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Name: Marquee Mountain

Theme: A series of sound-stages surround the base of a mountain, where mental constructs shoot a number of movies: In one area a Western, in another a historical romance, in another an action movie. The mood is one of ceaseless energy, though observers might notice that little seems to be getting done. Paths are dotted with posts whose signs are shaped like clapperboards, directing people to places like Western Roadway or Crowning Castle; carts selling theater snacks, like popcorn, are scattered throughout, movie posters are plastered everywhere (with Wu-Xia replacing the star in many), and ticket stubs blow past like leaves. A red carpet (which occasionally changes its route) winds through the backlots and up the titular mountain, the peak of which supports a massive movie-screen topped with Wu-Xia's name in lights. The screen plays footage of Wu-Xia, either real-life memories (using her powers, training, winning tournaments) or daydreams (accepting movie awards, fighting off "bad guys," being a Psychonaut); if intruders are detected, they're displayed instead. Everything on and off the sets are clearly props, including the sun, moon, and stars, which are themed floodlights rotated by massive, hand-cranked cranes to create "night" and "day." An unseen audience reacts to things that happen in on the sets, like applauding a well-done "scene" or booing people who destroy sets.
Theme [audible in-world, except in Hidden Room/tunnel to Hidden Room]
Layout [MSPaint]

Constructs: Extras are dressed as their role, from baristas to cops to ninja. They're always in-character while on-set and refuse to answer questions or take out-of-character actions; off-set, they speak with American accents and complain about guild fees, or wonder if they're on the clock. Techies wear headsets and polo shirts with the Marquee Mountain logo, touching up the world (repainting trees, adjusting the massive wind-fans, wheeling racks of costumes, cranking the crane to switch out the sun/moon/stars) and running errands. The Director is an noodle-limbed, turtleneck-and-beret-wearing stereotype with a Fu Manchu mustache and John Lennon sunglasses, attended by Techies and shouting through a megaphone; he treats everyone, including visitors, like gofers, but can summon Security (Censors) if he decides you're "disrupting filming." All NPCs resemble stylized 2D puppets, with slightly stilted movements and paper-doll clothes.

Censors: Normal Censors, in blue security guard uniforms and red ties, attempt to 'escort' intruders "off the premises" if they're detected, or if summoned by the Director. Shouting Censors, wearing berets and carrying megaphones as well as clipboards, pop up when attempting to access the trap door on Marquee Mountain [see below]. Normal Censors will lose interest and disappear if they lose track of intruders, or if they're fooled by Invisibility, but can be summoned by Shouting Censors; Shouting Censors will pursue intruders so long as they remain in the vicinity of the trap door, but will not enter the Hidden Room.

Enemies: Aside from the Censors, none.

Figments: Wu-Xia's Figments come in blue, light blue, purple, yellow, orange, and red; most are clapperboards, posters, boxes of popcorn or soda cups, and megaphones, as well as stick-figure directors and fans, and these are mostly found in and around the stages. Others are kung-fu broadswords, figures in martial stances, books, and European weapons like halbards and rapiers, which are largely found on the mountain itself. A few random Figments - beams of light, psychic waves, and the Murmuring Pines logo - indicate Wu-Xia's new interest in the psychic world.

Memory Vaults:
1. Wu-Xia: On My Way! is in Soundstage Maze, near the set where they're shooting a wire-fu flick, and is easily-found; the slides show a young Wu-Xia riding a horse as her proud parents look on, reading on her father's lap, and learning martial arts from her mother. The next slide shows an older Wu-Xia training with her sifu, then winning a championship against a bully-like opponent with a glamorized psychic blast (those with training recognize it as a beam-shaped PSI-Punch, not an actual PSI-Blast) amidst cheering fans and raining confetti. In the next slide, a figure presents Wu-Xia with a glowing brochure for Murmuring Pines, and the final slide (her imagined future, denoted by a thought-bubble border) shows Wu-Xia atop a Levitation sphere, striking a victory pose and wearing a personalized Psychonaut uniform.
2. Wu-Xia: On My Own is in the Hidden Room [see below], huddled on the stand under the TV; activating it causes slides to show onscreen, revealing that Wu-Xia's parents often left her alone or with caretakers, and she would attempt, usually in vain, to get their attention through pranks and stunts. Her parents did attend her first kung-fu tournament, which she won, convincing her that the only way to earn their affection is by continuing to win. In the final slide, Wu-Xia stands before a wall of awards, built around the family photo from the Hidden Room, and looks down at the Murmuring Pines brochure in her hands.

