The Fundamentals

A paper slips under your door and you cautiously pick it up. It was late night, or rather early morning, and nothing of this sort has ever happened before. You unfold the note and read the elegant script.



You start to crumble the paper but stop suddenly when something sharp pricks the back of your neck. Quickly you swat it, thinking it to be a bug of some sort, but instead you come back with another piece of paper.



The clock reads 4:30 A.M. Honestly you are freaked out so you put the paper on your desk gently rather than crumble it and stare wide eyed as more words seem to magically appear.



You nod twice and try not to collapse.



You heart is pounding and your head is swimming but you nod thrice anyway.



Plot:

You are a Fundamental, one of the core elements left of the earth and The Service needs your help. The war between mortals and immortals is starting to leak into the mortal world. Magical creatures are giving up their disguises and terrorizing the humans. No one can stop them because no one knows exactly who “they” are… except for you and your partners of course. Why, you ask.

It is because Karzai has awaken.

Who is Karzai? You will come to know in due time. For now just know he’s evil, and merciless. Know that it’s time for the Fundamentals to regroup and restore balance between the two worlds.

It’s time for the new generation to stand up and fight.



Fundamentals:

Water: Calm by nature, usually relaxed and easy going. But don’t let the nonchalant smile and gentle appearance fool you; they will cut you down with a smile to protect the ones they care for. Water Fundamentals are placid which can cause them to be easily manipulated. They have nothing to hide, leaving them and open book and easy to read.

1. Antony Cove
2. Marilena Spada
3. Clara Belle

Fire: They’re tough and they know it. They know how to fight and will not hesitate to show you what they’re made of. Fire Fundamentals are easily the strongest, but their troubles with control, at the same time, make them weaker than the others. Their temper and lack of self-control will often hurt the ones they don’t mean to hurt.

1. Theus
2.


Earth: They possess power and control. Earth Fundamentals are the leaders of the pack, so to say. They’re tough and level headed but also stubborn. They refuse to take suggestions, much less orders, from another class. Earth listen to only Earth, nobody else. They’re refusal to take advice can leave them stranded and in deadly trouble.

1. Thomas Alexander "Tom"
2.

Air: Care free and happy the Air Fundamentals are the “Airheads” of the group. They are very strong, fast, and nimble. Graceful and more powerful than they know, but their lack of seriousness keeps them from honing that power. They prefer using their powers for fun and games instead of training. They need something near deadly to happen before they even start to pay attention and can be as cocky as the Fire Fundamentals, but may not always have a bite behind their bark.

1. Alice Belltris
2. Angel Raziel


Light Spirit: Much like the Airs in personality, but because of their affiliation with Light, a product of the sun, the have some qualities of Fires. They're very aware of their surroundings and the people around them. They're loyal and will most likely use their powers for good. They enjoy being a key person to the team, but don't usually take leader positions.

1. Chloe Mason
2. Lucy Camden

Dark Spirit: The brooders of the group. Dark Fundamentals are usually the ones seething in the background. Always plotting, manipulative, and mean. They usually don't like others, especially none of the other type Fundamentals, and will be hard pressed to tolerate even their own kind. They're always thinking, planning, and even though they usually stay in the background, they're not afraid to step up when they feel they need to. Otherwise, they're perfectly fine on their own.

1. Haylee Knight
2. Michael Van Halen
3. Vixen Maxwell
4. Echo

(More spots will be added if wanted.)

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The Discussion Thread

I shouldn't, but reserving myself a Dark spot. I like your SBs too much *shrugs*

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Finally. Apologies for the shortness and if it's somewhat confusing. Something of an SB-writers block, I guess. I will mention it all in more details in the later posts.

Name: goes by Echo

Age: 19

Gender: male

Fundamental Class: Dark ~ he doesn't see magic as something physical, let alone something that can just be manipulated as one pleases. He sees it as making small deals with his Familiars, creatures he imagined as a kid to help him go through all the stuff that were happening, and he doesn't like doing it. He is able to do a lot of stuff, but whatever he does, he or someone close to him pays in some way.

