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What Category is This For? Natsube's Premade Adult / semi-custom adult civi <3

How Many Powered Characters Do You Own? 2 <3

Link to Quest Thread: ;;; This IS my quest thread orz

Name: Alice Pendergast

Nickname: Ali, Aloysius (It's an inside joke – kudos to any who get the ref xD)

Age: 23

Birthday: January 1st

Sign: Capricorn

Gemstone: Garnet

Blood Type: O +

Fav. Food: Bagels with cream cheese – she loves anything light, with an especial fondness for breakfast foods <3

Hated Food: Canned things – It's not so much the flavors as just watching it all slop out into a pot. Especially cream of anything soup, which retains the shape of the can.

Job: Interior Designer (Minor – Fashion design)

Hobbies:

Sketching – As it's part of her job, Alice spends a lot of time with a pencil in her hand, multitasking by talking with friends and drawing up some new plans for her latest project. More like sketching that actual drawings, she doesn't delude herself into thinking she's an artist, especially not in the traditional sense, and while her sketches are satisfactory and clean, that's only for anything that doesn't move. She loves to draw (and watercolor) beatiful new designs for her room (which she often rearranges at any possible opportunity,) and dabbles quite a bit in drawing architecture she seems and likes on the streets or pretty clothing designs. However, ask her to draw an actual person, or an animal, and she'll give you something that might resemble a hybrid of cookie monster and a jellyfish. (Meaning she has no sense of bone or muscular structure. At all.)

The Aquarium – Although it's a little bizarre, if for any reason you can't find her, this twenty three year old is likely at the Aquarium. The only time she won't pick up the phone, (which she is addicted to, among other things) she will wander for hours in the underwater enclosures, watching the fish and sharks and whatever else will come close enough for her to get a good view of it. Alice has an absolute love for colors, and the rich, beautiful blues of an underwater scene combined with the elegance of aquatic creatures captivates her. There is just something so serene to her about standing there in the darkened room, the only light the blue reflections from the water, watching the mysterious underwater world co-exist. She thinks it'd be the perfect date.

Internet cafes – When she's not at the Aquarium, you can normally find Alice at the internet cafe located just down the street from DU, a cup of coffee in one hand, laptop in her lap and a group of friends to laugh with. When the weather is nice, they sit outside in the warm sunshine at the quaint little tables and underneath the white umbrellas – when it's cold, they'll sit indoors, just as happy to watch it snow from one of the large windows surrounding the entire shop. Internet cafes are the best, in her opinion because there's always a friendly atmosphere, and she can sit and do work or fool around while still being among people.

Fashion – With a minor in fashion design, it's no wonder Alice has the mall-bug, although she doesn't necessarily have to be shopping for herself to get into this craze. She loves matching styles, matching colors and mood and skin tones and hair color, and is more than happy to jump in if someone needs a new dress for an upcoming occasion or a new style to fit their new haircut or just wants to try something new for a change. Unfortunately, as with most things where her opinion is asked, she can get a little (a lot) opinionated. In these instances, she really needs a firm personality to tell her no, because if you don't speak up, she might try to convince you that she knows best.


Virtues:

Friendly Disposition – Despite her (many) faults, Alice does have a good heart. It's a very rare occasion that she really is genuinely mean to anyone on purpose, and usually you have to really deserve it to end up on that short list. Friendly and sociable, she has no problem striking up a conversation with almost anyone, no matter the age, gender, political or religious views. As such she'll often have a new acquaintance by the time she's exited a line for coffee, something that some people might find weird... and perhaps it would be, except 99% of the time both of them are smiling as they walk away. People are people in her eyes, and anyone has the potential to be someone interesting and exciting to her.

Early Bird – As breakfast is her favorite meal of the day, it's no wonder that Alice is an early bird. The new morning sun shining in her face, the smell of dew on the grass, the feeling of being rejuvenated from a good night's sleep, the prospect that she has the whole day in front of her, she loves everything about it. What's more, she's often most cheerful in the morning, and this good mood will often last throughout the day because of it. She just cannot understand why anyone wouldn't want to hear the birds sing! She just enjoys being up early (that doesn't mean she doesn't occasionally like to go out and party at night though~)

Flaws:

Blunt/opinionated – Unfortunately, when it comes to thinks she knows about, Alice is going to tell you how she feels, whether you want her to or not. If you're wearing something hideous, she will tell you, and sometimes doesn't really think about how to let you down nicely. This also usually means she'll offer to help you with it, which normally would be considered a good thing, right? Well... lets just say it's good in theory. She's just as likely to try to tell you what to do as she is to tell you there's something 'wrong,' and more often than not won't take the hint that you don't want or need her help (which is something she just cannot understand.) That doesn't mean she's mean – if you're firm, she'll let it drop, moving onto something new – it's just she

Gossip – Ali loves to talk. That's the root of the problem right there, she loves nothing more than striking up a conversation about anything and everything... and that's meant quite literally. If you don't tell her specifically not to tell anyone, nothing is off limits to her range of conversation, and there's nothing more exciting than talking about a scandal. She loves the way people's eyes grow wide as she leans in close, a devious look in her eye, her nose wrinkling a little as she whispers something juicy in someone's ear. Many a time she'll start a conversation off with “Did you hear ...?” no matter if it's something important, like something a professor said about a class, or it's about how Lindy Morison's just recently got engaged. And although she's much less frequent about gossiping about her friends, it is not unheard of, and has been the root of many an argument with her social group.


