Alarielle

Guardians

How much would our characters have interacted prior to the IC? If they've all gone through training and the Bonding recently, seems like they'd know each other right? Or are we meeting for the first time in the IC?

Guardians

Zoe Pelletier

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Name: Zoe Pelletier

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Appearance: Zoe is a thin young woman of average height with shoulder-length charcoal black hair and pale skin. Her most notable obvious feature are her eyes, which are an unusual shade of light red, and abnormally bright, as though overcharged with some kind of unnatural electricity.

The rest is hidden beneath a flexible, durable full body suit that she is almost never seen without. Specifically, almost her entire body save for her face is covered in jagged, zig-zagging marks the same color as her eyes, like the scars left behind by a lightning strike. They pulse with an inner light, increasing in frequency with Zoe's heart rate. Few ever get to see these, though, hidden as they are beneath her suit, which features two moderate canisters fixed to her upper back, constantly operating with a soft whirring sound.

When out and about around Respite Zoe sometimes wears normal clothes over this suit, typically baggy and oversized, but she's stopped bothering with that around the Guardians, who know of the condition the Bonding put her in.

Personality: Zoe is thoughtful and caring, a much better listener than she is a speaker. She deals with her fair share of problems, among them feelings of loneliness and regret, but she much prefers helping others rather than helping herself when it comes to emotional issues. She'll quickly attempt to change the subject when forced to talk too much about herself, unless she's pressed and cornered into it, which isn't likely to earn her favor.

She has quickly grown averse to physical contact with other humans, after the first few accidents that happened. She still hasn't forgiven herself for those. To compensate, she is devoted to her new line of work, determined to make something worthwhile out of the rushed decision she made to join the Guardians.

Abilities/Powers: Zoe's bonding placed, at her core, a powerful and chaotic energy that builds and builds without any natural means for her to dissipate it in a safe manner. It appears as crimson light blasting out in shockwaves with potentially tremendous force. It has no effect on her when released, but for everything else, carries enough force to obliterate entire rooms and people. Needless to say, it was paramount for the Guardians to find a way to harness her abilities, for their own safety.

Her suit was designed to do just that, and while it's not perfect, it works. The canisters on her back are actually plugged into her body, drawing and releasing the power in her blood to maintain a stable level. The rest of the suit works to contain her ability, all save for the palms of her gloves, which she has learned to direct the force out of. Abominations seem particularly weak to her energy. She can blast the smallest of them to pieces from a short distance with a well placed shot, while a larger one would require her to place her hands directly on it, releasing her power in order to damage, destabilize, and weaken the creature, rendering it more vulnerable to normal weaponry.

Problem being, of course, that she has to get pretty close to make any of this work. She passed her training courses, but is still largely human in terms of her mobility and physical toughness. The Guardians are working on the means to properly harness her power in easily portable means, but with little luck so far.

Weaknesses/Vulnerabilities: Her suit allows her control of her abilities, but she is utterly dependent on it. She can only spend around two hours a day outside of it without serious risk of detonating whatever room she's in. It's durable, but if it gets damaged enough in combat it can cease to function. She knows how to fix it if anything goes wrong, but it makes things complicated.

Her power is still unstable, even with the suit, which isn't perfect. Physical contact with her palms against anything can result in serious damage, so she has become extremely averse to touch.

Specialized Equipment: Apart from the aforementioned suit, Zoe always has a set of tools needed to fix it should it become damaged or require maintenance. She's working with the Guardians to develop a type of bomb that works with her ability, but as of now it isn't ready for field testing.

Biography: Everyone's got a sob story in Respite, and Zoe doesn't think of herself as being any different, though she used to think she was special, meant for great things, that the loss in her life was the first step on her hero's journey.

She came from a community near Toronto, Canada, the only child of a loving mother and father, the latter of which was in a position of leadership in the town. Her story is like many others: for a time she grew in peace and happiness, then the abominations wrecked what semblance of civilization she knew, and her mother didn't make it out. Both Zoe and her father made promises to themselves to carry on, make the loss mean something.

