Name: Vanessa VanCleef
Age: Somewhere between 16 and 19. I'm saying 18 because fuck lore.
Appearance: Vanessa is fairly short and somewhere between "curvy" and "delicate." She has blue eyes, short black hair, and pale skin - and she looks quite a bit like her father.
Current power level (less than 9000):
- General fantasy thief things. Picking locks, getting around traps, stealing, stabbitying, sneaking around quietly, dodging physical attacks.
- Deflecting/blocking physical and magical attacks while equipped with weapons.
- Total stealth at will, as in "invisible standing in a bright empty room"
- Short-range teleportation.
- Really, really good at poisons and bombs. And cooking. And making impassioned and totally one-sided political rants.
Barge Stuff:
- Inmate to Zuko.
- Level 4, room 19.
Contraband currently owned:
- One strong silk cord (Narvin)
- A bag of mechanical/tech gizmos, in "care" of Zuko (OS19)
- One set of lockpicks, in "care" of Zuko (OS19)
- One dose of space hallucinogens (OS19)
- a few syringes from the infirmary (Frankenstein)
- Short (5'3" or so)
- Dresses plainly and modestly (unless she's in her fanservice armor)
- Pretty much looks like she couldn't hurt a fly, let alone wouldn't
- Spends a lot of time in the library and garden, some in the kitchen, some exploring the hallways
- Sounds pretty average 'sweet, friendly girl'
- Tends to eat by herself
- Walks with a bit more grace than your average farmgirl
- Seems a bit unsure most of the time
- Always polite to everyone, offers help to anyone who seems to need it
- Most of this is (very) good acting. If you are psychic, there is bitterness and hatred under the surface.
- Not recognizable by voice from her comm posts.
Having been outed, Vanessa is more reclusive than when she had been being Hope, and much, much less likely to be chatty and friendly in the hallways... largely because you probably won't see her in them. She'll be stealthed most of the time. When not stealthed, she'll only be likely to give you the time of day if you've established yourself as an ally on the comms.
Permissions:
OOC:
Backtagging: Yes
Threadjacking: Yes
IC:
Fighting: Vanessa has no interest in fighting when not absolutely necessary. She wants to keep her skills secret as much as possible.
Casual touching: She will obviously dislike it, probably move away, and if you insist, tell you to keep your hands off her.
Kissing: If she wants it, yes.
Shipping: Hahaha okay.
Mind reading/magic: Yes. Tell me if you need more info!
Injury: Yes, but let's plot fights out first?
Death: "
Door Survey
Name: Vanessa VanCleef
Room and Level: 4.19
Warden/Inmate: Inmate, assigned to Zuko
If you know, who are your immediate neighbors?: Billy Costigan [though she doesn't know him]
1. What does your door look like?
Roughened, unpainted wood. Very plain/functional. Better than average lock and the door itself is reinforced on the inside with steel plating.
2. Do you ever leave said door open?
Never.
3. What hours do you keep? Do you spend them roaming around the halls?
Irregular. Yes, though always while acting as Hope. usually in stealth.
4. How much time do you spend in the common room?
More time in the library and the garden.
5. While in the common room, do you watch the television? How loud?
No.
6. Is your room a mess, and does said mess ever spill out into the corridor?
It's ship-shape. (Harr.)
7. What loud noises might emanate from your room?
At the moment, none.
8. Do you snore? Loud enough to be heard by your neighbors?
No.
9. Do you host parties in your room or in the common room?
No.
10. Do you sing? Loud enough to be heard by your neighbors?
No.
11. Musical instruments? Loud enough to be heard by your neighbors?
No and no.
12. Are you a nosy neighbor? Do you spy on your fellows?
Yes.
13. Do you eat or cook in your room? Does the smell of that food seep into the corridor?
No.
14. Other smells? (Potions, science experiments, perfume, flatulence, etc)
Possibly a vague mixture of plants and salt, but not strong enough to be notable.
15. Do you have pets that make a lot of noise? Enough noise to annoy your neighbors?
No pets.
16. Have you flooded your personal bathroom, if you have one?
No.
17. What time do you get up in the morning?
Irregular.
18. Do you have an alarm clock? Is it loud? Loud enough to bother your neighbors?
No.
19. Do you make a lot of noise while showering/dressing/etc? Is it loud enough to be heard by your neighbors?
No, totally silent. (And no shower lol :[)
20. Can you be heard by your neighbors if you're having sex?
...No.
21. Uh, can your partner be heard (assuming you have one)?
N/A
22. Are you a neighborly neighbor? In other words, do you avoid your neighbors, or wave to them and want to have a chat whenever you see them?
Hope is willing to talk shyly to anyone and everyone.
23. Who are your most frequent visitors?
No visitors at all.
Cabin description:
It's not likely that anyone is going to get a peek at Vanessa's room any time soon, but!
Her room is literally a ship's cabin. As such it's fairly small; most of it is taken up by a big table. The walls are covered in graphs, plans, charts, maps, maybe a few wanted posters, and other assorted crap. There's a small cot against a side wall with a sea chest at its foot and a cabinet (with most of its drawers sadly empty) underneath the table.