Absent-minded – Forgetting her keys, forgetting her portfolio, losing clothing in the piles at the foot of her bed, it's this type of thing that gets Alice labeled as 'brain dead.' If it's not tied to her in some way, she's likely to lose it at one point or another, and although she usually finds it later, that's not always a guarantee – not something you want to hear from someone you just lent your favorite shirt to. In addition, she'll often times show up ten to fifteen minutes late, with nothing more than an 'Oh, I forgot' as an excuse. Which is fine... the first few times, but when nearly every single occasion she shows up late, it gets aggravating. It's gotten to the point where her friends tell her a time that's fifteen minutes before the time the rest of them will be there, just so she gets there at the same time they do.


PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION (If not chosen for premade, feel free to do something an artist fits her <3 As long as it's not red hair, please. @___@;;;

Eyes: Up to you~

Hair: Up to you~

Face: Up to you~

Clothes: Anything classy, casual and fashionable.

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What Category is This For? Semi-custom civ

How Many Powered Characters Do You Own? 3 (two senshi, one nega)

Link to Quest Thread: http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=18381321

Name: Emmett Holly

Nickname: Em, Holly, THE FLASH (he came up with that one by himself, and thinks it is extremely clever because his camera has a flash har har har)

Age: 21

Birthday: March 27th

Sign: Aries

Gemstone: Ruby ruby ruby ruby soho

Blood Type: A

Fav. Food: Sautéed spinach and chicken, in the style of French cuisine. Considering his current unemployment, however, he finds store-brand potato chips to be a decent substitute (and enough sustenance to keep him from keeling over). He's not picky!

Hated Food: Ice cream - he probably would like it, but his sensitive teeth don't really give him the chance. Not even Sensodyne cures those ouchies.

School: n/a, he's just bummin' it.

(this is his occupation, however:


Occupation: Young, eager photographer seeks freelance (or contract) work. Will take pictures of anything. Seriously, anything. Please.

Things looked good for Emmett, straight out of two-year Art and Photography School. It was a big and promising world out there, and the internship program that promised jobs to all graduates had scored him a six month period of sessions with a modeling company, contracted through a swanky fashion magazine. It was everything Emmett wanted - he got to look at hot ladies all day, and take pictures, and get paid for it. Nothing better.

One fateful night, in the middle of rearranging only the red pieces of furniture in his loft apartment, he caught a glimpse of a news cast on his grainy television screen. Something about Terrorists? In Destiny City? That wasn't far from him at all! He was starstruck, in some warped sense of the word. If he could get images of these Terrorists - well. He'd go down in history books, like another Kevin Carter or Jeff Widener! This could be it!

Without another thought, he abandoned his promising job and set off on nightly trips to Destiny City, hoping to catch a glimpse of these terrible, dangerous people. Just a quick shot would be all he needed to get his image printed, and his name would be remembered forever.

Unfortunately, many months passed, and Emmett had nothing. He'd been scraping by for too long, and paying movers to cart all of his things to a new loft in Destiny City had forced him to sell several of his prized belongings, forever changing his redecorating routines. He currently is seeking employment; surviving off of a diet of gas station staples and selling his eclectic furniture is too depressing for the optimistic photographer. )

Hobbies: Photography: Emmett loves his job, when he has one, because photography is his passion and he'd rather be doing nothing else. It started with his parents' Polaroid camera when he was a child; he still has an affinity for instant film today, but has upgraded his camera many times since then. His favorite subjects are eye-catching, be it a landscape, a person, an object, etc. He leans towards a photo-journalistic style, preferring for his photographs to tell a story rather than resemble a finely-painted piece of art. It's more important for him to have his images associated with life-changing events than to see them hanging in a gallery somewhere.

He carries his camera everywhere he goes, and spends his nights developing his negatives after cheap Chinese takeout or a microwave burrito from the Happy Mart...when he's not trying to pick up hot Indie chicks, that is. He has very little game, so he counts on his OMG TTLY DEEP ARTIST vibe to reel them in.

Obsessive Redecorating: Maybe the blue mod armchair looked good in the corner next to the aquarium yesterday, but not today. Unemployment gives Emmett a hell of a lot of time on his hands, and when he's not out taking pictures, he's restless. Lounging around lazily is a novelty that wears off after an hour or two, and staring at his furniture inevitably leads to trying out one of the 2,678,298,301 ways they can be arranged. His redecorating can be as simple as moving around a couple of pictures or potted plants, or can get as serious as complete room redesign. One weekend was especially bad, and he painted one of his walls a terrible steel blue color. He rectified this by writing and pasting pictures all over it, playing it off as a giant chalkboard.

