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affections) wrote2011-10-22 12:25 pm
affections) wrote2011-10-22 12:25 pm
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Pʟᴀʏᴇʀ Iɴғᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɴᴀᴍᴇ Bella • bamboozle Cʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ Iɴғᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɴᴀᴍᴇ Jules Grumley ғᴀɴᴅᴏᴍ Original Cʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ Iɴғᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ II ʙɪʀᴛʜᴅᴀʏ 27th July ♌ leo ᴀɢᴇ / ᴀᴘᴘᴇᴀʀᴀɴᴄᴇ  Twenty-seven years old, Caucasian female. Jules is part monster, but you couldn't tell from outside appearances. The monster part is strictly internal, save for the occasions when she has to draw on its strength or channel its violence for the sake of keeping herself sane the rest of the time. Basically: she looks human. Jules has long, brown hair and dark eyes, and stands at about 5'6". She's strong, but you wouldn't necessarily guess it to look at her. Despite the somewhat gruesome, harsh nature of her world, Jules tends to appear as smiley and bright as she can. Admittedly, sometimes that isn't very much, but when she can manage it she is very out there and chipper, even over-eager. There's a lot of energy in how she moves. She also has quite a few scars, courtesy of attacks and fights, but none on her face. The majority of them are small, pale marks that mostly wouldn't be noticeable. There are some nasty scratches, but nothing of particular note save for a pretty new burn scar from a sulfur slave over her right shoulder, by the junction with her neck. It looks a bit like a partial handprint, with the fingertips wrapping over her shoulder. When she's having a monster-state moment, then she's rather more scary. Her eyes become darker, her mouth becomes far too wide, revealing a nasty set of teeth that you'd swear aren't there the rest of the time. Her PB is Sophia Bush.  ʜɪsᴛᴏʀʏ Original character, see below. That said, I will just chuck in a tiny summary of some terms that will come up through different sections of the app here: Monster: Creatures that look that hideous goo until they take over a human body, which they can abandon at will. They're very powerful, hard to kill, and live to indulge their desires with little idea of morality or conscience. Monsters consume human flesh and have a whole wealth of possible powers. There aren't many ways to kill them. ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴᴀʟɪᴛʏ Jules' life has been a struggle with the duality of her monster and human natures, the desire to assert one over the other. Perhaps the thing that has shaped her more than anything has been the determination of her family, the ideals of her parents and her protectiveness towards her older brother. Her mother, Charlotte, is an idealist and a romantic despite everything. She believes in the power of love and humanity. Her desire for her children was that their blood did not need to define them, but their bonds to the people that cared for them. Her father was much more stern, with a strict believe in justice and the role that hybrids could play to both protect and punish humanity. Charlotte's zealousness was something Jules was dependent on, and she learned to mirror her mother's desperate enthusiasm and optimism. Trying to be upbeat and bring positive energy into everything is hard, the kind of pressure that isn't necessarily healthy for a child to latch onto. Trying to be positive despite the weight of the monster within was doubly difficult, especially with the value of life and love of humanity that Jules developed, and the stern ideology of judgment her father endorsed. Basically, Jules tries to be positive as much as she can, to be upbeat and optimistic and make people happy, because their world is grim and dark enough. It needs more laughter. At the same time as she's forcing herself into as constant a state of good cheer as she can, she struggles with what she has to do and the reality of the monster. She despises herself and thinks it's hypocritical of all of them, to claim to love humans and then have to do what they do; she doesn't always see eye to eye with her father's ideals, but she prefers to avoid the conflict of saying so, and she's yet to think of a better option. Even if they target the old, the dangerous, people who are a threat to others, even if it “only” three or four people a year verses the ten or twelve more other hybrids need to survive, the fact remains that they are choosing to save their lives over those of others. It's important to note that Jules might be sweet, fun to be around and genuinely care about people, but that doesn't make her inherently good. That said, she isn't purely bad either. If she can, she tries to attack other hybrids, which can sate the craving for human flesh because of their physiology still being so much more similar to a human than that of a monster. However, finding other hybrids to attack and eat can be hard, given that a hybrid can't automatically tell human, hybrids and monsters apart - and because other hybrids could well be more powerful than her and kill her much more easily. While the strength and abilities that come with being a hybrid might theoretically allow her to be less afraid than others who are more vulnerable, such as humans, Jules does have a lot of fears, both for herself and others. In her own opinion, Jules