monsters! ❚ a terrible noise.

[matriotism]

PLAYER INFORMATIONName (or internet handle): Ness.
Current characters in Bete Noire: N/A
Past characters in Bete Noire: N/A



CHARACTER INFORMATIONName: Raicho
Livejournal Username: matriotism
Fandom: Original ( Monsters! )
Image: http://i.imgur.com/J7zK8.gif
Reserve: Here.

Age ||| Appearance: Chronologically she has existed for five years, but because she is a monster the human rules of aging and maturity don't apply. They don't have maturity in the human sense - they exist and from the moment of their existence they are a fully developed being, quite apart from the human concept of "growing into adulthood" given as monsters don't go through puberty nor any aging process. They are born ready to kill, eat, and terrorize. In terms of how aging would effect physical appearance, monsters simply claim any human body they want, and thus have any physical appearance they want. While she has existed for five years, shedefinitely isn't five by human standards. ||| In a way, Raicho has three appearances, but you can really only see two. The first and her "original" appearance, given how she is female, is the body of a young woman, about twenty years old, with long blonde hair and blue eyes. She looks absolutely adorable and even harmless, and that's exactly why Raicho picked this skin: to deceive. As for the male body - which she changes by regurgitating the skin around herself - he looks slightly younger, taller, with strong features. Hair brown and short, rather messy, and big brown puppy eyes. They are both very attractive bodies, deliberately so (she is quite vain). Both appearances receive slight changes when she feeds, eyes turning completely black and skin stretching, jaw unhinging so that she can devour a person. The "third" appearance is her monster appearance, which is a shapeless black goo. ( PB: Sara Ziff & Francisco Lachowski )

Sexual Preferences/Orientation: Monster views on sex are not bond by human morality - monogamy, consent, and all those concepts are something they simply don't care to understand. There are differences between male and female monsters: male monsters dislike leaving offspring, but can't seem to make an effort to avoid them beyond killing (and eating) their sexual partners. Female monsters are typically sterile, and Raicho is too (her ambushedgames is one of those rare exceptions).

She has absolutely no romantic interess in anyone although she does fancy some people over others (usually, that means she doesn't eat them or maim them to death). As for the sex itself, given her ability to shift bodies, she enjoys both male and female anatomy with no big preference. It depends on her mood really, although she has gathered that it's easier to convey to human's sexual preference, be it man or woman she is dealing with. Raicho herself doesn't have a preference when it comes to her partners. Aesthetics are, however, critical: she likes the pretty ones. Of course this is highly ambiguous because what she finds pretty may not be what someone else deems it so. Another big thing for her is mothers, she adores them, but she doesn't indulge sexually with them, although she does like to touch.

She's rough and likes to have it her way, so violence will always find its way into it if she takes the time to indulge herself. Over the years, she has figured she is also a bit of a voyeur.

Reason for playing: When it first began, Monsters! was just a small time original story created by a fellow player and I, however, it has since grown into this massive, super entertaining project and there at least five other players involved now. In a way, you could call it an "interactive story" and all of the characters have their own important part to play. Raicho in particular is a challenging character because of how to approach on the concept of a "baby monster" (although, as said, it's more of an affectionate term, since monsters don't really have any maturing phase). Letting her grow outside of her world is a great writing challenge; obviously I would be more comfortable playing her in a musebox, but pushing outside of the comfort zone is something I enjoy since it helps me put obstacles in the way my originals are "supposed" to grow, thus understanding them better.

As for the choice of Bete Noire, not only does it seem to be the perfect game to throw in an ugly heart such as Raicho, but it aslo challenges me as a writer and roleplayer to play around with the twisted side of the monster. I love writing villains and I think all games should have at least that blatant bad guy and I would love to try to make Raicho fill that nasty role.

