"We don't pick our names." Lana Jay Echo, however, she hates it. [ Lah - nuh ]
| Nickname |
"Unfortunately for me, there's really no way to shorten Lanna." Lanna hates her name. It's too girly for her. However, she wasn't blessed with a name that is easily shortened, so she's kind of stuck with it. Her siblings used to call her Lanna-Banana or Lannie when she was younger, and still do it sometimes, just to piss her off. Now, she prefers to go by her last name, Echo, however, when around her siblings, that can get pretty tough, seeing as they all have the same last name.
| Age |
"Too young to do anything fun. Legally, anyway." Eighteen years-old.
| Role |
"I'm the bad bitch." Girl 5 | Taylor Momsen
"Everybody always asks me: why do you always hide behind all that heavy eye-makup?, and I'm always like, just fuck off and let me do my own thing." Lanna has shockingly blue eyes. They're soft, pale blue, almost white, with a dark ring of navy around them, and flecks of navy throughout them. They're rather large on her face, and paired with her fair skin and bright hair, make her look doll like, and innocent, this is one of her biggest reasons for heavy eye makeup. She hates looking innocent, and sweet. Those days are well behind her.
| Hair color |
"No, I'm not a natural blonde, but who gives a shit?" Lanna's hair is extremely blonde, almost white, curtsey of about a ton of bleach. Naturally, it's black as night, and one would think that, with her grunge style, black hair would fit her, but she likes to do the unexpected. So, after a particularly bad fight with her father, she went and bleached the hell out of her hair. Despite all the horror stories about bleach though, it's soft, and extremely long, not at all fried or frayed. Sometimes she straightens it, a process that takes hours, but sometimes she leaves it in natural waves. Very rarely will she curl it, but when she does, long white-blonde ringlet spiral down to her hips. She's very fond of the length of her hair and would never cut it. Naturally, it's just past her hips. Her bangs sweep gently across her forehead to the right, framing her face. Sometimes during the summer, she'll add things to it, like hot pink tips, but she's never fully dyed her hair anything other than blonde.
| Skin tone |
"Despite living in Cali, I'm no bronzed beauty." Lanna is extremely pale. Her blonde hair fits her much better than her black ever did, because the black used to wash her out, and make her look extremely white. However, now, she looks normal, less snowy, and more peachy.
| Distinct Markings |
"My family is a gang. Did you expect me to be tattoo-less, piercing-less, and scar-less?" When it comes to tattoos, piercings, and scars, Lanna has the lion's share. She's lived life in a gang, she's bound to have some markings. First off, she has five tattoos. She loves tattoos, and after her first, became hopelessly addicted. Her first tattoo is on her back, and is a large picture of a lion, with the words: "Soul of a lion" printed in a curve under the lion's paw. Her second is actually a double tattoo, on the inside of both wrists. One wrist reads: Will you crumble?, and the other reads: Or will you conquer? Her third tattoo sits on her hip, and is of a rose. This tattoo, she got while crazy drunk, and wanted a rose tattoo to signify Rose, the drug. Her fourth tattoo is of a cross, on the inside of her left elbow, under her wrist tattoo. Finally, her fifth tattoo, is a small one on her middle finger that reads: Fuck off. When it comes to piercings, she has her belly button pierced, the hip without the rose tattoo pierced three times, her right ear pierced three times in the lobe and once high in the cartilige, her right ear pierced seven times, and a small stud on the left side of her nose. Finally when it comes to scars, her right thigh has a knife scar on it, the back of her left shoulder has a bullet wound scar on it, her arms are dotted with needle scars from injecting herself with Rose, and various, smaller scars from fights and accidents mar various other places.
| Clothing style |
"So what if my clothes can get a little slutty? I'm comfortable with my body." Lanna's look is very grungy. She wears dark eye-makeup, wears her hair in a messy, tousled way, and can often be seen with either cherry red or pitch black lipstick on her lips. Her closet has an endless supply of black, but that is not all she has. She is capable of dressing nice, and actually does so quite often, but when she does, she puts her own edgy spin on it. She may wear a soft pink dress, but make it more her by wearing a studded leather jacket, combat boots, and thigh-highs with it. She absolutely loves thigh-highs, and has an endless supply. Almost every outfit she wears involves them. When she wears jeans, which is rarely, she'll wear ripped jeans, and when, more commonly, she wears shorts, she wears frayed, or studded shorts. Her style is very wide, and she'll wear almost anything, so long as she can find a way to make it edgy. When it comes to shoes, she's got an endless supply of combat boots, but she also loves high heels. Studded, or boots, she doesn't care. Sometimes, she'll wear an all black outfit with a pair of hot-pink pumps, to add a splash of color.
