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You know you're getting old when you start getting excited after discovering a new cleaning product that makes it SO, SO MUCH easier to clean stains from the bathroom floor.
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You know you're getting old when you start getting excited after discovering a new cleaning product that makes it SO, SO MUCH easier to clean stains from the bathroom floor.
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5 mos ago
I'm back! Still recovering but I'm finally home again.
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5 mos ago
So... I ended up having to be hospitalized... Doing fine but not enough to go home yet. Sorry for the delays. Hopefully will be back home this week.
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10 mos ago
I've just realized that in all the 9 years I've been part of this site, I've never had to change my name, make an alt account or anything like that!
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Bio
"Humanity takes great pride in three things. Their willpower, their greed and their mortality.
Their will and endless greed allows them to grow and ascend past other creatures But their mortality denies them divinity
It's a delightful purgatory between being Fallen and being Divine"
Each time that the engine was turned on, one of the cages moved. It happened two times until that moment. And the ones who were taken didn't returned. Many questions passed through Yu-Pha's head, all of them without answer. She was certain that once out of the cage, her life would be in danger. She didn't knew who were her opponents, but she wouldn't go down that easily.
Exercising helped her to think, it helped her to focus on her surroundings and understand things better, she passed most of her time training and exercising, so it was only natural for her to get used to it.
"I didn't know we had another friend here," Yu-Pha heard one of the other people talking. He was talking something about getting away, a truly positive speech. For Yu-Pha, being positive was just foolish. Before she could answer him, the cage opened, making her drop to the ground. Luckily, she was doing push ups, so she could easily avoid being hurt by the fall. As she looked around, she saw the other ones falling as well, one after another.
"Rand! Are you-" she heard as another cage opened.
"Yes, another one." she said answering to Rand's statement, before starting to walk towards the door. She didn't know what she was dealing with, but there was no time to study. If she stood there, she would probably be taken just like the other two.
"Are you all okay?" A woman asked them, after hitting the ground with a yelp.
"For the time being, yes." Yu-Pha answered, opening the basement door. The dim light coming from outside the door showed her sweaty body, the defined and strong muscles. As she turned around to face the others, the many white scars marking her back reflected the light coming from the outside, shining like streaks of light.
"Remember, we haven't escaped. We were released. Usually when this happens, its the time where we need to fight for our lives." @Doc@SouffleGirl123
Kamilah
Lobby
"Attention, this is the Manager. There is a report of some humans 'escaping' from their cells. Any who capture one can claim them," Kamilah heard the broadcast carefully, followed by the manager telling her to follow Nixon, that he would take care of her food.
"Thank you Nixon! I'm unbelievably hungry, and you know how I get when I get too hungry... I would kill for a some food right now! " Kamilah said, with a mischievous smile and a giggle. Aside from the beautiful voice and the innocent giggle, if you took a closer look, you would see her fangs showing when she smiled and the slight emphasis she gave to the word "kill"
"Anyways, what's with the humans escaping? Haven't heard about something like that happening in a long time." she said, a little excited about being able to "claim" one of them. Well... not really claim, but to serve as her companion.
"I'll try to get one myself when I finish eating." she said, following Nixon with a big smile on her face.
"Oh, and what happened around here while I was out? I see we have some new faces! Its always refreshing to meet new people." Kamilah said, waving to the tiny fairy like girl with a smile as she followed Nixon through the Lobby.
"Come on Nixon! Don't be like that! I'm sure you have some interesting things to tell me!" Kamilah said, swiftly moving near him and whispering on his ear.
A cage... Another cage... Being trapped wasn't anything new to Yu-Pha. Apparently there were others there with her, as it was evident by the many different voices that woke her up. Jennifer, Adelaide, Rand, Markus... The names faded from her mind as soon as she heard them.
The words that came from the speakers still ringed on her ears "Shipment", "Request". She didn't knew where she was, but the way the voice spoke hinted one thing: they were disposable. Wasn't that different from the Underground rings... Yu-Pha was treated like a "disposable" good for a good while now. The only thing she could do is use her body and her mind to survive. The single word that flashed on her head every single second she was awake all those eleven years was still there. Burnt in her mind, like a searing wound: SURVIVE. On the first 5 years, she hated her captors. That hate, that rage fueled her. Fighting like a beast, her hands were already stained with blood, but she didn't care. Not anymore. As the years passed, the hate she felt became part of her. There were simply to many people to hate... So many people who watched her fight and laughed, the ones who whipped her, the guards, her opponents...