PERSONALITY

➡ To begin to understand monsters,
      first one must realize that human ideals are something they don't care. They understand them but just like you understand why someone doesn't like chocolate, you don't necessarily agree with them. Like any other monster, Raicho does not see anything wrong with eating humans and doesn't care at all about human feelings regarding the monsters natural habit of eating humans. The conception of "good" and "evil" is something she understands but does not agree. She has never had the need to change who she is because of some silly ideals. If anything, the ideal she follows is that of her mother. For Raicho, her mother is someone that should be heard and respected and she obeys her without even blinking. First and foremost come her mother and right next to her, comes herself. As her contact with other monsters has been next to none, she isn't quite like every other monster out there and because Mother Monster was gone by the time Kulshedra gave birth to Raicho, she does not have that loyal attachment to her - instead, all of her devotion, all of her allegiance is towards her own mother, not Calathea. It doesn't help that Kulshedra has kept Raicho in a bubble, keeping her a secret from all monsters - this because it is rare for female monsters to give birth and letting out a secret such as Raicho's birth out there could endanger her.

Because she is so attached to her mother, Raicho has the habit of policing mother's parenting skills. Finding out someone is a mother intrigues her and she will try to discover if said person is a good mother or not - and if not, you can bet your life that Raicho will do something about it. Of course doing something about it usually involves a lot of violence and not necessarily the best way to try and convince someone they should take better care of their children. Raicho herself is not interested in children. They are kind of boring toys, but she does think it's funny how small and fragile they are. In a way, she's attracted to motherly people but she isn't easily persuaded. Just because she may act like a curious animal, it does not mean she isn't an intelligent being. In fact, she is far more clever than people give her credit for, but she is a bit gullible in the way that there are still things she doesn't quite understand or grasp - like subtlety. Asking Raicho to be discreet or subtle about something is like expecting an elefant to not to stampede when a shot is fired. She's a brute, to put simply, and she has no regards for other people's private space or understand the concept of "leave me alone". She may even enjoy when someone is getting annoyed by her. She can ve very persistent in her nagging and doesn't really care if she's pissing someone off - to tell the truth, sometimes she really does like to push all the buttons a person has to see how far they are willing to stand her.

With the ability to take over two bodies at the same time, Raicho has learned early on to appreciate the human form. She likes how different it is, how some are curvy and others are lanky, how there are short humans and very tall ones, how some have long blonde hair and some have short hair. She is extremely vain and only likes pretty people - however, what is pretty to Raicho certainly isn't influenced by the social media as she pays no attention to such things. Liking men and women just about the same, she does prefer the young adults to the much older folk, which isn't to say that sometimes she doesn't like to touch the greying hairs of a mature human. She is so vain that she refuses to eat anyone she thinks ugly.

As you may have gathered, Raicho is a very physical person. Invading people's private space, touching without asking, all of that makes her a very touchy-feely person and she doesn't like to hear a no for an answer. Most of the time, however, she doesn't use force unlike most of her fellow monsters. She has learned by observing how a pretty face can use its beauty to charm someone and she takes full advantage of that without a lick of shame. Because she doesn't have any human concept of morality, she doesn't think anything she does is wrong and, in a way, for her it really isn't. For example, while she doesn't go out of her way to be rude, while she has no interest in being offensive, she can sometimes end up being very off-putting with remarks she makes without realizing what she's doing. On the other hand, this makes her a completely honest person. It's not that she doesn't lie or doesn't know how to, but unless it's to protect her mother or to get something she wants, she prefers to tell the truth - probably because her mother doesn't like it when she lies to her.

Generally speaking, Raicho is a very inquisitive creature. She's curious and isn't afraid to ask or look dumb if she asks something really obvious (like "Why is the water blue?" or "Why do birds fly?"). She likes to learn things, likes to know. Once more, this is her mother's influence working for she has always heard that knowledge is power so she believes that if she knows many things (even if it's useless information) she will get power and hopefully give it to her mother. It's not that she is extremely ambitious; for her power (whatever that is, she's not sure if she grasps the concept) has no use, but if her mother wants it, she doesn't see why not. She's more than happy if she has to get her hands dirty (and she will even if she doesn't necessarily have to). She likes to investigate for her own, likes to discover for herself. She's not one of those "easy way" kind of creatures. If she has to swim through mud to find out something, she most likely will. Enthusiastically too, because Raicho is like a ball of energy. In fact, she is so energetic about things that she can be exhausting.

