[CHAR] Nocte of Desperatio: A PMMM-based roleplay

Characters masterpost

Minerva Frietchinkov @GreenGoat
Celeste Stride@Shaymin
Elsa Witter @Flamelord
Dariya@AtomicNut

[GreenGoat]

Minerva Frietchinkov

Human

Name: Minerva Frietchinkov

Age:17

Appearance:

She's relatively tall, at around 170cm, with around 55kg in weight.

Personality:
A normally quiet person, she was nevertheless stubborn in her own way. Hardheaded enough to stand firm in what she believes in, but not enough to blind her to reason. However, she was only really concerned about herself and her family. Anyone else wasn't of her concern, not unless she stands to gain from them. Not that that quality often shows itself to others, for she'd much rather stay cooped up in her room and read. Without a doubt, she favours being indoors as much as she could, loathing the hassle of going out and actually being presentable. It didn't help that she wasn't exactly good around people. However, she did take any responsibilities she had seriously, even those that required her to go out. Tends to take mannerisms and behaviours from things she had read in certain situations.

Backstory: Having lost her mother since birth, she lived with her father, a simple man who did everything he could to make ends meet. It wasn't enough however. Bills after bills came, and debt started piling up. She worked a sidejob, her father worked extra hours, but still it wasn't enough.

One night a strange cute creature came up to her and introduced itself as Kyubey. Convinced it was a dream, she started talking to it. It was quite odd for her to do so, considering she never really talked much to anyone not her father, but she felt as if she trust the little critter. It was a cute animal after all, one she wasn't familiar with, and it was talking as well. Thus, when it offered her a wish, in exchange for a life of fighting against witches, she didn't give it more than a second second thought before asking for a wish.

It was a simple wish, made with thoughts of her father and his rants when he thought he was alone.

For such a nebulous wish, it was still granted. However, being as nebulous as it was, it was no surprise when what she got wasn't really what she wished for. Her father did get his connection and success, but it was in the criminal underworld instead. He gained, very quickly, money and influence, changing her life rapidly from a struggling girl barely able to afford lunch to a rich pampered miss with everything she could ever want.

Minerva had tried confessing what she did to her father, but he, now being one of the kingpins of a major crime syndicate, simply dismissed it as her fleeting fancy.

Her life as a magical girl wasn't that great either. She didn't have any real skill to use, nor any real physical skills to use in combat. Only her relatively large pool of mana seemed to be the only thing she had going for her. That was, until she figured out she could simply use her father's connection to help, bringing in smuggled weapons and vehicles to help with her nightly excursions. Her father didn't mind, thinking it just another one of her phases. They certainly have more than enough money to burn.

Wish: "I see. Then, I wish for my father to finally gain that connection and success he always talked about."

Skills: She didn't have much in terms of skills; she mostly relies on her own knowledge and on what she read about. Even without a driving license, she could drive a variety of vehicles, and those she couldn't she would just use her ability on. Other than that, she has the ability to read quickly, great instinct and great manual dexterity.

Weaknesses: She doesn't have any real great physical traits, nor any real training.

Magical Girl

Appearance and Theme Color: Red.

Her soul gem is located on her right hand as a red gem.
Magical Weapon: A white hilted sword with a black blade, and a long strip of white cloth attached to the scabbard and her hand.
Magical Ability: Her ability manifests as a fog, as nebulous as her wish. She can spread it out to around 300m in a radius around her as well as change the fog's color. However, her wish for influence did give the fog the ability to manipulate and enhance vehicles as well as the ability to store vehicles — and anything non living within the vehicle — inside the fog itself..

Physical stats
Attack = 1
Defense = 1
Agility = 2 + 1
Mana = 5 + 2

Experience = 6 + 1

Despair
3

Karmic Potential
4

[Shaymin]

Celeste Stride

Human

Name: Celeste Stride
Age: 16
Appearance:
Height: 156cm
Weight: 52 kg
Celeste has a compact build that boasts a slightly muscular tone. She is often seen in simple yet flowy dresses or a simple solid color top over various a-line skirts. She carries herself with a certain grace and wouldn't be caught dead lazing around in pajamas or tacky clothing. She's not particular about wearing bright colors and her wardrobe mainly consists of neutral tones: blacks, greys, the like; with some muted colors here and there. She has her hair up in pigtails or in a single braid.

