AV! Jayden Sylvia (Shard)

Individual 

Character's full name: Jayden Sylvia
Alias/ Nickname/ Code name: Shard
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Date of Birth: (06/17/1998) 
Birthplace/ Home/ Place of origin: Angelica, New York
Nationality: American
Ethnicity/ Cultural Heritage: British/Dutch

Appearance

Hair color and style: Long, black, straight
Skin Tone: Pale
Eye Color: Green
Height: 5'8
Build: Thin and slightly sickly.
Visible mutation: Her skin is dotted with multi-coloured crystal growths.
Scars/ Tattoos/ Piercings: None
Other features: (if applicable)

Everyday clothing style: Having little to no money, Jayden wears whatever she can find or steal. Hoodies and jeans, often with holes, dirt and other damage are common.
Uniform: N/a
Sleepwear: Mostly sleeping on the streets, she sleeps in whatever she's wearing.
Miscellaneous clothing: (if applicable)

Character

Personality: Jayden is volitle and easily set off. Coming from a background of abuse and very little love, she expects the worst of people. Others are either there to take advantage of her or to beat on her or make fun of her and often all of the above. Mostly, she prefers to avoid people and live alone with her pets because her pets will never hurt her. Fight or flight is her usual response to danger, with fight being the far preferred option. Animals are much better than people.

Freedom is something Jayden prizes above almost all other things. Even if there was someone willing to help her, if she perceives that help as being a threat to her autonomy then that help is not something she desires. People in positions of authority are to be especially distrusted because they're the ones that pose the greatest potential threat to her continued life as he knows it.

Jayden is more than a little unpredictable and emotionally unstable. Having been alone for so long with no one but her pets, she never learned to properly moderate her emotions or her actions. If she desires something, she seeks it out with little comprehension of patience or consequence. 

Hobbies/ Interests: Music, caring for animals.
Job or part time job and description: Begging and stealing.
Fears/ phobias/ concerns: Being imprisoned or otherwise physically constrained
Special talents: Singing

Morality

Good/ bad/ neutral/ other: Chaotic Neutral - Its all about personal survival. Whether or not other people are harmed in the process is largely irrelevant. No one is willing to help her, so why should she help anyone else? While she has no desire to kill, she'll do whatever needs doing to stay alive and stay independent. Any alliances she might form tend to be temporary and almost always end abruptly.

Mutations

Mutation description: 
Psycrystal Pet Manifestation and Manipulation - Jayden's power is twofold with one aspect feeding the other. First, psycristal grows from her skin and second she can separate the psycrystal from her skin and melt and form it into animated animal shapes which she can then control mentally.

Psycrystal Skin Growth - The psycrystal skin grows in a random and uncontrolled fashion. It can appear to be any gem colour. Each growth starts out about the size of a penny and expands from there. She can have anywhere from 1 to a half dozen psycrystal growths at any one time. They are smooth and shiny in texture and slowly expand over time. Each growth starts out its own colour and as they expand, they eventually combine seamlessly together.

Psycrystal Pets - Jayden uses her psycrystal to form psycrystal animals. With a thought, she can melt the psycrystal off of her skin and form it into one or multiple animate animal forms which she can then control her with mind.

Strengths:
Psycrystal Skin Growth -
- Psycrystal is stronger than regular skin, strong enough to defend against any unarmed strikes and minor scrapes, cuts and bruises from short falls, low-impact bludgeoning or slashing damage. 

Psycrystal Pets - 
- Psycrystal can be formed into a great variety of different animal forms. If the animal naturally occurs in nature and is within the size limitation, the psycrystal can be formed into that shape. Once formed, psycrystal pets can be melted together and reformed into different shapes. Multiple psycrystal pets can exist at any one time, as detailed in weaknesses.

- Psycrystal pets can move in all the natural ways the animal mimicked can move. It has the same psychical characteristics of an average animal of that species with the exception that it is made out of psycrystal. 

- Psycrystal is sharp. Claws, the tips of wings and feet, the ends of tails, the tips of ears, ect. all end in razor sharp points.

- Being made of psycrystal, the pets are resistant to most forms of minor physical damage.

Weaknesses and Limitations:
Psycrystal Skin Growth
- Psycrystal is not strong enough to defend against bullets, stabbing or high impact bludgeoning damage.

-Psycristyal is brittle. When damaged, it is prone to shatter. Once shattered, the psycrystal will fall off of her skin and cannot be used to form into a pet.

- Where and how the psycrystal grows is random and uncontrollable. Psycrystal grows at the following rate: It takes about 1 hour to expand from the size of a penny to the size of the palm of a hand, about 1 day to expand to the size of an arm, 2 days to expand to the size of a leg and about 1 week to expand to cover her whole body. 

