Armed with a tiny wand, the Acceptance Bin carefully tended to its misshappened mushroom plot that it started to grow within Arel's office. Even when it donned a frilly orange tutu and a pair of floppy cardboard wings cut into the shape of a moth's his mushrooms continued to grow in a straight line. Perhaps the Acceptance Bin would have better luck growing a mushroom circle if he planted the actual mushrooms in a circle, rather than a line.
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:24 am
While growing up as a small faerie, Marosa loved to get his hands on anything, whether it be a shiny bauble, a small pebble, a small husk of an animal... he collected it and put it into his small little pouch, just in case it was "needed for later". He then traded it to small friends he'd created, for certain information from a selkie, or an herb or two from the dryads... small trinkets in trade for useful things that he could use.
This went on for quite some time until his father found out on one morning's antics, grabbed the pouch, and set it on fire in front of the little boy's eyes. Marosa demanded it back, cried, and then pleaded, but all to no avail; his father was unmoving. His father turned his hand over, the bag destroyed with the faerie fire, letting the ashes fall onto the ground in front of the boy.
"It is useless to collect such trinkets. Faeries can gather anything they want without lifting a finger. They don't need such paltry things besides." His father scoffed, then walked away.
Left alone with the ashes of his bag, Marosa curled his nails into the palms of his hands, feeling the pain but ignoring it. He didn't understand why his father acted the way he did. The things he'd collected... they may have not been useful for faeries, but they were useful to other people, and getting information from them. Trading! Why didn't his father see that?
Marosa tried to pursue the same actions again, collecting trinkets when he thought his father wasn't looking, and ended up with a severe lecture. The third time, it resulted to a sound beating.
Marosa grew morose in his moods, and finally went along with his father's wishes; learning politics (which he didn't really pay attention to), and learning mannerisms in being a faerie. He spent years doing this, all the while yearning to converse with his former friends whom he'd been collecting the trinkets for, but all the while growing farther and farther away.
He soon became the worse for wear, and put up an act of being a spoiled prince, which his father... seemed to take to rather well. He ordered minions around, and the lesser fey under them... as well as challenged greater fey, and lost most of those challenges. But still, he remained looking proud.
He never gave up trying to prove himself, and it wasn't long before he was in a shell of himself, giving everyone the impression that he had a tough and uncaring exterior, all the while just wishing he could be loved without being feared. His father looked on, all the while becoming more endearing of his son.
One night, Marosa's father took him aside and walked to the balcony, an arm outstretching to the stars. "Gancanagh are PROUD... we use things, and then throw them away. Everything is an object to us... everything is meant to be used, and used again." Looping an arm around his son's shoulders, the father pulled Marosa close and sighed. "It is time I showed you something." Smiling a wicked smile, he walked off with Marosa in tow, leading him to a barred door.
"Do not make a sound when I open this door. Do you understand?" Marosa's face hardened, and his father took that as a good sign, opening the door.
In the middle of the room was a huddled husk of what looked to be a selkie, shaking and shivering. Upon second glance, Marosa noticed the webbed toes and fingers, and the brown eyes with no irises that suddenly stared up at him.
It was an old childhood friend of his. Muirin.
"She's been waiting here all this time for you, you realize." His father whispered soothingly in his ear. "I've had the servants feed her, but she's refused to budge, always pining for your love..."
"No." Marosa gritted his teeth together, shaking his head. "I don't believe you."
"Believe you me, Marosa. Ever since that first day you touched her, her heart's been yours. And you touched her more than once... do you remember? Those trinkets you had, the ones you traded... didn't you ever wonder why they all hung around you? Why they always sought your company?" He laughed, circling around the selkie on the ground now. "I've kept her here, promising to bring you, and still, yet, she pines..."
"I hate you." Marosa's hands curled into fists, and he shook his head. "I will never-"
"You cannot deny being a Gancanagh faerie, Marosa. You simply are." His father twirled a finger in the air. "She is your problem. I just merely delayed it." He grinned. "I did take enjoyment in it, however. There's just some things you can't replace... such as terrorizing certain people. If I'd had a little more time... I could have made her the ultimate slave."