The bathroom door is mostly hidden by the plank walls and wasn't actually there pre-Barge.
Everything is always in its place.
Soxen's Character Survey of Doom
Body and Appearance
1. Describe the character's height and build. Is she heavyset, thin, short, rangy?
Vanessa is short, probably a bit over five feet, and fairly slender (except for boobs and dat ass.) She is not visibly muscular.
2. How old is she?
18.
3. Describe her posture. Does she carry herself well or does she slouch?
Vanessa stands straight when not in stealth. Shoulders back, head up, etc - she's a proud kid.
4. How is her health? Is she fit or out of shape? Any illnesses or conditions? Any physical disabilities?
Excellent. Vanessa is quite fit, but her abilities tend more towards speed than strength or endurance, as reflected by her appearance.
5. How does she move? Is she clumsy, graceful, tense, fluid?
Vanessa moves lightly; even when she's not being actively sneaky she is almost silent. There's a definite smooth agility to her movements.
6. How attractive is this character physically? How does she perceive herself in the mirror?
She's pretty attractive as crazy murderous teenage girls go. She likes the way she looks, mainly because she resembles her father about whom she has many many issues.
7. Describe her complexion. Dark, light, clear, scarred?
Clear, fair skin, no noticeable scars.
8. Describe her hair: color, texture, style.
Short, fine black hair that varies in style because her in-game one is 1. kind of silly and 2. impossible to find in the real world. It's well-kept, but she doesn't slave over it.
9. What color are her eyes?
Blue.
10. Does the character have any other noteworthy features?
Not really.
11. What are her chief tension centers?
:|a
12. What is the character's wardrobe like? Casual, dressy, utilitarian? Bright colors, pastels, neutrals? Is it varied, or does she have six of the same suit?
In public she wears long, modest dresses, generally in shades of gray and white without much variation. This is because she is faking being a nice girl. When she isn't putting up the front, she wears leather armor... sort of. Pauldrons, thigh-highs, kinky boots, a belt, and a tabard. What are pants?
13. Do her clothes fit well? Does she seem comfortable in them?
Yes.
14. Does she dress the same on the job as she does in her free time? If not, what are the differences?
See 12.
15. You knew it was coming: Boxers, briefs or commando?
Panties. Or commando. WHO CAN TELL.
Speech
1. What does this character's voice sound like? High-pitched, deep, hoarse?
Varies considerably; she's talented at changing it.
2. How does she normally speak? Loud, soft, fast, evenly? Does she talk easily, or does she hesitate?
When she's herself she talks evenly and easily. (And often angrily with a big dose of snark.) While acting as Hope she's a little more hesitant and more polite.
3. Does the character have a distinct accent or dialect? Any individual quirks of pronunciation? Any, like, you know, verbal tics?
Not really. Generic mid-American accent, or Stormwind/Westfall for other Azerothians.
4. What language/s does she speak, and with how much fluency?
Common - totally fluent. Goblin - totally fluent. Murloc/Nerglish - probably much easier for her to understand than speak. Taurahe - a little bit, half-remembered.
5. Does she switch languages or dialects in certain situations?
When speaking with native speakers of a language she understands (not going to be a barge issue) yes, otherwise no.
6. Is she a good impromptu speaker, or does she have to think about her words?
She does generally plan speeches ahead of time, but has no problem with off the cuff addresses either.
7. Is she eloquent or inarticulate? Under what circumstances might this change?
Tends towards... well, teenage eloquence. Acting, as always, would change it. While she is generally calm under pressure, extreme stress might get to her.
Mental and Emotional
1. How intelligent is this character? Is she book-smart or street-smart?
Vanessa is fairly bright, though she has no formal education.
2. Does she think on her feet, or does she need time to deliberate?
She prefers to plan ahead.
3. Describe the character's thought process. Is she more logical, or more intuitive? Idealistic or practical?
Vanessa is a slightly hypocritical mix of idealism and pragmatism; she's furiously working for the ideal society, but if she has to break some eggs to get her utopian omelette, she's willing to do so.
4. What kind of education has the character had?
Her father and adopted parents taught her pretty much everything she knows.
5. What are her areas of expertise? What, if anything, is she interested in learning more about?
Poisons, explosives, a bit of engineering, (sort of) politics. Mostly more of the above.
6. Is she an introvert or an extrovert?
Vanessa is a bit extroverted. Hope is not.
7. Describe the character's temperament. Is she even-tempered or does she have mood swings? Cheerful or melancholy? Laid-back or driven?
Angry. Angry and bitter all the time, and driven as all hell.
8. How does she respond to new people or situations? Is she suspicious, relaxed, timid, enthusiastic?
Suspicious is probably an understatement.
9. Is she more likely to act, or to react?
Act. Vanessa does not like having her choices made for her.
10. Which is her default: fight or flight?
Depends on the situation.
11. Describe the character's sense of humor. Does she appreciate jokes? Puns? Gallows humor? Bathroom humor? Pranks?
Dark, tending towards cynicism, sarcasm, and gallows humor. Silliness is too frivolous for her.
