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Name/Super: Emily Scarlet and Lucy (Nyx)
Age: 23
Race: Human
Alter-ego Occupation: During the day-time, Emily works in a small bookshop. At night, Lucy occasionally works as a bartender/performer at the flashy nightclub Paradise Falls.
Appearance: With two separate personalities, comes two separate identities. During the daytime, as Emily, she has a timid and meek presence, standing at around 5' 6" with a slender and modest build. Her hair is golden blonde and medium length, she always prefers it tied up at the back, with loose bangs partially concealing her face and a beanie hat or baseball cap. She wears thick black frame glasses, even though she doesn't require them, she likes to hide behind them as well as her hair; despite the fact that she is a natural beauty with delicate features. Her eyes are unique, in that she had one vivid blue eye and one bright green. Her choice of clothing tends to be of the type that does nothing to flatter her body, with loose fitting tops, hooded sweatshirts and jeans, mostly in shades of light blue, lilac or soft pink.
During night-time, as Lucy/Nyx, she is starkly different with a loud presence and at times uncouth behaviour, she is not afraid to speak her mind and expresses herself in what she wears and how she looks; so no glasses or frumpy clothes. She has raven black hair of a medium length and enjoys styling it differently all the time, often with little accessories dangling in it. Her style of clothing is often quite revealing, whether she's going for the smouldering sexy look or for a darker, perhaps a little gothic, appearance. She has no shame in flaunting herself and is often a tease to men. Lucy loves money, she's more of a scrooge than a gambler, therefore she tends to take the jobs that have high pay; she is always going on at Emily to get a better job for during the day-time.
It is Lucy who dons the name Nyx when her services are in need, or rather paid for; with black hair in loose curls, keen blue-green eyes and clad in a skin tight black leather cat suit, with a black corset waistcoat, calf high black boots with silver buckles and thick soles and a belt to hang low around her waist.
Background: Emily was born to a regular downtrodden family, nothing fancy, they often had to scrape to get by; Emily didn't have the luxury of dozens of toys and dolls, for clothing she was given hand-me-downs from her older sister, and as this was the only way of life she knew, Emily accepted it. From an early age, she didn't speak much and didn't go outside to play with the other children in the neighbourhood; her family could barely get a sentence out of her at a time, but unable to afford seeking medical care, they just assumed she was quiet and left her as she was.
One of the main reasons this family had such a hard life, was down to the fact that Emily's father was a big gambler, it was his weakness and in truth he saw nothing wrong with a little gamble here and there, he was a weak man, at first he just wanted the best for his family and so he took to gambling to win more money but eventually he lost sight of this and it became more of an addiction than anything else. Emily's mother stood by and did nothing, either too afraid or having just given up, she tried to look on the bright side and did her best to care for her two daughters. Unfortunately her husband had run up a few too many debts to the local Mafia, who run the underground fight club, this resulted in a few hired thugs coming round to their apartment "to collect". Needless to say they did not leave with any money that day, as there was hardly any to take, instead they left a warning; Emily, who was around eight at the time, sat and watched in silence as her family were punished on behalf of their Father's debts. Her mother was beaten senseless and her older sister was taken away; looking back at this time in her life, Emily realises now that her sister had been sold to pay off some of the debt and her mother had been beaten whilst trying to protect her daughter. Emily's father was no where to be seen at the time, no doubt wallowing in his own self pity and shame. Emily's outlook on the world warped by her family's misfortune, she retreated inwards and it was around this time, that Lucy was created. At first Lucy was simply treated at Emily's imaginary friend, the only person she ever talked to, even if no one else could see or hear her, it didn't matter because Emily finally had a friend who could share the pain and anger she felt towards the world.
Once her mother was well enough to leave hospital, she left altogether, unable to face her husband for what he had done, unable to cope, her brother from Europe came and simply took her away; abandoning Emily to the hellhole as if she didn't even exist. This incident further added to her pain, as she was still just a child trying to cope with the cruelties that the world has to offer.
Her father was always out, either doing work to pay off debts, or gambling to create more, Emily didn't know and didn't care either. She was looked after by her father's sister, a drunk of an aunt who could barely string a sentence together let alone care for a nine year old. Things were only getting worse, Lucy often pointed out the fact that they should both just pack up and leave, they could live on their own, Lucy would always be around to help look after Emily unlike these so called family members. They didn't need anyone else; Emily enjoyed those days of talking with Lucy, she gave her hope of a better life.
That life soon became reality as once again, with her Father up to his neck in debts, he lost everything, but when the hired thugs came a knocking in the middle of the night and started getting to work, they came across a little problem, whilst Emily slept, Lucy was wide awake. Having waited long enough for her chance to break out, she was finally given the opportunity and once let loose, there was no stopping her. With powers newly blossomed, she revelled in the destruction they brought and took care of everything that was in her way, cutting off all that tied Emily to this life, together they could start fresh.
It has been twelve years since that incident, the case of the multiple murders remains unsolved, the apartment having been rendered into a blood bath, it is just one of many horrific incidents that plague this city, proof that supers like The Patriot cannot always save the day.
Emily holds no grief or anger towards Lucy after what she had done that day, instead she is thankful, though it took a while for her to get used to everything, the alter ego and the powers, but eventually the two of them came to an agreement over who controlled the body when. Together they own a stylish apartment in the city centre, both working jobs to keep the money flowing, as Lucy can't imagine a life without money in her pocket, the identity 'Nyx' was created a few years back, small jobs at first until she could gain a reputation, Lucy is a thrill seeker and loves her work as Nyx. No one knows much about Nyx, apart from the fact that she only appears at night and doesn't take jobs that require her services during the day, no matter how high the pay is. But she's good at what she does, if you're able to get hold of her that is.
Weapon(s) of Choice: Emily carries no weapons, and Lucy only carries weapons as Nyx; she keeps a switchblade tucked in her left boot and a gun holster on her right thigh containing a Walther P99.
Enhanced Abilities: With the power of psychokinesis, Lucy is able to move objects with her mind (only those that she can see), she can levitate and manipulate energy into small blasts; she acquires this power only at night and to better differentiate herself from Emily, Lucy uses a little manipulation on herself to tweak her appearance every time they switch. Her other ability is something that even Emily can make use of, but she tends not to because it would make her stand out too much; Adoptive muscle memory, also referred to as Muscle Mimicry, she is able to replicate any physical action after seeing it performed once. Lucy made good use of this by watching as many martial art films as she could get her hands on, and anything else that took her fancy. So she has a vast array of fighting skills and formidable strength to accompany it; she may not be super strong, but she's good at hitting the right pressure points on a body.
Allegiance: Rogue.
RP Sample: (Two paragraph, ten sentence minimum.)
Additional Info: Both Emily and Lucy are aware of each others existence and talk between themselves a lot, whether mentally or out loud and occasionally they can see the other self when looking in a mirror, but its just in their head. Lucy and Emily love reading comic books, their favourite being a pirate adventure called 'Belly of the Bloodhound' and they're both big eaters when it comes to food.
 The_Butterfly_Effect · Wed Mar 24, 2010 @ 04:25pm · 0 Comments |
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