Rose and Halen

[David Bowie]

Character Name: Rose

Nickname (Optional): None

Age: 16

Gender: Female

Species: Human

Society Position: Neutral

Theme Song: I Will not Bow by Breaking Benjamin

Powers: Rose, being a person from a world with no magic has no real special abilities. The only thing she has going for her is an extremely high level resistance to radiation, a definite plus in her irradiated world, and her skills as an inventor.

Fighting Style: Rose has no style. Period. In her world it is shoot or be shot, which is why her weapon of choice is the Combat Shotgun. She prefers to avoid direct contact with the enemy. That'll have to change once she runs out of ammo...

Weapon(s): Sword: A strong sword made in communist China before the bombs dropped, it has survived 200 years with minimal rust damage. Rose discovered it in the former Chinese embassy. It's owner was long dead.
Combat Shotgun: Capable of holding 16 shells, this is one of the most powerful shotguns in existence. Absolutely lethal at up to 15 feet, and still a major threat at 50, this gun is to be feared. Now, if only she had more than 1 clip. Rose purchased this weapon from a wandering salesman who claimed it came from a new gun factory. Yeah, right...
PVC Pipe Hammer: A large blunt force weapon made of PVC pipe, Rose uses it to great effect on the battlefield, though the pipe used as the handle is easily broken. Repairs are a snap, though, because broken pieces can be removed and replaced. The handle's length often changes because of breakage, meaning that the PVCPH can change from a two-handed weapon to a one-handed weapon and back. She prefers this over her sword, because blunt force trauma appeals to her on a base level.

This list here is of inventions Rose is (or will be) working on. When these items are complete, they will be added to the appropriate section.
To be built:
ComPortal: A computer worn on Rose' wrist that is tapped into a network of stabilized Dark Corridors. It will open a passage to any preset location, though Rose actually has to find those places first. The computer currently is a simple arm worn pc, with all the usual pc stuff on it.
Status: Not started
Flash-bang Grenades: Grenades that cause no damage, but rather are used to distract and disorient. They release a large flash of light and create a loud banging noise, blinding and/or deafening those around the grenade.
Status: Not Started
Molotov Cocktail: The weapon of choice for rioters, the Molotov has proven itself useful around the world. It consists of a bottle filled with a flammable liquid, and a cloth stuffed in the bottles mouth and lit on fire. When the bottle is thrown, it shatters, spreading its contents in a 10 foot radius. anything splashed will immediately catch fire. the fire burns for three posts, after which it has used up its immediate fuel source. Fire hazard.
Status: Not Started
Bolt Blade: Rose has electrified her sword. She attaches a battery and switch to the swords hand guard, and wires it all to the blade. The blade only discharges energy when it is grounded, that is to say, whenever it comes in contact with anything touching the ground. Rose protects herself from shocks by wearing rubber gloves.
Status: Not Started

Picture (Optional): pic

Appearance: Rose is 5'3", unsure of her weight (thin), with red hair, and hazel eyes. She wears a black leather jacket with the sleeves torn off, black leather pants with knee guards, and black combat boots which have chains wrapped around them for added strength. She has a white undershirt. She has mismatched leather and clothe arm guards. On her right arm, she has a large olive drab computer armband. She also wears a brown ammo belt.


Personality: Emotional scars are the easiest to hide, and the hardest to live with. Rose's scars are the result of the brutal murder of her family and neighbors 6 years ago. She is distrustful of everyone, never making real friends. She is forever wary of betrayal, and is always prepared for it. Making her angry is easy. She is vengeful, and has a cold-blooded streak to her, willing to kill to survive. Because, in her world, survival is the order of the day. Of course, when you take into consideration the other inhabitants of the Wasteland, that is a very tall order. Yet, she has survived and thrived. I suppose when you are as well armed as her, survival comes naturally

Original Residing World: The Wasteland

Current residing World: Twilight Town

History/Background: Growing up in a nuclear wasteland 200 years in the making, Rose's life was surprisingly good until she was 10. She had plenty of food, pollution free water, and a family who loved her. At least, she did until the raiders found the settlement. That was 6 years ago.

