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[i]"If the worst hadn’t already happened there’s no way I’d be back here with these people."[/i]
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[sub][color=CD5C5C]Linqian Han[/color]

[color=CD5C5C]She/Her[/color]  [b]|[/b]  [color=CD5C5C] 26[/color]  [b]|[/b]   [color=CD5C5C]Chinese-Congolese[/color]  [b]|[/b]   [color=CD5C5C]5’6”[/color]  [b]|[/b]   [color=CD5C5C]124lbs [/color]     
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[color=CD5C5C]Fickle[/color]
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[color=CD5C5C]Skills & Talents[/color][/sub]
[i]"My brother stole all the brains in the womb, hah."[/i]
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[sub][color=CD5C5C][b]Languages  ⫻[/b][/color] Chinese is Linqian’s first language, and the one that was primarily spoken in her household and with her two brothers. She is fluent in it and prefers it over English. She also speaks Kituba, taught by her mother and used in the few years they lived in the Republic of Congo, though she can't read or write in it. She can speak very basic conversational French.

[color=CD5C5C][b]Cooking  ⫻[/b][/color] Linqian learned to cook from both her parents, and is the only one in her remaining family with any skill for it (her brothers burn most things they cook). She is surprisingly talented at it, going beyond cooking out of necessity to being able to cook fancy meals (when she feels up to it).

[color=CD5C5C][b]Bartending  ⫻[/b][/color] Linqian has worked in bars since she was legally able to, to help keep her family afloat. She’s good at making drinks, and passable at service - with time, she’s gotten better at keeping control of her emotions in front of customers, at least.[/sub][/hider]

[/cell][cell][sub][color=CD5C5C][b] Appearance[/b][/color][/sub]
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[i]"Don’t look too hard."[/i]

[indent]The first thing noticeable about Linqian is that she has a resting bitch face, eyes slightly narrowed and lips turned down. The second is that she’s clearly mixed, between her coily hair and hooded eyes. She’s a bit taller than average - though where she’s originally from in China, she’d be counted as tall. She’s relatively slim thanks to working on her feet and cutting costs by cutting down on the meals she eats. Her body is pear shaped, with a relatively flat chest but more curves towards her hips and legs. 

Linqian’s hair is formed in tight coils that fall just below her shoulders. She styles it in a few ways, most often a bun or low ponytail, but quite often will leave it loose. She used to straighten it, but has stopped since she grew to love her hair type more. Linqian’s eyes are round, with a gentle upturn at the outer corner. They are dark brown in colour with a hooded, double eyelid. The bottom lid creases up when she smiles, making her eyes much narrower - she looks prettier when she smiles than when she doesn’t (there just isn’t much to smile about right now). Overall, though, she views herself as attractive (and she is) - even if not conventionally.

Clothes wise, Linqian will normally wear tight shirts tucked into waist high shorts or loose trousers. When it’s colder she’ll wear a thick fleece jacket over the top. She enjoys wearing dresses and skirts, but rarely finds an occasion to. She dressed mainly in shades of blue, black and white with the occasional brighter colour thrown in - namely red, orange or yellow. She has her ears pierced, but doesn’t always wear earrings. On her right hand she has always wears a pair of wedding rings. Linqian also needs glasses, due to being a bit short sighted, but she almost always wears contact lenses when she goes out or doesn't bother. [/indent]

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[i]"I never said I’d keep liking you.”[/i]

[INDENT][color=CD5C5C][b]MAIN GOAL  ⫻[/b][/color] Linqian’s primary long term goal has always been to fall in love and start her own family (surprising many, as she isn’t particularly maternal or even nice) eventually - though right now the thought of settling down terrifies her. Her shorter term goal is to see her younger brother through college and into independence before she can concentrate on her own life. Currently, her goal is to destroy the piece of shit that killed her twin brother.

[color=CD5C5C][b]PHILOSOPHY  ⫻[/b][/color] Family is more important than anything else. Linqian believes in always prioritising her family over any other relationships and sometimes herself. The bond between close family is incredibly important in her eyes - but she also doesn’t believe it extends to distant relatives. She also thinks that others opinions (outside of family) don’t mean shit, if they disapprove of what you do then fuck them. People that hate you are just jealous, and if anyone causes you problems you should just cut them out. 

[color=CD5C5C][b]SECRETS  ⫻[/b][/color] How she always felt inadequate next to her much smarter twin brother. Sometimes she resented him. She has insecurities that come from this, deep down not feeling good enough, but she’d never let anyone know that.

[color=CD5C5C][b]SEXUALITY  ⫻[/b][/color] Pansexual, with commitment issues. Linqian had a difficult breakup with a former coven member, which was the breaking point for her leaving the coven, and then was cheated on by her next partner. She tends to keep things casual nowadays, and has slept around quite a lot the last few years - but never with the same person twice. 

[color=CD5C5C][b]FEARS  ⫻[/b][/color] Linqian’s worst fear has already come true - losing her twin brother. Second to this is losing the only family she has left, her younger brother. She’s scared of commitment. She also has a much more mundane fear of dogs.

[color=CD5C5C][b]REPUTATION IN OLD COVEN   ⫻[/b][/color]  Linqian’s reputation was mixed. On one hand, she was friendly and charming, especially when she first joined the coven. On the other hand she was fickle, quick to decide she disliked someone, and incredibly argumentative. There are plenty of members she got into heated fights with, and others that she gave the cold shoulder for seemingly no reason. While some might have neutral or positive opinions on her, there aren’t any that saw her as a close friend - any friendships she had were surface level only. Linqian left the coven explosively after being broken up with by her partner of the time. She wasn’t there when it dissolved, but caused enough fights after the battle that she definitely had a hand in it.

[color=CD5C5C][b]ROLE IN THE BATTLE AGAINST THE STYGIAN SNAKE  ⫻[/b][/color]  Linqian fought against the Stygian Snake’s minions, and the apparition itself, from relatively early on. While she was nowhere near the strongest, she’d had her abstraction long enough to know how to use it and help. In the final battle she helped weaken it, lowering her body temperatures to deadly levels and using that to damage and fight its darkness constructs.

[color=CD5C5C][b]FLAWS  ⫻[/b][/color] Linqian is quick to change her opinions, especially in relation to other people or her emotions. One day she can be incredibly nice to someone, the next giving them the cold shoulder due to some perceived slight. She’s incredibly ‘hot and cold’ when it comes to relationships outside of her family. She also doesn’t hold back her opinions, often being quite blunt and harsh. She won’t back down on her opinions and is incredibly argumentative if someone disagrees with her. Once she loses her cool it's difficult for her to see reason, and normally it was her twin brother who reeled her in. For all she would deny it, she was incredibly dependent on her twin, and now that she’s gone it’s left her struggling. 
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[sub][color=CD5C5C][b] Backstory[/b][/color][/sub]
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[i]"Only one thing’s ever been constant in my life… Now he’s gone. Fuck."[/i]

[indent]Linqian was born in Tangshan, China just ten minutes after her twin brother, Jinhai. She spent the first seven years of her life there, relatively peacefully - until suddenly her dad had a falling out with his parents, cutting off all contact. Their family moved to Pointe-Noire, in the Republic of Congo, where her mum’s family was. The sudden move was a shock to Linqian and not one she took well, being in a different country speaking a language she struggled with, surrounded by family members she’d never met. Her and Jinhai grew even closer than before, practically becoming inseparable.

Half a year later her younger brother was born, then less than two years later they were moving again. This time to St Portwell in the USA. Yet another new country and language, but this time it was only their family of five. It took a while to settle in, and for a long time Linqian missed her original home, but eventually she managed and all was peaceful again.

Then at age fifteen Jinhai had his kindling event - and immediately after it he used his abstraction to freeze Linqian’s hair when she’d just come out of a shower, triggering [i]her[/i] kindling event. It was fucking weird talking to a great grandmother she’d never met, who was convinced that she should already know about Lux and how their family line could use it. Unlike Jinhai, who’d taken to it easily, Linqian was freaked out and confronted her parents over it. If she should know, they should too, right?

Turned out, both her mum and dad came from a long line of Adepts - in fact, it was because of this their dad had cut off his family and thus been severed from his lux. His parents believed in the purity of their line, trying to keep marriage between those of red lux only. On the other hand, her mum’s family was much more relaxed - most of her relatives were green lux but there were a few mixed just like Linqing and Jinhai. For some reason they’d made the decision to not teach their children about this, even though their mum still had her abstraction. So suddenly Linqing was not only in the midst of puberty and petty highschool drama, but she also had magic. Her and Jinhai started practising together whenever they had time - frustratingly, as with all things, he was better than her.

Then, the Stygian Snake appeared. Linqian’s dad, who was only one-eye-open now, was enthralled by it and tried to kill the rest of his family. Her mother used her abstraction to stop him, sacrificing herself in the process so Linqian and her brothers could get away. While fleeing they bumped into a group called the Sycamore Tree coven. Jinhai made the decision there and then to join, which Linqian followed (reluctantly). Their brother, only one eye open and eight years old, was sent to temporarily live with a distant relative in a different city. 

Linqian used her abstraction to participate in each battle with the Stygian Snake and its apparitions, primarily focusing on taking out the apparitions and thralls it created. She was always in a group with Jinhai - and always following his decisions over others. He was intelligent, and one of the group members who took part in planning with the information provided by those more knowledgeable about magic (namely Britney). Linqian, on the other hand, was there to help with the fight and cause unnecessary problems. 

Somehow, in amongst all this Linqian managed to find love with another coven member. She started to drift from Jinhai, spending time with her partner in the small moments in between battling the Stygian Snake’s minions. It was her first relationship and she fell hard very quickly. It caused tension in her relationship with her brother, which they resolved after multiple arguments and before the final battle.

On the day of the eclipse Linqian helped defeat the Stygian Snake by manipulating her body temperature to deadly cold levels, using this to distract and weaken it to help Ashley deal the finishing blow, even when it required her to get close enough to touch it - sustaining injuries in the process. She was drained and hurt after the battle, barely aware of the apparition being sealed and agreeing to have her memory wiped. Then, she joined the brand new coven afterwards.

Linqian played a big part in the petty arguments and fights the coven members had afterwards, and had no interest in going after other apparitions. They’d already done enough, surely? Honestly, she was only still there because of her partner and her brother still holding some interest in it.

Then, her partner suddenly broke up with her - over text on the day of a meeting no less. Angrier than she’d been in a long time Linqian confronted them when the coven met up, and what started out as petty insults and angry words turned into her being practically dragged out by Jinhai when she tried to use her abstraction to burn her ex. She never went back. She probably would’ve been kicked out anyway, and the coven dissolved only a month later.