When hope fades away, when your instincts fail you, when your strength is not enough, there are only three possible outcomes: or you break, getting completely mad, turning either into a beast that hates everything and everyone, hopelessly flailing its arms, teeth, claws at everything who gets nearby or the husk of a living being, completely giving up. But some turn into a monster far worse than a beast... Hands too dirty with blood to care about lives. A cold and calculist mind, forged over the remnants of feelings, hopes and dreams long sealed and forgotten. A strong body forged by hate and revenge, fueled by fear and despair. Even if it tries to hide in the skin of a human, a monster's eyes will remain the same.
When all that is left is fear and despair, there is only one thing that will save you: turn all your fear, all the pain and agony you feel into hate. Let this hate burn, let it be your fuel, let your wrath consume all the needless feelings, everything that it was taken away from you: love, compassion, freedom. Sharpen your mind into a deadly blade, forge your body into a fortress.
"Sharpen your mind and forge your body, lest they fail you when you more need them." Yu-Pha said to herself, doing the only thing she could, doing push ups while thinking about what to do next.
"Hello everyone! I missed all of you!" Kamilah said, walking in the lobby. As always, it was simply impossible to ignore her presence, she looked almost like a porcelain doll, with a white mantle over her shoulders. Her sweet smile and the impeccably white fangs showing when she smiled only made her even more beautiful. Delicate but dangerous, she had a different type of charm, not like a succubus or a siren, it was something more unique, her own charm. She looked inoffensive, innocent, and fragile, but small details shown otherwise: the strong hips and tail, the tiny hint of mischief behind that sweet smile, the way her hips swung when she moved... But then you stared at that delicate, white and innocent smile again. That uncertainty, that duality was her charm.
"So you have another "shipment" of humans?" she asked, with a small hint of discontentment on her face. "Well, for the new faces, my name is Kamilah, the older ones may already know me. Feel free to ask for any medical help if you need. I would be glad if you decided to drop by my room to have a nice talk. I'll be at my room if you need me." she said, smiling to everyone in the lobby and getting to her room.
Getting there, she immediately went to the intercom. "Would you please bring some meat for me? I'm sooo~ hungry! It was a long trip after all!" she asked by intercom. "And... if there is any... wounded human, send them to my room ok? Just don't make a fuss about it, ok? That will be our little secret." she said whispering, to prevent or at least try to prevent other to hear.
Appearance: With brown, long hair and hazel eyes Yu-Pha, or Pha for short, stands at 1,86m. has a very athletic and muscular body. Her back is filled with thin, white scars, typical of those caused by a whip.
Personality: Yu-Pha was once a cheerful, and rather tomboyish girl, but due the type of life she was obligated to live, she became very cold and quiet. She rarely initiates a conversation, and only speaks to answer someone. She rarely shows any emotions and is a very closed person. She will try her hardest to survive, even if it means bowing down to someone or fighting and killing someone. She is not idiot though, and knows when she has no choice but to be quiet and accept orders. Yu-Pha cares deeply about her body, as is the only thing she has and is proud of, almost like it symbolizes her will to never stop fighting for her life.
Relationships: None. Her parents are dead and she has no friends or anyone who cares about her.
History: Yu-Pha was once a very happy 11 years girl, who loved her parents, loved training Muay Thai and had a good life. But it all changed the day she won the regional Muay Thai championship, being the youngest athlete in 10 years to win the competition. Obviously the eyes of many people were turned to her that day due to her victory, but sadly, she drew the attention of the wrong people as well.
Muay Thai is know for being a very dangerous and lethal martial arts, so much that many moves are forbidden on championships and competitions for being too dangerous to use. Not surprisingly, Illegal Muay Thai fighting arenas are rather common on the underground world of this brutal martial art. A world that the innocent Yu-Pha would be forced into.
With her parents dead, shot in front of her eyes, Yu-Pha was kidnapped. The years after that day passed in a colorless blur to her. Her life resumed into fighting for her life until she could no longer stand, cruel trainings filled with beatings, whippings, eating only enough for her body to stay healthy and trying to stay alive for one more day.
A few years of this routine transformed Yu-Pha into a cold person. She was obligated to suppress her feelings and emotions, shield both her mind and body, or she would break, physically and mentally. When the illegal fighting ring she was forced to compete was shut down, her captors had no more use to her. She was too strong and ferocious to be used in a brothel, as the few times they tried resulted in the client being killed by her, and they didn't needed another mouth to feed, so she was sold to a very particular buyer.
