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Name: Cheung Wing
Aliases:
Species: Human
Homeworld: Alpha Site [Alive]
Age: 29
Gender: Female

Appearance:

• Height: 5'3"
  
• Weight: 111lbs
  
• Body Type: Small and well-muscled from martial arts practice
  
• Skin type: Pale
  
• Eye Color: Gray
  
• Hair Color: Black
  
• Hair Style: Loose, hangs to shoulders, straight
  
• Accessories: Crystal Bracer- a leather bracer with slots to fit bullet-shaped cubic zirconia crystals; Wing can absorb a spell into one of these bullets using her Crystal Drain Command
  
• Unusual Markings:
  
• Clothing / Description: Black tank top, tan cargo pants, brown work boots, adds brown leather jacket with several pockets when on-site
  

Theme Song(s):

• New Divide- Linkin Park
  
• Ls Theme- Yoshihisa Hirano and Hideki Taniuchi

Significant Trait: Inquisitive
Quotes:

• "Huh, interesting."
  
• "Well, can't hurt to try, right?"
  
• "Now what do we have here…?"

Good/Evil/Other: Good
Element: Earth
Weapon: Pistol
Job Class: Archaeologist

Commands:

• Earth Glaive- Summons blades of earth below a single target, potentially knocking it into the air.
  
• Avalanche- Summon dozens of rocks, ranging from pebbles to boulders in size, to tumble across the field
  
• Quicksand- Liquifies a circle of earth below a target, causing it to sink. Once the spell is negated, the ground re-solidifies, either trapping or crushing the target depending on how far they've sunk.
  
• Stone Golem- A Golem forms of rocks available in the area, the size of the Golem depending on how much magic is put into the spell (and also how many rocks are available). The Golem is powerful physically, but completely vulnerable to magic. In battle, it will attack mindlessly any non-humanoid that moves. Outside of battle, Wing can direct the Golem to perform minor tasks.
  
• Gnome- Summons a Gnome, an Earth elemental creature. Gnomes are powerful magically, but weak to physical attacks. The Gnomes that Wing summons are intelligent, and will assist in battle with various Earth spells. Outside of battle, they assist with excavations as best they can, usually by treasure hunting.
  
• Medusa's Glare- For a short time, Wing can Petrify any living organic creature she locks eyes with. Does not affect anything that doesn't have eyes, is otherwise blind, or that does not make eye contact with her.
  
• The Midas Touch- For a short period of time, living organic creature that Wing touches will become Petrified by slowly turning to solid gold instead of stone.
  
• Mud Bath- A stream of boiling hot mud shoots from Wing's outstretched palm.
  
• Eruption- Summons a geyser of magma from deep underground, potentially knocking enemies in the air. Deals Fire and Earth damage.
  
• Stone Rain- Rocks of various sizes pelt the field in a wide radius.
  
• Earthquake- Causes the earth in a wide radius to tremble violently, knocking ground-based opponents off their feet and toppling any non-living thing not rooted to the ground.
  
• Gigaton Hammer- Forms a diamond-hard hammer which can be used only for attack. Hammer disappears after three impacts, either offensive (hammer makes contact with an opponent) or defensive (an opponent makes contact with the hammer).
  
• She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain When She Comes- While running forward, Wing summons a small mountain directly before her. She darts around to one side of the pillar and fires her pistol three times at her target.
  
• Crystal Drain- Wing can absorb a magic spell into a crystal. The crystal will change color and type depending on the type of spell captured.
  
• Crystal Bullet- By chambering a crystal charged by a captured spell, Wing can cast that spell by firing the crystal from her pistol.
  • Alexandrite- Charged with a Nature spell; if target is an opponent, deals Nature damage. If target is an ally, cures a random amount of health, has a 50% chance of curing any Curse currently afflicting the target (random number picker, numbers 1-100, evens succeed), and has a 77% chance of adding the Aura buff. (Random number picker, numbers 1-100. Anything 77 or lower succeeds.)
    
