If there is one thing Temperance truly loves, its anything cute. Loves. Cute things, however, don't love her. Temperance has accepted this, more or less (less), and simply stares at the frills and things she'll never be able to pull off from a safe distance. Plus, she's a nursing student, it's not like she has time for that. She tells herself she's being practical, but in reality, Temperance no longer sees the point in trying.
a no one kind of girl
Having people die on her is quite different than witnessing it in a hospital. Temperance feels a personal responsibility for those that pass through her hands and their injuries, their deaths, are her failures. While she excels in her nursing program, she works until she tires herself out, trying to find a way to better herself. If only she was quicker, had done something slightly different, had been better. She dreams of blood on her hands and, with how dangerous other Ashdown is, it's only going to get worse. Temperance feels a need to save anyone, everyone if possible, regardless of who. She's tried of deaths that she thinks could have been prevented. To this end, she's constantly searching for anything and anyway to become a better healer, someone more powerful, with more ability. It haunts her.
While she's gotten to know most people on a superficial level, this realization of the impermanence of everything has her still reluctant to draw closer. There are a few exceptions, of course; she holds a few people close, although she worries about how fragile their bodies could be. These thin connections to people only strengthen her resolve. She is nothing good for them unless she can help them if needed.
Whatever she does, she's only as good as she can be. But it's not enough.
previous trouble
a nowhere kind of girl Temperance can never live in the same place for too long. It's not that she wants to extensively travel, really. She's just never found a space that feels like it's hers. Since moving out of her parent's house a scant two years ago, she's lived in three different places, and held down a handful of jobs. Right now, she's a phlebotomist, but who knows for how long?
This same transitionary tendency makes it hard for her to keep friends. She wanders and the friends don't physically come with, so she forgets. Forgets to give them new phone numbers, new addresses, everything... On the plus side, it hurts less to forget people than to be forgotten. As far as why she thinks she'll be forgotten... that's a whole bag of worms Temperance locks up tight. No one has bothered to even try to get to close enough, for long enough, for her to even think about loosening that knot, anyway. So why bother trying for some kind of domestic, root-putting-down dream?
Wherever she goes, there she is. It's not a comforting thought.
ANYTHING ELSE?
She's from a wealthy family who's traveled about quite a bit before settling down in a town very near Ashdown. She's got a gaggle of siblings, both younger and older, and enough cousins scattered around the state to start a small army. She's pretty sure the phrase "her and her aunt and her 56 cousins" was based on her family. Er... that's how that phrase went, right? Her immediate family does lives exceedingly close to Ashdown - an idyllic suburban life. Nearly far enough away. Her father is a heart surgeon, her mother is a nutritionist. Her siblings are all named after virtues. Fortitude, Honor, Chastity, Patience, Justice, Hope (deceased). Age: 23, Dec 24 Height: 5'11" Schooling: starting senior year in the nursing program (last two years are 1/2 semester CNA duties, 1/2 OBGYN, 1/2 pysch, 1&1/2 Surgery, 1 Surgery/ICU care) Living Situation: The tiniest studio apartment on top of what used to be a corner store. Seems like the store went out of business, though... Maybe she should move soon.
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2016 2:30 pm
snag free
Somehow, it seems like Temperance's clothes never tear. While she can tear them herself, deliberately (but why?! clothes can be so cute!), she never has to worry about random tears or holes. Whew.
glue
You now have the power to make one 5-foot square of flat surface sticky per day. You can use this a little at a time or all at once. Just don't do it in the kitchen or the bathroom... people will think things.
the grass is always greener
Temperance can now sense points which can be used to cross over into other Ashdown. This manifests as as excess color saturation around doors/archways/etc.
lift
Wingardium Leviosa, except you can only lift things with your brain that you could physically lift with your arms. I mean, you should still lift mostly with your knees, though.
stitch witch
Temperance can heal others by 'pinching' closed wounds using her fingers. The wound edges must be no greater than two inches apart. Wounds healed in this manner remain painful (as the inside flesh does not heal fully). This power does not work on herself and does not prevent massive internal bleeding should the wound already involve that.
heroes never die
Temperance's ability to heal has become prodigious, even including the ability to bring back the (recently) dead. However, once the dead are revived, she has a telepathic bond with them that cannot be removed.
would you kindly?