Freelance Tattoo Design: Though he is by no means an artist, Emmett does love tattoos. He's got juuust about as many as he'd like to have, because he's kind of proud of his complexion, but he doesn't mind helping people get ink'd all over their bodies. Most of the tattoos he designs are for friends - he doesn't charge anything, since they're not very high quality, but they're always a good start. He's got a very keen eye for design in most aspects of his life, which is helpful for working out tattoo placement, symmetry, and aesthetics.

Oldschool Punk Music: While some people might listen to Classical or House music to relax, Emmett listens to old school punk. He loves the sounds, the beats, the lyrics, and the feeling, and has developed such an exclusive taste for it that most other music just sounds yucky. His favorite bands are the the Misfits, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, and Bad Religion, but he's open to most things within the genre. One of Emmett's favorite parts about this genre is that most of the bands are long gone or completely dissolved, so there isn't a whole lot of temptation to spend money on concert tickets or fancy new merch. This is also, however, one of his least favorite parts - for the same reason, there isn't a whole lot of new material surfacing.

War Games: Fascinated by RISK as a kid, Emmett grew up enjoying the more competitive aspects of military tactical games. As he grew up, this transferred into competitive online games, especially Call of Duty and MAG. Unfortunately, once he became unemployed, his video games were the first to be pawned off for film and food money. He still gladly plays online with his friends when he has the chance, but this requires hanging out at someone's house; after the move, most of his friends dropped communication. It's just no fun to invite someone over when it takes, like, a whole hour for them to get there!

Virtues: Extreme Perseverance: Few people are as determined as Emmett is. He fixates, which can be a problem (as described below) or a godsend. His dedication to his causes, as flawed as they may be, usually pulls him through to a favorable end. This works out especially well in the job world, because all of the magazines and journals he's worked for have adored the amount of effort he puts in to his assignments and stories. His focus makes him cheerfully oblivious to how annoying he might be - every action is part of a straight line directly from him to his goal, and anything off of that line doesn't really matter. This has cost him jobs with less patient employers, but employers that are tolerant of his work ethic are generally pleased with the finished product.

Thinking Outside of the Box: Photography is pretty common nowadays, with digital cameras becoming fancier by the minute and edgy high school kids insistent on becoming the next artsy prodigy. Therefore, it's essential to be able to stand out in the photography world, lest he want to remain without a job and unrecognized for the rest of his life. He tries to look at things from many different angles, hoping that he might come across something startlingly original one of these days.

Bravery For Art: Anything that has to be done to further Emmett's artistic cause will be done without question. He has no issue sacrificing his things, his well-being, and even himself for the sake of art, rationalizing his reckless decisions by knowing that he'll at least be remembered through martyrdom if something truly terrible were to happen. He also does what he can to help out other artists, pushing where they might be do afraid to do so, or leading them in directions they were too afraid to go alone.

Flaws: Frightening Stalker Tendencies: If Emmett develops a curiosity, he won't stop until the curiosity dissipates. This has caused him to dangerously fixate upon many of the wrong things in life. In high school, he received a restraining order from the girl of his dreams, because it just is not a good idea to hang around outside of her bedroom with a camera. After graduating, he got involved in a local political scandal, and spent a short amount of time in jail for poking his nose into the business of far too important people.

And, of course, the news of terrorists that brought him to Destiny City is no exception to this. Though it is definitely the most dangerous of the obsessions, he neglects to worry about his safety, more concerned in finding out what he wants to know (and what he needs to know in order to become the sensationalized photographer that he would love to be).

Wearin' Blinders: Another serious issue with his focus is that he can very easily see his goals and the things that directly stand between him and said goals, but can't really factor in anything else around him. Almost as if he is just looking through the lens of his camera and blocking out the rest of the world, he visually and mentally processes everything of immediate importance to him, but not much more. This can be so extreme that he neglects to notice whole buildings or people, which proves dangerous when hanging out in the wrong kind of town or getting involved in the wrong kinds of situations or journalistic investigations.

He once narrowly escaped having his kneecaps broken by some thugs in an alleyway (he thought they were the terrorists he was so diligently seeking out, and they were not) by using his camera flash to temporarily disrupt their vision. Shortly thereafter he nicknamed himself "The Flash" and told everyone the story so he could sound ultra cool.

Failed Foresight: If something seems like a good idea at the time, Emmett tends to think that it will be a good idea at any time. Most recently, this has cost him his job and many of his belongings, but he has suffered with his inability to make rational decisions all of his life. For example, it's not really okay to say 'yes' to three girls who ask you to the Sadie Hawkins dance just because they are all quite nice people. He acts heavily upon impulse, going with his immediate gut reaction. It always leads to interesting experiences, but does not always lead to the safest of places, both physically and mentally.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Eyes: Black. Technically very dark brown, but they might as well be black. He wears thick-rimmed hipster classes like these.

