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Life After Application (WIP)
Mar. 13th, 2019 07:15 pmPlayer Information
Name: Trik
Age: 26
Contact: discord: Trik#8100, aim: iamtheuberlorax
Current characters: None.
Character Information
Name: Sophie Welman
Appearance: https://66.media.tumblr.com/2aacdc7db0d347bc2345675af114c53f/tumblr_oc0csc7VAD1stj8d1o2_640.png This is her as a teenager, as an adult she gets a little chubbier, a little bustier, and basically not any taller. She’s 5’4”.
Age: 24
Canon Point: After they win Foster’s trial and he is given Special Pardoned Undead status.
Canon History:
Before the term magitroika was coined, we affectionately referred to this setting as Shitty Vampire Government because the whole world’s political system is controlled by various groups of squabbling ancient vampires. There’s ~6 generations of Vampires divided up by when they were turned. Generations 1-5 ruled and controlled most world politics from behind the scenes for...all of recorded history, with something of a hiatus during the 11/1300’s when generations 1 and 2 were at war with gens 4 and 5. Gen three had mixed allegiances. A while after this kerfuffle stability returned, and around the time of the industrial revolution most of the competing factions of vampires agreed that for various reasons, the cloak and dagger act was no longer needed. They revealed themselves, made the presence of their and other magics in the world common knowledge as opposed to guarded secrets, and sired a new generation of vampires specifically designed to bridge the gap between mortals and vampires. Most of these new vamps were strategically chosen again for political power, wealth, or popular influence, however a handful of spouses/lovers/children were turned with them upon request (within reason).
Character History:
Poppy was one of those ‘extra’ gen 6 vampires, the mistress of an influential British businessman who was chosen to be turned because of his extensive trade empire. She eventually ditched her sire, fled to America, and opened a boarding school to gain semi unsupervised access to mortal children. Her goal was to use experimental and highly illegal magic to make a subspecies of vampires that were less magically powerful than standard vamps, but less susceptible to vampire weaknesses, and most importantly easier and faster to sire. Eventually she began to succeed and her boarding school became a grooming grounds for her to hand pick particularly useful children to turn and create her own private army of pseudo-vampires.
Sophie Welman was not picked to be turned, but rather got turned by accident due to a violent confrontation with Valerie, a student who HAD been chosen by Poppy and was her current favorite among the students she had turned. Valerie was a naturally sadistic person whose cruel and manipulative behavior was actively encouraged by Poppy. Since the process for creating the new kind of vampire relied heavily on inflicting and receiving significant amounts of suffering, Sophie was not happy at all once she learned the truth. She, a handful of mortal students, and two defectors from Poppy’s ranks worked together to take down and expose Poppy’s operation.
Sophie’s plan was a suicide mission and involved blowing up the school. One of her co-conspirators was tasked with going through the remains and making sure that all of Poppy’s vampires were sufficiently destroyed so that they would not be able to revive themselves. Rebecca was unable to complete this task thanks to the intervention of a team of elite vampires. Sophie thus woke up months later in a government blacksite where she was observed, researched, and interrogated for about a year. Different vampire leaders had different opinions on how to handle her. Some younger vampires desperately wanted to reverse engineer Poppy’s siring method, others wanted Sophie destroyed specifically to prevent that from happening. Eventually a group of young rebel vampires broke Sophie out of her imprisonment, intending to use her as political leverage, but once outside the tight security of the holding facility, Sophie escaped on her own terms.
She lived on the run for a while, which worked relatively well as she’s an erratic, impulsive, and fairly short sighted individual so her movements were highly unpredictable. She made her living as a bounty hunter, mercenary, and eventually, somewhat reluctantly, graduated to assassin. Her line of work brought her back into contact with vampires who disagreed with and disobeyed the elites’ rulings, including those that had originally freed her. They offered her a deal this time, protection from other vampires in exchange for occasional covert and/or violent assistance with their political agenda. They do not trust each other. With her existence being covered up by the dissident vampires, she was finally able to stick to living in one place, and she chose the city of Grant’s shop. Back during her initial plan to kill Poppy, Grant sold her the supplies she needed and offered her good advice that she ignored. She went back to bounty hunting, specifically people using magic of one kind or another in illegal ways, or rampaging magical creatures, and knew that Grant would once again be a good resource. He also was one of the only people in her life who had ever interacted with her with no intent to manipulate, control, or use her to some end.
