[center][color=F08080][h2][color=FFFAFA]【[/color][u][b]Annalise Langley[/b][/u][color=FFFAFA]】[/color][/h2][/color]
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【[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Eo84jDIMKI]Leave a Trace[/url][b]/|\[/b][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obV-OL3TwXo]Black Sheep[/url]】
[h3][color=4682B4][i]~[/i][b]"A terrible sense of dread and a brilliant sense of direction."[/b][i]~[/i][/color][/h3][/center]
[hider=Profile][h3][color=F08080][color=FFFAFA][[/color]N[color=FFFAFA]][/color]ame:[/color][/h3][indent]Annalise Langley [/indent][h3][color=F08080][color=FFFAFA][[/color]N[color=FFFAFA]][/color]icknames:[/color][/h3][indent]Nel[/indent][h3][color=F08080][color=FFFAFA][[/color]G[color=FFFAFA]][/color]ender:[/color][/h3][indent]Female[/indent][h3][color=F08080][color=FFFAFA][[/color]S[color=FFFAFA]][/color]exuality:[/color][/h3][indent]Bisexual [/indent][h3][color=F08080][color=FFFAFA][[/color]A[color=FFFAFA]][/color]ge:[/color][/h3][indent]120[/indent][h3][color=F08080][color=FFFAFA][[/color]A[color=FFFAFA]][/color]pparent [color=FFFAFA][[/color]A[color=FFFAFA]][/color]ge:[/color][/h3][indent]26[/indent][h3][color=F08080][color=FFFAFA][[/color]R[color=FFFAFA]][/color]ace:[/color][/h3][indent]Prae[/indent][h3][color=F08080][color=FFFAFA][[/color]S[color=FFFAFA]][/color]pecialty:[/color][/h3][indent]Gypsy [/indent]
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[u][i][G]eneral:[/i][/u] Like all Prae, Annalise is lissom and clean-limbed, moving with an ease you can expect from someone of her race. In another world she may have been a gymnast but there is a distinct lack of [i]hardness[/i] to her figure, as if she has never had to put that agile figure to use. Fair skinned, thin wrists and blue eyes, altogether, her appearance presents an air of fragility. This is a body not suited to labour or combat, even more so than the rest of her race.
[u][i][M]arkings and Crystal:[/i][/u] True to her appearance, Annalise's markings are delicate and soft. Deep blue swirls run from the outer corner of her left eye and run down her face, neck and across her shoulders before reaching the point at her back where her wings would appear. On their path they interweave and dance with an intricacy less common among her people. At the center of her forehead sits a diamond shaped crystal the same light blue as her eyes. 
[u][i][M]anifest:[/i][/u] When Annalise manifests her Anima it appears, like many Prae, as wings. Although her's seem to take on no distinctive shape, shifting and falling constantly like coloured smoke before disappearing into the air. Honestly, she thinks it's kind of ridiculous.  

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Annalise had been taught to maintain a calm and outwardly pleasant demeanor ("It's the best way to deal with these tyrants, darling.") but this has been distorted to more of a cold indifference which can make her seem unapproachable. However, her youth and passion ([i]read: hatred[/i]) mean she is still quite fast to anger and it is not uncommon for her to react discourteously ([i]read: childishly[/i]) to comments. It is lucky, then, that she has a sharp wit and sarcastic air to respond with. Ultimately, she is not unkind or, at least, she won't go out of her way to be, but she has no patience for fools or liars. It is important to note that the person she is most harsh to tends to be herself. The perceptive might guess that there is a vulnerability she is hiding beneath it all but she would be loathe to admit it. It's incredible, really, how someone so connected to other people's emotions, deny's her own so well.

Despite this, Annalise considers herself an equal opportunist i.e. she will treat everyone with the same level of indifference. Before [i]the incident[/i] [see History], as she's taken to calling it, this even meant Licentia. Her anger for certain members of their race has predominated the way she thinks about all Licentia but it is very possible that a kind Licenti could alter her perception. She is young, angry and afraid but may not be blinded by prejudices forever. 
 

[hr][color=4682B4][h3][color=FFFAFA]{[/color]H[color=FFFAFA]}[/color]istory:[/h3][/color]
Annalise was born into a matrilineal line of well respected and powerful Prae women. Her mother, like her mother before her, worked for the UN as a Priscus ambassador seeking to strengthen Prae relations with humans and, to a lesser extent, Licentia. Her family were well suited for the role given their innate capacity to influence emotions and detect lies [see Magic capabilities]. Diffusing a tense political atmosphere? Swaying a vote the way you need it to go? No problem. Annalise, too, was born with these abilities and was (and continues to be) trained to utilise them fully with the expectation that she would eventually take on her mother's position. 

It was on a trip to Ominar with her mother that her path was irrevocably altered.

[i]She felt the spray of rain as her car door was yanked open and the grip of darkness as she was struck across the temple. When she woke in the hospital, head throbbing and limbs heavy, a  polished human sat by her bedside.

