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"A coward always seeks compromise."
Van Ishmael

Basic Information

Codename
Earthshaker [FORMER] Charon [CURRENT]

Age
24

Gender
Male

Personality & Bio

Personality
You could compare Van to the ocean. Calm and gentle, but also powerful and treacherous; however this comparison is severely outdated and will as such be replaced in its entirety. Van is a grenade with the pin pulled. Currently there's no problem, without the knowledge of what a grenade is it is as unassuming as rock. Until it explodes, and in an instance shrapnel and shock is spread in its immediate vicinity. And then, when the dust settles, it's over.

Now, this might lead you to believe Van has an explosive temperament, which would be misrepresentative. Van's passion is a slow burn, searing and perpetual like ember. His hatred keeps him focused, and his contempt keeps him calm. It is only in those blinks of an eye when he decides to act, when the straw breaks the camel's back, that his bomb of a personality is unraveled. He keeps his intents in secrecy until he knows how to realize them.

Ultimately, he's a man of principles. Above his own life and his own ambitions, he feels an overwhelming need to realize his own self-dictated duties to the world. Duties of vengeance and setting things right. Come hell or high water, he'd stare down hell hounds to achieve his goals. Once that's done might he have time to widen his horizons.

Biography

Short Version

Case File - #x0719-04
Classification level 4 - Validating Credentials
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Access Granted. Welcome Captain.
Document: Project Black Corona - Subject A17
Subject Name: Van Ishmael
Alias: Earthshaker
Status: Active (//BLACKLIST)
Height: 6 Feet 2 Inches
Weight: <180lbs
Affiliation:
Sanctuary Sigillites[CURRENT ORDER: KILL ON SIGHT]
Maegus Curriculum[CURRENT ORDER: KILL ON SIGHT]
//BLACKLIST [STATUS: ACTIVE]

Summary: Subject alias "Earthshaker" is a former Black Corona subject (See document p6117-01-BC Proposal[Class 5]) and has been fully evaluated. Exercise extreme caution, subject is a former level 4 Maegus with a growing affinity for unstable Occult magic, and is to be considered armed and lethally dangerous at any and all times. Subject is to be killed on sight, due to concerns of the distribution of dangerous knowledge and [REDACTED] counts of murder, Maegus murder and terrorism.

Report #xx147: Upon gaining level 4 Maegus credentials, subject was accidentally exposed to level 5 classification material and disappeared from his accommodations on [REDACTED]. Due to the contents of report "p6117-01-BC Proposal", a level 5 classified material he accessed, which detailed [REDACTED] a code orange warning was sent the Sanctuary Sigillites. Two SS scientist casualties and zero others harmed. ERASED and Maegus troops arrived within 20 minutes, by which point subject had disappeared. Subject now branded as a renegade Maegus and is to be killed on sight.

Long Version

In Neos ß there are several "shadow organizations". Protected and orchestrated by the governing powers of Sanctuary, but kept from the public eye. The Sanctuary Sigillites are one such organizations, a group of scientists devoted to enhancing genetic materials for different purposes, but most notably combat. They're behind the Behemoth Guards, seven to eight feet tall men of steel muscles that were for a short time deployed as riot police but quickly discontinued as their strength caused the accidental deaths of several people. This has all been swept under the rug of course, along with all their other less-than-ethical experiments. They're of great strategic importance, as most their advancements could provide Neos ß with several different types of specialized forces in time of conflict, so their value far outweighs their cost. At least to those far removed from their corrupting touch.

Project Black Corona would prove to be their Icarian moment, and Van Ishmael their sun. Initially it was two separate projects, Project Black Well and Project Golden Corona. Black Well was an attempt to infuse humans with occult powers such that they could draw from it and momentarily break past the limitations of the Edictum Arcana. Golden Corona was an attempt to force the development of the "natural" gene within the foetus. A gene which naturally bestowed some rare individuals with a natural affinity for certain kinds of magic.

Both Projects ended up going cold after several years of study, the complications with both seeming insurmountable. Infusing humans with occult powers proved to have a near 90% mortality rate, and if the subjects didn't have a powerful enough will or immediately understood how to make use of it, the occult energies simply dissipated. Similarly, the "natural" gene didn't seem to be able to be unlocked without enough power already in the foetus's genetic material. This is were Cassandra Ishmael comes into the picture.

As it turned out, she'd been pregnant during her time as a test subject. On one of her last screenings to ensure there were no further complications, they noticed that hints of occult powers still remained in all the three foetuses developing in her stomach. Soon thereafter, by the authority of the Maegus Curriculum, she was forcibly contained, killed, and had the children removed from her and transferred to lab vats.

Not only did the occult energies in the triplets boost their power enough to have their "natural" genes activated through the brutal methods the Sigillites had developed, but their health was surprisingly nearly flawless. They were developing right on time, if not a little faster, for the human average. Every physical test done in their youth netted them perfect scores. For the purposes of a different project, they were all separated at birth to see how their individual personalities would differ from that of the common man with no cross-contamination.

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Van Ishmael grew up in a laboratorial and military environment, living in a room with all sorts of gadgets around to measure his growth and development. Tests were carried out on first a weekly basis, then daily basis as his latent natural magics started developing, and finally multiple times a day as he began to be taught how to utilize his gifts. Van's particular project included a very dogmatic and strict conditioning. While his brother and sister was somewhere else, being raised in different ways just to see what would happen, he was forced, forged and born for the purpose of becoming a soldier.

Lead scientist Zachary Quarren bore the responsibility over Van and his ascension to becoming one of their most prestigious results ever. Zach was a bitter old man, jaded from years of failure, of being subject to the impossible bureaucracy of Sanctuary, even from his own personal life. He was old and rusting, but project Black Corona was the final catalyst to reignite his ambitions once more. Though seldom literally, he whipped Van to follow his unbending ideals of loyalty to the state and the furthering of the aristocracy. Eventually the young boy came to process the world like they wanted. He was a titan above all the rest, there to lead those deserving through the grim darkness of their time.

His advancement came fast. Sheer discipline and a fiery passion for destroying all that opposed the ideals that he'd been taught made him learn fast, starting his education and eventual path to becoming a Maegus several years before his peers. Family, peace, ambition, virtue, that's what he was taught. Sounded good in essence, but in reality it was more akin to Undying Loyalty, peacekeeping, wealth and hate for the weak just wrapped up in prettier packages. The sigillites were proud of their results. They had created their own children, each a powerful weapon to put in service for their megacity. For the lead scientists of the operation it was guaranteed to put them in the history books. The hard part was over. Van became a maegus. They'd already succeeded.

Except they hadn't considered how their strict disciplining could backfire.

Van was deeply indoctrinated to believe that family was all, specifically as such so that the Sigillites had his undying loyalty. He was taught to defend his ideals with a steel fist. To be a shining example of morality for all Maegus. Then he found out what they had done to himself and his siblings. The world was turned on its head for him. All those he'd known all his life had done him the ultimate betrayal, then spend his entire life grooming him to be their little servant. Destroyed his family, hidden his siblings from him so that he'd never find them. It was inexcusable.

He went to them in a fit of sharp, red hot rage. A feeling he'd never felt before. Without a second thought in his mind he destroyed the first scientists he came across, then had the situation dawn on him when it was already too late. He knew that the city would turn on him for this. He'd be deemed a failed experiment, probably swept under the rug just like his mother. So he disappeared, but the longing in his heart to see Zachary completely and thoroughly destroyed was steadfast.

Two years he spent, contemplating in silence what he'd come to find out. It changed his perception of the world upside down, the Maegus and ERASED forces were never the knights in shining armor he'd come to believe them to be. They were all corrupted, evil, and most of all, beneath him. He could, and most certainly would, smite those who had wronged him so and find his siblings again.

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Having become a level 4 Maegus in his time with the Curriculum, he had been privy to a lot of information. He knew of Occultism, he knew of Nightmares, and most importantly he knew of the //BLACKLIST. He knew they most likely would be very doubtful of his wish to join them, but it didn't stop him from searching. In Babylon he dropped hints of the information he knew to each individual he hoped would raise the attention of //BLACKLIST. He made several attempts to locate their secret hideouts, locations, bases, anything. Even in the labyrinthine depths below the Megacity, where he came to cross his first nightmare.

It was strange to meet something that reverberated in his soul like that. The nature of his powers weren't new to him, but he'd never had the opportunity to meet anything else of an occult nature. It almost seemed like some innate kinship to him, like how the fish belongs in the water, like how the bird belongs in the sky, his soul yearned to be reunited with the darkness. And it was terrifying. It attacked.

And from its subsequent corpse he salvaged a pair of spiked fists, running rampant with the same power that had doomed him to this complicated life. But these, unlike that inside his vessel, ended up being his salvation. Finally, with hands on weapons of occult nature, did the //BLACKLIST finally contact him. The dealings that ended up in his eventual membership took long however. Van was hard to trust, and he wanted to know if they could help him with the potentially dangerous occult power building in his core since his meeting with the nightmare.

Membership
A week.

Magic & Equipment

Magic Spells
Cognizance Ambit - Van was born with a magical field surrounding him, that gives him subconscious understanding of everything that's going on in a 2 meter radius around his body and immediately informing his nervous system, giving him a ridiculously fast reflex time to everything happening close to him. Since having those thoughts run rampant through your head at every given moment would cripple you severely, everything became processed subconsciously as a natural adaptation in his mind.

The Immortality Discipline - A base group of skills utilizing the innate Cognizance Ambit, most of which were abilities he innately understood before expanding upon them. Designed to make the destruction of the Sigillites' lovechild project extremely difficult.

• Reactive Warp - [?Occult?][Transmutation][Defense] - Whenever something within Van's Cognizance Ambit triggers warnings within his head, such as a rock or a bullet or a weapon approaching his body at a dangerous speed, his body turns into a black, smoke-like gaseous form at the point of impact, harmlessly being passed through by the force and then returning to their original position and shifting back into solid shape. Van was born with this ability and had to practice so that it did not overreact to outside stimuli, and to be able to consciously control it if need be. This can not work in severe winds. Similarly, this magic effect, if forced outside of Van's RF range, can be forcibly undone. There's a limit to how large a portion of his body can be shifted at a moment
• Kinetic Hardening - [Kinetic][Manipulation][Defense] - By forcing each cell in his body to remain in place with negating kinetic forces, Van can make his make his body immensely durable and tough. Movement takes a lot of concentration when this ability is active, and as such slows him immensely. Concentration on this can not remain forever or negate extremely powerful attacks. Impossible to engage this ability on any body part currently going through Reactive Warp.
• Biomancy - [Kinetic/Biological/Occult][Manipulation][Healing] - By the extreme depth of understanding that the Cognizance Ambit allows Van to momentarily attain, he can kinetically force his tissues or even nearby functional replacements to push themselves back into place and with a small shock of electricity revive the cells. This ability began innately, allowing Van to recover from small wounds that would first heal up after a few weeks to be healed in less than a day. At this point it's been practiced to the point where he can recover mid-combat. In a safe environment this ability can also be used on someone else, albeit less effective.

The Scholastica Discipline - Many front line Maegus learn many abilities to protect themselves in combat, and then specialize in their own focused fields to bring about destruction in surprising ways. Van is no different.

