Name:
Violet Black

Age:
16

Appearance:



With light brown hair and eyes of a slightly darker shade, Violet stands at 5 foot 4. (1.6 meters) Despite her slightly visible musculature from her above-average fitness, she is somewhat underweight at 105 pounds. (47.6 Kilograms) Typically seen in a skirt and a simple white button-up shirt under a woolen vest, she always wears some kind of shorts under her lower garments in case of exposure or damage. Her Magical Girl attire is in itself not unusual, having a full length shirt and a skirt halfway to her knees in shades of indigo and grey. Matched by long gloves that end at her elbows and stockings that raise to just above the cut of her skirt, her outfit is completed by a teardrop shaped Soul Gem resting upside down, right above the center of her rib-cage. Like her outfit, the gem is indigo in color. Despite this, she has added of her own conscious decision both a simple grey "hoodie" and a pair of shorts under her skirt, just like with her normal clothes.

Nationality:
3/4 Caucasian and 1/4 Japanese. (While not noticeable by her appearance she nonetheless makes it a point to tell this fact.) Born and lived in the U.S.

Personality:
Cynical, self-deprecating. A misanthrope who distrusts her peers, hates her elders, and is protective of her youngers. Hates liars but is not above lying.


Afflictions:
[ (If possible) Depression, autism spectrum, (Asperger's (lack of social ability)) minor Schizophrenia. (Emotional flatness, apathy. Delusions, hallucinations.) ]

Wish:
'Would you like to become a magical girl? I can tell you've grown tired of your everyday life. Simply make a contract with me, and you'll be able to change it forever.'
"Tell me more. I won't accept any contract I don't know the fine print of."
"I wish magical girls, after becoming witches, returned to normal humans and didn't die when they were killed as witches."
'That wish is impossible.'
"Then could I make that wish for myself only?"
'That wish is also impossible.'
"I wish that witches came about separate from the magical girl they used to be. That the girl's soul returned to them and the witch became a separate entity."
'I cannot grant that wish, either. Please think of something that's possible if you wish to make a contract.'
"Fine then. I wish that I could be a magical girl who could use their soul gem as a purifier for others'. That I could absorb their soul gem's corruption for myself, and hold it until I could use a 'grief seed,' you called it? That is my wish."

Biography:
A precocious girl who spent her late childhood developing and discarding countless philosophies and interests of the world, she had settled on one of irrelevance to the universe and personal worthlessness until she met the incubator. Taking many weeks to think on what she wished for, and asking many questions about what being a magical girl means, she came to the conclusion that she could overcome not entropy, but rather her lack of worth or value to the universe or even simply other people by making a wish. Her early attempts at wishes were deemed impossible, and she eventually settled on one that the incubator was capable of granting.
Despite living with an indifferent mother and doting step father, her views of adults are almost always negative. Combined with a distrust of her peers fostered by a lifetime of abuse both verbal and physical for her personality and flightiness, she is a misanthrope through and through, giving exception only to those younger than their teens. Her younger brother held a special place in her heart, and added to the development of her opinion of herself when she was unable to save his life, taken by an infant playing with open electricity who he was helping watch in place of it's parents. This event, the image of her brother's corpse and the sound of his pained scream haunt her to this day. She is now in Danzig with her stepfather for his job, choosing to travel with him rather than stay with her mother.

Skills:
A "jack of all trades, master of none" due to her inconsistent interests and pursuits, she is most proud of her cooking skill, her talent of singing, and her uncanny ability to judge the world around her mathematically. (Such as distance, the passage of time, vague speed, etc.)

Threads of Fate:
5

Magical Weapon:
Knives.