Use of this phrase triggers a mini geas in whomever Temperance is speaking to. This, coupled with her desire to retain anonymity, prevents that person from speaking/writing/otherwise communicating information about her magical status. The phrase must, of course, be included with the specific request. (Player consent is required before using this power.} [this power is posted with a caveat that Temperance herself must completed 1-2 rps developing this power after tithe-ing is over]
kintsugi
Much like massive stitches, Temperance can use her magic to 'fill in' damaged or torn flesh and bone. Her magic encourages the body to heal along her blueprint at a faster rate. The magic fades as the body repairs itself naturally; leaving behind oddly thick golden lines, twisted almost like roots, in it's wake. This can only work for wounds the body might heal naturally if in an ideal environment.
infracaninophile
In a situation where Temperance is outnumbered or in imminent danger, all of her attempts at magic will be twice as powerful as they would be otherwise. In addition, all of her healing effects will prove twice as efficacious, and their range will also be doubled.
N o b l e P o w e r s
exsanguination
As long as she is touching someone, Temperance can control their blood flow. She can slow it in the case of main arteries and, in other cases, stop it entirely. This effect ceases once she stops touching the person.
artificial fascia
When she needs them, Temperance always manages to find absorbent, easily usable bandages of some sort.
auxilium te ipsum
Temperance can manifest up to two additional sets of arms. While these appear somewhat ghostly in nature, they are solid and can assist with any task.
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Roleplays | ✓ = previously used for powers/growth | ✓= USING | ✓= NOBLE
---------------------------------------dreamer ✓ [x] Solo - Treetop Tall and Wall-to-Wall ✓ [x] PRP - Forty Winks - Millie ✓ [x] PRP - Mona Lisa - America ✓ [x] PRP - Edvard Munch - Zac
✓ _____The House - [x] ORP - The Call - [x] ORP - The House - [x] ORP - The Master Bath _______
✓ [x] PRP - Owl Be Waiting - The Unspoken ✓ [x] PRP - From Such Great Heights - Lily ✓ [x] PRP - Between the Pages - Zac ✓ [x] PRP - Not Quite to Plan - Nazriya
✓ ____event School's Out - [x] ORP - The Concourse - [x] ORP - First Floor _______
✓ [x] PRP - A Series of Tubes - Alois ✓ [x] PRP - School's... IN? - Susan ✓ [x] PRP - Dewey or Don't We - Zac
✓ ____event Welcome to Ashdown - [x] ORP - Welcome to Other Ashdown _______
✓ ____event The Fairie Ball - [x] SOLO - To the Shadows, All - [x] ORP - Manor Gates - [x] FAVOR - Bennet Vaughn ---- [x] FPRP - To Boldly Go - Jordan - [x] FAVOR - The Eldritch Gentleman - [x] FAVOR - The Burning Man - [x] FAVOR - The Spinel Lady - [x] FAVOR - The Prideful One - [x] FAVOR - The Friendly One ---- [x] FPRP - Furrier Things Have Happened - Juniper - [x] FAVOR - Alois Scholtz - [x] ORP - The Garnet Cellar - Alois - [x] FAVOR - The Peaceful One - [x] FAVOR - A. Prividaniye - [x] FAVOR - Forever ---- [x] FPRP - Space Worms Love It - Susan - [x] ORP - The Scarlet Foyer - [x] 10PM - Lace - [x] 10PM - Vivien ---- [x] EPRP - The Faintest Tinge - Vivien - [x] 10PM - Noeh - [x] 10PM - Liam - [x] 10PM - July & September - [x] ORP - The Black Hall - [x] EPRP - Useless & Uselesser - Chel - [x] ORP - The Plum Parlor - [x] ORP - The Silver Hall - [x] ORP - The Sapphire Study ---- [x] ESC - A Coat of Claret Velvet - Connor/Jordan/Melany _______
✓ [x] PRP - Impromptu Sleepover - Connor (not WC) ✓ [x] PRP - This Isn't RE4 - Melany ✓ [x] PRP - LUUUCYY!!! - Liam ✓ [x] PRP - Coffee, Tea, & Us - Autumn ✓ [x] PRP - Is it a Welcome Change? - Alois ✓ [x] PRP - Aftermath - Jordan ✓ [x] PRP - Otherdrives - Isobel ✓ [x] SOLO - The Weight of Living
____quest Skitter Scatter ✓ - [x] SOLO - You Were Never Here ✓ - [x] PRP - The Things You Take With You ✓ - [x] SOLO - Baggage Claim ✓ - [x] PRP - The Unfound ✓ - [x] PRP - All That Remains _______
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✓ [x] PRP - I'll Buy It at a High Price - Melany ✓ [x] PRP - Moral, Ethical, Legal - Jeremiah ✓ [x] PRP - A Strong Enough Foundation - Hux [x] PRP - It Could be Enough - Susan INCOMP ✓ [x] PRP - Everywhere There's Tithes - Rabbit ✓ [x] PRP - Barbie World? - Zac ✓ [x] PRP - Candy Dandy - Lizbeth ✓ [x] ORP - The Thinning Veil
