[hider=Agatha Loom] [color=603F6E][center][h1][b]Agatha Loom[/b][/h1] [img]https://i.pinimg.com/564x/1c/93/be/1c93be2240373e9d49bb0b8448b7f7d9.jpg[/img] [h1]╚══════════════╝[/h1] [i]"I don't think you've met me before."[/i] [h3][ [b]Age 19[/b] | [b]6"3'[/b] | [b]Caucasian[/b] | [b]She/Her[/b] | [b]132 lbs.[/b] ][/h3] [h1][i]Perception[/i][/h1][/center][/color] [color=603F6E][h3][u][b] APPEARANCE [/b][/u][/h3][/color] [i]"Nothing Fancy. That's... Kind of the point."[/i] [indent][indent]Agatha towers at 6"3', with pale skin and black eyes. Her black hair is incredibly long, reaching about halfway down her back. She does little to organize or maintain her hair shape, giving it a ragged and unkempt appearance. She has a round, slightly-wide face, with a thin body frame that borders on being undernourished. She usually dresses smart casual, wearing dark colors along a light blue to dark purple spectrum, wearing a shawl jacket, usually with either a long skirt or even just jeans. She usually wears moccasins, sneakers, or sandals, depending on the weather. She also wears her metal amulet, though her and her Apparition aren't necessarily separate entities[/indent][/indent] [color=603F6E][h3][u][b] PSYCHOLOGY [/b][/u][/h3][/color] [i]"I uh... Don't like talking about myself too much."[/i] [indent][indent][indent] [color=603F6E][b]MAIN GOAL ⫻[/b][/color] Agatha's main objective is to uncover the web of mystery that strangleholds Araminta, hopefully bringing some of the strange occurrences she's noticed to light. [color=603F6E][b]PHILOSOPHY ⫻[/b][/color] Nothing is ever the way it seems. Always keep an eye out and ear open. [color=603F6E][b]SECRETS ⫻[/b][/color] Besides being an Aberrant? She likes to stick her nose where it doesn't belong. It mostly amounts to useless trivia, but she knows many things about random people they'd like to consider private information. [color=603F6E][b]SEXUALITY ⫻[/b][/color] Bisexual. She's never really been in a relationship, but she's found herself looking at both boys and girls before. [color=603F6E][b]FEARS ⫻[/b][/color] Despite constantly trying to attain as much information as she can, she's incredibly fearful of her own privacy being breached, giving her a very secretive and reserved lifestyle. [color=603F6E][b]REPUTATION ⫻[/b][/color] Agatha's a bit of an outsider. Neither her nor her grandpa are particularly religious. They're not exactly shunned, but they are given a wary eye for being outliers on the edge of the community. [color=603F6E][b]QUIRKS ⫻[/b][/color] When addressed, she always answers with brief panic, as if she was zoning out for a moment. She also has difficulty keeping eye contact with people. [color=603F6E][b]FLAWS ⫻[/b][/color] Agatha is intensely paranoid and distrustful. She'll hardly take any sort of risk or opportunity if it's even slightly shady, or if there's even a shred of doubt she has. [/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=603F6E][h3][u][b] BACKSTORY [/b][/u][/h3][/color] [i]"I've lived with my grandpa for most of my life."[/i] [indent][indent]The first chapter of Agatha's life was an ugly one. She was conceived by accident, by two equally irresponsible and unprepared lovers. Much of her infancy lacked the proper attention and care, and her parents inexperience with children led to some early-onsetting development issues for Agatha. When she finally turned four, they admitted their own incompetence and sent her to live with her mother's grandparents. While they served as much better caregivers than their children, it took Agatha a couple months before it hit her: Her parents had abandoned her. They told her it was just a brief visit, but only months after she was moved did she realize what that meant. Agatha felt like a complete fool for missing all of the clues. The sense of humiliation and betrayal bred two dueling feelings in Agatha: untrustworthiness and curiosity. She never again wanted to be an unaware idiot, victim to the flow of the world. As she grew, she became unnecessarily inquisitive to her surroundings. She even found out her grandma became terminally ill a week before they decided to tell her. Ironically, she took that secret being held from her slightly better. Her constant need for reassuring her surroundings was even what pulled her into the hidden world beneath Araminta. When she was 14, she knew of the