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LAPIS FATHALLA Why fear the dead, when you can fear the living? Corpses in motion, cruelty and kindness. ORIGINAL PLAYER NAME: Jayes JOURNAL: moonpaper PLURK: moonpaper TIMEZONE: GMT+ 1

OVERVIEW A quiet and withdrawn young women who possesses the odd ability to see and speak with the dead, along with creating 'bonds' with them and having them accompany her - known as a 'Ghost Master'. Lapis was born and raised in Italy, brought up by her grandmother, also a Ghost Master, and elder sister when her powers manifested fully as a child. A lonely childhood and a tendency to only speak with the dead has resulted in her appearing cold, blunt and apathetic, when in truth she cares for others deeply and always strives to help. Underneath the apparently apathetic demeanor hides a kind heart, stubborn pride and playful nature, along with a vicious and unforgiving temper. PERSONALITY Lapis isn't the sort of person that people will think of as 'lively' when they first meet her; her expression usually set into something calm, and with her words always spoken a second too slow and a bit too softly. Emotion rarely seeps through her tone, and at first, it doesn't seem like she cares at all about whatever she's talking about - her voice is consistently slow and soft, rarely unchanging. It would seem as if she's the type of person who doesn't care, who doesn't really have any strong feelings towards anything around her. First impressions probably make her seem completely uncaring and cold. Except this isn't true. While her withdrawn demeanor is something inherent to her, thanks to a life of not having much contact with actual people besides family, she tries to keep herself in check out of fear of becoming possessed once again. Her appearance of being meek and calm is a contrast to the words that come out of her mouth; she's blunt and tactless, and not at all shy to speak up. Manners are wasted on the dead, so she's learned that it's better to just say what you think. It doesn't help that she's very stubborn and hardheaded, completely unflinching in her ideals. Most of the time she tends to do her own thing and drag others along with her, displaying a quiet, but strong will - to the point where she tends not to really listen to other, often better ideas. And when she doesn't tend to get her way, she's likely to get huffy. Despite her social awkwardness, she does at least notice when she does or says something that upsets someone, and is usually quick to apologize. Which is a glimpse of her true, kind-hearted nature that's hidden under the constant calmness and blunt words; because while it may seem like Lapis doesn't care, the truth is she cares far too much. Even though she has trouble connecting to others, that doesn't stop her from trying to reach out to help others, even if they're complete strangers. She does it simply because she wants to. The fact that she continues her occupation as a Ghost Master, despite the dangers of it and how it's cost her life before, is another example of how vast her kindness is - because she does it to protect others, despite how dangerous it is. But her odd upbringing does mean there are twisted parts to her personality as well. She's capable of both great kindness and great cruelty, and has it instilled in her by her ghostly companions to always get back at others. Lapis isn't above tormenting and ruining the lives of those who wronged her, and she can be incredibly vindictive if pushed far enough. There's some sadism in how she treats those she dislikes, enjoying their suffering and despair, and seeing just how far she can push them mentally. Forgiveness is something Lapis knows little of, and even if someone tries to atone, it's unlikely she will ever change her mind - partly from her own stubbornness, and also due to how just how deep her grudges run. Death also means nothing to her now, and what she's experienced means that she's incredibly fearless and doesn't even bat an eye towards situations considered dangerous or terrifying. Though after having lost her life before, she's making no attempts to lose it again - life is something precious, after all. Even if she does tend to be willing to take a hit or two if it's to protect someone else, but their lives are always above hers - everyone else always comes first. Unless she doesn't like them, then she might pretend not to see them needing help unless they're close to death. Though Lapis would never hurt someone with her own hands; her possession causing her to panic at the simple thought of hurting someone with her own hands ever again - but it's a different matter if it's asking her ghost friends to do it. But it takes Lapis being pushed to anger to make her reach this point, and she will instead use more mentally-scarring tactics. And when the calm facade vanishes, she happily lets her anger take over - anger isn't weakness after all, and her temper can be vicious and violent. Luckily it calms as quickly as it spikes, but her most callous moments are able to be witnessed once she's reached this point. And despite how she tends to be quiet, it doesn't stop her strong love of singing and dancing - viewing this as a way to freely express herself, without having to worry, and as something she can be proud of that isn't related to her powers. And it's even better when she can get someone to join in. Because having fun is always better with someone else, and anyone she can spend time with and have fun with are those she would hold dearly. Though her idea of fun can sometimes manifest in teasing others, especially those close to her - if she can get someone to stutter and blush, then she'll be pleased with herself. ABILITIES Lapis is a Ghost Master; a powerful spirit medium who has the unique ability to make spiritual energy links with spirits, so long as the spirit is not stronger than her. The 'contract' increases the power of the spirit, and also increases her own spiritual power. Lapis can also adjust how much energy the spirit gains, and can drain them of power if she so wishes to. However, this works both ways, and Lapis can be drained of power as well. When these 'contracts' are made, the spirits can either stay with her in the land of the living, or go rest in the spirit world until she needs to summon them. Being a Ghost Master also gives Lapis other abilities, such as; 👻 Banishing Spirits: So long as a spirit isn't more powerful than her, Lapis can use her spiritual energy to basically push a spirit into the spirit world. She may sometimes have to weaken a spirit first to do this, which is where the aid of her own ghosts come into play. 👻 Seeing: Another power Lapis has as a Ghost Master is the ability to let other people 'see' the spirits. This is done via physical contact and by Lapis concentrating on opening up that persons part of their mind; all people have the ability to see ghosts, but only people like spirit mediums or Ghost Masters have that part 'active' due to the spiritual energy they have. However, this process isn't exactly pleasant, as the person seeing will experience grainy vision and a loud, painful, thumping sound in their head similar to a heartbeat. 👻 Spiritual Abilities: All Ghost Masters have the ability to shield against spiritual attacks, though each Master has their own unique ability. For Lapis, this is the ability to 'teleport', though she can only move a few meters at most and using this ability more than twice in a row tires her out. She's also able to walk or run abnormally fast for brief periods of time as well. This also extends to having a powerful sixth sense, and thus Lapis can easily identify if someone is human or not, or if they have any supernatural abilities. 👻 Weakness to Holy: All Ghost Masters are hurt by holy items, as a result of their links to the dead. Lapis herself is particularly damaged by them as a result of actually becoming dead herself, and thus holy water burns her, and items such as crosses and bibles harms her if she holds them. Exorcisms or items that have an exorcising effect will harm her greatly, to the point where it's almost fatal.

INFORMATION AGE: 21 HEIGHT: 5'6" BUILD: Athletic HAIR: Bright auburn EYES: Gold APPEARANCE: 1 2 3 4 STATUS: Single OCCUPATION: Ghost Master ORIGIN: Campobasso, Italy PERMISSIONS BACKTAGGING: Y 4TH-WALLING: N THREADJACKING: N MIND READING: Y FIGHTING: Y ROMANCE: Y INJURY: Y KILLING: N More in-depth permissions can be found here.

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