[hider=Olivia and Xolys][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/00Rr4yl.png[/img] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYHgH68Trz0[/youtube][/center] [color=DeepSkyBlue][i]“Maiden and Marvel ready for action!”[/i][/color] [table][row][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/OLLnEhe.png[/img][/center][/cell][cell][color=DeepSkyBlue][i]“Gosh! Is this like an interview?! Oh, wow! This is so exciting!”[/i][/color] [sup]_____________________________________________________[/sup] [sub][color=DeepSkyBlue][b]NAME:[/b][/color] Olivia Rose Bell, Xolys [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] [color=DeepSkyBlue][b]EPITHET:[/b][/color] The Maiden and The Marvel // The Nerd and The Nightmare [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] [color=DeepSkyBlue][b]AGE:[/b][/color] 18 (Olivia), ??? (Xolys) [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] [color=DeepSkyBlue][b]PRONOUNS:[/b][/color] She/Her (Olivia), He/Him (Xolys) [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] [color=DeepSkyBlue][b]HEIGHT:[/b][/color] 4’11” (Olivia) 12’7” (Xolys) 9.5” (Xolys travel mode) [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] [color=DeepSkyBlue][b]WEIGHT:[/b][/color] 97lbs (Olivia) 3000lbs (Xolys) 12lbs (Xolys travel mode) [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] [color=DeepSkyBlue][b]NATIONALITY:[/b][/color] USA [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] [color=DeepSkyBlue][b]LIKES:[/b][/color] Gearmantic Hearts, Xolys, being a Nomad (Olivia) / Olivia (Xolys) [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] [color=DeepSkyBlue][b]DISLIKES:[/b][/color] Bullies (Both) [/sub][/cell][/row][/table][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][h1][color=DeepSkyBlue][b]OVERVIEW[/b][/color][/h1] [color=DeepSkyBlue][i]“We may not look like much now, but just wait until we get to the arena!”[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent][h3][color=DeepSkyBlue][b]APPEARANCE[/b][/color][/h3] [color=DeepSkyBlue][i]“I dyed my hair myself! Now it matches Xolys’s eyes, wings, and scythes! Pretty cool, huh?![/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent]Olivia is a plain, somewhat underdeveloped young woman, with vibrant blue (originally black) hair, which is often worn in two braided ponytails that reach just past the center of her back. Her vision is pretty terrible, so she wears a pair of corrective lenses over her intense blue eyes. Since becoming a Nomad, she typically dresses in comfortable, if a bit oversized, traveling clothes, usually in shades of blue or black. On average, this is a simple ensemble consisting of cargo pants, t-shirt, and hoodie. She’s also never without her extra large traveler’s backpack, which contains all her worldly possessions, most importantly, her custom controller and Xolys, whose head can often be seen peeking out of it. Xolys himself usually takes the form of a small robot, which was obviously cobbled together from various sources, and fairly crudely at that. However, when Olivia activates Xolys’s combat form, he becomes a frighteningly perfect recreation of the [url=https://i.imgur.com/ZZbseoZ.jpeg]towering technomantic nightmare[/url] of the same name from Gearmantic Hearts.[/indent][/indent] [indent][h3][color=DeepSkyBlue][b]PERSONALITY TRAITS[/b][/color][/h3] [color=DeepSkyBlue][i]“Um, why are you looking at me like that? Did I say something weird again?[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent]Olivia is a friendly, if socially awkward girl, who is always happy to make new friends and chat with them about her many interests. The problem is, those interests tend to be rather bizarre, and the talkative, overzealous, and highly energetic Olivia is almost always completely oblivious to that fact. Because of the near consent rejection and ridicule she’s experienced, she has started to become a bit more hesitant to open up to people, but showing even the slightest interest in one of her obsessions will open the proverbial floodgates once more, with Olivia happily babbling away for hours on end. Due to her exceptionally poor social skills, she often inadvertently invades others’ personal space and, especially when excited about the topic of discussion, speaks in an incredibly rapid and louder-than-necessary voice, which most find both difficult to understand and highly annoying. She’s also a hopeless romantic, which, coupled with her afore mentioned bizarre interests and lack of social skills, presents its own share of problems… Still, if one can look past all her quirks and eccentricities, they will find a loyal and caring friend. Indeed, Olivia doesn’t seem to have a single mean bone in her body, and all of her various bothersome mannerisms are completely unintentional on her part, leading the poor girl to frequently apologize for her offensive behavior. On the other hand, despite his appearance (in both forms), Xolys is an unfailingly polite and respectful being, often complimenting other Nomads’ abilities and techniques. Strangely coming across as the grounded voice of reason, in contrast to Olivia’s somewhat unhinged exuberance, he attempts to guide her through social interactions in much the same way as she guides him in combat.