Vynce (2017 Edition)ÂŽ
Age
15
Appearance
Dead birds - trophies are excluded
Standing at 170cm (5'7"), Vynce's base form is characterised by an incredibly lean body, paired with the unnatural white skin colour of changelings, silver grey hair and pitch-black eyes. Her face is made up of simple characteristics. A spherical face encapsulates what means to be a shapeshifting race, boasting a straight stub nose, feature-less eyes, save for their hazelnut shape, where thin, colourless lips secure the deal just above a soft and mildly pronounced jawline. Vynce's straight hair have a habit of retaining a messy state for hours, so she keeps them at shoulder-length and doesn't bother attending to them if the situation doesn't call for more formal attire.
Vynce's appearance can change to match that of her active masks; refer to the Powers segment for more detailed information on that. Apart from her many masks, she also has a base male form as a Changeling; in that form, she boasts an impressive height of 190cm (6'3") with a similar body structure of lean and unpronounced characteristics. A scar runs across her face in this form - starting from just above her right eye, and stretching down to her lips in length. This is a retained birthmark, and one that renders her male form quite menacing; hence why she males use of it so rarely.
Vynce retains a few pairs of the same clothing items that can be described as plain, loose and comfortable: the perfect combination for when one has to change into many different bodies and appearances. Her garnments consist of three basic pieces, all unisex so that they can also be worn by her male form, or while she changes to masks of catalogued male individuals. These consist of a white sleeveless shirt, a heavy cotton jacket, and loose chino trousers secured by a heavyweight black leather belt. When in her base form, Vynce likes to keep her shirt buttoned up above her belly. As for shoes, she only wears a pair of boots that her mother Pan once passed to her; this pair of boots is made with leather dyed brown and infused with magic, allowing it to change size to match the feet size of the individual that wears them. This is the go-to for whenever Vynce changes masks, so that she does not need to keep shoes of all sizes close to her at all times.
Class
Night class. School safety measures prevent shapeshifters from altering their appearance. As such, she partakes classes in the night curriculum.
Powers
Catalogue: This ability allows Vynce to 'catalogue' the appearance of any humanoid she encounters into a 'roster' of appearances, called 'masks'. Adding a new mask to the roster requires her to spend at least five minutes observing the person whose mask she plans to acquire; including listening to their voice, mimicking their movements, and assuming their mannerisms. Spending more time around that person increases the 'effectiveness' of the mask, making it more realistic as to the real person in whose appearance Vynce disguises. Vynce can also edit that mask, if she happens to spend some more time with that individual at a different time.
Shapeshifting: A changeling's racial ability to shapeshift into any humanoid creature of any appearance - changing into the catalogued mask. This action can be performed at will - there is no such thing as an effective cooldown. By shapeshifting, Vynce assumes the natural traits of the person into who she disguises, including gender, voice, height, weight, muscularity or feminity, hair style, hair colour and length, facial and body features such as scars, marks, etc. She does not assume their behaviour, lifestyle, memories, supernatural abilities, and does not gain any of their possessions or equipment during the time she catalogued them.
Uncover Identity: Vynce is a shapeshifter; as such, she has the ability to see through another person's bluff if they have assumed a different appearance through the means of magic or racial capabilities.
Changeling Metabolism: Consumption of poisoned food has little effect on Vynce; consumption of magically enhanced food increases the potent of the magic within said consummable.
Blend: Vynce has an additional racial ability related to shapeshifting; while moving inside a crowd of people, she can adapt a mask so plain and usual that observers have a hard time focusing on her silhouette, eagering to shift their attention to a person with more pronounced characteristics.
Inventory
- School backpack; class books, a couple of notebooks, memo, drawing paper, and stationery. Includes a 15.6" ultrabook.
- Pocket knife.
- Boots-of-all-sizes (magic item); see Appearance.
- Pack of cigarettes and a Zippo lighter.
- Smartphone, a pair of earbuds, dorm keys and some spare change.
Backstory
Vynce's background is a compilation of unfortunate events and shady parts that she tries really hard to keep for herself only.
Vynce's life started in the wet soaked slums. Her mother goes by the name Pan, and currrently resides in the sprawling metropolis of Harp City, out in the distant west from Half Moon Academy. Fifteen years ago, she was a struggling woman, outcast from the society for being a known changeling, a race feared by men for being deceivers and notorious criminals in their majority. Doing whatever she could to stay alive, at some point she had to result in prostitution to secure her living. During these hard times, a failed contraceptive therapy resulted in the changeling's unexpected pregnancy; nine months later, she would give birth to Vynce, with the identity of the child's father lost among an endless catalogue of customers over a period of many months.
After the kid was born, Pan changed leaf, but only ventured in an even darker path afterwards - assassinating an acknowledged and wealthy individual of the city and assuming her identity for years to come in order to secure her wealth, and growing Vynce inside the best of living conditions that money could buy. After Vynce turned three, the entire of her education was received at home; she was homeschooled until the age of eight, since she could not acquire or adapt to masks before that age. Her life passed peacefully yet lonely; to her mother's eyes, who knew no other alternative but living lawless, this was the best that she could do for her. Ten years went by.
That is, until eventually the missing pieces of the puzzle were pieced together, and the duo was linked to the assassination and identity theft of the mask due to Pan's inability to assume every single one of their picky manners. They had to run away yet once again. The slums were where they would seek sanctuary from now on, but this time around, things had changed a lot. Vynce had grown up in a different environment; the shift was not welcome, neither was the fact that she had to attend a regular public school masked as a twelve year old boy that she once got to met by chance. But she had to roll with it, studying at school in the morning and living off by stealing in the night.
The light of hope shined once again upon Vynce's face, when her saviour arrived - in the form of a letter of invitation. An invitation to an extraordinary institution known as Half Moon Academy, totally unkown to her. She took the opportunity to run away from her miserable life with a smile of redemption on her face. She would finally be able to form a life of her own, free of prejudice against her species in a place far away, in new masks and with new company. The perfect opportunity to start again. Little did she know about the true nature of the school that she was about to enter and its policy for students of 'paranormal' races...