"I like a lot of things, but let's face it. If I don't like you- you're fucked."
âĨ Attention
âĨ Boys
âĨ Getting what she wants
âĨ Having the freedom to do what she wants
âĨ Feeling important
âĨ Flirting
âĨ Touching
âĨ Bad boys
âĨ Her great dane, Stalker
âĨ Praise
âĨ Succeeding
âĨ Parties
âĨ Breaking the rules
âĨ Swimming
âĨ Chocolate
âĨ Beaches
âĨ Fast cars
âĨ Drinking
âĨ Weekends
âĨ Her music
âĨ Cigarettes, smoking
âĨ Rose
âĨ Fighting
| Dislikes |
"That depends- How much time do you have?"
â Whiny people
â Annoying people
â Clingy people
â Feeling restrained
â Rules
â Being told what to do
â Losing
â Thunderstorms
â When people try to control her
â Failing those she cares about
â Being looked down on
â Being ignored
â Healthy food
â When someone threatens her siblings
â When her father asks her to do something
â Girls, she doesn't get along well with her sex
â Reading
â Cooking, she can't cook to save her life
| Fears |
"Fear? Just another word for motivation baby."
â Falling in love
â Getting hurt
â Nightmares
â Thunderstorms
â Being alone forever
â Losing her family
â Small places
vulgar [vuhl-ger]
1. Characterized by ignorance of or lack of good breeding or taste
2. Indecent; obscene; lewd
3. Crude; coarse; unrefined
"When I was younger, I was skinny and awkward. I hated everything about myself. So I changed myself. Sure, it came as a shock to my family and friends, but I'm happy now. I'm more comfortable in my own body." The word different is an understatement for Lanna Echo. She is the embodiment of the youth stereotype: Pissed off at the world and driven by passion. She's not the type to let others influence her and marches completely to her own drum. She's unafraid to say what she's thinking, having absolutely no filter. She's crude and often vulgar. You never quite know what will come out of her mouth and when. She's stubborn and does what she wants, when she wants, making her very hard to control. She doesn't take orders well and has a very short attention span, preferring to do things on her own time. When asked to do something, her typical response is: "When I get to it."
Despite this though, Lanna has the ability to shock. Her personality changes, seemingly randomly. She can be rude, wild, ignorant, and stubborn one day, and the next she's calm, collected, and obedient. She's an extremely complex girl, and, as soon as you think you've got her figured out, she changes. She's a completely driven by passion and emotion. When she's feeling something, you'll know. Though, very rarely, does she show any sign of sadness or pain. Her most common emotions are anger, pride, and passion. She does what she wants to do, when she wants to do it, dancing to her own beat without giving a second thought to what the world thinks about it. Often times, she misses the bigger picture, unable to truly understand that, though she was thinking it, what she just said may have just gotten her into trouble.
When she was younger, Lanna was always really small. It wasn't until she was older that she hit her growth spurt and grew really tall. She even hit puberty late, meaning that she didn't get her curves until well into high school. She was always awkward and gangly looking, though she had a pretty face, the rest of her was just too small. Because of this, she was picked on a lot in school, and so she began fighting, and got a reputation for it. Even after she started to grow out of her tininess, she was still a fighter. Nobody wanted to mess with her.
Lanna also has an incredible ability for persuasion. Though, in her natural state, she seems to be carefree and clueless, she is able to take on any role at the drop of a hat. Her smooth, hypnotic voice, persuading ocean-colored eyes, and ability to spin words better than a spider can spin a web make her extremely dangerous. Lanna has a wicked side to her, and loves to break rules and live her life on the edge. She doesn't care who she hurts, as long as she'd having fun doing it. She's a wild partygirl, hitting up every party she can. She's a wildcard. The surprising girl.
Lanna is also very confident with herself. A lot of people hate her because they think she is self-centered, rude, and a wanna-be badass, but really, she's just sheerly confident. She doesn't care what others think of her anymore, all that matters to her is that she's happy with herself.