12. Does the character have any diagnosable mental disorders? If yes, how does she deal with them?
Probably one fuck of a case of PTSD. She deals by...trying to get revenge. Not terribly healthy.
13. What moments in this character's life have defined her as a person?
Her father's murder. Her adoption by the Saldeans. Ordering the murder of the Furlbrows. Burning down Sentinel Hill. Killing herself.
14. What does she fear?
Having control of her fate taken away from her, ending up like her father/being executed.
15. What are her hopes or aspirations?
Take Stormwind, wipe out the upper class, set up a communist utopia. Rename it Edwintown or something.
16. What is something she doesn't want anyone to find out about her?
How much she still misses her father. She can't afford to look weak.
Relationships
1. Describe this character's relationship with her parents.
Mother appears to be nonexistent, but she pretty much worshiped her father.
2. Does the character have any siblings? What is/was their relationship like? No siblings.
3. Are there other blood relatives to whom she is close? Are there ones she can't stand? No.
4. Are there other, unrelated people whom she considers part of her family? What are her relationships with them? Mr Smite and Captain Greenskin are both dead but they might have been kind of like uncles to her. Cookie is a murloc, but hey, him too.
5. Who is/was the character's best friend? How did they meet? Her father. Who is deaadddd. Possibly Cookie afterwards; he worked for her father.
6. Does she have other close friends? She is on decent terms with Ripsnarl.
7. Does she make friends easily, or does she have trouble getting along with people? She's too prickly and angry to make friends easily.
8. Which does she consider more important: family or friends? Family. By far.
9. Is the character single, married, divorced, widowed? Has she been married more than once? Single.
10. Is she currently in a romantic relationship with someone other than a spouse? No.
11. Who was her first crush? Who is her latest? Vanessa does not have time for crushes. Probably.
12. What does she look for in a romantic partner? OH LORD daddy issues. But seriously, she would want someone who matched her political ideals.
13. Does the character have children? Grandchildren? If yes, how does she relate to them? If no, does she want any? She has none and even if she weren't dead, she wouldn't have time to deal with being pregnant/having a baby.
14. Does she have any rivals or enemies?
Hahaha. Yeah. "The Alliance."
15. What is the character's sexual orientation? Where does she fall on the
Kinsey scale? No canon info.
16. How does she feel about sex? How important is it to her? It takes a cold back burner to revenge and justice.
17. What are her turn-ons? Turn-offs? Weird bedroom habits?
Probably leather? Doing it from behind? Lol rogue jokes...
Beliefs
1. Do you know your character's astrological (
zodiac of
choice) sign? How well does she fit type?
She doesn't have a canon birthday.
2. Is this character religious, spiritual, both, or neither? How important are these elements in her life?
She has an issue with fate. She thinks life is kind of like an evil cosmic joke. Probably not very religious.
3. Does this character have a personal code of morals or ethics? If so, how did that begin? What would it take to compromise it?
She will not betray those loyal to her. She will always try to help those who have been hurt by the state/etc. Started with her father, compromisable by necessity.
4. How does she regard beliefs that differ from hers? Is she tolerant, intolerant, curious, indifferent?
Political beliefs: completely intolerant and angrymode.
Religious: mostly indifferent.
5. What prejudices does she hold? Are they irrational or does she have a good reason for them?
She's understandably but irrationally prejudiced against anyone of rank. And soldiers.
Daily Life
1. What is the character's financial situation? Is she rich, poor, comfortable, in debt?
The Defias were decently well-off due to smuggling and mining and shit like that, though not as flush as when Edwin had them due to just starting off again.
2. What is her social status? Has this changed over time, and if so, how has the change affected her?
From rebel exile's daughter to poor farmgirl to rebel exile. Living with the Saldeans and seeing the devastation of Westfall firsthand made her a serious fanatic.
3. Where does she live? House, apartment, trailer? Is her home her castle or just a place to crash? What condition is it in? Does she share it with others?
A juggernaught in a mine. It's important to her for personal and tactical reasons, old but in good shape, and populated by a bunch of pirates.
4. Besides the basic necessities, what does she spend her money on?
Weaponry, poison supplies, explosives, running the Defias.
5. What does she do for a living? Is she good at it? Does she enjoy it, or would she rather be doing something else?
She's a ...crime lord? Kinda? Political agitator? She's pretty good at it and there's nothing she'd rather do.
6. What are her interests or hobbies? How does she spend her free time?
Refining poisons, dicking with explosives, planning assaults on Stormwind.
7. What are her eating habits? Does she skip meals, eat out, drink alcohol, avoid certain foods?
She eats lightly and plainly: no feasts for her while there are people still going hungry. She doesn't drink regularly.
Associations
Which of the following do you associate with the character, or which is her favorite:
1. Color? Red
2. Smell? Grass
3. Time of day? pre-dawn
4. Season? Summer
5. Book? Das Kapital. hur hur.
6. Music? :|a
7. Place? Westfall
8. Substance? Poison
9. Plant? Maiden's Anguish. Heh.
10. Animal? ...Murlocs?
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