• Advanced Maegus Training - [Mixed][Enhancement][Defense/Perception] - A long list of disciplines to ensure that no simple armed civilian could bring you down with a lucky shot. Van's perception, reflexes, physical strength and speed is many levels above what is humanly achievable without implants. Most of these abilities are subconsciously processed and boosted by his Cognizance Ambit, but they can be individually empowered by conscious effort.
• Earthshaker Shift - [Kinetic/Biological/Explosive/Occult][Enhancement][Melee] - The terrifying offensive ability that earned Van his nickname. Most fights he's been involved with has ended in but the blink of an eye thanks to this. By mixing his kinetic hardening with very basic telekinetic spell, a more complicated spell often used by well-educated Miner-Detonators, a series of muscular boosts developed by athletes and a major boost by his occult powers to momentarily crash through the Edictum Arcana's threshold; and a moment is all that is necessary. With enough force to crack or completely uproot the ground Van stands upon, he propels himself with enough speed to appear to disappear and smash into his target like a fourteen inch shell. Using his kinetic hardening to the fullest, he delivers a strike that won't shatter his own bones to his target. If someone by some chance can negate or dodge this ability, Van has to retreat to his other abilities as using Earthshaker Shift over and over will drain him extremely.
• Telekinesis - [Kinetic][Manipulation][Ranged] - Van has displayed quite impressive skills with telekinesis in all its forms, from crushing to tossing to moving to lifting. The less he's concentrating on other abilities, movements or interactions, the stronger he can make his telekinesis.
• PRF Inhibition - [Inhibition][Nullifying][Self] - Perhaps the most impressive ability Van has achieved through rigorous mental discipline, genetic advantages and occult empowerment has been his RF inhibition range. It is incredibly resilient and has yet to be broken down by anyone, even when extended to a half meter outside of his physical form.
• Mind Blank - [Inhibition/Occult][Nullifying][Ranged] - As the former leader of a small task squad of physically capable melee warriors, Van created a very specialized ability. Aided by his innate powers and natural magic, he boosts the size of his Cognizance Ambit to 10 meters and turns it into a sphere of complete antimagic for a very short moment. This, of course, completely negates each and every one of his own magic powers as well as magical objects around and relies on him to overcome his opponent as a normal human fighter. It's a risky move, as it leaves him completely open to gunfire and it isn't so easy as to just activate at the drop of a hat. Thankfully, it is very quick to deactivate. It has no effect on Nightmares, but even Occult magics are suppressed to a major degree.

Occult Damnation Discipline - Van is one of very few cases of sanctioned use of the occult powers, and has as such been able to experiment quite a lot with the extent of its abilities. However, recently the use of anything occult has left him with a strange feeling in his body.

• Nether Gate - [Occult][Transmutation][Self] - By either marking a location with occult powers or linking two locations with negative emotion, thought or magics being used, Van can momentarily weave space to allow these points to cross. The gate won't be open for more than a second, but through it Van can travel long distances fast. This takes some time to set up, but becomes faster the more occult or negative energy is available in both locations.
• Eclectic Corruption - [Kinetic][Enhancement][Mobility] - The least practiced ability in Van's repertoire. Eclectic Corruption allows him to throw a battlefield into complete disarray as everything outside of RF protected individuals shifts and contorts into impossible shapes, creating a labyrinth out of the nearby area that is nearly completely dark. Thanks to his innate magic and occult connection this area is simple to navigate for Van, but to anyone else it is confusing. Because of how dangerous much more dangerous it is to civilians and innocents than to Maegus and Nightmares though, he's rarely ever used it. It lasts only for about a minute before reality returns to normal.
• Metastasize - [Occult/???][???][Ranged] - Absolute last ditch effort. Metastasize is cast upon a single target as a beam of despicable, corrupting and chaotic energy. If it hits, a link is made between Van and them, forcibly pushing occult energies into their very being. Though potentially lethal to civilians most Maegus can withstand the psychic barrage, however their thoughts grow and spread like cancer to momentarily break the limitations put on by the Edictum Arcana. This creates a storm of thoughts inside anyone's mind and makes spell casting impossible, however it does similar things for Van. He is unable to process his powers for a few minutes after the spell has been cast, and has his natural defenses removed alongside the ability to use anything more advanced than simple telekinesis. In addition, his occult abilities are suppressed for at least a day afterwards.
• Abyssal Arcane - [Occult/Deconstruction][Conjuration][Ranged] - The new ability that gave Van the code name Charon by the sheer evil that his magic radiated. Quite long ago he realized the destructive potential of occult-powered deconstruction, but it took until just before his desertion for him to be able to use enough of it to get the effect. The energies manifest as deep onyx-black, green tinted plasma or perhaps liquid. This power is utilized in a number of ways.
• Talons of Tartarus - [Occult/Deconstruction][Enhancement][Melee] - Before the spiked fists he used to coat his knuckles in the Abyssal Arcane energies. It caused his punches to slightly dig through and scatter whatever material he punched, be it tough steel or soft flesh.
• Gehenna Fire - [Occult/Deconstruction/Kinetic][Conjuration][Ranged] - With his occult energies rising in recent times he's found himself capable of Abyssal Arcane more freely. One effective use he's found is to create Abyssal Arcane energies and slinging them with his telekinesis. This allows him to fire deconstructive power like a pistol or a cannon, depending on how much energy he puts into it. This power can be blocked by telekinesis, but is also quite potent at putting stress on even magical shielding.
• Void Lance - [Occult/Deconstruction][Conjuration][Ranged] - The ultimate destructive ability in Van's arsenal, this black eerie beam gives you the feeling that you're looking beyond reality if gazed directly at. By continually creating and spinning the Abyssal Arcane energies into a violent torrent, he can manifest a powerful beam that drills through nearly anything but complex magical protections. The beam moves relatively slow, and can not be redirected once fired so a miss leaves Van wide open. This is not an easily employed ability and requires Van to remain stationary throughout the casting, putting an enormous drain on his concentration. His defensive capabilities are thoroughly suppressed throughout.

Equipment/Mods
Spiked Knuckles - Van's occult gloves are with him at all times. The knuckle spikes are long, crude objects, and the glove itself sports no textiles over his ring finger or pinky, only covering his index finger, long finger and thumb. They also have a metal plate over the backs of each hand, providing additional protection.

Black Outfit - Due to his mainly nightly excursions, Van has taken to wearing light black clothing and jackets that flutter in the wind and are easily mistaken for shadows in the dark.

9mm "Enforcer" Semi-Automatic Pistol - A relic from his Maegus days. A high capacity, low-powered handgun. Why exert energy, physical or mental, taking care of an opponent that you could just shoot? More usually used than any of his flashier abilities.

Magic Style
Van takes a lot of time to consider his situation before even practicing magic. If there's an easier method than combat he'll generally take that path, but if things don't go his way he's unafraid of outright killing to get his way. Against insignificant opponents he'll simply use his pistol if he's in a hurry, or if they're armored he'll overpower them with his martial prowess and spiked knuckles. Against potential threats he'll attempt to quickly and easily bring them down with his earthshaker shift, and only if they're powerful enough to avoid being bested by it will he employ his vast array of other combat abilities. He sparingly uses his occult abilities at all, but they might be the best choice against an overwhelmingly large force.

He is thoroughly trained martially and often attempts to get close and personal with other Maegus, using his prior knowledge to discern whether they're capable melee combatants or not. Heavily armed forces he'd rather keep his distance from, opting to use his Gehenna Fire towards them while moving quickly between cover to throw them off.

Relations

Relationships

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Impressions
TBRP

 

[Meredith]

AKA Blank
25, Male

Color Code: Gold

Personality: Alec is best described of the big brother of anyone and everyone who will let him be.

He’s the kind of person who cares deeply for people. A man who will listen to your life story if you deign to tell him, without interruption, and interject with approval or sadness where appropriate. With this attitude of caring about others he’s come to a dismal view of the world.

Nobody who talked to him seemed to have a good life. Obviously, people don’t talk about good news nearly as much, and so no news is good news. Was there a such thing as a good life in a world like this one? Alec isn’t sure. This has made him almost apathetic to the world at large. While he isn’t the kind of person who runs from a fight, neither is he self-assured, instead trapped in a cycle of ideals and self-doubt.


Personal Biography:

Alec was expected to be a professional athlete from early on in his life. He wasn’t exceptionally smart as a child, but he had ambition unparalleled among his peers, and an athletic ability to match. He grew up in a low-income household alongside his younger sister, Leah.

He had little patience for the manipulation of others, especially in regards to his career. In secondary school he excelled in track and field and quickly qualified to represent his school in national competitions. These races, too, did not seem challenging to him. There were whispers of him using magic to augment his abilities. To Alec’s knowledge, these were false.

Finally, an opportunity for him to pay for college arrived, in the form of a marathon. The top five runners would be given a full-side scholarship for a prestigious academy. The race took a lot out of him – it was a farther distance than he had ever ran – but he managed to place third, at least theoretically. As the first runner crossed the finish line, a toxic bomb went off, killing the man and the crowd of civilians surrounding the end of the race.

Leah was one of those people.

The man tried not to think about that much. He abandoned the idea of the scholarship, but as the fastest surviving runner in the race, he became a sort of local celebrity. Sports events became his escape, and training even more so; the man would dissapear for weeks at a time into the woods to hike and run. Personal sponserships materialized for him; he was able to pay off his parent’s house and car, and he lived as good a life as he had ever dreamed. He became a celebrity representative of an anti-terror activist group.
These training expeditions would prove to be his downfall.

The night was dark and dreary. Snow was just starting to fall – some may have called it beautiful, if not for the roiling clouds overhead. The lights of the highway sparkled in the distance. Checking over his shoulder – the man was a creature of paranoid habit, after all – he spotted a monstrous figure.
It had noticed him before he had noticed it, as luck would have it.

Adrenaline kicked in, and the man had no other instinct than to sprint away, toward civilization and people and all the things that are meant to protect us. It chased him to the road – was almost caught up to him – and in a moment of pure desperation, he threw himself onto the highway.

He felt a searing, full-body pain, and woke up in the hospital. He had lost his legs from the knee down.

This was the beginning of the end of Alec’s career. He couldn’t run in races with normal people when enhanced, and quickly fell out of the public eye, his funding and sponsors abandoning him in a blink of an eye. He took to sharing his story with others – on the bus, the train, in local cafes – and ask them what their life had been like. He seemed to be on a desperate search for meaning.

One such person offered him an opportunity. The blacklist, he said, was everything Alec had been searching for and more – a way to make a difference in the war on terrorism. The man had immediately accepted this offer.
The rest is history.

Magic Style: Steel
The removal of both his legs below the thigh and their replacement has made Alec’s magic much weaker than many other members of the Blacklist. However, his style of magic use is mainly defensive, and used to augment his natural ability.

- Reinforcement: By focusing magic through certain points in his body, Alec has learned how to avoid severe damage (such as broken fingers by punching somebody).
- Stimulant: Alec can coerce his body to accept his legs moving supernaturally fast. His eyes dilate, and he is able to handle moving incredibly quickly; in this way he can run much faster than should be humanely possible. Although this makes him lightheaded, it is sustainable for long periods of time.


