[CHAR] Prismatic Hourglass: Scenario 1

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August

Name: August Archer

Age: 17

Appearance:

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Personality: Despite being filled with grim determination; August is a rather laid-back guy; when things are going his way. Prone to bouts of fury and wrath-blindness, the Volatile Resonance he utilizes seems to be eerily near an extension of himself. He rarely holds grudges, but places his victory well above that of everyone else’s.

Affinity: Volatile (South)

Abilities:

•Alacratic Inferno: His utilization of the Volatile Resonance can be considered both intuitive and extremely strange. Rather than refining it into a specific spell or form, August simply lets the raw Resonance coalesce with horrifying speed; often using this unstable version of flame to create explosions.

•Overheat: Pushing his Resonance Pathways to their limit, August pulls in as much Volatile Resonance as his body can hold; and keeps it contained. Along his body, the Pathways will light up, his visage cracked and weeping magma. When using Overheat, August is considerably more agile and capable of striking with more force; at the cost of damaging himself. If sustained for too long, Overheat can cripple or outright kill August.

•Arsonstep: A gathering and release of Volatile Resonance at a specific point on the body, though this technique is only safe to use with his hands and feet. A quick gout of flame, or a perfect way to dodge an oncoming attack; this is one August’s most utilized Abilities and the one he is most intimately familiar with. Often used to close space between himself and a target.

Oracle Emblem: A keychain, given to August by Pomona when they forged their pact. It’s a stuffed alligator, or crocodile, he could never really tell. Regardless, he keeps it attached to his belt at all times. The thing is ragged, emerald green faded to the moth-bitten color of old moss. It is missing one of the beads that once served as an eye, and has been stitched together countless times.

•Pomona’s Boon: When the mouth of his Oracle Emblem is opened forcibly, a strange thing occurs. Everything seems to slow, but this slowness allows them to witness the change taking place. This Oracle Boon can overwrite the Native Resonance of an area and allow for MODERATE conversion into a chosen type of Resonance.

•Ophidian Flow: A simple whip-like Flowing Affinity spell, most often used for disorienting enemies. Creates twin serpents of water from the palm of the Seeker’s hand, has a reach somewhere close to ten feet. Hard to maintain given Affinity Clash.

•Pressure: Another simple Flowing Affinity spell, Pressure simply creates a dense bubble. It floats along in a straight line when launched, and will explode if touched by an enemy or willfully detonated by August. Despite the simple nature of this spell, August has adapted its use for many different situations.

Honest Blade: A heavy spear, carved of what appears to be bone. The point is serrated and cruelly flanged, while keeping the weapon keenly balanced. The Ability of this Honest Blade is to “eat”. Put simply, it can break defenses by “consuming” them. To “eat”, The Longinus must make direct contact with a source of interfering Resonance. Aside from the ability to “eat”, August has learned that the spear he wields has an uncanny way of picking targets.

Pomona

Name: Pomona

Appearance:

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Affinity: Flowing

Personality: Usually a quiet, monotone sort; despite her cheery appearance. Pomona has become increasingly excited and frustrated with the situation developing in Cardinal City. She supports August every time she sees an opportunity, but she can be a bit of an opportunist, herself. A calculating sort, and fond of having back-up plans; she serves as the logical side of this duo.

Assistant Capabilities:

Stained Glass Shield: Barriers twisted and latticed together in bizarre intricacy, Pomona will deploy a sturdy deterrent if her Seeker is in serious danger. While the Stained Glass Shield provides cover, Pomona will utilize her most prominent ability; which is healing. The Shield will disperse after a short moment, and can’t stand up to large scale onslaughts; however, she usually has time to grant MODERATE recovery to August.

Vera

Name: Vera Solaclad

Age: 16

Appearance:

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Personality: Quick to anger, quick to act; Vera is confident in her abilities as a Seeker. Even if she is the irritable and, in the current Scenario, somewhat unhinged, she strives constantly for what she believes is right. Bitter and of venomous tongue, Vera rarely keeps her thoughts private; unless the situation calls for it. Is strangely capable of admiring enemies as deeply as she does certain allies; though her loyalties, once decided, do not sway.