Hair: Dyed black - naturally a brunette, but that's not sophisticated enough. Messy in a very "I just rolled out of bed" (and spent five hours making my hair look like I just rolled out of bed) look, but short enough to not make him look trashy. Shorter on the sides than the top.

Face: Pierced lip (his left, our right, single hoop), just a couple of freckles on his nose. Slim face.

Clothes: Just obnoxiously hipsterish. I imagine he wears tees over longsleeved button-ups that have the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, skinny jeans, and most definitely some kind of converses. It'd be cool if he had his camera, but I'm not gonna QQ forever if it's not included, because that's kind of a big undertaking. XD

What Category is This For? Semi-custom senshi

How Many Powered Characters Do You Own? 3 (two senshi, one corrupted)

Link to Quest Thread: http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=20091705

Name: Honor Petrichor

Nickname: Honey

Age: 18

Birthday: 20 July

Sign: Cancer

Gemstone: Ruby

Blood Type: A+

Fav. Food: Every single flavor of Mountain Dew that was ever discontinued, ever. Peanut M&Ms. Cherry Limeade Sunkist.

Hated Food: Cotton candy, fried twinkies, twinkies, kitkat bars, spicy food.

School:  DCU

Hobbies: 
Reading Science Fiction-- Honor has an almost slavish worship of the Science Fiction Greats. L. Ron Hubbard, Asimov, Frank Herbert, Scott Card--she's read at least one of their books each, usually the most popular, and has picked a favorite from each of them. Her bookshelf at home is remarkable simply because it is so goddamn full of this genre of books. Her nightstand is entirely consumed by novels. While she has no real interest in writing science fiction, she may or may not have occasional fantasies of being the characters.

She also watches Star Trek and loves it like her firstborn child, particularly The Next Generation. Picard is her God. She also likes Spock. The reboot she thinks is pretty cool. She would give her virginity to Reboot!Spock, and also aspires to be like him. Impossible, also kind of creepy.

Astronomy-- Honor wants to go to Space. She wants to be an astronaut really, really bad. So bad, she's expressed that she would cut off her legs if it meant she could go to space.

Since that's not going to happen any time soon, she makes do by reading about astronomy, learning about astronomy, wishing she majoring in astrophysics and just learning everything she can about space in the meantime. Want to know why you can't get pregnant in space? She knows. The temperature of the sun? It's about 30,000 degrees Kelvin. Did you know that a pinhole sized fragment of the sun can incinerate the average adult male at 160km?

Yes sir, Honor Asimov Petrichor knows her space.

Dungeons and Dragons-- The year she moved to Destiny City, Honor wanted to make friends. The easiest way to do this, she thought, would be to take something she knew she was good at and turn it into a socializing activity. So she posted up bulletins around town to collect herself a group of adventurers. Not all of them panned out, but the others play with her to this day.

She is the DM of their happy little band; her favored guide character is the Lady of the Green Kirtle, a character name not so secretly yanked from the Chronicles of Narnia. Honor is much happier being out of the action and directing it herself, though she can be as much a PC-killer as anyone.

Virtues:
Reliable-- If Honor says she'll do something, she'll do it, just as promised. She can be trusted with your hemophiliac baby; she can be trusted with your uninsured Faberge egg. She's not exactly the best person to trust with such fragile things: She might (probably will) be late to your house to watch your baby, it might not be the best powerpoint she could do, but she'll get it done. She always pulls through when she's needed.

Organized-- She isn't determinedly, purposefully organized, but she is still organized. It's sort of a passive trait in that she habitually puts things back where they belong, and has become used to things being where they should be. It's not a sweep-through-clean-the-house-it-must-be-where-I-put-it sort of thing, just a ho-hum-look-that's-out-of-place-let-me-put-it-away thing. Or a "well we're assigning parts of this project to get done, let's make a chart" thing. This is because at heart she is pretty lazy, and likes having things be smooth and easy. It's easier to expend a little more effort at the beginning and not have to go through and clean up everything later--especially when she often doesn't have time to go through everything later!

Protective-- And how! Honor is not just protective of her friends, but of random people she sees on the street. Because she views the natural human state as happiness, she absolutely abhors seeing people in pain or afraid and does her best to alleviate anything she views as suffering. She gives five dollar bills to homeless people and helps peers with homework. When she comes across people being teased, she will get up in the bully's face and probably stomp on their feet and generally b***h at them, regardless of the consequences to herself.

Flaws:
Procrastinator-- Everything she does is rushed. Papers are always done the night before, three-month projects bullshitted in two days before the due-date, journals meant to be written over a semester completed overnight. This makes her an expert at bringing ideas to fruition fast, but it also means she works way below her ability level. Those overnight papers, projects, and journals are B+ quality at tops, and C quality at worst; she squeaks by, when if she applied herself she could pull high As. She is actually really not bothered by those low grades. She got it done, didn't she?