Membership: 6 months

Equipment/Mods: Alec has had both of his legs removed in favour of metal apparatuses. As such, he can run faster than the average person, and his idea of combat is mostly hand-to-hand. He carries a pair of small knives in case of emergency as well as a handgun.

Relationships: TBD
Character Impressions: TBD

 

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    Name/Codename: Dgiena Codebreak / Tinker Bell
    Alias: Mod Queen
    
    Color Code: For Dialogue. If you wish.
    
    Age and Gender: 22, Female
    
    Wealth Status: Moderately Wealthy
    
    Membership: 1 Year
    
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    Personality:
    Dgiena is a free spirit, never allowing herself to be pinned down and rebelling in small ways that won't get her in trouble, plus never seeming too serious on the job unless she's trying to concentrate or otherwise trying to gather important information for her current objectives. She is both someone who focuses on a particular objective and someone capable of juggling other matters on the side, but ultimately picks whatever her primary objective is over anything else. Her current research into the occult and the design of dolls for possession is her current goals, as she wants to free her dad from his coma.
    
    She usually tries to always keep a smile on her face, and is rather playful with people, teasing them and playing small pranks on them. In fact, she rather seems to enjoy the thought of doing exciting things, living adventurously and experimentally. Nonetheless, her carefree nature seems to all but vanish if she feels she in in an insecure of exposed location though. At such times she is no longer playful, and on contrary will glare at anyone who dares utter a joke or even any uncessary sound, and instead just keeps looking around and keeping her distance from people.
    
    Dgiena has a certain policy about being honest, only lying if she believes the truth will be revealed quick enough for that not to matter or if dealing with something like telling a child about Santa. Other than this, not only will she be honest, she holds those who behave dishonestly with her or break their word in very low regard, if not outright despises them. Furthermore, although one wouldn't be entirely correct if they said she is brutally honest, she certainly doesn't hold back if she believes someone's habits are healthy, or if their body or equipment could use some improvement (improvement she could provide).
    
    Due to the brain damage she received, Dgiena was left with a borderline non-existent memory in terms of taste. She is able to taste food, but is likely to entirely forget how anything tastes like within the span of an hour. Because of this, she takes notes when she tastes something, so as to remember what she likes or doesn't like to eat.
    
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    Personal Biography: The Dyson-Silion-converter or DSC for short, was a revolutionary technique that turned the world of energy production outside down. It was a relatively simple yet easily adaptable spell that stored energy in crystalized form. Being 100% composed of almost-pure energy, these crystals could easily become batteries capable of containing and generating far more energy than virtually every battery on the market. The inventor, Harvey Sillion, quickly became rich after the production exploded into a myriad of forms, from the standard factory production and storage of energy crystals, to explosion-based crystalization (using explosives to quickly generate a large amount of energy to store) and even more recreational uses, such as video displays or martial arts or other combat skills, to rate via the energy stored from their strikes how effective their techniques were. The intelectual rights to the process were eventually bought by the Lievall family, who until the recent, more liberal policies from Velliana Lievall had restricted the permitted use of this method.
    
    When Dgiena herself discovered her talent with the use of this particular spell, as any young girl still having to beg her parents to let lend her money for shopping, she immediately considered how she might be able to use this to overcome that little obstacle. Specifically, her particular talent was in high demand, and intelligent as she was she knew if she kept a low profile she might just get away from getting a little pocket change here or there. She began using her own energy to store, and building small contraptions to obtain even more. What she could actuall harvest this way was small and at a cost, but thanks to her talent in using this kind of magic, she was incredibly efficient for what she had to work with, and secured a few regular passerbies as clients. Unfortunately, this also meant she was particularly tired most of the time, and started doing poorly in school and often falling asleep in class. Her weak demeanor and lack of willingness to fight back made her an easy target for pranks, and she was frequently used as guinea pig by her classmates when they were testing new spells, and often would find her vocal cords meowing in class or suffering less...safe for work alterations at the hands of the boys. Was it not for the teacher's oversight, something might have gone terribly wrong.
    
    Dgiena continued to dig deeper and deeper into the trade of energy, but found herself caught in a bad trade with a drug addict who was attempting to take her product "at a discount" due to being increasingly unable to pay his usual bills. There was a struggle over the crystals, and Dgiena ended up shot. Fortunately for her, a passerby recognized her and she was taken to a hospital and given top tiper care under the authority of her father's name. The first implant she ever received was in this treatment, where to save her life the damaged part of her brain and skull were replaced with Horn-Captor E.E. Implant. It was here that learned there was a grey area in the law regarding these proceedures, allowing one great freedom in modifications to the body, if done for the purposes of saving one's life.
    
    Her father, a member of the Zheitgheist (for electromagnetic neurology, the method in which flesh is fastened to metal and given willed movement) , grew increasingly concerned with his daughter's prospects, attempted to encourage her to focus on her other affinity in regards to magic: Years of having her transformed had left her PRF rather complacent when it came to changing her body, and so modification spells came easy for her if she just practiced a bit on herself. Furthermore, her life definitely left a mark in Dgiegna regarding medical care and the several kinds of enhancements that existed in their society. Her father even bought her equipment to experiment and practice, in an attempt to distract her from the crime she was commiting before. Indeed, with her learning enhancement from the implant and her newfound dedication to her studies, she could focus much better on absorbing the words from her teachers, coming to quickly catch up to what she'd lost before and even surpassing her classmates in how advanced she was becoming in various fields. She ended up taking to biology (medicine in particular) and magical crafting especially, the later of which her father was more than eager to teach her right from home. In the back of her head, however, was always present the allure of the life she left behind since the accident. The thrill of her old life lingered as a void in her chest, but every time she looked upon a mirror, she was reminded of the dangers.
    
    What Dgiena didn't know, however, was that her life had taken a rather large chunk of her father's finances away. He was already viewed as an extravagant spender before, who'd make no shortage of monetary contributions to the academias, but he'd manage to get by even with that thanks to the great salaries provided by being a member of the Zheitgheist. So as not to appear any different to his daughter, her father acquired a small debt with a certain shady group called "The Reception", which unexpectadly grew immensely thanks to loopholes in the contract that he wasn't in the state of mind to examine before it was signed. These increases themselves were less the issue, and moreso that the greater the debt grew the more significant the interest became, leading to the continuous growth of the debt that even Dgiena's father simply couldn't keep up with. The girl only found out the truth when members of "The Reception" came to their home requesting the monthly payment on a day she happened to have off, yet had waken up early. Her discovery forced her father to explain, and for the rest of the week she was barely able to think, constantly messing up her spells and projects and zoning out in class, crushed by the guilt. It only made her all the more eager to take the chance to at least try fixing what she'd done when the receptionists came again, having reported to their boss of Dgiena, and now bringing her an offer to decrease her father's debt by producing energy for the group. Naturally, the offered salary that would be discounted from the debt was an absolute rip-off that by itself could never wipe out the debt. Even so, Dgiena wanted to assist in whatever way she could, or she wouldn't be able to live with herself. Reluctant, her father agreed to allow her to do it, as long as she could continue to study properly.
    
    One day, during her delivery of crystalized energy to "The Reception", she found the members in the meeting point lying on the ground, clothes torned, chests maimed and surrounded by a pool of their own blood, barely breathing. Although she knew she maybe shouldn't, she stepped in an used everything she could, from alteration magic and her medical knowledge to some spare magitech parts from her school exercises, and managed to save them. This didn't fail to get the attention of the group's boss, who made an offer to Dgiena better than any she ever imagined she might receive: A chance to not only alliviate, but indeed erase her father's debt herself. Her role? None other than being an on-demand doctor, engineer and general enhancer- all talents she demonstrated to possess when she saved the lives of those members. With a much more generous "salary", this opportunity gave her a motive (a chance to deal with their debt problems once and for all) to the motivation that had been building up inside her, a wish for excitement but also to use her talents and knowledge, the crafting of magical tech and transformations. She was like a moth to the flame, like an artist getting drawn to the brush and the empty canvas full of possiblities. Naturally, she accepted the boss's offer.
    
    She continued to work with them, not ceasing to go to school, and keeping up mostly thanks to the learning enhancement. Even when she was freed though, she realized she had no wish to let go of this life. She didn't want to be at the service of "The Reception", but in high of her victory she talked to her father about continuing to pursue her a freelance career in this form of business. Though her father worried, he felt he was in position to refuse, even if he knew his daughter was about to officially brand herself a criminal. He warned her to be careful, but did everything in his power to aid her behind the scenes, using his influence to attempt to push smaller crimes she was caught doing under the rug, to silence those who'd spread rumors, and to downplay the suspicion whenever she dabbled in the grey areas of the law (such as beating up certain clients in order to be able to justify the "medical necessity" of implants or alterations).
    
    It was during this time that, having discovered a means of creating an especially potent way of weaving magitech, one which would minimize the feedback, she created a machine that would perform one of her modifications on her. The enchantmentment of the machine would temporarily deprive her of her skill, in order to perform her most ambitious project yet: severing her own arms and replacing them with magitech enhancements. Although it was successful, and she had two fully functional magitech arms as a result, she miscalculated the necessary pain regulation needed, and once the process had begun, she had no way to stop it. The process was traumatizing to the point where she refused to ever do anything to to herself again if it involved replacing her body with magitech, leading her to scrap other enhancements she had in mind. Instead, she built armor-like boots of the same material, and left it at that. Even so, among discordants and other members of the underground, the name "Mod Queen" quickly rose in prominence, known as a top supplier of modifications magimechanical or purely magical. A man who yesterday couldn't win a fight would be able to stand on his own against four the next day if she operated on him. To the daylight society, Dgiena was a simple assistant to a common surgeon.
    
    She couldn't have predicted what came next, however. "The Reception" group suddenly began asking her to come back to them. At first, these were simply requests, but they quickly spiraled into demands and threats. Doing a little digging, Dgiena discovered there was a rival group they were on the verge of having a large bout with, and they wanted her exclusive assistance. As she continued to refuse, they began using her father's old debt as leverage. Her confusion, and her naivety, were both quickly revealed to her: Her work before had all been without payment. Secretely, although it wasn't collected in full or at all, the debt had continued to increase. They could strip them of everything, drive her father's name through the mud, whatever they wanted with it. Their threats only escalated with each contact, and Dgiena realized she would have to go and tell them no herself. This was her biggest mistake, as after refusing in person, the group decided to resort to force. She only managed to escape because some members- those she had saved that day- couldn't bear their benefactor receiving this kind of treatment and helped her get away. They warned her though, that she should hurry to her place.
    
    But it was too late. By the time Dgienna arrived, her house was in shambles, and her father out cold. Even to this day he has yet to awaken from his coma. Dgiena managed to get away, but her father's "sudden disappearance" meant she could no longer get away with what she once did. "The only way for three men to keep a secret is if two of them are dead" goes the saying, but there was only one victim to speak of. Though many remained loyal to his memory, it was a matter of time before for fame or sensationalist or even influence some began to decry her actions and those of the former Zheitgheist. Although dirty, the trick "the reception" had played on her wasn't strictly speaking "llegal". Surrounded on all sides by those who would hunt her down if given the chance, Dgiena, joined the blacklist for protection, for a place to live and conduct her research, and to actually serve a force that does some good to the world for a change.
    