legend of the Black Shuck; A massive, ethereal dog that people would see from time to time. After performing stakeouts and wandering town at night for weeks, she finally encountered the beast. Despite making sure to stealthily follow it, she had a sinking feeling that the Black Shuck knew full well she was following it, and that it was intentionally leading her somewhere. Except, unlike the usual occurrence of finding a dead body, she found a [url=https://i.etsystatic.com/5304121/r/il/0282c5/985546399/il_570xN.985546399_lw80.jpg]metal amulet[/url] lying on the ground. When she picked it up, her mind was immediately invaded by a buzzing, chittering sound. She immediately threw it to the ground in surprise, then slowly knelt to pick it back up once again. Despite being a series of random buzzes and crackles, Agatha... [i]Understood it[/i], in some weird way. Against her better judgement, she equipped the necklace. The last thing she remembered of the night was feeling incredibly heavy, yet powerful. She woke up the next morning, safely in her room. Whether she liked it or not, she was thrown face first into the strange ongoings within Araminta. [/indent][/indent] [color=603F6E][h3][u][b] SKILLS & TALENTS [/b][/u][/h3][/color] [i]"Careful, someone's about to round that corner."[/i] [indent][indent][indent] [color=603F6E][b]Art ⫻[/b][/color] In her downtime, Agatha's picked up painting. She mostly works on abstract pieces and expressionism, less something she's actually trained in and more of a hobby. [color=603F6E][b]Situational Awareness ⫻[/b][/color] Agatha's constantly processing her surroundings and taking note of everything around her, making her able to notice things better that would otherwise go over someone's head.[/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=603F6E][h3][u][b] ABSTRACTION [/b][/u][/h3][/color] [i]"I don't think I was ever really a skeptic to begin with, but I never thought whatever was out there would come to [i]me[/i]."[/i] [indent][indent] [color=603F6E][b]TYPE ⫻[/b][/color] Aberration (Adjoined) [color=603F6E][b]ABSTRACTION ⫻[/b][/color] Insect Form, Agatha has adjoined with an insect Apparition and has access to a powerful alternate form. [color=603F6E][b]ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION ⫻[/b][/color] Inside of the ladybug necklace that Agatha was led to is an Apparition named The Lady Bug. Agatha, feeling a strange fascination with the entity inside, formed a union of sorts with The Lady Bug, and eventually the two adjoined. The Lady Bug isn't exactly the most talkative type, fortunately, and it's quite agreeable and easy to work with. Usually piping in with one-word statements whenever it has something to say. Fortunately, this is one of the Adjoinments that allows Agatha to retain her human form. The alternate form that Agatha has access to is the true form of the Apparition, [url=https://i.etsystatic.com/5339340/r/il/6fb09b/1388955401/il_794xN.1388955401_g6z3.jpg]the form of a ghostly ladybug[/url]. This ladybug is the size of a sedan and has a red glow around it that takes the shape of smoke. Where ever the ladybug goes the smoke follows. The ladybug has few abilities, but the ladybug's main ability is flight. Much like a regular ladybug the Apparition can hover pretty much free and can fly up to thirty-seven miles per hour. It's not much of an ability compared to its flight but the ladybug can crawl on most solid surfaces. The lady bug's alternate form is quite durable, capable of tanking several extra-normal blows along with being borderline impervious to any attacks from the Blind. It's also strong enough to throw a man across the room and has a bite that'd kill that man. As a strange sub ability or side-effect, where ever Agatha goes ladybugs follow. If she lingers in an area for too long there will be ladybugs on every surface. When she transforms into the Ladybug a swarm of ladybugs will appear out of thin air and accompany her where ever she goes. Ravaging any insects' insight, but she will have no ability to control or influence the swarm at all. When she changes back the ladybugs will disappear. [color=603F6E][b]AURA SENSING ⫻[/b][/color] Agatha is able to perceive emotional states of others, as a sort of colored cloud that surrounds their body. Depending on the person's mood, the color of the mist will change, giving