Arly's Folk

[TempoPrestissimo]

~*~Would you like some music while we talk?~*~

-----It's good for the soul after all.-----

I have watched you days and days,
How this way makes me sick,
Something weighs on my chest,
I must be in trouble again
I’m afraid if my heart beats too fast,
I just might die from it.

Bbiribbom Bberibbom – Co-Ed School

~*~How about an introduction?~*~

-----Name, name…what’s in a name?-----

Legal Name: Marcellus Ascentia
Nickname: Marc
Age: Older than Evangeline
Race: Shade
Gender: Male
Orientation: Heterosexual

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-----Make sure to put it all in focus…-----

Height: 5’9”
Weight: 155 lbs
Hair Colour: Dark Blond
Eye Colour: Pale Yellow
Skin Tone: Medium
Build: Average, fit
Usual Clothing Style: Marc normally dresses well, as a product of his environment. Dress shoes, dress shirts and suit jackets are common, and he is admittedly a little picky about his appearance, and the appearances of others near him. He’s not completely finicky (largely due to his sister’s influence) but he is much worse than she is in that department.
Complete Description:

~*~Surely there’s a little more than that…~*~

-----But only if you’re interested.-----

Strengths:
+ With the exception of his sister, and the occasional rare other, Marc generally has good people skills.
+ He has extensive experience and skills with a rapier.
+ He is loyal to his family, and the occasional friend.

Weaknesses:
- Marc takes a while to deal with his prejudice against people from the lower quarter, even though he associates with a few of them already.
- He can be judgmental by appearances.
- When it comes to his sister, he’s generally at a loss for how to do anything right.

Likes:
+ Finely-crafted blades
+ Reading
+ Pancakes

Dislikes:
- People threatening his sister.
- People who cannot listen to reason.
- Excessive violence.

Goals:
+ Keep his family name and fortunes in good health.
+ Keep his sister safe.
+ Train Volt to use the door (Yes, he’s aware it may be impossible.)

Fears:
- Anything happening to Evangeline.
- Her deciding that she might hate him again.
- Something happening to Volt.

Overall Personality: Marc is stuck in a sort of strange position between what he used to know and what he’s been forced to learn. As his family’s heir, he was the recipient of all of the old values; things that he finds often clash with the situations he’s presented himself with. Rather than act rashly as he used to be prone to doing, he’s now more likely to consider his actions before taking them, trying to look at things from other’s perspectives. While intelligent and articulate, this tug-of-war can reduce him to a frustrated mess, especially when his sister is involved.

~*~Dust off the pages…~*~

-----The past is coming to light…-----

Accent: None
Languages Spoken: English
Affluence: Wealthy

Family: Evangeline “Ziggi” Ascentia, Nightmare Hunter Extraordinaire.

Other Records: At one point, frustrated with his sister putting herself in harm’s way and worried for her safety, Marc arranged to have her kidnapped, along with her partner Caius (though that had been unintentional). Long story short, she didn’t see things his way, ended up giving him a black eye and leaving. This widened the already sizable rift between them. Later, when Evangeline fell ill due to a plague, it was him and Caius who went off to face it’s creator, the Baroness. Caius was incapacitated early on, and it was Marc who killed her (though it was Caius who made sure that Marc did not bleed out all over the woman’s floor). They have since come to tolerate one another, and it was after this that Evangeline admitted she didn’t really hate him. Since then he has been trying to continue reparations with his sister, with mixed results.

Special Skills and Weaknesses: Marc has two main skills; many years of experience with his blade, and the ability to turn sentient creatures around him into puppets, controlled by his will. This varies in a few different ways, and can theoretically be thrown off by the occasional particularly stubborn mind, though to this day he’s never had someone break it. It can be as subtle as suggestions and pulls in certain directions, or an outright physical transformation, though the latter is easier for him to control. His weaknesses are the same as any Shade; physical trauma can kill him, or he can be turned into a nightmare.

[TempoPrestissimo]

~*~Would you like some music while we talk?~*~

-----It's good for the soul after all.-----

When you walk away,
You don't hear me say please,
Oh baby, don't go,
Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight,
It's hard to let it go.

Hold me,
Whatever lies beyond this morning,
Is a little later on,
Regardless of warnings the future doesn't scare me at,
Nothing's like before.

Simple and Clean - Utada Hikaru

~*~How about an introduction?~*~

-----Name, name…what’s in a name?-----

Legal Name: Silver Elizabeth Strife
Nickname: N/A
Age: 24
Race: Human Sorceror
Gender: Female
Orientation: Bisexual

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Height: 5'5"
Weight: 125 lbs
Hair Colour: Auburn
Eye Colour: Emerald
Skin Tone: Very Fair
Build: Petite
Usual Clothing Style: Silver normally dresses simply; jeans, plain or reinforced, normally in the process of being worn out, and a similarly worn out pair of running shoes. Her shirts are almost always long sleeved with high collars, a scarf or a ribbon of some sort, normally button-up fitted blouses if varying colours, and she always wears a pair of black gloves.
Complete Description: Silver has a small, leithe build and pale skin with wide green eyes. Her skin, from top to toe, is disfigured with scars, crisscrossing over her face, her neck, and all of the other covered skin. Her hands are significant points of damage, hence why she keeps them in gloves pretty much all of the time. She tends to keep herself pretty covered and is shy about her appearance, but she is often smiling. Her hair is very long, past her waist, and normally tied in a tight braid. Her bangs are grown out and brushed to one side, normally tucke dbehind her ear.

~*~Surely there’s a little more than that…~*~

-----But only if you’re interested.-----

Strengths:
+ Compassionate
+ Loyal
+ Patient

Weaknesses:
- Lack of Physical Strength
- Occasionally Naieve
- Kitsu

Likes:
+ Summer
+ Taking Care of Others
+ Dancing with Friends

Dislikes:
- Cold and/or Sick
- Seeing Others Hurt
- Shoping for Clothes (especially shoes)

Goals:
+ Take care of Kitsu and her other loved ones.
+ Find a shorter haircut she likes.
+ Learn how to cook more foreign food.

Fears:
- Losing/Hurting her family
- Further disfigurement
- Failing the people she cares about

Overall Personality: Silver is generally a very friendly, often trying to take care of others and help them if she can. She cares about people very deeply and once someone earns her loyalty she is loyal forever. Silver is a little skittish of new people and generally tries to conceal her appearance, more to keep others at ease than to protect herself. She can be stubborn at times and had the tendency to fall into a mother or big sister role in most cases, which means she can be firm about her decisions when she has to.

~*~Dust off the pages…~*~

-----The past is coming to light…-----

Accent: None
Languages Spoken: English, French, some Latin
Affluence: Middle-class
Family: Mother; Diyuu. Siblings (kind of); Rae, Raziel. Son; Kitsu.

Other Records: Silver lives with her family and her adopted son, working as a teacher during the year, and normally selling things at market during the summer. She grew up with Rae and Raziel, and both got in to and out of a lot of trouble with them.

Special Skills and Weaknesses: Being a sorceress, Silver lives and breathes magic. On the other hand, she's not very strong physically and has already been through a great deal of physical trauma.