Marosa stood there, eyes widening in disbelief. He wished he could make his father FEEL the emotions he did, to FEEL how Muirin felt. He just... treated her like an object! He hadn't meant to do that - he hadn't even KNOWN! It was almost as if his father had been...
... planning this all along...
All of a sudden... it all made sense. He didn't even realize his father had been in the corner, cowering in fear, same as Muirin... until he realized that they were doing it because of him.
Overwhelmed and disbelieving, Marosa fell against the wall, breathing hard. His emotions retracted from his father, no longer controlling him.
Standing up, Marosa's father brushed himself off and gave a distasteful glance to the selkie on the ground, and then one to Marosa. "Looks like you found your FEAR, lad..." He gave a small tch. "You can't escape what you are. You were born for this. It's high time you started acting like it." He walked towards the door, leaving Marosa sitting there.
"I'm sending you to a special school. Hopefully it will whip you into shape." Mouth curving down disapprovingly, he left the door wide open, with Marosa alone with the selkie.
The selkie reached forward slowly, scooting closer to Marosa until her arms wrapped around him, her head resting on his collarbone as she became relaxed, breathing in his scent, becoming familiar with him once again like she had all those years ago.
Natural Talent: Gancanagh have an addictive toxin in their skin that makes others addicted or interesting to them. This only lasts for five to ten minutes with a brief touch. Being around or touching a Gancanagh makes you more likely to be interested, almost as if you're mesmerized or charmed. It could make each individual act differently, but when one gets up close, Marosa seems more charismatic, and better looking than he originally seemed to be, for people who are more susceptible to charm and love...
Personality: Me? Snobbish? No... I'm just picky. Marosa doesn't really appreciate others at first, but he doesn't really shove it in their face; he just brushes them off as if they were a gnat on his sleeve, unless they have something unique about them that garners his interest. He is a fey true; any subject that gets a faerie's interest is bound to have a very annoying tagalong for a bit, as faeries like to stick their nose into other people's business. Quite. Often. (Though his main reason for acting distant is that he doesn't WANT to get close to ANYONE. He'll still be interested in talking to ghouls/boils, he'll just act like he's not interested most of the time. It's an ongoing inner battle with himself.)
Don't touch me. Marosa does not like to be touched. Ever. He's afraid of anyone getting close enough to touch him, and then fall in love with him. To him, that's not love -- that's lust. Because of the Gancanagh Faerie's abilities, he's afraid to have anyone "fall for him" when he knows that it's the toxin in their skin that's making them do that. That's the main reason why he brushes people off most of the time, as well as the fact of being afraid of his true Gancanagh self, feeding off of others' energies.
You seem... intriguing. For Gancanagh, touching people equals feeding, in a sense. The Gancanagh needs to touch people in order to keep himself sane, in order not to get weak. If they go a prolonged time without touching anyone, the weaker and hungrier they get.
Unfortunately, touching other residents of Halloween leaves them with a need to touch others, due to the toxins on them becoming too much to handle by themselves. They need to touch other people to get rid of it/detox themselves before they themselves become weaker/more narcissistic/get the shakes/etcetc. (Thank you Maru!)
Love? Sod love. Love is something Marosa is NOT interested in right now. Although, he will fall head over heels over someone who DOESN'T react to his race's ability; I.E. if they touch his skin and don't immediately fall for him, though he'll freak out in general if anyone does touch him. It'll take him some time, but he's not overtly looking - just secretly hoping.
Note: If there is someone that truly falls in love with a Gancanagh/Marosa, they are unaffected by the Gancanagh charm/curse. This also does not work if said target is in love with someone else.
Touching equals-- This does not work through clothing -- just skin on skin contact. You bet your life that Marosa will still freak out if he's touched, but for the most part, if you avoid direct skin, your kid will be fine and unaffected by Marosa's ability.
I look... Marosa constantly worries about his looks. A lot. This stems a lot from being touched, as well; he's fine if a curl falls out from behind his ear - hey, good sex appeal - but if someone bumps him in the hallway, he'll freak out a little bit and go to fix whatever bumped out of place. He doesn't really worry about appearance; it's more the fact that he has to make sure his skin is completely covered, because of his fear of being touched. There's a good chance that he'll get over this if it happens to him enough times, but for now, he'll freak out constantly over slight bumps and nudges, so much that it might seem he's claustrophobic. Hey, no one ever said Faeries were sane.