Appearance: Echo is pale, fairly tall and slender. His hair is black, falling about to his chin, and his eyes are light - somewhere between gray and blue - and rounded by dark black line. At first glance, he comes across as dark, distant young man troubled by his personal demons - that impression doesn't really change if you look at him for a longer time.
He has pale skin, and no matter what or who he looks at, he can't escape the fact that he always seems like smirking or suspecting someone has some hidden intentions. His expression, rarely changes, and he practically never smiles, observing the world with the calm, distant expression.

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Personality:
On the outside, he is calm. So calm, one can easily call him uninterested. He tries to interact as little as possible, rarely speaking to other people, never letting them touch him, barely ever answering questions and never making eye contact.
They tried diagnosing him with all kinds of mental problems, but he always found his way to talk himself out of it, often using his natural talent for reading people and using it against them.
Ever since he was a child, Echo could spot the darkness in people in form of what he called their demons - and he learned, no matter what people say, that no one is pure and innocent.
He comes across as cold, distant, sometimes lost and, when he does speak out, random to a lot of people. He tends to follow his own way of thoughts, letting the people know only of the final one, making it rather hard to live through a conversation with him.
He has tattoos over his back and ribs, and wears different silver rings and pendants. He also loves magic tricks, and always carries around some playing cards and coins. Another thing he loves is an old pocket watch, given to him by his father as he turned twelve, with he always carries around.
When he does touch someone or make eye contact, it means either that he's scared, he trusts them, he's manipulating/making a point, or is in love. Not that anyone can really tell if he's ever been in love, though.
He enjoys music, he writes and always carries around a quill and a notebook. He is well mannered when he does need to interact with people, and never ever cries - though some people, if they're close, can tell when he's truly sad.


History (How’d They Discover Their Gift):
aEcho was very young when he first learned of how dangerous darkness can be. He was born the only child in a rich family. He first started seeing the creatures made of darkness itself - or so it seemed to him - at the age of five, and he called them demons then. They weren't, of course, really there, there was nothing but a feeling he had thanks to the gifts he had, but to a child of his age it was easier to imagine them being alive. That sticked with him for all his years.
He got told numerous times to stop telling his stories, so instead he wrote them down. As the time passed, and he was never told that anyone trusted him, he just stopped talking about it.
His little brother (foster child) was the only one who believed him, enchanted by the stories he told and the descriptions he wrote about, up until Echo learned how dangerous it is to let him read his words. When Noise (he calls his brother so because he was always making some) read the words out loud, Echo could see the darkness getting thicker, shaping to the form of what he later called one of his Familiars. At first he found it interesting and he wanted to explore the limits of his powers - but then, one day his house burnt down and his parents died, darkness cold as ice covered their town, and Echo's world broke. He was fifteen at the time. His brother was seven.
He left to the country, where his grandparents lived and where his little brother happened to be at the time, but he never really recovered. He knew it was his fault, even though no one could tell it's so. He stopped talking to anyone but Noise, and never let anyone even glance at his written words again. However, his Familiars have nothing to do with his writing, they're a part of him that he can't get rid of no matter what he does, and they await with their offers wherever Echo goes - he hates them, he hates his powers and he hates his past, but doesn't show any of it. Really, he doesn't show anything, but holds a lot within.

Other: Echo called himself Echo after Noise once told him that he's no longer the happy older brother he knew. He said he's no more than an echo of what he used to be, and they both grew fond of the nickname. Echo doesn't like it when someone finds out his true name and call him by it. Not that he'd answer anyway, probably. Oh. He also has an albino weasel he calls Doe.

Name: Dante Trenton

Age: 20

Gender: Male- very much male

Fundamental Class: Fire all the way.

Appearance: Dante is average in height and build- On the lean and slender side of it though. His skin is somewhere between a deliciously chocolaty mocha and the golden color the sun makes on a late autumn day. His hair is dark and in tight ringlets- or it would be if he let it grow. His eyes are his most startling feature, they are a clear crystalline blue-gray. But more then the color is the look of pure devilry that plays in their depths that gets peoples attention- his eyes are the windows into his soul and show exactly what he's feeling. He has a couple of tattoos, each have a special meaning to him.