[/indent][/indent] [indent][h3][color=DeepSkyBlue][b]BACKSTORY[/b][/color][/h3] [color=DeepSkyBlue][i]“Oh gosh! You really want me to tell you my origin story?! I’d love to!”[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent] Growing up in the suburbs of Geopolis as the youngest and weakest of her parent’s five children, Olivia was always viewed as a freak and a failure. Her father was the proud owner of Bell Bionics, the best place in Geopolis for visiting Nomads to acquire mechanical augmentations and replacement limbs. However, while her talented older siblings served as his frequently-praised assistants, after one accident too many, it was clear that Olivia was nothing but a hinderance, and she was soon banned from entering the workshop. Things weren’t any easier for her at school, either. Her scrawny and bespectacled appearance was bad enough, but when combined with her strange interests, grating voice, and virtually non-existent social skills, it made her a prime target for bullying. Thus, despised, mocked, and shunned by her family and classmates alike, Olivia turned to the only place of refuge she possessed in her sad and lonely world- the local arcade. From the moment she had first set foot in the neon-covered edifice, Olivia had been enthralled. Its myriad otherworldly lights and sounds drew her in like a moth to a flame, its array of games promising a longed-for escape from her depressing reality. Yet, there was one game that surpassed all the others- Gearmantic Hearts. A renowned fighting game from Covington Arts, it was one of the most popular games at the arcade, so much so, that Olivia hadn’t even been able to play it on her first visit. Or her second. Or her third… The lines were so long, she would spend hours waiting, only to go home disappointed when the arcade closed, just as she was about to take her turn. At the very least, she was able to [i]watch[/i] the game being played while she waited, and she eventually memorized all the moves of each fighter. All, that was, save one… [i]Xolys.[/i] He was a bizarre, eldritch machine that was simply [i]captivating[/i] in his strangeness, and, to someone like Olivia, who had eagerly devoured all the works of H.P. Lovecraft, it was love at first sight. According to the one sentence description on his profile, which appeared along with those of the other fighters on the side of the game’s arcade cabinet, he was a robot that housed the soul of an extradimensional horror, but to Olivia, he was so much more than that. He was a kindred spirit, someone who could understand the pain of being unwanted by anyone. Despite, or more likely, [i]because[/i] of his strange appearance, everyone seemed to avoid playing as Xolys. The boys either played as a burly badass, like ATLAS, the Aggronaught, or a sexy robo babe, like Penny Pinnacle, while what few other girls took an interest in the game inevitably fixated on the brooding bishonen bioroid, Finnegan Fabricant. No one wanted to play as a freakish cybermantic abomination. No one, except [i]Olivia.[/i] For her, there could be no other champion. When she finally got her chance, she would show poor Xolys that someone [i]did[/i] care. Until then, she spent her long hours waiting in line mentally filling in the blanks of the technohorror’s meager backstory, before setting them to paper when she finally returned home. He was fighting, Olivia had decided, in order to be reunited with his lost love, a young girl (and blatant self insert) who was the only person to treat him with kindness. Yet, she had been captured, and only by defeating all the other fighters would he be able to rescue her. Indeed, such feverish imaginings were Olivia’s only way of interacting with her cherished Xolys, until, at long last, the seemingly impossible finally happened. She got to play Gearmantic Hearts for the first time. At first, it was just another typical day of waiting in line, with Olivia one spot away from her goal, and mere minutes left before the arcade would close, depriving her of her chance yet again. But