A few weeks later, Yu-Pha was inside a cage, being transported to somewhere. She didn't cared who bought her, or where they were going. She had only one thought on her mind, the only thought that kept her alive all these years, almost like an instinct: to survive..
Other: Highly tolerant to pain.
Name: Kamilah
Age: 19 (65) Lamias can live to over 800 years.
Gender: Female
Species: Lamia
Appearance: A bright platinum hair, red eyes, white scales and skin coupled with a delicate face make Kamilah stand out a lot, even more than the fact that she is a lamia. Her full length is around to 9 meters from head to the tip of her tail, being a little over 2m when standing up (although her height can vary depending on how high she stands on her tail). To make things worse, Kamilah enjoys wearing white clothes, making her presence literally impossible to ignore when she enters a room. Although sharp teeth and long fangs are considered to be a scary trait on other supernatural creatures, Kamilah's long snake fangs and sharp teeth give her a very unique charm.
Personality: Kamilah is a very kind person with a very sweet personality, but she has the bad habit of using her sharp tongue and charm to influence and manipulate others in order to get what she wants. Although Kamilah will use her body and charm to her favor, she will get flustered if someone from the opposite sex flirts with her or answers seriously to her flirts. She doesn't know how to react when males take the lead and make the first move (as its almost always the other way around). Kamilah is very intelligent and intelectual, loving to read and talk about many things, be it medicine, physics, history, religion & etc.
Weapons: -
She uses those as hairpins on her hair.
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A silver choker with a thin, needle like dagger hidden inside it.
-Tail Scythe: At first look, it seems to be only a set of golden bracelets with a curved decorative blade she uses tied on the end of her tail, but on closer inspection one can perceive that the curved, stinger like blade is actually made of steel. Small enough to be mistaken as an accessory, but big enough to cut or stab with a razor sharp blade and a deadly precision.
Powers: - Enhanced Sense of Smell (Forked Tongue)
- Muscular Tail (Constrict, agility, climb)
- Infrared Thermal Radiation Sensors
- Extremely poisonous bite (fangs)
Weaknesses: - Her enhanced sense of smell can work against her, confusing and making her dizzy when near multiple strong smells (such as strong colognes, perfumes & etc.)
- Cold Blooded (Like all reptiles, Kamilah is cold blooded. She will fall unconscious and hibernate if her body temperature falls too much, or even freeze to death in more extreme cases)
- Muscular tranquilizers are especially effective on her, due to her tail being almost entirely made of muscle.
- She can be killed by beheading, piercing her heart & etc.
- Will let her instincts control her and will hunt / ambush any possible prey nearby, not caring if its a friend or a foe if she gets too hungry.
Guest/Worker: Guest, although she has been one for a long time, and its always ready to offer medical attention to anyone who asks. So even if she doesn't work there, she is basically seen as the Hotel's resident medic.
How you intend to use your humans: Although Kamilah will feed on humans who try to hurt her or who treat her badly, she isn't cruel with them. For her, the fact that the natural order exists, and they are prey, doesn't mean she needs to hate them or treat them badly. Other residents may not know but its widely known by the staff that she asks for wounded humans to be delivered into her room and take care of their wounds.
Relationships: Currently none. Only her tribe that lives on Cairo, Egypt.
Bio: Kamilah was born on Cairo, Egypt. On certain parts of Egypt, Lamias are treated like divine beings, and live together in a tribe. Kamilah learned medicine since she was small, just like her mother. She took care of anyone who came nd asked for her help, and even some other supernatural creatures that sometimes appeared there. Why she left Egypt then if she had a wonderful life? Well... For lamias, which are an exclusively female race, they need males from other races to have their offspring. This coupled with the fact that Lamias naturally have the tendency to travel to see visit different places created an tradition amongst Lamias. When they feel they are ready, a young Lamias will get out of their tribe, travelling to many different places and meeting many new people, until she finds a suitable mate for her. When she finds one, the tradition says that after consuming their union, she needs to bring him to her tribe, where he can meet with the other Lamias.
A tribe of lamias function almost like a family, having strong emotional ties. Lamias are also very possessive about their mates, and will get very jealous if other female tries to take her mate. A Lamia has very strong affection towards her mate, even more than other races.
When Kamilah visited the Hotel for the first time, she immediately fell in love with the place. The many different people she could meet there fascinated her. That was two decades ago. Although Kamilah sometimes goes away from the Hotel for a month or two, she always gets back.
