Senshi: Mors-Somnus, Senshi of GuzhengDirect Link (In case Hyper breaks) = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/341520_Mors-Somnus
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Uniform Color: Please see reference for details, base of outfit is predominantly white with three main colours for the detailing.
- Main Color: Black
Secondary Color: Green
Tertiary Color: Orange
Uniform: Please see reference for clearer details.
- Tiara
- Tiara, though across the top of her head like a hair band. To represent her more musical theme, she has two bells (one on either side of her head), and small ribbons from each.
Collar
- High collar that appears to close in the front via a pair of tiny pink clips.
Bodice
- Bust bodice, starts just above her belly button and covers the entire region of her bust. Has a black frontal cloth that splits in two, bound against the bodice using a green and white belt just below the bust.
Chest Bow
- If I'm allowed, is it possible to keep the thin, ribbon like necklace and brooch combo that's curved around her neck and drapes down over her bust? If not that's ok, I'll think of how best to integrate a full bow if necessary.
Brooch
- Simple pink brooch encased in silver and positioned in the middle of her 'bow' between two pink tassels.
Sleeves
- Yep, but I'm woeful at putting those gorgeous things in to words so please see her ref!
Gloves
- Yep, but same as above haha.
Buttbow
- I am 99% sure that the green bows on either side of the front of her outfit won't count, but I intend to incorporate something similar as a butt-bow that will show either side of her hips. It will still be reasonable thing, or about as thin as those though.
Bottoms
- Shorts, the aim is to gain additional lines on them per rank, though she already has one in the former of the embroidery, she'll get more.
Shoes
- Marvel at her gorgeous stockings and shoes. ;-; *Points at ref*
Accessories
- Most of her design is literally sewn to her clothes but if she's allowed to keep the silver wiring that comes from her shoulders let me know. Otherwise she doesn't really have much in the way of accessories.
Misc Notes
- Original plan is for her to start flat coloured, in short she won't have the ornate patterns at basic, or the sparkling cross stitching/jewels. The panelled cloth on the front will also not be present at basic so she'll just have her upper bust/bodice portion and shorts.
At Super, she'll gain the white flame like patterns on her stockings and the frontal panels of her outfit. (Obviously extra lines for rank included)
At Eternal she'll gain all her sparkles i.e. the beaded jewellery and the cross stitching across her panelling. At this point this is also where she'll get the silver/wavey accessory hooked to her back if she's permitted to do so. If you would prefer this is a quested personal item then let me know, I'm happy to weave it in. n_n
(I put this progression in as I was told senshi must have room for progression beyond getting more lines on their collars, even if you're comfortable with them not progressing on a personal level).
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Attacks:
- Sailor Scout Attack: Ode to Mors
- Mors-Somnus raises her hand to the sky, and with a snap of her finger an ethereal Guzheng materialises. In a practiced motion she sweeps her fingertips across the strings and sends a rippling soundwave towards her foes.
This soundwave ripples out to a radius of ten feet and those struggle by them will experience something akin to a gut punch. Though this is a 'feeling' and will inflict moderate pain, it isn't permanent. However, all players are welcome to imply that it has done more lasting damage if they would like.
This attack lasts for 30 seconds and has three uses.
Super Sailor Scout Attack: Discordance of Mors
- Mors-Somnus raises her hand to the sky, and with a snap of her finger an ethereal Guzheng materialises. In her fury she slams her hands upon the strings and sends a mighty wave of sound towards her opponents. However, rather than a single ripple, the soundwave will pulse across the battlefield and hit all those within range repeatedly. The impact of these waves will feel akin to punches and will cause considerable pain, particularly if you choose to stand inside the blast radius.
This can effect anyone within 12 feet of her and she can cast this spell up to two times.
Eternal Sailor Attack: Lullaby of Somnus
- Mors-Somnus raises her hand to the sky, and with a snap of her finger an ethereal Guzheng materialises. As it settles in front of her she reaches out to lightly strum at the ethereal strings, sending out a melodic soundwave akin to a warm and gentle breeze.
As this wave hits her allies they will feel calmed and revitalised - allies with a 15ft radius will find that all minor injuries are healer, nearly all moderate injuries are healed, and those with major injuries are stabilized until they can find treatment.
This attack may only be used once in battle and may also affect her as well as her allies.
*Music can both be comforting or distressing depending on what's being played and the tastes of the user. It's tends to be a form of expression, so I tried to play on this particular element of it!
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Deep Space Senshi:
- Physical Features:
- Mors-Somnus possesses a very distinct marking on her head that seems to have a satin sheen up close. However, this is born of all her kind and while particularly ornate on her forehead, there are also small, indented markings on her cheeks.
These markings do little on earth, but on her Homeworld they allow her listen to the planet's 'vibrations' and permit her to 'hear' incoming dangers e.g. if the weather is about to shift then the 'song' or 'hymn' of the planet will sound different and she will know to move to safety.
While this may have served a greater purpose a thousand years ago, it no longer seems to be capable of the same things it may have been able to achieve previously.
She also appears to have subtly pointed ears, but these generally aren't easy to see given her love for ornate hairstyles that have a habit of covering them!
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Backstory/History:
- Mors-Somnus had long served as one of the priestesses upon her planet. As part of a Hive based species, she was deeply embedded within the community and greatly respected for her abilities. While all priestesses possessed the ability to 'commune' with their Homeworld in the sense that they could here the different 'songs' of the planet, there were none who had quite the same affinity as she did.
It was of the believe of the former ruler of the world that she had been chosen, a rather bemusing concept to be sure, but she and she alone possessed the ability to understand the needs of the planet and in times of strife...the ability to summon powers one of her rank should never have possessed.
Nevertheless as the Moon Kingdom crumbled and the universe grew silent,
her kind remained oblivious to the threat that lay beyond their sight.
At first, it went unnoticed...a seeping corruption, an entropic force that began to sap at the strength of the planet. Yet over time the land became less fertile, the crops began to fail, and the land began to resonate at a frequency so violent it shook. Cities crumbled under the fury of this 'song' and despite their greatest efforts, no Priestess, not even Mors-Somnus, found the means to placate it.
In time the world descended into a wasteland and Mors-Somnus could do nothing as she watched her own kin suffer. For while she was sustained by a power they didn't entirely understand, a planet determined to survive, it did not afford the same courtesy to her kin. Plague and despair came, and while it didn't erupt into violence, a slow and painful death was inevitable...until the priestess once familiar with a bustling paradise and the hum of idle thoughts of her kin in her mind, was left with nothing but her own company and the agonised 'cries' of a dying planet.
It would have been easy for her to give in to that very despair, allow herself to kneel and have it take her, to give herself to it by force if necessary, but in the end if she were to be extinguished then all that she was, all that they had been, might well be forgotten for all eternity... and so she did what was necessary to endure and to survive.
Years passed.
Decades.
Then centuries.
She lost track of time with little to anchor her to the days - but on one fateful day as she meditated within the depths of the ruined city that had once been her home, she felt an inexplicable and overwhelming tug. One of urgency, one that demanded her attention, and thus she answered; only to find herself deposited in a world very much not her own when she next opened her eyes...