Anxious-- Her last-minute attempts to get things done are motivated intensely by her own feelings of guilt and anxiety. The anxiety happens because she naturally likes to see people happy and feels like they depend on her to stay that way. She's naturally kind of lazy, though, and is pretty happy to stay on the internet until the clock starts winding down. This is why things that don't have grades or a paycheck riding on them happen at all. It gets to the point where she cannot think of anything but the things she is supposed to be doing, and then she will dash out and get things done.

Impulsive-- Honor doesn't really look ahead to the future. She tends to go with what sounds like the best idea right then, and go on with that. This happens with just about everything she does; something occurs, she goes with the first idea she has without stopping to think about it. Her Dungeons and Dragons group has had a disproportionate amount of unwinnable encounters with flatbears and the Borg because of this. It's entirely likely they cannot count the number of times they've been assimilated.

Self-righteous-- Remember how she's incredibly protective of everyone? This extends even to times when it's nowhere near appropriate. Honor will take a critique given to another student personally and disagree with it just because she thinks you're being mean. In her Dungeons and Dragons group, she will scold a player whose character is antagonistic to another's--even if it's completely IC because those two characters hate each other. She thinks because she is so reliable and nice, everyone should be just like her. And if they're not… it's entirely within her rights to b***h them out!

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Eyes: A striking sapphire blue.

Hair: Cornsilk-colored, pretty much; a white-blonde, worn cropped very, very close to her head--think Emma Watson's pixy cut for length.

Face: Heart-shaped, thin face. Her nose is Romanesque, she has full lips.

Clothes: Heavy sweaters and jeans, very college kid couture. She wears glasses. Her ears are pierced.

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Senshi Alias: Atreus

Senshi Element: Drowning

Challenge: Inhale.

Attacks:
Sailor Scout Attack: Atreus Immersion
Description-- Atreus points out an opponent, or else makes contact with them, accompanied by the order to 'drown'.
Effects-- This attack simulates the effects of the mammalian diving reflex. The heart rate slows, extremities become cold, and the opponent begins to panic. It's more uncomfortable than painful. This is one of the first things a body will attempt to do to prevent drowning. The emotional effects of panic/terror are dependent upon the opponent's willpower--someone with a strong mind/consciousness of self might barely panic, while someone with a weaker mind/consciousness of self might FLIP THEIR s**t. Aquaphobic characters, or characters with a fear of drowning, pretty much will flip their s**t, no arguments.
Range-- Line of sight. Atreus has to be able to point out or touch the opponent for the attack to take effect.
Target-- Any one person indicated by Atreus.
Duration-- Thirty seconds or until Atreus can no longer indicate/touch the opponent she's attacking. Twice per battle.

Super Sailor Scout Attack: Atreus Immersion Terror
Description-- Atreus points out an opponent, or else makes contact with them, accompanied by the order to 'drown'.
Effects-- Atreus Immersion, but now the terror is near overwhelming; in addition to a slowed heart rate and cold extremities, the opponent will now have a coughing fit (in which case they will cough up water) or find it difficult to breathe.
Range-- Line of sight. Atreus has to be able to point out or touch the opponent for the attack to take effect.
Target-- Any one person indicated by Atreus.
Duration-- Thirty seconds or until Atreus can no longer indicate/touch the opponent she's attacking. Twice per battle.

Eternal Sailor Attack: Atreus Drown
Description-- Atreus indicates an opponent, or else makes some kind of contact with them, accompanied by the order to 'drown'.
Effects-- Simulates drowning. The opponent cannot breathe, they are completely drenched in water. The entire body feels colder and the magically-imposed feeling of panic is overwhelming. The usual aftereffects of drowning are not present, save for a lingering coldness that fades about fifteen minutes after the attack.
Range-- Line of sight. Atreus has to be able to point out or touch the opponent for the attack to take effect.
Target-- Any one person indicated by Atreus.
Duration-- One minute or until Atreus can no longer indicate/touch the opponent she's attacking. Once per battle.

Inspiration Images:
I think this character's torso design is pretty cool, especially the tiny buttons up the side of the torso: x
I like this character's headgear and her half-skirt: x x
I like the drapeyness of this one: x

But if none of this works, feel free to disregard it! =)

What Category is This For? Semi-custom Senshi

How Many Powered Characters Do You Own? 0

Link to Quest Thread:

Name: Amelie Luna Harris

Nickname: Ami by her friends and Mooney by her little brother.