    Currently, she is researching a way to help her father. As she isn't able to wake him from his coma (the brain damage was too great for effective healing to suffice), she hopes to somehow transfer his "spirit" from his body onto a doll, but she hasn't yet crafted the right doll to place his body in, or found how to transfer someone who is unwilling into one of her dolls.
    
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    Magic Style: Modifications are Dgiena's specialty. While she does have access to other types of magic, such as information gathering magic, her utmost proficiency the adjustments she can make to otherwise ordinary equipment or bodies, in which some would claim she is a borderline unrivaled genius.
    
    Spells:
    *Code Break [Information][Link] - A signature spell from her family, allows one to form a magic circle from which spectral chains emerge and bind themselves to a target. If the target is an animal (human included) the chains go in the direction of the greatest concentration of information, usually the brain. The user then asks a question, and information to answer that question is retrieved by the spell. The question must be specific and rely on existing information, preferably which has some kind of physical record. For instance, asking about someone's stance on killing or about their "alignment" will not yield any results, as there no concrete existing information on that, the concept is too metaphysical for the spell. The spell itself does not present any kind of harmful effect and tends to easily bypass most powerful forms of security and defense. Many specialized variations of this spell exist, which are restricted in application but can skip the questioning process, havign a set of prepared questions within the spell itself for the required purposes.
    
    *Dyson-Sillion-Crystalizer [Transformation][Energy] - This is a spell that directly converts energy to solid matter, ignoring the very principles of entropy for a maximum efficiency battery. While many experts are able to use this as a powerful shield on the fly, absorbing all kinds of impacts by crystalizing the very energy thus released, Dgiena is not such an expert with it. However, she can crystalize the eletricity generated by her arms, forming what is essential spears or arrows of electricity. She also often employs them to power new inventions.
    
    *Morph [Transformation] - The magical modification of the body via physical transformation. The amount of magic/time increases in proportion to the differences between the original form and the new form, as well as the bending necessary to sustain it functunally (increasing someone's size might be in defiance of the square cube law for instance, thus requiring extra effort to "ignore" that law). The potential applications include shapeshifting (changing one's form as a whole into an immitation of the real or ideal), enhancement (increasing a present characeristic of a target), manifesting (the creation and unification of forms onto a body with minimal alteration of that body itself), repression (inverting one of the previous and inhibiting the characteristic from re-manifesting) and regeneration (recovery via reforming one's shape). The target for modification generally has to be willing, especially if the spell is not only affect the target but success at a proper transformation. Should this condition not be met, it will take serious time and effort to properly get past one's PRF, unless the will of the "victim" is too strong to be surpassed by the caster to begin with. Furthermore, a successful transformation applied to non-superficial aspects will require adequate knowledge of at least a general case of the targeted species. In Dgiena's case, this meant a lot of dissections.
    
    *Craft [Enhancement] [Enhchantment] [passive] - a spell type that enhances one's ability towards crafting items and constructs. Combined with Imbue, the spell permits the creation of items that are magical from their very core, necessary for any high grade magitech. Dgienna has doubly specialized in this. She is an expert at a technique to create cursed items, named as such due to often being used to inflict "curses" on people by tricking the PRF into going around them, thus making anyone wearing them or that consumes them easily susceptible to the spell contained the item. She is also proficient with developing magitech robotics, such as her legs and arms, and in particular managed to achieve a fonumental mana flow in her magitech, minimizing the feedback without fully sacrificing functionality. She's recently taken to use her craft to create dolls and golems out of magitech.
    
    *Imbue [Enhantment] - A spell that allows a different spell to be woven into an item. Both craft and this skill seem easier to use than they truly are, as they are simply the entry ticket to crafting advanced magitech and magic-imbued items. The rest depends on the skill, knowledge and power of the user.
    
    *Metal Sculptor [Transformation] [Elemental] - Obtained from being able to use both the craft and morph spells, this spell contains morph and craft, allowing one to use magic to make one's crafted items easier and more precise to shape as one desires. Grants a certain control over metal, but any change greater than a thumb will be very slow to execute.
    
    *Poltergheist Possession [Occult] - A spell that allows the transmission of a consciousness into a seperate body. Specifically, a body that is a non-living object. While bodies like magitech conduct magic worse, this simply means that the consciousness may lag if remote controlled, or be weaker if actually possessing. On the other hand, the movements on non-magical possessed gear are truly minimal. If one's original body in adequate state, it is possible to return upon certain damage being dealt to the possessed body, albeit it will still require magic to be able to achieve as much. Currently only possible with her own consciousness or that of someone willing.
    
    *Transmute Army [Occult] [Animation] - Creates a troupe of up to 25 small dolls made from whatever material is nearby. They are extremely weak creatures, and probably would have a hard time hurting anyone wearing so much as leather, however, they have an uncanny persistance to them. Like zombies, tearing them apart is more a temporary measure to slow them down, and they won't be put down for good simply removing parts of their body individually.
    
    *Transmute Salvage [ ]- A spell which extracts salvageable material by filtering it based on the user's personal criteria. It can also do the opposite, extracting material that cannot be used anymore out. The spell may then attempt to reconstruct, for instance an armor that was heavily damaged might have the still usable parts extracted and remade into a smaller armor. Combining this with other spells might allow different uses for the extracted material, such as using morph to incorporate it.
    
    *Rig [ Destruction ] [ Trigger ] - A spell which charges a small item with magic and to quickly liberate it. Though the spell is surprisingly simple, the destructive potential is high for what it requires, so it is very heavily censored.
    
    *Arcane Chains [Arcane] [Summon]: Summons magical chains from the walls, ceiling or pre-prepared magical circle on the floor. The chains can be manipulated to an extent, but their main purpose is always binding the target.
    
    Equipment/Mods:
    
    *Horn-captor E.E. (Encephalon Enhanceer) Implant - An implant connected to a person's brain that goes all the way from within the skull and outward, ending in two horns, one pointing upwards and the other pointing downwards. Dgiena received this implant in an attempt to save her life and repair the brain damage. The technology massively enhances one's cognitive abilities and learning capacity, and the horns provide a direct connection between transmissions and the brain, allowing one to connect to the new internet, radio, and in Dgiena's case much more easily use her mind to control or possess the dolls she creates. However, in addition to the 8.32% loss of magical potency created by the implant, it also makes the user more vulnerable to harmful transmissions, and their sense of hearing might be disrupted by an abundance of radiation-based background noise. Furthermore, having such a large exterior part directly connected to one's brain is a rather obvious weak spot in one's body. Even if they are tough, and designed to remain stable and not pushed, someone with enough physical strength could rip them from the brain or even push them inward into the brain, both of which would most likely be fatal.
    
    *Build-Her Arms - Dgiena's arms were replaced by she herself, with enhancements specifically designed to allow for the most magical conductivity possible while still enhancing the owner's capabilities. Each of her arms represents only a 2.5% percent loss of relativity, magnitudes lower than most effective available options on the market. While still having the advantage of being metallic, her arms aren't particularly meant for combat and will wear down and malfunction if abused for use in that direction. Rather, the arms are meant for speed and precision, the perfect partners for someone who dedicates their life to micromanaging spell composites for body alterations and magitech crafting. If need be her arms can even work automatically, though she generally prefers to oversee the output and add her own spin to things.
    These arms have one last function, allowing them to generate electrical fields, that can shock or temporarily puts objects in a magnetic statis were they float slightly above or around an established center of attractions. Either of these can be captured with her DSC spell, in order to store more energy or even to weaponize the generated energy.
    
    *Cyber-propolsion Leggins: Built by Dgiena herself, these aren't truly integrated with her body, as in, they are replacing any limbs. They are more like magitech armor boots than an implant, but possess a connection to her body nonetheless. Between her specialized build for magic flow and the fact the boots are an exterior piece of equipment rather than a replacement to her body they only reduce her relativity by 1.5% each. They do just about what you'd expect from leg enhancements, increasing the force of her jumps and her speed of movement. They are able to absorb shock as they fall and are surprisingly resilient, thus putting less of a strain on her actual legs and feet. Very useful to not hurt herself when she inevitably steps on spare parts she accidentally left on the ground.
    
    Actual Skills:
    
    *Vast knowledge (Medical, Mechanical, Arcane, Law) - Thanks to her learning enhancement and her own passion to expand her capabilities, not to mention a bit of natural talent, she's become a rather proficient surgeon and that's in no little part thanks to the vast knowledge she obtained. Thanks to her education and her own inventiveness, she's become rather knowledgeable on the intricasies of magitech, which incidentally required her to learn both aspects about magic itself and mechanical engineering. With time and the right materials she can easily assemble some contraptions or enhancements as needed. She also studied medicine, specifcally what she would need to perform surgery. While she has extensive knowledge of it, this was only truly possible because she negleted a lot of aspects about medicine, opting to focus entirely on understanding the parts of it that interested her and scrapping by with the rest. She could do an organ transplant with her eyes closed, but she's about as clueless about most diseases as an average person. The law, on the other hand, was something she learned out of fear. When one operates under illegal activities, staying in the grey zone as much as possible was the best. For instance, using the law loophole about implants for medical purposes by offering her modifications at a discount to potential clients in return for beating them half to death first, thus justifying their "need" for implants. She is currently trying to learn programing, so that she can attempt to input AIs into her creations.
    
    *Surgery- Nobody that doesn't have the skilled necessary to operate on a human body should be doing the kind of alterations, magical or mechanical or even both, that she does to them.
    
    *Crafting- Her true talent, and the one she spent her whole life in improving. She's an expert with it comes to crafting or modifying existing things. Usually refers to contraptions or items of various types, and if she really needs to craft something she doesn't know how to yet, you can bet she will learn it quickly and get right back on track. However, her career, short lived though it might have been, was one of modifying people. Recently, she's taken to creating human-like magitech constructs.
    
    *Mechanics- Working with magitech and her studies for it has given her a good deal of skill at handling magitech, and plenty of regular machines.
    
    *Scultping- She's become mildly skilled at molding due to her magical crafting and reshaping of bodies and items alike. While she's become proficient at it though, she wouldn't be able to do it without her magic or a tool that would allow a similar effect.
    
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  Name/Codename: Dgiena Codebreak / Tinker Bell
  Alias: Mod Queen
  
  Color Code: For Dialogue. If you wish.
  
  Age and Gender: 22, Female
  
  Wealth Status: Moderately Wealthy
  
  Membership: 1 Year
  
  Personality:
  Dgiena is a free spirit, never allowing herself to be pinned down and rebelling in small ways that won't get her in trouble, plus never seeming too serious on the job unless she's trying to concentrate or otherwise trying to gather important information for her current objectives. She is both someone who focuses on a particular objective and someone capable of juggling other matters on the side, but ultimately picks whatever her primary objective is over anything else. Her current research into the occult and the design of dolls for possession is her current goals, as she wants to free her dad from his coma.
  
  She usually tries to always keep a smile on her face, and is rather playful with people, teasing them and playing small pranks on them. In fact, she rather seems to enjoy the thought of doing exciting things, living adventurously and experimentally. Nonetheless, her carefree nature seems to all but vanish if she feels she in in an insecure of exposed location though. At such times she is no longer playful, and on contrary will glare at anyone who dares utter a joke or even any uncessary sound, and instead just keeps looking around and keeping her distance from people.
  