Another quirk/fault Marosa has is messing with his hair or clothing when he gets agitated. He messes with it more when he gets more agitated or upset, starting to find faults with his hair or clothing that weren't there before. It's rather amusing to watch, but Marosa will get short and snappy with his responses.
I rolled a natural 20. Dungeons & Humans is about the only game that Marosa enjoys. He loves playing a character he can control, without having any strings attached. It's not a real thing, and the fact that he can control something that's not real just tickles his fancy. This is one way he can really let go and not worry about things.
History: It's been said that if humans fear something enough... it comes true. That was well enough when a little boy was found in the pumpkin patch, not making a sound... yet when the older Gancanagh Faerie stumbled upon him, he was curious to find that the boy was the same species as him, and had an unusual awed curiosity seemingly unlike other Gancanagh Faeries that rather disturbed him a little.
He took the babe home, naming him Marosa - determined to teach him what he was and how to use it to the best of his advantage; that proved harder than usual, however, as the boy wanted to make friends and collect trinkets. This frustrated the older Gancanagh, and he ended up destroying the trinkets Marosa had collected, in order to get him to see his point of view. Faeries - especially the Gancanagh kind - were meant to be feared and respected, especially when trying to get into the Unseelie Court.
It took him a few tries to get Marosa's attention, as the boy Just. Wouldn't. Quit, but the older Gancanagh felt relieved and proud when Marosa finally started acting like a true Faerie, and began to act like his surrogate father expected.
Why did they enroll at the academy? (Let us know what they think they would learn there, what are their school interests ,what do they hope to gain?)
■ Marosa doesn't really like the life of a "faerie", and he wants to find another way to live - either that, or find who he really is/come to terms as to who and what he is. Whichever comes first. ■ Father figure wanted him to learn to dirty his hands, to appreciate and respect having others do work for you. ■ To find a soulmate. (Or flirt with ladies.) ■ To learn manners! And respect for adults. Cough, cough.
List of Classes! Shadowcraft 101 Creature Feature 101 Curses, Hexes, and Spells Botany Basics Minipet Training 101 (?) Art of Illusion (?) Literature Class (?)
Clubs! Dungeons and Humans
Fear: Emotional Manipulation
Marosa's FEAR is the ability to sense and invoke feelings in others, as well as altering them to his will. He can feel how others are really feeling; whether they are sad, happy, angry... but he doesn't know the reason why. In otherwords, he can make other feel a certain feeling if he puts enough concentration into it, but if he loses that concentration, then he'll end up feeling what they are feeling.
In battle, this will work as Tainted Fang.(This now works as The Charge!) With the ability to control/sense emotions, he can do damage over time by playing with one's emotions, changing the emotions by manipulating the target's adrenaline, endorphins, and pheromones. (This also ties into his natural ability as a Gancanagh, because if anyone touches him, they are much easier to manipulate.)
(Marosa can also manipulate the intensity of the emotion they are feeling, but I don't forsee that happening until second or third year.)
First year - He can only do this when he's really close to the person he wants to invoke feelings in. He doesn't have much control over this, and can end up feeling his opponent's emotion instead of feeding them the emotion he wants. He can also sense emotions by just being close to them.
Second year - Marosa can weave his feelings into his voice, though sometimes this will result in his voice cracking.
Third year - Almost full mastery over it, though he can still lose control. Now that he's had practice at it, Marosa can weave his feelings into his voice and songs. Bardic lullaby, anyone?
Physical Description: Eye Colour: Gold. Hair Colour/Style: Red and curly, with the ends of his hair a silvery cream color (only on the bottom of his curls). EXACT example can be seen here. ) Skin Colour: Very pale (almost a milky cream-white) Clothing Style/Colours: Very 'down to earth' clothing, with green tones, and a kilt. Also, his skull pun will be on the bottom of his kilt, as a kilt pin. Kilt pins are worn to hold the kilt down, so it's extra heavy when, for example, the wind blows. Reference for kilt pin seen here. The exact place the kilt pins are matters as well. Extra: NO pointed ears, please! Has faerie wings, only they are deteriorating slightly - like a leaf starts to dry out and crackle and crack everywhere. Also has a clay pipe, but he won't be seen smoking it anytime soon... References: Clothing is seen here. The artist is free to change a few things if it makes it easier! <3 The only two things I ask for sure on the clothing is the kilt and clay pipe.
