Post by maria on Jun 28, 2010 6:24:29 GMT -5
The Player
[/size]OOC Name:
D.J
Age:
15
Gender:
Male
Other Characters:
None
The Character
[/size]Name:
Maria Schneider
Aliases:
Tailor of Wind
Age:
4267 (Seems to be 17 due to Akiari descent)
Species:
Human/Akiari Hybrid
Planet of Origin:
Earth
Gender:
Male
Current Standing:
(Secret) Agent of the Council investigating the Federation for Alien Integration; Battle Square Umpire/Ex-Fighter
Detailed Appearance:
Maria looks just like any other human, except for a few features that make him stand out. Although with normal skin color, Maria’s right hand is comprised of black wind. This arm passes through everything, essentially having the same properties as the wind itself. Standing at 5'8, Maria is considered to be tall. Most who hear his name would expect him to be shorter, since the use of his name generally sides towards the feminine gender. However, this is just a general opinion and is of course proven wrong by his height. Maria is of a lean build, although this is hard to discern under the clothes that Maria dons. It is hard to determine Maria’s parentage if not told; he possesses German blood, although it is hinted that his mother was partially of Italian descent. Strangely, Maria looks like a girl instead of a guy and usually uses this to his advantage, cross-dressing frequently and acting like a girl instead of a guy. When the need arises though, Maria does take on the masculine role of a protector.
His eyes, usually closed, give off an intense and piercing glare when opened. It changes his entire appearance, from soft to harsh; warm to cold. Additionally, Maria’s eyes seem to hold an extremely wise soul, mature for his appearance. Since he is actually over 4000, it is no surprise. Maria has complete heterochromia, with one eye being a normal dark brown while the other changing as his emotions do. Usually, it is hurricane gray. However if enraged or using his powers, it becomes star gold. When sad or happy, it is sky blue or aquamarine respectively. Finally, when determined, it forms all the colors of the rainbow, mixed together perfectly while retaining their individual colors.
Generally, Maria is not one to care about his appearance. Anything will do. Picking out clothing randomly has become a habit for him, since Maria looks cute in just about anything. Maria is usually dressed in shirts of varying designs as well as a long silk skirt, which he has an entire closet full of. The designs on the shirts are always closely related to the wind. Maria’s choice of footwear is sandals, saying that shoes restrict him. His hair always looks as if it is blown by wind, shaggy and of waist length, his fringe has a blown back look to it, while his hair, is soft and silky. It is gray, the color of storm clouds and is taken care of by Maria every day, part of his daily routine. When wet, Maria's hair forms bangs which cover most of his face, detailing the actual length of his hair.
Strengths:
- Expert at using wind to conceal his presence
- Impossible to track due to his incredible speed
- Highly efficient at gathering intel.
Weaknesses:
- Is completely untrustworthy
- Is unable to trust others
- Cold-blooded and merciless killer
- Gathers any form of intel., and therefore it is not always accurate
- Has horrible accuracy (even though he has 20-20 vision)
- Constant craving for food due to powers; unable to fight at full power on empty stomach
- Has a weak spot for cute and cuddly things (including little girls)
Skills and Abilities:
- Maria is capable of manipulating elements as all Akiari are. The element of question is wind. Although not as powerful as many older Akiari, Maria is a genius considering his level. Maria is able to form small scale tornadoes which can rip a village apart in seconds and act as a wall to nullify most, if not all projectiles. His signature move while using his Akiari powers is shooting the opponent with needles that cut to cellular level, and afterwards are pulled together by invisible string, thus his title as the Tailor of Wind. While using his powers, Maria generally stays in human shape. This is limited to minor attacks such as the needles. However, when using the full force of his powers, Maria transforms to a more Akiari-like being, his entire body turning gray and typhoon-like. In this form, the only thing remaining that separates him from real wind is the pair of eyes, one which has become star gold. While in this form, Maria is intangible. At any point of time, using his powers exhausts him, which is the main reason for him not using it.
- Maria also excels at the use of close combat gun fighting, which he uses instead of his wind-based skills. Years of training has allowed him to combine both and Maria is able to overwhelm most people in his use of guns. However, although he is good at close combat, his aiming is horrible and therefore using guns as per normal is something that Maria cannot do.
- Being half-human, Maria is able to converse in human language, and some alien language, although there is a need for a translator.