All things considered, Raicho is not the worst monster you could encounter, but that doesn't make her the best either. While she finds humans intriguing, she doesn't think that they are that important and are easily replaceable; however, there are a few that she likes to take as pets (never friends, you need mutual respect to have friends and she can't manage to respect a human) and doesn't plan on hurting them. Or, well, what she thinks it's hurting them because a violent creature like Raicho will always inevitably hurt someone like a tiger playing with its trainer. A playful paw it's still a huge freaking paw with claws. And just loke a wild animal, she isn't exactly predictable. While she may be in a good mood, she might very well be hungry in the next and like a petulant child, she will want to have her meal and if it's someone she knows she doesn't care. She does what it takes to survive because that has always been part of her upbringing. So if she bares her teeth at you, you can bet she is being neither playful nor friendly.

ABILITIESMonsters have no original shape; their physical form is that of whatever human's skin they are wearing. Generally, once a skin is worn, it cannot be re-worn as its inside have been eaten by the monster and only the skin remains, but Raicho has the unique ability of being able to hold two skins (holding one inside her and changing when she wants to). When a monster occupies a human, it clones the organs with fake ones made out of some sort of thick black slime, that only really serve to pass by as humans. When a monster changes skin, the old one vomits out the monster in a gruesome spectacle as it lets out from the mouth all the fake organs and ends up like an inside-out body that rots fast.

By default, all monsters are fast, strong, and can heal the skin they wear quickly, though it depends on the size of the wound or for how long it has been worn - the younger ones have to change skin more often as the fake organs deteriorate faster while the more ancient can keep a body for years. They have a very acute sense of smell and can distinguish species with a simple whiff.

Monster powers can vary according to each individual. Raicho's is not just wearing the two skins but also making terrible noises. These noises inflict fear upon any being (aside from those immune to fear). Aside from having the potential to be emotionally crippling, they can also have physical side effects. Specifically, the noises can make the victim's ears and nose bleed as they induce an escalating pressure that most bodies aren't designed to tolerate. The vibrations of the noise can be manipulated so that she can shatter anything she wants to - in fact, she can affect only one object, should she choose. (Usually this means making a specific individual implode.)

Weaknesses and limitations do exist. Monsters cannot eat sulfur slaves nor devils, as their flesh "exorcizes" the monster out of the human body. (However, the older the monster, the more powerful they become. A more ancient one may be able to take sizeable bites.)

There are only two ways of killing a monster. The first is trapping the monster inside the skin it wears and destroying it - you must "burn" the monster within the body (devils do it by shoving their thumbs in their eyes and then burning them closed so that they can't escape) and then rip apart the flesh. The other is by eating the monster.

WORLD INFORMATIONIn the quiet of the night, the sky tore open one day and from the holes in the skies, monsters began to descend from above upon Earth. Hungry creatures they were, feeding upon humans, devouring their flesh, their souls. At first, people did not understand what was going. Was it God's final wrath? Were it beings from another planet? But then they realized that the monsters under their beds, the monsters in the closet, in the basement, under the stairs, in the dark, the creatures children so wisely told adults about, were very real. Nobody listened to the children before. Leave the lights on, they would say, or the boogieman will catch you. Nobody believed until they were eaten and then, it was too late. People were afraid of sitting in the dark in front of a computer, they were afraid to hear a sound because if they looked over their shoulders, a drool driping monster could be waiting there. People were afraid of closing their eyes while they took a shower because they could be there when they opened them, behind the shower curtain.

As real as the belief of people, some would say the only way to defeat them was to stop believing in them - but how can you do so, when that you are afraid of is so very real?

So the only possibility was war and so soldier marched against something nobody quite understood how to get rid of. Then civilians picked up their rifles and their lanterns and their courage, their baseball bats and their crowbars and marched as well, hoping that maybe, just maybe, monsters could be defeated by union.

But that was an utopic thought; monsters were quite happy to see so many people together, so much flesh, so much blood. So many skins to enjoy, to mutilate, to devour.

The Devil in its sulfur throne rejoiced.

As Earth slowly turned into wasteland, humans began to lose hope. Governments destroyed, countries nothing more than empty landscapes. The despair filled the hearts of humans as monsters continued to be vomited upon Earth.