For her father, that meant working his way onto the city council in Respite, where they managed to relocate. He's close to his goal, cunning as he is, growing in influence every day. As for his daughter, she went and did the thing rash teenagers looking to make a difference do: she joined the Guardians. The training was rough, the Bonding rougher; Zoe's lasted a full two weeks, and the other Guardians believed she was done for.

But she pulled through, developed strange and mysterious powers, and promptly exploded the right arm of the man that first came to shake her hand. He wasn't the last person she hurt with her powers, but he was the first. Thankfully she never killed anyone, but there were a few very close calls, and a lot of property damage.

The Guardians contained her damage, got her the means to turn them on the abominations instead, and have started setting her loose. She's only taken down a few of the smallest ones so far, but it's clear to everyone that she has potential. The would-be councilman's daughter, with the power to fell giants. If she doesn't obliterate the city first.

Fun Facts: Zoe has terrible posture. She plays the guitar, but her last one blew up in her hands. She's more scared of touching cats and dogs than she is of people. She used to sleep on her back. Can't anymore, so now she sleeps terribly instead. Her suit keeps her at least somewhat clean in the event that she has to go on a long mission or something, but her absolute favorite part of any day is when she gets to take a shower. Still, she takes very quick showers.

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For your consideration:

(happy to adjust anything if need be)

Zoe!

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Name: Zoe Pelletier

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Appearance: Zoe is a thin young woman of average height with shoulder-length charcoal black hair and pale skin. Her most notable obvious feature are her eyes, which are an unusual shade of light red, and abnormally bright, as though overcharged with some kind of unnatural electricity.

The rest is hidden beneath a flexible, durable full body suit that she is almost never seen without. Specifically, almost her entire body save for her face is covered in jagged, zig-zagging marks the same color as her eyes, like the scars left behind by a lightning strike. They pulse with an inner light, increasing in frequency with Zoe's heart rate. Few ever get to see these, though, hidden as they are beneath her suit, which features two moderate canisters fixed to her upper back, constantly operating with a soft whirring sound.

When out and about around Respite Zoe sometimes wears normal clothes over this suit, typically baggy and oversized, but she's stopped bothering with that around the Guardians, who know of the condition the Bonding put her in.

Personality: Zoe is thoughtful and caring, a much better listener than she is a speaker. She deals with her fair share of problems, among them feelings of loneliness and regret, but she much prefers helping others rather than helping herself when it comes to emotional issues. She'll quickly attempt to change the subject when forced to talk too much about herself, unless she's pressed and cornered into it, which isn't likely to earn her favor.

She has quickly grown averse to physical contact with other humans, after the first few accidents that happened. She still hasn't forgiven herself for those. To compensate, she is devoted to her new line of work, determined to make something worthwhile out of the rushed decision she made to join the Guardians.

Abilities/Powers: Zoe's bonding placed, at her core, a powerful and chaotic energy that builds and builds without any natural means for her to dissipate it in a safe manner. It appears as crimson light blasting out in shockwaves with potentially tremendous force. It has no effect on her when released, but for everything else, carries enough force to obliterate entire rooms and people. Needless to say, it was paramount for the Guardians to find a way to harness her abilities, for their own safety.

Her suit was designed to do just that, and while it's not perfect, it works. The canisters on her back are actually plugged into her body, drawing and releasing the power in her blood to maintain a stable level. The rest of the suit works to contain her ability, all save for the palms of her gloves, which she has learned to direct the force out of. Abominations seem particularly weak to her energy. She can blast the smallest of them to pieces from a short distance with a well placed shot, while a larger one would require her to place her hands directly on it, releasing her power in order to damage, destabilize, and weaken the creature, rendering it more vulnerable to normal weaponry.

Problem being, of course, that she has to get pretty close to make any of this work. She passed her training courses, but is still largely human in terms of her mobility and physical toughness. The Guardians are working on the means to properly harness her power in easily portable means, but with little luck so far.

Weaknesses/Vulnerabilities: Her suit allows her control of her abilities, but she is utterly dependent on it. She can only spend around two hours a day outside of it without serious risk of detonating whatever room she's in. It's durable, but if it gets damaged enough in combat it can cease to function. She knows how to fix it if anything goes wrong, but it makes things complicated.