isn't always brave on her own; she doesn't hold herself in high regard, on that count. She does feel like she has to atone for what she does, though, so when the situation arises she can step in to protect people she perceives as innocent, and when the people she cares about are endangered she'll take things on full-force. When it's just her she's more nervous, in no small part because of the risk of losing herself to her monster side, and because while she doesn't want to die, fighting for herself given all the things that she has done is hard. (That said, if things really got dangerous and it looked like her life was in danger, she would fight back. She has things to live for, when it comes down to it.) Past the general fears of horrifying death (be it from monsters, devils, sulfur slaves, other hybrids or humans) Jules is terrified of needles, syringes, anything of that nature, stemming from a violent encounter with some humans and a sulfur slave when she was a teenager. Talking about them makes her uncomfortable, pictures of them throw her off, seeing them and being around them is not a good thing.) When she was younger the most important person in her life was her brother. Although he is the elder of the two, Jules was always stronger than him, and Freddie's awkwardness and tendency to have his head in the clouds or bury himself in books meant he wasn't brilliantly aware of the world around him or its inherent dangers. Eventually he became more independent, and in time Jules found someone else to take first place in her life; one human by the name of Emilia. They met when Jules rescued her, after discovering her trapped after a devastating raid on the community where she was living. Emilia and her two children are Jules' chosen family, even if things aren't always easy. Jules would do just about anything for Em, even if she has made some bad calls in regards to their relationship before (especially not telling Em about being a hybrid). Jules is far from perfect and makes a lot of mistakes. Even though she sometimes gives in to insecurities, she does find her bravery and try to make up for her them, and even pushes herself to try and be heroic. sᴇxᴜᴀʟ ᴘʀᴇғᴇʀᴇɴᴄᴇs / ᴏʀɪᴇɴᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ Monsters are carnal creatures, frequently acting on their desires with little consideration for the consequences. Their first is for their pleasure and their satisfaction, and to hell with everyone else. Violence and lust go hand in hand for monsters, equally stimulating sources of pleasure. Jules is the daughter of a hybrid and a human, so her thirst for violence and human flesh is dimished. Maybe it's because she channels the desires of that inner monster into lust, or maybe she's simply a sexual person in her own right, regardless of her blood - she doesn't know and doesn't think about it. Jules simply thrives from physical contact, and sex is something that's tied to pleasure and comfort, a means to feel better. She doesn't need it to survive, and she prefers sex in a committed relationship to just random flings, but she does enjoy it and it can make her feel better, even if it's only a temporary reprieve before everything catches up. Jules has been romantically and sexually involved with both men and women, with no particular preference. When she was younger she slept with a few different people, both for fun and for the comfort of contact. For roughly eighteen months so had been involved with a woman called Emilia, who she's still very deeply in love with, and who was the only person she's been involved with during that time. Considering her feelings for Emilia she's not likely to hop into bed with anyone, but in Em's absence and because of sheer desperation and loneliness, not to mention the influence of the city, it could happen. ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀs The more general abilities that come with her hybrid heritage are: • enhanced strength & endurance • accelerated healing • enhanced speed & reflexes • resilience against exhaustion and sickness Their skin is warmer to the touch than that of a human. Additionally, most monsters and some hybrids have particular abilities. Jules' is contact-based emotional manipulation and empathy, to a degree where she can try to judge if a person is 'good' or 'bad' - which isn't always easy. She can't read specific thoughts, but she can definitely pick up their emotions loud and clear, and dark, dangerous things within them, be it bad things they've done in the past, motivations or a squiggly demon. This ability allows her to read and warp emotions as she sees fit, but she needs physical contact to be able to read or manipulate anything. Monster blood is a pretty messed up thing, and while having it does grant powers there are also significant downsides. • need to consume human flesh • need for violence • risk of losing yourself to the monster It's not simply the need for flesh, but the violence of the act to quell the monster part of them. If a hybrid tries to deny their monster part, then they get very sick and weak, sometimes hallucinate - they may even go berserk and temporarily lose control of themselves, causing more damage than would have occurred otherwise. Jules need is massively watered down from the monsters and, indeed, most hybrids; monsters eat people all the time, and more concentrated hybrids may need to eat people once a month, Jules 'only' needs to have them