- When psycrystal grows over her joints, they become rigid and difficult to move. As such, she has to melt off the psycrystal regularly. Psycrystal can either be melted into a pet or simply melted away and discarded.

- Due to the makeup of the crystals, a high salt diet is necessary and Jayden must consume approximately 5X the amount of salt of most humans to remain healthy. If not enough salt is consumed, she will become sick and weak.

Psycrystal Pets - 
- It takes time to melt psycrystal skin into a psycrystal pet. Creating something the size of a rat (1 lb) takes about 1 minute, about 3 minutes for the size of a cat (12 lbs), about 8 minutes for the size of a medium dog (30 lbs), 15 minutes for the size of a wolf (85 lbs) or 30 minutes for something the size of a human (120 Lbs). Although multiple psycrystal pets can exist and be controlled simultaneously, each pet must be formed separately. 

- Up to 3 psycrystal pets can be controlled independently at any one time. More can be created and controlled, but if more are being controlled they must act like a unit working in concert with one another, such as a swarm of bats or a swarm of rats.

- The maximum amount of psycrystal that can be controlled as psycrystal pets is the equivalent of Jayden's own bodyweight, about 120 Lbs.

- If a psycrystal pet is injured or shatters, it falls to the ground and can no longer be controlled or reformed into another pet. 

- If not actively being controlled, a psycrystal pet will act as a mostly mindless automaton. It will passively follow a few feet behind her, move out of the way of obsticles in its path, ect. but will otherwise not do anything. When Jayden ceases to move, her pets will likewise be still, either sitting or standing like statues.

- Direct concentration is needed in order for a pet to do anything other than act passively. Controlling 1 autonomous pet can be done with relatively little effort. 2 autonomous pets and additional actions requring moderate precision or concentration becomes difficult. The level of concentration is slightly less than reading a book; she could walk, carry on a basic conversation and retain a moderate awareness of her surroundings but couldn't engage in any action more in depth than reading. 3 autonomous pets and little more can be done than stand and concentrate upon their actions. Controlling a swarm would require approximately the same level of concentration as controlling 2 autonomous pets. More pets than can be controlled can exist at any one time with extra pets remaining passive until concentration is shifted to them.

- 100 ft is the maximum range. Beyond that range, a psycrystal pet will un-animate and crumble. At that point, new psycrystal will have to be melted and formed into a new pet.

- To do anything but act as a passive member of its species, direct line of sight and concentration is needed.

Physical Abilities

General Physical Capabilities: Jayden is good at running but is otherwise somewhat malnourished and therefore in poor physical shape.
Fighting Style: Running away is always the best option. If not, she's reliant upon her pets.
Fighting Style Pros/Cons: Sometimes running away isn't an option.

History Of Your Character
Jayden was born in the small town of Angelica, New York to her mother, Kristine Sylvia. Poverty was a reality of her life from the beginning. As a single mother and high school dropout, Kristine did her best to provide her her daughter but it wasn't always easy. Working 2 jobs in order to make ends meet, Jayden learned early on how to take care of herself. From a young age, she would come home from school, make her own meals and put herself to bed. Kristine was never an especially compassionate mother but she did care for her daughter and helped ensure she had the basic necessities of life.

As Jayden grew into her teenage years, she had few restrictions placed upon her. School was never something she took to and she often got into trouble for skipping, bullying or talking back to her teachers. While bright, she was easily bored and had little respect for people in authority. There were just so many other things that were much more exciting than school.

When Jayden first manifested her powers at the age of 12, that was the end of any sort of positive relationship with her mother. At first, it was only the strange, colourful gems growing on her skin, but that was enough to have her exiled from her house. She was told, in no uncertain terms, that she was to leave and never come back. Alone and afraid, she did so.

For the next year, she lived on the streets of her home town, trying to hide her mutant monstrosity as best as she could. As the weeks and months went on, small patches of crystal growths and covered more of her body. One night, while starving and desperate, some of the crystal growths melted off her her skin and came together to form a large red and purple cat. Gleaming and sharp edged, she took control of it with her mind and had it attack a pair of teenagers sitting on a bench eating lunch in the evening hours. They fled, leaving their food behind and she took it for herself. Not long after discovering the full capabilities of her powers, she hitchhiked her way to New York where she proceeded live on the streets.

Roleplay
What’s your OOC alias?: Mage
Where did you learn about this site?: Google
Do you have any other characters on MRO, if so who: Right now, just Darkshift but in the past Meld, Juka and Amber
Sample RP: It was raining heavy all around her. It was dark although not yet late. Jayden sat huddled under an overhang of a small store that had just closed for the night. Today her face was mostly clear, although there was a green crystal growth along the left side of her neck and a blue growth on one of her hands. To either side of her sat two crystal dogs, one green and the other blue. Her black hair was dripping and lay lax across her face. She shivered in the cold, wet night air.