Personality:
Celeste is a level-headed person who favors practicality over theories. She's down to earth and does not waste time on wishy-washy aspirations and what-if scenarios. Instead, she breaks up her wishes into attainable goals and achieves them. If its not something within her limits, she won't waste time moping about it.She is very persevering and once she makes up her mind to do something it can be very hard to destroy her determination. Celeste is not open to others and keeps everyone at a distance. She often performs as an observer, taking in everything going around her but not actively being involved in it. She is rather emotionally unavailable, cutting down connections with others at the first of conflict. She can be brutally honest sometimes; often at the cost of hurting the other person.

Backstory:
Growing up in an orphanage, Cel faced the same emotional neglect and hostility that many other children her age did. There was often a constant fight for every physiological and psycho-social need and she often found herself losing these battles. Celeste figured out the hard way that she'd have to stand her ground in a fight to survive amidst the others. Having met Kyuubey spelt out an all time high for Celeste. She finally had her own place, could attend a better education and much more. The healing process could finally begin; and she started becoming more tolerant to being in the company of her peers. She's even the class representative at her new school. Its been a year since then and though the rush Celeste felt initially was all too real ,the magic is starting to slowly wear off. There were things still missing from her life.Though she feels the dreariness of her previous days slowly return, Celeste does her best to keep moving forward. She's not the kind of person to get stuck in a rut or regret decisions.

Wish: I wish to be rich and self-sustaining for the rest of my life.

Skills:
Stamina: Though she isn't a full-blown athlete, Cel has remarkable stamina. She has often seen fights and battles till the end despite some of them getting very long- winded.
Flexible: Her days at the orphanage have made Cel very adaptive to a variety of situations. If she can't work with certain people or rules, she'll work around them.
Analyst: Celeste has a great knack for observing situations and is not quick to make rash decisions. That is not to say that she lacks the ability to think on her feet in the least. She often ponders over the meaning of hints dropped subtly by anyone and is quick to notice if their facial expressions betray their feelings.

Weaknesses:
Cynical/Critical: She is not afraid to give others a piece of her mind and tell exactly what she thinks of them. She is a bit of a skeptic by nature, finding it hard to give anyone the benefit of doubt or believing in anyone's "generally good" intentions.
Stubborn: Once she makes up her mind, she can be foolishly stubborn. Even if proven wrong or silly, it takes arduous efforts to make Cel change her mind. She has rubbed quite a lot of people the wrong way due to her obstinate nature. Only the truly patient can tolerate her when she's being stubborn.

Magical Girl

Appearance and Theme Color: Amethyst


Her soul gem is a flower-shaped brooch on her dress when she transforms. When resting, it acts as a hair pin.
Magical Weapon:Dual blades

Hider

Magical Ability:
Floral cover When in danger, she can summon a large amethyst bud that engulfs her whole and turns into a resilient material, impervious to most attacks. The cover can also shield up to 2 others in her immediate proximity.
Gale of petals
When switching from defense to attack, Cel can cause her floral cover to dissipate into several needle-sharp petals that can be deadly to her targets.
Misdirection Cel can summon up to 4 decoy targets at a time. These have 0 offensive power and burst into harmless petals when attacked with a medium-strength attack. They look like her, but lack any personality.

Physical stats

• Attack: 3
• Defense: 10
• Agility: 2
• Mana: 5 + 2

Experience
4 + 1

Despair
2

Karmic Potential
3

[Flamelord]

Elsa Witter

Human

Name: Elsa Witter
Age: 15
Appearance:

Transformed

Personality: Elsa is a relatively cold person emotionally. She does her best to only show positive emotions and feelings, keeping those that would be considered negative to herself. She does a fairly good job of muting her own feelings, but it also results in her getting frustrated and letting those dangerous emotions build up inside her, she just tries to not explode on other people. By the same token however her feelings are also muted, and she doesn't feel strongly about anything really. She might care, but it is never a primary driving factor for her. she's also fairly easy to please, and can hold on to her grudges for a while, though she may keep them to herself.
Backstory: Elsa wasn't that special for a long time in her life. She was the eldest of two sisters, and always had some burden of responsibility upon her. But she could live with it, and did her best to meet those expectations. Growing up she was always more intellectually focused, writing and acting, that sort of thing. It was a useful escapism, for her.