Years later, one very silly man decided to turn to the Devil and begged it to give him the strength to fight against monsters. The Devil said yes, of course. It would give the man the power necessary to defeat the monsters that wore the skins of humans. But in exchange, his soul would be Hell's forever, condemned to be a slave of the sulfer for eternity. Soon, those that were foolish enough, that had no hope left, began to make the Contract with the Devil in exchange for their souls. No turning back from that horrible faith, but the power granted upon them, the power to protect their families, their loved ones, was sometimes too much of a temptation to turn away from.

As monster began to die, big momma Calathea from above, the Mother Monster that had vomited her children upon Earth, began to get fed up with the Devil's antics. She did not like what she saw and her wrath took the lives of the sulfur slaves, making sure their souls would not reach the Sulfur King. She bore sons strong enough to take down entire countries and her daughters grew barren so that no hybrid would come from their womb. Those that escaped her anger kept their mouth tightly shut so that they would live.

The Devil did not enjoy Calathea's actions and as if to punish her from depriving Hell from the souls that rightfully belonged to it, he sent his own children, anger exploding into venomous bees, spitting acid and bile from its mouth. The monsters grew more powerful each passing day and began to see Earth as a comfortable ground for them, terrorizing humans, killing sulfur slaves, hating the Devil's children.

The children from human and monsters, those that escaped Calathea's killing spree, began to align to either monsters or humans, though most kept in neutral ground so that they would not get involved in the war. Humans continued to war against monsters and devils and sulfur slaves began to build cities to be guarded by them, keeping human life inside safely away from monsters.

Some humans were not happy with the arragements. Revolution began as a hush-hush, but the word spread throughout the world. Rebellion formed underground, exclusive to humans as any other could be a threat to their secrecy - sulfur slaves to the Devil and hybrids to the Mother Monster - albeit some branches would ally themselves with hybrids. But with the revolution came more difficulties and humans began to turn to faith and the prophet, Sebastien, speaking through charades that fed the hope of those that needed, told a story of humans conquering the Earth back - or so the true believers say.

Six years after Mother Monster descended upon Earth, she and the Devil disappeared. A well kept secret, however; neither humans nor hybrids nor sulfur slaves know. The Devil's children know of the Sulfur King and the monsters of Calathea. They don't know why or how, where did they go, if they will ever come back, but it's a information they do not disclose.

And during that time, the true prophet, a simple man from Canada, came out of his hideout to see just what is going on...
     ➡ we stopped searching for the monsters under our beds when we realized they were inside us
     ➡ those are monsters: cast
     ➡ and six years later, the skies turned red
     ➡ the encyclopedia

HISTORYThe holes in the skies from where the monsters come from have been there for a very long time. They all come from above, from Mother Monster's, and that's where Raicho's story differs from her kin.

Female monsters are a rare thing. You will find a lot of male monsters (even if some prefer the female body, the monster itself is male). The little female monsters you find are either very rare or very dead, and even if they are alive, they are infertile. Perhaps a mesaure to make sure Mother Monster continues to be the only Mother Monster there is. poisongames, many thought, was like any other female monster: barren and hungry for power (and violence and blood). It would all change when an old "friend", inonebody, came back from the dead. Or, more like, finally conquered over the human that had trapped him inside his own body - the same human whose daughter lmaoherlife had been abducted by Kulshedra when the two monsters one day invaded his house. With the taste for revenge fermenting in his bile, Fenrad cornered Kulshedra when she least expected.

Five months later (monsters don't really have a fixed gestation period), Raicho was born.

As one can imagine, Kulshedra was enraged with the fact that she bore a monster and stay hidden, even going as far as getting ambushedgames. However, she took good care of the monster she birthed. Raicho's first meal was enough to strengthen her to find her first body. She was ultimately attracted to the young and the pretty and the woman whose skin she took (and still wears) is proof of that. Satisfied with the skin, Raicho kept strolling around the world, following her mother everywhere she went, even if she strayed away sometimes when curiosity took the best of her. It was like this that she discovered monstertoy. Scrawny kid hiding away in a dark alley, she liked him so much she decided to keep him as a pet (as sometimes monsters do with humans). Kulshedra wasn't fond of the idea, but allowed it nevertheless. While she lets Adam walk around freely, she keeps him too terrified to leave. She has his scent, after all, so if he was to run, she would find him.

