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Astral Harmony · 11-26-2014, 12:35 PM

Real World
- Name: Janice McShultz
- Age: 11
- Sex: Female
- Appearance: A wispy girl of three feet and one inch with long straight black hair and sky blue eyes. Wears a simple white dress with straps and a plain white hairhand. Her eyes never really seem to focus on what she's looking at, as though she's trying to see something on the other side of where she's really looking.
- Backstory: Janice is a mentally unstable girl who has been locked away in a laboratory for nearly all of her life. Despite her considerable youth, Janice has had a strong lucidity in the dream world and an single-minded bond with her own Token, and thus the bounds of morality were crossed and she was forced to fight as a Dream Master. She has only ever seen and known two people in her life: her father, Dennis, the director of the laboratory, and Vanessa, a caretaker who personally visits her far more often than Dennis.

But the reality behind her situation is far crueler than even this. She is the first and only successful test subject of a classified government operation called Project Somnus. The desired results of the operation would be the possibility of "dream assassins", those who can draw a designated target into the dream world and kill him or her, effectively assassinating the person in the real world in a way that is nearly untraceable and virtually inescapable. While the government isn't exactly enthusiastic about using Janice given the reports they've received on her, the fact that she is the only test subject they can gather data from leaves them with little options.
- Token: Mercury ~ Given to Janice by Vanessa, it is literally the only source of comfort that Janice has whenever Vanessa isn't around.
- Token Appearance [Real World]: A teddy bear, roughly two feet and six inches tall, with brown fur and beady black eyes. When Janice thinks that no one is observing her, her own tortured mind lashes out and she has literally convined herself that Mercury comes to life and speaks with her. The teddy bear actually uses a secondary personality constructed by Janice's fragmented psyche to verbally abuse her or ask her questions about the worth of her existence. From those who are observing her when she isn't aware, it happens whenever she simply stares at Mercury with an abnormal intensity, and this is the only time her eyes actually focus on an object.

Dream World
- Character Appearance: Janice is a lot more pale in the dream world, as though she has no life of her own. Her dress seems more wispy and flows more slowly than in the real world. She had a solid steel plate fastened to cover her eyes and there are bandages covering her nose, mouth, and a considerable amount of her body. Her breathing is ragged and disturbing.
- Type: Effigy
- Token Appearance: When Janice first encounters Mercury and carries it around with her, it still looks like a bear. However, when Janice encounters something with which she must engage in combat, her broken mind lashes out and causes Mercury to rapidly transform into a more horrid and violent form. The form looks like half of Janice's body and half of Mercury's body were brutally cut apart and then a half of each body was cruedly sewn together with thick black stitching. The Janice part of the body has stark white hair, a single red eye, and long, jagged fingernails. The Mercury part of the body is missing patches of fur and has even been cut open in place, revealing stuffing covered in blood. Mercury's arm has long, curved claws that reach to the floor. The form is hunched over but still stands at almost four feet tall and both sides of the body are always grinning. It takes a lot of pride in its horrible workings, and cusses Janice out whenever she voices an opinion about its brutish habits or when Mercury receives damage in battle, suggesting that Janice's own level of mindbreak is directly proportioned to Mercury's combat potential in the dream world.
- Powers: Mercury is a speedy and bloodthirsty "bearzerker" that uses its combination of jagged human fingernails and brutish bear claws to rapidly and violently rake its enemies.

Aerozord · 11-26-2014, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Astral Harmony

Sounds like the bastard child of Nightmare On Elm Street and Inception with an alluring wink to Insidious.

Also the name is a reference to Little Nemo.

As for your profile. The waking world is like our real world with no supernatural elements. Though there are those aware of the dream world and certainly groups with less ethical ideas on how to combat it. So your backstory does work. However the bear actually moving on its own doesn't since your character wouldn't manifest real world powers. That being said she can think it moves and talks to her since hallucinations are common for effigy users.

batgirl · 11-26-2014, 11:34 PM

This sounds interesting. Placeholder for now until I get a chance to write a profile, probably after the holiday.

11-26-2014, 12:35 PM	#1
Astral Harmony Don't Hate Me 'Cause I'm Moe Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Harmonial Sanctum Posts: 6,798	Real World - Name: Janice McShultz - Age: 11 - Sex: Female - Appearance: A wispy girl of three feet and one inch with long straight black hair and sky blue eyes. Wears a simple white dress with straps and a plain white hairhand. Her eyes never really seem to focus on what she's looking at, as though she's trying to see something on the other side of where she's really looking. - Backstory: Janice is a mentally unstable girl who has been locked away in a laboratory for nearly all of her life. Despite her considerable youth, Janice has had a strong lucidity in the dream world and an single-minded bond with her own Token, and thus the bounds of morality were crossed and she was forced to fight as a Dream Master. She has only ever seen and known two people in her life: her father, Dennis, the director of the laboratory, and Vanessa, a caretaker who personally visits her far more often than Dennis. But the reality behind her situation is far crueler than even this. She is the first and only successful test subject of a classified government operation called Project Somnus. The desired results of the operation would be the possibility of "dream assassins", those who can draw a designated target into the dream world and kill him or her, effectively assassinating the person in the real world in a way that is nearly untraceable and virtually inescapable. While the government isn't exactly enthusiastic about using Janice given the reports they've received on her, the fact that she is the only test subject they can gather data from leaves them with little options. - Token: Mercury ~ Given to Janice by Vanessa, it is literally the only source of comfort that Janice has whenever Vanessa isn't around. - Token Appearance [Real World]: A teddy bear, roughly two feet and six inches tall, with brown fur and beady black eyes. When Janice thinks that no one is observing her, her own tortured mind lashes out and she has literally convined herself that Mercury comes to life and speaks with her. The teddy bear actually uses a secondary personality constructed by Janice's fragmented psyche to verbally abuse her or ask her questions about the worth of her existence. From those who are observing her when she isn't aware, it happens whenever she simply stares at Mercury with an abnormal intensity, and this is the only time her eyes actually focus on an object. Dream World - Character Appearance: Janice is a lot more pale in the dream world, as though she has no life of her own. Her dress seems more wispy and flows more slowly than in the real world. She had a solid steel plate fastened to cover her eyes and there are bandages covering her nose, mouth, and a considerable amount of her body. Her breathing is ragged and disturbing. - Type: Effigy - Token Appearance: When Janice first encounters Mercury and carries it around with her, it still looks like a bear. However, when Janice encounters something with which she must engage in combat, her broken mind lashes out and causes Mercury to rapidly transform into a more horrid and violent form. The form looks like half of Janice's body and half of Mercury's body were brutally cut apart and then a half of each body was cruedly sewn together with thick black stitching. The Janice part of the body has stark white hair, a single red eye, and long, jagged fingernails. The Mercury part of the body is missing patches of fur and has even been cut open in place, revealing stuffing covered in blood. Mercury's arm has long, curved claws that reach to the floor. The form is hunched over but still stands at almost four feet tall and both sides of the body are always grinning. It takes a lot of pride in its horrible workings, and cusses Janice out whenever she voices an opinion about its brutish habits or when Mercury receives damage in battle, suggesting that Janice's own level of mindbreak is directly proportioned to Mercury's combat potential in the dream world. - Powers: Mercury is a speedy and bloodthirsty "bearzerker" that uses its combination of jagged human fingernails and brutish bear claws to rapidly and violently rake its enemies. Last edited by Astral Harmony; 11-28-2014 at 11:34 AM.

11-26-2014, 11:34 PM	#3
batgirl Aim for the top! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Infield Posts: 2,583	This sounds interesting. Placeholder for now until I get a chance to write a profile, probably after the holiday.