Age: 20

Birthday:

Sign: Virgo

Gemstone: Sapphire

Blood Type: A

Fav. Food: Strawberry Milk which she lovingly refers to as Moo Milk

Hated Food: green tea might be the new it thing for losing weight and for health but it taste so bitter

School: Sovereign Heights Preparatory School

Hobbies:

Books: she loves books she loves the smell of old books and the way the ink of new books stains her hands. Her favorite types of books are the classics as well as her naughty books that she hides from her family. Ha a girls got to have some excitement in her life because currently her love life is as dead as the duke.

Asian dramas: Ami waits like a hawk glued to her computer waiting to view the latest drama from other countries. Really nobody had any idea, that when a friend hooked her onto dramas she would become so addicted. Her favorite type is romance style dramas in which everybody has a happy ever after ending and there are cute boys for her to drool at yum…

Theater: Acting is a very important aspect in Amelie life. She was in a children play when she was five and has since enjoyed both performing and watching plays. Acting gives her more self confidence in herself and allows her to break out of her shell. Interesting enough Amelie get horrible stage fright when public speaking but is able to go out and perform on stage but please don’t ask her to do Oral presentations in class as part of school work or else she might cry.

Virtues:
Cheerful: Ami is always smiling. She looks at the bright side of everything. The cup is always half full. Her motto: “The sun is always out and the flowers are always blooming, la la la,”

Cookery: Ami is a great cook. When she was little her mother taught her how to make chocolate chip cookies, this experience ignited her passion. Ever since then Ami has trained herself to be a master chief. Give her a frying pan and a stove and you have a 5 star meal. Unfortunately for most people she prefers to cook for herself and not for others so few know of her culinary prowess.

Artistic: Amelie is very artistic that being said it’s clearly not math that’s the stronger part of her mind evident by her poor math skills..Och. She seems to excel at drawing and painting but is best at soulful poetry and writing cute little stories about space hero’s and cowboys that she uses as bed time stories for her little six year old brother jasper.

Self Reliant: Ami pretty independent she is used to relying on herself and rarely bothers others asking for help. Amelie likes to solve her own problems her own way and takes pride in achieving what she puts her mind to and fixing her own problems.

Flaws:
Talking a lot : Ami is a total motor mouth. She talks and talks and talks to your ears want to fall off. It gets to be way too much for most people, especially when she has just had sugar or is Excited then her voice becomes high pitched and she talks on and on. Ami is so annoying at times!

Slob: Ami always has a lot of things on her mind and cleaning is not one of them. Her room is a pig sty and it not as if her slob behavior doesn’t bothers her somewhere in her mind it does. She just closes her eyes and ignores her messy room and piggy habits (Like they say denial is not just a river in Egypt). She only wishes in the chaos of her room that she could find the Salome she bought on sale last summer because her bedroom is really starting to smell.

Shinny -- Oh la la ..She loves the look of jewelry. In fact she knows the names of all major stones and can tell what jewels are fake and what jewels are real. However this would not be a problem if Ami was not fascinated by all things shiny. She will zone out and just stare at anything relating to jewelry. Precious shiny ‘things’ cause her to lose focus and just want to gaze in the wonder of all things shinny and start drooling at the sight of them.
* Her love of shinny objects is terribly inconvenient. It Makes going to shopping malls embarrassing she always tries to avoid the jewelry section of any store especially when she is with friends who don’t know about her obsession. One could laugh about her obsession but it’s no laughing matter if she starts zoning out in the glory of daydreams at the wrong time.

Scaredy cat: Amelie hates all things scary. She will burst out in tears at the sight of blood and gore on the TV. She refuses to watch any kind of scary movie because she will have nightmares for weeks and is terrified of ghost stories and refuses to come out of her room on Halloween and if dragged to a scary movie she always makes somebody promise to hold her hand.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Eyes: Slightly slanted bright gold eyes.

Hair: Very Long dusky pink hair half up half down in a sexy way and a rose might look pretty in her hair.

Face: Angular adult looking face, big round lips and slightly slanted eyes. She would never be carded for buying lotto tickets. She just has that kind of face that people just don’t question her age.

Clothes: N/A

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Senshi Alias: Sailor Una

Senshi Element: Senshi of ribbons

Challenge: Evil will be bound

Attacks: Sailor Una attacks are all based on many magical ribbons that do her biding. Ribbons look pretty harmless and often used as hair ornaments. Sailor Una ribbons however are weapons that she uses to distract, blind and tie up the enemy.

Sailor Scout Attack:
Ribbon Dance:
Una raises her hands to the heavens; causing ribbons to obstruct your view the sky seems to be full of multi-color ribbons raining from the sky their bright color seem almost like a rainbow that is falling from the sky. This attack distracts enemies causing them to lose focus. This attack can be used throughout the battle.


Super Sailor Scout Attack:
One Ribbon:
One ribbon special ability is blind.
Sailor Una now has better control of her ribbons and by pointing her hand is able to separate one big one from the group. This ribbon is sent hurtling towards the enemies face and wraps around the enemies eyes preventing the victim to see anything and no matter much you pull or cut at the ribbon for the first few minutes the ribbon is unable to be torn away. After 3 minutes the ribbon loses power and falls off harmlessly. However one ribbon can be used in a variety of ways and can also be used to wrap around any part of a person body and can be used to trip the enemy as well.
This attack can be used multiple times but takes Una some time to power up between attacks.

