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◬ F U L L N A M E ◬
Maria Lucille Leblanc
◬ A G E ◬
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◬ S E X U A L I T Y◬
PANSEXUAL
◬ L I K E S◬
reliability in everything, whether people, schedules or gadgets
◬ D I S L I K E S◬
laziness; she's not one to hide her irritation
◬ P E R S O N A L I T Y◬
Maria is far from someone who runs from duty; in fact, she's one who embraces it. She relishes the feeling of being needed and relied on, and will readily accept extra work. Even take on too much, as she is prone to automatically saying yes when asked to do something. She's someone who can stand alone, without needing help. In truth, she actually prefers working alone and relying on herself to get the job done, although the nature of her abilities prevents that. Her inherent distrust is part of the reason, but also simply because she get into rhythm easier when she doesn't have to think about how the others' efforts will go. As for her distrust, it's been there since childhood, the result of a mother who wasn't there. There's always a fear that people will eventually fail her, no matter how well they've shown up to her before.
When it comes to her work and her abilities, Maria's confidence is as clear as day. To the extent that she doubts others' work would be up to par with her own. And when criticized, she will question your criticisms in an increasingly irate manner as the conversation goes on. She doesn't take criticism all that well, but give her a while to absorb and think about it, and the blonde will eventually come around. She's definitely willing to learn from others, especially if they're people she respects.
While Maria might be able to hide her distrustful nature behind a mask of politeness, her other emotions tend to come out in full force. You can expect to see it on her face when she's happy, sad, angry or disappointed. Her actions and words will reflect this; she has a tendency to get carried away by her feelings. It's why deaths are so much more traumatizing, and why happy memories are so treasured. She's an empathic person by nature, able to pick up on the nuances of someone's moods. After her father's remarriage, she wound up with a younger stepsister who she primarily took care of as both her parents worked. This instilled a sense of responsibility as well as a tendency to henpeck and nag those she grew close to. She's willing to help, and lend an ear if you need it.
Maria Lucille Leblanc
◬ A G E ◬
20
◬ S E X U A L I T Y◬
PANSEXUAL
◬ L I K E S◬
reliability in everything, whether people, schedules or gadgets
◬ D I S L I K E S◬
laziness; she's not one to hide her irritation
◬ P E R S O N A L I T Y◬
Maria is far from someone who runs from duty; in fact, she's one who embraces it. She relishes the feeling of being needed and relied on, and will readily accept extra work. Even take on too much, as she is prone to automatically saying yes when asked to do something. She's someone who can stand alone, without needing help. In truth, she actually prefers working alone and relying on herself to get the job done, although the nature of her abilities prevents that. Her inherent distrust is part of the reason, but also simply because she get into rhythm easier when she doesn't have to think about how the others' efforts will go. As for her distrust, it's been there since childhood, the result of a mother who wasn't there. There's always a fear that people will eventually fail her, no matter how well they've shown up to her before.
When it comes to her work and her abilities, Maria's confidence is as clear as day. To the extent that she doubts others' work would be up to par with her own. And when criticized, she will question your criticisms in an increasingly irate manner as the conversation goes on. She doesn't take criticism all that well, but give her a while to absorb and think about it, and the blonde will eventually come around. She's definitely willing to learn from others, especially if they're people she respects.
While Maria might be able to hide her distrustful nature behind a mask of politeness, her other emotions tend to come out in full force. You can expect to see it on her face when she's happy, sad, angry or disappointed. Her actions and words will reflect this; she has a tendency to get carried away by her feelings. It's why deaths are so much more traumatizing, and why happy memories are so treasured. She's an empathic person by nature, able to pick up on the nuances of someone's moods. After her father's remarriage, she wound up with a younger stepsister who she primarily took care of as both her parents worked. This instilled a sense of responsibility as well as a tendency to henpeck and nag those she grew close to. She's willing to help, and lend an ear if you need it.
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◬C H A R A C T E R A P P E A R A N C E ◬
Maria's a woman of average height and build, with a rather classically pretty face which she's content with. Her blonde hair she typically keeps up on a ponytail, but when it's down it reaches her waist. It's a point of pride for her to keep it well groomed and healthy. While she calls her blue eyes very "normal", they're extremely expressive and will tell you exactly what she's thinking and feeling at the moment. The only marking she has is the guild brand, which she had stamped on her upper back, near the crook between her neck and right shoulder.
Her outfits tend to be dressy casual, and very feminine in nature. Maria's a bit of a girly girl at heart. Before leaving her room she'll usually find the time to put on a bit of make up, which usually just consists of powder, concealer, a bit of blush and gloss.
Maria's a woman of average height and build, with a rather classically pretty face which she's content with. Her blonde hair she typically keeps up on a ponytail, but when it's down it reaches her waist. It's a point of pride for her to keep it well groomed and healthy. While she calls her blue eyes very "normal", they're extremely expressive and will tell you exactly what she's thinking and feeling at the moment. The only marking she has is the guild brand, which she had stamped on her upper back, near the crook between her neck and right shoulder.