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Personality: Well, Dante is very much like his element. He is Fiery tempered, wild, uncontrollable, passionate and violent, but then on the other side he is warm, affectionate, gentle and spirited. He is both the good and bad of Fire. He's pretty good natured, but when he's angered he can lash out savagely- even at those he loves. His passions, both positive and negative run strong. He comes across as very intimidating to some people - but once you get to know him you see he really is just a big teddy bear.


History: Dante was raised in a small rural town, the eldest of the local baptist ministers five kids. It was a normal and happy Childhood, Dante was a devil and mischief was his middle name, but he tried to be good, and that's all that his mother said mattered in the end.

He and his siblings were home schooled, through high school- but Dante wasn't ever lonely or “un-socialized” his mother made sure of that. He and his siblings were involved in lots of extracurricular activities in both their fathers parish and the community . Dantes favorite were Tae Kwon Do which was held in the basement of his church, Parkour-which he and his friends practiced pretty much anywhere and Running from the local Authorities- which was just plain fun- as the Sheriff was his uncle.

Dante found his ability when he was nine and he accidentally set his grandmothers hen house on fire. The rooster had attacked him and scratched him up pretty bad, angering the young boy. He grabbed the rooster, who instantly burst into flames then ran squawking into the hen house. It was rather traumatic for the young boy, and the spanking his Grandpa gave him hurt for a long while afterwards- but years later he thought is was funny as hell, and said it made a great party story at collage for breaking the ice His “Chicken barbeque on legs” story.

Other: Dante has Epilepsy, it's call Temporal lobe Epilepsy. It's not a particularly bad case and he's fully controlled on medication- but he HAS to take his meds or the seizures start again. He's left handed and seriously clumsy at times. He is/was in collage studying nautical design and had hopes of getting a internship at a submarine base in Connecticut over his summer break to further his education.
Dante has a deep voice with the slightest of southern drawls.

Name:Theus

Age:17

Gender:male

Fundamental Class:fire

Appearance: 5' 8" with white hair, he also has bright blue eyes that he always keeps covered with a pair of red reflective sunglasses

Personality: generally depressed, but occasionally angry, after his discovery he began working on his anger issues..

History :Theus had been in a an abandonment home since he could remember. He was left on the doorstep at the age of three. All that he had with him was his birth records, and an old brass zippo lighter. One day at the age of fourteen, eleven years since his arrival, his only friend was adopted. She left him feeling alone in the home, even though there were many other kids around at all times. His depression grew from then on only getting worse. Two years later, she died. She had been killed by her adoptive father. Theus went out to confront the man for what he had done. He waited for Him in an alleyway while playing with his zippo. When he saw Him the Fire grew, and Theus dropped it. The man turned and saw Theus on fire, and ran to help him. Theus realized he was not in any pain and extinguished himself. He threw the man against the wall and looked into his eyes. As his hatred for the man and his anger grew, the flames spread up from the ground, through his hands and lit the man on fire. ever since then Theus has lived on his own in a cold apartment building, practicing his new skill.

Other: Theus can only create his own fire in a state of rage, otherwise he has to draw it from an external source.

Name: Antony Cove

Age: 19

Gender: Male

Fundamental Class: Water

Appearance:

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Personality: Antony embodies everything about water, he’s cool, calm, collected, and in tune with nature. He’s your classic hippie. He tends to think the best of people, sometimes overly optimistic and accepting, and it takes a lot to cause him to be angry at you.
When the day comes the Ant is mad, well, all hell must have broken through and ate the last of the food.
Though he is calm he can also be strong when the situation calls for it. He will fight to the death to protect the ones he loves but, before drawing his blade and calling on his power, he will most likely try to talk it out first.
Antony is kind, loving, and naïve. And he’s perfectly okay with that.

History (How’d They Discover Their Gift): Antony always knew he was different, ever since the first day of school he felt something that separated him from the rest of the little boys. For one, he didn't drink anything but water once he had that choice to make, refused to have anything else. And while this made him a healthy child it also made him a strange one. His first non-water beverage was chocolate milk and he has been hooked ever since.
One day a ten year old Ant was sitting in his room, watching Tv and listening to music at the same time, or at least trying to. Suddenly he heard a loud yelling from downstairs that made it past the noise of both his ear buds and his TV. Curious, Ant turned off everything and simply listened. He caught snatches of conversation, things like: “This is from your side of the family,” from his mom and “You have to accept this, Darcy” from his dad. The arguing continued and nothing was cleared or explained, but the words “freak” many times. Out of nowhere there was a scream of rage, screams of agony, and then silence.

