescent lights dims shadows and tends to create them in greater number, though much weaker and smaller in size.
  
  The shadows are like a liquid, which can be a boon, but also severely limits their physical capabilities. Even when acting like a non-Newtonian fluid, the shadows cannot resist a super-punch or something of the sort. When hit with force, it can cause the shadows to split apart and scatter, the slithering remains squirming back to their original location -- and not quickly at that.
  
  Of course, you don't really want to punch yourself or your friend in the face when there's shadows there... or hopefully ever for that matter. Even so, the shadows, while much more difficult to pull at since they are like a liquid, are not infallible.
• 
  Understandably, her abilities with shadows requires her to be able to see through said shadows to work with them properly. She has excellent night-vision, though she does not see colors as vibrantly as most people because of this. On top of this, she can see through her shadows as though they were normal darkness.
  
• 
  The other and equally iconic thing about her is her ability to create illusions that have often been described as akin to Eldritch horrors. This is not as visible as the shadows, so she does not get as much outward notice as far as they're concerned.
  
  She can make others see disturbing illusions. These do nothing physically to harm the victim, but tend to have not so nice effects on the psyche. These illusions are always horrifying in nature. She has had people ask her, why she doesn't make people see calming things? The answer is typically simple. If she attempts to make someone see something "nice" it usually ends up worse than it would have otherwise.
  
  Maybe she's making someone thing their friend's leg is broken. They'd hear the screams that don't actually exist. They would see bone sticking out at a gruesome angle, the leg broken beyond what could be fixed without surgery. That is her typical image she'd impose on others. Something simple but enough to get others to stop, to worry, to be scared of defying the law.
  
  If she attempts to make something nice, however? She has tried in the past, and always to disgusting ends. Say she was going to make someone see a bouquet of flowers. Instead of this being a nice, beautiful gesture... the flowers would sprout from the person's chest. They'd create a massive wound, and here and there a daisy would rip its way through the skin of whomever the victim is seeing. Maybe the illusion would be screaming, but even worse if it wouldn't be. Anything from garbled cries to soft whispers could be on the table. Asking why they wanted this. Why didn't they save them. Why was this happening to them.
  
  That's why she doesn't try making them nice or cute or anything resembling the normal world. This ability would twist it and make it awful and bloody.
  
  Most often she takes one person and makes them see things that are on someone else or the world around them, though she can also make them see things that are on their person. Commonly this is done with visions of bugs, usually maggots that writhe and crawl in their pockets or in the food they were about to eat. Nothing physically harming, but something that could easily be misused and turned into something evil.
  
  
  Spoiler: Limitations

  This ability is limited by something that most mental abilities suffer -- willpower and disbelief. Typically if someone she is trying to make see an illusion has a mental ability themselves, they are more resistant to it. Even those that do not are capable of denying her illusions. While they would still see said illusions unless they blocked her out or sufficiently distracted her, a lot of the oomph is gone when you know that your friend isn't actually walking around with their entrails hanging out.
  
  Like the other ability, this is limited in range to about 50ft.

Weapons & Equipment:

• A long black cloak used to create more shadows. It is sturdy, though soft, and unfortunately doesn't help her villainous looks much.
• She keeps on her person a small dagger and a pocket knife, though she definitely hopes to never actually have to use it, as well as a taser and zip-ties for detaining less physically tough enemies.

Other:

• Nyx is the goddess of the night in Greek mythology.
• She is absolutely tired of people thinking she's a bad-guy, or assuming that she'll do something wrong. She is even used to getting profiled in stores for "looking like she was up to something".

 

[Deathkitten]

Gahhhh T.T What should I use her for?? ^

I really like her and I only have her in one RP

 

[Astralworks]

Wow

 

[Panzer]

Hello!

 

[Astralworks]

Hello!

Ayeee

 

[Panzer]

Hmmmmm

 

[Panzer]

Ayeee

Aaaaiooooooo

 

[Panzer]

I need help coming up with a few concepts...

 

[OnyxReaper]

Concepts for what?

 

[Panzer]

A character of course!

 

[Deathkitten]

A character of course!

What class were you thinking they'd be in?

 

[Panzer]

Well, that's the main question...

What class were you thinking they'd be in?

 

[Panzer]

Well, that's the main question...

I may do an OTHER class, as I had one idea that stuck , but It was about illusions; it didnt really seem to impact the character in any interesting way ;_; I need help...

 

[Deathkitten]

I may do an OTHER class, as I had one idea that stuck , but It was about illusions; it didnt really seem to impact the character in any interesting way ;_; I need help...

Osuka

Welllllllll. I like to start with species. Do you think they should be human or non-human?

 

[Osuka]

Human. They're the most effective within the world considering they understand the nuances of their world concerning other human interactions and are basically able to do just about anything. Adaptability makes them quite capable beings.

 

[Panzer]

Osuka

Welllllllll. I like to start with species. Do you think they should be human or non-human?

Definitely Human.

 

[Deathkitten]

Definitely Human.

Alright. As for what category of magic, that depends on why the have the powers they do.

Usually the thing I do next if I'm stuck on what to make is I find pictures for the species and sex that speak to me. Surprising ideas can come from them.