Affinity: Steadfast (East)

Abilities:

•Shelling: Where many see the dominion over Steadfast Resonance as a way to rip up streets and cause massive amounts of collateral damage, Vera has developed a technique that pulls Resonance into her body; creating a protective layer of semi-solid Steadfast Resonance around vital points. This makes her incredibly tough, but can cause slowing of movement the longer it is used.

Releasing this skill can allow Vera to reform, while simultaneously launching the Resonance at up to four nearby enemies.

•Bullheaded: She is stubborn, that much won’t be argued. However, she did not name this technique after herself; but rather what she had seen. A creature with horns could more easily scoop, throw off balance and perhaps even gore an addled foe. Vera can grow four horns on her head, and a thick protective helmet is formed to ensure her eyes are not gouged or her otherwise sensitive neck area easily targeted.

•Patient Fury: Gathering Steadfast Resonance and implanting it, as a trap is something that often gives Vera an edge. While she seems the berserking sort, almost every move when Patient Fury becomes involved becomes a pure game of strategy. If an enemy steps on a spot marked with a Patient Fury stomp, they will immediately become the target for dormant Furies in the area. Vera can place up to five at a time, though these constructs can be quite dangerous.s

Oracle Emblem: A crystal. A Prism. Non-Euclidian thing that seems all too malleable in the hands. Activating it requires sacrificing a small bit of blood and then aiming the prism toward your enemy. Once the blood touches the crystal, it begins to take on a large an imposing form; riddled with spikes, ribs and dire bladed implements. If inert, it simply hands around her neck on a leather thong.

•Suit’s Support: Once the Prism Thrall is formed from his Emblem, Vera has the ability to remotely control the creature’s actions; guiding it as if the body were her own. It is considerably stronger than her mortal form and doesn’t tire nearly as easily. While she prefers Steadfast Resonance for this form Data Resonance has proven equally effective.

Essentially, she is given a suit of armor that follows her command and greatly increases combat capabilities and Resonance Resistance; at the cost of using Suit’s Affinity.

•Paradox Moment: It couldn’t have happened, like that. How could they have lost so easily. Suit’s Data capabilities truly frighten Vera, so she tries to avoid indulging him. Paradox Moment eliminates a course of action from a single opponent; leaving them trapped in a thick haze of existential horror. That’s usually when the Rocket Cleaver comes through.

•Mannequin Maestro: Another Data Resonance utilization that touches and twists the mind of an unguarded creature, once the spell has taken hold; Vera can give two commands to her new subordinates. This is an ability that requires physical touch to take hold. After a short ’incubation’ period, the afflicted will be subject to Vera’s will.

Does not work on Seekers, Shrouds or other ‘Higher Entities’.

Honest Blade: Similar to the Rocket Hammer Vera often has summoner, the Sucellos is a merciless thing. When summoned, it is immediately obvious who the source of the Emblem signal is. Vera finds the release of her Honest Blade to be exhilarating, and hopes to cross a worthy contender while wielding an earth-shattering striker.

Suit

Name: “The Suit”

Appearance:

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Affinity: Data

Personality: An instigator and cruel entity, Suit seems to defy the conventions of Shrouds; as a whole. He is rarely in a ‘placid state’ and seems rather adamant about Vera being the victor in this scenario. Reality itself seems to have an issue with his presence, given his ‘glitchy’ movements and complete disregard for the lives contained within the ongoing Scenario.

Assistant Capabilities:

Deepdweller Congregation: Unlike many others, Suit can summon his anomalous minions…numbering up to six. Usually he only does this when Vera is in danger, as letting his shadows roam free would eventually leave his consciousness divided. The summoned static spawn are equipped with grasping tendrils and a thirst for the blood of corporeals. While their stay is short, they do their best to inconvenience those who would hinder Vera,.

[OwO]

Cain and his weird space dad

𝖢𝖠𝖨𝖭 𝖧𝖤𝖸𝖤𝖱𝖬𝖠𝖭

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16

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Standing at 5'8" with a slim build, Cain is an unassuming person. His long, messy, brown hair and languid green eyes are the opposite of intimidating. His body language, however, is confident. His stands with his chest high and eyes straight.