  Dgiena has a certain policy about being honest, only lying if she believes the truth will be revealed quick enough for that not to matter or if dealing with something like telling a child about Santa. Other than this, not only will she be honest, she holds those who behave dishonestly with her or break their word in very low regard, if not outright despises them. Furthermore, although one wouldn't be entirely correct if they said she is brutally honest, she certainly doesn't hold back if she believes someone's habits are healthy, or if their body or equipment could use some improvement (improvement she could provide).
  
  Due to the brain damage she received, Dgiena was left with a borderline non-existent memory in terms of taste. She is able to taste food, but is likely to entirely forget how anything tastes like within the span of an hour. Because of this, she takes notes when she tastes something, so as to remember what she likes or doesn't like to eat.
  
  Personal Biography: The Dyson-Silion-converter or DSC for short, was a revolutionary technique that turned the world of energy production outside down. It was a relatively simple yet easily adaptable spell that stored energy in crystalized form. Being 100% composed of almost-pure energy, these crystals could easily become batteries capable of containing and generating far more energy than virtually every battery on the market. The inventor, Harvey Sillion, quickly became rich after the production exploded into a myriad of forms, from the standard factory production and storage of energy crystals, to explosion-based crystalization (using explosives to quickly generate a large amount of energy to store) and even more recreational uses, such as video displays or martial arts or other combat skills, to rate via the energy stored from their strikes how effective their techniques were. The intelectual rights to the process were eventually bought by the Lievall family, who until the recent, more liberal policies from Velliana Lievall had restricted the permitted use of this method.
  
  When Dgiena herself discovered her talent with the use of this particular spell, as any young girl still having to beg her parents to let lend her money for shopping, she immediately considered how she might be able to use this to overcome that little obstacle. Specifically, her particular talent was in high demand, and intelligent as she was she knew if she kept a low profile she might just get away from getting a little pocket change here or there. She began using her own energy to store, and building small contraptions to obtain even more. What she could actuall harvest this way was small and at a cost, but thanks to her talent in using this kind of magic, she was incredibly efficient for what she had to work with, and secured a few regular passerbies as clients. Unfortunately, this also meant she was particularly tired most of the time, and started doing poorly in school and often falling asleep in class. Her weak demeanor and lack of willingness to fight back made her an easy target for pranks, and she was frequently used as guinea pig by her classmates when they were testing new spells, and often would find her vocal cords meowing in class or suffering less...safe for work alterations at the hands of the boys. Was it not for the teacher's oversight, something might have gone terribly wrong.
  
  Dgiena continued to dig deeper and deeper into the trade of energy, but found herself caught in a bad trade with a drug addict who was attempting to take her product "at a discount" due to being increasingly unable to pay his usual bills. There was a struggle over the crystals, and Dgiena ended up shot. Fortunately for her, a passerby recognized her and she was taken to a hospital and given top tiper care under the authority of her father's name. The first implant she ever received was in this treatment, where to save her life the damaged part of her brain and skull were replaced with Horn-Captor E.E. Implant. It was here that learned there was a grey area in the law regarding these proceedures, allowing one great freedom in modifications to the body, if done for the purposes of saving one's life.
  
  Her father, a member of the Zheitgheist (for electromagnetic neurology, the method in which flesh is fastened to metal and given willed movement) , grew increasingly concerned with his daughter's prospects, attempted to encourage her to focus on her other affinity in regards to magic: Years of having her transformed had left her PRF rather complacent when it came to changing her body, and so modification spells came easy for her if she just practiced a bit on herself. Furthermore, her life definitely left a mark in Dgiegna regarding medical care and the several kinds of enhancements that existed in their society. Her father even bought her equipment to experiment and practice, in an attempt to distract her from the crime she was commiting before. Indeed, with her learning enhancement from the implant and her newfound dedication to her studies, she could focus much better on absorbing the words from her teachers, coming to quickly catch up to what she'd lost before and even surpassing her classmates in how advanced she was becoming in various fields. She ended up taking to biology (medicine in particular) and magical crafting especially, the later of which her father was more than eager to teach her right from home. In the back of her head, however, was always present the allure of the life she left behind since the accident. The thrill of her old life lingered as a void in her chest, but every time she looked upon a mirror, she was reminded of the dangers.
  
  What Dgiena didn't know, however, was that her life had taken a rather large chunk of her father's finances away. He was already viewed as an extravagant spender before, who'd make no shortage of monetary contributions to the academias, but he'd manage to get by even with that thanks to the great salaries provided by being a member of the Zheitgheist. So as not to appear any different to his daughter, her father acquired a small debt with a certain shady group called "The Reception", which unexpectadly grew immensely thanks to loopholes in the contract that he wasn't in the state of mind to examine before it was signed. These increases themselves were less the issue, and moreso that the greater the debt grew the more significant the interest became, leading to the continuous growth of the debt that even Dgiena's father simply couldn't keep up with. The girl only found out the truth when members of "The Reception" came to their home requesting the monthly payment on a day she happened to have off, yet had waken up early. Her discovery forced her father to explain, and for the rest of the week she was barely able to think, constantly messing up her spells and projects and zoning out in class, crushed by the guilt. It only made her all the more eager to take the chance to at least try fixing what she'd done when the receptionists came again, having reported to their boss of Dgiena, and now bringing her an offer to decrease her father's debt by producing energy for the group. Naturally, the offered salary that would be discounted from the debt was an absolute rip-off that by itself could never wipe out the debt. Even so, Dgiena wanted to assist in whatever way she could, or she wouldn't be able to live with herself. Reluctant, her father agreed to allow her to do it, as long as she could continue to study properly.
  
  One day, during her delivery of crystalized energy to "The Reception", she found the members in the meeting point lying on the ground, clothes torned, chests maimed and surrounded by a pool of their own blood, barely breathing. Although she knew she maybe shouldn't, she stepped in an used everything she could, from alteration magic and her medical knowledge to some spare magitech parts from her school exercises, and managed to save them. This didn't fail to get the attention of the group's boss, who made an offer to Dgiena better than any she ever imagined she might receive: A chance to not only alliviate, but indeed erase her father's debt herself. Her role? None other than being an on-demand doctor, engineer and general enhancer- all talents she demonstrated to possess when she saved the lives of those members. With a much more generous "salary", this opportunity gave her a motive (a chance to deal with their debt problems once and for all) to the motivation that had been building up inside her, a wish for excitement but also to use her talents and knowledge, the crafting of magical tech and transformations. She was like a moth to the flame, like an artist getting drawn to the brush and the empty canvas full of possiblities. Naturally, she accepted the boss's offer.
  
  She continued to work with them, not ceasing to go to school, and keeping up mostly thanks to the learning enhancement. Even when she was freed though, she realized she had no wish to let go of this life. She didn't want to be at the service of "The Reception", but in high of her victory she talked to her father about continuing to pursue her a freelance career in this form of business. Though her father worried, he felt he was in position to refuse, even if he knew his daughter was about to officially brand herself a criminal. He warned her to be careful, but did everything in his power to aid her behind the scenes, using his influence to attempt to push smaller crimes she was caught doing under the rug, to silence those who'd spread rumors, and to downplay the suspicion whenever she dabbled in the grey areas of the law (such as beating up certain clients in order to be able to justify the "medical necessity" of implants or alterations).
  
  It was during this time that, having discovered a means of creating an especially potent way of weaving magitech, one which would minimize the feedback, she created a machine that would perform one of her modifications on her. The enchantmentment of the machine would temporarily deprive her of her skill, in order to perform her most ambitious project yet: severing her own arms and replacing them with magitech enhancements. Although it was successful, and she had two fully functional magitech arms as a result, she miscalculated the necessary pain regulation needed, and once the process had begun, she had no way to stop it. The process was traumatizing to the point where she refused to ever do anything to to herself again if it involved replacing her body with magitech, leading her to scrap other enhancements she had in mind. Instead, she built armor-like boots of the same material, and left it at that. Even so, among discordants and other members of the underground, the name "Mod Queen" quickly rose in prominence, known as a top supplier of modifications magimechanical or purely magical. A man who yesterday couldn't win a fight would be able to stand on his own against four the next day if she operated on him. To the daylight society, Dgiena was a simple assistant to a common surgeon.
  
  She couldn't have predicted what came next, however. "The Reception" group suddenly began asking her to come back to them. At first, these were simply requests, but they quickly spiraled into demands and threats. Doing a little digging, Dgiena discovered there was a rival group they were on the verge of having a large bout with, and they wanted her exclusive assistance. As she continued to refuse, they began using her father's old debt as leverage. Her confusion, and her naivety, were both quickly revealed to her: Her work before had all been without payment. Secretely, although it wasn't collected in full or at all, the debt had continued to increase. They could strip them of everything, drive her father's name through the mud, whatever they wanted with it. Their threats only escalated with each contact, and Dgiena realized she would have to go and tell them no herself. This was her biggest mistake, as after refusing in person, the group decided to resort to force. She only managed to escape because some members- those she had saved that day- couldn't bear their benefactor receiving this kind of treatment and helped her get away. They warned her though, that she should hurry to her place.
  
  But it was too late. By the time Dgienna arrived, her house was in shambles, and her father out cold. Even to this day he has yet to awaken from his coma. Dgiena managed to get away, but her father's "sudden disappearance" meant she could no longer get away with what she once did. "The only way for three men to keep a secret is if two of them are dead" goes the saying, but there was only one victim to speak of. Though many remained loyal to his memory, it was a matter of time before for fame or sensationalist or even influence some began to decry her actions and those of the former Zheitgheist. Although dirty, the trick "the reception" had played on her wasn't strictly speaking "llegal". Surrounded on all sides by those who would hunt her down if given the chance, Dgiena, joined the blacklist for protection, for a place to live and conduct her research, and to actually serve a force that does some good to the world for a change.
  
  Currently, she is researching a way to help her father. As she isn't able to wake him from his coma (the brain damage was too great for effective healing to suffice), she hopes to somehow transfer his "spirit" from his body onto a doll, but she hasn't yet crafted the right doll to place his body in, or found how to transfer someone who is unwilling into one of her dolls.
  
  Magic Style: Modifications are Dgiena's specialty. While she does have access to other types of magic, such as information gathering magic, her utmost proficiency the adjustments she can make to otherwise ordinary equipment or bodies, in which some would claim she is a borderline unrivaled genius.
  
  Spells:
  *Code Break [Information][Link] - A signature spell from her family, allows one to form a magic circle from which spectral chains emerge and bind themselves to a target. If the target is an animal (human included) the chains go in the direction of the greatest concentration of information, usually the brain. The user then asks a question, and information to answer that question is retrieved by the spell. The question must be specific and rely on existing information, preferably which has some kind of physical record. For instance, asking about someone's stance on killing or about their "alignment" will not yield any results, as there no concrete existing information on that, the concept is too metaphysical for the spell. The spell itself does not present any kind of harmful effect and tends to easily bypass most powerful forms of security and defense. Many specialized variations of this spell exist, which are restricted in application but can skip the questioning process, havign a set of prepared questions within the spell itself for the required purposes.
  
  *Dyson-Sillion-Crystalizer [Transformation][Energy] - This is a spell that directly converts energy to solid matter, ignoring the very principles of entropy for a maximum efficiency battery. While many experts are able to use this as a powerful shield on the fly, absorbing all kinds of impacts by crystalizing the very energy thus released, Dgiena is not such an expert with it. However, she can crystalize the eletricity generated by her arms, forming what is essential spears or arrows of electricity. She also often employs them to power new inventions.
  
