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[i]"I ain’t got much, but what I do got is pretty great."[/i]
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[sub][color=ff7360]Alondra “Loni” Quetzal Garcia Rodriguez[/color]

[color=ff7360]She/Her[/color]  [b]|[/b]  [color=ff7360] 22[/color]  [b]|[/b] [color=ff7360]  Mexican[/color]  [b]|[/b] [color=ff7360]  5’6”[/color]  [b]|[/b] [color=ff7360]  121lbs [/color]      
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[color=ff7360]Animated[/color]
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[color=ff7360]Skills & Talents[/color][/sub]
[i]"Mom, dancer, insect expert- nothin' else I need to know."[/i]
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[sub][color=ff7360][b]Dancing  ⫻[/b][/color] Thanks to her job and rigorous training, Loni is a skilled dancer. Her strengths mainly lie in pole dancing - something she’s adept at, and lends to her having a lean strength that’s not obvious from her appearance. She can also do just about anything in heels… because it's much easier than dancing in them.

[color=ff7360][b]Forming Connections  ⫻[/b][/color] Bright and bubbly, Loni is a naturally friendly person. She easily makes friends and forms long lasting connections. It’s easy for her to worm her way into someone’s life in a way that makes them not want to lose her afterwards… and comes with the added benefit for her of more people to shield her from bad decisions. 

[color=ff7360][b]Insect Knowledge  ⫻[/b][/color] Contrasting her general girliness, Loni has loved insects since she was young. She can easily identify them, spouts all sorts of random facts about them, and knows how to handle and look after them. 

[color=ff7360][b]Toddler Wrangling  ⫻[/b][/color] While not the most natural mother, Loni has gotten quite skilled at the art of wrangling her overly adventurous toddler - with the methods of telling her to stop, picking her up and redirecting her. She’s pretty good at making do with what she has to keep her little girl entertained. 
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[/cell][cell][sub][color=ff7360][b] Appearance[/b][/color][/sub]
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[i]"I got this new dress with my last pay- What do you mean I shoulda bought Lu more clothes? She’ll grow outta ‘em soon!"[/i]

[indent]Bright and beautiful, Loni stands at an unassuming but reasonable height. Her slim body, curvy enough to be attractive without causing her too much hassle in the dodgier areas, is often shown off by tighter fitting clothing. She comes across a mix of frantic and energetic, both joyful and panicked at the same time. This comes across in everything about her - bright smile with dark bags under her eyes hidden by makeup, hair pulled up into cute styles which always have stray hairs falling out. But this frantic energy dulls when she’s in work mode, replaced with a calmer, more sensual persona.

Loni’s thick, dark brown hair falls to her shoulders - though more often than not she’ll have it pulled up into some kind of hairstyle, whether a simple ponytail or cute space buns to match her daughter. Her bangs fall just above her eyebrows, straight cut and always a bit messy. Her skin is a warm brown tone, well taken care of. She’s got toned muscles thanks to pole dancing, and is very fit. She has two lobe piercings, often found with fancy hoops or studs - preferring the latter when around her daughter. Loni is always found with makeup on. A light covering is added to with blush across her cheeks and often painted red lips. Her eyeshadow varies from simple to bright to more sultry depending on her mood and what she’s doing.

Clothing wise, Loni has a great variety. It’s almost a problem how much she buys - to the point of being wasteful. But she has an outfit for just about every occasion. Generally, she swaps between cute dresses and more form fitting, revealing ones depending how she’s feeling on a day. She also has a variety of wool jumpers and tight shorts - liking to combine them both. Sometimes, on the rare days she’s feeling a bit less feminine, she’ll steal her twins clothes - rocking a more punk look with baggy, strap covered cargo pants, chains, and mesh shirts over bra tops. When not working, Loni almost always has a variety of silver necklaces, bracelets and rings on.
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[/cell][/row][/table][sub][color=ff7360][b] Psychology[/b][/color][/sub]
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[i]"Everythin’s a blessin’ if you look at it the right way.”[/i]

[INDENT][color=ff7360][b]MAIN GOAL  ⫻[/b] [/color] Loni’s primary goal is to give her daughter a good life and be better for her. Even if she continually stumbles with this because of her poor spending habits, it’s still what drives her. Second to that is finding love for herself, and giving back to the people who’ve helped her so far.