Across from her, two happy laughing people walked past, umbrellas in hand. "I hate them," she muttered, placing a hand upon one of her pets. "They don't know what they have or how good they have it. They take it all for granted." Her voice was bitter although she kept her words low enough that they couldn't hear over the sound of the pattering rain. "Maybe we should show them what its like to not have everything just given to, just like that." It was tempting to send one of her pets after them. Very tempting. Just to hear them scream and see the blood running down their pretty little faces.

The urge passed as quickly as it had come and, ultimately, Jayden did nothing. She was lonely and cold and she just wanted to be warm again. When the rain was gone, then it would be better. It was always better when the rain was gone. When it was dry then her pets were enough. Usually she could find food and a dark hole to hide in, but it was different when it was wet. When it rained, she shivered and suffered in silence, alone save her pets. Alone because no one cared. Not that she wanted them to, of course not. Not that she cared about them. She just...sometimes she just wanted to be warm.

Congrats Darkshift ^_^ I look forward to reading your threads! Also RPing!

Lovely talent my dear but how long can you maintain your shifts, and does the energy have a limit?

Welcome to MRO!

Thanks for the words of welcome.

My shifts can be maintained indefinitely or until I'm asleep or unconscious. There does appear to be a limit in the amount of energy available to harness but it doesn't burn in the same way as something like, say, fuel burns. Only a finite number of shifts can occur at any one time, but they can change on a whim and be maintained as long as desired.

You're most welcome.

I see. That's quite useful.

Great bio! Love the mutation use and very nice personality description! Looking forward to our thread!

Individual 

Character's full name: Jayden Sylvia

Alias/ Nickname/ Code name: Darkshift

Gender: Female

Age: 18

Date of Birth: (06/17/1998) 

Birthplace/ Home/ Place of origin: Angelica, New York

Nationality: American

Ethnicity/ Cultural Heritage: British/Dutch

Appearance

Hair color and style: Black Mohawk

Skin Tone: Pale

Eye Color: Green

Height: 5'8

Build: Moderately athletic but not visibly toned.

Visible mutation: Unless specified otherwise, black cat claws at the end of each finger. Otherwise only when powers are active.

Scars/ Tattoos/ Piercings: Septum and labret piercing

Other features: (if applicable)

Everyday clothing style: Jayden is a punk. This usually means patched denim, spikes, safety pins and torn or repaired clothing. 

Uniform: (if applicable)

Sleepwear:

Miscellaneous clothing: (if applicable)

Character

Personality: Jayden is brash and stand-offish. She's quick to judge the ill intentions of others and touchy when it comes to any perceived slight against herself. Because people have hurt and betrayed her in the past, she assumes that people just shouldn't be trusted. Independence is something worth striving for because if one doesn't need anything from others than it becomes harder for others to hurt you. Respect is something that must be earned but once earned is hard to break.

Freedom is something Jayden prizes almost above all other things. If she can be said to be distrustful about people in general, this is especially true of people in positions of authority. Why go crying to someone else if a problem can be solved by one's own ingenuity?

Hobbies/ Interests: Music, reading, art

Job or part time job and description: Busking

Fears/ phobias/ concerns: Being alone forever and being betrayed again

Special talents: Playing Guitar

Morality

Good/ bad/ neutral/ other: Neutral. Jayden is just trying to make her way in a world she sees as hostile towards herself. If no one else cares about her then why should she care about them? Except when she's been personally slighted by someone, she isn't intentionally cruel or malicious but she also holds no compunction against petty crime if it means bettering her own position. If slighted, however, she considers it a matter of personal respect to reciprocate and show that she is not weak and will not be made a victim.

Mutations

Mutation description: 

Energetic Partial Shifter - Jayden is essentially a partial shifter. She can manifest and shape her personal energies in a variety of different ways, essentially shifting additions onto her body. The shifts resulting from the energetic manifestation are always completely black. Through the manifestation of this energy, shifts can only add to Jayden's natural body, never remove from it and must always be of a something found naturally in animals. She can do such things as grow spikes, claws, limbs, wings scales, ect although all such things are obviously unnatural as they manifest completely black.

Strengths: Because Jayden can manifest her energies in a variety of ways, it allows for a great deal of versatility. This can include such things as warmth from fur or feathers, damage dealing from claws or horns, minor physical protection from scales or gliding from wings.

Because the energies manifest pitch black, if manifested around her entire body they improve her stealth in dark areas. 

Any organic natural trait that can exist in animals can be manifested through the use of this ability. This can include such things as claws, horns, spikes, scales, fur, feathers,, limbs, wings, ect.

Anything manifested can be controlled as if it were a natural extension of her own body.