Ant raced downstairs and saw his Father dead on the floor, blood pooling around him. Emotions Antony never experienced before took over him – rage and unaltered sorrow. Even when the kids would tease him, Antony would not get even remotely sad or angry but now he was shaking with fury and tears. He felt his insides seem to turn to water and it was uncomfortable. He knew his mother did this and he knew his father didn’t fight back – his father was exactly like him.

Antony’s mother turned to him, knife raised, and before she could take more than three steps towards her son, the water flew out of the sinks and every drain in the kitchen, covering his mother and drowning her on land. After that, Antony went to a orphanage where he got adopted by a wonderful family. Ester and James have been his parents and everything he could ever want, he even got a little sister Janice. Antony still thinks about his dad sometimes, but now he’s a part of the Cove family, happy as can be.

Sometimes, though, he still has nightmares that keep him up at night. Horrible nightmares that always leave him in tears. He can't do anything about them, but he tries not to let them affect him.

Other: Up for love. He loves chocolate milk, it’s like his crack. He also knows how to play the flute and the guitar. He keeps his father's necklace and him mom's weeding ring as a reminder of them. Even after what she did to his dad and what she tried to do to him, Ant has forgiven his mom.

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Name: Alice Belltris

Age: 19

Gender: Female

Fundamental Class: Air

Appearance:

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Personality: Alice is a fun loving girl and more naive than what should be allowed for a person of her age. She means no harm, it’s just that some things that she says and some of the things she does are highly stupid. She needs to be watched. Other than that she likes to joke around and have fun. She almost never gets mad and is always playing some prank, or at least attempting to play a prank. She is usually stopped before her plan can actually commence because of how obvious it is.

History (How’d They Discover Their Gift): Ali was nine years old when she discovered her gift. She was at a pool party at her friends house and, though she couldn’t swim very well, she was relaxing with everyone in the shallow end anyone. In the middle of a game of truth or dare Alice’s friend asked her to go to the deep end. It would have made sense for Alice to tell them she actually couldn’t swim, but Alice knows not the meaning of sense. She gripped the edge of the pool and pulled her way towards the six foot end of the pool. With a last nervous look back at her friends, who urged her on eagerly, she let go.

Alice was under almost immediately, the water rushed up around her and, against better judgment, she opened her mouth with a terrified scream. The air rushed quickly out of her lungs and she was taking in water quickly. She gasped and choked for air, begging for God to please not let her die.

‘I need air’ was the only thing going through her mind. And so her wish was granted. An air bubble appeared around Alice’s head, allowing her to breathe underwater. She was confused and scared still, but no longer dying so she accepted what happened and decided to investigate later. She survived for a full five minutes under that water until a parent was brought in from the house to save her.

Other: She’s a ballerina and is extremely graceful with her movements. Ali is flexible and fast. She also takes direction and orders with a spacey smile – that is to say, very well.

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Claiming the male dark spot.

Name: Haylee Knight

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Fundamental Class: Dark; she can use powerful streams of darkness, the power of these streams depends on just how much darkness that can be conjured, and summoning platforms in mid air and lingering boost panels.

Appearance: She has crimson red eyes with light black eye shadow, has a scar going from the upper left side of her face to the lower right side, no one knows how she got this, but everyone could guess how. She has tanned skin almost a golden tan. She has black hair with streaks of red in her hair, she wears a gray sometimes pure white or pitch black shirt. with a black leather half jacket, and tattered faded gray jeans and fading white sneakers, she has her weapon of choice strapped at her side.

Personality: Haylee is a naturally hateful girl with a tough persona and easily menacing look to her, she's one of those "don't piss me off, and I won't kill you," kinda girls. But she does have a more gentle side to her once you get to know her. Otherwise she has a very cold exterior, and will barely talk to anyone unless prompted to, she's one of the few Dark Fundamentals that don't have there Fathers temper which is a good thing that she doesn't.

