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 Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 6:57 pm
ALEX SANTOS
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As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.
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INDULGENCE (#A4A7D1) ║ ☠ ║ FACON
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 10:14 pm
YOUNG GIRL
Name: Alexandria Lola Santos
Color: █████ Indulgence (#A4A7D1)
Age: Sixteen
Nationality: American, but of Brazilian heritage. (Mostly, her father is a bit of a mutt)
Home/Financial Status: Slightly upper middle class with a single father. (this is a recent change)
School: Broussard's Institution of Arts
Personality:
XXXXXXXXXXX This girl is an island. A majority of her life she's lived with her mother, much of her nerves and anxiety coming off of her, just
XXXXXXXXXXX learning them as she grew up. These anxieties increased with her mother's own terrors, and then once again when she moved
XXXXXXXXXXX to her father's home. It should have been a wonderful thing, a fun thing, living on her own with other students who loved art as
XXXXXXXXXXX she did. It was not. She doesn't have a parent to fall back on, she is in a new town with new people and new things to fear, not
XXXXXXXXXXX to mention the pressures of an art school. Needless to say, Alex is on a crash course with anxiety attacks most of the time.
XXXXXXXXXXX Now this isn't to say she just fears everything without question. She knows most of her fears are dumb and nonsensical. This
XXXXXXXXXXX doesn't mean she can stop herself from feeling that fear. It deals a bit of a hit to her self confidence and she finds herself angry
XXXXXXXXXXX with her own reactions pretty often, not that anyone could tell through the wide eyed nervous posture she keeps, almost trying
XXXXXXXXXXX to curl into herself.
XXXXXXXXXXX Alex bottles a lot of these internal fears and worries, not wanting to hear people call her stupid for it, so something small that
XXXXXXXXXXX doesn't effect her much at first easily grows into a massive source of anxiety later. There are rare occasions when nothing at all
XXXXXXXXXXX is bothering her, normally when she can get herself into a groove while sculpting, and these are the moments when she is the
XXXXXXXXXXX easiest to approach and attempt to speak to, as long as you don't demand her attention away from her work. She's also calmed
XXXXXXXXXXX by fish and aquariums, koi ponds are a favorite place to be, the one she took care of at her mother's home being a haven that
XXXXXXXXXXX she's related to being at ease.
Appearance:
XXXXXXXXXXX The most defining feature about Alex is probably her hair. Not just the shear amount of it, but the fact that it's thick and frizzy,
XXXXXXXXXXX tightly curling in on itself. She tries to keep it managed with thick scrunchies or rubber bands, but it's not a perfect thing, stray
XXXXXXXXXXX chunks often flying loose to fall over her forehead or tickle her ears. Her skin is tanned naturally, a trait she got from her father,
XXXXXXXXXXX her features very average in their make. She's of average height and weight for a girl her age, perhaps seeming smaller thanks
XXXXXXXXXXX to a perpetual slouch. She favors neutral colors when she has the choice (though she has a secret love for saturated colors,
XXXXXXXXXXX especially purple.) thermals and sweatshirts all have holes for her thumbs, worried there by hand, not with a pair of scissors.
XXXXXXXXXXX All her jeans are old and a little too long, the cuffs often folded over her sneakers. She doesn't like to be noticed in a crowd,
XXXXXXXXXXX hates wearing anything that she believes will put her in the spotlight. Her only vice is rings and fish. She has a large collection
XXXXXXXXXXX of various styles of rings, none with real gems, a dozen or so colors if she includes the plastic ones, and a few different designs.
XXXXXXXXXXX Her favorites are a matching pair of purple rings that sit on her thumbs. While she collects them it's rare that she'll wear many at
XXXXXXXXXXX once, having lost one too many rings to a bag of fresh clay. As far as fish goes she has an oversized nurse shark/koi fish/goldfish
XXXXXXXXXXX /clownfish (really whatever fish the artist prefers, if one at all) plush that she keeps in her dorm. Where she able she would carry
XXXXXXXXXXX it everywhere. She has a smaller little collection of tropical fish keychains on the phone her father got her to carry with her, the
XXXXXXXXXXX fish reminding her of her old koi pond, often calming her down when she's on the verge of panic attack.
History:
XXXXXXXXXXX Alex was born to previously happily married Mary and Damian Santos. Her mother was always a little nervous, but was able to
XXXXXXXXXXX keep it from her young child for much of her very early childhood. Eventually the parents parted, it being a rather easy divorce,
XXXXXXXXXXX Alex going to live with her mother and visiting her father every few weekends when able and holidays. Her mother, over the years,
XXXXXXXXXXX had slowly developed Agoraphobia, and while Alex didn't know what it meant at first, she just knew that "mommy doesn't like
XXXXXXXXXXX the outside." And like every child, she slowly developed some of the same anxieties. She was home schooled rather well by her
XXXXXXXXXXX mother, giving her a bit more free time than a normal student to explore things she liked. The first thing she liked was the koi
XXXXXXXXXXX pond in her mother's back yard. Before her mother completely stopped going outside she would spend time with Alex, throwing
XXXXXXXXXXX chunks of bread at the fish and helping to name them each time. Because who can really remember the names of five nearly
XXXXXXXXXXX identical koi fish when you're little?