Her outfits tend to be dressy casual, and very feminine in nature. Maria's a bit of a girly girl at heart. Before leaving her room she'll usually find the time to put on a bit of make up, which usually just consists of powder, concealer, a bit of blush and gloss.
◬W E A P O N \ S T Y L E ◬
A simple nondescript dagger which she usually has strapped around her right thigh. The blonde's heavily reliant on her powers in combat, and will only use the dagger to push off an attacker until she can find something/someone she can leech abilities off.
A simple nondescript dagger which she usually has strapped around her right thigh. The blonde's heavily reliant on her powers in combat, and will only use the dagger to push off an attacker until she can find something/someone she can leech abilities off.
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◬ A B I L I T I E S ◬
Psychometry-based Ability Mimicry - the name itself is pretty revealing. Maria copies an ability based on what or who she's touching. She'll need to be in direct contact, although surface area doesn't seem to matter too much as long as it's sizable enough to feel. This enables her to have access to several ways of fighting at once, as long as she has the means to copy powers. While direct human contact is preferred, she can also copy off objects they've left strong imprints on.
Theoretically, she can have more than one power simultaneously, but hasn't attempted it. Personally, Maria doesn't think it would go over too well as that would mean learning to control more than one power at once. Worst case scenario, the powers might wind up conflicting and inflict damage on her instead (for example, gaining both real psychometry and energy reading might lead to overloading her senses). It's risky.
Psychometry-based Ability Mimicry - the name itself is pretty revealing. Maria copies an ability based on what or who she's touching. She'll need to be in direct contact, although surface area doesn't seem to matter too much as long as it's sizable enough to feel. This enables her to have access to several ways of fighting at once, as long as she has the means to copy powers. While direct human contact is preferred, she can also copy off objects they've left strong imprints on.
Theoretically, she can have more than one power simultaneously, but hasn't attempted it. Personally, Maria doesn't think it would go over too well as that would mean learning to control more than one power at once. Worst case scenario, the powers might wind up conflicting and inflict damage on her instead (for example, gaining both real psychometry and energy reading might lead to overloading her senses). It's risky.
◬L I M I T A T I O N S◬
Contact is a must, no exceptions. The moment she lets go or accidentally drops the object she's gaining powers from, Maria loses whatever power she was copying. It's highly preferable she stick to humans when copying, but as you can guess, it'd be difficult to move around and fight like that. Which is why she can use and copy off their psi imprints, but even then that's pretty unstable. It's highly dependent on how fresh and strong the imprints are, which is usually directly connected to how long they've had something. She'd have a much easier time copying an ability off someone's trusty cellphone than a nondescript pen they own. Imprints also fade over time, so if it's been a while since the imprint, it's perfectly possible Maria can't gain anything from it anymore.
While having more than one power sounds really cool, you'll have to remember that with the way her abilities work, Maria is a jack of all trades, master of none. Yeah sure, she can produce flame and probably spew out a direct line of fire after a while with the ability, but don't expect anything fancier than that. She could always focus on copying and trying to master only certain people's, but she'll never be able to get to their level of mastery, no matter what. Plus, that would ruin the point of being such a flexible pick. Also, everytime she has to take up a power, she has to get used to it again even if she's used it before. After all, not everyone's powers channel and react the same way.
Contact is a must, no exceptions. The moment she lets go or accidentally drops the object she's gaining powers from, Maria loses whatever power she was copying. It's highly preferable she stick to humans when copying, but as you can guess, it'd be difficult to move around and fight like that. Which is why she can use and copy off their psi imprints, but even then that's pretty unstable. It's highly dependent on how fresh and strong the imprints are, which is usually directly connected to how long they've had something. She'd have a much easier time copying an ability off someone's trusty cellphone than a nondescript pen they own. Imprints also fade over time, so if it's been a while since the imprint, it's perfectly possible Maria can't gain anything from it anymore.
While having more than one power sounds really cool, you'll have to remember that with the way her abilities work, Maria is a jack of all trades, master of none. Yeah sure, she can produce flame and probably spew out a direct line of fire after a while with the ability, but don't expect anything fancier than that. She could always focus on copying and trying to master only certain people's, but she'll never be able to get to their level of mastery, no matter what. Plus, that would ruin the point of being such a flexible pick. Also, everytime she has to take up a power, she has to get used to it again even if she's used it before. After all, not everyone's powers channel and react the same way.
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◬ H I S T O R Y ◬
Maria can only say this about her biological mother: bitch. Her mother was never dependable. She was the flighty artist type, never settling down to one place as she dragged her daughter around the country while her father worked and stayed where he was. As a result she was lonely and never made lasting friendships. Not even her mother's assistant was someone she could look up to as a father figure. That's how her life went on, being "homeschooled" until she was seven, when she woke up in their hotel room alone with only a note that said "i'm sorry" with her father's number scribbled on. Well, that and she'd mailed divorce papers to her father after he'd come to get Maria.
