"I know, I wouldn't expect me to have the key to your locked door. I was just saying, Holden. Our paths aren't identical, but they're both terribly difficult, I'm sure. All I mean is, you've already come this far, as have I. Whether the roadblocks ahead get harder or easier to climb over, I think you'll climb over them just fine. Miss Melony believes in you, and if she does, then so do I. She has good judgment, even if it's a little hard to see that all the time. For your goals, there's no better place to be than here. Though some of us like Jackson and Carrie don't show it well, they do care. They just have their own issues and personalities. You'll get along just fine, I promise."
Natasha is her name, but her friends called her Natty! She’s a seventeen year old girl with a passion for nature. Although short in stature, her physical ability and mental fortitude is where she truly shines. Her quickness of movement and perception aids her allies and impresses her foes at the same time. Hosting a love for animals and the wild in general, she spends her time viewing nature documentaries and interacting with local wildlife.
Ability Name: Natura Harmonia
Description: The areas of her body that grow plant-life can be used in a variety of ways, from releasing emotion-altering pheromones to sprouting poisonous fungi. On top of this, she appears capable of altering vegetation around her via connecting to them with roots that emerge from her feet. She has a mystifying connection to animals, but only ever indulges in this ability to befriend them.
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“I still think you'll die sooner than later, and you still shouldn't get your hopes up and think anyone will mourn you for long after you're gone. At the very least though, I know you aren't the type to leave my comrades... our comrades... to die. If that's true, then for your sake and theirs, we can spar in the future. The way you approach it is ultimately up to you."
Jackson may be blunt and rude, but his care for his comrades runs deeper than most would suspect. This twenty year old hybrid found safety and comfort in Melony’s care after the kidnapping of his brother, Myles. Since then, he’s sworn that as a big brother, he’ll do whatever it takes to find and rescue his beloved sibling. He won’t stand for anyone that gets in his way or tries to hurt the ones he loves. The suffering he’s endured has only strengthened his mind and cemented his resolve.
Ability name: Unseen Ambush
Description: When he is not in direct line of sight, Jackson can freely move into blind spots and behind obstructions at nigh-impossible speeds. This condition is surprisingly easy to meet during the chaos of combat, and becomes significantly deadlier once he’s gained momentum. The range limit is as follows; so long as he can see the location he wishes to go to, he’ll travel there rapidly.
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"I've dragged you all through over to this side, I expect that I can go back to doing nothing. The phone never rings anyway, is it even connected to anything? Well, either way, those two have been waiting for your return, Melony. Go say hello to them, or do you want me to also be a babysitter on top of being your transportation and secretary?"
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The name “Scary Carrie” wasn’t her choice, it was thrust upon her by Melony! At the very least, her glaring eyes would be an adequate substitute for a scarecrow. Plant her outside and her demeanor and look would terrify even the most brave crows. She spends her time lounging around behind her desk, ignoring the phone that will likely never ring. With a deep appreciation for chewing gum and silence, she’d rather listen to music on her own that converse with anyone. Though she’d never vocally admit it, Carrie does hold some interest in Melony’s antics and goals.
Ability Name: Reflective Summoning
Description: Being a hybrid with deep attunement to rituals, she’s created a means of transportation into a separate realm using her power. Should someone follow the ritual’s procedures, she’ll decide upon letting them through or not by warping them into the time space she resides in.
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"It will sound silly but... I wanted to tell you that you're one of the best people I've met. I know it's a weird thing to just say but I mean it. Your powers, your energy, the way nature seems to love you... I don't know. I'm really glad I met you. And I want to be as wonderful as you, you know?"
Bella is a timid girl who wants to make friends and enjoy her life. Although her parents met a horrible fate in her past, she tries not to let it define her or hold her back from developing relationships with others. Even with her past in mind Bella holds a fascination and admiration for the abilities of others different from her. Especially if the powers she witnesses can be considered beautiful and mystifying.
Ability Name: Sorrowful Blessing
Description: When her tears interact with an injury or ailment, the affliction is healed in a short period of time. Bella has found it easy to connect with her emotions and draw her tears in moments of great sadness, not wishing to see those she wants to protect and help be hurt.
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"You fucking shit bloods are all the same. Always trying to take what's precious away from us. There's no difference between you and those mindless beasts we rightfully hunt. First, your kind took me and my poor little sister's parents away from us. You have no idea what it was like, finding their bodies mangled and ruined by some freak just like you! And now, you're trying to take away the family I have left. Pops was right about you animals. You fucks are all like this."
Being Bella’s older brother, Dean felt responsible for looking after her when their parents died. He grew a strong resentment towards the world and the hybrids who remind him of his parents’ killer. Despite his best efforts to bottle up his hatred within, he unleashes his anger when confronted with Hybrids who look different in appearance, even when they pose little threat to him. Dean feels that his father’s warnings of the “freaks” have been vindicated, and dedicates himself to consolidating power and moving forward in life as he believes his father would have wanted him to.
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"You need to become strong. As strong as you can possibly be. Something terrible will arrive. Something from thousands of years ago, if not longer, is returning like a plague. The most unstoppable cryptid to have ever existed, a creature of apocalyptic power, and it will bring death and terror with it. Millions will lose their lives, and millions more will be subjugated to fates worse than death, all happening as it turns this world to ash. This thing knows no empathy, no mercy. It exists only to impose its ultra-violence onto every living thing. To establish its supremacy atop the food chain, with all things beneath it mattering less than the dirt. To it, blood and rot is its birthright. To it, disaster and ruin is its euphoria."
There is little information known about the shadowy figure that spoke to Holden during his sleep paralysis episode. How it entered the dimension and contacted Holden without notice is a mystery, one almost as dark and intimidating as his warning. He believes that someday a great evil will come and Holden may be necessary in stopping it, though whether this warning is credible remains to be seen.
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