I finally made this post like I said I would several months ago.
This is my OC, Cinnabar “Cinni” Tran, the Master of Luck!
(More information underneath and TW for brief mentions of abuse)
Fun facts
-Cinnabar is autistic, has ADHD, is 17 years old, nonbinary, aro, ace, and uses they/them pronouns.
-Their mom is Vietnamese and their dad is half Chinese and half Vietnamese.
-They have a younger sister named Mai.
-Cinnabar is very emotional, and you can almost always clearly tell what they are feeling by looking at their face.
-They honestly care too much about everything.
-They also like to exaggerate their facial expressions for humor or intimidation. Sometimes, there is no actual reason for them to exaggerate their face, but they just do it because why not????
-Speaking of humor, they find the most mundane or random things to be funny (picture a scale titled “The Humor of Cinnabar” ranging from a single letter of the alphabet to a lizard with an octopus body playing the drums).
-Cinni’s only emotions are Anger, Too Much Of This Shit, Needs More Of This Shit, Good, Bad, and ??????.
-They will aggressively criticize things that they believe are inaccurate, immoral, or just straight up terrible.
-Condescension, entitlement, ignorance, and feeling vulnerable are things that they hate the most.
-Their hand gestures are so elaborate and rapid that you’re more likely to pay attention to their hands rather than what they’re talking about.
-Cinnabar’s birthday is June 6th.
-They have a soft spot for children and will actually steal your toes if you’re a dick to kids.
-They believe in superstitions and will actually carry lucky charms/items around with them. In fact, they would collect abandoned items and keep them as lucky charms. A crusty rock with someone’s name on it? Lucky charm. A dusty book with indecipherable runes? Lucky charm. Creepy doll from an old abandoned house? Lucky charm. A rotting statue lying on the middle of the street? Lucky charm.
-Cinni pretends to be neat and organized while their room is always covered in piles of clothes, charms, and literally any other things they could get their hands on.
-Their lifelong special interest is nomenclature. They have memorized *tons* of information about systemic naming in multiple fields such as taxonomy, business, law, and chemistry. Heck, they even created their own nomenclature to categorize lucky charms and organize their journals.
-Another special interest they have is their powers. They’ve been analyzing them ever since they unlocked them, and they own several journals chronicling their abilities and development.
-Cinni named themself Cinnabar because red is their favorite color and represents luck in Chinese and Vietnamese culture.
-All the emotions or thoughts they don’t express manifest as internal rambling or screaming in their head.
-Cinni’s mind is always in a constant, mindless state of chattering, so it can be really hard for them to relax or focus.
-They try their best to be respectful of others and their boundaries because they’re a decent person.
-Cinnabar has a reputation for always being on time.
-Catch them walking around in circles while muttering unnecessarily long words.
-They really love spicy food and will probably try to eat a ghost pepper immediately on sight.
-They like swimming because moving around gives them Good! Feelings! And it’s stimmy.
-Honestly, Cinni is willing to do nearly anything that requires motion.
-They’re extremely loyal to the people they trust.
-Sometimes, they have the urge to stare into the sun for hours, and other times, they can’t even look at a bright color for more than one second.
-Cinnabar has mixed feelings about being mature for their age because on one hand, experience is the best teacher, but on the other hand, experience can also be traumatizing.
Backstory
-The Previous Master of Luck was Cinnabar’s grandmother, who returned to a quiet life after the Great Serpentine Wars and never disclosed her powers to anyone else besides the people who she fought beside. She passed on her powers to her daughter, who never unlocked them due to being unaware that she had them. Her daughter then passed her powers on to her firstborn child, who is, you guessed it, Cinnabar.
-When they were growing up, their parents would ignore their emotional and mental health, which resulted in them having for care for them themself, along with Mai’s.
-They were constantly guilt tripped by others for “not trying hard enough,” behaving “inappropriately,” or for being “too weird.” They were also told that they were too fragile, unmanly, and needed to toughen up.
-Other kids would take advantage of them since they were really naive and gullible. In fact, Cinnabar’s had many “friends” who manipulated them or found their “quirkiness” to be entertaining.
-As a result, they developed anxiety, poor self esteem, and fear of trusting others.
-On top of that, they would get into all sorts of trouble for fighting back against bullies, so they began practicing martial arts to finish fights in retaliation so that they wouldn’t be accused for escalating the problem. Ultimately, they still received punishments, but they decided that it was worth it since people would know not to fuck with them.
-The person they trust the most is Mai. Cinnabar loves talking about *anything* with her, and the two enjoy taking turns to infodump about their special interests.
-Cinni realized that they had powers at age 14 after everything dramatically happened in their favor for a week. At first, Mai thought that their claims were superstition-related but changed her mind after seeing them pull a Komaeda on a group of bullies.
-There had been numerous reports in Stiix about people mysteriously escaping near-death situations and people who were hit with sudden influxes of misfortune... Guess who caused all of them.
-Cinnabar was considered very intelligent as a kid and would absorb information from any books they had access to. Now, they suddenly can’t read every time they see a huge wall of text.
-Cinnabar was invited to participate in the Tournament of Elements but declined since they were wary of how suspicious the event seemed. Plus, they never told anyone that they were the Master of Luck so hmmmmm.
-When Stiix was overtaken by ghosts, they reached their full potential by saving their sister and other villagers from ghosts and helping them escape. Then, they absconded to New Ninjago City with their family and continued to live there until they and Mai left when they turned 16 and 14, respectively.
-Currently, Cinnabar and Mai have been traveling across Ninjago for over a year.
Elemental Powers
-Cinnabar can detect only every potential positive outcome, and in order to choose which outcome to act on, they must consider theoretical pros and cons and what would be the most beneficial.
-If an outcome is connected to a person, then it must be desired by that person in order to be deemed as positive.
-They can’t steal luck from people, but they can redirect it, which how they cause people to appear as though they are experiencing good or bad luck.
-Also, they charm items using their own luck.
-Cinni can manifest luck into power/energy that they can physically carry in their hands.
-They don’t know how to do Spinjitzu.