three or four times a year. Where she can, she will attack and eat another hybrid where possible, but given that there aren't really other hybrids in-game, that will be difficult. Despite being somewhat badass, she's helpless in the face of felines - allergies really suck. Note: Given that her powers are pretty god-moddy, there would naturally be no use of them without player permission and discussion. Additionally, Jules eating people wouldn't just be something that happened out of the blue, but another matter for discussion and plotting, or simply the handy use of NPCs, if that were okay with the mods. ( have made a tentative post here for her powers and people-eating, but if there is anything the mods would like added to revised, I'll gladly adjust it.) I realise the balancing act she has is important, and won't just be doing things on whims. If the mods have any requests or suggestions regarding her I'm more than happy to take them on board. ʀᴇᴀsᴏɴs ғᴏʀ ᴘʟᴀʏɪɴɢ Jules is a character I developed to explore the idea of conflict between how she presents herself and what she feels she must be, and the feelings under the surface. In a way, she's kind of meant to be a study of all the different kinds of mistakes you can make and the conflict they can churn up. She puts so much energy and effort into being upbeat, but her own fears and the dangers that come inherently with her heritage have the potential for very interesting development and character relations. While she has flaws, Jules is also meant to be a likeable character - she's fun and cheery, even if she goes overboard sometimes. Despite being a fun person and good friend, though, she is a hybrid and does require human flesh to survive. She feels guilt for it, but she does kill others for her own benefit, and who is to say that the code of justice her father presses her and her brother to follow is right? There's a lot of gray area to play with and dilemmas about whether she really is good or not that I think could be fun both for introspection and exploring with other player characters. Bringing her to a pan-fandom game opens a whole world of potential interactions and dynamics to play off, given the massive scope of existing fandoms and other peoples original characters. Oʀɪɢɪɴᴀʟ Cʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ Sᴜᴘᴘʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ʜɪsᴛᴏʀʏ
ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ ʜɪsᴛᴏʀʏ To know about Jules, you need to know a little about her parents. Her father, Walter, was a hybrid; his mother was a human who had been attacked by a monster, Ouroboros. She kept the child that came of that nightmarish assault, even protected him, but both monsters and humans have a dislike for hybrids meant it wasn't an easy life. It was a hostile world, and in some regards, Walter might have been happier without bringing more children into the world that would have to suffer it. His wife, Charlotte, was human – utterly devoted to her husband, regardless of lineage, and desperately wanted a family. Their son Freddie was four when Jules was born (Julia Louise, if you must be technical, but she was always Jules.) She lived in England (near Oxford, specifically) for much of her life, as protected as she possibly could be given the world. Her parents taught her a lot about what her blood meant, what its repercussions would be, even if she was only quarter-blood. Her parents were idealists, believing in the value of human life, and her father thought it was necessary to hybrids to create a place for themselves in the world that aided humanity, even if they could be so easily considered a blight. Walter's particular ability was telepathy, what he called Truth Reading, so that when he elected his prey to feed the hunger he could select a human for whom the sentence was justified. In contrast with his gravity, Charlotte was always light and enthusiastic, as if that would foster a happier environment for her children. Jules learned the habit from her, so her childhood was a mix of trying to be very eager and enthusiastic, and trying to justify the deaths that allowed her continued grip on humanity (ironic as it was). For all that, though, hybrids were still hated and treated with suspicion. When Jules was sixteen, just a few years after her Hunger and powers manifested, she was abducted by a sect of humans when she went out to find her prey. She was tortured for days with long needles pushed through her muscles and joints. It was torture for sport and entertainment - “justice” against her kind. Jules tried to explain, but the idea of 'justified' killing of humans by a hybrid didn't really come across as very convincing. The torture continued for days, dragged out by her strength and regeneration. Eventually, she reached a breaking point, but it wasn't what the humans expected; deprived of flesh and violence when the Hunger arose, Jules hit a berserk state and broke free of her bonds, slaughtering and consuming all five of the humans that had attacked her. She never told her family what had happened, just that it took her a long time to find someone that deserved the sentence (something she could determine through contact-empathy, even if she wasn't a 'truth reader' like her father). After that, the attacks on her family continued, escalating over a couple of years. Eventually, carrying on as best they could. Safety in numbers didn't prove to be successful for them