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To read the basic gist of what Mind Wraiths are, go here.

This is where I start going into describing the small group of them as individuals.

Each Wraith is different in appearance and personality. As I've mentioned in the general information about them, they don't cooperate with one another. They each have their own agenda, and are competitive in a fierce and merciless manner. Who would be the most powerful of them all? Who will get to drain their human prey first, and in the most efficient way possible? It's a crazy, insane game to most of them.


This will get lengthy. )
beyondthenorms: (Oh God what...?)
Mari:

Mari was driving along the highway, on the way to the store. She was running low on groceries. Some of what she had been in the fridge too long, and it was causing a stink in there! That's what she got for being away from her apartment for a bit too long.

Although, it wasn't her fault. Whoever thought it was fun and hilarious to have worldly misplaced her someplace else a little while had serious issues! Yet, she had recovered, and was over it. She no longer had to worry over searching for her home world again, thanks to a certain new friend who happened to help her out of that jam.

A short break of normalcy was what Mari needed, after a rather witnessing a horrific and gruesome scene, two nights ago. She'd have to find the time later on to ask Tigger who thought it was a brilliant idea to for Pooh-bear to have a freaking Keyblade, once she was ready.

She needed to do something normal and harmless today. It mattered so much to her to experience a week without a single chance for a panic attack to occur. Trying to find versions of people she recognized and befriended in her world so close to two years ago in addition in all effort possible to learn general need to know about alternate worlds had proved to be stressful, confusing, and frustrating. Very recently, her second and last visit with Pooh had pushed hard on her limits.

It wasn't at all a good idea to think much on that while on the road. The redhead knew this. So, she had been building a totally ordinary and necessary to-do list in her mind. However, something began to direct her attention away from that. Something reflected sunlight on the side of the road ahead of her; a sword. A very large and heavy looking sword! It was strapped to a man's back.

This wasn't something anyone would usually see on her world, most certainly not the U.S.

Promptly, Mari pressed a foot onto the brake pad to slow down. Already, de`javu came again. She slowed her cherry red compact to nearly a crawl as she pulled up close to the swordsman. She saw the brushed back dark spikes, the armored shoulder pads, and his blue eyes. There were also some very noticeable holes in his shirt.

Oh my god!! Her brown eyes went so wide for a moment as she recognized EXACTLY who the man was! Former First Class SOLDIER. Cloud Strife's best friend. Zack Fair.

Wait. He was back in her world again? Or, was she going to be meeting him all over again? Dread was starting to settle into the pit of her stomach as she prepared a basic idea of what to say.

De`ja-freaking-vu! A bit too much of it... Don't blurt out his name. Don't blurt out anything. Must handle all this gradually.

"Where are you going? You look like you need a new shirt."

She tried to pretend that the shocked expression that had come and gone so fast didn't happen. She managed to speak calmly, despite how nervous and awkward she felt inside.


The rest is under this cut )


The scene is not complete yet. I'll eventually start summarizing for Part 5 of Mari's Story So Far as this further develops.
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Mind Wraiths are powerful spirit beings who come from a world separate from Mari's. Their origins are unknown. There's not much about them that Mari's friends at her home world know about, and their knowledge also became hers.

Here are some big plot spoilers for any major and ongoing story-line with Mari! You have been warned. )

Mind Wraiths have the power to give their prey dreams of their own choosing, and have as much control over those dreams as they'd like. Wraiths can only be defeated in dreams.

None of them are keen or interested in revealing much detail about their agendas. Each individual Wraith usually doesn't ally with another. They are also really, fiercely competitive over one another to see who will be the most powerful of them all.

While most of them are parasitic, only one out of them all chooses to be a symbiotic Wraith who doesn't want to slowly kill any human of interest. (I will mention more about that one in a separate post!)
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I think I'd like to try to start something interesting, using a song from a custom soundtrack I put together for this OC. I think this may be something I'll choose to do from time to time. Especially for others who might be curious to know certain details about Mari Broderick's background.