Two years after travelling with Kulshedra, Raicho stumbled upon a young man whose skin she was quite attracted to. She thought about keeping another pet - she could do so, it wasn't that much hard work - but she figured Adam would probably be jealous so she decided to take a break from wearing her blonde skin to instead trade for the boy's one. However, she was surprised to find out she could store an old skin within her as she wore another one, having only to vomit in a gruesome scene when she needed to change. As she informed Kulshedra of such ability, her mother seemed bewildered and then, proud - only it wasn't really pride and more of a cunning plan forming in her head, but Raicho cannot bring herself to ever think badly of mommy dearest. But while Kulshedra kept hiding away from the world, making sure their existence was kept under the radar (never explaining to her why, but most likely because she plans to come back), they traveled around although she has never been one to keep quiet, especially given how she enjoyed making her food run and scream.

When they were prepared to get out of Spain, Raicho found an abandoned dog. Most animals have the tendency to run away from monsters or attack them and monsters themselves don't really pay attention to animals, but this particular doberman seemed rather fond of Raicho. The mutual liking led to Raicho adopting him and named him Wendigo. He is a very well trained dog although he seems to be only loyal to Raicho, obeying her every order and protecting her fiercely. Unlike the monster, he was not vicious unless he thought he, his property or his owner were in danger, otherwise he has always stayed close to Raicho, growling at anyone that comes too close - petting him would generally not result in a bite, but he won't be very friendly to anyone. Wendigo is an incredibly intelligent doberman - sometimes almost a bit too much - but there has been no signs that he is not just a dog, even if Adam seems to harbour his suspicious.

Out of Spain and into England, Kulshedra ordered Raicho to revisit her old mansion but for that, the monster was forced to enter in the maze surrounding it; one would think that the monster would not have the capacity to go through the difficult maze, but Raicho was surprisingly at ease when she entered it. At least, until she found ourobsorption, the monster eating monster, wandering around it. He attacked her but she was able to escape by using her real ability (the terrible noises) for the first time (until then, Kulshedra assumed that her ability was wearing two skins).

From then on, Raicho has kept her mother safe as it was clear that Ouroboros was a very real threat - there had been rumours, but no monster really believed Ouroboros was real. However, Kulshedra made sure Raicho did not speak a word of Ouroboros identity to anyone and, being the good daughter she is, she kept her word, especially because there were other matters occupying her head: Adam. The human pet had decided to disappear, much to Raicho's annoyance, and she went to look for him - she could not afford for him to reveal her mother's new location.

Mother always comes first.

SAMPLES ➡ FIRST PERSON
      VOICE |
[ It might not have been the best time to have the speakers near your ears or in a high volume, because what comes from the other side is a loud, booming-- ]

HELLO!

[ There's a long silence; she's waiting for a reply to her energetic reply, but nothing comes, so she makes a huffed sound, a sort of a sigh through her nose, like someone who is greatly displeased with the lack of enthusiasm that does not greet her. ]

I found this thing. I'm holding it. [ Like whoever she's talking to could see it. ] I don't think I am supposed to be here. Mommy will get mad and I really don't like it when she's mad at me. Because you shouldn't make Mommy mad. [ She sighs through her nose. ] I need to get back, I think it's time. I'm looking for my dog and a pouty-faced guy. His name is Wendigo. The dog, not the human -- his name is Adam, but I'll find him later, he can't hide for that long anyway.

[ Another pause. ]

It smells funny. [ You can hear the smile in her voice. ] It's "sin", right? Sin smells like this, doesn't it? [ She's talking to herself by now. ] Ha, sin. It's a funny word. Ssssin.

➡ THIRD PERSON
      Sin.

She knows that word, sin. It's a human word, she hears a lot of them say it. She hears some humans say it's sinful. She doesn't get it why there are things that are sinful. She had asked her mother once, why are things sinful, and her mother had simply scoffed and patted her head condescendingly, said that only humans worry about that sort of shit.

Sin.

It's a good word, makes a good sound, a good noise. It's small yet it carries a peculiar weight to it. Makes your tongue feel funny.

