| Name |
âNames are temporary things. Mine is what it needs to be in the moment.â
Her official title is Subject 2684A, but during operations in the field she is referred to as Persephone. She prefers this name.
| Nickname |
âYou may call me what you wish.â
Some of the others have called her Seph. She likes it when they use that name, but will not say so.
| Age |
âMy youth is of great use to me, and thus I am grateful for it.â
She is twenty years of age.
| Role |
âI am whatever is needed to be unseen and unnoticed.â
Subject 2684A is assigned with infiltration, sabotage, espionage, and assassination in matters involving the escaped Mutants as well as the Revolutionaries.
| Gender |
âMen make use of their strengths, and I make use of my own.â
Persephone is very much female, and uses this to her advantage when possible.
| Mutation & Abilities |
âPerhaps it is a curse, but I will make the best of it that I can.â
Seph is a Flock of the raven variety, and thus she has the ability to bend shadow around her, enhancing darkness wherever it is available, and she has the power of invisibility. Her half form consists of a 14 foot wingspan of glossy black feathers that allow her long periods of sustained flight
| Eye Color |
âI am told my gaze is soft, but only when I am myself.â
Her eyes are a light blue, bordering on violet color.
| Hair Color |
âBlack as the night and the shadows wrapped around me.â
Sephâs hair is a glossy, raven black, fitting given her familiar. It is rarely cut short, typically flowing to between her shoulder blades, and she rarely if ever adorns it with anything decorative.
| Height & Weight |
âBeing of the Flock has its uses, and its drawbacks, too.â
Sheâs somewhat tall, standing at about 5â10â. Her nature as a Flock has provided her with mostly hollow bones, and as such her weight is far below average for a girl of her size, roughly 60 lbs in all, though that isnât to say she is unhealthy or emaciated, for that is not the case.
| Distinct Markings |
âI am marked so that others might know me for what I am, but not who I am.â
Her Flock tattoo is displayed across her lower back, usually just below the reach of her hair, the wings spreading nearly to the sides of her midsection, the feathered tail dipping slightly below her waistline. She possesses fewer scars than most Mutants, but still has some typical marks along the underside of her wrists from injections when she was younger.
| Physical Description |
âI have been told that I am desirable. I make use of this when I can.â
Persephone cannot change her physical appearance, but she can change the way she carries herself, the way she behaves, and therefore the person she is. She doesnât have a frightening appearance; her eyes are somewhat large pools of violet, her nose a cute little button, her face somewhat rounded. She doesnât express emotions very well, and as such she is usually drawn, and closed off. Exuberant is the last word anyone would use to describe her.
Her body is smooth and toned, a nearly perfectly flat abdomen running down to long legs, her shape slightly hourglass, though her hips are not very pronounced, nor is her chest. Her skin is porcelain in complexion, not very tanned, but not unnaturally pale. She doesnât look like much in a fight, and she isnât; Sephâs not very muscled, and as a whole, her body has a somewhat fragile, delicate appearance.
She wears whatever is required of her for the task at hand, regardless of comfort or utility, but when allowed to dress as she chooses, sheâll fit in as best she can with a pair of jeans, boots of some kind, typically ankle in height. She prefers tops that are backless, for the convenience, being a Flock.
| Likes |
âPlay it again for me?â
+ Music, specifically soft, acoustic and live performance +
+ Having a place to belong to +
+ A cause to dedicate herself to +
+ Warm water +
+ Mornings, calm ones +
+ Missions, for the chance to get out and see things +
| Dislikes |
âSometimes the world spins away from me, and I am lost.â
- Chaos -
- Getting caught in a situation she doesnât understand -
- Storms -
- Being forced to switch roles often -
- Being alone -
- Disappointing others -
| Fears |
âPhysical pain can be endured. Losing a purpose cannot.â
* Abandonment *
* Thunder storms *
* Not having a purpose *
* Failing in her missions *
* Losing her familiar *
| Personality |
âIf it is required of me, then I will reshape myself a thousand times over.â
Quite simply, Persephone is whoever she needs to be to get the job done. No more, no less. No height is unattainable, and no low is off limits. She has assumed several different identities in the past few years, all detailed and all memorized to the letter, to the point where Seph really has been multiple different people in her recent history, so consumed by her work has she been. She infiltrates escapee or revolutionary groups, integrates herself into their ranks, and then does what is asked of her, whether thatâs delivering them into the hands of their enemies, sabotaging their efforts, or murdering their leader and flying away. The convenient part about being bred in a lab is that thereâs really no real history to confuse with the ones you are told to have.
Itâs no surprise then, that when Seph is not required to be anything, she doesnât really know what she is. When unpressured, she is quiet, thoughtful, precise, meticulous in her actions and movements, each step taking with care and each word checked and rechecked before it is spoken. She shows an interest in learning anything and everything she can, and in these moments her naĂŻve side can emerge, the kind only possible when one Is denied the experiences of a normal life growing up, her life a fabrication. There are many things she does not understand, and many things she wants to see. Itâs why she values being sent out on missions so much, even if it means she is forced to live a lie. What is living a lie if someone has never lived the truth?