  • Amber- Charged with a Thunder spell; deals Lightning damage
    
  • Amethyst- Charged with an Aero spell; deals Wind damage
    
  • Aquamarine- Charged with a Water spell; deals Water damage
    
  • Beryl- Charged with a Poison spell; deals Poison damage and has a 50% chance of causing any Curse that is not either Game-Winning or Game-Breaking. (Success chance: Random number picker, numbers 1-100, odds succeed. Curse: Random number picker, numbers 1-22, numbers in order of Curses listed on the front page of the RP)
    
  • Bloodstone- Charged with an Antidote spell; cures Poison/Bleeding
    
  • Cubic Zirconia- Uncharged crystal; if fired into a spell, is capable of absorbing the spell's element and/or effect. The absorbed spell will activate on detonation
    
  • Diamond- Charged with a Blizzard spell; deals Ice damage
    
  • Emerald- Charged with a Cure spell; restores a small portion of health
    
  • Garnet- Charged with a Summon spell; will summon an elemental creature from a random element. (Random number picker, 1-15, numbers in order of the elements listed on the front page of the RP. 15 is non-elemental)
    
  • Hematite- Charged with a Gravity spell; deals Space damage
    
  • Lapis Lazuli- Charged with a Negate spell; adds Nul- to target. (Random number picker, 1-15, numbers in order of the elements listed on the front page of the RP. 15 fails.)
    
  • Malachite- Charged with a Protect spell
    
  • Moonstone- Charged with a Barrier spell
    
  • Onyx- Charged with a Death spell; deals Dark damage and has a 5% chance of causing Doom (random number picker 1-100, 20, 40, 60, 80, or 100 succeeds, 77 adds Veil instead)
    
  • Opal- charged with a Stop spell; temporarily Stops target and deals Time damage
    
  • Pearl- Charged with a Holy spell; three pillars of light erupt around the Crystal Bullet's detonation point, dealing Light damage
    
  • Peridot- Charged with a Buff spell; adds a random buff to the target. (Random number picker 1-20, numbers in order of Buffs listed on the front page of the RP. Does not include Reflega, Vanishga, en-, Nul-, or Aura)
    
  • Quartz- Charged with a Life spell; revives target from K.O. and restores a small portion of health
    
  • Ruby- Charged with a Fire spell; deals Fire damage
    
  • Sapphire- Charged with an Elemental spell; adds En- to the target. (Random number picker, 1-15, numbers in order of the elements listed on the front page of the RP. 15 fails.)
    
  • Topaz- Charged with an Earth spell; deals Earth damage

Supports:

• Earth Sense- Can detect and read the slightest movement or vibration in the earth she stands on, giving her an uncanny ability to predict when someone or something is approaching. Also allows her to find hidden passages or locate objects underground.
  
• Rock Armor- Damage from Earth, Metal/Steel, and Thunder is negated. Damage from Fire is halved. Damage from Water,
  Poison, and Wind/Air is doubled.
  
• Like a Rock- Wing is immune to the Petrify Curse
  
• Hard-Headed- Wing is resistant to the following Buffs and Curses: Valor, Devotion, Bravery, Faith, Vigilance, Mini, Pig, Addle, Berserk, and Confusion.
  
• Stone Cold- Wing is nearly impervious to all but the most extreme of temperatures, barely feeling either cold or heat.
  
• Dowsing- Wing can use her affinity with Earth and crystals to locate fresh, drinkable water without the use of a dowsing rod or any other instrument or spell.

Limit Breaks:

• Pillars of Creation- Wing summons stone pillars in a circle around her, potentially knocking enemies into the air. Once the stone pillars reach a height of twelve feet, they begin to crumble and enormous chunks of stone rain down on the field in a wide radius. Deals Light and Earth damage.
  
• Meteor - Wing calls down a rain of stones from the heavens, blasting the entire field with flaming rocks. After a short round of smaller stones, a meteor falls from the sky to land in the center of the field, causing a tremendous tremor and sending out a powerful shockwave. Deals Earth, Fire, and Dark damage.
  
• Super Volcano- Causes pillars of magma to shoot up at random points in the field, flooding the entire area with molten rock. As the magma pillars begin to dissipate, the ground begins to tremble violently, knocking ground-based opponents off of their feet. The tremors are followed by a violent explosion, sending magma and rocks hundreds of feet into the air, which then rains back down onto the entire battlefield. Deals Fire and Earth damage.

