#rotlaust

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@rotlaust replied to:  tbh even though survivors looping and knowing...

laurie loops michael for 5 gens around killer shack & teabags everytime she vaults window

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OOC: How did Volt pick her alias? Why Volt and not, let's say, Ampere or Ohm? Did she ever have a run-in with the cops? Considering how YOUNG she is, what's she planning to do with her life? What was her favorite subject in school, what are her favorite bands? What where her teenage years like?

Hahaha, she chose Volt over those other really cool options because they sounded too fancy for her liking. Maybe Ampere or Ohm would work for a world-class defender like one of the Avengers, but some scrappy teenager? Nah. Volt is short and zappy like a punch to the face (and she has thrown more than one punch in her life.)

Maybe someday she’ll get an alias change if she officially signs on with a team or anything, but for now, she’s Volt and that’s the way she likes it.

Did she ever have a run-in with the cops? Considering how YOUNG she is, what’s she planning to do with her life? What was her favorite subject in school, what are her favorite bands?

Oh boy, HAS SHE EVER. Technically, Volt is on the lam for a long list of reasons: Petty theft, destruction of property (public and school), disorderly conduct, curfew violations, minor in possession of alcohol, and she is also classed as a runaway.

She hadn’t really decided what she wanted to do with her life before her mutant abilities manifested. She was still in high school with plenty of time before university, with her favourite subjects being chemistry and biology. The requisite number of volunteer hours (to pad out any college applications, of course) were met by spending time at the local animal shelter, which made her think maybe she’d like to be a vet someday. Now, she just wants to find a place to call home that will not only accept her mutation & identity, but embrace & celebrate them. Maybe once she finds that kind of safety, stability, and connection, then she’ll start thinking about what she wants to do with her life.

Presently, she not-so-subtly idolizes the vigilante superhero groups like the X-Men and Avengers. She thinks she’s chill about them but she totally isn’t; given half a chance, she’d go full fangirl at the opportunity to meet one of them.

AS TO HER FAVOURITE BANDS… I would say she strongly favors bands like The Shondes (here’s their song On Your Side), Austra (Utopia), and CREƎP (Day). Plenty of EDM and punk on her playlists!!

What were her teenage years like?

Now, I’m still undecided as to her age. At first I just matched her age with her FC, but… still mulling over some character pieces. She’s either going to be in her late teens or early 20s, we’ll see! But for the most part, her home life was troubled, turbulent, and abusive. Her parents thought they were good people, but they most assuredly were not. Even before her mutation manifested, she was already acting out at school and often clashed with peers and teachers who didn’t think well of outcasts, which only served to further heighten tensions at home.

She has a younger brother who often snitched on her and was the cause of her parents figuring out a lot of things she tried to keep secret from them. Although his intent wasn’t malicious - he just believes that following the rules is the best way for everyone to be safe and happy - it obviously lead to an incredible amount of tension and resentment between them, with each blaming the other for the consequences. Eventually, with her parents out of the picture maybe she and her little bro will be able to reconcile (particularly once he realizes he is also a mutant), but that’s a long way off.

[ulfhrafnxa]

five ask meme: affection pls ! ⭐

FIRST FIVE ASKS GET A KISS 2/5 

How they’d managed to escape an ambush orchestrated by the Thalmor was divine intervention at its best, she was certain, the gods making their presence known by way of impeccable luck. For a moment she had been certain they would be spending the remainder of their evening behind bars. With the manner in which her insolence ran rampant when disrespected she doubted she would make it that far to begin with, doubted they would manage to so much as reach for their chains before she assumed the defensive. And that was precisely what had happened, Lira quick to draw her blade the moment tension moved past annoying to dangerous.

        She would die fighting before she ever allowed anyone to throw her in a cage.

 Despite valiant effort, however, they were greatly outnumbered, and no matter how many bodies hit the ground, more seemed to sprout in their stead. Still they refused to surrender, nearly cornered when the unexpected happened…

  A rock slide. Most likely a trap of some sort triggered nearby. It crushed those who remained and provided them with a chance to escape in the chaos. An opportunity she did not hesitate to accept.

    From a full sprint, she slows in pace, jogging to a complete stop ( and catching her breath ) once they’d put enough distance between themselves and the carnage they’d left behind.

   ❝ Of all the ways in which I imagined that ending, that was the furthest from my mind. ❞ She laughs in disbelief, adrenaline still pumping through her blood stream as she squeezes his torso and coaxes him closer, so she could kiss whichever part of his face she reached first. Whether out of gratitude for her continued freedom or his assistance she couldn’t decide. Possibly both. 

                       ❝ —Come on. We are drinking tonight until we pass out.❞

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OOC: Time to spill the beans! While you mention (and her name implies) her inclination towards electricity, I'd love to know more about her powers. What can she do, what can't she do? How did she realize that she's capable of all these things? Are there moments when her abilities conflict with mundane tasks? What's, in her opinion, the greatest advantage and the greatest disadvantage of her skills?

Aaaaahhh, thank you so much for sending these questions over! Great opportunity to flesh Volt out more :D

What can she do, what can’t she do?

Right now, she can conjure up limited amounts of electricity, but control/manipulate existing power sources with more oomph. Volt’s pretty new to her abilities, so presently her talents lie in things like: charging dead batteries, temporarily powering devices that aren’t plugged in, and blowing things up. In classic X-men style, a lot of her powers get a boost from emotional overload and can cause a ton more destruction.