Linqian moved on - well, as much as she could when her parents had died. She dropped out of highschool to start working, first in supermarkets then in bars when she was old enough. Together her and Jinhai moved for his college, and their younger brother moved back in with them now that they were legal adults. It was difficult, but between her job and Jinhai working part time around his degree they made it work.

Finally, after years of being the main breadwinner of the family, her brother graduated his law degree and passed his bar exam. Her younger brother was finally in college too. From now on things would be easier for Linqian. She wouldn’t have to work herself to the bone. The night after her brother got a job at a well known law firm she went to work with this knowledge, more relaxed than she had been for a long time, and looking forward to a drink with him once she was done.

Instead she came home to his unmoving body in their living room, blood staining the ugly cream carpet. He had been stabbed to death, and the only pointer towards who’d done it was a wolf idol she found hidden in his bedroom.

Linqian lived in a daze for a week after that, sorting out everything that needed to be done when someone died, and continuing as if she hadn’t lost one of the most important people in her life. It was as if she wasn’t quite there. She felt emotionally numb, but also incredibly volatile at the same time. 

When Auri reached out to her about the string of murders that were happening - murders including her brother - Linqian didn’t hesitate to return. Under any other circumstance she’d decline (especially with the risk of seeing her ex again), but not for this. She needed to find whatever had done this, and make sure it died just like her brother had.[/indent]


[sub][color=CD5C5C][b] Paranormal-Abilities[/b][/color][/sub]
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[i]"You think I’m hot? Well, you’re not wrong."[/i]

[indent][color=CD5C5C][b]TYPE  ⫻[/b][/color] Adept

[color=CD5C5C][b]ABSTRACTION ⫻[/b][/color] [i]Red & Green Lux.[/i] Channeler: her mother’s wedding ring

[color=CD5C5C][b]ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION  ⫻[/b][/color] Linqian is a relatively experienced red and green lux user, with a specialisation towards temperature manipulation. However she’s not been able to spend much time on her spells the past ten years due to looking after her family. She has a still undiscovered affinity towards fire and more advanced self transformation, which she’s only touched the surface of. 

[indent][color=CD5C5C][b]Thermomancy ⫻[/b][/color] Linqian's primary spell specialty that allows her to manipulate and control both external and internal temperatures, and weaponise it. She has develop two main spells underneath it during the Stygian Snake days, and continues to develop more spells now. 

[indent][color=CD5C5C][b]Body Temperature Manipulation  ⫻[/b][/color] The spell Linqian is most skilled with, she can manipulate her own body temperature to deadly levels. This results in her touch being damaging. Along with this it means her body radiates heat or the cold. This change is visible, causing her to glow orange if she heats herself up or to get paler if she cools herself down. Her own body temperature can go up to over 1400°C - hot enough to melt metal. It can go down to -100°C, which is cold enough to make steel brittle. With more concentration she can change the temperature of specific body parts, rather than her whole body. 

[color=CD5C5C][b]Air Temperature Manipulation  ⫻[/b][/color] Linqian can cause change the air temperature in a radius around her. She can increase it up to 40°C (104°F), a heat which other humans can survive but that can also cause hyperthermia. She can decrease the air temperature around her to around -15°C (5°F), a survivable but possible dangerous temperature and can cause hypothermia.  She can control what temperature she manipulates it to, to a certain degree (she will never know the exact temperature but could roughly guess by making it from “somewhat hot” to “extremely hot”). 

[color=CD5C5C][b]Temperature Beam  ⫻[/b][/color] A spell that Linqian is currently working on after getting shot at, the aim is to have a focused beam of incredibly high or low temperature that she can shoot from a finger at a range. Currently she's only been able to get it up to 30°C and down to -5°C... which is basically useless. Its basically hitting people with a pinpoint hair dryer or piece of ice. 
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[color=CD5C5C][b]Appearance Manipulation ⫻[/b][/color] A new series of spells Linqian has started developing, originally stemming from her want to fix how she looked easily. This is green lux focused and she hasn't put much work into it. They focus around manipulating her own appearance. Currently she can mainly fix her appearance, and hasn't worked much on anything that properly changes it. 

[indent][color=CD5C5C][b]Self Fix ⫻[/b][/color] The only spell Linqian has properly developed, this is a basic appearance manipulation spell. It allows Linqian to 'fix' parts of her appearance - removing a blemish, tidying her hair when it's a mess, lightening dark eye bags. She can only do it one issue at a time and its a temporary fix.

[color=CD5C5C][b]Hair Style ⫻[/b][/color] A spell that allows Linqian to control her hair and style it. She's currently not very good at it, and it takes longer than doing it manually. Her aim is for it to eventually be instantaneous, saving her a lot of time. [/indent]
[color=CD5C5C][b]The Rest ⫻[/b][/color] All the spells Linqian has learned from other people, which she mentally threw into one category.

[indent][color=CD5C5C][b]Ice Hands ⫻[/b][/color] Taught to her by Jinhai, Linqian can turn her hands into ice and manipulate them. She’s not very good at this spell, as she doesn’t have much of an affinity with it.

[color=CD5C5C][b]Lightning Dildo ⫻[/b][/color] Based on Drake's lightning arsenal which he taught her, sixteen year old Linqian developed the lightning dildo spell because it seemed like a great and hilarious idea. Just as the name says, Linqian can create a semi-solid dildo made out of lightning. She can technically hit enemies with it or throw it, and it'll shock on contact. Unlike Drake's lightning weapons, it's pretty fucking useless in battle. But also she's not a sword wielding nerd.
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[color=CD5C5C][b]LIMITS  ⫻[/b][/color]
[indent][color=CD5C5C][b]Thermomancy ⫻[/b][/color] These spells are all limited by what temperature she can achieve, and with each spell she can either only make it hot or cold (but she can combine it between the spells).

[indent][color=CD5C5C][b]Body Temperature Manipulation  ⫻[/b][/color] She’s limited by temperature, between ~1400°C and -100°C. This isn’t precise, Linqian can't choose be to 102 degrees say. She can only keep her temperature outside of normal for twenty minutes, then needs to rest for at least five. She can push herself to do it longer, but it will start damaging her. Due to emotional fields she can’t just kill other paranormal beings by, say, boiling their blood (though she can damage them). She can’t heat up one body part and cool down another at the same time. Also if she gets too hot it'll start affecting her clothes - at ~400°C any natural fibres will set on fire, and 500°C for non natural fibres.

[color=CD5C5C][b]Air Temperature Manipulation ⫻[/b][/color] She can change the temperature from -15°C (5°F) to 40°C (104°F), and this isn’t precise. The radius is limited to five metres around her, and it will always be the whole radius. Like above, emotional fields dampen the effect of this. She can hold the temperature for about twenty minutes at a time. 

[color=CD5C5C][b]Temperature Beam  ⫻[/b][/color] Right now this spell can only go between 30°C and down to -5°C. It has a range of 20m, but its useless until she improves the temperatures. [/indent]
[color=CD5C5C][b]Appearance Manipulation ⫻[/b][/color] Linqian's self fix take a few seconds to come into affect, and she can only fix one thing at a time. She's limited in how much she can fix and keep fixed at a time - one large thing (so if she has to properly fix her hair, thats it) or multiple smaller things. It takes a bit of energy to do. Her hair styling takes about as long as it would manually, if not longer. Both only last up to eight hours. 

[color=CD5C5C][b]Ice Hands ⫻[/b][/color] If the ice her hands turn into is damaged, her actual hands are also damaged. She can only do it for five minutes at a time. 

[color=CD5C5C][b]Lightning Dildo ⫻[/b][/color] This takes a few moments to create and is pretty fragile. Plus, it's a fucking dildo. There's not much you can do with a dildo made out of lightning. 
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[color=CD5C5C][b]WEAKNESSES  ⫻[/b] [/color]
[indent][color=CD5C5C][b]Thermomancy  ⫻[/b][/color] While heated up via Body-Temperature Manipulation, Linqian is more susceptible to water and other factors that would cool her down. While cooled, it's vice-versa; she is far weaker against fire and the heat. She's not entirely immune to the effects of heat/cold, and going too hard in one direction can cause injuries. This does not differentiate between friend and foe; she can accidentally burn or freeze a friend touching her. If Linqian quickly shifts from one temperature to another, she can induce thermal shock in herself and possibly die. These Spells do not differentiate between friend and foe and can be risky during team-based combat. If she uses Air-Temperature Manipulation with her Body-Temperature manipulation spells, they can also cause her to overheat/freeze faster.

[color=CD5C5C][b]Appearance Manipulation ⫻[/b][/color] No weaknesses to note.

[color=CD5C5C][b]Ice Hands ⫻[/b][/color] This Spell weakens her against fire/heat-based attacks and can cause her [i]actual[/i] flesh to melt (not pretty).

[color=CD5C5C][b]Lightning-Dildo ⫻[/b][/color] The Spell provides no resistance to electricity, and Linqian can still electrocute herself with it. If she's touching water or exposed to water while using it, then she can short-circuit.[/indent]
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[i]"I never wanted to see these people again."[/i]

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[hider=Luciano Alves Oliviera]
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[i]"Why wouldn’t I use the time I have left to help?"[/i]
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[sub][color=6B8E23]Luciano “Luca” Manuel Alves Oliviera[/color]

[color=6B8E23]He/They[/color]  [b]|[/b]  [color=6B8E23] 25[/color]  [b]|[/b]   [color=6B8E23]Brazilian[/color]  [b]|[/b]   [color=6B8E23]5’3”[/color]  [b]|[/b]   [color=6B8E23]105lbs [/color]     
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[color=6B8E23]Positivity[/color]
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[i]"I had to give up a lot of what I was good at when [/i]it[i] attached itself to me. Maybe one day I’ll be able to play soccer again…"[/i]
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[sub][color=6B8E23][b]Information Gathering  ⫻[/b][/color] Luca has spent most of the last ten years researching a way to remove the apparition attached to their soul, jumping from paranormal group to paranormal group and finding as many materials they can on the subject. While they haven’t found much to help out they’ve gotten very good at searching for information, whether it's from talking to people or reading books.

[color=6B8E23][b]Optimism  ⫻[/b][/color] Luca likes to think his optimistic thinking, always looking on the bright side, is a talent. No matter the bad news or the difficulties he will keep going. He’s very resilient. 