After some hesitation he proceeded with a clearly prepared statement. "Miss Langley, I'm sorry to inform you that your mother has been abducted. The attack was believed to have been carried out by Licentia under the orders of the notorious criminal Szayeis. The authority and government have been informed, it is being widely publicized and citizens will be informed to be on high alert. We have every intention of finding your..."

"She's dead." Annalise interupts, simply.

"I-I'm sorry Miss?"

"She's gone. Her Anima..." She trailed off, touching her fingertips to the markings on her chest, now interwoven with the similar markings of her mother. She had died and imparted her energy to her daughter. [/i]

This is not the tale of some poor orphan. Annalise was not left to fend for herself, she was too valuable to the Prae governement, especially with a significantly expanded Anima (that she has no idea what to do with). She would still be expected to continue her mother's work. As a result, she has since been kept under the protection and watchful eye of the government until she comes of appropriate skill and age. Annalise has other ideas. 

Annalise can't remember ever crying for her mother. Instead, the death festered in her mind, warping into hatred for the Lincentia. Before, her opinion had been a [i]relatively[/i] kind one, in comparison to the rest of her race. They may have violent criminals and horrific monsters among them but if they were willing to cooperate it shouldn't stand in the way of a peaceful relationship. That had been her mother's teaching. It was harder to follow in the wake of her death. It is foolish, she knows, but Annalise intends to find Szayeis and bring him to justice. Or at least find someone who can do it for her.

[color=F08080][h3][color=FFFAFA]{[/color]B[color=FFFAFA]}[/color]elongings/[color=FFFAFA]{[/color]E[color=FFFAFA]}[/color]quipment[/h3][/color]
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[*] Smartphone. It's nice, new, probably the latest model. 
[*] Handgun of some kind. Nel doesn't know anything about guns other than if she ever needs to defend herself, emotional manipulation isn't always going to work.  
[*] A handbag full of crap. There are definitely some tissues in there. 
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[color=F08080][h3][color=FFFAFA]{[/color]C[color=FFFAFA]}[/color]apabilities[/h3][/color]
[hider][u][color=4682B4][color=FFFAFA]M[/color]ental:[/color][/u]
You would say Annalise is intelligent but not wise, something that may come to her with age and experience. She has an inquisitive mind, quick wit and absorbs information but does not always know what to do with it. If she were left to fend for herself, she may struggle in the sense that she has no "street smarts".

[u][color=4682B4][color=FFFAFA]P[/color]hysical:[/color][/u]
Despite cutting an acrobatic figure, Annalise is next to useless in a fight. Never having been in a situation where she has had to fight and never undergoing any training, she would be helpless to defend herself from an attack. In a combat situation, her only hope would be to rely on a kind of natural speed to slip away or, in a pinch, dodge a strike. 

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[color=F08080][i][b][color=FFFAFA]T[/color]elepathy:[/b][/i][/color] Relating to her ability to alter people's emotions Annalise can sense the true emotions and intent of someone if she is focused on them specifically. When in the manifested state, Annalise also has the capacity to pick up on fleeting, surface thoughts. This is exceptionally useful in detecting lies. 
[b][color=F08080][i][color=FFFAFA]H[/color]ealing:[/i][/color][/b] Simply the capacity to heal at an accelerated rate. 
[b][color=F08080][i][color=FFFAFA]E[/color]motional [color=FFFAFA]M[/color]anipulation:[/i][/color][/b] Normally, Annalise will emit low levels of energy which can set a mood over the entire room depending on how she herself feels. For example, when she is calm, the room tends to be just that bit quieter and when she is scared it will underlie the area with a sense of panic and urgency. It is a relatively weak effect, which can be overcome by most when they chose to actively do so. When in the manifested state, it works more deliberately. Annalise may smile and say, "I'm on your side" to create the feeling of trust and coax the information she needs out of someone or "Help me." with an edge of fear to imbue someone with the need to protect her. She cannot give direct commands and some people, with fierce or stubborn constitutions, are harder to sway. But most can be cracked eventually. 
[b][color=F08080][i][color=FFFAFA]C[/color]lairevoyance:[/i][/color][/b] Annalise's mother always liked to say that she was born with [i]"A terrible sense of dread and a brilliant sense of direction"[/i]. If this had been given time to develop like her other skills, Annalise may have become powerful in future-sight. However, clairvoyance, according to her family, is just a myth. Instead, Annalise just believes she is incredibly serendipitous, seeming to be just where she needs to be when she needs to be (a brilliant sense of direction) and often avoiding poor situations (a terrible sense of dread). In the manifested state, this can become more potent to a point where certain situations begin to feel like deja vu. 
[b][color=F08080][i][color=FFFAFA]M[/color]anifest:[/i][/color][/b] For a young Prae, Annalise can extend the time she is in Manifest for a longer period or more often owing to the fact that her Anima has been significantly increased. 
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