Obstacles: Marquee Mountain has three main areas: Soundstage Maze, Road to Stardom, and The Pinnacle of Success, plus the above-mentioned Hidden Room.
♦ The Soundstage Maze is the tangle of sets and dressing-rooms at the mountain's base. The red carpet begins at the starting area and winds through the sets, but it's easy to get distracted, and setting foot off the carpet means you're likely to get pulled into an ongoing production. The specifics depend on which set you wind up on, but will fall into one of three categories: Either you're cast in a scene, you've been drafted to fix or set up props, or the Director has decided you need to run errands. All NPCs lack combat abilities and go down if attacked, but violence results in a swarm of Censors. You can use Confusion or Hypnosis to talk your way out, and Levitation can be handy for getting a bird's-eye view. This is the only part of Wu-Xia's mindscape with mental constructs; once past the Maze, you're unlikely to trigger Censors unless you damage the "set" or attempt to access the Hidden Room.
- Example Detours: Filling in for an Extra and using Clairvoyance to figure out what you're expected to do (as NPCs will see you as whatever role you're supposed to be playing); powering generators for a scene with Electrokinesis; using PSI-Punch to loosen the crank on the sky-crane.
♦ Road to Stardom is the spiraling path that snakes up the mountain, which is semi-hollow and laced with slides that function as secret passages. The red carpet splits, sometimes leading into dead ends or loops; other passages spit you out at random places, Chutes and Ladders-style. The trail that goes around the outside of the mountain is blocked by boulders, which can be removed with Geokinesis or knocked out of the path with PSI-Blast or Telekinesis, though the latter will cause a rockfall on the sets below and alert Censors. The Director knows the right path, and can either be convinced to help (not likely) or have his mind read with Telepathy.
♦ The Pinnacle of Success resembles a manicured, star-shaped park with a massive movie-screen sitting in the middle; glittering star-shaped confetti perpetually rains down, melting away like snowflakes before it hits the grass. An old-fashioned projector projects Wu-Xia's memories or daydreams onto the screen, and can be used to access specific memories (only good ones; see her first Memory Vault for what would be acceptable) if the right code is entered into the console at its side. The code can be learned through Scrying, or someone with Psychometry can detect Wu-Xia's "psychic fingerprints" on the number pad, though they may or may not be able to guess the sequence from that alone.
♦ The Hidden Room is technically inside the mountain, and there's a small chance you'll wind up at a tunnel leading to it, but it's blocked by a Mental Cobweb, beyond which lies a nondescript-looking door. The 'easier' method is ascending to the top of the mountain and checking behind the screen, where cardboard bushes hide a trap door. Opening the trap door summons Shouting Censors, but leads into a downward-sloping tunnel blocked by another Mental Cobweb, beyond which lies a second door, which opens into a large, dimly-lit bedroom. Movies, books, and comics are scattered and stacked everywhere, and the walls are covered with posters from Wu-Xia's mother's movies, dust-jackets from her father's books, and similar merchandise; Wu-Xia is only present in a large, framed photo that the centerpiece of the room, in which her parents are hugging a younger Wu-Xia as she holds a trophy. A TV, turned off, sits on an entertainment stand at the far end. Most psychics will get a feeling of sadness and/or loneliness from the room, and those with Psychometry or possibly Empathy will receive a clearer sense/vision of this part of Wu-Xia's past. [see Memory Vault 2]