  *Morph [Transformation] - The magical modification of the body via physical transformation. The amount of magic/time increases in proportion to the differences between the original form and the new form, as well as the bending necessary to sustain it functunally (increasing someone's size might be in defiance of the square cube law for instance, thus requiring extra effort to "ignore" that law). The potential applications include shapeshifting (changing one's form as a whole into an immitation of the real or ideal), enhancement (increasing a present characeristic of a target), manifesting (the creation and unification of forms onto a body with minimal alteration of that body itself), repression (inverting one of the previous and inhibiting the characteristic from re-manifesting) and regeneration (recovery via reforming one's shape). The target for modification generally has to be willing, especially if the spell is not only affect the target but success at a proper transformation. Should this condition not be met, it will take serious time and effort to properly get past one's PRF, unless the will of the "victim" is too strong to be surpassed by the caster to begin with. Furthermore, a successful transformation applied to non-superficial aspects will require adequate knowledge of at least a general case of the targeted species. In Dgiena's case, this meant a lot of dissections.
  
  *Craft [Enhancement] [Enhchantment] [passive] - a spell type that enhances one's ability towards crafting items and constructs. Combined with Imbue, the spell permits the creation of items that are magical from their very core, necessary for any high grade magitech. Dgienna has doubly specialized in this. She is an expert at a technique to create cursed items, named as such due to often being used to inflict "curses" on people by tricking the PRF into going around them, thus making anyone wearing them or that consumes them easily susceptible to the spell contained the item. She is also proficient with developing magitech robotics, such as her legs and arms, and in particular managed to achieve a fonumental mana flow in her magitech, minimizing the feedback without fully sacrificing functionality. She's recently taken to use her craft to create dolls and golems out of magitech.
  
  *Imbue [Enhantment] - A spell that allows a different spell to be woven into an item. Both craft and this skill seem easier to use than they truly are, as they are simply the entry ticket to crafting advanced magitech and magic-imbued items. The rest depends on the skill, knowledge and power of the user.
  
  *Metal Sculptor [Transformation] [Elemental] - Obtained from being able to use both the craft and morph spells, this spell contains morph and craft, allowing one to use magic to make one's crafted items easier and more precise to shape as one desires. Grants a certain control over metal, but any change greater than a thumb will be very slow to execute.
  
  *Poltergheist Possession [Occult] - A spell that allows the transmission of a consciousness into a seperate body. Specifically, a body that is a non-living object. While bodies like magitech conduct magic worse, this simply means that the consciousness may lag if remote controlled, or be weaker if actually possessing. On the other hand, the movements on non-magical possessed gear are truly minimal. If one's original body in adequate state, it is possible to return upon certain damage being dealt to the possessed body, albeit it will still require magic to be able to achieve as much. Currently only possible with her own consciousness or that of someone willing.
  
  *Transmute Army [Occult] [Animation] - Creates a troupe of up to 25 small dolls made from whatever material is nearby. They are extremely weak creatures, and probably would have a hard time hurting anyone wearing so much as leather, however, they have an uncanny persistance to them. Like zombies, tearing them apart is more a temporary measure to slow them down, and they won't be put down for good simply removing parts of their body individually.
  
  *Transmute Salvage [ ]- A spell which extracts salvageable material by filtering it based on the user's personal criteria. It can also do the opposite, extracting material that cannot be used anymore out. The spell may then attempt to reconstruct, for instance an armor that was heavily damaged might have the still usable parts extracted and remade into a smaller armor. Combining this with other spells might allow different uses for the extracted material, such as using morph to incorporate it.
  
  *Rig [ Destruction ] [ Trigger ] - A spell which charges a small item with magic and to quickly liberate it. Though the spell is surprisingly simple, the destructive potential is high for what it requires, so it is very heavily censored.
  
  *Arcane Chains [Arcane] [Summon]: Summons magical chains from the walls, ceiling or pre-prepared magical circle on the floor. The chains can be manipulated to an extent, but their main purpose is always binding the target.
  
  Equipment/Mods:
  
  *Horn-captor E.E. (Encephalon Enhanceer) Implant - An implant connected to a person's brain that goes all the way from within the skull and outward, ending in two horns, one pointing upwards and the other pointing downwards. Dgiena received this implant in an attempt to save her life and repair the brain damage. The technology massively enhances one's cognitive abilities and learning capacity, and the horns provide a direct connection between transmissions and the brain, allowing one to connect to the new internet, radio, and in Dgiena's case much more easily use her mind to control or possess the dolls she creates. However, in addition to the 8.32% loss of magical potency created by the implant, it also makes the user more vulnerable to harmful transmissions, and their sense of hearing might be disrupted by an abundance of radiation-based background noise. Furthermore, having such a large exterior part directly connected to one's brain is a rather obvious weak spot in one's body. Even if they are tough, and designed to remain stable and not pushed, someone with enough physical strength could rip them from the brain or even push them inward into the brain, both of which would most likely be fatal.
  
  *Build-Her Arms - Dgiena's arms were replaced by she herself, with enhancements specifically designed to allow for the most magical conductivity possible while still enhancing the owner's capabilities. Each of her arms represents only a 2.5% percent loss of relativity, magnitudes lower than most effective available options on the market. While still having the advantage of being metallic, her arms aren't particularly meant for combat and will wear down and malfunction if abused for use in that direction. Rather, the arms are meant for speed and precision, the perfect partners for someone who dedicates their life to micromanaging spell composites for body alterations and magitech crafting. If need be her arms can even work automatically, though she generally prefers to oversee the output and add her own spin to things.
  These arms have one last function, allowing them to generate electrical fields, that can shock or temporarily puts objects in a magnetic statis were they float slightly above or around an established center of attractions. Either of these can be captured with her DSC spell, in order to store more energy or even to weaponize the generated energy.
  
  *Cyber-propolsion Leggins: Built by Dgiena herself, these aren't truly integrated with her body, as in, they are replacing any limbs. They are more like magitech armor boots than an implant, but possess a connection to her body nonetheless. Between her specialized build for magic flow and the fact the boots are an exterior piece of equipment rather than a replacement to her body they only reduce her relativity by 1.5% each. They do just about what you'd expect from leg enhancements, increasing the force of her jumps and her speed of movement. They are able to absorb shock as they fall and are surprisingly resilient, thus putting less of a strain on her actual legs and feet. Very useful to not hurt herself when she inevitably steps on spare parts she accidentally left on the ground.
  
  Actual Skills:
  
  *Vast knowledge (Medical, Mechanical, Arcane, Law) - Thanks to her learning enhancement and her own passion to expand her capabilities, not to mention a bit of natural talent, she's become a rather proficient surgeon and that's in no little part thanks to the vast knowledge she obtained. Thanks to her education and her own inventiveness, she's become rather knowledgeable on the intricasies of magitech, which incidentally required her to learn both aspects about magic itself and mechanical engineering. With time and the right materials she can easily assemble some contraptions or enhancements as needed. She also studied medicine, specifcally what she would need to perform surgery. While she has extensive knowledge of it, this was only truly possible because she negleted a lot of aspects about medicine, opting to focus entirely on understanding the parts of it that interested her and scrapping by with the rest. She could do an organ transplant with her eyes closed, but she's about as clueless about most diseases as an average person. The law, on the other hand, was something she learned out of fear. When one operates under illegal activities, staying in the grey zone as much as possible was the best. For instance, using the law loophole about implants for medical purposes by offering her modifications at a discount to potential clients in return for beating them half to death first, thus justifying their "need" for implants. She is currently trying to learn programing, so that she can attempt to input AIs into her creations.
  
  *Surgery- Nobody that doesn't have the skilled necessary to operate on a human body should be doing the kind of alterations, magical or mechanical or even both, that she does to them.
  
  *Crafting- Her true talent, and the one she spent her whole life in improving. She's an expert with it comes to crafting or modifying existing things. Usually refers to contraptions or items of various types, and if she really needs to craft something she doesn't know how to yet, you can bet she will learn it quickly and get right back on track. However, her career, short lived though it might have been, was one of modifying people. Recently, she's taken to creating human-like magitech constructs.
  
  *Mechanics- Working with magitech and her studies for it has given her a good deal of skill at handling magitech, and plenty of regular machines.
  
  *Scultping- She's become mildly skilled at molding due to her magical crafting and reshaping of bodies and items alike. While she's become proficient at it though, she wouldn't be able to do it without her magic or a tool that would allow a similar effect.
  
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Spoiler: Relations

Relationships: Relationships should be filled in retroactively, and should detail things discussed and approved with other players. While not mandatory, I encourage you to use it for improving upon your character as a whole and give it more life. This is especially encouraged for characters who are older members of the Blacklist.

Character Impressions: Much like relationships, this should be filled out retroactively. While this is an optional component, I highly recommend doing so, because this allows for a character building exercise that is reflective of the whole cast. As in, this is their thoughts and impressions of other characters, new or old.

 

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• Overview
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• • Sanctuary Report
  • Blacklist Report

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    Subject Report: Blacklist Member #041
    Codename: Outbreak
    "Antidote? There is no antidote."​
    -Outbreak, while crouched over one of their victims.​
    
    Subject Threat Summary & Essential Info.:
    
    Outbreak is a highly dangerous, immoral, and depraved member of The Blacklist. They have been an active agent for the past 8 months, and have since shown untold brutal efficiency and calculated precision in their crimes. It is speculated that before joining The Blacklist, Outbreak was a respected Discordant and criminal enforcer for S.K.E.N.A.R Inc., a drug distribution organization based in Babylon. Outbreak is characterized by their weapons of choice: occult toxins and virulent organic materials. These weapons usually manifest as toxic clouds that obscure vision and heavily impair, or kill, any caught within the blast. Subject is also known to use fire liberally and to have proficiency with manipulating Imagination Particles. Approach with extreme caution, and with a minimum of Series C. Protective Gear. Apprehend subject on sight; lethal force authorized under Sec. Xz-179 of REDACTED.​
    
    Subject Crimes & Apprehension Attempts:
    
    Outbreak is wanted for the following: bio-terrorism, illegal use of creation, possession of illegal weapons, armed robbery, grand larceny, murder, threatening a Sanctuary official, arson, aggravated assault, smuggling, drug trafficking, hostage taking, resisting arrest, and advocating overthrow of government.
    There is one apprehension attempt on file: four months ago, unsuccessful. Two ERASED officials wounded and in need of immediate medical attention, only recently discharged from medical care. ​
    
    Subject Behavioral Analysis:
    
    Outbreak has a pattern of performing entirely methodical and meticulously planned criminal attacks against criminal groups and ERASED officers in sector REDACTED, before then disappearing for weeks or months at a time. Outbreak is also known to crouch by their victims and talk at length with them. The intent of this is not known. Subject prefers to move in slow, machine-like motions.​
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    εḉнø Internal Database- Blacklist Member Profile #041
    Mariah Cross // The Outbreak
    “All they see is a weapon. Something to be manipulated and abused.” ​
    
    Basic Member Info.:
    