Life with her father was infinitely better, as he tried much harder to be there for her than her mother ever did. Eventually, he wound up re-marrying and she gained a mother, an older brother and a younger sister, all of whom she adored dearly. Unfortunately there was such a large age gap between her and her older brother that by the time they all lived under the same roof, he was moving out for college anyway. It's how she wound up taking up the responsibility of taking care of her younger sister, and growing extremely close to her. She learned stability, and made lasting friendships, in particular her two best friends, Rialto and Rye. It could only be thanks to them she discovered her powers.
Upon the discovery of her power, life remained pretty smooth. Yes, it was frightening considering the prejudice against mages, but her power was a very subtle one, and required the presence of other mages. Every time she heard someone she knew was actually a mage, she'd feel her heart constrict just a bit, and simply be a lot more careful about the objects and people she had contact with. Not even her own father was in the know until magic had become more common practice.
Eventually, magic became legalized and Guilds were found to be one of the most lucrative and prestigious workplaces there were for mages. Around this time, she declared that she was a mage to her family. They were shocked, and a bit put out by her secrecy, but eventually came around to support her. Since Maria had no particular desire to pursue a major, she decided to dedicate herself to one. Of course, she wouldn't settle for any less than the best, and what's better than Blue Empire in this city? She's been a member for around a month now, and while she's not by any means a seasoned veteran, she's not super wet around the ears either.
Maria can only say this about her biological mother: bitch. Her mother was never dependable. She was the flighty artist type, never settling down to one place as she dragged her daughter around the country while her father worked and stayed where he was. As a result she was lonely and never made lasting friendships. Not even her mother's assistant was someone she could look up to as a father figure. That's how her life went on, being "homeschooled" until she was seven, when she woke up in their hotel room alone with only a note that said "i'm sorry" with her father's number scribbled on. Well, that and she'd mailed divorce papers to her father after he'd come to get Maria.
Life with her father was infinitely better, as he tried much harder to be there for her than her mother ever did. Eventually, he wound up re-marrying and she gained a mother, an older brother and a younger sister, all of whom she adored dearly. Unfortunately there was such a large age gap between her and her older brother that by the time they all lived under the same roof, he was moving out for college anyway. It's how she wound up taking up the responsibility of taking care of her younger sister, and growing extremely close to her. She learned stability, and made lasting friendships, in particular her two best friends, Rialto and Rye. It could only be thanks to them she discovered her powers.
Upon the discovery of her power, life remained pretty smooth. Yes, it was frightening considering the prejudice against mages, but her power was a very subtle one, and required the presence of other mages. Every time she heard someone she knew was actually a mage, she'd feel her heart constrict just a bit, and simply be a lot more careful about the objects and people she had contact with. Not even her own father was in the know until magic had become more common practice.
Eventually, magic became legalized and Guilds were found to be one of the most lucrative and prestigious workplaces there were for mages. Around this time, she declared that she was a mage to her family. They were shocked, and a bit put out by her secrecy, but eventually came around to support her. Since Maria had no particular desire to pursue a major, she decided to dedicate herself to one. Of course, she wouldn't settle for any less than the best, and what's better than Blue Empire in this city? She's been a member for around a month now, and while she's not by any means a seasoned veteran, she's not super wet around the ears either.
◬D I S C O V E R Y ◬
Maria discovered her power because her two best friends (who were siblings) discovered they had powers. And the trio shared everything between each other. One of them had the power of water manipulation, and when Ria was showing it off to Maria, the blonde jokingly mimicked her while holding her hand. Suddenly, the young teen found that she could do it as well. Then she did a similar thing with Rye, who had the ability to manipulate gravity. Well, everyone went crazy and with a bit of trial and error, they found out Maria could copy someone's ability as long as she was touching them.
It was while she was borrowing one of their phones that she discovered her abilities extended to objects as well. And as usual, she shared it with them, and they started conducting tests to figure out just what her limits were. Rialto was just about ready to announce to the world they were ready to take them on, despite the fact at that time, magic was still illegal. Rye was always a bit of a scientist and the more logical of the two. He's the one who told them all to keep quiet, no matter how exciting their abilities were. Eventually, they'd get their big break. For now, they would suffer in silence. But Rye believed there would one day come a time when mages would be the ones who people looked up to.
And you know what, he was right.
Maria discovered her power because her two best friends (who were siblings) discovered they had powers. And the trio shared everything between each other. One of them had the power of water manipulation, and when Ria was showing it off to Maria, the blonde jokingly mimicked her while holding her hand. Suddenly, the young teen found that she could do it as well. Then she did a similar thing with Rye, who had the ability to manipulate gravity. Well, everyone went crazy and with a bit of trial and error, they found out Maria could copy someone's ability as long as she was touching them.
It was while she was borrowing one of their phones that she discovered her abilities extended to objects as well. And as usual, she shared it with them, and they started conducting tests to figure out just what her limits were. Rialto was just about ready to announce to the world they were ready to take them on, despite the fact at that time, magic was still illegal. Rye was always a bit of a scientist and the more logical of the two. He's the one who told them all to keep quiet, no matter how exciting their abilities were. Eventually, they'd get their big break. For now, they would suffer in silence. But Rye believed there would one day come a time when mages would be the ones who people looked up to.
And you know what, he was right.