[color=ff7360][b]PHILOSOPHY  ⫻[/b] [/color] To see the positive, and keep going no matter what. Loni believes that things will always get better - and that you should cherish what you have. Because it could be worse!

[color=ff7360][b]SECRETS  ⫻[/b] [/color] Loni’s pretty much an open book. She has a difficult time keeping secrets.

[color=ff7360][b]SEXUALITY  ⫻[/b][/color] Loni’s sexuality doesn’t matter. She doesn’t have the time or money to think about it, and with her job she can’t afford to be fussy - there’s more money to be made in going the full way. And she really doesn’t care! While her past relationships have primarily been with men, if she sat with herself long enough, she’d likely realise that she’s much more attracted to women.

[color=ff7360][b]FEARS  ⫻[/b] [/color] Loni fears losing her daughter. She also fears losing her twin just like she lost her mother. She has a deep fear of being alone, and of death. Loni also has a fear of needles. 

[color=ff7360][b]WHAT DID THEY DO DURING THE CATACLYSM?   ⫻[/b] [/color] During the Cataclysm Loni aided her coven. While not a strong fighter, she was able to help protect those weaker from any stray apparitions while moving people away with her Green Lux. She also concentrated on keeping her daughter safe.

[color=ff7360][b]FLAWS  ⫻[/b] [/color] Even with her upbringing, and line of work, Loni can be naive. She believes in the good of people even when it’s been proven to her that’s not the case. Loni is the master of bad decisions and poor judgement of other people. She doesn’t realise she’s only gotten where she is unharmed thanks to sheer luck, and the actions of others (namely Vin) protecting her. While she likes to think she’s independent she’s really not, and needs to have people around her. She gets lonely really easily, and almost needy. Loni doesn’t like to impose, to the point where she’ll rarely ask for help unless truly pushed. But she can also be quite scatterbrained - not an idiot, but she rarely thinks things through before doing them. It’s easy to fluster her and make her panic, so that she’ll double down on something that she really shouldn’t. Loni can be quite irrational, which can result in arguments when she decides she’s right and won’t listen to reason… even though normally she isn’t right. 
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[sub][color=ff7360][b] Backstory[/b][/color][/sub]
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[i]"My baby girl is everythin’ to me. I dunno what I’d do without her."[/i]

[indent]Alondra and Silvina Garcia Rodriguez were born to a young couple who had immigrated from Mexico to Cloverfield in hope of a better life. There was work in the South Side of the city that there wasn’t in their hometown. The twins weren’t a planned pregnancy - but they were one that Luciana Rodriguez welcomed. Their father, not so much. Feeding two adults was difficult, nevermind two babies too. As the twins became toddlers, their father got worse. When they were six he abandoned them entirely.

This left Luciana as a single mother to two. She worked hard to make sure they survived - taking a job in the factories when they were in school, and relying on the kindness of neighbours to watch them. Then, at night, she had work of an entirely different kind. Luciana was a skilled black lux user from a long line of Mediums and Necromancers. Her specialities were twofold - ushering Apparitions formed from dead onwards by fulfilling whatever needs they had to dampen the emotions that birthed them, and speaking with spirits that had gone into the Hound’s realm.

There were plenty in the North and South side who wanted to speak to their deceased loved ones. Luciana was especially talented at this - she would invite the spirits into her own body, allowing them to speak through her. Unfortunately, this had a side effect. Inviting the dead into her body was draining her life force and slowly killing her.

But Loni and Vin didn’t have a bad childhood. The area was rough, but there was always food on the table and a comfortable bed for them to share. From as soon as they could walk they were menaces, playing on the streets and harassing neighbours. Loni was the quieter of the two, often escaping the childish tussles to go explore the rundown areas of their neighbourhood. She loved bugs, and would spend hours collecting them and writing about them on scraps of paper.  

Loni was fourteen, almost fifteen, when she kindled - a few months after Vin. It happened when her mom bought her a beautiful, fancy dress she’d especially wanted for the Quinceanera she knew they couldn’t really afford. From there, she learned about magic - exploring Green Lux with Vin, while both of them were taken along by their mother for her second job. What Loni saw terrified her. 

