Post by Tegan on Feb 13, 2008 16:26:51 GMT -5
Name: Alexa or Cearra Sigrun
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Tohsu: Earth/plant
Preferred Weapon: Hand to hand combat is preferred but Alexa carries two Beretta pistols as well.
Appearance: Straight, chocolate-brown hair falling just above her shoulders. Alexa has bright green eyes, and stands about five feet, four inches tall, with a slender, well-toned frame, though slightly on the unhealthily skinny side.
Personality: Alexa's personality is exceedingly convoluted. In short, Alexa is nothing more than a product of her childhood. She has a split personality. The person that the world sees on most occasions is Alexa, and the person that almost no one still alive has seen calls herself Cearra. Both Alexa and Cearra have an instinctual, violent reaction to many situations, whether it's an argument or a physical fight or threat they both want to react aggressively. The main difference between the two is that Alexa refuses to react in such a way for all but a few situations, while Cearra just reacts and usually doesn't relinquish control until the object of her wrath is dead leaving Alexa to clean up the pieces. Alexa is a quiet, withdrawn person. Very anti-social, she doesn't care at all about what anyone else has to say about her. She goes out of her way to avoid contact with most people, for fear of a number of things. Among them are betrayal and Cearra. Alexa hates Cearra, and she hates that she can't control her. Requiring something constant in her life aside from her homicidal "other", Alexa has always had a fondness for plants and she has always attempted to keep a potted plant with her through all she has been through. Cearra is an instinctual reactionary. She reacts based on what her instincts tell her too, giving her very little reason to say anything. Also, she is never really around long enough to establish any kind of relationship with anyone else. Cearra doesn't think or consider the consequences of her actions. The concept of right, wrong, and "should" are completely foreign to her. She exists solely to protect Alexa, regardless of how Alexa feels about the situation. If Alexa is doing the fighting, she will use her martial arts training, or she will use her command over the plant aspect of earth, throwing thorny vines at an opponent, or surrounding them with other plant life. Cearra also prefers to rely on hand to hand combat, but when using her tohsu, she will manipulate the rocks, and the ground to defeat an enemy.
History: Alexa's father was unbelievably abusive to both Alexa and her mother, both physically and sexually. As a defense mechanism, Alexa's young mind created Cearra who would, in essence, take over whenever Alexa's father became violent. At first, Cearra was simply there so that Alexa wouldn't have to remember anything that happened, but after years of professional martial arts training, Cearra lost all passivity and turned to violence and aggression to protect Alexa. It was Alexa's father her supplied the combat training, telling her that if she ever used any of it against him, he'd kill her. He never got the chance to carry out that threat for once Cearra snapped, she wasn't going to take any chances. When Alexa was just 13 years old, Cearra moved toward aggression and fought back, killing her father and saving herself and her mother. Her mother, however, wasn't properly grateful and she abandoned Alexa for the crime of killing her husband despite everything he had ever done to them. From the age of 13, Alexa fended for herself on the streets with Cearra's help whenever the situation called for her. Such situations, or "triggers", include great physical threat to Alexa, or any child she sees, or any person she truly cares about. Since her mother abandoned her, there has not been a single person in her life she cared about enough to disassociate when they were in danger. Alexa would protect them, yes, but Cearra remained dormant.
Strengths/ Weaknesses: Alexa's biggest strength is also her biggest weakness and this is Cearra. Alexa is a superb fighter but is unable or completely unwilling to interact or work with others. Alexa has very little trust and faith in people, so she often dismisses a potential friend or ally before they get a chance to prove themselves to her.
Writing Sample: -Prompt: Your character is walking down the street and a lower-level Atanan rises and attacks. What do they do?
Sixteen year old Alexa walked down a ruined street of Tokyo, with no particular destination in mind. She rarely ever did have a specific destination, though. Looking around the mess of a city she briefly wondered why she had come here in the first place, then she remembered, Right, the tohsu. NOA will be able to get rid of it for me she thought to herself. Alexa desperately hoped she was right. She had no desire to give Cearra any more destructive power then the psychopath already had. Alexa caught her image in a window that had managed to survive. What she saw was a scrawny little girl that looked like she should be twelve instead of sixteen. With that thought, she decided to look for some food. One would think that control over plants would give one an unlimited supply of food. Unfortunately this is not the case.
Alexa rounded a corner and saw a great beast looming over something. Having seen Atanan before, Alexa wasn't particularly impressed with this one and started to walk away until she saw what the thing's attention was focused on. Alexa cursed. Children. Why did there always have to be children in danger? Alexa closed her brilliant green eyes with a sigh.
Fists clenched, Cearra opened her eyes with a fierce grin. She charged at the Atanan and leapt off a pile of broken cement and rocks, aiming a roundhouse kick at the thing's head. The blow connected and the Atanan slammed into the nearby building as Cearra landed gracefully on her feet and spun raising one arm and throwing it toward the thing. The hunk of cement she had called hurtled in the direction she pointed and slammed into the Atanan as it recovered from the first blow. Knocked again into the building, this time the Atanan went through the wall followed by more cement and rocks. Soon the thing was half buried with rubble, yet it still moved to rise. Cearra frowned slightly and after checking to make sure the children were far enough away, she raised both her arms and brought the rest of the building down on it. With a satisfied smile, Cearra let go and closed her eyes again.
Alexa was a hundred feet away of her last known location, facing a destroyed building that had been mostly whole just seconds ago. She was breathing heavily, her heart was racing, and her foot ached. She looked around and noticed that there was a concentration of rocks right around the destroyed building, and two children huddling together thirty feet away. They were terrified of her. Alexa sighed, unfortunately all too familiar with this situation and walked away.