She met Foster on craigslist as a booty call, and Erika during an assassination attempt where they were both pursuing the same target. Foster moved in with her as something of a live in boy toy, and Erika eventually became a steady girlfriend. Despite her history with experimental magic, Foster’s necromancy project intrigued her, and given the very specific scope of his motives, she found herself wanting him to succeed. She gave him space, helped him find materials, stole a few unadoptable dogs on the euthanasia list from shelters, and generally assisted him wherever and whenever she could. The ritual itself was even conducted in her basement. When Foster’s situation was exposed and he got arrested, Sophie was the one to hire Ezra to work his case.
Personality:
Sophie Welman is a brusk, closed off person. As a bastard child sent off to a hellish boarding school at a young age and quickly singled out as the prefered target for the administration encouraged bullying, she shut down emotionally. Rebecca, who reacted to the hostile environment of the school by becoming very shy, withdrawn, and non confrontational, was a classmate that Sophie took a fascination with. She didn’t actively bully Sophie, nor did she generally participate in the group mockery or exclusion that was so common. Unfortunately, keeping the students segregated into victims and perpetrators of abuse was necessary for Poppy’s purposes, so designated targets would be rotated through class groups to avoid them making any long term friends or support groups. With no close friends, she didn’t get socialized very well. She’s blunt, often fails to read the tone of a situation, and tends not to notice when she’s upset people. Especially as a child, she had trouble wrapping her head around what made something rude. Being naturally belligerent, she soon developed a very nasty temper in response to her social isolation, which only made it easier for her bullies to get a rise out of her.
This rage was brought to a boiling point after she was turned. Her new supernatural durability let her be as extreme and reckless as she felt without particularly lasting consequences, worsening her habit of acting as a human wrecking ball. Her crusade against Poppie’s vampire production was the first time she really got close to anyone. Rebecca, a person Sophie had effectively pined after from afar for years, had come forward to help her along with a small handful of others. Not only was she really cooperating with other people for the first time, but she found herself become fiercely protective of the people on her side.
Her anger however easily outweighed these newer impulses, and her ‘no plan, just wing it’ style of problem solving saw other people get hurt far more often than she took any real damage. When all the dust settled, Rebecca was her only ally left standing. At the time she was functioning under a ‘the means justifies the end’ mentality, but during her imprisonment she found herself on the receiving end of that philosophy from some of her “caretakers”. The time in near solitary isolation saw her struggling with self reflection, regret, and trying to reconcile her sense of justice with the effects that her actions had on the world. Potentially plunging the world into another vampire civil war based on who she cooperated with was a heavy weight to carry, and it’s a looming threat that follows her to the present day.
Her relationship with Foster
Abilities:
Sophie is immortal with unusually fast healing. It’s not wolverine style instantaneous, but surface level injuries like cuts and bruises heal in a matter of hours, broken bones knit together and (if set properly) are back to full functionality within a day or two. Major structural damage or regrowing whole body parts takes longer still, but even getting shot point blank in the head only kept her down for about 6 days. Total dismemberment (like being blown up) took her just over a month to recover from, but that was aided by being reassembled by magic/science experts. She has superhuman strength, speed, reactions, and endurance, heightened senses and dark vision.
Vampires cannot be burned by normal fire, but they’re not fully immune. Being immolated still hurts as it would a human, but their flesh does not actually combust unless the fire is fueled by radiant energy/white magic. Crosses, religious iconography, particularly those associated with catholicism, cause discomfort and in close enough proximity can give her incapacitating migraines. Sunlight saps her of energy and if exposed too long will cause rashes, boils, and eventually organ failure. Feeding excessively during the day can mitigate these effects/prolong her sun tolerance, but it’s still deeply uncomfortable.