In a fight, Haylee's main draw is Speed, which goes nicely with her weapon of choice since she relies on speed. She's incredibly fast and she doesn't have much in the ways of strength or defense, but her main attributes are being light on her feet, being faster than her enemies, and always being a step ahead of everyone.

History (How’d They Discover Their Gift): Haylee was brought up an only child and without a father, who had left her mother long before she was born. Her mother did her best to care for Haylee between her two jobs, she lost her mother to thugs mugging her for money. She lost her life because the thugs decided to kill her anyways, Haylee was put into an orphanage and grew up on the streets of New York.

She was mistreated in the orphanage, she had no friends in the orphanage because of her menacing look that she didn't even mean to have. She was called "demon girl", "otherworldly", a menace to society. She was then taken to a foster home that she didn't like, it was far to bright and much to cheery for Haylee. So she had run away at the age of ten but it only lasted a week until Haylee was caught and taken back to the home she hated, having to stay there Haylee was dressed like a princess, a very angry princess.

At the age of sixteen, Haylee decided it was time to go back on the run. She dressed in a more comfortable outfit of her choice and set out, eventually tho, The Service found her, she thought the letter was some trick of Child Services, and thus proceeded to ignore all there warnings. Then the services got fed up with her ignoring there warnings and finally tranquilized her to bring her in, when she woke, she wasn't happy at all. She sent bring all hell to The Service by being as defiant as possible. She knew how to fight and from the fighting she learned how to use her power, she didn't have much practice at first, but she got used it.

Other: Up for love: Straight Nightcore: Angel of Darkness
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Name: Angel Raziel

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Fundamental Class: Air, she can create air blasts in which can hit an entire room full of people, and in more extreme uses of her power, take out all the air from someones lungs and let there lungs blow up.

Appearance: She is a short girl like most, her hair is black and her eyes a stormy gray. her nails are given a blood red and dark blue pattern, like one would be red the next would be blue. She would wear a dark blouse and half jacket with a pair of solid black skin tight jeans. She has a sunglasses, if stared into in sunlight you can see in her eyes.

Personality: Angel is, interesting, shes a "go with the flow" kind of girl. In which she sticks back and watches her teammates do all the fighting for her. She doesn't show off her powers in public or with other group mates, she prefers to use them in private. She has a very creative mind for just about anything, from art, to writing, to entertainment. She's a clever girl when she wants to be, and when she does she normally looks smarter than the leader most of the time. If shes forced to step up and fight, then she'll try to wait it out for when all her teammates are knocked out or dead. She loves to absolutely humiliate people, and she'll do it in front of everyone just to send a point home.

Physically shes fast and furious, has the greatest overall speed and reflexes of the Fundamentals. But has the least amount of motivation to actually be useful to the Fundamentals, and finally in battle she is the prime example of what a "Master" of the Raziel family is.

History (How’d They Discover Their Gift): Angel comes from a family of masters, her mother was a successful business woman who controlled nearly 85% of the worlds trades, business went down after the 9-11 incident in America. Her father is General of the Army for the U.S Military, her brother is a professional mixed wrestling champion in MMA. Her brother is a hacker for the CIA and FBI, and one of the people responsible for getting the information on Osama Bin Laden and his compound that allowed the Navy Seals to go in and assassinate him. Angel is the second daughter out of three children of the Raziel family, she was predicted to be the least successful out of the three children, but that doesn't mean she was trained or given some amount of training to help her, but things changed during a sparing session with her brother.

Angel had taken a bad hit from her brother and had caused her to start bleeding from the mouth, but things didn't stop her brother never knew when to stop. Angel was growing light headed from the bleeding, and when she finally used her power it all felt like a dream to her. But Angel used a powerful air blast and nearly killed her brother, slamming him against the cage wall, the wind had become so powerful that is was giving her brother wind burns. Angel passed out before she could kill her brother, when she woke Angel was in the hospital and a mental ward, they did extensive tests and projects her own family doing this. When The Service came along, they rescued her from the mental ward and the testing her family was preforming on her. When they asked her to save the world, it was the only way Angel could get out of the tests, she had taken her sunglasses and a fake plastic gun with her when they came.