Read, understand, and agree to comply with the rules?: Well, I did write them after all.
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Tohsu: Earth/plant
Preferred Weapon: Hand to hand combat is preferred but Alexa carries two Beretta pistols as well.
Appearance: Straight, chocolate-brown hair falling just above her shoulders. Alexa has bright green eyes, and stands about five feet, four inches tall, with a slender, well-toned frame, though slightly on the unhealthily skinny side.
Personality: Alexa's personality is exceedingly convoluted. In short, Alexa is nothing more than a product of her childhood. She has a split personality. The person that the world sees on most occasions is Alexa, and the person that almost no one still alive has seen calls herself Cearra. Both Alexa and Cearra have an instinctual, violent reaction to many situations, whether it's an argument or a physical fight or threat they both want to react aggressively. The main difference between the two is that Alexa refuses to react in such a way for all but a few situations, while Cearra just reacts and usually doesn't relinquish control until the object of her wrath is dead leaving Alexa to clean up the pieces. Alexa is a quiet, withdrawn person. Very anti-social, she doesn't care at all about what anyone else has to say about her. She goes out of her way to avoid contact with most people, for fear of a number of things. Among them are betrayal and Cearra. Alexa hates Cearra, and she hates that she can't control her. Requiring something constant in her life aside from her homicidal "other", Alexa has always had a fondness for plants and she has always attempted to keep a potted plant with her through all she has been through. Cearra is an instinctual reactionary. She reacts based on what her instincts tell her too, giving her very little reason to say anything. Also, she is never really around long enough to establish any kind of relationship with anyone else. Cearra doesn't think or consider the consequences of her actions. The concept of right, wrong, and "should" are completely foreign to her. She exists solely to protect Alexa, regardless of how Alexa feels about the situation. If Alexa is doing the fighting, she will use her martial arts training, or she will use her command over the plant aspect of earth, throwing thorny vines at an opponent, or surrounding them with other plant life. Cearra also prefers to rely on hand to hand combat, but when using her tohsu, she will manipulate the rocks, and the ground to defeat an enemy.
History: Alexa's father was unbelievably abusive to both Alexa and her mother, both physically and sexually. As a defense mechanism, Alexa's young mind created Cearra who would, in essence, take over whenever Alexa's father became violent. At first, Cearra was simply there so that Alexa wouldn't have to remember anything that happened, but after years of professional martial arts training, Cearra lost all passivity and turned to violence and aggression to protect Alexa. It was Alexa's father her supplied the combat training, telling her that if she ever used any of it against him, he'd kill her. He never got the chance to carry out that threat for once Cearra snapped, she wasn't going to take any chances. When Alexa was just 13 years old, Cearra moved toward aggression and fought back, killing her father and saving herself and her mother. Her mother, however, wasn't properly grateful and she abandoned Alexa for the crime of killing her husband despite everything he had ever done to them. From the age of 13, Alexa fended for herself on the streets with Cearra's help whenever the situation called for her. Such situations, or "triggers", include great physical threat to Alexa, or any child she sees, or any person she truly cares about. Since her mother abandoned her, there has not been a single person in her life she cared about enough to disassociate when they were in danger. Alexa would protect them, yes, but Cearra remained dormant.
Strengths/ Weaknesses: Alexa's biggest strength is also her biggest weakness and this is Cearra. Alexa is a superb fighter but is unable or completely unwilling to interact or work with others. Alexa has very little trust and faith in people, so she often dismisses a potential friend or ally before they get a chance to prove themselves to her.
Writing Sample: -Prompt: Your character is walking down the street and a lower-level Atanan rises and attacks. What do they do?
Sixteen year old Alexa walked down a ruined street of Tokyo, with no particular destination in mind. She rarely ever did have a specific destination, though. Looking around the mess of a city she briefly wondered why she had come here in the first place, then she remembered, Right, the tohsu. NOA will be able to get rid of it for me she thought to herself. Alexa desperately hoped she was right. She had no desire to give Cearra any more destructive power then the psychopath already had. Alexa caught her image in a window that had managed to survive. What she saw was a scrawny little girl that looked like she should be twelve instead of sixteen. With that thought, she decided to look for some food. One would think that control over plants would give one an unlimited supply of food. Unfortunately this is not the case.
Alexa rounded a corner and saw a great beast looming over something. Having seen Atanan before, Alexa wasn't particularly impressed with this one and started to walk away until she saw what the thing's attention was focused on. Alexa cursed. Children. Why did there always have to be children in danger? Alexa closed her brilliant green eyes with a sigh.
Fists clenched, Cearra opened her eyes with a fierce grin. She charged at the Atanan and leapt off a pile of broken cement and rocks, aiming a roundhouse kick at the thing's head. The blow connected and the Atanan slammed into the nearby building as Cearra landed gracefully on her feet and spun raising one arm and throwing it toward the thing. The hunk of cement she had called hurtled in the direction she pointed and slammed into the Atanan as it recovered from the first blow. Knocked again into the building, this time the Atanan went through the wall followed by more cement and rocks. Soon the thing was half buried with rubble, yet it still moved to rise. Cearra frowned slightly and after checking to make sure the children were far enough away, she raised both her arms and brought the rest of the building down on it. With a satisfied smile, Cearra let go and closed her eyes again.
Alexa was a hundred feet away of her last known location, facing a destroyed building that had been mostly whole just seconds ago. She was breathing heavily, her heart was racing, and her foot ached. She looked around and noticed that there was a concentration of rocks right around the destroyed building, and two children huddling together thirty feet away. They were terrified of her. Alexa sighed, unfortunately all too familiar with this situation and walked away.
Read, understand, and agree to comply with the rules?: Well, I did write them after all.