But even worse than the dead that possessed her mother was the effect it was having. Over the next two years the Black Lux sapped away at their mom’s strength until she was skin and bones. Loni begged for her to stop - but they needed the money from the job. It was the only thing keeping them afloat. It would see them through a few more years. Vin said they’d work instead. Their mom refused.

Then, just a few weeks after their seventeenth birthday, she passed away.

There was just about enough money to cover a small funeral, and see them through to adulthood. A pitiful amount their mother had sacrificed her life for. Loni hated it, and she hated her Black Lux. But eventually the money ran out, and as they turned eighteen they were left to find work to stop them ending up on the streets. 

Vin said they’d do work with their magic. They couldn’t call in the dead like their mother could. In fact, it was something Loni had more affinity with - something that terrified her. But they could fight, and they could get rid of Apparitions easily. Loni didn’t want them to. What if they died like their mom and left them all alone? But they needed money.

What followed was an explosive argument between two too stubborn to back down, and ended with Loni walking out. She wasn’t going to stick around to see Vin kill themselves. But then she was left with having to support herself… She didn’t want to work in the factories, and she’d barely gotten her highschool diploma… but she was attractive. She’d heard other young women in her neighbourhood talking about how well stripping paid. It didn’t seem so bad. 

Loni was incredibly lucky. Where she could have ended up in all sorts of dodgy, criminal establishments, she managed to find work at the Sin Sister. This was in part thanks to her lux. Loni immediately found herself feeling at home there, and was able to stay in a small home share with some of the other girls in the South Side. After a few months, she even joined the Twin-Hill Coven. 

Everything was going well. She had a new family in the coven and stripclub, and she even found love - getting together with a man just a little older than her. Sure, he didn’t have a job and depended on her not exactly amazing salary, but what was a little sacrifice here and there? He loved her, she loved him, and she was sure he’d do the same for her.

Loni fell into the exact same situation her mother had. At nineteen, she found out she was pregnant. At first she panicked. How could she keep her job? It was fine at a few months, but eventually she’d start to show. The morning sickness was already making it difficult… But after the panic, she was able to speak with the boss who fully supported her. She could even help out in other ways for a bit of pay. She could make it work.

Then her boyfriend told her to get rid of it. Loni didn’t want to. She may be young, but she wanted the baby. So her boyfriend, who’d been almost wholly dependent on her, left. Then everything felt too much. A few months pregnant with the prospect of much less money for a while, and a baby to raise alone sent her into hysterics. 

And it sent her back to her childhood home - the small, shitty apartment they grew up in. Vin still lived there. They didn’t even ask any questions when Loni appeared on their doorstep in tears, and agreed to help as soon as she was able to explain. So Loni moved back in with Vin. She worked cleaning and cooking at the Sin Sister while pregnant, even though Vin said he could cover everything.

Then, a month after turning twenty, she gave birth to a beautiful girl - who she named Luciana after her mother. She went back to work as soon as she was able, juggling motherhood with paying the bills by taking her daughter to the Sin Sister as soon as she was old enough to be out. When the Cataclysm struck, Loni was able to protect her with the help of other people from the Twin-Hill coven.

Since, things have been alright. They’re protected from roaming Apparitions by Vin, and there’s no less of a demand for strippers on the North Side. Being a mother is stressful, but Loni wouldn’t exchange it for anything in the world - even if her now toddler causes constant chaos. She’s happy and content with her lot in life.
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[sub][color=ff7360][b] Paranormal-Abilities[/b][/color][/sub]
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[i]"I love my magic, but I’ve seen what it could do to me… That scares me."[/i]

[indent][color=ff7360][b]TYPE  ⫻[/b][/color] Adept

[color=ff7360][b]ABSTRACTION ⫻[/b][/color] [i]Green & Black Lux.[/i] Channeler: An engraved silver bracelet with her name on it

[color=ff7360][b]ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION  ⫻[/b] [/color] 
[indent][color=ff7360][b]Chrysalis  ⫻[/b] [/color] Loni’s primary, and first, spell discipline, Chrysalis represents her love for insects and all the different forms she can transform into. 

[indent][color=ff7360][b]Dragonfly Wings  ⫻[/b] [/color] Loni can grow a pair of large dragonfly wings out of her back, given enough time. These allow her to fly - while she can’t fly as quickly as a dragonfly itself, she can fly consistently at 15mph, and up to 25mph really pushing herself. Along with this she can fly backwards at the same speed, and hover in place easily. These wings give her speed and manueverability. 

