[hider=Master][list][*][u][b]Name[/b][/u]: Evelyn Fehrenbach [*][u][b]Age[/b][/u]: 22 [*][u][b]Gender[/b][/u]: Female [*][u][b]Appearance[/b][/u]: [url=https://i.imgur.com/p0CMgKA.jpg]Evelyn is the one on the right.[/url] [*][u][b]Personality[/b][/u]: Despite everything, Evelyn is a pretty relaxed sort, hard to rile up and happy to take things as they come. She normally has the air and motivation of a slacker doing the minimum to get by when it doesn't catch her interest. The exception to this lies in her eyes and people asking about it; even after a few years she's [i]very[/i] fed up with the constant questions--especially as an honest answer is effectively impossible. This lack of active interest in the things around her also leads to being quite dense to the motivations of others. [*][u][b]Skills[/b][/u]: Out of necessity, Evelyn has gotten adept at moving around whilst blindfolded, though the exact degree to which she manages this suggests something beyond normal human senses at work. Beyond that, her skillset is rather unremarkable; her academic abilities are above average and her mathematical talents are exceptional, but athleticism and an adeptness at dodging things thrown her way are rather unremarkable. [*][u][b]Abilities[/b][/u]: Mystic Eyes sometimes straddle the line between magecraft and psychic abilities. This is quite apparent with Evelyn, who possesses magic circuits that are above average in their own regard but only displays abilities consistent with her inborn talents: the Mystic Eyes of Displacement. These eyes can determine the exact velocity of anything within her field of view and from moment to moment determine exactly where it will end up, operating much faster than the human visual field and un-augmented reactions can possibly keep up with. Yet beyond that, they allow for the [i]alteration[/i] of this value, imparting a new direction or speed or both to whatever Evelyn focuses on, limited by both her circuits and the resilience of her own mind on top of the resistance of the target to such alteration. Even magecraft that would normally be invisible can be seen through such a view and potentially redirected, so long as it operates closer to human perception than, say, the speed of light. However, this ability is something that Evelyn would take almost any step to be rid of: despite how powerful it is, she is completely unable to deactivate it and only blocking her sight entirely removes the strain that its activity causes. If she were to leave it active at all times, it would be hard to tell whether she would go mad first or destroy herself somehow. This heritage seems to have some impact on her awareness of her surroundings. Even when she [i]can't[/i] see what's going on, Evelyn unconsciously avoids walking into stationary parts of the scenery and avoids unintentional collisions. Aside from that, her sole ability as a magus is the ability to use reinforcement on herself. [*][u][b]Brief Backstory[/b][/u]: On one side of her family, Evelyn descends from a line of psychics. On the other, an almost-extinct line of magi who had given up more than a generation before her birth. For much of her life, this was hardly a problem as she didn't know except in the vaguest of terms and had no idea of how the dual heritages had interacted. This was until an unfortunate near-miss with a speeding car--near, only because of her last-minute desperation and the otherwise impossible last-second turn. There are few things that are as strangely disruptive to your life as being unable to open your eyes without being aware of exactly how everything is moving and where it will be, faster than you can even keep up with, [i]constantly[/i]. Her family could provide some answers but all their real knowledge was lost--her grandfather confirming the existence of magecraft hardly helped much. Her salvation? That her childhood friend, someone vaguely known as a distant cousin, was from a [i]different[/i] family--not a powerful or influential one, but a magus nonetheless. Elisabeth was able to recognise Evelyn's eyes for what they broadly were and serve as a tutor for the most rudimentary application of reinforcement, enough that Evelyn could keep up with her vision [i]sometimes[/i]. But for stopping it? There was no way that some no-name magus would be able to interfere with eyes like this, and the Mage's Association was something that Elisabeth had impressed she had to stay as far away from as possible for her own good. At best she could keep practising the little she knew and try to keep it active as long as possible or try to find an off switch of some sort. That, or go blind. Having a bunch of weird red symbols appear on your body when already under stress normally wouldn't help but--after a month of wondering what the hell that could mean, and Evelyn overruling her friend's caution to actually try to get answers out of other magi, they actually seemed to be a sign of something hopeful. [i]If[/i] she could win this war, then Evelyn could solve her problem. Of course, that meant finding out where this was going to happen... and then learning enough Japanese to at least be able to speak where she was going. Not that Evelyn is going alone; she's far too naive about the nature of magi for Elisabeth to let her out of sight--having a second, normal, pair of eyes is the excuse there, but really it's just an attempt to try and keep her alive a bit more.[/list][/hider] [hider=Relevant Secondary Character][list][*][u][b]Name[/b][/u]: Elisabeth Braun [*][u][b]Age[/b][/u]: 21 [*][u][b]Gender[/b][/u]: Female [*][u][b]Appearance[/b][/u]: [url=https://i.imgur.com/p0CMgKA.jpg]The one on the left.[/url] [*][u][b]Personality[/b][/u]: Brash and argumentative, Elisabeth doesn't get on with most people and generally doesn't even make the effort. If she likes you or you're already her friend, then she's quite the devoted pushover... but that's a list of no more than one person. If [i]Evelyn[/i] likes you, she'll try and hold back, but that's just one more way of getting her suspicion. [*][u][b]Skills[/b][/u]: Elisabeth is in shape and [i]enjoys[/i] running, which has proven useful with her tendency to occasionally get into fights that she [i]can't[/i] back herself up in. In daily life, that number is quite small--even if she weren't remarkably used to such things, there's always a little cheating on the side that your random bystander can't keep up with--but it seems like the sort of thing that's going to get a lot more work in a magic-heavy war. She's also a pretty good cook, though she finds that one a bit embarassing. [*][u][b]Abilities[/b][/u]: Whilst there are some magi who barely count, with barely the ability to do anything; some magi who have no overall ability but exceptional talents; and geniuses who can excel at almost any task... Elisabeth is none of them. Her abilities are, in a word, unremarkable. Both the quantity and quality of her circuits are subpar but not so poor as to be noteworthy; if she was a Master the majority of Servants would remain largely unaffected. She isn't someone of such specialised talent as to have learned magecraft for offensive purposes, nor even learned something specialised just in case, and her skill with the like of Bounded Fields rises to the low mark of "enough to keep out of the way". Her abilities promise nothing but also give no indication of a family that will soon drop off the face of the Earth. Of course, what she [i]actually[/i] prefers to do with all of this is cheat in bar fights. Or deal with people making annoying advances. [*][u][b]Brief Backstory[/b][/u]: Even when they were children, Elisabeth knew about Evelyn's family--after all, hers hadn't lost its magical potential, and if there was one thing that was drilled into her head it was lineage. Using them as an example of failure did nothing to dissuade the contrarian girl and may have been the initial push she needed to try and make friends. It's a relationship she's treasured and clung to, even with her family insisting that she should focus on their priorities and stop being such an uncooperative maverick. Evelyn's eyes, from Elisabeth's perspective, are both the best and worst thing to ever happen to her. On the one hand, all the pressure to stop associating with such an irrelevant girl dropped away, and she had an actual [i]excuse[/i] to spend more time with her and try to get as close to Evelyn as possible. On the other... well, eyes like that won't attract positive attention and she doesn't want her closest friend to have such a timebomb in her head forever. The Grail War terrifies her far more than Evelyn. Elisabeth has a [i]much[/i] better idea of how violent and brutal magi can be and how much is at risk for such a small chance of a reward. But she's determined that however it turns out, she [i]will[/i] make sure Evelyn can survive this, even if she doesn't.[/list][/hider]