Experience:
3 (+1 Age modifier)
(Two witches killed)

Magical Ability:
Sharing the Burden. (Name she gave to her ability.)
Core ability:
Her wish granted her the ability to use her Soul Gem as a Grief Seed for others, and in the process a small bit of their magical ability is absorbed as well, giving her a small burst of temporary energy or a time-limited boost in her magical output. This also grants her a grace period if she reaches her corruption limit from another Soul Gem, as the small amount of pure magic absorbed prevents her from complete corruption until it dissipates. (60 seconds and upwards, depending on the strength of the Magical Girl she absorbed the corruption of.)
Sub abilities:
Her wish being focused on magic itself has granted her heightened control of and dexterity with raw magic. (See examples: Homura fixing her eyes, Homura controlling the truck, etc.)
As she gains experience and power, she can eventually use her magical weapons to absorb corruption and at even higher levels, magical power from those she attacks with them. Absorbing corruption from a Witch would affect their Labyrinth, and absorbing magical power would weaken a Witch while strengthening her, at the cost of more corruption than usual when it dissipates or is used up.

Signature and Finisher:
Signature: Using tough threads enhanced by magic, she turns her knives into whips of sorts, increasing her fighting dexterity. Her signature involves using these to place knives in strategic positions and trigger an attack with all of them at once, striking a target with all of them at once from many directions. Hard to dodge without skill and speed, especially for larger targets, this is an effective use of her spatial and temporal awareness. (Mathematical grasp of her surroundings, listed under "Skills.")
Finisher: A very large knife, closer to a sword in size, which she uses to drain large amounts of either corruption or magical power from her target, weakening it and strengthening the blade until the difference in power between her and her target is large enough to secure her victory. Usually requires a Grief Seed immediately after due to the large increase in corruption within her Soul Gem from this technique.

██████:
21%
[ 31-41% (Due to her apathy from past trauma and avoidance of connections with other people slowing her growth of despair, higher is better for balance, and past trauma that caused the apathy would likely result in at least 30%) ]

Finally reading Megumi's hider from Vocab on page 2 and wow. Before I knew the abilities were antithetical because of responses, but wow. I thought I was doing enough balancing just with Violet's own ability. I really wanna know how a fight would go between the two.

Name: Dariya Kowalski

Age: 17

Appearance:




Gem: A pristine blue sapphire encased in a circular mold that resembles the Ouroboros, the symbol of renewal, a snake who eats its own tail. The location of the gem is hidden in her cleavage, affixed to the sternum.

Nationality: Polish/Ukrainian

Personality: Dariya is a happy-go-lucky girl with a catty, easygoing attitude. She always talks in a sweet, kind voice, and doesn't shy from personal contact. She often tries to make light of harsh or dark situations, and she absolutely enjoys interacting with friends and eating fine foods. Her attitude seems sometimes rather "disconnected" from reality at times.

There's a good reason for that. In truth, Dariya's sunshine smile is a well crafted mask in which she appears harmless and innocent, while in truth being an hedonistic manipulator with a never ending lust for food or boys... even magical girls. Her self-indulging nature is a byproduct of a harsh, unforgiving life experience, and she is much more cunning and mentally-resilient than any ditz could ever hope to be. She doesn't mind selling her body or soul (she already did that? whoops) if it furthers her goals. A nihilist and existentialist, she takes every blow in stride and flair, smiling back with the most hypocrisy she can muster, for humans are trash, and she's no worse than them. But at least she can pretend being good to keep her lust objects happy.

Should anyone trample anyone of her twisted "flower garden"... the mask shall fall, and Dariya will reveal herself as the twisted ugly person she really is.

Afflictions: She's lesbo for magical girls. Actually none.