Other: Up for love: Bisexual with a female lean Hell's Bells

Name: Michael Van Halen

Age: 18.

Gender: Male.

Fundamental Class: Dark; has the power to create "shadow balls" which can either be blazing hot or icy cold. He can also manipulate darkness by blending into it and he had perfect night vision.

Appearance: He has shaggy black hair that falls into his dark indigo eyes and a porcelain complexion. He's very lean and muscular, weighs about 139 lbs, and is 6'1". He has two side-by-side piercings on the right side of his lower lip, plus a intricate tattoo of an ouroboros on his right arm, on the lower half. He has this devastatingly sinister smile and always has a mischievous glint in his eyes.

Personality: Michael is a hard-headed individual; he's stubborn, reckless, relentless, sarcastic, alluring, devillish, cold and calculating. He's one of those "Look at me the wrong way and I will shove my foot so far up your ass, you'll be ripped into two before you even understand what just happened" type of guys. He is clever and manipulative, and he doesn't take bullshit from anyone. He has issues with following authority - he's a total rebel.

History (How’d They Discover Their Gift): Michael grew up in the slumps of his city, the "ghettos". His family of five was so poor, his parents could barely afford to clothe and feed his two sisters and himself. He dressed in rags and ate whatever they could scavenge off of the streets and cheap 99¢ store. He was bullied and tormented through middle school, leaving him with no friends. Michael would always go to the gym during lunch and work out, using his anger and resentment as fuel to make him stronger.

During his freshman year at high school, he got into a fight with the wrong person, the gang leader of one of the city's notorious gangs. Michael beat the shit out of him, which got both him and the bully expelled. Michael had embarrassed and infuriated the man, leading him and his gang to sneak over to Michael's house at night and set it on fire.

It was all meant to be a joke, but the fire got out of control and the shabby house burnt down, killing his entire family. Overcome with grief and rage, his power burst out of him and Michael's hands burst into fiery black flames. The temperature dropped below freezing, and the gang was frozen in shock, staring uselessly as Michael shot them repeatedly, until they were nothing but ashes. Then he fled, halfway across the nation.

He's lived like this for three years now, on the run, a dark and angry soul who blended in with the shadows and made it nearly impossible for anyone, much less the authorities, to find him. Until now. He did odd jobs, always under a new and fake alias, and never stayed in one city for more than two weeks. He lived off of cheap goods, which is what he was used to, and he bought clothes in black and gray, to help him hide when needed. The events of his life prior to now have left him cold, hardened, with a stoic expression and a detached tone to his demeanor. He appears intimidating and mysterious, someone you want to approach but get this dreadful feeling in your gut that he won't hesitate to kill you if you so much as give him the slightest smile.

Other: Up for love? Maybe.. he's a hard catch. Straight, by the way. Also a bit possessive of his girl, if he had one.

Reserving light spirit of indeterminate gender.

Name: Marilena Spada. Call her Mary if you want, she doesn't mind.

Age: 15, turning 16 on the second of December of the year.

Gender: Female

Fundamental Class: Water! Will add more when more is given.

Appearance: Marilena is about 1'36m, short for her age, but slim and flaunting curves. She doesn't appreciate jokes being made about her height, thankyouverymuch. Her hair reaches her midriff and is jet black, though she likes (used to?) dying the tips different shades of color. Her eyes are flint grey and usually sparkling playfully. Marilena usually wears skinny jeans and tops, and will wear perfume. She won't wear make-up, save for eyeliner and maybe nailpolish. Marilena also sports a thin golden necklace.

Personality: Marilena is in a few words, outgoing, extroverted and optimistic. She'll try to see the best in people, but if you're an asshole around her, prepare to have your butt kicked. She enjoys a laugh like anyone (maybe even more so), but she can't stand amusement derived from other's suffering. Those kind of sadist bastards really make her tick, know what I mean? Yeah.