[color=ff7360][b]Butterfly Wings  ⫻[/b] [/color] A less practical counterpart to her dragonfly wings, Loni developed this spell first thanks to the aesthetic of a butterflies wings and her love for all things pretty. She can make them look however she wants, deciding before they grow. They grow faster, and allow her to fly - at the same pace as she would walking. They’re mostly aesthetic rather than practical. 

[color=ff7360][b]Compound Eyes  ⫻[/b] [/color] Loni can grow compound eyes like a dragonflies on the top of her head. These allow her to see in a 360 around her at once, along with the Ultraviolet spectrum. Her vision is incredibly sharp, and easily allows her to track fast moving things. Like dragonfly’s eyes, she can see faster than humans with this, making everything seem in ‘slow motion’ and easier to track.

[color=ff7360][b]Defensive Secretion  ⫻[/b] [/color] Inspired by stick insects, Loni can produce and spray a chemical compound from her hands. This is like being hit by pepper spray, causing stinging and burning on anyone it hits. It’s used in a short burst in front of her.

[color=ff7360][b]Antenna  ⫻[/b] [/color] Loni can grow antenna out of the top of her head that allow her to detect things most others wouldn’t - vibrations in the air from movement, subtle smells, and things such as pheromones or certain magical signals.
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[color=ff7360][b]Thanatosis  ⫻[/b] [/color] Loni’s black lux is something she’s concentrated on less than her Green, thanks to a fear she’ll become like her mother. She mainly focuses on protection against Apparitions, refusing to delve further into the realms of speaking with the dead even though she has a talent in it.
[indent][color=ff7360][b]Play Dead  ⫻[/b] [/color] A Green-Black spell Loni developed as a young kid, inspired by beetles and other insects that pretended to be dead. For a short period, she is able to stop her own breathing and blood flow so that she appears dead. With her black lux, this is realistic even to Apparitions. After her mom died, she rarely uses this spell. 

[color=ff7360][b]Apparition Detection  ⫻[/b] [/color] A relatively simple Black Lux spell, this allows Loni to detect any Apparitions in the area. She’ll be able to pinpoint where they are, but doesn’t get much more information than that. 

[color=ff7360][b]Apparition Weakening  ⫻[/b] [/color] Taught to her by her mom, Loni is able to use her Black Lux to directly weaken an Apparition and make it easier to seal. She has to actively concentrate to do this, and it’s more difficult the more dangerous or larger an Apparition is. They can only really use this on small to moderate sized Apparitions. 

[color=ff7360][b]Deathless Circle  ⫻[/b] [/color] A black lux spell Loni developed with their twin to offer them greater protection against Apparitions. It requires them to draw a circle made out of salt, before using their channeler to imbue the circle with Black Lux. This repels any Apparitions that try to cross it while protecting those within it. With constant, active casting Loni could keep it up for hours if necessary - the small area allows for a low cost casting. 

[color=ff7360][b]Speak With The Dead  ⫻[/b] [/color] The spell that killed her mom, and that Loni was able to learn. This allows Loni to invite a spirit into her body, so that loved ones may speak with them. To do this she requires something the deceased was attached to, and then she performs a short ritual which ends in the spirit being summoned. 
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[color=ff7360][b]Emergence  ⫻[/b] [/color] A secondary, sole Green Lux discipline, Emergence represents Loni’s journey into other Green Lux, primarily through her work needs and learning from the Coven.
[indent][color=ff7360][b]Enhanced Flexibility  ⫻[/b] [/color] Loni uses her green lux to make herself unnaturally flexible. This allows her to bend her body in ways she wouldn’t be able to too naturally, with perfect control.

[color=ff7360][b]Stamina Boost  ⫻[/b] [/color] A spell that gives Loni a quick burst of magical energy, wiping away any exhaustion she’s feeling and allowing her to keep going longer than humanely possible.

