Name:
Violetta Hyacin
Age:
17
Gender:
Female
Race:
Human
Appearance:
Vi is a average-looking girl, not stunningly beautiful but not truly that bad either. Her hair is cut in a somewhat messy fashion, and usually is something that she doesn't deal with until it starts to become an annoyance. In terms of her figure, she's rather slender and lithe in her build, with a somewhat larger than average bust and slight hourglass shape to her frame. She has some muscles and tone to her body, but not a lot due to it being hard for her to gain much with her body type, as well as a lack of real effort to build it up.
Height: 5'10
Weight: 155lbs
Clothing Style: Vi dresses to be as inconspicuous and unnoticeable as possible, tending to wear either black and/or dark purple clothes to assist in this. She wears a large black and purple zip-up hoodie, baggy jeans, and some sneakers before calling it a day, not really too particular about what she wears.He also wears contacts to help him with her vision, and while she isn't blind without them, they will definitely cause problems if she doesn't have them in.
Kingdom of Origin
Vale
Personality:
Vi's outward personality is one of apathy and vague caring about most things in the world around her. For most people, she barely pays attention to anything they say unless it's of some importance, and even then she's likely to miss a detail or two unless the person in question makes sure they have her complete and full attention. Vi also tends to be a bit over-reactive with people who annoy her, often resorting to dead-pan threats to get them to leave her alone, threats that she is more than willing to carry out if need be.
While many would think that Vi's just a stone-cold bitch that doesn't give a fuck about anyone but herself(an opinion that isn't completely untrue), the truth is that she tends to take this attitude in order to make up for her social ineptitudes, and can actually be a very clingy, dependent individual. This side of herself is usually only seen by her family, her brother Crimson in particular, but if she does encounter someone else that draws her interest, she will tend to show this more vulnerable side to them, as well as act much less cold and apathetic while in their presence, almost like a cat in the presence of her owner. This interest can be a tad unhealthy, however, as her social isolation has made it so that certain social norms are unknown to her. For example, it's an extremely bad idea to stalk people for days at a time when you have nothing better to do, or sneak into their homes when they're out to collect little knick-knacks and what not. She also becomes a bit protective of people who interest her, tending to threaten anyone who seems to be a danger. This, at times, can go a bit far at times and it often requires a firm and guiding hand to steer her away from doing things she might regret, such as putting on a mask, knocking the person out, then leaving them hanging in their underwear from the academy flag pole. . . not that she was responsible for that, of course.
History:
Vi comes from a long line of Hunters and Huntresses, all of them masters of the arts of stealth and deception. From birth she's been expected to join the ranks of the Hunters and keep the people of Remnant safe from the horrors of grim, taking to the Shadows in order to hunt down the savage beasts and drive humanity forward. And while Vi has worked towards that goal, she's rather . . . unmotivated by it. She's rather unmotivated by most things really, looking at the world through the eyes of someone struggling to care about it. She does what her parents ask her to, and works just hard enough to meet their expectations, but anyone who watches her can tell she never really gives her best at anything.
Vi grew rather lonely, as her family has long been seen as a sort of boogeyman amongst the people of the world, as they tend to keep to themselves and the methods of some of their predecessors were known to be rather . . . disturbing, if effective, in how they disposed of the Grimm, not to mention the odd behaviors and mannerisms of some of the more notable hunters to have spawned from their brood. Left to her own devices all his life, never really interacting with anyone but her family, she developed some . . . odd coping habits to deal with her loneliness, like watching others from afar, and stalking those she found to be particular interesting and that she thought she could learn from. She took to copying the manner of other kids in attempts to fit in, but they usually ended in failure as people just found it weird and creepy. As she reached her teenage years, entering into the combat school of Signal like her parents wanted, she began to stop really caring about what other people thought.
As the years went on, she simply let herself be absorbed by the job and lifestyle her parents wanted for her, lounging around the near other people, some part of her still hoping to glean some information out of those around her, yet most of her not really caring so much about it. As she attends Beacon, she feels neither relief that she was accepted, nor worry for the new year. Instead, she simply preps herself for another year by herself as people label her off as the creepy girl in class you shouldn't talk to.
Weapons:
Vi's main weapon starts off as a
plain-looking, yet powerful railgun, made to pierce through the armor of even the strongest grimm with little difficulty, firing off a single reinforced bullet at insane speeds. However, in order to make the shot, the lightning dust has to charge up for a bit(about one post) before firing, which causes the gun to over-heat immediately and giving it a cool down time that's at least double that of the charge time(two posts). To add extra power, it can be over-charged, but the longer it's charged, the longer the cool down, as well as a chance for the weapon to possible over-heat while charging, resulting in the weapon exploding with the stored electrical energy. After every shot, the weapon needs to be reloaded with both another bullet and a lightning dust cartridge, as it uses up the whole thing in that single shot.