In that time, she has become cold-blooded, ruthless, and quick to rise to any challenge. Wandering around a world that not only wants to kill you, but steal everything you own, and possibly devour your corpse can do that to you. She has been leading attacks on the raiders since she was 14, and her traps and strategies have been copied across the Wasteland, particularly the very effective spring-loaded grenade flinger (patent pending). She is a decent inventor, and can put together anything given the right raw materials.

Still, she is only 16, and all she really wants is someplace quiet and remote to call home. Fat chance of that, really. At least, until she found the portal. A large, pulsating hole in the fabric of reality. Realizing that this hole might be her ticket out, she quickly entered. Of course, had she known of the war she had become a part of the moment she enter the portal, she might have stayed out. Then again... Maybe not.

Role Playing Sample: See third post.

Questions/Comments/Suggestions:

[David Bowie]

Character Name: Halen

Nickname (Optional): (None)

Age: APR 100

Gender: Male

Species: Neoshadow

Society Position: Neutral Heartless

Theme Song: Hoobastank - Crawling in the Dark
(If you want to listen to the song, just check that you agree to the terms, and type in the "secret code" thing, then click enable listen and download. No viruses, I use this site all the time. I would post it from youtube if I could find one that worked on youtube.)

Powers:
Fighting Style: Parkour
When fighting, Halen doesn't mess around. He goes for the maximum amount of damage, at the highest speed possible. He fights, not for show, or for sport, but to win. He combines magic with his attacks, enabling strange and powerful combos. He will also use any dirty and underhanded tactic available to him, including weaponizing any common objects that are easy to get at. He only uses his sword with the most challenging foes, but otherwise changes nothing. His preferred range is "just-out-of-reach". He fights 3 dimensionally, using the enviroment around him to maximum effect, incorperating flips, leaps, and wall runs into his attack strategy. He aslo uses Shadow Dive to extreme effect, minimizing damage caused by being thrown into walls, floors, and ceilings.

(A list of standard Parkour movements can be found here.)

Offensive Magic: Magic spells used to attack.
Dark Blast: An explosive wave attack, very similar to Shadow's Chaos Blast. An aura of Light and Dark energy surrounds Halen's body. After a 2 second charge (meaning 1 round to react to the chargeup), the aura pulses and releases a black overpressure wave that extends to twenty feet. If caught in the overpressure wave, it causes extreme damage, and can possible incapacitate. Death is unlikely, but has been known to occur. It creates a powerful wind that blows away everything that isn't attached to the ground or holding on to something within a 30 foot radius as well, but that causes no damage. This attack is an end-all, and immensely draining on Halen. If his targets withstand the attack, he retreats, either running or dissipating because he simply cannot fight anymore.
Dark Overblast: The super powered version of Dark Blast, Halen compresses the energy of Dark Blast for a full ten seconds, then releases it. The resulting explosion could easily level a building, and is five times as powerful as Dark Blast. This attack is too much for Halen to handle, and causes him to immediately DiD. Three post charge.
(Halen cannot use true elemental attacks. Instead, through decades of mimicry and training, he has learned to channel dark energy in such a way that it imitates certain elemental spells.)
Dark Flame (power level equivalent to Fira): Black flames shoot from hands. Has two uses: one is a flamethrower style attack with a range of 15 feet, the other a fireball attack with a range of 50 feet.
Dark Bolt (power level equivalent to Thundara): Fires a dark energy lightning bolt from hand. Range: 100 feet before control loss, once control is lost, aims for the nearest metal object.
Dark Freeze (power level equivalent to Blizzard): An attack that changes based on the target's location.
Aerial target: Shards of ice infused with darkness shoot from hand; weaker version of attack.
Ground based target: A thin layer of dark infused ice spreads up to twenty feet from caster. Anyone touching the ice before it melts (2 posts) has spears of ice shoot up from beneath their feet. Stronger version of attack.
Chaotic Boost: Halen reaches deep into his manifest heart, and taps a well of deep sadness and unchecked rage. These dark emotions double his magic and physical strength and speed, as well as making him completely unpredictable. Halen should not maintain this state for periods of longer than 7 posts, because any longer than that represses the light he has recovered, and leaves him fragile and strained.