✓ ____event Metaphor - [x] Record - Temperance ________
[x] PRP - Evergreeen - Liam ✓ [x] PRP - To: Temperance - Rabbit [x] PRP - Yesteryear - Jack INCOMP ✓ [x] PRP - Feed Your Head - Ashton ✓ [x] PRP - Hakuna Matata - Sunny [x] ORP - Eye See You [x] PRP - Between Two Lungs - Lily ✓ [x] PRP - Lesson Plan - Rabbit ✓ [x] PRP - From the Brine and Meat - Alexis [x] PRP - Bruised and Broken Petals - Zac [x] PRP - Options - Ashton [x] PRP - Bird Watching - Squeeps ✓ [x] PRP - Primum Non Nocere - Mercer [x] PRP - Rot Begets Rot - Renard [x] ORP - Such Great Heights [x] PRP - Live Suddenly Without Thinking - Ashton [x] PRP - Vera Causa - Mercer [x] PRP - That Deathless Death - Melany [x] DRP - Gurneys and Journeys - Rabbit [x] PRP - The Last True Mouthpiece - Melany [x] PRP - Noblesse Oblige - Shiloh ✓ [x] PRP - Wake Up - Melany [x] ORP - Hope is in the Air [x] PRP - A Bad Case - Georg [x] PRP - Need to Know - Mercer [x] PRP - Four Years, No Call - Lily INCOMP ✓ [x] PRP - They Took Your Clothes - Ezra [x] ORP - The Conference [x] PRP - Stop Requested - Julian [x] ORP - Enthralled ✓ [x] SOLO - The Nine of Wands [x] PRP - Depths of Self-Discovery - Mercer
✓ _____Charter Element: Earth - [x] PRP - A Summons - Theodore - [x] PRP - Hocus Pocus Stone Shop - [x] PRP - Your Hands Have Been in the Grave - [x] PRP - We Are Stained - Silk _______
[x] DRP - Shot Down in Flames - Mercer [x] PRP - Lend a Hand - Shiloh [x] PRP - Use the Extra Hand - Mila
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____event Charter - [x] ORP - Congregation - [x] ORP - Home Base - [x] ORP - It Has Been, and Always Will Be - [x] ORP - Renewal _______
[x] PRP - The Lost and The Found - Mila [x] PRP - Aftermath: Til Then - Pride [x] PRP - Return to Normalcy...? - Kaleb [x] PRP - Judiciary Action - Silk [x] ORP - Noble: Trials [x] PRP - A Little Dreamy - Mila INCOMP
_____plot Forequarters Don't Make A Dollar - [x] PRP - Forequarter Reparations - Liam INCOMP - a solo - a scar - melany - shiloh/kaleb - armed and dangerous _______
[x] PRP - Precautions - Mercer INCOMP [x] PRP - Checking Out - Eve/Leila INCOMP [x] ORP - Trial, Part 1 [x] DRP - Taking Up a Collection INCOMP [x] PRP - Double Ezra All Across the FIRE - Ezra INCOMP
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2016 2:44 pm
INVENTORY:
Never-ending Box of Chocolate - This box of enchanted truffles never runs out! When you eat one, another appears in its place twelve hours later.
Per's Impermanence - This small crystallized skull is all that remains of the creatures that lived in Other Ashdown park. Within Other Ashdown a small, shadowy squirrel shaped familiar will take form around the skull and is able to carry out small tasks for Temperance. It is not capable of speech, much like any pet, but seems to understand temperance just fine. Within Ashdown it can only be summoned for a limited amount of time (a couple hours at most) and is harder to see. Congratulations, you've got a haunted squirrel skull.
All Seeing - While carrying one of All-Seeing's eyes, your own eyesight is a bit better than average and can see further than a normal human's could. The eye now seems to be made of glass or some other hard, transparent material rather than living tissues.
Shadow Shield Glyph - taught power The item marked with this glyph will allow the user to hide within a small pocket of shadows, blocking them from being seen and protecting against a single attack.The user may only hide themselves in it. The item may be tossed at the ground and used as an escape, disorienting a foe, or tossed at another person to protect them but the item will be sacrificed and another must be made. The magic will fade with repeated use and will need to be refreshed. it can later be upgraded to be more effective. Note: The learned version is a slightly weaker than America's. Glyphs learned from her may only be created (and refreshed) in other ashdown.
Name: Temperance Clark High Concept: Disillusioned Cutie If there is one thing Temperance truly loves, it's anything cute. Loves. Cute things, however, don't love her. Temperance has accepted this, more or less (less), and simply stares at the frills and things she'll never be able to pull off from a safe distance. Plus, she's a nursing student, it's not like she has time for that. She tells herself she's being practical, but in reality, Temperance no longer sees the point in trying. Journal: Link!