her a good indication on how someone is feeling. [color=603F6E][b]LIMITS ⫻[/b][/color] As per usual, extra-normal beings are less effective against Agatha's alternate form - Capable of tanking its blows. Agatha and the Lady Bug are two beings that are on completely different wavelengths, so she can't stay in the form forever. The longest she can without being forced back to her human form is fifteen minutes. If she takes a few minutes rest she can transform back into the ladybug. Also, she has to share that noggin of her with a ghostly Ladybug and transforming requires both of them being in unison with each other. [color=603F6E][b]WEAKNESSES ⫻[/b][/color] Know that swarm of ladybugs that accompany her where ever she goes? Well, they're connected to her life force. Attacking the ladybugs that follow her around will in term damage and weaken Agatha. If they are immolated she'll be burnt, if they are frozen she will be. Somehow killing a million ladybugs will instantly kill Agatha. However, killing a bunch will merely knock her out. [/indent][/indent] [color=603F6E][h3][u][b] OTHER [/b][/u][/h3][/color] [i]"I should get home soon. It's getting kind of dark, and my grandpa's hair isn't getting any grayer."[/i] [indent][indent]She's raised by her grandfather, Jeffrey. While he may appear crabby and bumbling on the surface, he loves Agatha deeply, and may just be more than what he seems...[/indent][/indent] [/hider] [hider=Tristan Douge] [color=344A6C][center][h1][b]Tristan Douge[/b][/h1] [img]No anime[/img] [h1]╚══════════════╝[/h1] [i]"Fuck're you looking at?"[/i] [h3][ [b]24[/b] | [b]5"8'[/b] | [b]Caucasian[/b] | [b]He/Him[/b] | [b]150 lbs.[/b] ][/h3] [h1][i]Vengeance[/i][/h1][/center] [h3][u][b] APPEARANCE [/b][/u][/h3][/color] [i]"Yeah, it's hand-me-downs. So what?"[/i] [indent][indent]Tristan stands at 5 feet 8 inches, and weighs about 150 pounds. He has fair skin with just a tinge of coloration to it, and bluish brown eyes. He has short, unkempt blonde hair. His body is muscled, with a few scars here and there on his body; The most noticeable one is on his lip he got from a fight a few years back. On his left bicep, he has a tattoo of a snake curled around a moss and rose covered cross. He has trouble sleeping, giving him dirty, sunken eyes. The only real expressions he wears these days are either disinterest, frustration, or anger. Usually, he wears the bear minimum acceptable; He usually wears a white tank top and dark-green or black sweatpants or cargo pants, along with black tennis shoes with white tinges. At church or other formal occasions, most he'll do is put on a collared short-sleeve shirt. Most of his clothes are either too big or too small, not really giving a mind about sizes whenever he goes to get new clothing.[/indent][/indent] [color=344A6C][h3][u][b] PSYCHOLOGY [/b][/u][/h3][/color] [i]"Don't test me."[/i] [indent][indent][indent] [color=344A6C][b]MAIN GOAL ⫻[/b][/color] Bring justice to Anne's death. [color=344A6C][b]PHILOSOPHY ⫻[/b][/color] The world can be a rough place. You gotta grasp onto the few people you know you can trust and never let go, no matter what. Those few people you can trust, you gotta do everything you can for. Don't you ever let them down. [color=344A6C][b]SECRETS ⫻[/b][/color] Ever since Anne's death, he started heading out each night, hoping to catch The Horde that murdered her. He has little faith he'll even run into them, or even be able to fight them if they do meet. He mostly does it to convince himself he's not wasting time. [color=344A6C][b]SEXUALITY ⫻[/b][/color] Heterosexual [color=344A6C][b]FEARS ⫻[/b][/color] Tristan's biggest fear is letting down those he cares about, those who depend on him. The idea of never being able to make up for your shortcomings and mistakes to them. [color=344A6C][b]REPUTATION ⫻[/b][/color] Tristan's family is pitied by the community for their poverty; A single mother raising two kids (Well, formerly two). They mostly had to subsist on handouts of food drives and other support from the church community, which had the benefit of at least making them active in it. Ever since Anne's death, both he and his mother were held in even more pity by the community, being a family with only a mother losing her daughter and a brother losing his sister; Ever since he stopped going to church, people have started having unsavory rumors about the nature of his faith. [color=344A6C][b]QUIRKS ⫻[/b][/color] Tristan has a lot of trouble sleeping; He's up at almost all hours of the day and night, save for a few short bursts of sleep at random intervals. [color=344A6C][b]FLAWS ⫻[/b][/color] Shortsightedness and determinism; He'll tear his eyes out and plant them in the dirt just for the chance at getting a better picture at an immediate situation, without even thinking about the future. [/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=344A6C][h3][u][b] BACKSTORY [/b][/u][/h3][/color] [i]"What, you actually [b]are[/b] asking about my life story?"