The debut set of song lyrics I'll write character analysis about is the song titled "Like a Movie", by the band Midtown! This is track 30 of her playlist. Full lyrics here. I'll be breaking some of these lyrics down bit by bit as I explain how they relate to what Mari's been through.

More behind this cut )
beyondthenorms: (O RLY?)
I figure it's about time I list a number of which she actually got to see and/or meet in person or via online communication. The list of individuals seen in her own Earth world no longer have been known as just fiction. (Respectively, she has called them other-worlders, instead of characters.) And some other oldie fandoms she knows will be edited in later. Anyone she has met and encountered will be in bold font. Might add in some miscallaneous info later.

For now, I must first explain that Mari here is a bit of a 4th wall leaner at times. It depends on who it is she may or may not recognize from a game, an anime, a book, etc. She's not one to blurt "ohmygod I know you! Autograph please?" According to her pre-RP history I have summarized, she only made the mistake of blurting something she probably shouldn't have said around some people she used to know in fictional stories. Because it agitated those she spoke casually about, in which mentioned Mari has done well to not repeat that mistake! (She made up the Don't Blurt rule for herself.)

Minor 4th wall leans are only once in a while mentioned via narration or thoughts she'd keep to herself. When or if she chooses to tell them about the story mediums she's known about--that depends on whatever's going to happen!

Since I did a RP History reset--in which I'm glad I did--Mari Broderick has been reverted back to being known an ordinary young woman. She's been an ordinary gamer geek that's survived some really extraordinary and dangerous events.

The list of alternate realities and individuals that appeared in her world )
beyondthenorms: (worried)
[[OOC cont: This also takes place a little before she found out Egon Spengler started following her Twitter account! To those who may be curious; both RP scenes and in-character tweets happen on her Twitter.]]

Subject: Can't seem to find the off switch in my brain tonight.

I tried going to sleep, I really did! Just when I'm getting used to sleeping more normally, it's going backwards...

At least it has nothing to do about bad dreams. I doubt they've left me entirely, but hey. They're not nearly as consistent as they used to be. Everyone who's survived in the war Current Xargin had started knew about how I wouldn't sleep at all on some nights. I'd either go alone or someone else to blow off steam in taking out the drones that attempted to invade town, infecting people.

It will still be a while until every one of our inward scars, our still-fresh memories of the previous war, fade.

Read-more-here. )
beyondthenorms: (little smile/insert humorous comment)
Who: Zero, X, Jake Berenson, Kazuma Yagami, and Mari Broderick

What: Mari teleports her two new allies to meet up with two close friends to share and verify their ideas for putting a stop to a demi-god version of the Joker

When: After this scene here

Where: Kazuma Yagami's Earth Dimension, somewhere in Japan


"Here we are," Mari announced as they arrived on the suburban street where Jake and her stayed at the house Kazuma had paid for. She turned to where the wrecked car and broken sidewalk were. She frowned at the mess she had made when she fought that endurable version of what could be a copycat of the Joker. He used the same weapons and looked about the same as what she recognized most from the comics, and Batman: The Animated Series.

"Hopefully the car owner got my anonymous apology letter by now." Normally, she didn't get this angry at someone. She also didn't often meet anyone that had an unlimited amount of invincibility who couldn't stay down when thrown around or punched really, really hard.

"This way." She sighed and turned back around, up the steps of the little porch, and opened the front door.
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For those who'd like to optionally tag with Mari as just a normal human person for one 'verse, before all that intense stuff started happening to her, then that could be interesting, I suppose. Maybe some more backstory can be developed for our characters.

For any comments, concerns, and questions tweet by OOC or send Direct message please.

Is there anything else you think I need to put on this post? Send your suggestions via PM!

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(EDIT: 11/19/2019 - Heads up! The following no longer applies to Mari. I RP History rebooted her. I'll strike-through all of it.)

Click here to read more )


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I summarized the very content of this the best I could. 2-3 pages long in length, according to Microsoft Word!