Defensive Magic: Magic spells used to defend, retreat, or hide.
Shadow Dive: Turns Halen into a two dimensional shape on the ground, allowing him to escape sticky situations. While Halen is 2D, he can move across any surface, including vertical walls, and can even go upside-down, crawling along ceilings. A more extreme version of this allows Halen to enter 2d at high speeds, which cushions him from fall damage. When he enters 2D at high speed, he almost seems to splash into an object.
Shadow Cloak: Halen can force shadows to cover him and two others, changing their appearance, or simply hiding them. This is very much like the shape shifting magic that Donald employs to disguise Sora, Goofy, and himself.
Dissipate into Darkness: Halen's fall back option. Allows him to dissipate his body and return to the Darkness. Activates one of two ways: When he falls unconscious, the mental energies he expends to keep his body extant are cut off, and he fades into the darkness. It takes him up to a full day to recover from this, because first he has to reawaken (12 hours), then he has to gather the energy required to pull his essence together(8-10 hours, depending on the damage he took), and finally, he has to rebuild his body (1 hour). The second method is self willed. He allows himself to fade away. This method is easier to recover from, and takes only an hour. DiD allows him to recover from any damage taken. However, in a fight against a Keyblade Wielder, Halen cannot DiD, meaning that he could be killed.

Abilities: Powers neither offensive or defensive. Come naturally to Halen as a Heartless.
Energy Draw: Halen pulls the energy for his magic directly from the Dark Realm, as all Heartless do (which is why they can cast spells continuously.), meaning he can cast away without becoming fatigued, except in the case of Dark Blast/Overblast.
Speak to the Darkness: 50 foot range. Halen speaks directly to the darkness, whether in the Heartless, or in the heart of a living being (meaning he speaks to the darkness in a heart, and the darkness relays his words. The end result is basically hearing his voice in your head). He cannot speak to the pure of heart, or common Nobodies, and would require a translator of sorts, meaning anyone who could announce his words. Normally, he broadcasts his "words", so everyone can "hear" him. However, he can "talk" directly to individual people, cutting out eavesdroppers (in that case, I would maybe pm his side of the conversation.)
Heartless Senses: Halen can sense entities around him, whether they be Heartless, Nobody, or normal people. When he needs to he can expand this sense to do things like check the number of people in a building, or locate enemies that are hiding. Heartless and normal people he senses the same way, using their hearts. He senses Nobodies by looking for their emptiness.

Halen cannot heal himself. He must recuperate in the Darkness, or enlist the help of a healer, like the Green Requiem.

Light Recovered: 15%
Not really a power, this number reflects the amount of light Halen's manifest heart has recovered. It does not normally fluctuate or decrease, but it can, depending on Halen's actions. This number has a direct connection to the amount of whiteness that covers Halen's body.

Weapon(s): Darkness Falchion: A Falchion made of pure darkness solidified, stronger than pure titanium. Only used against opponents he feels are a real threat, because it is his most powerful weapon. He forged it based on an evil swordsman's katana, but shortened and thickened for strength and blocking ability.
His weapon is forged from Darkness. His weapon has no name. To Halen, it is a tool to be used, nothing more. The fact that he can simply reform it from the Darkness if it is lost, stolen, or broken helps.

Picture (Optional): It's a bit small, I grabbed it from the KH wiki, then crisscrossed it with white lines. Nowhere near my best work, but library computers don't exactly have the best art programs.


Appearance: Halen's only difference from a normal Neoshadow are the white lines that crisscross his body, a result of his manifest heart slowly regaining its light. He is about 6 feet tall. His fingers are elongated and end in points. He has two long antennae coming out of his head. He has glowing yellow eyes, and blue veins can be seen on his body. He has no facial features that can be seen.

Personality: Halen's personalty is... underdeveloped to say the least. As an instinctual creature, Halen has spent most of his darklife hunting and feeding on hearts. When he isn't hunting, Halen can be described as laid back and lazy, never going out of his way for anything. He is also self willed, not obeying the commands of those who use the Heartless like tools. That tends to irritate those who try, which has a tendency to cause them to attack him. Unfortunately for them, Halen is much stronger than he seems, and he wins more often than he loses. That doesn't mean he doesn't know when to run, though. Self preservation factors heavily into Halen's instincts, far more so than other Heartless, meaning he knows when he's beat, and he knows when to run.