[color=6B8E23][b]Wood Carving ⫻[/b][/color] Though he doesn’t do it as much as he did as a teenager, Luca is good at carving figures out of wood. He mostly does animals, and sometimes the paranormal creatures he’s seen. He can only do it for a short period of time at once, otherwise he’ll start rotting the wood, but it’s the one hobby from before he got his abstraction he’s managed to keep up.[/sub][/hider]

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[i]"Huh, I’m bleeding? It’s bad? Don’t worry, this happens a lot."[/i]

[indent]With noticeable dark bags under his eyes, Luciano looks perpetually tired. Dull brown eyes peer out from behind sweeping curtain bangs that they’re constantly having to move to keep them from restricting their vision. Their hair is thick and dark brown, falling in a smooth curve past his eyes and in shorter, light curls at the back of his neck. Their skin is a warm tan, slightly rough. They’re rarely found without at least earrings, often wearing a simple stud in one ear and a hanging one in the other. Their earrings are most commonly made of titanium, which is resistant to rusting. All of their jewellery, which they enjoy wearing, is made of this or other pure metals - anything mixed with iron won’t last long near them.

Luca isn’t particularly short for who he was born as, but his small stature is something that annoys him. It makes it more difficult to pass, and their parents weren’t even that short! So why did he get the short end of the stick? Luca is slender, too - currently still a healthy weight, but at risk of becoming underweight. He’s physically weak, though he tries to hide this as best as he can. He has curved scars under his chest from top surgery. He has multiple smaller scars across his body, most of which he can’t remember where he got them from. Most of the time Luca has at least one, if not multiple, open wounds or cuts. 

Luca is always found with a button down shirt on. They vary from the occasional bright, bold patterns to more lowkey neutrals, sometimes tucked into a pair of baggy trousers and sometimes open over a tank top, but always there. Their favoured colours tend to be shades of green, brown, white and navy blue in striped patterns apart from “special occasions” (days they’re feeling like brightening everything up). Their shirts are normally paired with wide legged trousers, with a white or black top underneath. They tend to cover up, whether it's wearing a long sleeved t-shirt with a short sleeved button down, or a long sleeved button down. Most of their clothes are made of synthetic fibres, polyester or nylon, because it degrades slower and thus he doesn’t have to replace them as frequently. He’s never found without a pair of black, polyester-lycra gloves on. Luca is bright and cheerful, often smiling or chatting. He is generally very expressive, with an inability to keep his immediate reactions off his face. The only expressions he rarely has are those of sadness, the one thing he keeps locked deep down. 
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[i]"I want everyone to remember me as someone who never gave up. I want them to remember my positivity.”[/i]

[INDENT][color=6B8E23][b]MAIN GOAL  ⫻[/b][/color] To be free of the apparition he’s adjoined to. After that he just wants to live his life, enjoying all the things he was unable to - spending time with his family, playing soccer again and just using a phone without worrying that he’ll destroy it. 

[color=6B8E23][b]PHILOSOPHY  ⫻[/b][/color] Live life as if everyday could be your last. Luca has always focused on living life to the fullest, without getting dragged down by the small things. This has only grown stronger when they realised how short their life might be. They believe in focusing on the good and in enjoying himself, rather than the inevitable end. Because everyone dies eventually, some just sooner than others.

[color=6B8E23][b]SECRETS  ⫻[/b][/color] Luca’s biggest secret is his shortened lifespan, and how ill his abstraction has made him. He keeps on a strong front as if it isn’t slowly eating him from the inside. He hasn’t told any of his family, because how could he even begin to explain it? He also hides that sometimes he feels that it's all pointless. This is a feeling he tries to hide from even himself, shoving it deep down everytime it rears its ugly head.

[color=6B8E23][b]SEXUALITY  ⫻[/b][/color] Probably attracted to men, but Luca has never had the chance to be in a relationship. When he was younger he was struggling with his gender, and now he can’t get physically close to anyone without hurting them.

[color=6B8E23][b]FEARS  ⫻[/b][/color] The Rot possessing them. They can constantly feel it prodding their mind, looking for a weak spot to take advantage of. They fear it more than dying, though they also fear dying like most people do. They also fear harming their loved ones, especially their family.

[color=6B8E23][b]REPUTATION IN OLD COVEN   ⫻[/b][/color]  Neutral, or slightly positive. Luca joined the coven late, a short time before the final battle. He was helpful and friendly which would’ve given the others a good impression of him but also standoffish as he learned the effects of his abstraction. He stuck with the old coven until it dissolved and while he wasn’t contributing to the petty squabbles his attempted positivity didn’t help towards the end.

[color=6B8E23][b]ROLE IN THE BATTLE AGAINST THE STYGIAN SNAKE  ⫻[/b][/color]  Luca joined the coven late, but from then he was very useful in the battle against the Stygian Snake. His abstraction was one that allowed him to directly weaken the emotions fueling apparitions and the Stygian Snake itself through touching them. With this he was able to help them defeat and seal the Stygian Snake on the day of the eclipse. 

[color=6B8E23][b]FLAWS  ⫻[/b][/color] Luca has absolutely no filter. He says what he thinks, whether positive or negative. This can come across as blunt and is incredibly tactless. He hurts others often because of this, regardless of his intentions. He is almost toxically positive. Luca hides difficult emotions from even himself, burying them deep down so he doesn’t have to think about them, ignoring all his problems. He can often invalidate others emotions because he doesn’t understand why they’d dwell on the negative. As he’s grown older Luca has become more self sacrificial, and become worse at looking after himself. He’ll neglect his health frequently and in a situation where sacrificing himself would save others, he’d probably do it. While generally optimistic and cheerful, Luca can be somewhat erratic thanks to the apparition adjoined to him that’s constantly trying to corrupt him mentally. This mostly manifests in sudden mood swings and acting outside of his normal, especially under stressful situations since he’s essentially always under mental stress. 
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[sub][color=6B8E23][b] Backstory[/b][/color][/sub]
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[i]"My life was completely normal till she attached this fucking thing to me."[/i]

[indent]Luca was born in Brazil, but his parents moved to St Portwell, and the USA, when he was only two for work. Luca has very little memory of his home country, and has only visited a couple of times as a child. 

From a young age, Luca knew that he wasn’t who he was born as. His parents called him Isabela, but that wasn’t right. He didn’t have the language to explain it then so he settled for being a tomboy, refusing to wear anything girly and making everyone call him El - it was slightly less feminine, at least. It wasn’t until his teenagers that he began to figure it all out. He wasn’t a girl like everyone thought he was. He wasn’t really a boy either, but he was closer to that than a girl. He settled on somewhere in between and the name Luca. Just, he didn’t have the confidence to tell anyone.

Luca was fifteen when the Stygian Snake’s rampage began, something he was very unaware about until a week before the eclipse. It was just another day for Luca, heading home from school, when he was attacked by a group of Apparitions. He was thrown to the ground and almost killed there but a girl from a few years above him tried to defend him… Before getting injured herself. Both Luca and this girl, Olivia Ruiz, were saved by Britney Williams. Luca passed out from shock.

When he woke up, his entire world had changed. There was something else inside of him, whispering to him. When he grabbed his phone it turned to dust in his hands. [i]Good,[/i] goaded the voice in Luca’s head. [i]Destroy everything.[/i] Confused and scared, Luca managed to find the girl, Britney, who had saved him. She explained everything to him - that magic existed, that she was part of a coven protecting the city and that a thing called an apparition (which called itself the rot) had adjoined itself to him while he was injured. She invited him to join the Sycamore Tree coven, to help defeat the Stygian Snake that was attacking the city. Partly out of gratitude, and partly out of not knowing what else to do, Luca joined the Sycamore Tree coven. It was the first place he could truly be himself - being Luca, not a girl, from the start.

In the short time he was part of the coven, Luca threw himself into helping. He learned his abstraction quickly, figuring out that he could weaken apparitions and destroy abominables, though he wasn’t sure why. He didn’t dwell too much on anything outside of using it to help the coven and on the day of the eclipse he used his abstraction to weaken the Stygian Snake so that Ashley could stab it with the Apparition Killer. He had his memory wiped with everyone else, and was glad it was over.

He could live peacefully now, right? Except he still had an apparition attached to him - one constantly trying to get into his mind and whispering to him. The uncontrollable nature of his abstraction was more obvious too. He destroyed everything he touched, and everything around him slowly decayed. He felt weaker too, but he put that down to exhaustion.

Luca couldn’t exactly live a normal life like this.

So he stuck with the coven, hoping they could help him. He grew closer with Olivia, the girl who’d defended him what had felt like a very long time ago, who was now in a similar situation to him. They had a shared goal of splitting from their aberrations, though hers wasn’t as debilitating. 

Luca was enraged when he found out that Britney was the one who’d forcibly adjoined him. It could hardly be called saving him with the life he had now. Luca didn’t treat her as badly as some of the others - instead he just didn’t talk to her at all. He stuck with the coven till it dissolved, hoping against hope that they’d help him instead of squabbling. But they didn’t. Luca was disappointed when it ended, but it was fine. He’d find another way. There was no point in dwelling in the negativity, as much of it as there was. 

So he moved on, deciding to try and figure out how to get rid of his apparition. Olivia followed him, the only person he had left for him - he’d cut himself off from his family out of necessity, as painful as it was. Just being near him would kill them. He took some online courses at college while trying to research the paranormal as much as possible. 

Then Olivia found out, through going to the same college, that Emily had formed her own coven. Luca didn’t particularly like Emily (not many did), but his need to get rid of the rot was stronger. He managed to convince them to let him join a seemingly all woman coven… And it was good, at first. They were learning about magic, and with that making progress in understanding adjoined. But it didn’t last. 8th Street’s agenda changed, and Luca couldn’t stay for it.

So they went back to just the two of them trying to figure it out, back to what it had been like just after the Sycamore Tree coven dissolved. At this point he hardly left the apartment he and Olivia shared. Every outing was a risk of hurting someone. He threw himself into research in his spare time, trying to find everything he could, while working a completely remote job. He managed to figure out a setup that worked for him - a desktop and large screen far enough away to not be affected by his abstraction, and a pile of cheap keyboards and mice on hand for when the ones he was using were destroyed. He gained more control over his decaying touch, learning how to turn it off… Even if it exhausted him. It was difficult, but that was fine. It wouldn’t be like this forever. He stayed optimistic and focused on the positives. 

After a year of almost no results, Olivia decided to call it quits. Her family was moving to the other side of the country and she wanted to go with them. There were no hard feelings between them when she left, and they promised to keep in touch. 

