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Velvet's backstory includes elements of parental neglect, child death, grief and depression, survivor's guilt and suicidal ideation. She has also previously been, at minimum, complicit in various war crimes and other atrocities, including psychological torture—rarely perpetrating them herself but often abetting these acts. Past a certain point in her backstory, there's also a pervasive sense of nihilism and a deep cynicism about human nature, society and the world itself, whether felt by herself or espoused by the people around her. Velvet herself is struggling to overcome this, and these topics are unlikely to come up without a precipitating event or prior CR development. I still feel it's fair to warn for them given RL circumstances and how uncomfortably close to home some of them they may hit.

Creation as a setting is also rife with war, imperialism and supernatural horror, as well as many institutional and societal injustices. I don't expect this to come up much in regular play, if at all, but references or allusions to these things might be made depending on how the thread goes.

I will do my best to label cws appropriately whenever they come up in threads.

Please reply here if you'd like me to avoid mentioning some or any of the subjects above, or opt out of tagging Velvet entirely. If you'd like more details about any of these, you can hit me up here too or any of my other contacts.
PLAYER

NAME: Mori
CONTACT: [plurk.com profile] paperforest, paperforest#2872 @ Discord
ACTIVE TIMES/PACE: GMT+8, typically evenings to far too late in the night.
BRACKETS/PROSE: Brackets preferred, but I will match you.
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: Nothing specific comes to mind, if you are ever unsure or in doubt, just hit me up.

IN CHARACTER

PHYSICAL AFFECTION: Yes because personally, I think it's funny. Velvet will probably be deeply awkward and even twitchy about it without CR development, but she is also used to people not respecting her personal space in general, so.
PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: Yes, just give me a heads-up.
RELATIONSHIPS: I'm playing this by ear—if it happens, it happens. Velvet has a combination of body image issues and a Complicated and Difficult relationship with love and attachment working against her.
PSYCHIC & PSIONIC INFORMATION: Has no major defenses against this, just let me know so I can give more details. While she'd just be annoyed at telepathy/mindreading, she will react poorly if someone tries to pry into memories.
MAGICAL INFORMATION: Scans as being simultaneously alive and dead; for characters with relevant points of reference, it's more akin to a living person being cursed or corrupted by "death" and may even read as evil (as in, DnD-style Smite Evil would be applicable). In canon, she only counts as "undead" when it benefits her and she lacks the weaknesses most undead beings have.

She's also a sorcerer/mage. Her leg prosthetics are made from a magical metal with an affinity to the element of air, which can be sensed. They radiate a constant lowkey aura of chilly air, which can generally only be felt when standing right next to her.
MEDICAL INFORMATION: Somewhat poor constitution and rather unfit for someone who's part of a travelling performance troupe. Both legs from the knee down have been replaced with blue metal prosthetics. Has severe burn scars on her back and permanent bruising on her upper torso, especially around the chest, like it got crushed at some point. The scars indicate these injuries should have been fatal, but she is perfectly biologically alive, albeit not especially healthy.
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: ICly, nothing especially noteworthy, though she does have a pretty negative opinion of the nobility. Her backstory deals with several CW-worthy and heavy topics and I encourage you to look at her opt-out post for specifics.

OUT OF CHARACTER

BACKTAGGING: I live on backtagging, come at me.
THREADHOPPING: If it's a network post it's fine, otherwise ping me first!
FOURTHWALLING: Nope.
NOT INTERESTED IN: Nothing comes to mind at the moment.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

VISUAL: 5'11" (180cm), built like a skinny shut-in nerd. Unnaturally ashen skintone, dark brown hair and green eyes. Her left eye has black sclera, and her eyes resemble a feline's, at least visually. She also has slightly pronounced canines, and beauty marks on the corner of her right eye and mouth. Her legs from the knee down have been replaced with blue metal prosthetics that can be mistaken for armour at a glance. Strives to look goth as much as possible, or at least somewhat spooky.
AURAL: Her normal speaking voice is somewhat deep and husky, but her actual vocal range is wide. She can switch between high and low tones at the drop of a hat, and can sound wildly expressive when she puts in the effort or is otherwise riled up. Speaks in a way that gives the impression of a scholarly background, except she proceeds to ruin it with how liberal she can be with swearing.
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