XXXXXXXXXXX Life was good, for the most part, sometimes life was hard when her mother started getting worse, her anxiety and fear rubbing
XXXXXXXXXXX off on Alex. Like any child she learned from her parent, her own endless spring of irrational fears finding a starting point. It was
XXXXXXXXXXX during her visits with her father that he started to grow worried for his daughter. He was well meaning and just trying to help, but
XXXXXXXXXXX his constant "there's nothing to be afraid of," "you're fine," "stop worried there's nothing wrong," drilling into her head that she
XXXXXXXXXXX wasn't normal with her anxieties, it just made it worse. It was the summer before the current term (I'm unsure of the timeline in
XXXXXXXXXXX the thread so I'm keeping it vague) that her father finally took action. It was a complicated affair but Alex's mother was deemed
XXXXXXXXXXX unable to care for herself or her daughter, and was admitted into a mental health clinic, a nice place despite the normal thoughts
XXXXXXXXXXX of such a place, and the young Alexandria was moved to her father's home in Teufel Town. She was just settling in, just getting
XXXXXXXXXXX over the fact that there was no one there to feed her fish, her father just getting to know her properly, when he decided to place
XXXXXXXXXXX her in Broussard's Institution of Arts. He knew she loved to sculpt and do art, so he thought it was for the best to get her out of
XXXXXXXXXXX the house and with children her own age. Little did he know that it probably the worst thing to do for her, not that she would let
XXXXXXXXXXX him know that, not wanting to disappoint him after he'd gone through the trouble.
Family:
XXXXXXXXXXX Mary Santos - Mother, currently receiving treatment at a mental health clinic.
XXXXXXXXXXX Damian Santos - Father, "Salary Man" at a successful company.
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 1:45 am
PUELLA MAGI
Language: Portuguese
Emblem: Perhaps a skull? Still deciding on something fitting
Weapon: Facon, a type of long bladed dagger from South America (Argentina I think?)
Desires:
XXXXXXXXXXX Remy doesn't want to be afraid anymore. She wants to be strong and confident and fight her irrational fears like everyone else. She doesn't
XXXXXXXXXXX want to end up afraid of everything all the time, too scared to even leave her room, to even look out a window. She wanted tightness of anxiety
XXXXXXXXXXX in her chest to finally loosen up and let her breathe. Remy wants a lot of things, but mostly she doesn't want to be her mother.
Type of Magic:
XXXXXXXXXXX While I don't have anything specific in mind as of yet, I really would like to play with the use of fear, panic, anxiety, and overcoming them.
XXXXXXXXXXX (Or breaking under them should she get made and continue on to a witch stage.) Perhaps an innate ability to take someone else's fears
XXXXXXXXXXX onto herself. Maybe a sort of cost/reward system. The more fears she takes away, thus bolstering allies, the stronger she may be, but
XXXXXXXXXXX also the more grief collects in her gem? I'm very very loose on this and would appreciate any and all thoughts or feelings.
Outfit:
XXXXXXXXXXX Perhaps a play on the traditional "scary" witch with the big hat and the skulls and the spiders (spiders being a favorite theme since everyone
XXXXXXXXXXX is afraid of spiders and if you aren't you haven't run into one in your bathroom on a cool winter's night, just waiting on your toilet.) and the like.
XXXXXXXXXXX Skulls and spiders are the first thing I think of, since skulls are related to death and the greatest fear of the living is often, well, death. Spiders
XXXXXXXXXXX because it's one of the most common fears along with heights. But both these are easier to work with on a visual scale than say, heights,
XXXXXXXXXXX falling, flying, etc.etc. Perhaps this can be used as either a "scary" puella, or made into a cuter, non-scary form as a form of fighting fear.