Eternal Sailor Attack:.
Bind
Sailor Una now has the control to have several of her ribbons shoot out at the enemy. The ribbons wrap themselves around the person’s body and start to squeeze like a Python snake. Highly effective this attack has the power to squeeze the air out of a person body and drag them to an unconscious state. This attack can only be used three times in battle if successful and loses strength after every attack since it's highly draining on Una.

Inspiration Images: White dress with touches of pink ribbons on it. Just pictures to get some kind of idea.
white-dress , dress2.

What Category is This For? Semi-Custom Senshi

How Many Powered Characters Do You Own? One, plus one civillian

Link to Quest Thread: None (yet!)

Name: Lydia Sfakianos

Nickname: Lyd, Lyddie

Age: 14

Birthday: May 1st

Sign: Taurus

Gemstone: Aventurine

Blood Type: O+

Fav. Food: Any dish that combines a number of ingredients and flavors, creating a unique presence. Lydia likes Chinese huo guo, Spanish paella, French bouillabaisse, and would go on listing if allowed. She has a particular fondness for seafood, and also loves tsatsiki, a traditional Greek yogurt and cucumber sauce.

Hated Food: Any kind of fast food, frozen dinners, and most kinds of takeout. Food that is mass-produced is not, in Lydia's opinion, food.

School: Crystal Academy

Hobbies:

When In Rome (Or Not): Faraway places and distant lands fascinate Lydia. She wants nothing more than to spend her adult life travelling all over the world. In the meantime, she is not content to let her life be unenriched just because she's stuck in Destiny City. She constantly cooks foreign foods, wears foreign clothes, and spends most of her free time reading up on the customs of different parts of the world. It's less the locations that interest her than the people that live there, and how they live their lives. Talking to non-DC natives is one of Lydia's favorite activities, and if allowed, she'll talk your ear off, asking if what she read on the internet is true and what you like most about your country. She tries her best to avoid being disrespectful or invasive with her questions, but her eagerness to learn more sometimes clouds her better judgement.

Country Of Origin: As part of her dream of travelling around the world, Lydia has taken to studying languages. She can ask for directions to the library or how much for dinner in most major languages, but whenever she tries to dig deeper, she gets distracted by the components of the words. Did you know that the word 'tragedy'is derived from Greek words meaning 'goat song'? Lydia does. Yes, she has every avaliable language of Rosetta Stone at home, but she spends a lot more time looking up the roots of words, and carries a pocket dictionary so she can look up unfamiliar ones before she forgets them.

You Are Cordially Invited: Lydia's parents don't like her to go out when they can avoid it. Half of the time, she fights this tooth and nail. The other half of the time she brings the public to her, hosting big themed dinners and parties. Most of these are heavily influenced by Lydia's cultural interests, and past parties have included an Oktoberfest party (with cider instead of beer and live polka music) and a Camões Day celebration (complete with readings of the national hero's poetry). These parties can be a little stressful for Lydia, since she's committed to making them as accurate and fun as possible, and the amount of effort she puts into them starts months in advance. But they allow her to share her interests with others and learn more about other cultures, so in her book, a little stress is worth it every time.

Shall We Dance?: Only one sport combines Lydia's love of different cultures, presentation, and flashy costumes: ballroom dancing. Yes, it is a sport, and Lydia won't let anyone tell her otherwise. What started as an attempt by her parents to improve her posture and balance turned into a passion as she delved into the world of dancesport. On the stage, the competition and intense physical workout make her feel really alive. When not competing, she loves the social nature of dance, and, of course, studies foreign dances whenever she gets the chance. Her favorite competition dance is rumba, but when not competing, she loves to salsa and merengue.

Virtues:

I Believe I Can Fly: It doesn't matter that Lydia's never been outside of Destiny City, because she knows that she'll be great at travelling. It doesn't matter that she's far from mastering the Paso Doble, because she knows that she can do it. Lydia has the utmost confidence in herself and her abilities. Setbacks never set her back for long; she just takes them as a sign to work harder. Even when she fails, she knows that she has the potential for success, and that keeps her self-esteem soaring and her work ethic solid.

A Silver Lining In Every Cloud: Lydia believes in the best. She sees the glass as half full, and tomorrow's sunshine on a cloudy day. Do things always work out? In Lydia's opinion, they do, though maybe not in the expected way. She's quick to point out the good when others can only see bad, and does her best to encourage people when they're feeling down. Nothing, she insists, is as bad as it seems! And when all else fails, Lydia reminds people of the universal silver lining: no matter what happens, everything can be changed.

