[OOC] Cracks in The Sky//Core Catastrophe

[Kessir Tarkin]

@Saber For sure!

[Empress]

Aurelia Campbell-Ross

Name: Aurelia Campbell-Ross

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Appearance: Slight and fine-boned, Aurelia is physically unprepossessing, standing a diminutive five foot three, and whipcord-lean rather than bulking with muscle. Lithe and poised rather than imposing, she moves with a certain studied grace that speaks of long practice.

Her face is fine-boned and sharp, with spectacular cheekbones and a pointed, elfin chin - as though generations of good breeding have come to their natural culmination and then progressed slightly further. She is not beautiful in the conventional sense – ‘striking’, instead, might be a better term. Pale-skinned – the most obvious expression of her Springan heritage as a third-generation expat - her Cupid’s bow lips stand out in an otherwise-bloodless aristocratic face, always painted a rich crimson, and her deep-set green eyes burn brightly, quick and darting and missing little. Pale blonde eyebrows arch dramatically, often raised in sardonic question, and her hair is a lustrous matching shade – kept immaculately in the latest style of innumerable small, weighted braids.

She dresses well, but not showily; her clothes might be the finest of makes and immaculately tailored, but she is old money of the type with no need to shout it to the rafters, and her jewellery is similarly understated: a pair of black opal earrings flash with subtle fire and a signet ring glows on her little finger.

Title: Queen of Gates

Manifestation Type: Linchpin - An ornate, intricate key that seems to subtly shift and move in too many dimensions, sending the eye skittering protectively off its curling metal filigree.

Manifestation Ability: Metaphysical Nexus – Aurelia’s power is a simple, although potentially very powerful one – she creates portals of various kinds, bringing places far-distant but a step away in an instant. This can be easily leveraged for frivolous as well as serious pursuits, something which she takes shameless advantage of, enjoying the sheer unparalleled access her power gives her. It has some effects on her, however; her mind has been expanded in unusual ways and she sees the mathematics of reality at the corners of her sight, rendering her distracted and distractible at times.
Anchor: Unknown as yet.

[Saber]

@EmpressAPPRPOVED. As always, be responsible with ya powers. Aurelia can be moved to the caharacter tab.

[13org]

The Feline Trickster

Amaya Ito

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Appearance: Black, long and messy hair, a lean, strong and flexible body. Amaya always wears light, comfortable clothes which allow her to move freely, usually the less the better. Standing at only 1,55m high, Amaya has a quite delicate and fragile appearance, often passing the feeling of being completely harmless, a facade which fools most of those who doesn't know her well. Upon close inspection, one is able to see that her apparent fragile body is not that fragile. Her powerful and flexible muscles are only attainable with an incredible amount of training and dedication.

One of the most striking aspects of her appearance are her eyes. Her yellow, mysterious eyes have an unique charm to them. Their mysterious nature reflects her unpredictable behavior, being very alluring and attractive, but at the same time, a bittersweet mix of both beauty and danger.

Title: The Feline Trickster

Manifestation Type: Auspice

Manifestation Ability: "Feline Trickster"

"The trickster, the riddler, the keeper of balance, he of the many faces who finds life in death and who fears no evil; he who walks through doors."
― Christopher Paolini, in Brisingr (2008)

"Little one, I would like to see anyone — prophet, king or God — persuade a thousand cats to do anything at the same time."
― A cynical cat, in Sandman #18: "A Dream of a Thousand Cats"

Although her manifestation seems to be incredibly simple and rather unimpressive, its much more than it meets the eye. Even with such simple powers, she mocks powerful beings, ignore rules and orders, doing whatever she wants with practically complete and total impunity, almost like she is cheating even fate itself. No locks are complex enough to keep her out, no rope or chain are enough to keep her restrained, her power is the very definition of a wild card.

Her manifestation fits incredibly well with her unusual quirks (her cat-like mannerisms & etc.), being almost like a second nature to her.
Tail, cat ears and sharp claws give her an almost unnatural balance and awareness. By using her claws and her free running skills, she feels at home in a city with all the alleys, buildings & etc. Although incredibly useful to aid her in her parkour skills, her sharp claws aren't just for show. Coupled with sharp teeth, they can inflict quite the damage.

Cheater, joker, wild card, thief, agile, silent, the title "Feline Trickster" embodies all those and much more, fitting Amaya incredibly well.

Unnatural Luck: Aside from the other aspects of her manifestation (heightened senses, agility, dexterity & etc.) there is one more aspect which Amaya doesn't understand very well, only knowing that its certainly not natural.
Luck has never failed her. She has escaped many difficult situations only relying in her unnatural luck.
On situations where Amaya isn't able to escape relying solely on her abilities, she will often be able to escape relying solely on luck alone.

Anchor: N/A

[13org]

Well, I did something

Edit: changed some small things to make her "unnatural luck" trait easier to understand.