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A mellow fellow, Cain is a thinker rather than a fighter. He chooses to stay out of conflict until intervention is necessary. Truth is the only thing that Cain desires; he wants all of his questions to be answered and is willing to put in every ounce of work he can to solve what's going on.

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Data

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\\DELAY;QUEUE - Cain can delay the effect of a single action by 2, 3, or 5 seconds. While he is using this ability, his actions will appear to phase through the world. For instance, if he attempts to pick a mug up, his hand will go directly through the handle. After the delay, the mug will appear to be affected by the same motion and phase into his hand. The ability can be thought of being split into cause and effect. Cause is the motion in which Cain takes. As a result, objects that he is holding are not affected by the delay. Their effects, however, are. Effect can be thought of as anything that the cause will result in. For instance, if Cain swings a sword while under the effect of a delay, he will swipe straight through the target. After the delay, the "effect" of the swing will be at the same pace in which he swung the sword. If the sword is blocked, Cain would instantly feel the feedback.

It's important to note that the ability has two signature tell: sound and reflections. While a delay is activated, Cain will not make any noise. Instead, the noise will happen when the delay is finished. The same happens to reflections. The glistening of light on a sword would be a visual indicator mid-slice, but a mirror or video recording would simply show Cain standing still during a delay. Then, when the action actually occurs, a "phantom" of him will be phased inside of him in the reflection doing whatever move he had done.

This power will not allow him to phase through things he can't move through nor will it allow him to break his regular limits. If such is the case, he will not phase through an object.

\\OBJECT;ROLLBACK - By placing his hand upon an object, Cain can slowly revert an object to a previous state. Rather than recollect the original parts and move them to restore them, the original, broken parts break down into nothing. Then, the original object will slowly rebuild. This works on living things as well as inanimate objects, but the process is incredibly painful. Considering how nerve endings are slowly rebuilt, it causes severe pain with no lasting effects.

\\BORROWED;TIMEBOMB - By recording an action, Cain can place a "time bomb" on a surface. When something collides with anywhere in the path of motion in Cain's recording, the bomb will activate. Rather than explode, the bomb will create a phantom of Cain that perfectly acts out his recorded action. If, by any means, the phantom is unable to complete its recorded action with more than a fragment of resistance, the phantom instantly vanishes.

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Nero's emblem takes the form of an ivory horsehair bow of masterwork quality. The emblem itself is incredibly durable, able to bend enough to take every impact so far without shattering.

Elemental Absorption - When activated, the length of the bow increases to that of a sword and the stick becomes just as sharp. By striking an element with the bow string, the bow can absorb a single instance of an outward elemental attack. By doing so, the power can be stored for an indefinite period of time. While only one instance can be stored at a time, the bow can still mitigate some potency.

Pass-through - By making an long, esoteric gesture directly on a wall, Cain can create a perfect circle that allows for rapid transportation. While it can go no further than a single foot, the hole allows for Cain to travel between most walls with slow but relative ease.

Influence - Upon touching something, Cain can open a fragment of the Outside on a target. A crushing force appears on the target. Not enough to cause damage, but enough to slow them down and harsh any action they may take.

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Taking the form of an ornate targe made of mirrors, Veritas acts in two parts; the first is that the reflection of the mirror is unaffected by petty illusions made by seekers. The second is that any attack that strikes the mirror is reflected onto itself, mostly negating the impact of blows.

Nero

𝖭𝖤𝖱𝖮

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At 7'5", Nero doesn't exactly look human. His skin is extremely thin and charred black, making him look more like a walking skeleton. His limbs are just as odd; his proportions look more as though he's been stretched a considerable amount. A dull white tattoo depicting tentacles glows on his skin, brightly shining. His demeanor is incredibly insular. He constantly recedes from other people and objects to make himself appear as small as possible.

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Data

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Nero's personality is... unpredictable. Prone to minor mood swings, he can go from frustrated to completely satisfied in the blink of an eye. His thought process is, unfortunately, not up to par with most. As though he's constantly forgetting things, his motives can alternate. Almost always, he wishes to assist Cain, but sometimes acts to his own, unknown and confused interests. He's entirely confused most of the time, an unreliable guide to his inheritor.