Strengths: Physical defense, magical offense, ability to follow orders and work with others, determination
Weaknesses: Physical offense, magical defense, empathy (she has difficulty understanding how people think and operate, making it very difficult for her to anticipate what her comrades would require of her), hyper-focused

Personality: Wing is an intensely curious individual. She loves learning about anything and everything she possibly can, though history is her favorite subject. She is incredibly calm, able to keep a level head in even the most dire of emergencies. She is incredibly willful, though her martial arts training has added discipline to her life that she once lacked when she was a child. Wing is neither kind nor cruel towards others, but rather decides to take a logical approach to interpersonal interactions. She much prefers to people-watch, learning what she can about the people around her passively. She is perfectly willing to interact with others, but she very rarely initiates interaction—not because she's shy, but mostly because she's too busy watching to realize the option to interact exists. She is also rather quiet, spending more time with her nose in a history book (or, more likely, to the ground looking for ancient treasure) than anything else.
Flaws: Stubborn, lacks empathy, will follow orders from a superior unquestioningly more often than not, nearly unemotional (she has emotions, she just sucks at showing them), not very good judge of character (not horrible, but isn't good at detecting the subtler indicators of Bad Person), quiet
Likes: History, practicing martial arts, spicy foods
Dislikes: Sweets, birds, rain
Fears: Heights

Family:Mother: Cheung Lin, Father: Cheung Zan

Bio: Wing grew up in a military household, her father being a bioengineer working for the military, and her mother being a sergeant in the air force. She had training in firearms and self-defense from an early age, but when she wasn't training or in school she had her nose in a history book, or was off exploring the comparatively peaceful land around her parents home. She had no siblings, and the other kids her age thought she was a little weird, so she didn't have many friends either, but she was fine with that.

Her world was torn by war, two countries fighting to determine who controlled certain precious resources. For the most part Wing didn't pay attention to the war. It had been going on her entire life and looked to continue for long after her grandchildren were dead, so what did it matter? At fifteen she began training so she could join the army, but her true goal was to earn monetary favors from the highest paying entity she could find—her country's government. Her dream was to be an archaeologist, and when she graduated high school she spent one tour with a detachment of her local military branch. She earned enough scholarships through school and her military work that she didn't have to pay a cent for her higher education. She graduated top of her class five years later.

Nine years ago, on the first dig she got to lead on her own, she was staying up late reviewing reports from a few of the excavation sites. When she saw the first shooting star she thought nothing of it. She'd seen "star showers" before, though they usually tended to be more missiles and combat aircraft than meteors. It was when one of the "stars" struck practically at her feet that she realized something monumental was going on.

Picking herself up off the ground and brushing at the coffee she'd spilled on her shirt, Wing studied the Gummi block from a distance at first, then up close when she determined it wasn't hot enough to harm her. The thing was weird—no craters, cool enough to touch, kind of rubbery, and… garish. She didn't know of anything natural that was that eye-blinding shade of orange.

She handed command of her dig team over to her partner, who had really been more of an overseer to make sure she did her job properly. He was happy to take command, and after more paperwork than should be legal, Wing went off on her own to find where else the meteors had struck so she could study them. She was fascinated by the Gummis, and when she discovered it was possible to assemble them, she was ecstatic.

Her father thought the pieces were curious as well, and had his team of scientists study everything she brought to him. Sometimes they would spend days cloistered in his lab, learning everything the could about the pieces Wing was able to find.

Wing and her father were alone in the lab one night when they discovered the strange material could form into a ship. They stared at each other in stunned silence for a moment, then rushed to fetch Wing's mother.

Lin was only slightly displeased to be roused out of bed shortly after two in the morning, but after three cups of coffee and a concise report from Wing and Zan, she brightened up considerably. After discussing the possibilities these "Gummi ships" presented, however, she quickly grew grim and stared her husband and daughter in the eye.

"We can't let anyone else know about this," she said solemnly, sending a chill down Wing's spine. She continued to explain that if anyone other than Zan's team of scientists learned what the Gummi material could do, they would use it to turn the tides of war in favor of the highest bidder. Even among the bioengineers under her father's command, Wing new there were a few who were placed as spies for both countries, trying to out-do the other in warfare. She and Zan hadn't told anyone of their most recent discovery besides Lin, and both intended to keep it secret.

