Charis: *GLOMP* Panya-chiya! Afraid I'm a bit pressed for time, so forgive the brevity of my review. ^_^ We can hash it out later if you really want.
Morrígan: ~An' ye probably will e'en if ye do na'.~
Charis: Shaddup.
FREAK: *Plinks in* Ta-DAAA! Reviewer Sailor Freak reporting for duty, SIR! *Salutes and whacks her head* And Bres...
BRES: Yo.
FREAK: PLEASE stop talking like a moronic jive guy while I'm reviewing, K? K. Let's get crackin'! *Pops knuckles*

Sailor Nuada
Name: Ariana Enfys (Welsh Gaelic 'silver rainbow') [ah-ree-AH-nah EHN-vus]

Charis: WAI! More happy Welsh! *dances*
FREAK: Welsh is a cool language that I want to learn. Useful info, that.
Court: ::thumbs up::

Nicknames: Ari, Ree, Silver

FREAK: Gee, hope we have no mix-ups with Raisin-chan...
Court: Quite a few Ari's these days..

Birth date: February 17
Astrological Sign: Aquarius

FREAK: Ne, when did Aquarius become so dang popular as a sign?!
Court: LEO! ::holds up a Leo banner::
Enid: But your characters are either Virgo or Taurus.
Erika: Ahem. I'm a Cancer.
Chavi: And I'm a Sag.
Enid: ;_; ::boots them both::

Blood type: B
Gemstone: amethyst or opal (amethyst is her birthstone, but opal has SOOO many pretty colours ..... )

Morrígan: *nods in agreement* ~Shiny.~
Charis: ... birds ...
FREAK: Shiny happy people?
Court: … people …
Enid: Oh be quiet you love people.

Age: 19

Morrígan: *cackle* ~Oh, LEPI! Ye ha' a live one!~
Enid: ::dies laughing::

Challenge: I represent the duality of battle and healing. You cannot hope to face my twin powers and win!

FREAK: ...cool, but can ya also introduce her? Y'know, add a clause of her stating her name and stuff. ^_^;
Court: ::agrees::

Likes: clubs; 'trance' music (Eiffel 65, etc) or pure Celtic music; jewelry; fantasy worlds; long walks in the country; climbing; driving

Morrígan: ~Trance?~
Charis: Well, it's used for healing sometimes .... Didn't we cover this with another app?
Morrígan: ~Ne'er ye mind. Let me see ... reasoning? Reasoning -- well, we covered tha'. Makes sense. Suppose tha' makes sense a' well. Random f'r th' last three.~
FREAK: Dancing, music... a bit overused, but since you specified I'll be lenient. Jewelry makes sense for the silver thing, fantasy, long walks, climbing, and driving don't seem related, but they're cool non-overused things. Cool beans!
BRES: *Likes climbing too*
FREAK: Down, you. *Poke*
Court: Do you have any control over Bres Freak?
Enid: Waddup homie? ::slaps Bres a high five::

Dislikes: small, closed-in spaces; bubblegum pop music; libraries; darkness

Morrígan: ~Libraries?~ *blinks innocently as a bird can* ~Heroes who hate darkness are cliché. Th' first do na' make sense without explanation, which there may be further -- and th' second does in relation to th' likes, but no' otherwise, per se.~
FREAK: Claustrophobia is going on my list of overused traits now. this is like the seventh time I've seen an app with it... Okay, pop... Why no?.... and is she afraid of the dark? Because that'd be really cool.
Court: I'm seriously still afraid of the dark. I sleep with all the lights one ~~;;

Hobbies: role play games, jewelry-making, gemstone carving

Morrígan: ~Curious, relevant, relevant.~ *pecks at Charis* ~Why ye be so quiet?~
Charis: *piku* Hmm? Oh, I have "Into the Woods" music. I'm being happy. Bernadette Peters -- WAI! Maybe I should put her as your voice-actress instead of Dianne Wiest. Whatever. Besides, you're doing so well.
Morrígan: ~...~
FREAK: The first one sounds like self-insertion, the last two are cool.
BRES: Why don't I get a voice actor?
FREAK: Because you're evil.
Court: Can't we have one RPGing person in a RPG? I personally think it would be a good idea.

