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Name: Charlotte Lott Colomba Perez


Age: 19


Appearance: Bright eyes, tawny brown skin with a spatter of freckles. Short for a boy but tall for a girl.


Personality: A  quiet if not bubbily person who adores in new discoveries and in making anarchy of the laws of the world. A loner at heart but constantly bubbiling over with emotion, Lott often keeps to zirself but has a hard time keeping things internal. Ze doesn't naturally seek company but is content to have it and is the kind of person that finds a comfortable silence easily. Adores study and research but has little patience for rules. Enjoys other people, but can be quite thoughtless - likely has low empathy. Zir known as an unreliable friend. Abhors people who stifle creativity or who encourages a fear of trying or of the unknown.


Backstory: Lott was a second child, zir eldest sister being trained to inherit the family estate and all that entailed. Which left Lott mostly to zir own devices. In Year 11, when Lott was 15, ze was shipped off to America on an exchange program for a year. Upon returning, Lott had only praises to sing about the experience. Which was around the time Lott's mother pointed out zir father (who was no longer in the picture) was an American citizen. Lott took the offer and moved to America the next year, finishing high school there.


Lott gained powers sometime between the ages of 16 and 18.




Sorry if that was too much, I'm recycling an old character I like. I have way-way more than this written up for zir <_<


So... I organised in the Para-Powers thread for a Cauldron Vial (and Lott does have the means to obtain one of those, hello family money) and I'm happy for Lott to have that vial. But... with the option of a few trigger events, I wanted to have a go at that? I'm unsure on which to go with, now <_<


Possible triggers are 33, 72 or 86. Assuming the below is 33, then that seems most appropriate.

Trigger 33 - " You get intoxicated at a party and decide to do the responsible thing and walk back home. Things seem to be going well (or as well as they can go when you can't put a foot in front of the other on a regular basis) until a unexpected storm breaks out. As you try to go back home you get drenched and lost. You puke on the ground and think that you are going to die on the sidewalk, completely alone. Trigger. "



But if we're meant to add 2 o our rolls (because of the two rows at the top of the spreadsheet) then... well 35 is awesome or 74 could also work (after tweaking Lott a bit).


Or we can just stick with the Perez family buying Lott a vial ;)  


((Uh, can I leave whether it's a vial or a natural trigger i nthe hands of the GM/s, please?))
 
No adding to the roll, sorry. Also I guess wether or not your character gets to even find cauldron is a question of being interesting or useful enough to them, moreso than money.
 
YConsidering the intoxication and the isolation I'd say something along the the lines of minions (master) which have breaker or striker powers. So for ideas let us say:


Master 8 / Striker 6


Sculpt and animate objects ts with a mass no greater than 50kg by touch, the object can move on its own and, while loyal to its maker, posseses a very simple independent mind that slowly becomes more complex as time goes by, up until the point that it can communicate by paychic feedback with its creator.


 
Lamladaz said:
YConsidering the intoxication and the isolation I'd say something along the the lines of minions (master) which have breaker or striker powers. So for ideas let us say:


Master 8 / Striker 6


Sculpt and animate objects ts with a mass no greater than 50kg by touch, the object can move on its own and, while loyal to its maker, posseses a very simple independent mind that slowly becomes more complex as time goes by, up until the point that it can communicate by psychic feedback with its creator.
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Feedback? Do you just mean a psychic link? Also yeah, I figured ze'd get some Master power from isolation.


Also - is the sculpting a shout out to Lott being all about the creative stuff? Because that's super cool. Also - ah ha the sidewalk totally carried zir home :P  


I guess I'll wait for other's inputs before writing more up. Most stuff is already written for zir, so that makes it easier :3
 
I was going to say this being more mental and emotional stress.... though taking Lott's personality into play, I would actually agree with the Master designation.


With regards to the way this works... I like a lot of what Lama says, but-


Lott can sculpt non-living things with her mind, and can either control them directly, or set them to a simple enough task. The longer ze spends making them, the stronger they are, but the more tiring it is. Also, no Queen Administrator. Lott can only multi-task so well, necessitating that ze gets creative with zir automated tasks and micromanagement.