Her power is still unstable, even with the suit, which isn't perfect. Physical contact with her palms against anything can result in serious damage, so she has become extremely averse to touch.

Specialized Equipment: Apart from the aforementioned suit, Zoe always has a set of tools needed to fix it should it become damaged or require maintenance. She's working with the Guardians to develop a type of bomb that works with her ability, but as of now it isn't ready for field testing.

Biography: Everyone's got a sob story in Respite, and Zoe doesn't think of herself as being any different, though she used to think she was special, meant for great things, that the loss in her life was the first step on her hero's journey.

She came from a community near Toronto, Canada, the only child of a loving mother and father, the latter of which was in a position of leadership in the town. Her story is like many others: for a time she grew in peace and happiness, then the abominations wrecked what semblance of civilization she knew, and her mother didn't make it out. Both Zoe and her father made promises to themselves to carry on, make the loss mean something.

For her father, that meant working his way onto the city council in Respite, where they managed to relocate. He's close to his goal, cunning as he is, growing in influence every day. As for his daughter, she went and did the thing rash teenagers looking to make a difference do: she joined the Guardians. The training was rough, the Bonding rougher; Zoe's lasted a full two weeks, and the other Guardians believed she was done for.

But she pulled through, developed strange and mysterious powers, and promptly exploded the right arm of the man that first came to shake her hand. He wasn't the last person she hurt with her powers, but he was the first. Thankfully she never killed anyone, but there were a few very close calls, and a lot of property damage.

The Guardians contained her damage, got her the means to turn them on the abominations instead, and have started setting her loose. She's only taken down a few of the smallest ones so far, but it's clear to everyone that she has potential. The would-be councilman's daughter, with the power to fell giants. If she doesn't obliterate the city first.

Fun Facts: Zoe has terrible posture. She plays the guitar, but her last one blew up in her hands. She's more scared of touching cats and dogs than she is of people. She used to sleep on her back. Can't anymore, so now she sleeps terribly instead. Her suit keeps her at least somewhat clean in the event that she has to go on a long mission or something, but her absolute favorite part of any day is when she gets to take a shower. Still, she takes very quick showers.

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Tossing in my interest as well! Can't commit to anything yet, but this seems like a fun idea.

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I can, I'm just not sure what to do? I'd thought we were going on this job we're getting hired for.

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"A wagon needs guarding on its way north," Cora answered the cleric. She'd thought that encounter with the thugs was going to go much worse, but apparently there were as many people in town willing to help as take advantage of people. She still needed to find her sword, though...

"I'm taking the job. Don't think I should stay in this town a minute longer than I have to."

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Lots to reply to for that one. Let's see if my luck stays just as bad lol.

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Cora listened as the songstress got more money out of the gnome to be split among hired help. It seemed like a good idea, the roads were often dangerous and just one or two people would have trouble guarding a convoy from a bandit ambush. She had some time while Kitra went out in search of more help, so she busied herself with the cocoa and the fire until she was warmed up. Just as she paid, she heard the screaming from outside. Drawn to trouble like a moth to flame, Cora darted outside back into the cold and rain.

Running toward the sounds of screams, she found Kitra fleeing from four armed thugs. "Shit," she cursed to herself. This town was as bad as it looked. She reached for her sword, and... it was gone. She looked down, finding that the sheath had been cut from her sword belt entirely. "What the...?"

There was no time to think about it. She drew her knife instead and raised it defensively in a reverse grip. "Back off!" she shouted. "This isn't worth risking your life over!"

If that didn't convince them, Cora would just have to fight them as best she could, and maybe hope help came quickly.

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Now I gotta figure out how Cora somehow doesn't notice her entire sword being lifted and stolen, but dice are dice I guess, will have time to post in a few hours.

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This place was quickly proving to be more than Cora bargained for. The colors were too bright, the people too loud, and the singing coming from that woman was just making it all worse. She tried to focus on enjoying the cocoa and warming up, but soon overheard the gnome talking about wagon escort work. Just the kind of thing she was looking for.

She got up and headed over. "I'd happily take that job. Good with a sword and headed north anyway." Good with a sword was probably an exaggeration, but Cora had a little experience, and could hold her own. Jobs weren't acquired by being overly modest, anyhow.