It was especially important as her family moved around a bit because of her father's work. It was never particularly far, but slowly she felt hold friends slipping through her fingers, losing contact and never talking with them after some time. Initially it didn't bother her, but she was always left with that lingering worry in her mind, that she shouldn't get to know people because she would just move and never see them again.

She tried to ignore that though, and did stay in one spot for her high school career. With the pressure to succeed and get into college she was also able to try out her first romantic relationship. It...didn't work out, to put it mildly, and in the fallout from that she was approached by Kyubey, and made her wish. Now Elsa is ready to become a magical girl, not quite sure what she's gotten herself into .
Wish: "I wish....I wish I didn't have to hurt like this any more."
Skills:

• Music
• Writing
• Bicycling

Weaknesses:

• Has a tendency to repress things until she explodes
• Can be easily distracted when she wants to be
• She might be a tad too respectful of authority figures, even if she doesn't want to listen.

Magical Girl

Appearance and Theme Color: Elsa's soul gem is a cerulean blue color, located on the side of her collar in a circular shape when she is transformed. When not transformed her soul gem is a ring on her finger, or a Faberge Egg. You know, like every magical girl ever
Magical Weapon: Elsa wields a blue spear with a crook in the middle of the blade, that is geared towards melee combat. It has a long hilt, and is very sharp.
Magical Ability: Pain Nullification - While all magical girls have some ability to dull pain when in a fight, Elsa takes this to a grater extent than normal. She is able to completely nullify any feeling of pain in her body, without the loss of reflex speed and attachment that would come from using such an ability normally. Of course this drains her mana at an increased rate when active, but that's to be expected. On the passive level it provides a boost against magic that would otherwise be mentally damaging.

Physical stats
Available points= 20
(Each attribute has a max value of 10)

• Attack - 7
• Defense - 2
• Agility - 4
• Mana - 6

Experience
1 - A raw newbie, who only knows what she's been told by Kyubey

Despair
0 (I assume)

Karmic Potential
6

[AtomicNut]

Dariya

Human

Name: Dariya Vasiliyevna Belenko AKA Hydr4_00
Age:18
Appearance:

Hider

Personality:Dariya is a happy-go-lucky girl with a catty, easygoing attitude. She always talks in a sweet, kind voice, and doesn't shy from personal contact. She often tries to make light of harsh or dark situations, and she absolutely enjoys interacting with friends and eating fine foods. Her attitude seems sometimes rather "disconnected" from reality at times.

There's a good reason for that. In truth, Dariya's sunshine smile is a well crafted mask in which she appears harmless and innocent, while in truth being an hedonistic manipulator with a never ending lust for food or boys... even magical girls. Her self-indulging nature is a byproduct of a harsh, unforgiving life experience, and she is much more cunning and mentally-resilient than any ditz could ever hope to be. She doesn't mind selling her body or soul (she already did that? whoops) if it furthers her goals. A nihilist and existentialist, she takes every blow in stride and flair, smiling back with the most hypocrisy she can muster, for humans are trash, and she's no worse than them. But at least she can pretend being good to keep her lust objects happy.

Should anyone trample anyone of her twisted "flower garden"... the mask shall fall, and Dariya will reveal herself as the twisted ugly person she really is.

Backstory: Dariya was born out of a whimsical fancy of an Ukrainian engineer and a callgirl. At first it seemed everything out like a fairytale. Superdad the awesome fixit engineer and mom the cuddling hottie. And then the first miscarriage came. And then a second. Things went really sour at the homestead. But dad kept climbing in job and responsability, and couldn't keep an eye on the emotionally jagged mom who spent nights silently crying into her sleep on an empty bed. While Dariya watched it all. And since she didn't know what to do she just smiled and assured things would still turn fine.

It was then when his father was caught cheating on her mother with a younger coworker, and any hope they had of familiar life was thrown out of the window. The home war just started. Mother began cheating father in retaliation, bringing sleazy individuals home which reeked of alcohol to do adult things and be noisy.