Luca’s life continued much the same. He found joy in the little things - his weekly calls with Olivia, the days where he could control his abstraction enough to do some wood carving without instantly destroying the wood in his hands, and the late night research that seemed to be getting him somewhere. He would go on walks late at night when very little else (human at least) was outside. He tried to meet with other paranormal, or ex-coven members - just anyone who could resist his abstraction a bit. It was relatively peaceful, if a bit lonely.

Of course, there were so many negatives. He never really got a peaceful moment, with an apparition inside of him constantly trying to erode at his mental state so that it could take over. He’d just gotten good at blocking it out and thinking positively. He was also growing weaker and weaker, struggling to walk around the block on some days. It was as if his muscles were wasting away. It was terrifying, and he had no one to talk to.

Finally, a year ago, it got bad enough that he went to a hospital. His uncontrollable aura wasn’t strong enough to destroy anything instantly, and as long as he didn’t touch anything it would be fine. He felt bad for putting the doctors and nurse through the pain of it, but he needed checked. What had started as occasional exhaustion and weakness had grown worse, and he was constantly in pain. Somewhere always hurt. The doctors ran their tests, so many of them, and took his blood. 

The results weren’t good. They’d never seen what was happening to him, so they couldn’t give him a diagnosis, but it was as if his entire body was slowly decaying. A new kind of degenerative disease they’d never seen before. The outcomes didn’t look good. At this rate he probably had a few years left. If he was lucky he’d reach thirty. They said they could recommend him to a more cutting edge hospital that would research it and work with him, but Luca declined. He took a prescription of strong painkillers and went home.

After all, he knew the cause. Normal medicine wouldn’t help. He needed to get rid of his abstraction first before it could be treated. 

Luca continued trying to find a way, speeding it up. He tried to talk to some of the paranormal groups in St Portwell, namely the Elite, Greenwood Coven and 8th Street again. The Elite was useless, 8th street was concentrating on its new ventures and the Greenwood coven didn’t take too kindly to Luca… after all his abstraction was one of the many destroying nature, even if he couldn’t control it. It was fine. He resigned himself to never getting rid of it, and resolved to enjoy the rest of his life. No point dwelling on what was out of his control, after all! He’d do what he could and that would be enough. 

Then he heard that ex-coven members were dying. Then Olivia went missing. There was no news of her death, but she wouldn’t pick up his calls and wasn’t at home. Luca didn’t know what he could do, until he got contacted by Auri. It was an easy decision to join again. Maybe they could help him get rid of this abstraction that was eating him away, and if not, why wouldn’t he use the time he had left to help save others?  [/indent]


[sub][color=6B8E23][b] Paranormal-Abilities[/b][/color][/sub]
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[i]"I wish I’d never gotten it. But I can’t change the past, so I might as well use it for something good before it kills me."[/i]

[indent][color=6B8E23][b]TYPE  ⫻[/b][/color] Aberration - Adjoined

[color=6B8E23][b]ABSTRACTION ⫻[/b][/color] Rotting Decay, the ability to decay and damage all living things, to corrode and weaken non organic materials and to decay the emotions that fuel magic.

[color=6B8E23][b]ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION  ⫻[/b][/color] 

[indent][color=6B8E23][b]Aura of Decay ⫻[/b][/color] Luca has a permanent, but weak, aura of decay around him. This aura spreads out about an arms length around him. It slowly decays everything around him, with results and speed varying by what’s being exposed and the size of it. For organic materials, it will take an hour to completely rot something weak such as a flower or grass. For something stronger, such as a tree, it would take days - but it will kill leaves or flowers on the tree. For human flesh it will hurt immediately, then damage the outer layer of skin within an hour, but would take weeks to rot through the bone. For inorganic objects, the aura works best on metals, which it will oxidise and then corrode in days. The effect on emotions is minimal - in the aura, people will perhaps feel their emotions slightly dimmed, but little else.

[color=6B8E23][b]Decaying Touch  ⫻[/b][/color] More powerful than the constant aura, Luca can touch something and instantly cause it to decay. The effect varies by what is being touched. The flesh of the blind would be rotted instantly, and within minutes whatever he is touching would disintegrate and die. The paranormal are more resistant, but initial touch would cause intense pain and eventually decay, then disintegration. It affects apparitions, by decaying the emotion that fuels them and thus weakening them. For nonorganic objects it will take moments to corrode something small - a cup, or a mobile phone. It would start to crumble a brick but take minutes to properly destroy it, and something larger would take hours.
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[color=6B8E23][b]LIMITS  ⫻[/b][/color]
[indent][color=6B8E23][b]Aura of Decay ⫻[/b][/color] The aura is too weak to affect apparitions at all, and hardly affects those with Emotional-Fields. They will feel pain, more intense the longer they are in it, but it won’t cause decay. It is limited size wise, only spreading an arms length around Luca. It's always on, so they can’t control it at all. The stronger and larger something is, the longer it will take to decay. 

[color=6B8E23][b]Decaying Touch  ⫻[/b][/color] There is no range to the touch. Luca must touch whatever is to be affected with his bare skin. The decay only happens in the immediate area touched and doesn’t spread. It can’t straight up kill those with emotional-fields, and can only weaken apparitions or those without substance. It would take minutes of touching to start properly decaying any with defences. The longer he touches something and uses the abstraction the more he will strain himself, physically and mentally, and start damaging him too. While he could technically do it for hours, it would likely destroy him too. This ability is normally on, and he has to be actively concentrating to turn it off. This concentration includes ignoring the apparition itself, which constantly wants him to decay and destroy everything around him.
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[color=6B8E23][b]WEAKNESSES  ⫻[/b] [/color]
[indent]The Aura of Decay is always active, and Luca is unable to turn it off, which means he will cause objects that he doesn't intend to decay and rot away. He's used to throwing beds away and replacing his cell phone. The Decaying touch is also consistently active and requires him to consciously turn it off and expend energy to not rot objects away. However, the most debilitating weakness of all is that the Abstraction is causing him to rot away. It's slowly eroding at his skin, organs, and bones, weakening his body, and will eventually induce organ shutdown... or worse if that doesn't happen first. The Power of Decay makes Luca more frail, his skin will tear easier and his bones are way easier to break.[/indent]
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[sup][color=6B8E23][b] Other[/b][/color][/sup]
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[i]"It would've been nice to see everyone again, if the circumstances were different."[/i]

[indent]Luca has no preference between he or they pronouns.
Luca is mostly fluent in Portuguese.
Luca has a box filled with cheap phones in his apartment because he has to constantly replace them. In fact most of his salary (after essentials) goes into replacing all the items that he destroys with his abstraction. [/INDENT]

[table][row][cell][h2][b]The[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Rot[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/HNFR0BK.jpg[/img]

[b]Very Old | The Rot | It/Its[/b][hr][i]"̶̥͈̙̗̔͒̎̀̈́͜È̷̻͔̞͓̜̊v̵͎̠̪͓̅͌ę̷̛͖͇̊ṙ̷͎͗͐y̷̭̗̜͊͝t̷͕̣͖̍͗̚h̶̳̺̍̽ȋ̸̜ṅ̷̗̖̥̤̝̃͐ǵ̷̟̣͛̋̏ ̷̛̘͈͙̬̀̽̈́ẘ̸͔̖̞̥̞̀́i̶̱̖̳̱̦͆͒̓̀l̶̝͙̖͌̚ͅl̴̟̻̱̤͚̓̄̀̆ ̵̫̐̽̀̇͘r̷̢̰̝̹̤̀̃̇̏̿ò̸̠̱̝̦̮̏̚ẗ̸̥͈̜̱̑͘͝ͅ"̸̞̠̯͕̙̔̍[/i][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]The Rot came to be in this dimension centuries ago, born from the intense desire for destruction from humans waging in petty wars and the corruption of many. All it wants is destruction, to rot everything away until no life is left. It has destroyed towns and cities, feeding off the flesh of poor humans unable to flee from its path. It has corrupted the minds of those that are weak to aid in its path of destruction. However its influence and power was short reaching, and its movement restricted. It could not go to places completely free from corruption and corrosion. 

Hundreds of years ago the Rot was sealed, the object it was sealed in then lost and forgotten. Until ten years ago, when Britney Williams freed it and adjoined it with Luca Oliviera to help defeat the Stygian Snake. After the Stygian Snake Luca wanted rid of the rot, but it refused to leave him - why would it, when it finally had the perfect vessel to cause destruction from? Luca wasn’t limited like it is. Instead it is constantly trying to corrupt and weaken his mind, so one day it can push out his soul and abscise his body. Occasionally it succeeds in temporary possession, but it has yet to gain complete control. The Rot always remains inside Luca, but it will talk to him from within when it benefits it. [/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
Apparition - [i]Decay of All Things[/i]
[indent]The Rot allows Luca to use most of its abstraction - the ability to cause physical and emotional decay. It has another ability it has not given Luca - mental decay. This can completely corrupt or destroy the minds of the blind. It can leave them as empty shells of themselves, or corrupt them to become the worst of humanity and help it succeed in its goal. Those with Emotional-Fields are resistant but not immune. It can slowly plant the seeds of destruction within them, whittling away until it succeeds. It has been doing it with its host ever since they were adjoined. [/indent]
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[hider=Linqian’s Relationships][table][row][cell][h3][color=3874f4][b]Drake[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Blackmore[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/Zw9wfIE.png[/img]

[sup][i]"He realllyyy hated Jinhai, but we got on so well I had to ignore it."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]Linqian actually got along with Drake back in the day, which was surprising considering how she was. They meshed well on a lot of levels and her frequently jumping up and down from chill to pissed off didn’t seem to bother him. Unfortunately he really hated Jinhai… but she really hated Victoria, so it was alright! Linqian kept in contact with Drake after the coven dissolved, even with Jinhai’s disapproval, and was sad to hear he lost Jade to Father Wolf. Hopefully between them they’ll be able to make him pay.

Also, he fucking punched Sloane in the face! Hah, deserved!