History/Background: Halen has been immersed in the darkness for so long, he can't remember his former life. All he knows is that he chose his path, and he is going to follow it wherever it may lead.

Halen is about as smart as the average chimpanzee, and he has a monkey-see-heartless-do take on the world. Halen doesn't really have the imagination to create his own attacks. Those he does know came about as a result of decades of imitating powerful attacks he witnessed. He did so by forcing elemental Heartless to constantly use their abilities, and copying their energy release. Being a pureblood Heartless, Halen can't actually use elements, but he can force darkness to act like some of the different elements. That is why, no matter what spell he casts, the energy released is black. His weapons came about through a very similar process. He first witnessed the power of a lone swordsman, and began trying to copy him, forcing darkness to take a physical presence in the shape of his choice. He based his sword on the swordsmans weapon, because he couldn't think of anything original.

Halen's odd coloration comes from the heart he manifests. It very slowly regaining its light, and as it does, more of Halen turns white.

Recently, Halen has been searching for a particular heart. He has searched many worlds, and has found right one. This heart calls out to him, and he wants it. However, just as he enters the world the heart inhabits, it leaves, taking the portal that he himself used to get to this desolate land. He followed back through the portal, back to Twilight Town, and prepares to steal the heart for himself...

[David Bowie]

An Explanation of Resonance: Normally, Resonance occurs between two hearted beings, who recognize in each other a similarity, a kindred spirit. This is often the foundation of true love. However, in rare circumstances, Resonance can occur between a hearted being and a Heartless, a hearted being and a Nobody, or the rarest connection of all, a Heartless and a Nobody.
The resonance that Rose and Halen share is but one of three possible types that can occur between a whole being and and incomplete being. Halen and Rose have Heart Resonance. It is the reason they don't kill each other, and the foundation of their very unlikely alliance. Their Resonance is a powerful, yet incomplete connection. It allows them to sense each others emotional state, and during times of stress, allows for powerful attacks and abilities to be used.

The second Resonation is Mind Resonance. Explanation pending discovery of Halen's Nobody.

The third Resonation is Spirit Resonance. Explanation pending discovery of Halen's Nobody.


Combo Abilities: Working together, Rose and Halen can perform powerful techniques. As they discover more powers, it will be recorded here. These combos are commonly learned in the heat of battle, and at first can only be use like reaction comands, triggered by emotion.

Dark Infusion: Halen pumps dark energy into Rose's weapons, making them more powerful. The sword's blade becomes solid darkness, while the Combat Shotgun becomes able to fire dark energy balls. This effect lasts until Halen can no longer stand the energy drain. (5 posts)

NOT YET LEARNED

Resonate Dark: Halen's heart resonates with Rose's. Rose then pumps her shotgun and fires a large beam of dark energy from it. The reason it is Dark energy is because the source of the attack is Halen's heart.

Resonate Light: Rose's heart resonates with Halen's. Halen then fires a large beam of light energy from his hands. The reason it is Light energy is because the source of the attack is Rose's heart.

(Resonate Light and Resonate Dark have no real limit on their use, but the energies involved can harm Rose and Halen if used too often. The most amount of times they can use these abilities without risk to themselves is three. After that the Darkness begins eroding Rose's heart, and the Light begins damaging Halen. However, as they become used to using the abilities, they will be able to use them more often without harming themselves.)

Synchronized Resonance: Rose and Halen's hearts resonate as one, and the two become mentally linked. They are then able to make attack plans and strategies in the blink of an eye, and most of their attacks are combos. Usable for ten posts.

Light in the Darkness: Rose and Halen's hearts resonate together, and Rose and Halen fuse, with Halen's shadowflesh covering Rose's body. In this form, Rose and Halen act as one. Rose's body undergoes a transformation as Halen overlaps her. Her skin becomes pale, her hair and eyes purple, her teeth pointed, her fingernails become claws, and her clothes become absolutely black. As Halen's power flows through her, she gains strength, speed, and access to dark magic. She is able to cast any of Halen's spells, and use both his and her own weapons. Her personality undergoes a heavy change as well. She becomes more ruthless, more cold-blooded, and more than willing to commit murder to win. This technique is very draining on both Halen and Rose, and they cannot maintain the fusion for very long. (say, ten posts [except in cases where posts cover mere seconds], after which time they have to retreat.)