this time, something different happened. This time fate intervened on her behalf. She was holding her quarter in her hand, when someone bumped into her from behind, causing the coin to fall and begin rolling away. Leaving the line to chase after it, she was led on quite the chase, until she found herself in a darkened corner of the arcade. When the coin finally came to rest between Lunar Lander and Mad Planets, the arcade had begun to close down and disgruntled gamers were reluctantly filing out the doors. Ordinarily, Olivia would have been one of them, but suddenly, an idea occurred to her. If she hid herself in this darkened alcove and waited for everyone else to leave, she would have the entire arcade, and, most importantly, [i]Gearmantic Hearts[/i], all to herself! Of course, she would be locked in for the night, but her family never cared where she was, and the arcade’s two security cameras only monitored the entrance and exit, in case of a break in. They wouldn’t know if someone remained in the building after it had closed. So that’s exactly what she did. Once she was certain the arcade’s owner had left, Olivia’s trembling body made its cautious way over to Gearmantic Hearts. The machine’s glowing lights and screen were even more pronounced in the darkness of the closed arcade, like a beacon, calling her forward, calling her to her destiny. Gripping her recaptured quarter tightly, her heart pounded as she inserted the small silver disc into the machine’s coin slot. Then, it was time. Carefully placing her delicate hand around the joystick with a reverence normally reserved for a holy relic, Olivia moved the flashing selector box until it had reached her precious Xolys and tapped the bright blue button to confirm her choice. It was like a match made in eldritch heaven, with Olivia leading the technohorror to victory in the game’s campaign mode at normal difficulty, and then at expert difficulty. When she returned home the following morning, she was the happiest she’d been in years, and no one was any the wiser. Thus, the following night, she again remained in the arcade after closing and beat the campaign on [i]ultimate[/i] difficulty, an achievement no one else had managed. Her synergy with her beloved Xolys was simply unparalleled. But then, that wasn’t really surprising. Indeed, during the seeming eternity she had waited to play Gearmantic Hearts, she had even gone so far as to sneak into her father’s workshop and scavenge enough parts to cobble together a miniature approximation of the technohorror, along with a makeshift controller, which crudely mimicked G.H.’s own control configuration, in an attempt to practice for the day she got a chance at the real thing. These overnight visits continued for several weeks, ensuring that her initials, ORB, were firmly ensconced at the top of G.H.’s score board, much to the immense puzzlement and frustration of the game’s army of patrons. Olivia silently watched from the sidelines as animated discussions broke out over the identity of the mysterious “Orb”, even as those discussions turned to debates over how they would fare against a [i]human[/i] opponent. Still, while she was confident that she could lead Xolys to victory against any potential challenger, Olivia was reluctant to reveal her secret. After all, the ensuing questions could very well jeopardize her after-hours activities. Even so, a small part of her wanted to prove that she was as good a player as she believed herself to be. The game’s AI was strong, true enough, but it was still no match for a skilled [i]human[/i] player. Thus, after a few more weeks of thinking it over, Olivia made the fateful decision to come forward. At first, she was met with a mixture of mockery and incredulity (along with several accusations that this was nothing more than a pitiful attempt to get to the front of the line with a story that was clearly bullshit), but, eventually, enough patrons took pity on her to grant a demonstration. She would be going up against Kevin King, the player with the second highest score in campaign mode, and undefeated champion of PvP. Nevertheless, Olivia was undaunted, and when she stepped up to the controls for what many believed to be her first time, she was ready for anything Kevin could throw at her. Or so she thought… Just as the match was about to start, someone grabbed her glasses and chucked them across the room. She was so shocked and disoriented by this unprecedented turn of events that Penny Pinnacle, under the command of Kevin’s skilled hand, was able to soundly demolish poor Xolys in record time. Cruelly mocked and pelted with spitballs, an utterly dejected