Weaknesses and Limitations:

Jayden cannot manifest anything that does not naturally occur on an animal.

The strength and traits of anything manifested are the equivalent of that manifested shift comparable to its size. 

Anything manifested must be proportional to her natural size. 

The maximum range of anything manifested is 10 ft but only if the thing being manifested could naturally occur at that size as proportional to her body.

If wings are manifested, they do not allow for flight because her body is otherwise unadapted to flight.

While manifestations can hide Jayden's identity through changes to her face, they are always obviously unnatural due to their pitch black color.

As shifts are essentially extensions of her own body, if a manifested shift is attacked, Jayden feels pain and takes damage.

Jayden can maintain up to 5 shifts at any one time. A shift might include such things as modifications to skin, claws on a hand, a single limb (1 arm, wing, tail, ect). or snout full of teeth. 

Physical Abilities

General Physical Capabilities: Jayden has good strength and stamina and moderate agility. She is physically active and thus physically fit.

Fighting Style: Jaydan has no formal training and mostly relies upon her mutant power in a fight.

Fighting Style Pros/Cons: While Jayden has learned to take care of herself, she is sometimes overly reliant upon her mutant abilities. She has little experience facing anyone of formal training.

History Of Your Character

Jayden was born in the small town of Angelica, New York to her mother, Kristine Sylvia. Poverty was a reality of her life from the beginning. As a single mother and high school dropout, Kristine did her best to provide her her daughter but it wasn't always easy. Working 2 jobs in order to make ends meet, Jayden learned early on how to take care of herself. From a young age, she would come home from school, make her own meals and put herself to bed. Kristine was never an especially compassionate mother but she did care for her daughter and helped ensure she had the basic necessities of life.

As Jayden grew into her teenage years, she had few restrictions placed upon her. School was never something she took to and she often got into trouble for skipping, bullying or talking back to her teachers. While bright, she was easily bored and had little respect for people in authority. There were just so many other things that were much more exciting than school.

When Jayden first manifested her powers, it was after an argument with her mother. Yet another argument with her mother. Much to Jayden's surprise given their usually cold and distant relationship, Kristine was supportive of her mutant daughter and they worked together coming up a plan to help her learn to control her abilities while remaining hidden. For those brief months, mother and daughter had never been closer. This came to an abrupt end when her mother's boyfriend discovered her secret and went crazy. He told Kristine that she had to choose between him and her daughter and it was him that Kristine chose. Jayden ran away later that night, taking with her what little money her mother and mother's boyfriend possessed.

After running away Jayden hitchhiked her way up to New York City where she found an unscrupulous landlord to rent a small bachelor to her under the table. She has been supporting herself through a combination of busking, petty theft and other occasional illicit activities.

Roleplay

What’s your OOC alias?: Mage

Where did you learn about this site?: Google

Do you have any other characters on MRO, if so who: No

Sample RP:

Sample RP: Jayden stood in the shadows, learning against the wall of an obscure alleyway. Black scales covered the entirety of her scaled body in addition to black pants and a black trench coat. The only thing of color to be seen were her eyes, two green orbs. From the tips of her scaled fingers were sharp black cat-like claws. She had been crouched in her present location for almost half an hour, silently watching people come and go from the nearby nightclub. It was one of the higher end nightclubs in the city and she had learned from experience that many who exited its doors had money. She needed money. Rent was due soon.

Jayden ignored the pair of giggling girls that walked out together. Powers or no powers, she had to choose her victim carefully and it wasn't as if she didn't have time to wait for the right one to come out. One, being among the keys in the choice of a target. Why risk an encounter with multiple people when, sooner or later, there would be someone foolish and alone to take advantage of? It was only a matter of time.

The proper target presented himself around 15 minutes later. Stumbling slightly and obviously intoxicated, he waved to his friends still inside while turning down the alley towards Jayden. He was her man. By this time she was experienced enough to wait for him to pass her by before stepping forward and out of the shadows toward him. Before he had a chance to react, Jadyen wrapped one arm around him and placed her other hand over his mouth, claws digging into his flesh just enough to let him know they were there. He stiffened and tried to say something that came out as a mumble through her fingers.

"Be quiet and don't say anything, I'm not going to hurt you unless you force me too." A slight pressure from her claws just to make sure he knew she was serious. The man managed a muffled ascent and a nod. "All I want is your money, point with you hand towards your wallet. Any wrong move ends badly for you. With a gesture, her victim pointed to a pocket. A third arm, black as the rest of her, grew from Jayden's side and the third hand grabbed the wallet. Her prize in hand, she pushed the man roughly to the ground and began running. Some might say her actions were unethical but the way she saw it, the man probably had more money than he knew what to do with anyway if he was frequenting a club like that and she needed it more than he did. She did what she had to survive, simple as that.