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:28 am
The Gancanagh, like any other faerie, are not known as very nice creatures. Unlike the other faeries, however, they are toxic to touch. They have an addictive toxin in their skin that makes others addicted to them.
Humans are the preferred 'hunted', the Gancanagh's desire to seduce and kill them from withdrawal unprecedented. He would seduce young maidens with his enchanting voice and whispers of nonsense, then promptly disappear, leaving the maiden to cry away for him. Few of a Gancanagh's victims live for very long afterwards, as women seduced by this type of faerie typically die of withdrawal, despair and a broken heart, left pining for the Gancanagh's love they will never receive. Others have also died fighting to the death for his love.
A Gancanagh is typically seen carrying a clay pipe, though some say he does not smoke it because faeries generally detest smoke. (Note: It's man's perception that fey detest smoke, though this isn't necessarily true - it may be that man has it mixed with iron, as most fey burn at the touch of iron on their skin.)
To meet a Gancanagh meant bad luck, and whoever was ruined by ill-judged love was said to have been with the Gancanagh.
All throughout their life, a Gancanagh faerie does NOT have wings whatsoever. The reason behind this is thought to be able to blend within humans more readily, whereas other faeries may have wings for various reasons, due to their different abilities. A fully grown Gancanagh has no 'other form', so they are thought to be 'human' by other humans. Readiness to blend in makes it easier to pick off the unsuspecting herd one by one. The only way to tell a Gancanagh from humans is their lack of a shadow.
Just being around a Gancanagh makes you interested, almost as if you're mesmerized or charmed. It could make each individual act differently, but to humans it's a sensual and lustful attraction.
When you walk into Marosa's room, you see a medium sized room with only a few furniture bits around the place, but it was kept very tidy indeed. A mirror hangs on the wall with a shelf that holds a very dear picture, and one can tell it's prized because of the trinkets hanging around the frame. There is a guitar that sits under the mirror, looking brand new and never been used. A bookshelf sits against the wall with well-loved books, and a table sits beside a very ornate but old-looking bed, with old sheets that smell like a forest home, and an old lantern that makes for the perfect night light for late night reading.
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:30 am
Total Points:16/50
♒ YEAR THREE .....⌘ { MINI-META } The Obstacle Course House Cup '15 - Round 1 +1 pts .....⌘ { MINI-META } The Quiz House Cup '15 - Round 2 +1 pts .....⌘ { MINI-META } Caroling House Cup '15 - Round 3 +1 pts .....⌘ { MINI-META } The Festive Fight House Cup '15 - Round 4 +1 pts .....⌘ { PRP } ? /?? +1 pts
Marosa and his father do not see eye to eye at all. Marosa believes that things should be taken in stride, while his father believes that there is and end to all means, and all means are meant to be controlled...
FAERIE FIRE(The Battle Cry) The most basic offensive Fear attack. The Battle Cry enables its user to deal higher-than-usual damage without a drawback. The only drawback is being able to fire it off properly.
Tier Two: Dice: 7d4 First Dice: xxxxx 1: Miss xxxxx 2-4: Full Damage Damage: Add up remaining dice. This total is the damage dealt to your opponent. Average Damage: 15
Tier Three: Dice: 9d4 First Dice: xxxxx 1: Miss xxxxx 2-4: Full Damage Damage: Add up remaining dice. This total is the damage dealt to your opponent. Average Damage: 20
EMOTIONAL MANIPULATION(The Charge) The Charge specializes in splash damage: that is, this particular move deals damage to more than one target. However, if you miss the ENTIRE attack misses! Your additional targets won't receive damage.
Tier One: Dice: 3d8 First Two Dice: work just like standard attack dice. xxxxx ie, 2d8 -6 = the damage to your first target. Third Dice: divided by 2 is the damage do your second target. Remember to round up. xxxxx ie third dice was rolled 3. 1.5 rounds up to 2 damage to second target.