Sophie is from a line of vampires that are in fact weak to garlic. This pains Sophie greatly as garlic bread is man’s greatest invention from her point of view. She once said ‘fuck it’ took a bite, and was subsequently bedridden for two weeks. There was internal bleeding, and her normal healing factors were compromised by something something garlic is magical.
She needs to drink blood to survive, and can be killed by starvation, although that would take at least a year to accomplish. Going for more than a month without blood causes ‘feral symptoms’ where thirst begins to overtake rationality. Animal blood alone can stave off feral symptoms, and will prevent starvation, but it’s the equivalent of trying to survive on rice cakes. Weakness, diminished powers, and general malaise plague any vampires that go too long without ingesting human blood.
As for non-supernatural abilities she is an experienced marksman, and has extensive experience with many kinds of guns. She’s not formally trained in any particular martial art, but knows basic principles and a handful of techniques from many different fighting styles. She knows emergency first aid, although performing anything overly complex or surgical on someone other than herself would not go very well. She can remove a bullet from her leg and sew herself up, but on someone without accelerated healing she would probably do more harm than good. She doesn’t have to worry about bleeding out after all.
Inventory: Please list the items upon your character's person on arrival, including the amount of each item (i.e., how much ammunition they might have). A brief explanation of each item's purpose and function is greatly appreciated. Keep in mind that all items will have suffered water damage unless sealed, and that technology in particular will have been affected as detailed in the FAQ even if sealed.
Sample
Thread Sample: Thread samples do not need to be within Lifeaftr’s TDM, however, we do ask that they be pertinent to the style of character you’re apping in (if CRAU, they should be from the game they are coming from). Additionally, the sample must have been threaded within a year prior to the application date.
Q&A: For those new to playing their character, who have been out of RP for a time, or who just prefer something different, you may request a Q&A from the mods to be answered ICly. When submitting your app, just note your preference for this here, and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible!
Name: Trik
Age: 26
Contact: discord: Trik#8100, aim: iamtheuberlorax
Current characters: None.
Character Information
Name: Sophie Welman
Appearance: https://66.media.tumblr.com/2aacdc7db0d347bc2345675af114c53f/tumblr_oc0csc7VAD1stj8d1o2_640.png This is her as a teenager, as an adult she gets a little chubbier, a little bustier, and basically not any taller. She’s 5’4”.
Age: 24
Canon Point: After they win Foster’s trial and he is given Special Pardoned Undead status.
Canon History:
Before the term magitroika was coined, we affectionately referred to this setting as Shitty Vampire Government because the whole world’s political system is controlled by various groups of squabbling ancient vampires. There’s ~6 generations of Vampires divided up by when they were turned. Generations 1-5 ruled and controlled most world politics from behind the scenes for...all of recorded history, with something of a hiatus during the 11/1300’s when generations 1 and 2 were at war with gens 4 and 5. Gen three had mixed allegiances. A while after this kerfuffle stability returned, and around the time of the industrial revolution most of the competing factions of vampires agreed that for various reasons, the cloak and dagger act was no longer needed. They revealed themselves, made the presence of their and other magics in the world common knowledge as opposed to guarded secrets, and sired a new generation of vampires specifically designed to bridge the gap between mortals and vampires. Most of these new vamps were strategically chosen again for political power, wealth, or popular influence, however a handful of spouses/lovers/children were turned with them upon request (within reason).
Character History:
Poppy was one of those ‘extra’ gen 6 vampires, the mistress of an influential British businessman who was chosen to be turned because of his extensive trade empire. She eventually ditched her sire, fled to America, and opened a boarding school to gain semi unsupervised access to mortal children. Her goal was to use experimental and highly illegal magic to make a subspecies of vampires that were less magically powerful than standard vamps, but less susceptible to vampire weaknesses, and most importantly easier and faster to sire. Eventually she began to succeed and her boarding school became a grooming grounds for her to hand pick particularly useful children to turn and create her own private army of pseudo-vampires.