    Mariah Cross is a strange case; there's not many 27 year old women that go around their daily business as a living bioweapon. Mrs. Cross has been used by multiple organizations as a criminal enforcer. If you break their rules, she shows up at your door in a gas mask and reminds you not-so-politely as to why the rules are there to begin with. Her efforts led to a rise in both "The Reception", and "S.K.E.N.A.R Inc.", who were able to exert much larger fields of control in their respective sectors due to the intimidation factor of "The Outbreak"- Mariah's alter-ego. Mariah has since kept the same codename upon joining The Blacklist; she likes the notoriety it has. Mariah joined us exactly 8 months ago on [REDACTED], after she had a brief and near-deadly encounter with a Nightmare. I was impressed she managed to escape. After pondering on the potential uses of someone with her skillset- chemical manipulation as well as 'law' enforcement- I sent her clues as to how she could come to be part of The Blacklist, and she has since been happy here, fighting against those that once kept her in the criminal underground.​
    
    Member Behavior:
    
    Mrs. Cross seems quite detached from social interaction. She obviously longs to engage with others, but is frequently seen pulling away before she can get a word in. This is not to say she is antisocial; in fact, the opposite seems to be true. Not only does she thrive in conversation, she often leaves a bright- if whimsical- impression on others. She is vividly passionate about her beliefs, and loves sharing her (rather dark) humor. Mrs. Cross firmly believes in respect and personal boundaries, and gets quite cross (pun intended) if she sees either of these get violated. That being said; there is an air of misery around her when she is in private, and at all times she moves with a slow, almost mechanical, pace.​
• Mariah Cross
  "You want me to describe my life? In a word, it's unfortunate."​
  6 years oldThe backstreets and burrows of Babylon are an unforgiving, cruel place, filled with the worst kinds of people, all attempting to bring each other down for personal gain.
  
  In other words, it’s the perfect place to abandon a child.
  
  Mariah Cross was found at age six by a grumpy magitech mechanic wondering who was making ‘so much damn noise’ in the alleyway by his shop. It turned out to be Mariah, starving, digging through his trash for food. At this point, she had been out on the streets for a week, and though battered and bruised, was somehow still in one piece. The old man, who she came to know as ‘Cap, shook his head and took the little bastard inside so he could get some peace and quiet. He ended up naming her Mariah, a combination of the names of his late wife and daughter.
  
  Mariah lived with Cap for the next decade, learning all sorts of useful, normal childhood things- how to defuse a RoneTek bomb, how to get past a fingerprint scanner, how to construct your own magitech weaponry from spare parts, how to make your own smoke grenades, how to bend light in just the right way so that you blind the people chasing you, etc. etc. And surprisingly, life was good. Cap appreciated the extra set of hands in the shop and around the house, and Mariah came to see Cap as a father. If anything, all she ever wanted was to run the shop with him till he grew old, following in his footsteps to be a great magitech mechanic.
  
  16 years oldAround a decade after Cap found her, Cap started receiving threats over "Protection Payments"- all of which he refused to pay. The local mafia became increasingly violent, until they broke into the store one night with guns in hand. They began to fire off shots, calling for Cap to come to the front. He sat in the back with Mariah for a moment, shaking his head. He gave her a kiss on the top of her head, grabbed his gun, and whispered that everything would be alright. Tears began to run down her face as she silently went out the back door. There was a cacophony of gunshots, then, silence.
  
  The image of the shop burning down, with Cap's mutilated body hanging from a nearby streetlight, still haunts her memories.
  
  16 1/2 years oldMariah found an abandoned apartment to live out of on the opposite side of Babylon, and for a bit, life was livable again. Mariah was able to find work as a courier and drug runner by day, and at night, she tucked away in her little corner of the world, trying not to think about how her life had fallen to pieces around her.
  
  Occasionally, gangs and organizations would attempt to shoot or recruit Mariah- any business she got was business she was taking away from them. To them, it was just business. For her, every day was a life-or-death struggle.
  
  17 years oldHer luck ran out a couple of days after her 17th birthday. She hadn't eaten in over a week, and while tired and weary, she let her guard down. As a result, she was cornered by a group known as “The Reception.” She had evaded them for a while, but they got a tip off of someone about where she’d be delivering, and they ended up surrounding her in an alleyway. After beating the shit out of her, they gave her two options: die in the alleyway, or work for them as a drug mule until she dropped. Mariah shakily stood up, and accepted their ‘job offer’.
  
  18 years oldIt was supposed to be a routine pickup- Mariah waits with Rec, her friend and the only person worse-off than her, they pick up the crystals from some girl trying to pay off a debt, and they leave. This time, though, there was something off. Mariah felt dread creep down the back of her neck and wrap itself around her in an awful embrace. Her breath ran ragged in her chest, and she looked at Rec, who was tensed up and white-knuckling the nearby railing. Suddenly, a dark shape wrapped itself over the edge of the parking garage, swinging easily onto the smooth asphalt in front of her. It defied explanation; the single light overhead did nothing to illuminate the beast, which changed in shape and form with the dancing shadows at the edge of Mariah's vision. Mariah pushed Rec behind her, and drew her MagTek Bolter. Her shots rang off in the night, and shattered against the beast like exploding lightbulbs. Mariah dropped the weapon as soon as it ran out of shots, then stepped forward, standing alone against the beast. Rec was the only one younger than her in “The Reception"- he was like a little brother to her. Her body moved before she had a chance to think. She charged at the thing, screaming bloody murder- and it proceeded to run its claws through her chest, splitting her body open like a zipper running along its track.
  
  When she came to, she was back at The Reception’s hideout, barely patched together. Her life had been saved- but because there were long gashes through both of her lungs, they were removed and replaced with a respiration unit. The Reception saw this as an opportunity to increase her effectiveness as a drug mule and smuggler, and also had Mariah fitted with two side-by-side Concealed Storage Enhancements in place of where her lungs used to be.
  
  21 years oldSeveral years later, The Reception promoted Mariah from drug mule to enforcer after she took down several members of a rival gang with her magic and a single grenade. Inspired by the opportunity to move up, she threw her all into being an enforcer- doing everything she could to make herself as intimidating and brutally effective as possible. She started practicing with light magic to create replicas of herself, and took an interest in chemical weapons and napalm. She understood that crueler methods of enforcing would be innately more effective, and grimly accepted that reality for herself. After a year, word got around in that sector that toxic fumes would swallow up anyone who stood against The Reception. This made the leader of the organization well pleased. That was, until she stood up against The Reception to defend Dgiena Codebreak, whom had saved her life years prior after her run-in with a Nightmare. Mariah was able to buy Dgiena enough time to escape from The Reception, but paid for it dearly. The Reception immediately sent her on a suicide mission- and when she shambled back, having failed, they scheduled her with a shady underground surgeon for an ‘upgrade’.
  
  They had her skin flayed, and replaced with a synthetic pseudo-skin that they thought would ensure she 'never failed again'.
  
  Less than a year later, The Reception was taken over by a rival organization known as S.K.E.N.A.R Inc., who recognized Mariah's skill as an enforcer and offered her a position working for them. She reluctantly accepted, knowing that denying would mean almost certain death. However, she always kept an eye out for her chance to escape.
  
  26 years oldFour and half years later, Mariah gets her chance. S.K.E.N.A.R Inc. is throwing an auction for high-value illegal items, including an Arcane Font- which she had heard about briefly from Cap all those years ago. During the auction, Mariah is assigned to guard the font, which is stationed by a low-enough window to jump out of. She waits for the auction to reach a high, and fills the room with tear gas. Immediately, she grabs the font and dives out the window, disappearing into the backstreets of Babylon.
  
  Days later, she encounters a nightmare for the second time in her life and barely escapes. She is then contacted by Echo, and follows his clues to join the blacklist. For the past 8 months, she has been an active agent operating under the same name she used as an enforcer- Outbreak.
  
  
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  Mariah Cross//Occultist Rituals
  “I can't do very much on my own; I guess it helps to be creative?” -Mariah Cross
  Using her Arcane Font, Mariah practices her magic in two main separate ways- Creation and Survival. She channels the Font to help her overcome the Edictum Arcana's limitations on Creation, as well as to add an exceptional twist to the things she produces. For Survival, she channels the Font to help her mislead her foes, and fill them with fear as she casts illusions by manipulating the light around her.​
  
  Forbidden Substance Creation
  
  Illegal Equipment Manufacture [Occult] [Transmutation] [Creation] [Ritual]
  Mariah has memorized 'templates' for the equipment she uses most frequently, such as her emitters and impact grenades. During her downtime, she is able to recreate these objects from metal, electrical components, and scrap. As this process takes quite a while, depending on the equipment, she is not able to do this in combat.
  Illegal Toxin Manufacture [Occult] [Transmutation] [Creation] [Ritual]
  Mariah has spent years working with different chemical compounds and toxins. Using her goggles (see equipment), she is able to analyze the chemical structure and makeup of things she can see. By combining this knowledge, she has been able to create 'templates' for the various toxins and viruses she most frequently uses. Because of this, she is able to turn a batch of chemicals into a pile of deadly toxin, as well as turn specific bacteria into the deadly viruses she employs. Theoretically, this power could be expanded into re-creating many of the illegal drugs in Neos ß, but Mariah has not yet tried this. This is again quite time consuming, and she is not able to do this process during combat.
  Toxin Enhancement [Occult] [Transmutation] [Enhancement] [Ritual]
  Mariah is able to enhance her toxins and virulent materia with Occult Intent. This is the process that makes her toxins especially deadly, as they are infused with the intense negative energy and destructive nature of her Font. This process is quite time consuming, slightly dangerous, and probably should not be done during combat.​
  Light Manipulation
  