[color=ff7360][b]Perfection  ⫻[/b] [/color] This spell has two forms - instant and continuous. Instant makes Loni look nearly perfect at once - dark bags gone, acne covered, sweat not visible. Continuous allows her to continually do this, meaning she could be physically exerting herself without appearing to sweat at all, allowing her to always look her best.
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[color=ff7360][b]LIMITS  ⫻[/b][/color]
[indent][color=ff7360][b]Chrysalis  ⫻[/b] [/color]
[indent][color=ff7360][b]Dragonfly Wings  ⫻[/b] [/color] Growing the wings takes a couple of minutes, and is a painful process. While there’s technically no limit to how long she has the wings, having the extra limbs can be exhausting. She can fly comfortably at 15mph, but could go up to 25mph - which will quickly exhaust her.

[color=ff7360][b]Butterfly Wings  ⫻[/b] [/color] These wings take less than a minute to form, but are barely functional. They’re frail and incredibly easy to damage.

[color=ff7360][b]Compound Eyes  ⫻[/b] [/color] Loni can only grow compound eyes for up to thirty minutes at a time, before needing to rest thirty.

[color=ff7360][b]Defensive Secretion  ⫻[/b] [/color] Loni has enough ‘stored’ chemicals to spray three times before having to regenerate it, which takes an hour. She can only spray in a short burst in front of her hands.

[color=ff7360][b]Antenna  ⫻[/b] [/color] Loni can grow the antenna for about thirty minutes before needing to rest.
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[color=ff7360][b]Thanatosis  ⫻[/b] [/color] 
[indent][color=ff7360][b]Play Dead  ⫻[/b] [/color] Loni can only play dead for five minutes at a time before it gets dangerous.

[color=ff7360][b]Apparition Detection  ⫻[/b] [/color] Loni detects Apparitions in a circle of about 5 metres around her, and no further. She can pinpoint where they are but knows nothing about them.

[color=ff7360][b]Apparition Weakening  ⫻[/b] [/color] Loni can only use this on small or moderate sized Apparitions. It takes a lot of energy, and constant concentration. She can only keep it up for ten minutes.

[color=ff7360][b]Deathless Circle  ⫻[/b] [/color] The largest size of circle that Loni can create would be able to have ten people inside it, including her. The larger it is the more active casting it takes to maintain - she can’t be distracted if it's at the full size. While she can keep it up for hours if necessary, she’ll be drained afterwards, and unable to cast any more spells without rest.

[color=ff7360][b]Speak With The Dead  ⫻[/b] [/color] Loni needs something the deceased was attached to to cast this spell. It takes about five minutes to cast, and requires her allowing a spirit to take over her body. It only lasts for fifteen minutes, unless she cancels it early.
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[color=ff7360][b]Emergence  ⫻[/b] [/color] 
[indent][color=ff7360][b]Enhanced Flexibility  ⫻[/b] [/color] This spell can be cast for an hour before she’ll need to rest for two to recast it.

[color=ff7360][b]Stamina Boost  ⫻[/b] [/color] The stamina boosts for an hour before she has to reapply it, or she’ll crash. The more she reapplies it, the harder she’ll crash.

[color=ff7360][b]Perfection  ⫻[/b] [/color] The one-off cast lasts for a couple of hours. The continuous requires a small amount of constant energy to use.
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[color=ff7360][b]WEAKNESSES  ⫻[/b][/color] 
[indent][color=ff7360][b]Chrysalis  ⫻[/b] [/color] 

[indent][color=ff7360][b]Dragonfly Wings  ⫻[/b] [/color] On top of being painful, and the time it takes to deploy Dragonfly Wings make them a particularly loud and annoying target and thus, will have to contend with the target on her back.

[color=ff7360][b]Compound Eyes  ⫻[/b] [/color] Maintaining these eyes requires total concentration and focus.  If it is broken her eyes will revert back to normal in a painfully quick transformation.  As well, she’ll lose her vision for five seconds if this happens as her brain struggles to adjust to the new input.

[color=ff7360][b]Defensive Secretion  ⫻[/b] [/color] Loni is not immune to the spray and as such, it is good practice to know which direction the wind blows.

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[indent][color=ff7360][b]Play Dead  ⫻[/b] [/color] So convincing is this spell it may draw the hound to collect Loni.  If the hound does show up, and Loni isn’t actually dead, she’d have to contend with its fury.

[color=ff7360][b]Apparition Weakening  ⫻[/b] [/color] If she fails with this spell the effect will rebound onto her.  She’ll feel weakened, tired, and may fall asleep in a precarious position.
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[i]"El que busca encuentra."[/i]

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