Olivia retrieved her cracked glasses and trudged home under increasingly overcast skies, where she collapsed onto her bed and cried herself to sleep, her practice model of Xolys clutched tightly in her arms. This was the end, the distraught girl told herself as she sobbed into her sheets. She could never go back to the arcade again. She had failed her beloved Xolys, and now her dreams were well and truly dead. However, Olivia would soon discover that she was only [i]half[/i] right. That night, a mighty tempest rocked her small neighborhood to its foundations. The rain and hail pelted buildings and vehicles, while wind howled like tormented souls, and jagged bolts of lightning split trees amidst deafening peals of thunder. Yet, the slumbering Olivia was aware of none of it, nor did she perceive the swirling rent in the fabric of reality which opened above her bed, allowing a single ethereal flower petal to fall upon and phase inside her lovingly cobbled together recreation of Xolys. It would not be until the following evening that she fully realized what had occurred, when “Xolys” [i]spoke[/i] to her. To Olivia’s astonishment and joy, she was told that her glorified remote control toy now housed the spirit of an extradimensional being known as Xolys, who had come to her universe to find and rescue his lost love, just like in her fanfiction! But, he needed Olivia’s help. Without her, he was nothing more than an inert toy, yet, guided by her controller and her boundless faith in him, he would be able to achieve the same incredible feats as his namesake from Gearmantic Hearts! Needless to say, Olivia couldn’t believe her luck! Now she would be able to lead the [i]real[/i] Xolys to victory in his quest, this time by battling actual villains and monsters, while entering Nomad fighting competitions on the side! It was like a dream come true! And so, a few days later, on her eighteenth birthday, Olivia packed up her most prized possessions and set off with Xolys on her new life as a Nomad. Recently, she’s heard of a massive fighting competition in Brazil that’s offering an honest to goodness [i]Power Stone[/i] as a grand prize. Xolys has informed her that, with its power, he would almost certainly be able to locate his missing love, and so Olivia has made it her goal to not only enter the contest, but emerge as the grand champion. Piece of cake, right?[/indent][/indent] [h1][color=DeepSkyBlue][b]FIGHTING STYLE & ABILIES[/b][/color][/h1] [color=DeepSkyBlue][i]“Ready or not, here we come!”[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent][h3][color=DeepSkyBlue][b]SKILLS & ABILITIES[/b][/color][/h3] [color=DeepSkyBlue][i]“Let’s show ‘em what you can do, Xolys!”[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent] Whenever it’s time to fight, Olivia whips out her custom controller and activates Xolys’s combat mode, which she guides through each fight with the rapid implementation of intricate button and joystick combinations. In addition, several small holographic displays flash to life in an arc around the controller, tracking Xolys’s health, power levels, and other related stats. An imposing eldritch technomantic monstrosity, Xolys’s towering, supernaturally resilient combat form is covered in a plethora of Trans-Phasic Energy Scythe-tipped appendages, as well as a dizzying mass of spiked tentacular mechadendrites, leaving little doubt that he is an utter nightmare to face in melee combat. Although Xolys’s ranged capabilities are far more limited, consisting of just his head-mounted Unreality Beam, this attack is profoundly powerful. In addition, Xolys can also rapidly extend his tentacular technomantic mechadendrites out to fifteen feet, an ability sure to come as quite the unpleasant surprise for first-time opponents, who erroneously believe themselves to be safely out of range of any melee attacks. Although Xolys boasts an impressive pair of energy wings, he is incapable of flight, the wings being simply cosmetic. For her part, Olivia herself has zero combat abilities whatsoever, and is actually quite a bit frailer than the average young woman her age.[/indent][/indent] [indent][h3][color=DeepSkyBlue][b]SIGNATURE MOVES[/b][/color][/h3] [color=DeepSkyBlue][i]“Check [b]this[/b] out!”[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent][indent][color=DeepSkyBlue][u]■ Technomantic Tentacle Whip[/u][/color] [indent] Olivia instructs Xolys to lash out with one of his techno-tentacles at lighting speed. This attack can be chained for several strikes in quick succession.