Personality:
Maria is relatively reclusive and so not many understand his personality. Truthfully, Maria wears many masks. But his most commonly known side would be a warm and always smiling individual who loves to be around children and women, a side which he displays in the face of innocent people so as to hide his true self. Maria himself also stands up for justice, at least that what he gives people the impression on while donning this mask. When performing this role, Maria rarely opens his eyes, so as not to frighten the children and women. Very rarely is he angered and even when he is, he is still good to women and children, although the same might not be said for men, especially those who bully the former.
Maria's second mask portrays a cold-blooded and heartless individual, devoid of all emotion. Most think that this is his true personality. This is the mask that is donned when Maria is sent on missions and when he fights for "justice". During this time, Maria gives off a deathly aura which would scare the daylights out of even the bravest. It is in this form that Maria usually activates his powers, as well as being the form that has earned him his title. Maria rarely puts on this mask when children or women are near him, usually using a mixture of both his warmer side and this side to withstand the injuries. This is because the aura he gives off can immobilize and incapacitate any individual not ready for it and it can influence a person even afterwards. In this form however, he does not differentiate age or gender. Anyone who stands in his way is an opponent. Therefore his first mask must take care of innocent people while this second mask is to annihilate his enemies.
His true personality is actually of a child struggling to fit into a society but with his abnormalities is unable. Due to this, he uses his powers to defend himself from anybody that is a potential threat to him. This is the most dangerous side to Maria as he will go on a rampage, unable to discern friend from foe and releases waves of attacks that can repel even other Akiari. This personality is sealed deep inside and kept in check by the first two masks, which are actually the gate keepers to this one.
Prized Possessions:
Anima, a special gun given to Maria by his father, it is able to harness the wind from his right arm and shoot it as gigantic bullets of wind, which are highly potent. The gun itself is made of extremely durable material and works as a sword would, therefore being one of Maria's most powerful weapons.
History:
Maria is unlike any other Akiari. No one exactly knows his origin, except that he was born to an Akiari father and a human mother, something which is usually unheard of in the Akiari society, even till now. Now, usually a child like this, no matter how rare, is adopted by others. But no one wanted the child, not with the knowledge that it possessed strange gifts. So the father, after searching a hundred years, gave up and raised the child by himself. Teaching him close combat gun skills and the manipulation of wind, Maria's father died for unknown reasons, leaving Maria an orphan at age 304. By that time, Maria was old enough to take care of himself and live on odd jobs. Shunned by the rest of society, Maria soon developed a hate for human kind, or at least saw them as something that was lower than him who could control the wind. Over the years, Maria took expertise on assassination missions, doing each with relative ease due to his abilities. During that time, Maria took on the name Schneider, although it is not known when. After that time, Maria went into hiding and not much is known.
Thousands of years later, when aliens began to immigrate into Earth, and Touchdown City was formed, Maria came out of exile and returned to life. This time, Maria was an agent of the Council, doing undercover work for them. The importance of his being there was that he could disguise himself as a human but have the abilities of an Akiari, a dangerous combo that was a valuable asset to the Council, although it didn't secure him a place within the Council due to his hybrid nature as well. When the Federation became corrupted, Maria was sent on a mission to find out everything about them. Infiltrate the Federation, was his mission. It didn't really matter to Maria. For all he cared, the Federation could be destroyed in an instant. But of course, he carried out his job. Not much else is known about Maria. Most of his past is in the shadows. No one has ever been told of his past.
Perhaps you could. Perhaps.
But I wouldn't guarantee it.
Roleplay Sample:
A million needles of wind pierced through the body of the man. Invisible string knit him together and within seconds, only a pool of blood and flesh was left. Not even the shape of a human remained. This particular member of the Federation had been useless. Maria had thought that perhaps it would shed some light, but since there was nothing, the Federation wouldn't be weakened due to the shortage of such a man. Maria didn't consider whether the man had a family or not. Who asked him to join such a group and who asked him to meet Maria. It was his fault, not Maria's. Maria was allowed to use any means necessary to accomplish his job, part of the contract that he had signed with the Council. No one else was to know about him. Didn't really matter since Maria never socialized. It was an easy job, good pay. It was kind of like being paid to play an rpg, only this was real life. And those Maria killed stayed dead. At least for now.
Sighing, Maria took a puff. It was his habit to smoke after the death of a victim. Throwing the cigarette on what was left of the body, Maria watched as it burned. Moments later, Maria was gone with a gust of wind, and the fire extinguished, leaving the cremated remains of the body, no traces of anything happening. That was Maria's style. It was impossible to track him. Maria was already miles away by now. This was the job of the Tailor of the Wind, Maria Schneider.