She also doesn't like lazing around. She'll always be up doing something, and you'd best do something too! For this reason she also doesn't really like being alone. Marilena will try to make friends quickly, and often succeeds. She has a good sense of humor, isn't often embarrassed, and will remain unfazed in most situations. That is, situations she's familiar with. Marilena doesn't like not knowing what to do next, nor where to go, and is thus afraid of the dark. True, crippling dark, not the shadows. The dark she knows can hurt you.

However, bar unusual circumstances, she's very unabashed. She won't hesitate to tell you what she thinks of you, even if it might land her in trouble -- as long as she feels she's done the right thing. Marilena has very definite views on what is right and what is wrong. She can be very stubborn about it, and arguing with her about it is useless, she will remain unswayed.

Marilena however isn't stupid, as in, she's not dense, she'll acknowledge when someone is right (barring personal and/or controversial topics), and, while she does like doing things her own way, if she sees sense in another proposal, she'll fold. Grudgingly. It better be damn convincing sense.

Marilena, among other things, enjoys going out with people. Preferably friends, ahaha. They can be walks by the sea or clubs, so long as there are things to do and people to talk to. She plays (played?) videogames sporadically too, also took dance classes regularly until you know, she had to fake her death. Oh yeah, she likes Sprite. Also, she has something of an obsession with mint leaves. Her breath is always minty.

Marilena isn't quite sure how to deal with this new situation, the whole sudden fake suicide and leaving her home. The novelty of it is keeping her enthralled for now, she's deliberately distracting herself, but she's going to want some very clear answers, and sooner than later at that. Otherwise, she's going to damn well find herself some answers.

History: Marilena was born to a mid-upper class in Rome, Italy. Her father is a lawyer, her mother a housewife. She has two brothers, Emilo and Angelo, respectively younger than her by a year and older than her by two, so she learned how to interact with people rather quickly, as well as how to hold her own.

Marilena's father, Gianpiero, is a very no-nonsense man. Despite his long work-hours and busy life, Gianpiero has done and does his best to raise his children to be proper, upstanding members of society. Marilena, however, takes more after her mother, who was adventurous in her youth. It isn't a normal day if Marilena isn't scolded by her father. She's used to it, but sometimes can't help but feel overwhelmed. She has cracked once or twice, but tries not to think about it.

Marilena went to a private elementary school and a private middle school. Her father demanded she was always top of the class, like her brother Angelo, but Marilena isn't so scholastically inclined. Her father never made a huge fuss about it, but expected Marilena to improve as time went by. She did (does?) try, she has (had?) to, but frankly much prefers going out with her friends over study, anything to distract her really. She doesn't like facing problems most of the time.

Marilena hit off a rocky start to highschool, but settled down soon enough. She is (was?) rather popular in her class, due to her easygoing personality. Average-good grades in school, preferred literature to maths and geography. Marilena also was, and is, rather good at English, having attended the British and other courses. She's been to America once when she was 13 and visits her cousins in London most summers. Marilena likes traveling, and has a few friends in pretty much every region of Italy, whom she always tries to stay in touch with. She wishes her English was better though, and is fascinated by anything American, especially the north.

She was very alarmed when she found the note, but complied, for more reasons than one. Marilena's brother, Angelo, had vanished some months prior, and she, like all the family, was (and still is) very worried. There had been an investigation, but there seemed to be no possibility of a kidnapping, and the methods of disappearing were very odd. In the end, it was put down to suicide, though no-one believes the story. Thus, she complied mainly in a desperate attempt to find her brother, a far-fetched connection, if you will.

As for her powers, well. It was no sudden revelation, really. Marilena's pretty much always known she had... something, special, with water. A connection. When they were young, the family would go to Sicily, and Marilena could be content simply staring at the water for hours. If she exerted her will, she thought she could even affect it. When asked, however, the questions would be dismissed as childish and foolish, though her convictions only grew stronger as she became older. This was another reason why she complied to the note's demands: she knew there was something special about her, and suspected it might also have to do with Angelo.

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Name: Thomas Alexander, but most people call him Tom

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Fundamental Class: Earth. He controls earth and rock. Much like an earthbender, but without the moves. Can cause earthquakes and landslides, as well as form earth and rock as he pleases.