[/i] [indent][indent]As long as he could remember, Tristan's been the man of the house; His dad ran off before he was even born, leaving his mother to raise him almost all by herself. He never found out about her own original family and how they may have helped, and he learned better than to press her about it. Tristan and his family got the short end of the town's stick. They lived in the poorer neighborhoods in Araminta. While the town was surprisingly scarce of crime, the downtown was still a rough place to live; Tristan had to learn at an early age when to stand his ground and fold his cards. They ate more off of food drives and clothed more from christmas donations. By the time he was 12 years of age, he became an older brother; His mother had been seeing a man for quite some time before discovering she was pregnant again; After becoming resolute on taking care of her second child as well, her boyfriend left, just as Tristan's dad did. While she eventually became a mother of a second child, it only hastened her own stress. As a result, their mother was never there for Anne as much as she could've been for Tristan, almost never being able to make time for them. Tristan himself had to do his best to keep an eye out for her and be there for her as much as he could, leading to a tight-knit bond between the two of them. Then one night, when he was 24 years of age, she went out to visit some friends; That was the last time he had ever seen her again. She went missing for the next few days. Tristan himself went looking for her on his own time; He looked everywhere, yet received no inkling to her presence until he met a strange creature; A dog made out of night itself. The Black Shuck. Tristan knew the stories too well; He knew exactly what he would find at the end of it's trail as he followed it down by the river, yet he hoped against hope. He knew it was one urban myth intertwined with a more horrifying one, yet he hoped against hope. He saw her remains, and he still hoped against hope. Regardless, Tristan was horribly shaken. He was overcome with guilt and frustration; If only had stopped her from leaving, or walked her there and back, or just said "Careful out there", she wouldn't have run into that [i]fucking Thing[/i]. Tristan then turned onto a dark path, studying the supernatural, studying about the Black Shuck and The Horde. Soon enough, his inquiry turned more towards himself, as Tristan's mind began to awaken and develop. One night, Tristan saw on TV a man who obviously committed a murder/rape against a mother, yet was let off scot-free thanks to his connections and piles of money. Deep down, Tristan made a hateful curse towards the man while clutching Anne's backpack charm. The next morning, he was found dead, pummeled to death by a figure resembling his victim who, according to eyewitnesses, immediately dissolved into thick smoke upon his death. Such an event spurred Tristan to know of and understand his own magical abilities, leading to his own greater understanding of his Extra-Normal Abilities, which he swore from that day on to use to bring justice to both the dead and his own sister. [/indent][/indent] [color=344A6C][h3][u][b] SKILLS & TALENTS [/b][/u][/h3][/color] [i]"Never went to college. But there are still some things that only Life can teach you."