Eventually, with lots more practice and hopefully some training, a long way down the line she’s going to be able to manifest an electrical form and actually possess devices or travel through wires, call down lightning, and someday? Potentially begin manipulating people’s bioelectricity. Having any of that under control is late-game Volt, though she may manifest some of it occasionally in bad situations (probably to very destructive results, haha.)

How did she realize that she’s capable of all these things? Are there moments when her abilities conflict with mundane tasks?

It started off innocuous and simple. Whenever she made skin-to-skin contact with people, through something as simple as passing a pencil (for example), they got a little shock sometimes. No big deal. Then her devices started behaving… strangely. Sometimes they’d drain in 20 minutes, even when she wasn’t using it. Sometimes the battery wouldn’t go down for the *whole day.*  Her home computer fried itself pretty thoroughly while she was working on a particularly exhausting/vexing assignment for school and occasionally the computers she used at school would randomly shut themselves off. She blamed it on cheap, old tech most of the time. And shocking people? Just static shock, happens to everyone sometimes.

But then things started to get… odd. When she became upset over something, she found that lights began to flicker. The first couple times, she wrote it off as bad wiring. When it continued to happen, she and other people began to notice. Slowly, she realized she could make the lights flicker on command if she focused really intensely. This lead to experiments with other things until she was certain she could control electricity. She was a mutant.

The stronger her abilities grew in practice, the more often they manifested without her permission. All too soon, it became impossible to hide from people who spent any significant amount of time around her. Growing pains weren’t subtle!

I’m sort of toying with the idea that maybe she tried to take on her electrical form way too early and lost her left arm to the ether in the process. I’m still mulling that over.

What’s, in her opinion, the greatest advantage and the greatest disadvantage of her skills?

Honestly, Volt would tell you the only downside is other people. She is fiercely proud of what she can do and thinks there’s a lot of ways her powers could be used. Sure, she’s the first to admit she doesn’t have it all on lockdown yet, but she’ll get there.

But yeesh, other people can be one heck of a downside sometimes. Nothing scares her like the threat of Sentinel Services.

[ulfhrafnxa]

@rotlaust

      Sweat still clings to her brow as the sounds of steel clashing against steel halt, if only for a moment, in the wake of approaching footsteps upon cobblestone. Not uncommon for the grounds of Jorrvaskr at this time of day, but the scent the wind carried with it was one not of her brethren. Yet familiar all the same. Enough so, that she abandons her sparring partner all together, sword still in hand as she advances to meet their unexpected guest. Confusion worn upon pallid visage the moment recognition sets in.

                              ❝ —– Skeitan ?!  ❞

[ulfhrafnx]

[  push  ] ANGY LIRA ANGY LIRA ANGY LIRA

meme // @rotlaust

he shoves her out of the way and it feels like he’s run her through with his blade. the wound inflicted quickly putrefying. in an instant she wedges herself between him and agni once more , patience finally extinguished. she cares little for the brittleness of human bone as she forces him back with all her might. restraint teetering on the edge. she advances and does not stop until his back is against the wall. her body a shield between him and irreparable damage.  

agni needs no one to fight on her behalf but she can not allow this situation to escalate any further , can not stand idly by as her heart rips itself in two. each half vying for the destruction of the other. ❝ enough , please. ❞

gaze meets his in final warning, the fire he’d stoked still burning in her eyes, eyes he says their gods can see through , but her tone is far more pleading  than she’s ever allowed it to be.

                                     do not make her choose , it begs.                                              ‘ you’re all i have left. ’

hands reach up to cup both of his cheeks, forcing him to maintain eye contact. to truly hear and see her. though he has to bend down to do so. gangly thing that he is.

❝ i have had enough of war and death and heartbreak. i would hang my shield up for good if it meant an end to all this suffering. our time here with one another is already so short … we have lost so much… do not ask me to count you amongst the dead. ❞ 

he thinks himself an outsider , not privy to the love she and agni share. that perhaps she is incapable of loving another with the same intensity , the same sincerity —- but he is wrong. her love is infinite. and she loves him as much today as she had when they were still children. there is no time she can recall where he hasn’t held space in her heart.

❝ i will not see you in sovngarde, ❞ they would not laugh and drink and feast together within it’s great halls , ❝ the hunting grounds call to me, ❞ each day that call becoming harder and harder to ignore , ❝ .. do not rob me of what time remains.  ❞  she rests her forehead against his, silently praying for understanding. for those who lived their lives within shield walls tomorrow was never guaranteed. so she values each moment spent in the company of those most precious to her, living each day as if it were her last.

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‘ and when were you going to tell me? ’

   SOFT FAMILY THINGS // NO LONGER ACCEPTING 

    she does what she is best at — directing attention away from herself, but she can still feel his eyes upon her. persistent and prying. “ when i was certain i could trust you with so heavy a burden, “ with not only her secrets but her livelihood as well. when she was certain that fear did not govern his heart.  “ would it have made any difference if i had told you sooner ? “ his reaction would still be the same, no ? 

    glancing up to meet his gaze she isn’t surprised to see that pointed look she’d come to know well fixed upon her. rousing forth a heavy exhale of breath.  “ it was never my intention to be deceptive, the topic never came up in conversation  —– and i am more than certain you have your fair share of secrets, champion of namira, buried deep within that beautifully unusual mind of yours. hm? i am not the only one with hidden truths.”  to cement her point she taps his forehead with her index finger, smirking before tending to her blade once more. “ you are welcome to judge me when you can best me in battle.” 

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@rotlaust replied to your post “probably no use to write any of this well past midnight in the us,...”

Im on break and the customers are ATROCIOUS, reading abt her picks me up...

Thank you so much! I love hearing that ❤