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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 10:48 pm
THE WITCHName: CassandraType: Phobia WitchNature: PanicLocation: Teufel Town Aquarium, several of the fish have started to die off, often seen swimming in panicked circles for no reason.Description: XXXXXXXXXXX The phobia witch drags anything she fears into her maze of a barrier, running it in circles until they eventually tire and herXXXXXXXXXXX minions drop them into early graves, buried deep where they cannot scare her. To defeat this witch one must know no fear.Appearance: XXXXXXXXXXX While I'm more than willing to change this section if it doesn't "fit" the shop's rules, I have this idea that her outwardXXXXXXXXXXX appearance is big and intimidating and meant to be scary. Perhaps something traditionally scary to play off her designXXXXXXXXXXX as a witch. (To continue the spider/skulls/etc.etc. theme, say a "spider queen" with a giant hideous spider body and aXXXXXXXXXXX smaller, easily defended woman's torso attached, a play on a reaper like a female figure made of shadows or smoke withXXXXXXXXXXX skulls floating in it, one perhaps being larger than all the others.) But this outward form just protects a small, fragile littleXXXXXXXXXXX koi fish, swimming endless panicked circles in a bowl. Perhaps held by the larger form, perhaps the larger more frighteningXXXXXXXXXXX form grows from the bowl. Depending on the style of the witches (I'm guessing they're more like paper cut-outs with a slightXXXXXXXXXXX mix of lineart and flats), I'm thinking dark colored paisley and swirls, hints of purples and greens, perhaps the koi fish itself inXXXXXXXXXXX the bowl being pure texture cutouts, the colors light and pale to contrast with the illusionary form.Barrier/Maze: XXXXXXXXXXX Should the barrier need to be "stagnant" it should be a large cemetery themed hedge maze, the hedges shifting constantlyXXXXXXXXXXX and open graves littering the walkways. Should a magical girl attempt to fly or jump out to "cheat" the walls will grow up withXXXXXXXXXXX them, preventing someone from cutting over the maze itself. This doesn't mean that a magical girl couldn't cut her awayXXXXXXXXXXX through it before the walls grow back though, should she be brave enough to try. The center, from which radiates the shrillXXXXXXXXXXX screaming of Cassandra herself, is a large open graveyard, a small koipond in the exact center where she seems to be rootedXXXXXXXXXXX by some sort of base.XXXXXXXXXXX What I really would like is the maze to retain its graveyard themes, but to slowly shift to prey someone's fears. They're afraid ofXXXXXXXXXXX height then the ground may often crumble beneath them, the open graves seeming bottomless. Fear of small spaces, the hedgesXXXXXXXXXXX will slowly close in on them in a very tight arch. There may be more depending on the magical girls they enter her barrier to fightXXXXXXXXXXX her, I'm still very loose on this version.Attacks: XXXXXXXXXXX While Cassandra's true body has no defenses to speak of, the larger form that distracts from her is obviously giant and veryXXXXXXXXXXX ready to protect herself. She thrashes and reaches out to stab and slash with bladed claws/insect legs/etc. While she hasXXXXXXXXXXX no ranged attacks to speak of, she'd designed to punish you for getting in close, trying to keep anyone away from the actualXXXXXXXXXXX center of the barrier where her true body sits.Grief Seed: XXXXXXXXXXX The emblem at the top would be Alex's own emblem, whichever is decided on (the skull is growing into a favorite), the one inXXXXXXXXXXX the center being just a blank sphere, the pieces that surround it perhaps looking like bones? I image her grief seed being veryXXXXXXXXXXX simple or bland. It being just a sort of "black void" or sphere in the center would be easier to reflect her own inner panic andXXXXXXXXXXX fear than trying for an actual image or symbol.MINION oneName: PhobeDuty: Grounds-keepingDescription: XXXXXXXXXXX This minion spends its time keeping the maze in order and covering fresh graves that have suddenly found themselvesXXXXXXXXXXX occupied. Half their time is spend rearranging the hedges of the maze, delighting in strangers getting lost in them. TheyXXXXXXXXXXX cannot stand strangers tromping around the maze.Appearance: XXXXXXXXXXX Think of every creepy crawly you've ever found in a cold dark night. Now shove them all together. It skitters around onXXXXXXXXXXX hundreds of little legs, massive mantis-like legs are mounted to the front like hands, easy for striking, or for shovelingXXXXXXXXXXX dirt into a grave.Attacks: XXXXXXXXXXX While easily shredded if you hit the underside, it's often hard to get at it with those massive claws stabbing at you.MINION twoName: JohnathanDuty: TherapyDescription: XXXXXXXXXXX Day and night this minion spends its days chattering at Cassandra, listening to her shrieking and making its ownXXXXXXXXXXX "diagnoses" about what's wrong at the time for the witch. It's always wrong, but that doesn't stop it from constantlyXXXXXXXXXXX floating around the witch, talking at all hours until it's just saying words to say them, not even making any sense.Appearance: XXXXXXXXXXX Floating skulls/faceless talking heads. In my head they're shameless ganks of Dead Master's floating skull minions,XXXXXXXXXXX but really any chattering floating head would fit, even chesire-cat style grins with a head that fades in and out wouldXXXXXXXXXXX work well.Attacks: XXXXXXXXXXX Johnathan attacks basically by vomiting up runes at a person or simply biting them. He's the only part of the witchXXXXXXXXXXX or her minions that can attack at range. It's medium range, no long range covering fire, but the runes it fires at a shortXXXXXXXXXXX range often have a small portion of splash damage, the runes landing and spreading slightly before popping into smoke.
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 11:43 am
And the witch part is done until I hear otherwise~
Still doing proofreads and such so mind the typos ; u ;
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