Fave Food: french vanilla pudding
Least fave food: crab legs

Morrígan: ~Well, those be odd ... but different.~
FREAK: Redundancy, ne?
Court: Both those be good! ::rubs stomach::

Favorite Subject: jewelry-making
Neutral Subject: maths
Hated Subject: English

Morrígan: ~And there we ha' the standards -- save th' jewelry-making.~
Court: A lot of people in this RPG hate English.. oo;; Maybe I shouldn't have put it on the join form.

Religion: nominally Christian, she doesn't swear by, of, or to any particular sect, and her closest friends from home will tell you that she actually seems to have leanings toward worship of the old Celtic Gods.

Morrígan: *chuckle*
FREAK: ....sounds a bit like me, actually. Well, sort of. No, wait, it doesn't sound very much like me at all. Someone gimme more caffeine, my brain isn't working yet.
*PausE*
FREAK: I wanna see someone in this game who worships some completely irrelevant religion, like Shinto or Islam or something. That'd be funny.
Court: And Bethany would be happy ^^

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Family: Ariana's family, naturally, lives in the Welsh mountains, and thus has little effect on her at school. She is the middle daughter of 3; her eldest sister, Luned (Welsh Gaelic 'shape'), being 24, is well-established in her own household near home, and her youngest sister, Dwynwen (Welsh Gaelic 'pleasant and holy'), entering fourth form in school at home. Her mother, Gwenhwyfar, is an RN and her father, Rhys, owns a print shop.

Morrígan: ~Gwenhwyfar meanin' 'white wave', an' Rhys meanin' 'enthusiasm'. Just f'r the record.~
FREAK: Gwenivere? Cool family stuff; details unneeded, as they prolly won't show up much in le game.
Court: ::nods:: But is always nice to know.

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Friends: Ariana is not any kind of loner. She may not be a super-hip, popular girl, but she likes a crowd around her. Her clique, as of now, consists of only 3-4 girls, and a male hanger-on.

FREAK: Small cliques good, especially in the absence of family NPCs.

Ciarrah Macleod
Ciarrah lives up to her name,

FREAK: Huh? *Feels clueless now*

being dark-haired, dark-eyed, and utterly gorgeous. She's moderately intelligent, wildly flirtatious, and supremely silly. Count on her to provoke giggles in any situation.

Ashlynn Campbell
Ashlynn, at the moment, is co-leader with Ariana. She's red-headed, pale, and crazy! Half the crazy things they do are thought up and instigated by her. She loves practical jokes, and her favourite person to play them on is an 11th grade (fifth form? lower sixth?) student named Morgwenna Meirw.

Morrígan: ~... I wish her luck i' her attempts. What be it wit' dream-names an' jokesters?~
Charis: *looks up in-between songs* Lower sixth. How'd Ash meet Winter anyway? We need to talk.
FREAK: ....yeah.
Court: Charis, I hath taught you well about schooling in England.
Enid: --;;

Teleri Gwyn
Teleri is small, shy, and quiet. She's fairly ordinary in appearance, with brown hair and blue eyes, and is usually found with her nose in a book. In fact, she specifically bought her purse because it would hold a hard-back book! Despite her bookishness, Teleri will usually willingly cast aside her latest novel for whatever fun is in-progress.

FREAK: Now THAT sounds like me! ^_^

Niamh Maclyn
Niamh is new to their clique, and seems a bit shy to join in on the wild fun Ashlynn likes to start. She's blonde, a bit chunky, and given to wondering aloud what the ECA heads might say about their fun. Surprisingly, it's usually Teleri who shuts her up.

Gareth MacKay
Gareth may or may not be related to that Aisling MacKay who runs with Morgwenna. He does resemble her to some extent, red hair and all, but then he resembles Ashlynn, too.

FREAK: Is he their secret love-child? *Gets hit by a can of shrimp cocktail.*
Court: You're evil Freak! ::fwap::

He's into dancing, which leads to him and Ashlynn spending a lot of time together clubbing around Edinburgh.

All of Ariana's clique are first year students at ECA.

Aisling: ... oh, dear god, not my big brother!
Morrígan: ~Well, there we ha' an answer.~ *dodges*
Charis: Brother, cousin -- something. For evilness. ^_^
FREAK: I like ramen.
Court: I burnt my hand off with Ramen. ::glare:: Freak, you know that story.