[right]Jinhai disliked Drake, and thought he was a reckless idiot. If he’d had his way Drake would’ve been kicked out of the coven early on. He disapproved of the friendship Linqian had with him and did his best to put a stop to it after they left the coven.[/right][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][h3][color=f4eb93][b]Britney[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Williams[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/viOvXFI.png[/img]

[sup][i]"She stopped me from getting mobbed by a bunch of cultists, that counts for something."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]In the past coven, Linqian didn’t interact much with Britney. She was part of the smarter group and there was rarely a reason to. But Jinhai was very close with Britney, which meant Linqian had a positive opinion of her. She didn’t really care one way or another about the forced adjoining thing, especially since her much smarter brother agreed with it. Now, thanks to Vedi Veni Vedi and what happened at Leon’s creepy cult, Linqian is beginning to see Britney as a friend of hers as well. She’s confident that Britney will have her back, and she also plans to have Britney’s. Though, she gets the feeling Britney looks down on her… which she’s willing to overlook. [s]She’s probably right, Linqian is inferior to her brother, after all.[/s]

[right]Jinhai was close to Britney. While he neither condemned or defended her after her wrongdoings came out, internally he agreed it had been necessary - something he told Britney herself along with Linqian. Jinhai respected her and her magical knowledge, and they kept in touch up to his death.[/right][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][h3][color=White][b]Alizée[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Altieri[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/ZGUJ1xQ.png[/img]

[sup][i]"Good riddance."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]Linqian is honestly unbothered by Alizée’s death. She was unhinged, and it was her fault she got shot anyway. 

[right]Jinhai viewed Alizée with a disdain that was shared by Linqian. She had no self control, and so he had no good opinions about her.[/right][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][h3][color=6B8E23][b]Luca[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Oliviera[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/w5vRg9v.png[/img][sup][i]"Who?"[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]Linqian honestly doesn’t remember Luca. She can’t [i]really[/i] be expected to remember everyone who was in the coven, right? Luca joined so late, and didn’t participate much in arguments, so she barely remembers him. Remembering people was her brother’s job anyway.

[right]Jinhai viewed Luca as something interesting, from the point of view of being one of Britney’s many victims. He didn’t know the guy much beyond that.[/right][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][h3][color=Silver][b]Sloane[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Faris[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/MoGapjb.png[/img]

[sup][i]"Well, she still has a massive stick up her ass."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]Linqian really didn’t get on with Sloane, and that hasn’t changed. She did [i]try[/i] to get on with her ten years ago, because Jinhai did, but she just couldn’t. Sloane was stuck up, ruined everything fun with her permanently dead facial expressions and dished out constant critiques towards Linqian and many others. The arguments between the two of them were some of the fiercest, because Sloane was a constant fucking inconvenience to Linqian’s life. She seemed to take issue with Linqian just existing, and Linqian took great issue with her attitude. A fair few times it almost devolved into a physical fight (on Linqian’s half, at least), and the only thing that stopped it was Jinhai physically dragging her away. 

But, Sloane has offered to help with Jinhai’s funeral. As much as Linqian didn’t want to take the offer, she had to. It doesn’t change her view of Sloane, nor does she expect a civil conversation, but at least her friendship with Jinhai wasn’t shallow. 

[right]Jinhai got on well with Sloane, both having common interests. It helped that (in his opinion) he was already above and beyond those high standards she held for everyone else - if anything, she wasn’t quite up to his. They kept in touch infrequently after the coven dissolved, much to Linqian’s annoyance.[/right][/cell][/row][row][cell][h3][color=DE198A][b]Tayla[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Choi[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row]
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[sup][i]"Hey, want to grab another drink? Just us this time, I promise."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell] Linqian liked Tayla ten years ago, but didn’t think about her again until they met after the raid. They have some similarities, both in their losses and the responsibilities they have towards family members. She doesn’t quite view Tayla as a friend, but will do what she can to make sure she survives so her son doesn’t lose his mom. Linqian feels a bit bad for taking Greyson’s side (sort of) at the bar, and she really hopes that nothing bad comes out of it… Because she really needs Greyson’s money, but doesn’t want Tayla and her kid to get hurt. 

[right]Jinhai didn’t think much of Tayla. She was nothing impressive in terms of abilities, so he hardly paid attention to her.[/right][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][h3][color=FFC1CC][b]"Edict"[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Devola[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/EWBD7FA.png[/img]

[sup][i]"How the fuck does he keep pulling out more stacks of cash from his pockets."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell][hider=Old Coven Relationship]Linqian was never bothered by Greyson’s money sources, criminal background or possible theft of a whole bunch of artifacts. None of it directly affected her. She actually quite liked Greyson. He was fun to be around and could get them into places she’d otherwise never be able to get into. She probably enjoyed his company a little too much considering his background… But whatever. That only bothered her brother, not her. But it wasn’t all amicable between them, because Greyson had a far too frequent habit of trying to get into everyone’s brains. Linqian hated whenever he tried to prod hers and was very vocal about it - telling him to fuck off on a good day, and escalating it on a bad one. It would result in a cold shoulder for a few days, or an instant blowup, but it didn’t have any long lasting negative effects on her view of him. After all, it wasn’t like he could get in without her letting him.[/hider]

While Linqian doesn’t really trust Greyson, she does like him. While he’s [i]technically[/i] her boss now she also considers him a friend (and would gladly spend another no strings attached night with him). He can just about handle her mood swings without getting too pissy back at her, and she feels like she can relax a little bit around him. His company’s good. Plus, he’s got a ton of cash. He’s still an annoying asshole who has a bad habit of trying to get into other people’s mind, and she doesn’t plan to fucking let him in again… but he’s a fun asshole. Even without the brain smoothing, Linqian can let go of her responsibilities just  alittle bit when with him.

As long as he doesn’t approach her brother, things will be fine. 

[right]Jinhai abhorred Greyson. It was hard to tell whether it was because he was skeevy and there was some flirting between him and Linqian (which thankfully ended when she got a girlfriend), or because of his criminal connections. It could be both. [/right][/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][color=6644ff][b]Jack[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Hawthorne[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/NvqYYuh.png[/img]

[sup][i]"Another one that got on better with my brother than me."[/i][/sup]
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Linqian didn’t interact much with Jack, because he was a nerd and she very much was not. Honestly, she couldn’t stand the guy. He was annoyingly full of himself and just knew so much. He was always rubbing it in their faces too… At least, it felt like that to Linqian. Really she was jealous of his intelligence, but she’d never let anyone know that (or admit it to herself). She’s surprised he’s not actually dead, going by what her brother told her about the void.

He seems… more tolerable now that he’s back. Maybe it's because Linqian’s matured a little bit from when she was 16, and it's partly because Jack is one of the only ones trying to come up with solid solutions. As long as he helps her avenge her brother, she can get over all the petty issues she had with him before. 

[right]Jinhai liked Jack, as a fellow intelligent teen. They got along back in the day - but he also thought he was absolutely insane for going into the void and essentially throwing away his life, in Jinhai’s eyes.[/right][/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][color=white][b]"Sully"[color=2e2c2c].[/color]McPherson[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/Sp7PIxV.png[/img]

[sup][i]"If I missed anything about the coven, it was the beer Sully provided. Well, Sully too."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]If there was one person Linqian [i]might[/i] risk her life to save, it’d be Sully. With his friendliness and bottomless supply of alcohol it was impossible to dislike the guy. Sure, Linqian had her days of coldness towards him, but she had that with everyone. It really wasn’t the same with Sully. Plus, he always got the fun, drunk Linqian! Or occasionally the pissed off drunk Linqian, but he was one of the few able to stop her going for whoever she was angry at. He put up with all of her antics and mood swings too, so that really helped things.

[right]Jinhai thought Sully was a fool, but a fool that kept the Coven together. He was also a good influence on his sister… In that he’d stop Linqian from trying to kill someone if Jinhai wasn’t there to do it himself. He appreciated that about Sully.[/right][/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][color=FFC1CC][b]Leon[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Richoux[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/FSxFXhZ.png[/img]

[sup][i]"As long as he keeps his wolf form and his cult away from me, we’re good."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]Linqian has… mixed feelings about Leon. With her temper and general attitude she was subject to his rules enforcement more than once. She fucking hated it, and him in the moment - but Linqian is often fickle with her hate as much as she is her like. When he wasn’t acting like the coven dictator’s enforcer, Leon was a pretty solid guy to be around. Around him Linqian was just a little more extreme with her changeability - swapping from friendly to pissed off in the blink of an eye in reaction to little things he did. 

Now, she’s found out he’s not only a werewolf but also part of a cult. He does have a hot as fuck mom, though, which is a point in his favour. It’s a shame she’s the cult leader. Leon’s attitude did seem the same as before and she’d put him down for being a stuck up asshole… But, he did replace her car. She’s willing to play nice thanks to that. 

[right]Jinhai disliked how Leon took enforcing rules (that he’d made) on others into his own hands as much as Linqian did, especially since Linqian was often on the other end of this treatment. Unlike Linqian, he held a deep grudge towards Leon for this.[/right][/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][color=00FF98][b]Stormy[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Carson[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/YPix3H6.png[/img]

[sup][i]"Not sure I can talk to a college professor."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]Stormy never actively pissed Linqian off, which was pretty good going for him. Of course there were times when just him doing something annoyed her, but that was the same for everyone. Outside of being protected by his shields on the battlefield, Linqian didn’t actually talk to Stormy as much as the other members of the “jock squad” that she hung out with often. He was too big on keeping the peace, and a bit too smart for her.

[right]Jinhai respected Stormy. He was incredibly important to their victory, and he was smart. Jinhai occasionally contacted him after the coven dissolved.[/right][/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][color=SlateGray][b]"Lyss"[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Burns[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/7zJYUtk.png[/img]

[sup][i]"Don’t you dare summon those hellhounds again!"[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]Linqian actually quite likes Lyss, which is surprising considering she’s pretty edgy thanks to her powers. Like, raising the dead and all just seems to make people a bit emo. But Lyss never gave Linqian any shit, and didn’t have a stick up her ass like soooo many other coven members (especially the girls). So while they clashed now and then ten years ago, like Linqian clashed with everyone, Linqian has pretty positive feelings towards her. For now.

So long as she keeps her hellhounds far, far away from her.

[right]Jinhai got along with Lyss, and viewed her participation as invaluable. Still, he was concerned that one day she would be at the beck and call of the hound - and that could be dangerous.[/right][/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][color=9966CC][b]Anya[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Baksh[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/VvitzLT.png[/img]

[color=3874f4][sup][i]"She won’t feel superior when I burn her face off."[/i][/sup][/color]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]Linqian slapped Anya once. It was pretty damn satisfying, even if the bitch messed with her dreams in retaliation. Linqian fucking hated Anya and she never let up that superior attitude long enough for Linqian to stop hating her, even for a moment. After Sloane, Anya is the coven member that Linqian argued with the most… Just with Anya it was very one way. Her and Sloane actually had arguments, whereas Linqian just got more and more pissed at Anya while she barely deigned to respond. It was infuriating.