  Illusory Cloning [Occult] [Light] [Illusion] [Continuous]
  By mimicking the effects of a Holo-Emitter, Mariah is able to make a clone of anything she sees by projecting an image of it off a nearby surface using the light in the nearby area. This actually works best in low-light environments, where any issues with the illusion are hidden in the shadows. If Mariah concentrates on the spell, she can also cause the image to move. The more clones she has at once, the less realistic each individual illusion seems. Currently, she's able to have one hyper-realistic moving image, or as many as six hyper-realistic static images.
  Hardlight Barrier [Occult] [Light] [Transmutation] [Defence] [Instantaneous]
  After focusing intently for a moment, Mariah's Arcane Font rapidly leeches light from the environment, before then violently exploding that light outwards as a stationary barrier. After several seconds, the barrier begins to fall apart, shooting off light in all directions.
  Invisibility [Occult] [Light] [Illusion] [Continuous]
  By bending the light around objects in the environment, Mariah is able to effectively create a primitive form of invisibility that is more effective the slower the target is moving. The faster the target of the invisibility is moving, the more light it will reflect, potentially giving away its location.
  Mirrored Reality [Occult] [Light] [Illusion] [Continuous]
  Mariah causes the light in an area to reflect unnaturally, creating a mirroring effect for anyone able to perceive the reflection. She can use this ability on its own to reflect bright flashes of light to blind her opponents, or set up several of these mirrors together in an area to instead confuse her opponents. As of right now, she cannot move the areas of refracted light, she can only dispel them and put them up elsewhere.
  Blinding Light [Occult] [Light] [De-buff] [Instantaneous]
  Mariah focuses all of the light in an area onto a single point she can see in range for an instant. If this move connects, it can instantly temporarily blind the target or severely stun them for several moments. This move has a few second charge time as Mariah focuses the light, and requires pretty much all of her attention.
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  Outbreak//Biohazards
  "What doesn't kill you leaves scars, ruins your lungs, obliterates your nerve endings, and makes you wish it did." -OutbreakWeep [Occult] [Toxin]
  This toxin is akin to tear gas, except that it has been enhanced by the negative occult energies of The Orb. This toxin heavily irritates the lungs and nasal passages, as well as causing the eyes to constantly flow with tears to the point where visibility is restricted. The intense negative energies then draw the misery of the person to the forefront of their brain, reminding them of every tragedy and mistake in their life as long as they are exposed to the chemical.
  Neurrot [Toxin]
  Neurrot attacks the neurons in the brain, and once inhaled, causes the victim to progressively lose control of their body as their muscles become paralyzed. Neurrot prevents the brain from sending signals to the muscles to move them, causing the person to fall limp, unable to move their body. Subconscious processes, such as breathing and the heart, are not affected. Full paralysis usually takes place within a minute, with symptoms lasting until five minutes after they are no longer exposed to the toxin.
  Nisinth [Occult] [Toxin]
  Nisinth attacks the sensory organs; namely the auditory nerves and the ocular nerves. This results in permanent blindness and deafness after a minute of constant exposure to the toxin. The less the victim is exposed to the chemical, the less severe the effects are on the sensory organs.
  Urren [Toxin]
  Urren is known as the "anti-mage" toxin, as it recreates the effects of an absence seizure in the brain. Upon exposure, the person's mind goes blank, and their body ceases any previous activity. The person recovers in 3-10 seconds, depending on their mental fortitude, but is susceptible to going under the effects of the toxin again if they are still exposed to it.
  Coax [Drug]
  Coax is an immensely dangerous drug heavily traded on the back streets of Babylon. When inhaled, Coax puts the mind into a state of suggestibility and turns off the neurotransmitters responsible for self preservation, making all course of actions seem reasonable. If someone gives an order to someone under the effects of Coax, the victim will always follow the order, even if it puts themselves at great risk. Coax wears off fifteen minutes after exposure to it.
  Renemine [Occult] [Toxin]
  Renemine, upon inhalation, causes intense, unbelievable pain throughout the entire body. This Occult enhanced toxin seeks out all of the nerves in the body and overloads them with negative energy, flooding the brain with signals of incredible pain from every single possible place in the entire body. Victims of Renemine relate the experience to "being inside of the sun", or "pouring acid directly into their veins, then setting themselves on fire." Renemine's effect subsides slowly over the course of 1-24 hours after exposure ends, depending on how long the person was exposed for initially.
  Calamity [Occult] [Toxin]
  The Calamity toxin is for when Mariah is tasked to kill people- a lot of people- and needs it done quickly. It is quite expensive to produce the Calamity toxin, but its effects are cataclysmic. The toxin will immediately begin to wither and disintegrate any biological matter it comes in contact with, destroying areas of flesh about a half-inch deep per minute of exposure. Additionally, anyone who inhales this toxin will experience organ failure in the following minutes, as well as full-body paralysis, seizures, profuse bleeding from all orifices, skin across the body blackening or turning green, and degeneration of the brain. This toxin is the result of the full force of the negative energies within The Orb, combined with the peak of Mariah's knowledge of toxins. It is incredibly dangerous to make, due to the potential of The Orb to lash out against Mariah.
  Miasma [Virus]
  Miasma is a virus Mariah collected off of a patient in a Babylon clinic, and has since incubated inside of her B-CSE for its usefulness. Miasma causes debilitating nausea and vertigo, as well as a high fever, chills, gagging, dehydration, headache, weakness, and profuse sweating. The virus is incapable of killing the host, save by dehydration, but completely shuts down the victim for as long as two weeks unless they are cured prematurely. The virus is spread through contact with infected fluids.
  Mycosis Mortem [Occult] [Fungus]
  Mycosis Mortem is a once-toxic fungal colony infused with the negative energies of The Orb. Now, it is a viciously infectious parasitic mushroom strand that eventually kills its host. Mariah usually plants the Mycosis Mortem somewhere she does not care about collateral damage. Over time, the plant will release spores into the air; inhaling many of these spores will cause the fungus to begin to grow within the host body. Over the course of a month, the fungus spreads mycelium throughout the body, before sending its flowering bodies through the flesh of the victim to the surface of their skin. The fungus continues spreading throughout the host until it dies, and during the entire process, continually releases spores through its flowering bodies.​
  Outbreak//Equipment
  "There's no more going back after what I've done." -Outbreak
  The Orb - Arcane Font [Occult]
  The Orb is Mariah's Arcane Font- and it takes the appearance of, well, a glowing red orb, that occasionally shines out light. It is the remnants of a failed experiment, where an independent researcher in Babylon was attempting to upload his & his family's consciousness so that they could 'experience immortality'. He succeeded, but at what cost?
  Magitech Dispersal Unit
  The M.D.U appears to be a small metal tube attached to a slightly larger metal box, which then is connected via a magitech pipe to the contents the user wishes to be 'Dispersed'. The M.D.U has straps alongside its length, allowing the user to secure it anywhere they please. Mariah runs the metal tube underneath her middle finger, the box strapped to the underside of her palm, with the pipe running along the underside of her arm directly to the access port of her C.S.E (see modif. 3 & 4). This allows her to lift her hand or middle finger to activate the M.D.U, causing it to violently shoot out its contents at whatever she is aiming at. Currently, she uses the M.D.U with several canisters of napalm, as well as one canister of aerosolized Sealing Wax (see 'Sealing Wax'), and one canister each of her Urren and Coax neurotoxins.
  Magitech Emitters
  Emitters have two primary functions: dispersing their payload after a trigger is met, and arcing a deadly stream of electricity between all nearby emitters. For the first function, the trigger is given to the emitter as a spoken phrase when it is set up; the emitter will process the information, and only act exactly when what it has interpreted has come to pass. When the emitter is triggered, it instantly shoots out whatever has been loaded into its base- whether that be a pressurized canister of one of Mariah's toxins, or a collection of rusty nails and scrap pieces (making for an effective I.E.D!). The second function of the emitter is the electric stream, which functions on a separate trigger from the first function. When the trigger is met, all nearby emitters extend a small metal rod from their top, then send out an extremely powerful electric current for just two seconds, before they all burn themselves to a crisp.
  Magitech Grenade Shells
  Mariah uses Magitech Grenades, which have two settings- remote detonation, and impact. On remote detonation mode, the grenade will remain inert until it receives a signal from whatever magitech transmitter is linked to it- Mariah usually uses a simple magitech transmitter she keeps strapped to the inside of her left palm. After the grenade receives the signal, it immediately explodes, dispersing its contents. Impact mode is extremely simple- as soon as the grenade impacts a surface, it explodes, dispersing its contents.
  Chemist's Goggles
  A simple pair of magitech goggles that seal off the eyes to protect from chemical mishaps, as well as providing pertinent information about the chemical composition of anything the wearer can see. There is an optional 'intimidation' mode, which projects a menacing red light from the two eyes, but otherwise does not change their functionality.
  Sealing Wax
  Sealing wax has an immense number of applications, as its primary use is to stick two things together and provide an airtight seal between them. Mariah carries around quite a bit of this, and always make sure to pick up more when she can. She uses it to repair her respiration system, and occasionally fix the sealed edge of her goggles. Sealing Wax can also be aerosolized, which allows it to be sprayed onto surfaces- such as people's faces- making a smooth, air-tight finish. Sealing wax comes off with alcohol, or other ethanol-based compounds.​
  Mariah Cross//Body Modifications
  "I am filled with weapons of war, and never before have I felt so empty" -Mariah Cross
  Respiratory Substitute with Intravenous Components - R.S.I.C
  The first mod is a respiratory system overhaul; in this procedure, both lungs and the diaphragm were removed in order to empty the body cavity for future modifications (see modif. 2, 3, & 4.). She now respirates through a series of pipes, magitech-skin (m-s) interfaces, and a standalone respirator. Mariah has the option to leave the respirator hanging from her neck, and connect it to a separate filter or tank via hose for her oxygen, or to seal it to her face and have it independently filter oxygen into her bloodstream. When the mask is sealed to her face, it periodically creates a vacuum by rapidly expelling all of the gases within it, which in turn causes air to flood into the respirator’s filters from the outside. This air is then purified and sent into her bloodstream through the various m-s interfaces. The m-s interfaces are located behind each knee, at the small of her back, the base of her skull, and the fronts of both shoulders. The pipes routing oxygen are integrated into her skin, save for those around the respirator itself.
  Modular Endoskeleton Frame- M.E.F
  Modification two was a hollow metal frame that replaced the “inefficient” ribs, and kept all of her organs separated from modifications three and four (see modif. 3 & 4). The M.E.F was installed improperly, and has since caused Mariah issues to no end. Namely, it rubs improperly against her internal organs, causing fast, jerky movements to be a very, very bad idea.
  Concealed Storage Enhancements - C.S.E
  After her lungs were removed, and her body cavity was stabilized by modification two, “The Reception” installed modifications three and four within Mariah Cross, both of which were Concealed Storage Enhancements (CSE). The CSE units give an ordinary person a scanner-proof, easy way to smuggle goods within their own body. These were generally used by "The Reception" to smuggle drugs, with Mariah as the unfortunate drug mule. Each CSE is about the size of a small cereal box, and is accessible through the metal access ports on either side of Mariah. To receive an item, you need only hover your hand over the port for a moment, then swipe left or right through holograms of stored items until you see the one you like. Afterwards, you make a grabbing motion, and the item is dispensed. The actual internal part of the CSE is similar to a revolver's chamber system, where the different chambers can simply be rotated between.
  Biohazard Concealed Storage Enhancement - B-C.S.E
  Modification four was later turned into a Biohazard Concealed Storage Enhancement (B-CSE), which is a sealed alternative to the CSE that allows the person to carry toxic and viral components within their body without putting themselves or others at too much risk. The B-CSE features both vial and canister racks, as well as temperature control to keep the biological organisms within it alive. Mariah currently keeps four vials each of two separate viruses, as well as a canister of parasitic worms, and a final canister of a deadly fungal culture.
  Hazardous Materials Pseudoskin - H.M.P
  Mariah's final body modification was forced on her after she stood against The Reception to save Dgiena Codebreak, and then proceeded to fail The Reception's following mission. They decided to give her a full-body "upgrade"- by flaying her skin, and replacing it with pseudo-skin, a type of material popular among Porcelain Dolls and Reconstructed. As a result, she became immune to the ill effects of her toxins, and essentially immune to her viruses provided she wears her respirator. As an additional benefit, the pseudo-skin provides resistance to heat and direct flames similar to Kevlar, as well as cut/tear resistance similar to metal plates. Unfortunately, Mariah was still extremely susceptible to being bludgeoned to death after this upgrade. One of the ill-effects of the upgrade is that while her 'skin' still appears normal, upon close inspection it is obviously synthetic material, and upon touch the material feels off, as if you were running your hand across a seatbelt rather than skin. On top of this, her nerve endings were not properly translated into her new skin, resulting in Mariah feeling as if she is trapped in a shell, with an extremely diminished sense of touch.​