The Times, They Are A'Changing: Some people bemoan change. Lydia embraces it. While she has an appreciation for history and tradition, and believes that no amount of progress can erase the past, she loves uncharted terrain. A blank map is just an excuse to keep exploring, and new discoveries, even when they are confusing, are wonderous in Lydia's book. She is fearless where others are too busy adjusting to their surroundings, and quickly accepts new things without agonizing over them. This is a direct result of her cultural interests; when women halfway around the world used to burn themselves alive when their husbands died, other things seem downright normal by comparison.


Flaws:

I Can Do Anything (Better Than You): Lydia believes that she can do anything- even when that is not the case. If someone tells her that she can't do something, that's her cue to go out and try it, even if trying is a Really Bad Idea. No, she doesn't have a death wish, and no, she doesn't feel the need to be better than everyone. Rather, Lydia's self-confidence at such sky-high levels that she truly believes that she can do anything when she puts her mind to it, and if someone calls her on it, she's willing to put her belief to the test. This often involves risking life and limb, and is one reason her parents try to keep her caged, but in Lydia's mind, the day she stops trying to prove herself is the day she admits defeat. Because of this, it's incredibly easy to get Lydia to do things she would normally never even try, just by telling her that she can't.

Whatever Lola Wants: Ever since she can remember, Lydia has had her every material desire catered to. By now, she's become quite used to getting what she wants, when she wants it. Lydia doesn't realize how dependent she is on others until she assumes that they're there to catch her when she falls and get her water when she's thirsty. In the best cases, whoever she's relying on will tell her before it goes too far. In the worst cases, Lydia's whims turn into a fierce battle, where she refuses to be less stubborn than the person arguing with her. And that's assuming the fight is over something trivial; Lydia has difficulty taking care of herself, and when left alone, quickly falls apart.

Rose-Colored Glasses: Lydia believes that people are inherently good. She has also led a very sheltered life, spending it most of it living vicariously halfway around the world. These two factors combine to make Lydia utterly clueless in the street smarts department. If she met a strangely-garbed person at night, she'd be more likely to ask if they needed directions to a costume party than run away in panic. If you tell her that the gangs in town are only after candy, she'll believe you. It's not that she doesn't know that there are bad people, she just never really thinks that she'll meet them- even in a town filled with terrorists. Lydia wants to believe that all of the people she knows are good, and she's too busy with other things to notice when she's wrong.


PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Eyes: Bright purple, usually round and excited.

Hair: Royal purple, and very, very long. When loose, Lydia's hair almost reaches her knees. She usually wears it in a hairstyle of her own invention, which she refers to as "infinity braids." Essentially, they are double-looped braided pigtails, which look a bit like braided infinity symbols with braids hanging down, reaching about mid-back.

Face: Round, with a bit of pudge to her cheeks. No freckles or birthmarks. Her skin has a very subtle olive tone from her Greek heritage.

Clothes: When not in uniform, Lydia tends to work unusual pieces into her outfits, like wearing a sari over jeans, or a mantilla paired with lederhosen. Some of these mix-and-match outfits work, and some don't, but she has fun

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Senshi Alias: Sailor Irene

Senshi Element: Peace

Challenge: I'm here to keep the peace!

Attacks:

Sailor Scout Attack: Irene's Peaceful Offering!
Sailor Irene conjures a spectral olive sapling, which is made of energy and not useable as cover. Everyone within a ten foot radius of the sapling recieves a slight boost in speed and defense, but only as long as they do not attack. Passive actions and support abilities won't break the affects, but the moment the target attacks someone, physically or magically, the boosts disappear. Irene can only create one offering per battle, and can sustain it until everyone has broken the peace, or until five turns have passed, whichever comes first.

Super Sailor Scout Attack: Irene's Serene Sanction!
Sailor Irene conjures a spectral olive tree, which is made of energy and not useable for cover. Everyone within a ten foot radius of the tree recieves a slight boost in speed and defense, but only as long as they do not attack. Passive actions and support abilities won't break the affects, but the moment the target attacks someone, physically or magically, the boosts disappear. In addition, any damage inflicted by someone within range of the tree is also suffered by the attacker, at about a third of the original power. Irene can only create one tree per battle, and can sustain it for two turns after everyone has broken the peace, or five turns total, whichever comes first.

Eternal Sailor Attack:
I'd rather not set this yet, leaving it open to character development. Irene's previous abilities have been based on different types of peace (true pacifism and peaceful protest, respectively, both with a nod of neutrality since they affect Senshi and Negas equally). Depending on character development, her Eternal ability could either be a healing buff (Active Peace Theory) or to a very consuming energy attack (war in the name of peace, atomic bombs, etc, though obviously dialed WAY down), or someplace in between. Ideally, I'd like to see what fit her best when that time came closer.

Inspiration Images: Irene's symbol is "a dove with a star on its head, carrying an olive branch." Like this, plus star on head? I also envision her colors as being purple (main) and periwinkle (secondary), and I'd rather her design be on the classic and simple side. <3~

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