The more complex or varied the materials, the harder they are to sculpt. Concrete is easy, but a pile of garbage is pretty difficult. As for the weight limit... I'd say the longer ze puts into their creation, the larger they can be, forcing zir to invest in certain pets.
 
More... Production Line Manager rather than Queen Administrator. Also, I just rediscovered Mockshow, which is 1. Hilarious and 2. A good reference for what this power sounds like. And yes please make Lott get creative. I had the horrifying thought while at work that Lott would actually fit in with the S9 so Lott getting creative can only be a good thing. (That was sarcasm mode, folks.) Which means, obviously, that I am all for it.


Why play Worm if you don't want to cause conflict? I am clearly on the side of the Entities.


I'm just gonna do dot points of what I understand the power to be so we're on the same page and so it can be refined (or nerfed) if need be.

  • Automaton Creation - can psionically sculpt inorganic material, which then animates.
  • Automatons unwaveringly obey Lott's ???* commands. Ze can command them or set them to simple tasks.
  • Automaton quality depends on time spent sculpting; longer time makes a higher quality** automaton. Time spent directly correlates to energy spent - the longer spent the more tired Lott is.
  • Lott received no mental augmentation to help zir command all these minions (no Queen Admin).
  • Automatons have no natural lifespan, only 'dying' when destroyed***. Already-created automatons can later be augmented with more psionic sculpting. (This allows Lott to invest in certain minions).

* Okay so, things that are unclear to me at this time - what kind of commands are the automatons taking? Vocal commands, gestures, psychic commands? I mean, if someone records Lott saying "Go punch 'em!" and then plays it to an automaton, will the automaton obey the recorded voice? If Lott looses zir voice, can Lott order them?


** More unclear thing: I defined it as 'higher quality' but that's partly because I'm not sure what 'stronger' implies? If it's hard to make the pets out of complex/mixed material then they'll only be as strong as the material they're made out of? Does it mean they can be bigger? And/or more complex? Can they understand more complex orders?


*** (That seemed implied by Silvertongue saying about investing in pets?)


Sorry I'm trying to only ask and not answer questions and I'm trying not to ask leading questions I'm just excited :3 :3 :3
 
  • * Okay so, things that are unclear to me at this time - what kind of commands are the automatons taking? Vocal commands, gestures, psychic commands? I mean, if someone records Lott saying "Go punch 'em!" and then plays it to an automaton, will the automaton obey the recorded voice? If Lott looses zir voice, can Lott order them?



Lott's commands are mental. Similar to Skitter, the minions will continue the last order until told to stop or destroyed.

  • ** More unclear thing: I defined it as 'higher quality' but that's partly because I'm not sure what 'stronger' implies? If it's hard to make the pets out of complex/mixed material then they'll only be as strong as the material they're made out of? Does it mean they can be bigger? And/or more complex? Can they understand more complex orders?



They can be bigger and physically stronger. Lott draws extra material out of things, growing it similar to a external tumor, not affecting the original objects physical structure. Doing so is increibly tiring, akin to buffing up Bitch's dogs. (e.g. Instantly sculpting a sheet of concrete to stop an incoming projectile is possible, but unwieldy and exhausting, and more likely to put you out of the fight). They will only be as physically durable as the materials they're made out of.


On the fly things are small and light, usually the size of a small dog, and the relative intelligence of a potato. Larger things take hours of time and effort, but can be as big as a car or even larger, and can capable of understanding more complex commands. (Think the mental equivalent of programming).

  • *** (That seemed implied by Silvertongue saying about investing in pets?)



Like Skitter or a Tinker, you're only as strong as what you've brought to the party.
 
Thank you very much, that was incredibly useful. And I'll make sure Lott doesn't know a lot of this right off the bat.


Hm... @Silvertongued @Lamladaz - Does this finalise the powerset? I'll throw a proper character sheet (character bio and Worlds in Peril sheet) thread up in the general 'Characters' section if this is just about done. (I can come back here to double check the WiP powerset part is all above board?)
 
RPN Deleted everything so goodbye.


I'm not leaving the RP I'm trying not to throw my laptop out a window.
 