Wing kept the crucial Gummi piece—what appeared to be a crude engine block, yet was capable of interstellar travel—and hid it as best she could, while Zan destroyed or altered his notes. Wing continued her search for the Gummi pieces and still brought them to her father for research, but Zan had his team working on paid projects for the military whenever she brought a new piece in now.

It took her most of a decade, but eventually Wing had enough Gummi pieces to assemble a full ship, fit for one passenger. She had built it in secret, telling no one but her parents. When she informed them the ship was complete, Zan and Lin insisted she take the ship and leave, to seek out new worlds. Neither of them could go, as they had responsibilities to their colleagues and others. Besides, as Wing had done most of her traveling and searching by herself, she had less surveillance on her than either of her parents did. They were adamant that she leave their war-torn planet and find somewhere peaceful to live, where she could immerse herself in archaeology without fear of government interference. Wing agreed, but only on condition that she be able to return for them once she was able to build a larger ship.

On the day of her departure, her father gifted her with a prototype pistol he had been developing. Instead of firing bullets, it shot crystals. The "bullets" he gave her were cubic zirconia, however if the crystals came into contact with certain elements, they would absorb the element and change their crystalline matrix and chemical compound to become an entirely different form of gem. He hadn't had much chance to experiment with the different crystals and elements, largely because the weapon was a hobby project. Her mother's gift went in tandem with the pistol: it was a leather bracer and holster, both with casings for her crystals, plus a magazine of pre-charged crystals, containing five each of diamond, topaz, ruby, amethyst, aquamarine, and amber.

Despite growing up with few, if any, friends and not being particularly "compatible" with most people, Wing was incredibly close to her parents. She gave them a tearful farewell, hugging and kissing both before launching her Gummi ship for the first time. She kept a framed family photo of them on the dash of the Gummi ship, just like Lin had when she had been an air force pilot.

Launch had been about a week ago. It had taken her a lot longer than expected to get used to the controls, but now she had them down, and was ready to land on her first new world.

Sample Post:

Magic and tech! They'll probably come up with Magitek in a few years, tbh.

Neither of those abilities are intended to be under conscious control. They're supposed to be more like highly specified forms of ESP. I could reword them, I know I word things weird.

Suria and Wing approved :3

Approved

Three small things.

1] I see that he's 'True Neutral'--so if he saw children under attack from Heartless, I'm assuming he wouldn't jump in to help unless it benefited him in some way. What confuses me is that his original job, on his homeworld, was essentially to help make sure the world and its people survived. Was he not a Good-aligned guy, then?

2] Revi should say 'Revives a knocked-out living being with 1 HP'. In the RP, there's a difference between knock-out and death, revival and resurrection. And I'm assuming by the name this is meant as a revive.

3] I will need a sample post from you. The only reason some of the others haven't supplied sample posts is that I've already seen their writing for the past few years.

1] Define 'good reason'. If the good reason is 'that person has a family', then he's still good. If the good reason is' that person has something I want', then it's neutral.

2] As far as this RP is concerned (and pretty much every RP I've ever been in), 0HP just means Knocked Out. Heck, even in most tabletops, there's a difference between 0HP and death, with death actually being in the negatives. So do you still mean 0HP, or do you mean outright death, soul has left the body, the decaying has begun?

Post looks good. Though, from writer to writer, I have a friendly piece of advice: avoid overuse of the semi-colon. It's true that they're used to combine two or more sentences, but the general 'requirement' is that the two sentences are so alike that, if cut down or worded slightly differently, they could be a single sentence. Using them too often has a tendency to weaken each sentence piece individually, one of the few cases in which the whole is actually weaker than the sum of its parts.

As for the resurrection... I'll be honest, it's one of the reasons it's taken me so long to reply. What's stopping him from just walking into a graveyard and resurrecting everyone that's died in the past couple hundred years?

Still, the purpose of the roleplay was that most everything is fair game, so I'll probably allow it. But it will need some sort of... provision. See, automatically killing someone counts as GMing, and if it's done against their will, it's against the rules. But that has a reverse side: if a writer was okay with their character dying, and even in fact wanted that character to die, then this so-far-flawless ability to resurrect goes against the writer's will--making it another, admittedly rare, form of GMing.

So, like I said, it will need some sort of condition or conditions. Maybe something to do with fate, ie 'only works if it wasn't that person's time to die'? I'm open to ideas.