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Lovelife: Ariana is by no means a virgin. Her self-confident attitude tends to put some guys off, and she has a depressing history with males. Right now, though, she's very unattached.
Possibility Lovelife: Being that she's unattached, the possibility is fairly good, although Ariana's predatory, and he might not survive the attempt! Truthfully, she is demanding on her chosen male, but she's also utterly faithful and devoted. She doesn't ask more than she's willing to give herself.
A note: Ariana only admits to heterosexuality, but given certain innuendoes that often pass between her and Ashlynn, who is frankly bisexual, she may be leaning in that direction, if not already bisexual.

FREAK: Useful knowledge, that. Actually, the possibility lovelife is mainly to see if she wants to hook up with any of the other characters... I think.
GINGER: She and Morgwenna would make such a cute couple!
FREAK: OUT, you non-in-this-game naaga!
Court: ::laughs:: Morgwenna is..
Enid: ::cuts off Court:: MEAN!

School: Edinburgh College of Art
Grade: first year
Status in School: mediocre. She's a first-year student, for heaven's sakes! She hasn't truly had time to establish herself as of yet, although if old patterns hold true she'll gather or attach a small clique and split the leadership of it with some close girl-friend.
School Schedule: (Note: I am basing the courses and schedule on my own, American, college, therefore discrepancies should be corrected by someone familiar with ECA and not blamed on me.)

FREAK: And this is why Bres doesn't go to school.
Court: I don't know ECA's scheduling so anything is fine with me ^^;;

9:00-10:30, MWF - Glass and Architectural Glass
1:30-3:00, MWF - Religion
10:00-noon, TTH - Graphic Design
12:30-1:30, TTH - Cultural Studies
2:00-4:00, TTH - Jewelry and Silversmithing
Performance in school: Bring a first year student, Ariana does as well as can be expected, A's and B's, although she despises any course that seems to be a repeat of anything she's had before and may consequently get lower marks in it.

Charis: So, the random query -- what's her major? College schedules can be _really_ weird -- I don't think it really matters.
FREAK: Maybe she hasn't decided on a major yet.

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History: Ariana has lived all her life in Wales, and attended school there. This college life is the first time she's spent any significant time away from both home and family. Naturally, they took a lot of vacations, and Edinburgh was one of her favourite places, but visiting and living are two totally different things! She got to be a maid of honour in her sister Luned's wedding, which she adored. None of her school friends chose to come to Edinburgh for college, so she pretty much is starting over with that ..... in fact she broke up with her last boyfriend over her choice of schools. She's still a bit raw over that ..... Truly told, Ariana's lived a normal life, Normal mischief, normal grades, normal friendships ..... well, except for that freakish ability to detect when people are hurt .....

Morrígan: ~'Tis a brief history, all told ... 'twould be nice t' hear a bit more 'afore she reached Edinburgh, in m' opinion, but 'tis simply my opinion. An' we do need a description o' that ability, ye ken.~
Charis: Hey, she's got Gweld Angau too! *goes back to singing along with "No One Is Alone"* Nothing of a history on Annwn? *pause* Well, you have to remember -- okay, maybe not in this RPG (Court?) -- but Nuada used to be in charge. I'm blathering.
FREAK: What was her life like in Wales? When did she start her interest in jewelry? Any significant childhood experiences? How did she get along with her family?
Court: At one time Nuada was in charge of Annwn's council, but it was passed down to Lugh while King Cormac was King of Annwn.. ::peers:: Didja follow that? Anywoo.. I'm writing it up for further elaboration.

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Appearance:
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 145
Hair: pure black
Style: ear-length pageboy

FREAK: COOL!

Eyes: steel blue-gray
Skin: dark tan
Face Shape: triangle
Body Build: medium athletic
Ariana is fairly tall, about 5'9", and has a medium build, not exceptionally slender but not fat either.

Charis: Actually, 145 would fall on the thinner side, I think --remember, muscle weighs more than fat.

She's rather well-muscled, discreetly of course, and definitely athletic in appearance. Her hair is absolutely pure black, no hint of any other colour, and cut to just below her earlobes in a pageboy style. She never does anything with it except brush it, really. Her eyes are a steely blue-gray, and ever-so-slightly tip-tilted at the corners. This, combined with her dark skin and black hair, give her a vaguely oriental look. She's not a raving beauty, but she is attractive enough, although a bit rough around some edges. Ariana looks good in just about any given style, but she favours casual, comfortable clothing. A favourite outfit is long pants and a tanktop, with a button shirt tied up over her midriff if the weather is chilly. Colours range from whites to bright primaries, and her style and colour choice will vary considerably given the situation. She prefers pants or shorts over skirts, and arm-baring shirts over long sleeves.