as they attempted to travel the English countryside, and after a while they elected to go separate ways so they could travel faster and more discretely. Walter and Charlotte stayed together, and while Jules was eager to stay with her elder brother to protect him, after a few weeks it became evident they needed split apart, as well. It was much easier to keep a low profile travelling alone, but Jules never really got used to it. She found comfort here and there, had relationships with the occasional human, slept with a few more, but she never had the liberty of staying anywhere more than a few months, lest the deaths raise suspicion. She and her family kept in touch via radio communication, but it was never easy, and the contact was extremely limited. Still, it was something, and a reason to keep going. Her travels would eventually take her to France. When she was there, rumours and whispers lead her towards a secret underground commune, where she was hoping to find shelter and human company. Instead she found carnage, the remains of a community that had been devastated by monsters or hybrids. It was recent, and a guilty sense of obligation drove her to look through for any survivors. She found only one, a woman only a few years older than herself – Emilia Gorski. She had a broken leg and was pregnant, but that love of humans so carefully installed in her forbade her from leaving Emilia behind, and so Jules helped her. They became travelling partners, Jules tending to Em's injuries and protecting her, and Em providing the company Jules missed. She never admitted the truth of what she was to Em. They were travelling buddies, close friends, and Jules had a giant crush on Em which was in no way awkward. As Em got closer to her when they guessed her due date had to be, Jules managed to get in touch with her parents, and a reunion was agreed. Hospitals weren't a safe place, hardly functioned outside secure cities, and getting to one of those cities was near impossible, given their location. (Quite aside from Jules' hybrid status, which would bar her from entering the city.) Em met Jules parents, Charlotte helped deliver the babies - twins, hooray! - and they stayed there for a little while, although it was only a makeshift situation. The family parted ways again, Walter again insisting that parting ways would be the more secure option. A little after the twins were born, Jules and Em became romantically involved. Jules had been avoiding the whole hybrid situation, but Em had already harboured suspicions after Jules helped her escape the ruins of the community, and Charlotte let slip, under the impression Em already knew. It made for an Interesting Discussion, but they dealt with it. Things went as smoothly as they could for about a year and a half, before more of the inevitable hideousness of their world struck. The birth of twins was a rare thing in this new monster-riddled era, and a group obsessed with the coming of twins that would save humanity learned of the two. Word travelled, of course, from sighting in town and when the news arrived, these fanatics heralded it as a sign of salvation. They intercepted them, and with sulfur slaves in their service, Jules was overpowered - she fought with everything she had, but ultimately being taken off-guard by so many sulfur slaves and humans prepared to attack, she was beaten into a bloody pulp over long hours. Perhaps worse than that was the emotional torment that accompanied it, with Jules being told that Emilia had taken advantage of the 'intervention' that would protect her children from exposure to a hybrid. It was an insecurity, and Jules' will caved in as her fear got a grip on her. It was a mess of lies mixed in with enough truth to be convincing and play on her own worries. (In contrast, Emilia was told Jules gave in to the monster.) The leader of the group ordered Jules killed, which some of the younger members took as some kind of sport – it was only through their carelessness that Jules didn't die and managed to get away. (It was a mercy that the sulfur slave at whose hands she suffered most - Levi - was not the one given the task.) After that, Jules was thoroughly shaken and suffering some considerable injuries. Left to herself, she'd have struggled to get moving again - she'd have done it eventually, but the toll her injuries and the emotional pain could have made things play out for the worse. At it was, she was discovered by a hybrid called Balthazar, who was rather more charitable than stereotypes of their kind might lead most to believe. He helped tend her wounds, and they travelled together for a time. Jules was very much a sad blob of sad sadness during this time, but Balthazar's company, questions, and information he uncovered about the cult would eventually force her to reevaluate and go back to find Em, once she was strong enough. From there she'd return, and when negotiations to see Em didn't work and the group headquarters was evidently more a prison than a refuge, she took more dire action, tearing apart that group until she found Em and the twins. The point when she arrives in game is before that, however, only a couple of months into the five that she spent with Balthazar. She's recovered from her injuries, but has been beside herself about losing her family, so her enthusiasm is muted and she is very sad, despite all the help given her. sᴘᴇᴄɪғɪᴄ ᴅᴀᴛᴇs • 28th June; rescues Emilia from the Catacombs |