[/indent][/indent] [/indent] [indent][indent][color=DeepSkyBlue][u]■ Technomantic Tentacle Whirlwind[/u][/color] [indent] Using only a handful of tendrils for support, all of Xolys’s other techno-tentacles splay out and begin rapidly spinning around his towering form like an eldritch buzzsaw.[/indent] [/indent][/indent] [indent][indent][color=DeepSkyBlue][u]■ Eldritch Ensnarement[/u][/color] [indent] Olivia instructs Xolys to shoot one of his techno-tentacles out to wrap around his opponent and then reel the unfortunate fighter into close range.[/indent][/indent][/indent] [indent][indent][color=DeepSkyBlue][u]■ Eldritch Electro-Constriction[/u][/color] [indent] After tightly coiling a techno-tendril around an opponent, Xolys energizes the eldritch appendage, causing arcs of actinic lightning to shoot into his helpless foe.[/indent][/indent][/indent] [indent][indent][color=DeepSkyBlue][u]■ Trans-Phasic Energy Scythe Power Sweep[/u][/color] [indent] Charging up one of his Trans-Phasic Energy Scythes with greatly increased technomystic power, Xolys sweeps it in a large arc, smashing against an opponent with considerable force, and likely sending them hurtling backwards. This move is often used in conjunction with his unreality beam.[/indent][/indent][/indent] [indent][indent][color=DeepSkyBlue][u]■ Trans-Phasic Energy Scythe Barrage[/u][/color] [indent] Olivia instructs Xolys to attack an opponent at close range with a rapid-fire barrage of strikes from his myriad Trans-Phasic Energy Scythes.[/indent][/indent][/indent] [indent][indent][color=DeepSkyBlue][u]■ Unreality Beam Blast[/u][/color] [indent] Xolys employs his only true ranged weapon, firing a concentrated beam of unreality from his head’s central eye at an opponent.[/indent][/indent] [/indent][/indent] [indent][h3][color=DeepSkyBlue][b]SUPER MOVES[/b][/color][/h3] [color=DeepSkyBlue][i]“Wanna see something [b]really[/b] awesome?!”[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent][indent][color=DeepSkyBlue][u]■ APEX Unreality Beam Blast[/u][/color] [indent] A vastly more powerful version of his normal Unreality Beam attack. It takes significantly more time (about five seconds) to charge up.[/indent][/indent] [/indent] [indent][indent][color=DeepSkyBlue][u]■ Regenerative Restoration Mode[/u][/color] [indent] Raising an energy shield around himself, Xolys curls up into an armored ball, while a swarm of restorative nanites repair his injuries. This process takes about two minutes to complete. However, while the energy shield is quite strong, it can still be worn down by repeated attacks, and pierced completely by a single Super Move-level strike. In addition, as soon as the shield is breached, the repair process is immediately halted.[/indent][/indent] [/indent] [indent][indent][color=DeepSkyBlue][u]■ Tesseractic Teleportation[/u][/color] [indent] Xolys’s most energy-intensive move, this allows him to somewhat mitigate his lack of speed and mobility, by teleporting himself to any point on the battlefield. However, it takes about five seconds to charge up, and after arriving at his new location, he is limited to using only basic attacks for a full ten seconds, while his technomystic power is replenished.[/indent][/indent] [/indent][/indent] [indent][h3][color=DeepSkyBlue][b]WEAKNESSES & LIMITS[/b][/color][/h3] [color=DeepSkyBlue][i]“Xolys may not be good at everything, but I’m gonna do my best to make sure his strengths always outweigh his weaknesses!”[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent] Despite boasting impressive strength and toughness, Xolys is quite slow, preferring to remain in a single position and draw his opponent into the range of his multiple melee weapons. This, coupled with the fact that he possesses only a single ranged attack (albeit at two power levels), means that he seriously struggles against fast moving opponents with considerable long-ranged firepower. In addition, all his Signature and Super Moves have an obvious tell, in the form of the increasingly brilliant glow of his energy wings, which grows even more pronounced when he’s preparing to employ a Super Move. In fact, before each Super Move, the various wing segments split apart and begin spinning around in a different configuration, unique to each move. Thus, a perceptive opponent can easily foresee what’s about to happen and take appropriate action, at least, if they’re fast enough. Finally, incapacitating Olivia renders Xolys completely harmless, something a truly unscrupulous foe can easily capitalize upon.[/indent][/indent] [h1][color=DeepSkyBlue][b]OTHER[/b][/color][/h1] [color=DeepSkyBlue][i]“Oh! Do do you wanna read my fanfiction?!”[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent][indent]Trust me, you really don’t.[/indent][/indent][/hider]