FREAK: b^_^d
Court: Me likes. Me not talkative.

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Personality: Ariana is very self-confident, and hates to admit she doesn't know something. She's loud, brags somewhat about her abilities, and knows no shame about it. She's also devoted, loyal, and friendly to a fault. She doesn't let her past get to her, no grudges or anything, although she can and does get angry. Usually it's a slow, cold kind of anger, often triggered by someone's honour being shamed. She likes to party, and even though she may be underage, she drinks occasionally. Her morals are ..... interesting.

Morrígan: ~Actually, I think i' th' Isles, drinkin' age would be eighteen a' tops. Europe tends t' be laxer.~
FREAK: How are they interesting? Can I get a description?
Court: You do 'nit Freak. oO;;

Faults: Ariana doesn't know the meaning of the word 'unfriendly.' She'd be friendly to a mass murderer, simply because she believes in decency to everyone. She's also very self-confident, and that can be rather offensive, since it often shows itself in bragging. She has this rather stubborn refusal to admit she's wrong about things, too.
Pluses: Ariana is VERY very loyal. She calls her friends 'my people' and that includes a wide range of people. She likes to take care of people, and will defend her 'people' at the drop of a hat ..... or glove. She's a fierce fighter, both vocally and physically, and she's fairly good at both.

Charis: Works.
FREAK: What's her biggest fear? Her major aspiration?
Court: Otherwise it sounds good.
Enid: Nice detail.

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Fuku: Nuada's colours are a soothing teal green and a cool gray. Her fuku is the normal fuku, no changes at all. Her shoes are zip-up-the-side leather boots in the gray.

Charis: Your colours are redundant, chiya. DA! I have to run, so we'll snap through this -- THEY can do the attacks, right? Right.
FREAK: I can do attacks! Me! ^o^

Symbol: a silver drop
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Henshin item: a silver teardrop-shaped pendant necklace
Henshin: Nuada Silver God Power, Make-up!
Ariana closes her eyes and calls out her henshin phrase. The silver teardrop begins to glow brightly and the glow radiates outward to encompass all of her body. When her entire body is outlined in silver, the glow suddenly flares brilliantly and contracts around her body, forming the parts of her fuku by flowing and then hardening. The henshin finishes by a cascade of silver hiding Nuada for an instant When she reappears, she poses, some random pose she makes up on the spot.

Court: Randomness is always good!

Offensive Attack: Silver Daggers Flowing
Nuada calls out these words and flings the fingers of her right hand toward the target. At the farthest stretch of her arm, her hand appears to harden to silver and the fingers fly off and toward the target, turning into silver dagger-shapes as they do so. When they impact, instead of sticking into the target, they melt and spread all over, encasing the target in a continuously flowing shell of silver. Of course, Nuada's hand never truly hardens, nor do her fingers REALLY come off. But it's a nice optical illusion.
This is pretty powerful, but it's a straight line-of-sight attack. Think of wielding it like you'd wield arrows; it has to be aimed and have a straight line to the target. However, it is strictly targeted and can be counted on not to harm anything other than the specified target. Walls and things won't block it either; the silver flows over, under, through, and around such obstacles. The only sure defense against it is to keep moving so there is no clear targeting, or have a completely spherical shield. Again, using it is much like using arrows; there is a finite number of times she can use it. Although this isn't a material component to the attack, the number of silver beads ranged around the silver teardrop of Nuada's henshin necklace tells how many 'charges' she has on this attack. One of the pluses, however, is that unlike arrows it can be targeted for multiple people, provided they are fairly close together.

FREAK: .....uh..... I can't think of anything to ask... good work...
Court: Freak couldn't nitpick.. ::dances::
Enid: --;; Good attack!