Lanna may seem rude, have a wicked side to her, and stay mostly closed off, but once you earn her loyalty and trust, you know you can count on her until the end. One thing she holds very highly is trust for to her, if there is no trust, there cannot be a relationship. No matter what kind of relationship, trust is essential. At first, she's rough, brash, maybe a bit overbearing, and extremely guarded, but should you actually spend time with her, you would come to see that it is rather easy to adapt to her strange personality and she's actually rather pleasant to have around. As a friend, she's not the best person to come to for comfort or a good cry, but she'll always be loyal to you.
"I can make you doubt reality." Lanna has the ability of Illusion. She can force thoughts, ideas, words, hallucinations, memories, and such into another's mind by physical contact, them hearing her voice, or eye contact. When she uses her power, her eyes glimmer with an iridescent shine. When she's hypnotizing with voice, she doesn't even have to change her voice, simply ease it in casually to the conversation. To push hallucinations into someone, it's easier to use physical contact or eye contact, because, with voice, she'd have to describe the hallucination and that's not as instant. The only way her victim can be free of her spell is if she should will it, or they manage to mentally figure it out themselves. She could push and entire lifetime of memories into someone's head, and they would never even know. If someone else were to try and break them of this, they would only anger them. Essentially, she could drive people mad by making them doubt reality, often, people who know her power, are very wary about what's real and what's not when they're around her.
| Weaknesses |
"Weakness is a state of mind." The second half of her power is more of a weakness than a power, so she refuses to acknowledge it as such. She has the ability to take energy from people and use it to fuel her illusion power. The problem is, she needs the energy to function. She "feeds" off other people's energy, absorbing it through physical contact. The more energy she absorbs, the better she can use her power, and the clearer the world is for her. Her touch doesn't affect others, merely benefits her, though she still doesn't like using it. The idea of taking another's energy kind of makes her uneasy, though she needs it. If she's not almost constantly attached to someone, she grows weak within four hours, and can only go a maximum of three days without taking someone's energy, throughout which, she gets horrible migraines, and sometimes can't even get out of bed. The amount of energy she gets out of a touch depends on the person's energy and mental strength, and the intimacy of the touch. It's rough on her, which is why she uses the Rose drug more than anyone in her family. It allows her to stay strong and clear for four whole days. She's almost become completely dependent on it.
| Love Interest |
"Love? Me? Call me up when you have a taker. Then maybe we'll talk." Lanna doesn't love. Or at least she thinks she doesn't. She uses boys and throws them away, nothing more than a disposable tissue. But there is one boy. He makes it hard for her, and it excites her. Though she claims to "hate" him, in reality, he's the first boy that hasn't been easy to crack, and that catches her attention. Boy 15.
| Occupation |
"We're rich enough that I don't have to work, but honestly, I don't really consider it work. It's my passion. Without music, I would die." Lanna has a band. She's no super star, but she's really good, and the people in the city of Ravenwood, love her band. Due to the citie's seclusion though, that's as far as her popularity spreads. Here are some of her songs. These are Taylor Momsen's (her FC) band, The Pretty Reckless's actual songs:
You Make Me Wanna Die
You
Just Tonight
Miss Nothing
My Medicine
Hit Me Like A Man
Cold Blooded
If He "Loves" You
Goin' Down
Nothing Left to Lose
Victory
I am strong, love is evil
It's a version of perversion that is only for the lucky people
Take your time and do with me what you will
I won't mind, you know I'm ill, you know I'm ill
So hit me like a man and love me like a woman
Buried and sad, look me in the eyes, I want it
One will give you hell, one will give you heaven
Hit me like a man, love me like a woman
Love me like a woman
Love is strong, but I am evil
You are wrong, about me
Take your time, ah, play with me until
You can hear the children scream, like their stuck inside a dream
That you, ah, will
So hit me like a man, love me like a woman
Bury me alive, I can see it in your eyes, you want it
Some will give you pain, some will give you pleasure
Hit me like a man, love me like a woman
Love me like a woman
Don't you run away, run away from me, I will run away from you
Don't you run away, run away from me, I will run away from you
Hit me like a man, love me like a woman
From the devil deep inside, can't you see what I'm wanting?
Some will give you hell, some will give you heaven
So hit me like a man, love me like a woman
Love me like a woman
Love me like a woman
Love me like a woman