Temperance shivered. This was the last time she went anywhere without an umbrella, especially since she kept ending up being dumped in the middle of alternate Ashdown without warning. To put it plainly, it sucked and it was cold and damp. Rubbing her arms (the goosebumps had already made an appearance), Temperance turned the corner. Someone was walking towards her, blonde hair shimmering dimly in the fading light. She raised her hand in an attempt to catch the person's attention before realizing the other person was already bee-lining for Temperance. She stopped short, placing a hand on the wall next to her, the bricks rough and wet under her palm. A crowned sword was splattered across the wall next to her fingers - some sort of strange graffiti. She wondered if these was some way, some magic to pull the sword from the stone, so to speak. But Temperance was no King Arthur, so she dropped her hand and looked at the person coming towards her.
And then she did a double-take. The person moving towards her was... her. The same hair, piled up in a messy bun, same face, same height, same clothing! Temperance's mind raced, going over the warning Zac had given her, the inklings of what she might encounter in this version of Ashdown. But nothing had spoken of other versions of herself. In a world near devoid of people, why was she here? Temperance licked her lips nervously.
"Per...so... na." Nothing happened; Temperance wasn't sure what she had even been expecting as a result of her silly words; they had just been a short indulgence since she couldn't think of anything else. She pinched herself sharply in the crook of one elbow. Maybe this really was only a silly dream of a silly girl who'd been studying too much for her finals. Nothing happened, and she watched her own self still approach steadily, hips swaying, causing her plaid skirt to flip up at the edges. She couldn't help it; she froze like a deer caught in the headlights of her own stare That other her came close enough that Temperance could feel it's breath on her face, could see that they were alike in every way, even down to the stubborn zit above Temperance's brow. Above their brows.
"Are you stupid?" The other Temperance laughed back at her. "You can't hide behind pop culture references and frilly dresses forever, Temperance." She eyed Temperance up and down. "Or the lack of frilly dresses. Even your own name - sobriety, self-restraint. You put these chains on yourself, you know, and tell yourself you're happy in them." Her mouth gaped open like a fish as the other her talked. It was her voice, but with an inflection she rarely used. The rain continued to mist down on them both, golden heads bowed together as if sharing an intimate secret. Her clone (for lack of a better word) reached out one perfectly manicured nail to trail along Temperance's strong jawline. She'd always been self-conscious of it and she flinched.
Her clone smirked. "Don't you think you could be more, if you let yourself? You could be-" The other Temperance leaned even closer, soft lips brushing against her cheek. Temperance jerked back, hands pushing out. Her other self stumbled back, mouth twisting in annoyance. She didn't stay to hear more, to watch more of what her clone might do. Wide-eyed, Temperance turned around and ran, feet slapping noisily against the wet sidewalk.
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 4:06 pm
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& # 0 3 9 ; (without spaces) will make an apostrophe in a link
don't be a sneap snop
Power ideas:
the ability to make people within hearing range unable to talk for 30 seconds if she shouts SHUT UP When Temperance yells specifically "SHUT UP" sound within the room she is in is damped for (unsure of time? 15 sec? 30sec?) excepting her own voice. Maybe beyonders are immune to this?
exsanguination - As long as she is touching someone, Temperance can control their blood flow. She can slow it in the case of main arteries and, in smaller veins and capillaries, stop it entirely. This effect ceases once she stops touching the person.
.......and from her heart a briar when temperance is stressed, rather than a flower crown, a circlet of briar uncurls around her head.
Name of Noble: name Name of Fetch: hart? Link to Requirements: what it says on the tin Major Power: Temperance's body seems to shimmer like mist - in fact she kind of is mist, huh - she can pass through solid objects while this is active. Minor Power: Whenever she stops using either of her two powers, luckily she never seems to be stuck inside something. Minor Power: While in the first form, Temperance can 'blink' in a series of up to three mini teleports (up to 5yrd each). More than three in a row would become disorienting to the point of impassable nausea/vertigo. She cannot change direction mid-teleport, but can between teleports.
Name of Noble: Temperance Clark Name of Fetch: Hart Link to Requirements: what it says on the tin Major Power: exsanguination - As long as she is touching someone, Temperance can control their blood flow. She can slow it in the case of main arteries and, in other cases, stop it entirely. This effect ceases once she stops touching the person. Minor Power: auxilium te ipsum - Temperance can manifest up to two additional sets of arms. While these appear somewhat ghostly in nature, they are solid and can assist with any task. Minor Power: artificial fascia - When she needs them, Temperance always manages to find absorbent, easily usable bandages of some sort.
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 4:06 pm
a house is not a home -lily makeover -lily blood donation -cuddling lilynoodle in oad -after faceless -ezra
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