Wish: "Okay, they really shot up the morphine this time, cause I swear to god I'm seeing a white talking-bunny thing? Oh, you're real? Figures. Magical wish? Yeaaah sure. Get in the van, we have candy, right? Stupid hallucinatory rat. Welp, not like I could lose much, given I do have a FUCKING TERMINAL CANCER. I can't ask you to cure all the cancer in the world, right? "Not enough karmic potential". Pff, so even a magical -fucking- apparition has its limits, uh? Okay, how about the entire ward and me freed of cancer? Yeah, that would be swell. A catch. Fighting witches. Look, they tore my breasts out and amputated one of my legs, Witches I can handle. NOW GRANT MY WISH IF YOU ARE REAL, MMKAY <3"

Biography: Dariya was born out of a whimsical fancy of a Polish engineer and an Ukrainian callgirl. At first it seemed everything out like a fairytale. Superdad the awesome fixit engineer and mom the cuddling hottie. And then the first miscarriage came. And then a second. Things went really sour at the homestead. But dad kept climbing in job and responsability, and couldn't keep an eye on the emotionally jagged mom who spent nights silently crying into her sleep on an empty bed. While Dariya watched it all. And since she didn't know what to do she just smiled and assured things would still turn fine.

It was then when his father was caught cheating on her mother with a younger coworker, and any hope they had of familiar life was thrown out of the window. The home war just started. Mother began cheating father in retaliation, bringing sleazy individuals home which reeked of alcohol to do adult things and be noisy.

And Dariya, for the sake of her family, still just smiled and said things would turn out fine. All the way through highschool, she kept pretending her household, everyone kept pretending life at home was fine, when it was not. So Dariya made an attempt of willpower and focused on her studies. She had inherited the genes of her mother, and had developed quite in a spectacular, if homely, highschool beauty.

So the envious, jealous and bullies made a target of her, harassing her, sabotaging her homework, and treating her as if she were a dumb, fat cow.

But Dariya kept smiling and pretending she was fine. Everything was fine.

And then a strange lump appeared in her left breast on a routine examination. And it was the worst case scenario. And Dariya was sent to be treated to the Danzig cancer ward. Given her age, her illness was swift, and the outlook rather grim. The illusion at home finally fell apart. Her father beat her mom in frustration, blaming her, or more precisely, her ancestors who lived in the Chernobyl area for the reason why Dariya had cancer (even though no one could be sure of that being a cause). While Dariya was barely hanging for her life in the hospital, losing bits of her body little by little under the scalpel, hair falling off, and becoming increasingly emaciated, her mother was kicked out of her house.

But there were other people of her age, or even younger in the cancer ward. So Dariya smiled... and still pretended everything was fine.

And then her mother was found overdosed in the street. And her father gave up on Dariya and just kept tossing money at her out of responsability without appearing at the hospital. He also married another woman, just a week after mother was dead. Dariya still keep the smile. She couldn't cry. The medication had burnt her tear ducts so badly she could not.

And then Kyubey appeared.

Skills:

Actress: Inheriting from her mother her good looks and sweet voice, Dariya can appear as innocent and pure as an angel, and even lie to the face of veteran police inspectors to their faces without being caught. She is also skilled in finding emotional openings on other people to exploit aswell.

Duress: Dariya found that during her ordeal, she was much more accepting and resistant than most people. What would break many, she could grit her teeth, take it in stride and then write it off as another unfortunate event. Death smiles to us all, so we all should smile back, is what Dariya lives for.

Tech Wiz: Dariya inherited from her father a knack for mathematics and technology. She can crunch numbers like a pro, and given her long stay in the cancer ward, she entertained herself polishing up her hacking skills to spy on other people as a past time. She can even build some small electronics if pushed hard enough.

Polygloth: Given her background, she is fluent in both Polish and Ukrainian. She can also do rather decently in English and knows some Russian.

Threads of Fate: 4 (Reroll pending)

Magical Weapon: Metal Wires. It's a rather awkward weapon, since she needs to do a lot of flair and movement to make it cut targets, but they can bind objects solidly and even help for transportation Indiana Jones style, and shielding if need be.

Experience: 1+(age modifier)

Magical Ability(Core): Healing. That's it. Improved healing. Like Sayaka. But it works on others aswell.

Signature and Finisher: NONE YET FOR N00BS

██████: 17% She really wanted her leg and boobs back. And the missing internal organs.

Please don't make me want a fight even more. It's too out of character for Violet and I don't know if that can control me.