[pugbutter]

@13org I'm not the GM and it's probably none of my business at all, but if someone else was turned down for making reference to "The Monkey King," making similar reference to the Cheshire Cat will probably net you the same ridicule:

The character looks good, but I'd prefer changes in the Title. Maybe something that isn't based directly on an already existing story.

Saber

Again, I'm not the GM, nor pretending to be. But I bet fixing it now will save some time when she reads the app later.

[13org]

@pugbutter

Actually, the reference is only on the name of the power (not even her title) nothing more (originally it would be called "Alley Cat").
Its just something to summarize the power. Only for flavor. But if there is a problem about it I can change the name.

The character itself has nothing to do with the Cheshire cat at all. Its actual inspirations were Egypt goddesses such as Bastet, Sekhmet, myths about cats on many cultures and mythologies and the "trickster" theme.

PS: she has a backstory, but since no one wrote one I decided to not put it on her CS as well (the backstory would explain why her manifestation was called "alley cat")

I thought it wouldn't matter if I named her manifestation "Cheshire" since its name is not something that will be used on the RP (Differently from her title.)

[Saber]

Looks fine, but I want to ask what her Auspice actually is. I don't see a partial or complete transformation. She turn into a cat-girl? Or is the transformation her eyes?

Also, not all Auspices are full tranfmogrifications.

The inexorable luck thing is fine, but I thought I'd use this time to point out that stuff like that won't always work. Try to be responsible with her power, like I say to everyone.

You can move her over. I'm glad you didn't give her that name. Pug was right. I would have argued against it.

Edit: Changed some stuff for Phantasm Manifestations to make them less lame.

[13org]

@Saber

Partial transformation. (I actually specified on the Cs. Claws, tail, ears, eyes &etc. Not a full transformation.) The only thing I did referencing Cheshire cat was the name of the ability (didn't have a better name...)

The name I used before "alley cat" (She is an orphan, expelled from the orphanage as 16 due to her terrible behavior (aka. stealing things, getting into problems , fleeing the orphanage only coming back at dawn, ruining her clothes & etc. She lived on the streets all her life.)) didn't sounded that well so...

The Luck trait is something to be used only on life threatening situations. Is her last lifeline, not something to be used at all times.

Ps:About the unique and unusual quirks on her character I told you about on the CS... She has a very cat like personality, including short attention span, completely disregard to authorities and anything that doesn't interest her... These traits were already strong on her before, but after she died, they only became stronger due to her ability.

[Saber]

@Empress, @13org

You two can put your characters in the approptiate tab, now. They're APPROVED! In case I didn't already say that.

Edit: I must've missed it, my apologies. Just woke up, hahaha. You're good on the last-resort luck, etc.

[13org]

Oh! And I hope you doesn't have a problem with that, she is flirty and promiscuous. If she sees something she wants, she will have it (be it an item or someone.)

(Her personality traits were inspired by the goddess Bastet. In the Egyptian mythology, Bastet is seen as not only a fierce protector of the lower Egypt and even Ra itself, but also as the goddess of love and family. Depicted as being promiscuous and a very devout mother.

Edit: one more question: I actually plan to make her transition from her auspice form and normal form quite a lot (especially due to her feeling so comfortable on that form) is it ok?

[Saber]

@13org Ah, nah, I gotcha. No problem, on my end. I'm curious to see how the whole group will interact.

Edit: Yeah, sure.

Edit 2: May be making another character. Due to a conversation I had, earlier.

[Vashonn]

@Saber Been rather busy, as I'm starting at a new job, as well as year-end schooling stuff. I'll try and get my character put together within the next couple of days, if that's okay!

[pugbutter]

as well as year-end schooling stuff.

@Vashonn

Speaking of, @Saber: this is a very preemptive warning, but if the IC is up within the next week, it will probably take me several days to get around to a reply, too. Once the course work finally ends, I'll have a bunch of 1x1s to reply to first on top of that. (Hey, I'm loyal.)

[Saber]

@Vashonn For sure. Take your time.

@pugbutter Ah, alright. I'll probably get around to posting it this weekend. Though it's hard to tell.

[Saber]

Made another Discord. I shouldn't end up locked out of this account. So, hopefully we can have some OOC discussion in there.

It's not super fancy or anything, but I plan to do more work once I get to a computer.

Not that it'll be super fancy, then, but it'll at least be more organized.

[Kessir Tarkin]

Liking the direction everyone is going, can't wait to interact with your characters!

[13org]

@Saber

Discord invitation expired :-/

Looking forward to interact with everyone as well XD

Ps: watch out for Amaya. If she decides she wants something, it'll be difficult to convince her otherwise. Even if it's someone and not something

[Saber]

@13org Here ya go!

Fixed the link in the intro post, too.

[Fox of Spades]

@Saber

Reading up on things! Sorry for the silence @-@ I've only got two weeks of school left so final projects and school stuff have been cropping up lately.