[right]Jinhai was one of the few people that Anya respected, so he got along with her. Of course he didn’t like how she treated his sister, but during the fight against the Stygian Snake that wasn’t so important. He didn’t keep contact with her after the coven dissolved solely to keep the peace at home.[/right][/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][color=F08080][b]Evelynn[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Serenelight[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/zXGJQom.png[/img]

[sup][i]"Fucking bitch."[/i][/sup]
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Linqian never wants to see Evelynn again. She fucking hates her. She can’t believe that bitch would say she deserved to lose Jinhai… that Jinhai deserved to die! Linqian will never forgive her for that. She really hopes that Evelynn has the worst life, and is sad and lonely like she deserves to be. Linqian won’t be there to see it, because Evelynn is as good as dead to her. And if Evelynn approaches her, she’ll shove her freezing cold foot up her ass. She [i]will[/i] make her regret what she said, one way or another. No matter how much Lynn looks into the future, it will always be the same - Linqian handing her ass to her, over and over again.

[right]While Jinhai used the information Evelynn provided from her future reading to try and guide the coven, he was also sceptical of her abilities. There were times when she read wrong, or gave the wrong information, and that was more detrimental than no information at all.[/right] [/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][color=DA70D6][b]Lila[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Blackwood[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/CCk7att.png[/img]

[sup][i]"Shit, she’s changed!"[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]Linqian barely knew that Lila existed ten years ago. She was shy and an absolute pushover, nothing like the kind of people Linqian wanted to hang out with. Honestly, Linqian could hardly remember her… and it was difficult to put the old name and face to the current one. But fuck, she’s not only changed in that way… she grew a spine! Linqian’s opinion of Lila has skyrocketed thanks to her telling Meifeng to fuck herself.

[right]Jinhai didn’t have much of an opinion of Lila. She blended into the background, and was unable to help much towards the end.[/right]  [/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][color=98FB98][b]Jasper[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Wilde[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/PaqYK3h.png[/img]

[sup][i]"Man, anyone can tell you have the hots for Luca. Don’t deny it."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]Jasper! Linqian got on with Jasper… and the main reason definitely wasn’t a shared hatred of Sloane. Nothing makes two people closer than bitching about an absolute bitch. Jasper was always pretty chill, which was good when Linqian brought more than enough extreme emotions to the table. He dealt pretty well with the days she gave him a cold shoulder, and the ones she got pissed for no good reason. She never understood his art shit, but it looked nice, so she was always nice about it. He doesn’t seem to have changed much, so she’s sure things won’t be all the different.

[right]Like everyone, Jinhai got along with Jasper. While he wasn’t as close to him as Linqian was, he was often there when the two hung out, and thus they had a decent relationship.[/right]  [/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][color=fd8a6c][b]Adora[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Phoenix-Prescott[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/eL8NcDg.png[/img]

[sup][i]"You’re not special because you lost something. The rest of us just had to get on with it because we didn’t have any choice."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell] Ten years ago, Adora and Linqian did not get on at all. Both were argumentative, and Adora was quick to judge Linqian for tiny things she did - which caused Linqian to fly off the handle. They got into arguments more often than they had civil conversations. What she disliked even more than how she acted around her was the fact that she called Jinhai a coward - that was the one time Linqian completely flew off the handle with her. But as long as she stays away from Linqian when she comes back, everything will be fine. Linqian doesn’t have time to deal with any problems she has with her right now. She’s not the only one who lost someone, but nobody else makes it everyone else’s problem.

[right]Jinhai respected Adora for her contributions, and was always on civil to good terms with her. He would occasionally talk to her about things she said to Linqian, but only ever intervened to drag Linqian away.[/right][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][h3][color=7ABBFF][b]Layla[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Hyacinthus[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/N7lXXfC.png[/img]

[sup][i]"She’s fucking latched onto me now, hasn’t she?"[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]Ten years ago Linqian had no opinion of Layla, and felt the same now. She barely remembered her. But she seemed to have latched onto Britney and then Greyson when he messed with her mind, which means Linqian’s [i]also[/i] stuck with her because those two are practically Linqian’s only friends. Also, Layla got really clingy really quickly when drinking at Sabrina’s… Linqian’s a bit worried that she’s attached now and she’ll be stuck with another useless young adult looking for energy she doesn’t have to spare. Hopefully Henri won’t get to close with her either…

[right]Layla was useless against the Stygian Snake, so Jinhai had very little opinion of her.[/right][/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][color=lightblue][b]Clancy[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Patrick[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/9TAdKEN.png[/img]

[sup][i]"Wasn’t this kid shot?!"[/i][/sup]
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Linqian has no idea what to think about Clancy. She’s pretty sure she saw him getting shot… But she didn’t get a close look at him, and she was bleeding out. Probably some other white kid, then. Hopefully he’s not as annoying as Ashley was.[/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][color=5F30D2][b]Kenshiro[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Murakin[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/CY84i9T.png[/img]

[sup][i]""[/i][/sup]
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While Linqian always viewed Kenshiro as someone closer to Jinhai than her, she did get on with him. She understood the culture shock he went through - while she’d moved over six years previously, there was still a lot she struggled with in the States too. Her and Jinhai helped him with a lot of cultural translations and getting used to life there, even if it was only temporary. She has fond memories of Ken helping her with her spellcasting when she was otherwise struggling with control, managing to teach her in a way she understood compared to Jinhai. But she hasn’t had much contact with him since he left Sycamore - Jinhai kept in touch with him occasionally when he returned to St Portwell, but Linqian herself only did so via her brother. 

[right]Jinhai had a good opinion of Ken, as both someone with a lot of magical knowledge and a friend.[/right][/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][b]Aaron/Aryin[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Thorne[/b][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/iKcIsHW.png[/img]

[sup][i]"The fuck, you’ve gone all artsy and shit? Oh, you were always artsy and shit? Can you still take a punch, then?"[/i][/sup]
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After a rocky start, where the two of them fought each other to the point of exhaustion, Linqian and Aryin (and then Aaron) formed a surprising friendship. They were always able to handle Linqian’s hot and cold nature in both of their forms, and are one of the few friends that Linqian actually [i]trusts[/i]. She doesn’t share many of her problems with them, she doesn’t share those with anyone, but she’d allow them around her younger brother. They’ve kept their friendship up over the past ten years through messaging and occasional video calls - neither of them could afford to visit. Travel’s expensive! But now that Linqian’s back, she’s hoping to catch up with them.

Linqian’s friendship looks slightly different with Aryin and Aaron. With Aryin, it's more… feisty. The bicker and dig into each other to the point it seems like they aren’t getting on when in fact it's just them being pretty fucking close. Aryin is the one Linqian originally punched it out with, and they formed a strong post fight bond. On the other hand, Linqian’s friendship with Aaron is much chiller. They can relax with a couple of beers and just chat without so many snide comments. She’s close with both.

[right]Jinhai found their lux type being restricted to each gender to be limiting, if interesting. He didn’t interact much with them, but approved of their friendship with Linqian - it was one of the few with someone he didn’t dislike. [/right]
[/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][color=789CAA][b]Amara[color=2e2c2c].[/color]King[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/WmdEpkp.png[/img]

[sup][i]"She keeps giving me this flirty look… Sorry, that ship sailed ten years ago. You aren’t tapping this again."[/i][/sup]
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Linqian was friendly enough with Amara ten years ago, but she always viewed her as more of Bianca’s friend than her own. They got along, they flirted, but Linqian ultimately cut off all contact when Bianca broke up with her and she explosively left the coven. While they had some fun times in the old coven, the memories are mostly tarnished by Linqian’s resentment towards Bianca. And honestly, she doesn’t have much interest in getting friendly with Amara again.

[right]Jinhai respected Amara, but didn’t necessarily view her as a friend. She was smart and strong, but not the kind of person he’d choose to spend time with. [/right] [/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][b]”Luna”[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Inoue[/b][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/WZATX3J.png[/img]

[sup][i]"I don’t give a fuck about the whole mafia thing, I dislike her as a person. She’s fucking boring."[/i][/sup]
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Because they were never really that close, Linqian felt very little about Luna being revealed to be a mafia spy trying to drag them into her shitty group. It was seriously stupid, and if Linqian was going to take a shady job back then (and now) it would be with Greyson, not the House of Cards. Luna did try to lure her into it, but she told her to fuck off. But honestly, Linqian barely remembers Luna now, and would quite like to keep things that way.

[right]Jinhai was always suspicious of Luna, and his suspicions turned out to be true. He was pissed when he found out Linqian was one of the ones she tried to drag into her mafia. [/right] [/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][b]Aislin[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Rose[/b][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/HKitH8d.png[/img]

[sup][i]"Start talking about dreams again and I’ll show you my fucking dreams."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]Linqian didn’t really have much of a view on Aislin ten years ago. They were amicable enough, but not to the point Linqian would consider her a friend. She didn’t dislike her either, but her idealism and naivety rubbed her the wrong way back then when Linqian was a dumb and reckless teen. Now Linqian’s someone who lives in the real world with a lot of fucking responsibilities, so her wide eyed idealism and dreams will only piss Linqian off more. Some of them have to live every day working their ass off just to make ends meet, she doesn’t have time for talks about peace and love and how doing good things will give you good karma. She doesn’t need good karma, she needs cold hard cash, and is fully prepared to tell Aislin to fuck off if she starts getting all idealistic at her.

[right]Jinhai had a low opinion of Aislin, though he didn’t share it with anyone outside of Linqian and anyone with similar opinions. He saw her as idiotic and naive, someone who had potential but wasted it. [/right]
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[/table][/hider]
[hider=Luca’s Sanity Retention Exercise][table][row][cell][h3][color=f4eb93][b]Britney[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Williams[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/viOvXFI.png[/img]

[sup][i]"She ruined my life in ways she’ll never know."[/i][/sup]
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October 10.
Recently, I’ve been forgetting things I don’t want to forget. Sometimes I worry that I’ll forget all those people I fought with ten years ago… So I’m going to write about them. I’ll start with Britney.

I bet everyone else thinks I hate Britney. I did, once. I was furious when she admitted to what she’d done, and made sure she got kicked out… I couldn’t stand to be around her. But it’s fine now. Really. I don’t remember when my feelings cooled down, but it was a while ago. Maybe when I found out I was dying. There’s just no point in devoting so much energy towards her, y’know? Actually, writing this is the last time I’m going to think about her, cause honestly I don’t feel anything about her at all.