Tier Two: Dice: 4d10 First Two Dice: work just like standard attack dice. xxxxx ie, 2d10 -6 = the damage to your first target. Third Dice: is your direct damage to your second target. Fourth Dice: divided by 2 is the damage do your third target. Remember to round up. Example: I roll 9, 4, 1, 5. xxxxxFirst Opponent: 9+4=13-6=7 dmg xxxxxSecond Opponent: 1 is 1 dmg. xxxxxThird Opponent: 5/2 is 1.5, round up to 2 dmg.
Tier Three: Dice: 4d12 First Two Dice: work just like standard attack dice. xxxxx ie, 2d12 -6 = the damage to your first target. Third Dice: is your direct damage to your second target. Fourth Dice: divided by 2 is the damage do your third target. Remember to round up. Example: I roll 8, 9, 7, 12. xxxxxFirst Opponent: 8+9=17-6= 11 dmg xxxxxSecond Opponent: 7 is 7 dmg. xxxxxThird Opponent: 12/2 is 6 dmg.
IMPORTANT: Always, always, ALWAYS quote your targets! In the event that this Fear is used in a massive ORP setting, please try to be mindful of the IC locations. ie, are your targets near each other? Can your attack ICly affect them? While we don't enforce this, we ask that you please try to keep this in mind. Regarding Targets: You can't hit the same person twice; each target must be a different character. This means in a 1-on-1 fight you're essentially using this Fear to use stronger attack dice. No target? Look around you ICly. Destroy something! Please note that depending on where you are ICly it may result in IC repercussions.
Sprite Darter: Galisprivk. Hardly ever leaves Marosa's room, and when it does, it only remains around Marosa. Turtlecat: This strange but cute creature appeared after the Kingdom dreams. Is sweet but slightly lazy. Kingdom Wish Tinkerbell: The most attached to Marosa, Tink will grow jealous of other affectionate people around him. She cares most of all, and she'll make sure that you know it.
Scareon Tooth Fairy: Soot Sprite: Found under one of Marosa's dressers. Loves to roll in the dust and collect it around various places in his room. Foxsock Sweet Mint: Most often found sleeping under Marosa's pillow, or laundry. She loves his socks. Fancy Foxfire: Fluffy and dumb as rocks, he always loves to shove his muzzle right into Marosa's face. Nergal Fae Dragon:
Shiki Poison: Puck Ranger: Faeon Goliath: Faeon Spring Sprite:
Scareon Changeling: One of Da'luagh's old minipets. She seems to have taken a liking to Marosa, more than Da'luagh. Curious. Fairy Cake Dryad: Found tangled in one of the trees around Marosa's home in the feylands. Once rescued, she stuck to him like glue.
Җ So with Marosa's ability... he can make people fall in love with him, but it only affects those who don't love anyone/aren't in love with anyone? It affects both! But it's based on whether the roleplayer wants it to happen or not. So it's completely and utterly your call.
Җ What if someone's love is dead? It takes time for someone to "get over" their love, and even then some are known to still love others years after their deaths. It's on a case by case basis, so ultimately it will have to be your call whether or not you want your character affected.
Җ What about true love? Fake love? How does that come into play? As long as your character is the one who truly believes they are in love, they will remain unaffected. But again, your decision whether or not you want it to affect your character.
Җ I don't understand! Make it easier for me! It is completely PLAYER CHOICE. If you don't want your student to be affected, they are not affected. If you want it to affect them, they are affected. The results are completely up to you.
Җ Are there any female Gancanagh? No, there are not. Gancanagh are predominantly male.
Җ Why so much suffering? It's my job. It's also fun. ;3
Random Facts: Ѽ Gancanagh do not have a shadow. Ѽ There are no female Gancanagh. Ѽ Gancnagh do NOT have wings. EVER.
Җ Lizbot, Maru, and Zoo for making the awesome and wonderful shop This is Halloween Җ DaFont.com for the fonts Nemo Nightmares and Victor's Pixel Font Җ OnionGrump for the wonderful emblem pin Җ Anything and anyone else I may have forgotten and will add later :3
