And she's up. [hider=My Hider] [indent][color=00aeef][b]NAME:[/b][/color] [indent]Marrie Knight [/indent] [color=00aeef][b]AGE:[/b][/color] [indent]19 [/indent] [color=00aeef][b]SEX:[/b][/color] [indent]Female [/indent] [color=00aeef][b]APPEARANCE:[/b][/color] [indent]Marrie stands at 5 foot 6 inches, though with her slouch she appears slightly shorter, with a toned but not overly muscled physique. Her black hair is almost always styled into twin tails but would go to her shoulder blades if left down. Her eyes are brown and usually partially closed in boredom. She has no scars or blemishes on her, except for a birthmark on her right hip that looks like a small splotch of brown skin. She is usually seen wearing headphones. [hider=Duck not included] [img]https://static.zerochan.net/Enomoto.Takane.full.1653227.jpg[/img][/hider] Marrie's esper form changes her hair to blue and her eyes to an aqua color. She gains a blue track shirt and black skirt, as well as black stockings. Unlike her normal form, in this form she gains headphones that can't be removed, and small markings in blue on her cheeks. Her birthmark disappears when in this form. [hider=Esper] [img]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1b/ba/8a/1bba8af563d6744ae493afad41f061ae.png[/img] [/hider] [/indent] [color=00aeef][b]GRIMIORE:[/b][/color] [indent]An azure shark tooth necklace. [/indent] [color=00aeef][b]INSTRUMENT:[/b][/color] Apex Predator [indent]A large knife with an 8 inch blade and a 4 inch grip. The blade shines with polished luster. The hilt is simply an extension of the blade; the entire thing seems to be made of a single piece of metal that was carved into a dagger shape as if it were from a piece of wood. The handle has small bumps on the sides that the palm touch that are not unlike those used for braille, though they are seemingly randomly placed. The front and back of the hilt are curved to better fit in a person's hand, and have small indents where their fingers would rest. The back of the blade is covered in smaller "blades," each is half of a right angle triangle of metal that has a bottom that is flat and sharpened, making a row of teeth that point their fangs towards the tip. These look not unlike shark fins, facing upwards. The top of the front of the blade is slightly serrated, and the blade curves inwards slightly just before reaching the guard, before curving back out into it. The guard is much duller than the rest of the knife, though it seems to be made from the same piece of metal as the rest. It extends 1.5 inches from the grip and curves slightly down towards the hand on the front and up towards the blade on the back. There is a marking of a moon engraved on the right side and a marking of the sun engraved on the left side of the guard. At the bottom of the hilt is a small ring, about 1.25 inches in diameter that spins independently of the rest of the knife, the only part that isn't from the same piece of material. GRADE: Bronze KEYWORD: Dagger DAMAGE TYPE: Physical DAMAGE: E SPEED: D SENTINEL: C SPECIAL: Mirror Shine. Its blade is very good at reflecting light and the ring that is its pommel can spin freely. [/indent] [color=00aeef][b]STYLE:[/b][/color] Wind-Carved Glacier [indent]Marrie gains a winter aesthetic and small pieces of armor that look made of ice on her cheeks. GRADE: Bronze PHYSICAL: E ARCANE: D CHAOS: C SPECIAL: Masking. The "armor" on her cheeks can be targeted by spells for defensive purposes. Otherwise it's entirely cosmetic. [/indent] [color=00aeef][b]GENRE:[/b][/color] Step of the Hurricane [indent]A floaty genre that's all about self-preservation, with a powerful storm of attacks when cornered. GRADE: Silver ELEMENT: Wind NOTES: [Storm (4), Flight (6)] Damage X (6), Slow Fall (4), Blink (4), Magic Sense (6), Heal (16), Portal (8), Rain (2), Bounce (0), If Foe (0) SPECIAL: Riding the Currents. Her notes have a cold and warm version in addition to their standard versions, where the cold costs 2 additional mana and increases SENTINAL of the note by 1 Rank, while the warm costs 2 additional mana and increases the Rank of the note by 1. [/indent] [color=00aeef][b]LEITMOTIF:[/b][/color] Misty Steps [indent]The ideal of walking with the wind. GRADE: Bronze SPECIAL: The lower parts of her legs are intangible to physical objects other than the ground and invisible, giving her the appearance of someone floating where she stands. This encompasses about the lowest third of her calves and her feet. Falls where she "lands on her feet" are slightly softened. [/indent] [color=00aeef][b]FACTION:[/b][/color] [indent]The Freelancers [/indent] [color=00aeef][b]TRIVIA:[/b][/color] [indent]Marrie affectionally refers to herself as a "computer artist," though her meaning behind this is somewhat different than the common meaning. Fresh out of highschool, she found herself chasing both her dreams concurrently: programming and art of every kind. Even the makings of computers fascinate her, though not as much as the software that they run. She is a master of drawing with a mouse, though she's far better with a stylus or a pen, and her typing speed is around 65 wpm which, considering that she often overwrites her fiction and code alike, is a perfect fit. She tends towards comics and manga, liking that she can both write and draw for the medium rather than having to choose one or the other, and especially towards stories heavily involving high-tech. She's also highly interested, though not at all trained, in music to the point that she is almost always listening to some song or another on her headphones, even when it's not appropriate to do so. Having grown up in the capitol of her state, Marrie is no stranger to cities, but lived her life introvertedly until recently so she has few social skills. It was on a trip to Myrtle Beach, SC that her confidence began growing. A popular vacation spot, she was dragged along by her single mother to the coast of the Atlantic Ocean where she bought a necklace that she thought was among the coolest she'd ever seen. And it was, in fact, the coolest necklace she'd ever seen because it turned out to be a grimoire. An azure shark tooth, in her hands it became an exquisite knife and the instrument of her change in form and, more subtly and over a longer period of time, her personality as well. This acquisition was only last year as the trip was to celebrate her soon-to-be graduation. It was this not so simple event that broke her from her shell and gave her the mindset to live on her own. Unfortunately, she was in no financial position to do so, given that she'd never had a job and her mother was barely making enough for them to get by together with decent living conditions. It was a chance encounter back near her home when she was practicing her esper powers that gave her a chance to really grow. She had been testing her flight note when she was approached by a fellow esper who, after a long conversation, informed her about Shimr. From there it was a simple matter of following the money that led to her moving to Pax Septimus around a week ago. Marrie believes that there are monsters who are good and monsters who are bad, but that both GEMINI and the Mavericks are simultaneously correct and incorrect. She believes that there should be an agreement between humanity and monster-kind that works best for both groups, but she doesn't quite know what that would entail. It's not right to sacrifice [i]anyone[/i], human or monster, who isn't a threat for the sake of anyone else. This simple idea means that GEMINI is not correct to destroy all monsters, nor is Maverick correct to tribute some humans for immediate results. [/indent] [/indent] [hr] [center] 19 | Female | Freelancer | Misty Steps Apex Predator | Dagger | Physical | Mirror Shine Wind-Carved Glacier | Masking Step of the Hurricane | Wind | Riding the Currents [Storm (4), Flight (6)] Damage X (6), Slow Fall (4), Blink (4), Magic Sense (6), Heal (16), Portal (8), Rain (2), Bounce (0), If Foe (0) DAMAGE: E | SPEED: D | SENTINEL: C | 750 PHYSICAL: E | ARCANE: D | CHAOS: C | 750 [/center] [/hider] For the record, I'm willing to switch her faction if necessary as well.