Sophie Welman was not picked to be turned, but rather got turned by accident due to a violent confrontation with Valerie, a student who HAD been chosen by Poppy and was her current favorite among the students she had turned. Valerie was a naturally sadistic person whose cruel and manipulative behavior was actively encouraged by Poppy. Since the process for creating the new kind of vampire relied heavily on inflicting and receiving significant amounts of suffering, Sophie was not happy at all once she learned the truth. She, a handful of mortal students, and two defectors from Poppy’s ranks worked together to take down and expose Poppy’s operation.
Sophie’s plan was a suicide mission and involved blowing up the school. One of her co-conspirators was tasked with going through the remains and making sure that all of Poppy’s vampires were sufficiently destroyed so that they would not be able to revive themselves. Rebecca was unable to complete this task thanks to the intervention of a team of elite vampires. Sophie thus woke up months later in a government blacksite where she was observed, researched, and interrogated for about a year. Different vampire leaders had different opinions on how to handle her. Some younger vampires desperately wanted to reverse engineer Poppy’s siring method, others wanted Sophie destroyed specifically to prevent that from happening. Eventually a group of young rebel vampires broke Sophie out of her imprisonment, intending to use her as political leverage, but once outside the tight security of the holding facility, Sophie escaped on her own terms.
She lived on the run for a while, which worked relatively well as she’s an erratic, impulsive, and fairly short sighted individual so her movements were highly unpredictable. She made her living as a bounty hunter, mercenary, and eventually, somewhat reluctantly, graduated to assassin. Her line of work brought her back into contact with vampires who disagreed with and disobeyed the elites’ rulings, including those that had originally freed her. They offered her a deal this time, protection from other vampires in exchange for occasional covert and/or violent assistance with their political agenda. They do not trust each other. With her existence being covered up by the dissident vampires, she was finally able to stick to living in one place, and she chose the city of Grant’s shop. Back during her initial plan to kill Poppy, Grant sold her the supplies she needed and offered her good advice that she ignored. She went back to bounty hunting, specifically people using magic of one kind or another in illegal ways, or rampaging magical creatures, and knew that Grant would once again be a good resource. He also was one of the only people in her life who had ever interacted with her with no intent to manipulate, control, or use her to some end.
She met Foster on craigslist as a booty call, and Erika during an assassination attempt where they were both pursuing the same target. Foster moved in with her as something of a live in boy toy, and Erika eventually became a steady girlfriend. Despite her history with experimental magic, Foster’s necromancy project intrigued her, and given the very specific scope of his motives, she found herself wanting him to succeed. She gave him space, helped him find materials, stole a few unadoptable dogs on the euthanasia list from shelters, and generally assisted him wherever and whenever she could. The ritual itself was even conducted in her basement. When Foster’s situation was exposed and he got arrested, Sophie was the one to hire Ezra to work his case.
Personality:
Sophie Welman is a brusk, closed off person. As a bastard child sent off to a hellish boarding school at a young age and quickly singled out as the prefered target for the administration encouraged bullying, she shut down emotionally. Rebecca, who reacted to the hostile environment of the school by becoming very shy, withdrawn, and non confrontational, was a classmate that Sophie took a fascination with. She didn’t actively bully Sophie, nor did she generally participate in the group mockery or exclusion that was so common. Unfortunately, keeping the students segregated into victims and perpetrators of abuse was necessary for Poppy’s purposes, so designated targets would be rotated through class groups to avoid them making any long term friends or support groups. With no close friends, she didn’t get socialized very well. She’s blunt, often fails to read the tone of a situation, and tends not to notice when she’s upset people. Especially as a child, she had trouble wrapping her head around what made something rude. Being naturally belligerent, she soon developed a very nasty temper in response to her social isolation, which only made it easier for her bullies to get a rise out of her.