CLICK ME )

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Skills, Likes, and Hobbies: Mari knows how to bake sweet things. If it’s a really good day, or if she’s just in the mood to do it, she would bake cakes, cookies, pie, brownies, or cupcakes. She of course would share them. (Even when she isn’t baking, she still has a sweet tooth. She enjoys sour and sweet foods.)

Mari’s a geek, and isn't ashamed of that. There had been many movies, books, good prime time TV shows, and some anime she used to enjoy... She’s got into some comic books and manga. Unfortunately, she doesn’t have time, much interest, or opportunity to engage in these activities.

But board games--yes, with people she'd like to play them with. They don't trigger anything, and they're overall a good time.

Mari’s got a good, sharp memory on some things. When it’s something really important that matters to her, she would be able to describe it. She’s able to remember a lot from her past, good and bad. Yet, there are times when her memory is selective or fuzzy when it comes to any individuals or events in relation to traumatic events she had survived through.

Rarely, she may be inspired to write a poem. A lot of them are based on her emotions, or thoughts on past events or experiences.

She had been into writing for years, so it’s no surprise that she used to have a few blogs.

Mari is decent in her doodling (simple cartoon stuff like stick figures, hearts, balloons, and thick, decorative lettering).

She loves music a lot, and can sing. (Mostly throughout school, she attended choir classes.) Her two top favorite genres of music to listen to are rock music and electronica. Showtunes fall in at a close second. Jazzy and soundtrack material for instrumentals interest her too.

(I've rebooted a lot of her history, so I've changed things in Mari's bio. Everything that's crossed out is how my older version of her used to be, and no longer applies to her now.)


Abilities: Mari is faster and stronger than she looks, due to the thousands upon thousands of nano-bots in her body, mixed in with her blood, skin tissue, etc. She has enhanced speed and strength. She can run almost as fast as her friend Malek, who has the same nanotech inside him. He can move in the time it would take most to blink their eyes.

She can hack into any kind of machine through touch, sending mental commands to “talk” to them. What she’s capable of doing with machines are using them for what they were made to do, shutting them down permanently, helping others to figure out what needs fixing, and disabling security systems. (No, she’d never use these powers for personal gain. She has a strong sense of what’s wrong and what’s right.)

On the palm of her right hand is a tattoo that’s a thin three pointed star surrounded by symbols altogether in a circle. Good luck trying to find out what those symbols mean, to those who are curious enough to try. No one’s been able to figure that out yet... At will, she can not only make the tattoo glow, but summon any weapon or object she can visualize from it. Her most preferred weapons of choice are katanas, broadswords, and spears. Sometimes she may choose to use a baseball bat.

All weapons and objects she summons are constructed from nanotech. They apparently are also capable of repairing themselves, meaning she’s self-healable when wounded. A typical wound would heal itself within a day. A severe wound may take her at least a week recover from.

Lastly, on having to do with her nanotech, she has an alternate armored form. It’s best to cover your eyes for a minute, for there’s a blinding light that emits from her during the brief transformation to her wearing her armor, and returning to her original form. The colors of her armor are primarily gold and black.

Recently, she has reluctantly agreed to be the carrier of her world’s power core when it was in serious danger of being destroyed; this intense bright light sphere that represents the source of her home nexus’s endless power and life. So far, she has figured out how to teleport from world to world, and take part of her nanotech abilities up a notch in an unbelievably wide range of communication towards others.

All of the powers she shares with the Nexus herself (this world having a feminine, motherly sentience) requires a little concentration. If Mari’s unable to stay still and not be distracted, then she cannot perform these tasks. In addition to receiving her core, which is a limitless source of life and power, she's pretty much immortal. Her aging process has slowed down by a lot now.

How she figured out how to reach out to communicate to people in more than one universe was simple. She relied on her past memories to visualize what they look like. (This will be further explained in a section that’s related to her character history—that is if you’re interested enough to read it.)