And Dariya, for the sake of her family, still just smiled and said things would turn out fine. All the way through highschool, she kept pretending her household, everyone kept pretending life at home was fine, when it was not. So Dariya made an attempt of willpower and focused on her studies. She had inherited the genes of her mother, and had developed quite in a spectacular, if homely, highschool beauty.

So the envious, jealous and bullies made a target of her, harassing her, sabotaging her homework, and treating her as if she were a dumb, fat cow.

But Dariya kept smiling and pretending she was fine. Everything was fine.

And then she suddenly lost sight on her right eye after a particulary nasty streak of headaches. And it was the worst case scenario. And Dariya was sent to be treated to the cancer ward. Given her age, her illness was swift, and the outlook rather grim. The illusion at home finally fell apart. Her father beat her mom in frustration, blaming her, or more precisely, her ancestors who lived in the Chernobyl area for the reason why Dariya had cancer (even though no one could be sure of that being a cause). While Dariya was barely hanging for her life in the hospital while they poked around her brain, hair falling off, and becoming increasingly emaciated, her mother was kicked out of her house.

But there were other people of her age, or even younger in the cancer ward. So Dariya smiled... and still pretended everything was fine.

And then her mother was found overdosed in the street. And her father gave up on Dariya and just kept tossing money at her out of responsability without appearing at the hospital. He also married another woman, just a week after mother was dead. Dariya still keep the smile. She couldn't cry. The medication had burnt her tear ducts so badly she could not.

And then Kyubey appeared.

Wish:"Okay, they really shot up the morphine this time, cause I swear to god I'm seeing a white talking-bunny thing? Oh, you're real? Figures. Magical wish? Yeaaah sure. Get in the van, we have candy, right? Stupid hallucinatory rat. Welp, not like I could lose much, given I do have a FUCKING TERMINAL CANCER. I can't ask you to cure all the cancer in the world, right? "Not enough karmic potential". Pff, so even a magical -fucking- apparition has its limits, uh? Okay, how about the entire ward and me freed of cancer? Yeah, that would be swell. A catch. Fighting witches. Look, I live on borrowed time anyway, Witches I can handle. NOW GRANT MY WISH IF YOU ARE REAL, MMKAY <3"
Skills:
Actress: Inheriting from her mother her good looks and sweet voice, Dariya can appear as innocent and pure as an angel, and even lie to the face of veteran police inspectors to their faces without being caught. She is also skilled in finding emotional openings on other people to exploit aswell.

Duress: Dariya found that during her ordeal, she was much more accepting and resistant than most people. What would break many, she could grit her teeth, take it in stride and then write it off as another unfortunate event. Death smiles to us all, so we all should smile back, is what Dariya lives for.

Tech Wiz: Dariya inherited from her father a knack for mathematics and technology. She can crunch numbers like a pro, and given her long stay in the cancer ward, she entertained herself polishing up her hacking skills to spy on other people as a past time. She can even build some small electronics if pushed hard enough.

Polygloth: Given her background, she is fluent in Ukrainian. She can also do rather decently in English and knows Russian.

Weaknesses:

Frail Body: Even after forcefully regenerating from a cancer ward, she is still somewhat prone to injury easily. Her reclusive nature as a hacker didn't help.
Sadistic: Dariya's mask is hard to knock off, but whenever that happens, she is bound to go the extra mile to cause pain even for her own amusement.
Lustful: Well... this one is self explaining.
Aracnophobia: Due to a bullying incident in High school, spiders scare the wits out of her almost immediately.

Magical Girl

Appearance and Theme Color: Green

Dress

Imagine this in green instead of blue.

Gem: A pristine green emerald encased in a circular mold that resembles the Ouroboros, the symbol of renewal, a snake who eats its own tail. The location of the gem is hidden in her cleavage, affixed to the sternum.

Magical Weapon: Metal Wires. It's a rather awkward weapon, since she needs to do a lot of flair and movement to make it cut targets, but they can bind objects solidly and even help for transportation Indiana Jones style, and shielding if need be.
Magical Ability: Healing. That's it. Improved healing. Like Sayaka. But it works on others aswell.

Physical stats

• Attack:2
• Defense:2
• Agility:7+3
• Mana: 9+1

Experience 0 (Pfff)

Despair =0

Karmic Potential: 4