Protection Attack: Silver Healing
Nuada whispers these words under her breath, and a silver glow rises from her hands as she places them on or next to the wound. The glow covers the wound, and the rate of healing is greatly accelerated. Nuada's defensive attack isn't really an attack, or defensive. It draws on her mundane ability to detect wounds in someone, and is her transformed ability to heal such wounds. To heal, she has to be able to touch the wounded person. She can only heal physical wounds, and while she doesn't draw the wound into herself, she does have to put out at least half as much energy as it would take for a body to heal the same wound on its own. Broken bones, gut slashes, minor bruises ..... all are healable, but the drain on Nuada is correspondingly greater the more life-threatening the wound is. The fastest way for her to recoup the energy loss is to eat something high in sugar right then, and get a good meal and rest within the hour.

FREAK: So always remember to bring pixy stix into battle! Uhh... can she resurrect people with this power? Can the energy be shared to lessen her burden, a la Sailor Planet Power? (Or whatever it's called in the non-NA version)
Court: Good points Freak.

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Writing sample:
Ariana slammed the small hammer down too hard on the delicate silver link she was working, breaking yet another one. With a muttered curse, she flung the shattered link back into the melting cauldron, dropping the hammer on the work surface. A strong-fingered hand raked back through her short black hair and smeared the sweat from her upper lip.
Swallowing another curse, Ariana stalked outside, stretching her arms to the sky. "Be damned if I'm going to waste any more silver making BROKEN links - 's too rhegi similar to what happened in last night's dream."

~dream sequence~
Sailor Nuada screamed out, "Silver Spiral Bolt!" and raised her hands to the sky, drawing bolts of pure silver power out of the heavens and casting them at the faceless enemy. Already worn to the bare bone, she could no longer even summon shock at the sight of her power warping away from the shape-shifting enemy. "Plentyn siawns," she muttered, the weary curse escaping her. That blast had drained the last of her purely magickal power from her, leaving only her carefully hoarded personal energy, energy she now turned to healing her wounded comrades dotting the field.
A whispered "Look....." and the screech of the Battle Raven was all the warning she had. She twisted to look up and behind her - and froze. In the final, precious seconds, Nuada could not move, trapped by shock and fear, and the blast she could have shielded at least her patient from engulfed both of them in darkness .....
~end dream sequence~

Sternly holding her hands away from the silver teardrop worry-stone, Ariana smoothed her hair and strode back to her tiny apartment to collect her climbing tools. Perhaps, with strong, solid, dependable rock about her, she could forget the unsettling dreams ..... and the way her hand always seemed to creep to the silver necklace now when she felt threatened. The silver necklace Sailor Nuada had been wearing in her dreams .....
"No. I won't think of it anymore." She said firmly, hand on the doorknob.
"Won't think of what, Silver?" Ashlynn materialised out of the shadows of the hallway, and Ariana's hand leapt to her throat.
"Iesu Grist! Ash, don't DO that! I almost died of fright!"
"You HAVE been jumpy lately. I know what, though ..... there's this new waiter at the club downtown, and he's absolutely scrumptious. Let's go coax him over here and play." Ashlynn licked her lips just a bit, and Ariana grinned, relaxing.
"Ash, you are the most frankly sexual girl I know. Let me get changed."

((rhegi=damn, plentyn siawns=bastards, Iesu Grist=Jesus Christ))

FREAK: Hee hee, I figured that last one out by myself. I'm so cool!
Court: --;; You are cool Freak. ::patpats::
Enid: Tres fantastique writing style!

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RPG Experience: Currently, Shashini Vanaja / Sailor Artemis in the Mythos RPG; Ceilidh ní Dubhan / Sailor Apollo (I'm well aware of the irony) in the Apocalypse RPG; also previous experience in Dynastic Intentions and Past Imperfect.
Anything else: I'm a Creative Writing major. If my writing isn't good enough, I need to know why so I can improve.

Charis: Well, what I got through is good, and the powers look pretty good. ^_^ You know I love your writing, chiya -- so powers aside (I can come back and do 'em later, Court, if you want), ACCEPT. The others can finish.
Morrígan: ~My, that be succint.~
Charis: Shaddup, bird-lady.
FREAK: Freak-chan say ACCEPT, as the only nits she could pick for this app were rather forced. Yeah. So do I get the job now?
Court: If you want the job, you got the job.
Enid: The writing is extremely good, don't doubt for a moment you are very talented. I liked the character and with or without Court's permission you are getting an ACCEPT.
Court: Oh pooh on you Enid. I would've accepted her anyway.. Too good of an application to give up!