That’s about it for now, because she hasn’t had the power core inside her for very long. She hasn’t figured out all of what she can do, or discovered any limitations to sharing her world’s powers. Any further discoveries about what she can do will be listed, followed by the links to the RP scenes that describe them.


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Name: Mari Broderick

D.O.B.: January 17th, 1984

Relationship Status: Single, and currently has no romantic interest

Description: Her height is five feet, three inches tall. She’s lean and fit. Helping friends and doing what she can to not get caught up in danger tends to burn a decent amount of calories.

Mari is Caucasian. Her skin has a healthy tan to it. She would usually typically let her red hair grow long enough to end a little past her shoulders.

Mari’s eyes are brown in color.

Her sense of fashion is mostly simple; if there is clothing with a comfortable fit in addition to suit her interests, then she’d keep them. She likes to dress casually comfortable a lot of the time; jeans or shorts, sneakers and socks. T-shirts, sweaters, and sweatshirts. She only wears sandals during a day when it's warm.

Does she wear dresses? Yes, but only for special occasions; dates, and formal events.

Personality Traits: Her personality type is ISFJ – introverted, sensing, feeling, judging. She is selfless, loyal, and caring toward all her friends. Her closest of friends are like family to her.

When any of her friends end up in danger, she'd defend for them. At times she may act very protective, when around people she does not know well. She’s protective of them as she is protective of herself. There are certain friends she is more protective of than others. The well being and safety of them all matters to her a lot.

If any of her friends are clearly sad, depressed, or upset about something, she would do what she can to be there for them. If she's able to help cheer them up and give them advice based on her experiences and knowledge, then she would do just that.

When threatened, her words may come off as sarcastic, harsh, or both—depending on how much danger there is, and how much she can assess from interacting around not-so-friendly folks. Violence is usually decided as a last resort, when the opposition cannot be reasoned with or avoided by any means. She is also often careful of what she says.

By default, she is sweet, friendly, and polite. She’d never intend to do any harm towards anyone who doesn’t deserve it. She’d prefer to avoid violence if it can be avoided. There are times in which she would try to be the peacemaker when her friends argue, and/or can’t agree on something.

She knows her life is at times really beyond the average standards of what is normal.

Making new friends isn’t always easy for her. If she's in a cautious mood about how much she can talk about her life and any beyond average friends, trusting new people would be a tricky thing for her to do. She might hold back on certain details, and observe as she'd interact with strangers who are adults. If she senses something suspicious about them, she may choose to call them out on it or not.

She despises sneaky and dishonest individuals. Honesty is something she values a lot. She does her best to be consistently honest around others.

Towards most children she doesn’t know, she would simply put a limit to how much she can share with them, especially when she would not want to endanger them if she reveals too much! She gets along well with most kids, and has experience as a babysitter.

Mari’s sense of humor at times varies from harmless to dark. She can be funny and joke around when she wants to, with people she feels comfortable around. She may not be the wittiest person, but she could think of clever funny things to say towards her friends based on what she knows about them, being the good listener she is.

Mari tends to focus the most on the present. If there’s nothing really sad or scary alongside one or more memories she cherishes as good ones, then she wouldn’t mind talking about them.

As for the future, she’s too skittish and insecure inside to really ponder about it. Mari believes it's for the best to stick with what’s happening now, rather than looking back or forward too much.

Mari has anxiety/PTSD. After to enduring and surviving through really intense and extraordinary events, she had gotten seriously shaken up, and overwhelmed. If she becomes too overwhelmed, stressed, and/or scared, then she will have a panic attack.

She's at times a sensitive person. There can times in which she could be easily frightened. She can be brave when she has to be, yet there are certain situations and individuals that would be able to quickly bring the fear right out of her.

There are certain individuals and details of her past that she'd rather choose to not speak or think about. Or she may be so stressed, frustrated, and/or overwhelmed to a point where it would be easy to rile her up.

The people who piss her off the most are the pushy and/or narcissistic types who’d want to either destroy or rule over others regardless on how they feel.


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