M a l e ● T w e n t y - S i x ● B - N e g a t i v e
M U T A T I O N S
● Hollow Bones Seb's hollow bones are perfect for reducing his body weight, further contributing to his already high agility and speed, but as a consequence, his bones break easier than normal humans. Additionally, they make possible for the sound he produces to echo through his body, allowing him to produce sound waves of various intensities and frequencies.
● Avian Physiology Feathers, wings, extremely sharp talons and claws give Seb the ability to fly, coupled with other abilities related to the avian physiology such as enhanced balance, reflexes and senses. It doesn't come without downsides, such as frail bone structure and its enhanced senses make him vulnerable to high frequency noises (Although his talons and claws are already fully formed and his wings almost fully formed, the last still doesn't have enough strength to lift him off the ground, and once they do, he still has to learn how to effectively use them).
● Sound Manipulation By vibrating his feathers and using his vocal chords, Seb can produce an incredible variety of sounds, ranging from high intensity high frequency sounds to low frequency sounds. This has a number of different applications such as using as a sonar (echolocation), by emitting high frequency sounds (which cannot be heard by normal humans), emitting powerful low frequency sounds, creating pressure waves that can be used to damage objects or people, using destructive and constructive interference to hush or intensify sounds, and to move faster by riding the pressure waves created.
A P P E A R A N C E
Long length, brown hair, honey eyes and standing at 6'4 ft Seb is someone who cares about his appearance. As a result, his hair is always carefully brushed and tend to wear elegant clothes. He has a rather slender body, due to his avian physiology, but at the same time, its packed with muscles. With a beautifully tanned skin, Seb is quite the uncommon sight. His height coupled with his long hair color make him stand out very easily on crowds.
His mutations partially covered his body with feathers (excluding his face), transformed his feet on powerful talons, his arms turned into two big wings, on the end of his wings, there are two fingers with claws on them, these fingers and claws are mainly used to grip on walls or other places. Due to losing his pinky, ring finger and middle finger, the dexterity with the two remnant fingers is quite limited. Although he is still able to grab some things with them, more complex things such as pressing buttons, using his smartphone (by sheer luck he always used voice commands on it because he was too lazy to actually use his hands) & etc. are simply impossible. Additionally, his teeth became sharper, ideal to cutting meat.
P E R S O N A L I T Y
Seb always was a very laid back guy and carefree guy. He hates working, but will still do it if its something that needs to be done, but he will do it the easiest way possible. Seb enjoys reading, listening to music, travelling and sightseeing. He has a very interesting tendency to always take the best out of everything that happens, even bad things he will try to see them by the good side. He is a very intelligent and calm person, who avoids unnecessary conflicts as much as possible.
One trait that defines Seb is his capacity to not think about the future at all. By his own words: "Planning is only useful to one thing: to disappoint you later." Living by this motto, Seb is the type of guy who just lives the life, without preoccupying himself too much and always trying to take the best out of his experiences.
Seb does have a slight tendency to sometimes isolate himself, especially when around many people. He hates being around too many people at the same time, places like night clubs, shows & etc. are places where probably Seb will never step on.
Before the incident, he was suffering from severe depression, but the things that happened, instead of making him worse, lifted his mood, making him extremely excited and interested. Life was no more boring and dull.
B I O G R A P H Y
"Good morning sir, how can i help you today?" the attendant asks to the tall, young man behind the counter. "Hello, I would like two tickets please." he answers with a calm voice. "What is your destination?" she asks, confused. The man looks up to the big screen that display the next flights and their estimated time to depart. "I don't know." he says, smiling. "Give me one for the next flight." he said with distant eyes, handing her his identity and the money. The girl behind the counter got his id, with an surprised expression. "Here it is Mr. Seb, the next flight is almost departing, so it would be better for you to dispatch your luggage as soon as possible and head to gate number 5." "Thank you, but i don't have any luggage." he said as he walked away.
Seb boarded the plane without saying a word, sitting near the window. As the plane lift off, he watched the airport getting smaller and smaller through the window. His distant expression and sad eyes were those of someone who was slowly dying inside. He felt no more enthusiasm, nothing made him feel alive.
His parents died while he was still 16, letting him with an incredible amount of money. Seb graduated very early, when he was about 20, and there isn't much a young man with an incredible wanderlust could do in Cairo. Selling his parents' house and most of the unnecessary material possessions he had (Saving only a few clothes he liked to wear) he simply packed up and started to travel around the world. For a short time, it was the best time of his life, he was truly happy.