[/i] [indent][indent][indent] [color=344A6C][b]Streetwise ⫻[/b][/color] Tristan knows how to handle himself on the streets; He knows how to stand your ground if someone wants to start shit, and when to just bow out and save yourself a beating. He can also surf through the streets, finding drug dealers and avoiding bad neighborhoods. [color=344A6C][b]Fighting ⫻[/b][/color] Nothing official or trained, but Tristan can handle himself in a fight. He knows how to turn anything on hand into a weapon, and will fight tooth and nail if left without any options. What he lacks in actual skill, he makes up for in resolve and grit. [/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=344A6C][h3][u][b] ABSTRACTION [/b][/u][/h3][/color] [i]"This? This shit isn't magic. The shit I can do is [b][i]justice[/i][/b]"[/i] [indent][indent] [color=344A6C][b]TYPE ⫻[/b][/color] Adept [color=344A6C][b]ABSTRACTION ⫻[/b][/color] Necrokinesis; A Black/Blue/Orange Lux Affinity that primarily allows Tristan to reanimate the vengeful dead, allowing them to take vengeance on those who wronged them in life. [b]Channel:[/b] A blue, unraveled ribbon. When in use, he usually ties it along his left hand. [color=344A6C][b]ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION ⫻[/b][/color] Tristan's main ability allows him to curse others, who have committed grave crimes against someone else. When the curse is placed, it reanimates someone the person has wronged in their life, either by murdering them, pushing them to suicide, or some other unforgiven sin they made against them. Alternatively, he can just raise a regular dead, though they aren't as effective as when he curses someone. When the curse is placed, the vengeful spirit will take a physical form replicating the state of their corpse. If cremated, they will simply rebuild a temporary body from their own ashes, though they'll be much more fragile than a flesh and blood corpse. The spirit will still become incredibly fast and powerful. In terms of toughness, only incineration or dismemberment will put them down for good, dismemberment being more preferable as the Lux reanimating the corpse simply abandons anything severed from the largest remaining chunk of their body. When cut into enough pieces, the corpse will once again become inert. The raised spirit will also have no limits to their strength, allowing them to punch through solid concrete. They also do not tire, allowing them to sprint as fast as they can without rest. When animated, the Spirit will have a supernatural dedication to hunting down their target. They will always know where they are, as well as the fastest means of reaching them. The Spirit will not stop until either they are destroyed or their target has been killed, typically by being beaten to death. Alternatively, Tristan can simply raise a corpse he finds, animating a shambling, typical zombie. These zombies are less powerful than a vengeful spirit, but are able to be controlled, and can still be relatively dangerous if used well. Tristan prefers not to use this ability on human corpses, however, given his discomfort for disrespecting the dead. [color=344A6C][b]AURA SENSING ⫻[/b][/color] Tristan is able to see ghosts around people, if they have played a vital role in their death, either murdering them or pushing to take their own lives. [color=344A6C][b]LIMITS ⫻[/b][/color] The Extra-Normal are far more durable against the spirit, to being able to destroy the spirit with their own extra-normal abilities. They also hamper his ability to place curses, as Tristian can place curses on the Blind from any range. To place a curse on the extra-normal he has to be within five miles of the person. Tristian also needs to be aware of the person's appearance to place the curse on them, all he needs to do is see the person just one time for him to place the curse. When he curses somebody, he can create up to three spirits at a time and if they are destroyed the spirit is gone forever so it only has one chance. The spirits have a range of around the city limits of Araminta. The Spirits also have a time limit; if they do not kill their target within a day they will turn their sights on Tristan for revenge and he'll have to destroy them. [color=344A6C][b]WEAKNESSES ⫻[/b][/color] Tristan's puts a part of his soul into his abstraction and while his spirits are active he's physically much weaker. He won't be as strong, won't be able to run as fast, and his stamina will tank. The more spirits are created the weaker Tristan will be. If a spirit is defeated he'll be weaker for about twenty munutes. [/indent][/indent] [color=344A6C][h3][u][b] OTHER [/b][/u][/h3][/color] [i]"That's all. Now piss off."[/i] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9imCm6CrNZ8[/youtube] [/hider]