(She did save me. But can it be considered saving me if I’m barely able to live? Sometimes I wish she hadn’t.)

[right][i]How intelligent. I will decay her last, as thanks for setting me free.[/i][/right][/cell][/row][row][cell][h3][color=3874f4][b]Drake[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Blackmore[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/Zw9wfIE.png[/img]

[sup][i]"I wish my abstraction let me make swords and shit."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell][hider=past]October 11.
Drake. I looked up to Drake, but I was also jealous of him. Sorta. It’s hard to explain! I wanted to be like him, I suppose. Athletic, cool… He reminds me a lot of the guys I used to play football with, when I could. I was jealous of them too. It's a gender thing, really. We barely talked, anyway, he left so early. 

Man, I really hope we can hang out this time around.[/hider]
October 23.
I can’t believe he punched Sloane. I really can’t. I looked up to him.. I mean, I still think he’s a good guy. He’s going through a lot, I get that. Sloane was out of line. She was so out of line! But that didn’t mean he could just punch her… It was such a shitshow. Hopefully Drake cools off before he comes back. He should apologise to Sloane… though she should also apologise to him. I can’t believe things got so heated day one. I wish I could’ve stopped it.

I still respect him, just… Not as much.

[right][i]Stupid. I’m sure I can corrupt this one first.[/i][/right][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][h3][color=CD5C5C][b]Linqian[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Han[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/1o7sydk.png[/img]

[sup][i]"Phew, just must be exhausted finding problems in everything."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]October 12.
Linqian… Another person I didn’t really talk to! I watched a lot of her arguments, though, wow. She could’ve done with stepping back a few times. Her brother seemed sound. Shame about him… Well, yeah. I wonder how she’s doing. Maybe she’ll be a bit nicer this time round. I don’t think she even knew I existed, back then. Can’t blame her! 

[right][i]Inane. An easy one to get rid of.[/i][/right][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][h3][color=Silver][b]Sloane[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Faris[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/MoGapjb.png[/img]

[sup][i]"I hope she’s learned how to smile."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell][hider=Past]October 13.
Sloane. I have never seen someone smile so little! And it’s been ten years! Not that I get out much… Last time we talked, like really talked, it wasn’t great. Understatement of the century, Luca. It was pretty shit. She did not approve of me wanting to get rid of the rot. Really didn’t hold back when telling me that either. She’s lucky I’m such a nice guy! Anyway, I understood where she was coming from. There’d be more threats coming and all, so we should use our powers against them, or something. She didn’t know it was killing me! Nor did I, actually. It was just an inconvenience then. 

She really was a downer, though. Could’ve done with some positivity. I’ll try pass that on if I see her again.[/hider]
October 23.
Sloane… really hasn't changed. You’d think after ten years you’d learn there’s some things you don’t say, but Sloane hasn’t! I can’t believe she thought it was Drake’s fault. I understand what it's like, wanting someone else to blame so you don’t have to deal with all the feelings… but it never helps. She needs to accept that it's no one's fault and that sometimes you can’t change things. It will make everything easier. Maybe I should try talk to her about it?

I don’t think she’ll talk to me, though. 

[right][i]Interesting. Could be of use.[/i][/right][/cell][/row][row][cell][h3][color=DE198A][b]Tayla[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Choi[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/Y2NoC6c.png[/img]

[sup][i]"She deserves peace, after what she went through."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]October 14.
Tayla. I really didn’t know Tayla, but it must’ve been horrible going through what she did. I heard from Olivia that she was in a real bad place after, too. Man, she deserved better, she seemed so fun.

[right][i]Blind. She will decay with the rest of the world..[/i][/right][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][h3][color=FFC1CC][b]"Edict"[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Devola[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/EWBD7FA.png[/img]

[sup][i]"Was he really part of the mafia?"[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]October 15.
Greyson. Gonna be controversial for all the people who’ll never read this, but I didn’t mind being around him. Even when he used his cozy centre thing on me. It was kind of nice. Not that I have many negative thoughts towards him, or at all, but it really helped get rid of the few I did have! Should’ve thanked him for that… Actually, I don’t think that would’ve gone down well. If he comes back I hope he brings his money… Just joking! I wouldn’t make him buy me that new bed I really need, anyway.

[right][i]Useful. He will help me crack this body.[/i][/right][/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][color=#8670AD][b]Kali[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Mahendra[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/2uZYHbF.png[/img]

[sup][i]"I can’t believe he’s dead.."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell][hider=past days]October 16.
Kali! Oh man, I’m so glad he’s around. Apart from Olivia he’s the only one I’ve kept in touch with. Wasn’t on purpose, we just met after the coven dissolved, but I’m glad we did! Really, having that in person contact really saved me at times. From forgetting how to speak like a reasonable person, that is, not anything else haha. I’m comfortable around him, and I’m pretty sure he’s comfortable with me. We’re friends. Yeah, shouldn’t be such a big deal at this age, but it's a real struggle for me. 

Hopefully he hasn’t figured out how bad my problem is.[/hider]
October 24.
I’m sorry, Kali, I should have done more to keep you alive. It was my fault for leaving you at Dairy Queen. I’m so sorry.

[right][i]So blissfully unaware. This one will decay on his own.[/i][/right][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][h3][color=6644ff][b]Jack[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Hawthorne[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/NvqYYuh.png[/img]

[sup][i]"He needs a good night’s sleep as much as I do."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]October 17.
Jack. He straight up disappeared! I’ve heard about everyone else every now and then, thanks to Olivia really, but not him. I think he went into the void… I didn’t know what it was then, but I do now. Can’t wait to hear all about it when he comes back.

[s]Assuming he comes back.[/s] He will be back!

[right][i]Dangerous. Must have seen so much destruction.[/i][/right][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][h3][color=goldenrod][b]"Sully"[color=2e2c2c].[/color]McPherson[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/Sp7PIxV.png[/img]

[sup][i]"You still a good shot?"[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]October 18.
Sully! Aw man, I miss Sully! He always knew how to lighten up the mood, we could talk about anything back in the day. I wonder how he’s doing… Haven’t heard from him, but I haven't heard from anyone. Hard to keep in touch when I keep destroying phones. He always threw the best parties. Well, I couldn’t really participate, but they seemed it. He really was a breath of fresh air when everyone else was so negative. I’m looking forward to seeing him again.

(I was jealous of him too, for a bit. I wish I could be part of their group. At least he treats me like one of the guys, mostly)

[right][i]Hindrance. The body is too happy around him.[/i][/right][/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][color=FFC1CC][b]Leon[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Richoux[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/FSxFXhZ.png[/img]

[color=3874f4][sup][i]"We’re pretty similar, even if he doesn’t know that yet."[/i][/sup][/color]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]October 19.
Leon… Uh, wow, this is a hard one. I hardly knew Leon, but I was around when he got adjoined. Well not part of the group that did it, but still in the coven. I really understand what it’s like not quite being in control. Having something so malevolent trapped inside of him must be a nightmare. At least I sort of coexist with the rot, he doesn’t seem to at all… He was nice to me back in the day as well. I wonder if he’s worried about losing himself too… Maybe I can talk to him, and help a bit. As someone who understands. [s]I should be concerned about myself first.[/s] 

[right][i]Will lose himself before this body does.[/i][/right][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][h3][color=00FF98][b]Stormy[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Carson[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/YPix3H6.png[/img]

[color=3874f4][sup][i]"I wonder if he ever made that magic condom..."[/i][/sup][/color]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell][hider=past]October 20.
Stormy. Uh, Stormy saved my ass a couple of times during the battle against the Stygian Snake. He saved everyone’s asses, really, but I probably would be dead without him. For a while I thought he’d be able to help me with my problem… Unfortunately, it wasn’t really a permanent fix, or one I wanted. He tried, though! I appreciated that. Stormy was a good guy. Is! He isn’t dead, haha. I hope. Yeah, no, I’m pretty sure he isn’t. If anyone’s still alive, it’ll be Stormy.[/hider]

November 1st.
I can’t thank Stormy enough for what he did yesterday. Without him, I might not have regained control. I would be in an even worse state today as well. It was so nice to have some time without the Rot! Stormy really hasn’t changed. He’s still that reliable protector. It was really nice actually spending time with him, having him round to my place… And not just because he could help with the Rot. I hope we can spend more time together. I know that if I ever need help, I can go to Stormy.

[right][i]Dangerous. Too well protected to get rid of easily.[/i][/right][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][h3][color=SlateGray][b]"Lyss"[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Burns[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/7zJYUtk.png[/img]

[color=3874f4][sup][i]"I’m sorry."[/i][/sup][/color]
[sup]_______________________________________________[/sup][/center]
[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]November 3rd.

Another dead… I’m sorry, Lyss.[/cell][/row]
[row][cell][h3][color=9966CC][b]Anya[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Baksh[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/VvitzLT.png[/img]

[color=3874f4][sup][i]"I really don’t want to see her."[/i][/sup][/color]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]October 21.
Anya. I don’t like Anya. It’s really hard for me to not like someone, but I don’t like her. She was never outright nasty but I could always tell she was looking down on me. I’d rather not have someone like that in my life… There’s enough going on without being judged. But hey, maybe she’s nicer now! You never know!

[right][i]Not a threat. Easy to corrupt.[/i][/right][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][h3][color=F08080][b]Evelynn[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Serenelight[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/zXGJQom.png[/img]

[sup][i]"Please don’t look into my future. I don’t want you to what will happen more than once."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]October 23.
I saw Lynn today! Honestly, I didn’t expect her to come back… and she kind of didn’t? But she turned up at Dairy Queen, so it basically counts. She’s still the same Lynn, I think. She did have a flask on her… I’m sure it's nothing bad. It was so nice to see her again, seriously! I wish I’d kept in touch… But that was hard with anyone other than Olivia. I can’t explain it, it just was. It’s so much harder to hide it from so many people.

I hope she didn’t pay attention to what Greta said. I’m sure she took it to mean because of Father Wolf, not anything else. I also hope she doesn’t look into my future. Not because I don’t want her to know… I just don’t want her to get hurt. It would be too horrible for her to see my death more than once. I’m sure it’s in all my futures… Please save yourself the pain, Lynn.