By then, she has not understood what is this city or that she is stuck here, so she doesn't seem too worried. She's a little upset about the fact that Wendigo isn't there with her and she supposes she is going to have to beat up Adam because he's not there either, the stupid pet human. She was looking for him when she ended up here. He doesn't usually run away because he knows Raicho will smack him like a bad dog when he hides for too long. It's how she expresses concern, after all, the brute thing, but this situation is not sitting well with her so perhaps a smack won't do. Maybe she'll bite him, hard, on the neck. Let him bleed a little bit. Punch his nose.

Those thoughts entertan her and she's smiling, wearing her boy face as she does so, hands in pockets, walking a bit slouched. The word, "sin", does not worry her so she does not with full attention to her surroundings, doesn't care to; she's far too comfortable back in her world to get worried now, especially as she doesn't realize where she is.

Still, things smell different here, all things, the air, the floor, the lights. The sounds are different. But she doesn't worry, not even about the short-skirted women in the dark corners - if anything, they should be scared of her, hanging around in dark corners. Don't they know, dark corners, closets, under the beds, that's where they like to hide best. Monsters, that is. And when they sleep, when a leg dandles out of bed, it's fun to grab them by the ankle and pull them under the bed and eat them while they kick and scream.

So why worry? There's no need for that. Sin is just a silly human word.

➡ THIRD PERSON II
      She doesn't know the name for it, the proper one, doesn't care to know about it, but it's always fun to look up from between her thighs and see that thing humans do best: moan in pleasure. She likes watching, a lot, and she absolutely loves to hear it for there are two things she loves to listen to: moans and screams. The woman gasps loudly and grips her brown hair as she keeps her face between her thighs, her fingers tightening their hold until it hurts (or, well, she supposes it would hurt if she really was the boy she's pretending to be). But then the strength is lost in them and she falls hard against the floor, not minding the dry thunk sound her skull makes as she comes down from it. Raicho smirks, narrowing her eyes. It's a frightening sight, but the woman isn't looking at her, at all.

"Almight Prophet. Where did you learn to do that?"

The words are barely audible between her gasps and Raicho sits up, leaning back on her knees as she watches the pretty body of the woman. She has dark skin, supple curves, keeps her hair short and black, kind of like a tuff. She likes it. It's pretty. Big lips, too, and her dark eyes are hiding behind her hands resting on her face. Wearing her male skin is as fun as it's wearing her female one, but sometimes it's easier to wear the opposite gender.

The monster doesn't answer though. She lays next to her and tilts her head, dark eyes watching the body. The woman peeks at the boy-skin looking at her and grins.

"Do you want me to return the favour, baby?"

That makes Raicho laugh and she shakes her head, pulling the woman's hand out of her jeans. "That's not what I want you for."

"Ow, you're hurting my hand."

"Yes. I am."

The woman doesn't find that amusing. In fact, she seems terrified the next moment, as she watches those brown eyes turn black, like oil swimming inside them and slowly filling them out. She screams and tries to tug away from Raicho, but she's having none of it. No, instead, she twists her hand slowly, like she's bending paper, until the bone snaps under the pressure, ripping through flesh. It only prompts her to scream more; that's exactly what the monster wants. It's always amazing to see how fast humans can change their expressions, from bliss to fear. How the heartbeat increases, how the blood flows, how the moans change to screams, how the throat becomes raw from yelping for help. She likes it best when they scream and squirm and say "please, please, please, I'll do anything."

She's messy when she eats. The sounds are wet, there's ripping of flesh and skin. She likes the way it feels under her teeth, the muscles giving into the strength of her jaw, the bones breaking and the blood. There's always so much blood.

"Please! Stop! I'll do anything!"

Raicho pulls back and watches her frightened face, the blood bubbling from her mouth. She's holding her down, watching her, fingers tightening around her throat until she's making sobbing sounds as she chokes. She can feel the windpipe tremble under the pressure. Yes, she is very pretty. But she's just a human. Food. A good fuck and a good snack. Raicho leans her face closer to hers, close enough until her lips are touching hers, and she bites down, teeth dragging on the supple flesh, and then pull until it tears from her face.

"Don't be stupid. What else could a human do except scream and bleed?"