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Nero possesses the ability to pull things into the Outside, a pocket dimension that mirrors the world. The Outside is not dissimilar to the deep ocean in appearance. Very little light penetrates the murky atmosphere. Beings stuck in the Outside feel an immense pressure on all sides as though they are suffocating. The immense pressure also halts movement; while it's possible to move within the Outside, it feels as though one is wading neck deep in water. Outside also has an upper limit of 25 seconds. Nothing can remain inside of the Outside for more than 20 seconds. This means that it is primarily used as a way to escape. Being within the pocket dimension also strains one's body. Being within the it feels as though one is being crushed alive, only to be pulled apart once they leave. Not to mention, everyone leaves drastically winded because of how difficult it is to breath inside of it. As it stands, the only thing Nero can pull inside is Cain.

[Flamelord]

Ezekiel

Ezekiel Trakazen

Age: 17

Appearance: Ezekiel has emerald green eyes and long blond hair, which might serve to cast him into something of a more effeminate light when properly attired. Has a relatively average build, though he can hold his own should it come to fisticuffs.

Personality: Ezekiel is a slow burning flame. He is considerate, and passionate about what he believes in. Yet when he gets worked up, or finds a cause to which he can devote himself, you will be hard pressed to find someone more strident in advancing that cause, more burning and determined. Needless to say he can get really serious when the situation calls for it, and he doesn't do half measures.

Affinity: Fire

Abilities:

Flame Wall - Simple in form and function, this ability allows Ezekiel to create a burning flame in the form of a wall. There are two uses that he generally follows with this. The first is a wall horizontal to his location, and he can determine whether it is straight or curved, as well as the general height. The second is a wall that radiates in a straight line from his location, going until stopped by another object or after several meters.

While it is possible to go through this wall, one should be prepared to brave the flames in the process.

Flare Star - Launches a projectile from Ezekiel's hand which detonates after traveling a moderate distance. Blinds those further away with a large flash while exploding with intense heat amidst those who are too close. Flammable objects may also catch on fire, though the heat depends on the magical energy he puts into the spell.

Imbued Essence - This ability allows Ezekiel to take any item that he currently has in his hand and light it on fire. Items held will not melt under the heat they radiate, and he can choose to alter the intensity of the heat projected. Flames will rapidly go out should the object he is using be removed from his hand.

Oracle Emblem: A gem from a necklace, light blue. It looks like it is frozen, and peering deeper into it will reveal a network of tiny cracks radiating out from a glowing center.

Freezing Source - A simple Flowing Affinity spell, blowing upon his Oracle Emblem will create a magically enchanted wind which freezes anything in its path. The longer it is in the path of the wind the deeper it freezes, and the harder it is to break out afterwards.

Ice Barrage - Another simple Flowing Affinity spell, Ezekiel can launch icicles at a distant target. Usually comes in trios, though he can make more if he focuses. Can be deflected with physical force if properly intercepted.

Symmetry Wave - Activating the power of his Oracle, Water burns hot and Fire flows like water. His Alignment is flipped for so long as it is active, with the resultant changes in Resonance Clashes as well.

Honest Blade: His Honest Blade forms a Dagger, burning a bright blue that licks hungrily at the air. Yet when it cuts it does not burn. Instead it drains all the heat, sucking it away until the afflicted is freezing. The heat itself transfers to the blade, leaving the target to slow and weaken from the pain, as ones passion and drive is used to fuel another.

Analisa

Analisa

Appearance: White hair, brown eyes, lithe build, flowing white dress, small scar on her upper left arm in a jagged line, on the taller side of things.

Affinity: Tempestuous

Personality: The quiet sort, Analisa is more inclined to go with the flow. On her bad days she is aloof and distant, leaving her Seeker to suffer in her absence. Other times she is cunning and deceptive, willing to use any dirty trick that she can find to weasel past an opponents defenses to get what she wants. So while she might seem like she doesn't care, that is usually not the case.

Assistant Capabilities:

Fractal Storm - Forced to assist her Seeker, Analisa draws upon that deceptive side of hers. The area is blanketed in a thick mist within which Ezekiel can hide himself. Her magic also creates phantom images within the dense cover, leaving opponents never quite sure whether it is him or just an illusion. At least until he attacks.