When Vi is unable to use her weapon as the Sniper rifle she'd like it to be, she can shift the weapon into an automatic-shotgun form, causing the barrel to expand and slide down towards her in order to shorten the length of the weapon and make it easier to handle. After a quick ammunition change, the weapon can now fire powerful slug rounds at the enemy, which can also be switched around for Dust rounds if needed, enabling her to deal quite a bit of damage to those who think they can take him up close. The effective distance of this weapon is a bit larger than most others of this type due to the slug ammunition, meaning that he can also take some foes by surprise if they thing they can play a game of keep away. The downside to this is that her weapon lacks the spread that shotguns normally have, and thus makes it hard to deal with speedy opponents, as she has to make every shot count instead of just going hog wild.
The type of dust she uses with the gun in shotgun mode are: Gravity, Fire, Ice, and Electricity.
The name black needle comes from the appearance of the projectiles once they're fired from the railgun, as they strangely enough leave a thin trail of black energy behind the bullet for some reason. This has the unfortunate effect of giving away her position in a fight.
Semblance:
Now you see me . . .: Vi's semblance is the ability to turn herself and anything she's holding both invisible and intangible for a short amount of time. However, it takes about three seconds or so for this effect to complete, meaning he can't use it to avoid attacks if he;s in the heat of battle. The effect can last up to a full minute, though that can be fairly tiring, but it also ends the moment that she's about to launch an attack against a chosen target, resulting in a three second fade in that starts the moment he's cemented the idea in his head.(Ex. She sees a grimm, activates her ability, and then, after she decided to walk over behind the grim to initiate the counter attack, some part of her will instantly become visible, and over three seconds, the rest of her will follow up as he tries to walk over and commence the attack. The moment she attacks, she becomes fully tangible as well.) She tries not to use this ability consecutively, as it can really tire her out to keep going in and out of it like that.
During the fade-in and fade-out, there is usually some kind of effect that goes with it, either his body seeming to unravel, some parts fading out before others due, his eyes suddenly beginning to glow, or a unusually wide smile spreading across his face. He doesn't know the reasons for this, nor does he particularly care. From time to time, different effects will pop up other than those stated, but they are the most common.
Strengths:
Vi is an extremely patient and calculating individual, which serves her position as sniper very well. She likes to think things through and gather information, which her Semblance let's her do quite effectively, allowing her to infiltrate any
house enemy fortification without much risk of discovery if she remembers to be careful. She also packs a lot of firepower with her choice of weapons, able to take down most average grimm in one to two shots while using shotgun form, and almost always just the one with the railgun form. She's a deadly shot as well, hardly ever missing a shot ever since she picked up her weapon of choice. Another strength of hers is speed and acrobatic ability, which her mother forced her to practice with threats better left unsaid, which help her immensely when it comes to moving from sniping position to sniping position while using her semblance.
Weaknesses:
While she has some options for it, CQC is where Vi is at her most vulnerable, relying on having to outmaneuver or outsmart her opponent(easy with grimm, less so with people), so that she can get to a more advantageous position or lead them to an ally. As previously stated, her shotgun fires slug rounds, meaning that in exchange for high damage, it has no spread. As such, she has to make every shot count, and that may require some risky plays when facing off against speedy Close-range fighters, which are the bane of her existence in fights against other hunters. Her semblance makes for an easy getaway most of the time, but the problem comes with the fact that it drains her a lot to use it in quick succession, so if she's unable to lose them, or gets found by another danger, she'll be in an extremely disadvantageous position. Another disadvantage she has is that her aura is weaker than the average huntsman due to lack of building it up and training, meaning she can't take as many hits as other Hunters.
Relationships
Crimson Hyacin(Older Brother):
Alice(Pet Cat):
Other:
- Reading
- People Watching
- Stalking
- Photography
- Sleight of Hand
- Stage magic
- Gambling
Vi is based around the Chesire cat in terms of her semblance and some of her demeanor, though instead of a smiling, happy go-lucky personality, I decided to focus more on the strong sense of apathy and uncaring that the character seems to have in all of his incarnations, a lack of caring for the world around him except when certain people or events catch his interest. In those instances, she'll show more of her true self, a somewhat intrusive and obsessive personality that seems a bit off-kilter to the average person
Has a pet cat named Alice that she takes with her nearly everywhere during her off days. She's a black cat with one blue eye and one green eye, and a strip of white fur that goes all the way down her back and up her tail.