This rage was brought to a boiling point after she was turned. Her new supernatural durability let her be as extreme and reckless as she felt without particularly lasting consequences, worsening her habit of acting as a human wrecking ball. Her crusade against Poppie’s vampire production was the first time she really got close to anyone. Rebecca, a person Sophie had effectively pined after from afar for years, had come forward to help her along with a small handful of others. Not only was she really cooperating with other people for the first time, but she found herself become fiercely protective of the people on her side.
Her anger however easily outweighed these newer impulses, and her ‘no plan, just wing it’ style of problem solving saw other people get hurt far more often than she took any real damage. When all the dust settled, Rebecca was her only ally left standing. At the time she was functioning under a ‘the means justifies the end’ mentality, but during her imprisonment she found herself on the receiving end of that philosophy from some of her “caretakers”. The time in near solitary isolation saw her struggling with self reflection, regret, and trying to reconcile her sense of justice with the effects that her actions had on the world. Potentially plunging the world into another vampire civil war based on who she cooperated with was a heavy weight to carry, and it’s a looming threat that follows her to the present day.
Her relationship with Foster
Abilities:
Sophie is immortal with unusually fast healing. It’s not wolverine style instantaneous, but surface level injuries like cuts and bruises heal in a matter of hours, broken bones knit together and (if set properly) are back to full functionality within a day or two. Major structural damage or regrowing whole body parts takes longer still, but even getting shot point blank in the head only kept her down for about 6 days. Total dismemberment (like being blown up) took her just over a month to recover from, but that was aided by being reassembled by magic/science experts. She has superhuman strength, speed, reactions, and endurance, heightened senses and dark vision.
Vampires cannot be burned by normal fire, but they’re not fully immune. Being immolated still hurts as it would a human, but their flesh does not actually combust unless the fire is fueled by radiant energy/white magic. Crosses, religious iconography, particularly those associated with catholicism, cause discomfort and in close enough proximity can give her incapacitating migraines. Sunlight saps her of energy and if exposed too long will cause rashes, boils, and eventually organ failure. Feeding excessively during the day can mitigate these effects/prolong her sun tolerance, but it’s still deeply uncomfortable.
Sophie is from a line of vampires that are in fact weak to garlic. This pains Sophie greatly as garlic bread is man’s greatest invention from her point of view. She once said ‘fuck it’ took a bite, and was subsequently bedridden for two weeks. There was internal bleeding, and her normal healing factors were compromised by something something garlic is magical.
She needs to drink blood to survive, and can be killed by starvation, although that would take at least a year to accomplish. Going for more than a month without blood causes ‘feral symptoms’ where thirst begins to overtake rationality. Animal blood alone can stave off feral symptoms, and will prevent starvation, but it’s the equivalent of trying to survive on rice cakes. Weakness, diminished powers, and general malaise plague any vampires that go too long without ingesting human blood.
As for non-supernatural abilities she is an experienced marksman, and has extensive experience with many kinds of guns. She’s not formally trained in any particular martial art, but knows basic principles and a handful of techniques from many different fighting styles. She knows emergency first aid, although performing anything overly complex or surgical on someone other than herself would not go very well. She can remove a bullet from her leg and sew herself up, but on someone without accelerated healing she would probably do more harm than good. She doesn’t have to worry about bleeding out after all.
Inventory: Please list the items upon your character's person on arrival, including the amount of each item (i.e., how much ammunition they might have). A brief explanation of each item's purpose and function is greatly appreciated. Keep in mind that all items will have suffered water damage unless sealed, and that technology in particular will have been affected as detailed in the FAQ even if sealed.
Sample
Thread Sample: Thread samples do not need to be within Lifeaftr’s TDM, however, we do ask that they be pertinent to the style of character you’re apping in (if CRAU, they should be from the game they are coming from). Additionally, the sample must have been threaded within a year prior to the application date.
Q&A: For those new to playing their character, who have been out of RP for a time, or who just prefer something different, you may request a Q&A from the mods to be answered ICly. When submitting your app, just note your preference for this here, and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible!