By twenty four, he had already travelled through most of the countries (thanks for the money he inherited from his parents and his detachment from material possessions, he never had to work a single day on his life). Life was incredibly dull for him, he felt no reason to live outside reading books and travelling to try to run from that dull reality. Slowly falling asleep, he closed his eyes, waiting for the plane to reach its destination.
The loud screech of the plane's wheels drifting on the landing strip woke Seb up. Something was not ok as the pilot screamed to the control tower, which wasn't responding. Looking out of the plane's window, the sight shocked him. People falling down on the ground without reason, with their eyes completely black and black veins creeping their skin, some people running away, others chasing others and beating them to death, something was very wrong.
Inside the plane things weren't that better, weird events were happening inside too. People falling down, some going insane. The second the plane stopped, he got out of it. The first thing he did was run away from the confusion, looking for somewhere safe, for he knew that many people together in a situation of crisis wasn't a place where one would be safe. Seb was afraid, he was in fact, terrified, but he knew that panicking would only get things worse.
As he locked himself on the bulletproof security cabin, his bones started to snap, an agonizing pain shook his body as his muscles teared themselves apart only to slowly rearrange themselves, his skin became rough as feathers started to sprout out of them. Fighting himself to not scream, enduring the pain and trying to not give away his location, he did the only thing he could: curled up on the corner and waited. He had no control over whatever it was that was changing his body, and he couldn't hope to run or even get up with the pain he was enduring.
In fact, the things that were happening, although could be somewhat scary, were extremely exciting for him. He didn't knew if he should feel that way, but he was excited for the first time in years. Something different was happening, something completely new.
E Q U I P M E N T
● Single ear Bluetooth headset. ● Smartphone.
P R O F I C I E N C I E S
● "Aimless Wanderer" Seb is used to wander around, be it on cities while sightseeing or on forests observing the nature and wild animals, resulting in a very good sense of direction. As a side effect, Seb's legs are quite powerful and muscular.
● "Hunting Instincts" Together with his mutations, came an powerful hunting instinct. Its natural to him the act of diving in on a prey and using his powerful talons to pin it down and kill it, sinking its sharp teeth on his prey's flesh, savouring its warm meat, everything comes to his mind once he is hunting, its on his nature.
● "Logical mind" Seb has the capacity of remaining calm or calming himself quickly even in dire situations, thinking in a solution for them without being desperate. Although he can still feel fear, he will remain calm and think carefully about his actions and decisions.
L I M I T A T I O N S
● "Blunt Force Trauma." Due to Seb's hollow bone structure, blunt force attacks are very effective against him. A strong hit on his wings, especially on top of them, where the bones are located, will easily break them. On the other parts of his body, a little more of force is needed due to his flesh dampening the impact, but they will still break easier than normal human bones.
● "Fatigue" Seb's wings are those of a bird of prey, and although very fast and maneuverable, they are not fit for long flights. He can flight continuously only for a couple of hours before having to land and rest. If he choses to ignore his body's warnings and overexert himself, his wings' muscles can even tear apart, forcing him to stop flying (and obviously using his wings until his muscles heal themselves) and even plummet down from the sky.
● "Limited Hand Dexterity." Seb's mutations made him lose his pinky, ring finger and middle finger. This results in limited dexterity with his "hands". Although grabbing a cup of water is still doable, using a weapon or other things that require more dexterity is simply impossible for him.
● "Enhanced Senses" His enhanced senses also mean that he is vulnerable to loud high frequency noises (not those produced by him), which can cause him to get very dizzy and unable to fly or even more, or if its too high, even make him unconscious due to the pain. Additionally, Seb is also vulnerable to very bright lights (Such as tactical flashlights, strobe flashlights & etc.) due to his enhanced vision. Those will make him blind and stunned for a small period of time (until his eyes can adapt themselves to the sudden change, which is around 5 seconds).
● "Moral Compass" Seb will refuse to take any actions that harm -innocent- people. Although exceptions can be made on specific occasions, he will feel very bad about it and will only do it if there is no other alternative.
● "Sore Throat" Although Seb can freely produce sounds, sustaining them for long periods of time (rather than just a burst) takes a heavy strain on his body. Should he overexert himself, he can even tear his vocal cords apart, taking some good deal of time to heal.
"Humanity takes great pride in three things. Their willpower, their greed and their mortality.
Their will and endless greed allows them to grow and ascend past other creatures
But their mortality denies them divinity
It's a delightful purgatory between being Fallen and being Divine"
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