Role Playing Sample: Rose stumbled out into a canyon. She looked around, hoping for a sign of life, but the damn place was MORE desolate than the Wasteland. She would have stayed all day, had not her finely honed battle instincts warned her to check her six. She spun around in time to catch the dark creature that had sprung at her upside the head with the butt of her shotgun. It tumbled with the blow, and gathered itself to spring again, but instead, as it looked at her, and saw her eyes, it collapsed, twitching, the white lines on its body glowing. As she loomed over it, ready to kill it, something inside stopped her, and instead, she sat down at its side, waiting for it to recover.

(...LIGHT RECOVERED: 20%...)

It took an hour, but Halen finally woke up. The very first thing he noticed was that it wasn't dark. Normally, when he woke up, it was dark. Then, he felt the ground. Normally, he couldn't feel anything. Then he felt a heart, and everything else went out the window. He sat up, and stared at Rose, and saw she was staring back at him. "So, what are you?" she asked. Halen cocked his head to one side. "Are you an animal? Or some kind of mutation?" Halen tilted his head the other way. Then he slowly stood up.

She stood as well, pointing her gun at him. He walked over to her slowly, and a feeling of peace stole over him. He sniffed her, then whispered, Heart? She stepped back quickly. "How did you do that?" she stammered out. Halen sniffed again, then shook his head. Heart... he whispered again. Rose was getting scared. "How are you talking in my head? What are you?" Halen thought for a moment, then pointed at himself, and cocked his head. "Yes, you. What are you?"

Heartless... he whispered. "What? Heartless? What's a Heartless?" Halen considered this an easy question, and pointed at himself. "Of course. You're a Heartless," she said, exasperated. He nodded quickly, happy that the rather slow human understood so quickly."Okay, new question. Do you have a name?" Halen thought for a moment, then pointed at himself. Name Halen.

"I need answers, Halen. Take me to someone I can talk to." Halen cocked his head. Someone she could talk to? Wasn't she talking to him? He though a moment, but came up blank. "Don't you know anyone that would know answers?" Halen looked at the ground and tried to remember anyone who would know answers. Then he remembered a powerful human living somewhere in this world. He looked at her, and nodded quickly, then grabbed her hand, and pulled her down the canyon toward town.

Now, Radient Garden was very on edge as it is, and the sight of a Heartless dragging some poor girl around by the arm was liable to upset someone. So, when, five minutes after Halen and Rose entered the city, the locals appeared with the Garden equivalent of torches, pitchforks, and murderous intent, they found Halen itching for a fight. So, did they do the smart thing, and run? Nope. They surrounded Halen and Rose.

Halen relaxed his body, and began sifting through his spells, preparing for the melee that he knew was going to happen very soon. The townspeople stared at him angrily for a moment, then one charged forward. Halen dropped to the ground, grabbed his ankle, and flung him out of the circle. He then darted forward, and jumped high. He pointed his palms at the angry mob, and unleashed a Dark Bolt. Part of the circle was scattered by the impact, but the rest didn't run. They charged. Halen landed, and launched himself into the crowd.

Slamming a second person to the ground, he launched himself into the air again, and landed on a third person, knocking them over as well. He sprung at Rose, and pushed her away from the attacking people, then leaped back over the mob. He crossed his arms across his chest, and charged his body with energy. An aura of energy covered him. It pulsed and he flung his arms wide. The energy exploded outwards, flinging the frightened mob backwards. They quickly scattered, not realizing that Halen had just lost all ability to fight.

Halen looked around to see if anyone remained. Seeing no one, he sank into Rose's shadow, then pointed up the street. She walked the way he pointed, and soon found herself standing outside a tavern. "Halen," she whispered at her shadow, "this is a bar." Halen pointed at it out from her shadow. She sighed, and opened the door...