Appearance: 6'2, athletic build. He's strong as an ox, and it shows. Dark brown, almost black eyes and black hair. He has a warm calm look and there's always a smile playing in the corner of his mouth. He's very relaxed and laid back, always leaning on something or with his feet on the table, you know the type. He wears two pendants. One with the pictures of his brothers, and one with the pictures of his parents.

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Personality: He acts more like 30 than 20, and always tries to take care of the people around him, especially the younger ones. He acts fatherly, and is very gentle and protective with others. He's not the most talkative person towards people he doesn't know, but he warms up quickly.

He's a very determined person who knows what he wants. A natural leader, like most earth fundamentals, but he prefers not to take control unless he has to, since he doesn't like to have too much responsibility. He tends to stay away from any type of pressure, afraid that it might make him lose control.. And no, he does not have control issues, but he knows that bad things happens when he loses it.

Tom is an extremely calm person, if he got any calmer he'd probably die. Some might call him lazy, but that isn't right at all. He'll do anything to protect the people he cares about. There's almost nothing that upsets him, but when he do get upset you'd better keep out of the way 'cause he'll go berserk. He's actually really scary when he gets mad, often forgetting what happened afterwards. It's like he becomes another person. Because of this he is afraid to get angry, and therefore does not let himself get involved in fights and arguments.

History: Tom grew up in a small town in Alaska together with mother, two younger brothers and three big dogs. His father died of a heart attack when Tom was 12 and he had to grow up quickly. He helped take care of his brothers and the dogs, and he learned to be both patient and assertive while doing it.

He never felt much different from the other kids at his school. He was pretty popular and had a lot of friends, even if he didn't always have time to hang out with them. It wasn't until after he turned 14 that he discovered his powers. His brothers were playing soccer in the yards and he was mowing the lawn when the youngest brother ran out in the road to fetch the ball. Tom saw the car coming, and he knew it would hit his brother, but he was to far away to do anything about it. Next thing he knew the car was flying of the road, over a couple of trees, before landing in the forest. A pillar of earth had shot up from the ground and pushed the car up like a cannonball, and Tom somehow realized that he had been the one to cause it.

The following 3 years he spent trying to learn how to control his powers, and he became good at it. There was just one problem, whenever he got mad or upset he'd lose control, which most often resulted in a massive earthquake or landslides where it shouldn't be possible. People died, and Tom decided that it would be best if he left town. He moved away from civilization and stayed in a cabin in the mountains. He spent 3 years in that cabin, learning how to control both his powers and himself. He was a calm and relaxed person from the beginning, but after those 4 years he became even more so. He's afraid to get mad, because he knows he could kill people, including himself. The "invitation" from The Service came almost as a relief.

Other: Up for love, bi.

Name: Vixen Maxwell

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Fundamental Class: Dark Spirit. Vixen has the ability to blend with the shadows, reducing herself to nothing but total blackness. She can also make people see things that aren't really there and the only disadvantage to this is that, usually, her 'visions' are dark grey or black, so if a person has an unusually strong mind, they'll know it's not real. Vixen is starting to develop more harmful powers as she gets older, and the most recent one she's learned about is the ability to make people burst into flames by getting them to look into her eyes while she is thinking of how wonderful fire is, how destructive flame can be.

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Personality: Vixen hates everything, but wishes someone would love her. She's dark, ruthless, and willing to fight for no reason at all. She is also very manipulative. If you don't watch yourself around her, you will have no idea what she'll do to you. Like Michael, she has issues with following orders. Also, when she uses her powers too often, she has a hard time with her emotions. She falls into a deep depression and needs something to control her.

History (How’d They Discover Their Gift): Vixen has known about her ability to blend with shadows for as long as she can remember. She never really fit in well with other kids, so she started wishing she could just hide away, be invisible to everyone else. And one day, while she was in class, she heard the teacher call out her name and look around for her. She waved her arms around, but kept her mouth shut to see if her wish of not being noticed came true. She saw the teacher cross off her name and she was delighted. She kept experimenting with this and it lead to her discovery of her vision power when she was 15.

Other: Wants to find a guy, just not so sure if it's the right thing to do. Also has trouble controlling her undeveloped powers.