Thank you for liking my pain, @Silvertongued. I'm okay now :P - RPN deleted all of the Backstory I wrote/rewrote but after having dinner and calming down a bit, I decided to just use dots points instead. 


I do ask that we keep any critique of the Powerset I write here please? I'll be replying to the main chara topic with a character sheet in a bit. :3
 
Uh... oh does this look?


Power Profile:
Advantages: Pet automatons (prefabricated minions)*
Simple: Give basic commands to minions.
Simple: Form simple creature from a single inorganic material.
Difficult: Sculpt a non-creature shape, fast.
Difficult: Create a complex minion.


Difficult: Create a minion from complex/mixed materials.
Borderline: Create a complex minion from mixed materials, fast.
Possible: Sculpt from inert organic material.
Impossible: Sculpt from alive material / people.


Also I made some prefabricated pets/minions/automatons? I was also sort of thinking of a small dog or cat or something ze could walk around with and not draw much attention.


Automaton Pets:


Idras - Serpent-shaped, core made of cement. Zir first creation. Has since obtained a partial covering of various scales.


Polly - Bird-shaped, sparrow-like creature. Molded around surveillance equipment.


Bunny/Rabbit - Jaguar-shaped. The automaton for fights.


Magda/Magdalena - Humanoid. A long-running experiment.


And I was thinking of names...


I like something that starts with "General" or "Captain" or "Brigadier" and then something referencing the whole sculpting bit of the power.
 
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Dang thing ate my post. That's mildly irritating.


But yeah, your little cat/dog, is that living one, or an automaton, 'cause automatons are very obviously made out of what they're made from. Though it is possible to make one out of fluff and fabric and stuff, though that'd be pretty difficult and time consuming.


As for names, I have a couple suggestions.

  • Pygmalion.
  • Emet.
  • Shaper.
  • The Blue Fairy.
  • Commander/Baron Clay.
  • Handsome Eli.
  • Chunk Lunk and the Funky Bunch.
 
Silvertongued said:
Dang thing ate my post. That's mildly irritating.


But yeah, your little cat/dog, is that living one, or an automaton, 'cause automatons are very obviously made out of what they're made from. Though it is possible to make one out of fluff and fabric and stuff, though that'd be pretty difficult and time consuming.


As for names, I have a couple suggestions.

  • Pygmalion.
  • Emet.
  • Shaper.
  • The Blue Fairy.
  • Commander/Baron Clay.
  • Handsome Eli.
  • Chunk Lunk and the Funky Bunch.
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I'm reading this at a bit before 6am in my timezone and just. What.


Who is. I really hope I'm not missing a joke. Who is Handsome Eli? Because google only informed me of a U-KISS band member everyone thinks is handsome. Also, though 'Emet' is nice and subtle, I was straying away from golem references since Lott's goy and has no good reason to be appropriating stuff like that. At least Golem had a relatively good reason for doing so in the serial.


And now I don't know whether to go for a serious name or to go with "Chunk Lunk and the Funky Bunch" because that would be priceless.


And for the cat/dog thing - I figured there was nothing stopping Lott from making it out of cement/etc and then just, like, gluing fabric to it? Basically it would look fine at a passing glance - but studying it for a bit would reveal that the fur doesn't move, the animal doesn't breath and that it doesn't really move like it's alive. And it's glass eyes/felt nose. And touching it would be like patting a toy animal - you can tell the difference between patting an alive cat and patting a toy cat or a cat figurine (even those ones with the super soft fur).
 
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I was gonna go for Handsome Jack, but no, there's no joke to Handsome Eli, I just though that some names don't necessarily need to make sense.


As for golem references, I don't think it would be all that appropriating since it's been a term to refer to inanimate automatons since ancient times, and has heavily influenced western culture.


Also the fact that it's pretty heavy and hard as rock. But yeah, I'll accept that.
 
Silvertongued said:
I was gonna go for Handsome Jack, but no, there's no joke to Handsome Eli, I just though that some names don't necessarily need to make sense.


As for golem references, I don't think it would be all that appropriating since it's been a term to refer to inanimate automatons since ancient times, and has heavily influenced western culture.