I'm extremely impressed at how quickly you put all this together and how much detail you've presented her mental world with! I get a very clear sense of what's going on in Wu Xia's mind and a well developed mental world is a sign, to me, of a well thought out character ;D

On your notes and questions really quick; I am 100% fine with Chi the Psychic Fighting Fish for the very reason you think it's funny. I honestly can't wait to see him in action, the whole situation sounds hilarious. I would say that perhaps it would be better for him to learn Hypnosis later (which you can just make a note of in his profile section if you don't mind) and explain to me how he will end up using the power, but Telekinesis is perfect for him to start with and I'm so glad about his entire situation.

For Mind Over Body, this was my bad. I forgot to mention (scatter brained as I am) that, due to it requiring extensive training to hone, it can't be a starting/stage 1 power but Wu Xia could have a natural disposition toward it due to her hard work and over achiever attitude. She could easily start training for it as a Psycadet. It's a really hard ability to master and just isn't really one develops naturally. Mind Over Body is an ability that, at its strongest, swaps physical health for mental health. It lowers a psychic's natural need for sleep (meditation or even time spent in the mental world then count as physical rest) and eventually heightening the psychic's pain tolerance and effects like that. Basically the body becomes less important/needy in favor of catering to the brain. It's a little abstract, the power's are still being refined and fully developed, but that's the basic gist of it there.

Oh my gosh don't even worry about it being in Paint hahaha that helps a lot! It's clear enough to read and navigate and any extra stuff like that is much appreciated <3 I use Paint a lot myself... but yes, thank you~

I just wanted to get these things cleared up first before getting into the nitty gritty of a critique but I've been reading as you filled things in and my opinion's been very positive so I don't imagine you'll have to change overly much. I just woke up though so I will give that a few hours, or let you figure out what you want to do power-wise before I go ahead. Just let me know!

Gotcha!
For Chi's hypnotism, I meant more like the purpose of its usage; is it to put people and other critters into a trance so he can get by them? That's the kind of thing I was wanting to know~

Shield is just fine, I think that makes plenty sense c:

Aside from that, the only thing that I need some clarification on is in the competition Wu Xia used her psychic powers to win. You say PSI-Blast, but do you mean an actual PSI-Blast like the marksmanship laser, or more like a PSI-Punch that looked like a blast? That would be more in line with her thinking it was a chi attack, since a PSI-Blast is a very focused and concentrated form of aggression straight from her mind while the PSI-Punch she would just need to think about pushing them back and make the hand motions, essentially. That would lend to the believability as well. If you could just make sure that a) I'm interpreting that correctly in the first place and b) if so, that it's explained a little more clearly in her history, that should be it!

We're going to get working on her art soon (possibly even tomorrow, if things work out). I'll PM you a link to Neon's livestream whenever it happens so you can try to catch it, too, and get some real time suggestions/approval in!

Wu Xia's Accepted!

We'll get her art to you ASAP. Expect a journal to be made for her within the next few days in the Kid's Cabins section of the guild!

The subforum is still undergoing construction but Wu-Xia's journal has been made. Please refer to the other threads in the subforum for some pertinent information (that may be subject to minor changes in the future).

They're first come first serve in terms of bed but Wu-Xia can certainly have claimsies of whether she gets the top or bottom bunk of the bed! (I'll make a note of it in the Cabins thread for ya.)

The power list in the top post is limited to the basics; we would like you to include a list of powers within the journal as well to keep track of what upgrades you've earned (for instance, the wrecking ball upgrade to levitation), as well as any unique things like the color of Wu-Xia's PSI Powers. As an extra note as well, we go off of the color of the PSI Powers (particularly the levitation ball) also being the color of a character's aura, which is important for those with the Aura Reading ability. I don't have the pertinent info up in the guild yet but I can PM it to you for reference in the mean time!