What she does know is that her loyalties lie with those that raised her, the only family she has ever known. It may not be easy, and it may not be the life she envisioned for herself. Then again, itâs the only life sheâd offered, and the alternative is so intimidating it barely reaches the fringes of her thought before she shudders and pushes it away. Freedom is a bizarre and frightening idea for one who has never known what it is like to serve anyone other than her superiors. Her rewards are slim, but she has a sense of belonging doing what she does, and the loyalty this has created is the only reason she is entrusted with the tasks she is given. She is not expected to rebel simply because the idea seems unthinkable to her.
In summary, Seph has intense training in throwing walls of lies around herself, using them as shields to batter whatever the world throws at her, but if anyone was able to sneak under or around those walls, they would find her extremely vulnerable, unsure, and fragile⊠but also greatly curious.
| History |
âI was born with a purpose. I intend to succeed in that purpose.â
A creation of the Instituteâs test tubes, Subject 2684A did not have a childhood in any sense of the word. She has little to no memory of being a small child beyond the tests, the needles, the injections, and more tests, the gifts she was created with that apparently not everyone shared. There were others like her, yes; her strain of Flock was not particularly uncommon, but it took her some time to learn that the outside world was not made up of people like her.
The name Persephone was granted to her after her path in life was determined, and her status as a mutant hunter was to proceed. Where others would simply hunt down, defeat, and drag home the mutants, Seph would infiltrate, gain trust, gain influence, and then use it against them. If necessary, she would use the stealth abilities granted to her to assassinate. It was an easier road than most experienced in the Institute, her days spent absorbing knowledge about the outside world, as well as techniques she would need to use, conventions of speaking, manners, educate, how to carry herself, how to blend in among the mutants.
She learned to fight a little, but not well. She can handle a small knife surprisingly well, and knows just where to stick it to make someone bleed out in a matter of minutes, but she was never built for fighting with her other abilities, not to mention her mostly hollow bones and her slim frame. Rather than fight, she was taught how to speak, how to live. Many different ways, in fact. Considering that it was the only life she knew, she did not feel she was treated in any way unfairly. This was the way things were, she was told, and from her position, that was just fine. She had been given a place to belong, and been cursed with things that made her unnatural. Her familiar acted as something of a mother figure for her growing up, and in this role Seph relies on Demeter. When her heart begins to overrule her head, Demeter intervenes, and it has saved the girl a world of trouble more than once.
Seph, having proven her ability to bring in escaped mutants through subversive means for the last five years, has risen to a rather esteemed position among mutant hunters, or at least as esteemed as a mutant might be among the Institution. She currently awaits her next target, wondering what kind of veil she will be slipping under this time. She is trained for infiltration, sabotage, espionage, or even assassination, and she has performed all of them on targets of varying importance. She may still be quite young, but her so far unshakable loyalty and ability to get the job done have made her a valuable asset in the effort to bring escaped and revolutionary mutants to heel.
| Familiarâs Name |
âI would be lost without Demi.â
Persephoneâs familiar is called Demeter, but to Seph, she is Demi.
| Familiarâs Gender |
âDemi is a mother to me.â
Demeter is female.
| Familiarâs Personality |
âShe is the warning that stops me from taking one step too many.â
Demeter acts as the mother that Persephone never had, and most commonly serves as the voice of reason in Sephâs head. To others, if she ever spoke to them, Demi would probably seem untrustworthy, clearly holding far more knowledge than she chooses to share. This is true. Demi is smart, and views knowledge as power, often choosing to hoard information rather than share it freely, sometimes even from Seph. These instances are usually for the girlâs own good. Her priority is always the survival and well-being of them as a pair, and Demi consistently gives Seph advice on how to avoid the pain and suffering that so many of her fellow mutants fall into. She is logical and practical, a cynic to the core. Where Seph is the heart, Demi is the head, and always tries to push Seph away from making decision with emotion but rather with reason. She is quite commonly perched on Persephoneâs shoulder, ever vigilant and ever-ready to provide her guidance.
count your blessings, seduce a stranger.
What's so wrong with being happy?
Kudos to those who see through sickness.
When she woke in the morning
she knew that her life had passed her by.
And she called out a warning,
"Don't ever let life pass you by."
I suggest we learn to love ourselves before it's made illegal.
When will we learn? When will we change?
Just in time to see it all fall down.
Those left standing... will make millions...
writing books on the way it should have been.
When she woke in the morning
she knew that her life had passed her by.
And she called out a warning,
"Don't ever let life pass you by."
Floating in this cosmic jacuzzi
we are like frogs oblivious to the water starting to boil.
No one flinches, we all float face down.
When she woke in the morning
she knew that her life had passed her by.
And she called out a warning,
"Don't ever let life pass you by."