Also the fact that it's pretty heavy and hard as rock. But yeah, I'll accept that.
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My first thought was Handsome Jack, which is why I zeroed in on it. «temptation rising» I think I better appeal to Lott's posh background and go for 'Pygmalion'.


Inanimate automatons have been a thing since forever, but golems are specifically Jewish folklore (the word itself Hebrew or directly derived from Hebrew). 'Golem' has been used a lot, often not referring to the original folklore, but that doesn't necessarily make it okay. Or at very least - that doesn't make me anymore comfortable with doing it. That's all.


Oh yeah that too. Anyone picking the animal up would know (because heavy) and also all actual animals would be all "Um no that smells like cement."
 
Pygmalion is pretty cool. Though I'm guessing you might have humanoid pet called Galatea pretty soon, huh?


Oh, I know that Golems are specifically Jewish, but my argument was that they've been heavily ingrained into popular culture, so much so that unless you were taking it specifically in a religious context, I don't think it would be appropriative. But I am neither trying to push people out of their comfort zones, make arguments about semantics and culture and what classifies as appropriation, nor make anyone uncomfortable. If you don't feel comfortable using it, then that's more than a good enough reason for me.


Heh. Small simple minions made of something light and soft, but filled with plastic explosives. Or possibly minions just straight constructed of C4 with a detonator attached...
 
Silvertongued said:
Pygmalion is pretty cool. Though I'm guessing you might have humanoid pet called Galatea pretty soon, huh?


Oh, I know that Golems are specifically Jewish, but my argument was that they've been heavily ingrained into popular culture, so much so that unless you were taking it specifically in a religious context, I don't think it would be appropriative. But I am neither trying to push people out of their comfort zones, make arguments about semantics and culture and what classifies as appropriation, nor make anyone uncomfortable. If you don't feel comfortable using it, then that's more than a good enough reason for me.


Heh. Small simple minions made of something light and soft, but filled with plastic explosives. Or possibly minions just straight constructed of C4 with a detonator attached...
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!!! I should rename Magda!


Also, did that last line of thought come from... somewhere in particular in our conversation? I mean, I am happily taking it anyway, but still.


Also I was curious if water was organic or not and - upon confirming that it's inorganic - I have decided that if dropped into a large enough body of water Lott will sculpt "Bruce" for protection. Offensive protection. Not sure if I'm adding him to the Pet roster or not. I probably will, with a lot of question marks.
 
Fun fact, if you do decide on Bruce, he can't keep a cohesive shape outside of water. He'd essentially be a shape underwater.


Secondly, I think this wouldn't be on your powers list, but may be omething you can expand on at a later date.
 
Silvertongued said:
Fun fact, if you do decide on Bruce, he can't keep a cohesive shape outside of water. He'd essentially be a shape underwater.


Secondly, I think this wouldn't be on your powers list, but may be omething you can expand on at a later date.
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That was 100% my plan how do you read my mind so well???


Like:


«enemy pulls Lott in the ocean» "Ah ha! Now all your minions will sink and you can't fight me!" «Lott: smirks evilly» "Bruce? Sick 'em." Enemy: "Bruce???" And then...


INVISIBLE SHARK ATTACK!  xD


Bruce is a pet that can literally only exist pretty much completely underwater. Hence "large enough" body of water qualifier :P  


:3 :3 :3 Yay for getting creative.
 
It's funny, because one of the Wards, Gelatine, has a similar power, in that they make constructs out of water. Course, they just make structures or romp around in a giant jelly mech. No minions for them.
 
Silvertongued said:
It's funny, because one of the Wards, Gelatine, has a similar power, in that they make constructs out of water. Course, they just make structures or romp around in a giant jelly mech. No minions for them.
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... So you realise Lott Pygmalion is absolutely going to shove zir hand onto one of these constructs in a fight, right? I mean, I don't know yet exactly what will happen, but Pyg is going to take one look at that, decide it's inorganic enough and experiment.


(I like to think something will happen but can't decide if Pyg Trumps Gelatine and makes a minion of the whole construction or if Pyg just makes minions inside the construction.)


(Also please don't answer that, I would love for it to be a surprise.)
 
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