[right][i]One to watch. I’m sure she sees the destruction I’ll cause in the future.[/i][/right][/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][color=DA70D6][b]Lila[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Blackwood[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/CCk7att.png[/img]

[sup][i]"If you need any bird shit cleaned up, I’m your man! I’ll try not to rot away whatever it’s on too…"[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell][hider=past]October 23.
Wow, Lila has changed - for a moment I almost didn’t recognise her! But she looks so much happier, and I’m so happy for her. Like, I get it, of course. We talked about it before. I’m glad she can be who she always was. Really, really glad. She deserves it. I’m so glad to see her… It’s been too long. I’d forgotten how much I missed her company. Hopefully, this time we’ll be able to keep in contact till… Well. Y’know. But that doesn’t matter. We’re hanging out again, and I’m so happy about it.

I do hope Britney was able to help her with the Maiden she was talking about. Having something talking in your head is scary! I know that better than most. Really fucks with you, and Lila deserves to have her mind free of anything like that. And if it works… Maybe I’ll contact Britney too. I really hope it works [s]because I’m selfish[/s] for Lila![/hider]

November 1st.
The Maiden wasn’t sealed, and she knows the Rot somehow. I don’t… really understand. I feel really bad for Lila. She doesn’t deserve to be dealing with this. Those feathers looked so painful. Hopefully we can figure it out. Lila is one of my closest friends. I’m going to do everything I can to help her. I’ll put all of my energy into finding Father Wolf and helping her handle the Maiden! Because she deserves to live the life she wants to. [s]I just hope she doesn’t hate me for still liking some of 8th Street.[/s] 

[right][i]The Maiden has chosen a good host. I’m sure together they’ll do much for us.[/i][/right] [/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][color=98FB98][b]Jasper[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Wilde[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/PaqYK3h.png[/img]

[sup][i]"How do I even begin to describe Jasper? He’s… He’s just Jasper."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell][hider=Past]October 22.
Jasper, phew! Getting to the good ones huh… Jasper’s great. I hope he’s doing well. I haven’t heard from him since he left… Well I haven’t heard of anyone that didn’t join another coven, unless Olivia passed something on. Unless it’s online I won’t see it! I can’t blame him for leaving the coven before it got even worse, either, or for not keeping in touch. I didn’t do my part either. I hope he’s there tomorrow! I’d love to see anything he’s drawn recently, from a safe distance of course. I wouldn’t want to ruin that.

I really can’t wait to see him.[/hider]
November 2nd.

It’s been a week since Jasper came back into my life. I couldn’t be happier, honestly. I feel so comfortable around him. I feel more than comfortable. At first, it was like having another best friend. But now it's something more. My heart races when I’m with him, I blush, and I feel all sorts of strange feelings. It's similar to the constant rotting, but pleasant. Lila says it's because I like him. I think she’s right. I do like Jasper. I just want to spend all my time with him, he makes me so happy.

It’s a shame we could never be together. With the Rot, and him being straight… But it’s alright! I’m just happy being with him! Every moment spent together brings me joy. [s]I’m actually happy when I’m with him.[/s] I’m so glad Jasper’s in my life again… Even if we keep having to fight that weird skeleton.

[right][i]A nuisance to get rid of, before he causes this body too much joy.[/i][/right][/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][color=fd8a6c][b]Adora[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Phoenix-Prescott[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/eL8NcDg.png[/img]

[sup][i]"I’m sorry, I wish I could’ve been there for you. I’ll never stop missing Lisa too."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]October 22.
Adora.
…
It’s hard to write about Adora without remembering Lisa, and whenever I remember Lisa… Ah, it’s hard. She suffered so much, and she didn’t deserve it. She was one of the best of us. So was Adora. Adora saved me so many times… Like that time we were flying away from Scott Reese, me dangling from Lisa’s spider, and almost fell to our deaths! I wish I could look back on that fondly, but it only makes me sad. Lisa also saved me then. You both did. 

I hope that Adora’s doing alright. She deserves peace, and to be doing better. I hope she doesn’t come back tomorrow… Not because I don’t want to see her! Of course I do! But I don’t think it’ll be good for her. Everything will be a reminder. I understand that. It’s difficult even without… That. But if she does come back, I’ll try to let her know I’m here for her, as much as I can be.

[right][i]Once so strong, now so weak, no longer a threat. Can be dealt with later.[/i][/right][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][h3][color=7ABBFF][b]Layla[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Hyacinthus[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/N7lXXfC.png[/img]

[sup][i]"Don’t listen to it, Layla. It won’t work out."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]October 24.
I… honestly didn’t remember Layla. She was hardly around me, and it’s been so long. I can’t believe she’s adjoined with the void now. No one should be adjoined with the void. It’s horrible, with what it did to Alizee… You don’t deserve that. You’re too young. Believe me, it’s not worth it.

[right][i]The void is so quick to find another victim. Good.[/i][/right][/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][color=lightblue][b]Clancy[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Patrick[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/9TAdKEN.png[/img]

[sup][i]"Please, go home where it’s safe."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]October 24.
There was a kid at the meeting? What the fuck? I think he said his name’s Clancy and he’s Ashley’s cousin… But still, he shouldn’t be here! Does he not know how dangerous it could be? Does he even have magic? Shit, I should keep my distance just in case. 

[right][i]Hardly a child.[/i][/right][/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][color=5F30D2][b]Kenshiro[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Murakin[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/CY84i9T.png[/img]

[sup][i]"Kennnn! Bro, it’s so nice to see you! How was, uh, I don’t remember the other universes name, but how was it?"[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]
October 25.
Oh man, Ken. I love Ken. I didn’t have a chance to write about him before… honestly, he’s one of the coven members who's freshest in my memory. He’s a good friend, and visits me quite regularly when he’s not off in other worlds. Which are super cool to hear about! He keeps bringing me back stuff that he think will help with my pain and the rot… Sometimes it helps with the pain, but my meds already do that. None of it has affected the rot, but I don’t mind! I’m just glad he’s trying to help and visits me. 

He’s… probably seen me deteriorate more than anyone. I don’t think it’s obvious yet, but he might have guessed. He knows how much pain I’m in, at least, which I’ve tried to hide. He doesn’t know I’m dying. I hope he doesn’t find out. He’s too nice to have to carry that, and he’s already lost so many. I hope that my death doesn’t become another burden he has to carry.

[right][i]A possible threat. Unlikely to find a cure, but always a chance.[/i][/right][/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][b]Aaron/Aryin[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Thorne[/b][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/iKcIsHW.png[/img]

[sup][i]"I heard you’re in 317 like Jasper! What’s he like at work?"[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]
October 26.
Me and Aaron got on, but weren’t really close… He was good friends with Ella, though, so I knew him a bit through her! Honestly… it makes it hard to think about him. I miss Ella. I’m sure he does too. I had less in common with Aryin. She was much friendlier with people like Linqian. It’s a shame, because maybe she’s the one person I could get close to- haha… we’re not that similar though. 

[right]Too stupid to be an issue.[/right]
[/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][color=789CAA][b]Amara[color=2e2c2c].[/color]King[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img][/img]

[sup][i]"Exactly how many of you are there?"[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]
October 26.
Amara’s another one I didn’t know very well. She was always planning, then fighting on the front lines with her army of one. I thought she was- is- cool. I liked how chill she was. I always felt like I could relax around her… I didn’t have to worry so much. I hope that she’s alright, since she hasn’t come back. Maybe she’ll join later?

[right]An interesting abstraction, leaving the original lacking…[/right]
[/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][color=789CAA][b]”Luna”[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Inoue[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/WZATX3J.png[/img]

[sup][i]"Maybe you need help, but we can’t help you."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]
October 27.
I didn’t know Luna long before she was kicked out. She seemed nice… but how much of that was fake? She didn’t try to approach me, but she did others. We were teenagers who’d already been through enough, how could she try to recruit us into a mafia of all things. 

Even someone like me can’t have a positive opinion of someone like her.

[right]Will rot with the rest, along with her group.[/right][/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][b]Aislin[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Rose[/b][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/HKitH8d.png[/img]

[sup][i]"Do you mind, uh, taking that elsewhere- [i]cough[/i]- I have asthma! Sorry, Aislin!"[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]
October 27.
Aislin… oh, what’s Aislin up to, I wonder? I haven’t seen her since the coven broke up, but I really liked her. She was always so cheerful and optimistic… It was nice to have someone else who saw the bright side of things! There weren't a lot of us. Aislin was always easy to be around, when she wasn’t smoking. It wasn’t so bad then but now… I don’t think I’d be able to handle it. My lungs aren’t what they used to be [s]even then it hurt[/s]. I really hope she’s doing well! I’d love to see her again. 

[right]To naive to pose a threat.[/right]
[/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][b]Bé[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Rochefoucauld[/b][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/kAAi3GO.jpeg[/img]

[sup][i]"We’ve all been hurt. That doesn’t give you an excuse to hurt other’s."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]
October 28.
I hardly knew Bé, and I’m glad. He was like Anya, but at least she tried to hide her true feelings. He didn’t bother. Maybe I should respect his honesty? But it’s difficult to when he’s so cold. I hope that he’s grown, and found some positivity in his life. 

[right]Oh, corruption runs deep in this one.[/right]
[/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][b]Kari[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Wilson[/b][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/l4OMcKg.png[/img]

[sup][i]"You’ll never know how sorry I am. I hope you're finally at peace."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]
October 10.
I… I wish things were different. I should have listened to you, Kari. I should have given you more time. I didn’t. I didn’t and now you’re gone. I couldn’t believe it when I heard that you were dead. Of course you’re dead. If anyone could stop Father Wolf, it would be you. I’m sorry I couldn’t do anything about it.

And I’m so sorry I worked with Emily. You were right. Emily isn’t a good person. I never thought she was, but I thought there was a chance. She only got worse. I tried to stop it, but it didn’t work. And she’s stringing along so many people who need help… She was pretending to help me and Carol, but she wasn’t doing anything. I’m- I’m not sorry for joining 8th Street. Some of them were- are- like family to me. I love them. But I loved you too. And now you’re gone. I’m so sorry. But… I’m also glad you won’t have to see me go. Like Lisa, Saskia and Ella… I’m sure you don’t care for me as much. Not after I betrayed you.

But I’ll do my best to make sure no one else dies. I’ll stay hopeful even when no one else does. There’s a way out of this. I hope you’re happy, in whatever there is afterwards, with Lisa, Ella and Saskia. Thank you for trying. I hope you know just how much you did for us- for me. I’ll miss you.

[right]All good things rot eventually.[/right]
[/cell][/row]
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[sub][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/191944-sycamore-tree-relationships-fern/ooc]Extended Relationships[/url][/sub]