Lilianne rushed out her door, mentally reprimanding herself for spacing off and missing breakfast. “Jesus, Lili, you’ve fucked up again.” She hisses, shaking her head in annoyance and running down her her classes in a hurry. Brown curls bouncing across her back, she takes a sharp turn, dodging people and familiars alike.

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Ignis… Read more

Lilianne rolled over, opening her eyes to find a letter poking her face repeatedly. Giving a short shriek, she rolls completely off the bed, curls a static shock around her face. “What the fuck kind of alarm clock is this?” She hisses, grabbing the letter and ripping it open. Scanning the text quickly, she pulls the key and card off and… Read more

Lilianne’s eyelids slowly started closing. The day had taken a lot out of her, no less. The lights were still shining, her phone was still in hand, and her shoes were still on, but she succumbed to the shadowy depth of slumber, quiet and dreamless.

Ignis tweeted loudly, turning to Aurora. “Oh!” He chirped, beak snapping open and shut with excitement. “You must be my roommate! I’m Ignis.” He babbles, the lights in the room dimming and brightening slightly behind him.

Lilianne set down her guitar, sighing softly. She grabs the classes paper, checking classes off. Charms, Illusionary, Ritual magic, Transfiguration. “There.” She sets it back down, strapping her guitar in her case and pulling her phone from her suitcase. No calls. She scrolls through her photos, stopping on one of her and her mother, right… Read more

“Yeah, I guess so.” She had intentions of playing her guitar again, really. “Thanks. I- I’ll go.” She turns, walking back to her dorm and throwing the sheet on the small table, picking up her guitar. She begins to strum softly, the sound loud enough to travel outside the hallway. Her fingers moves up and down the fingerboard, a sweet,… Read more

Tessa sees the hand appear, and rather than startle, she merely disappears, the shadows of her form curling around his hand in a cold embrace.

The shadows in which Tessa resided swirled in a mass and formed her, the colour of  her bodyreturning in split seconds. “I know this lake wasn’t frozen over… Damn.” She hisses, winded from being a shadow for that long.

Tessa sighed heavily, making sure no one was watching before she disappeared in a swirl of black, following Markie’s rapidly disappearing form through the snow.

Lilianne knitted her eyebrows together at Ms. Claude’s statement, tugging her sleeve down to hide the bracelet. “Lived with them my whole damn life,” She mutters, turning towards the door. “Thanks… again. Wait, wait, shit. I don’t have a schedule yet. Damn it, only I could screw up this badly.” She smacks a hand to her head, rolling her… Read more

“I can’t decide whether to take my leave or to follow you.” Tessa replies simply, turning. “I have nothing to go home to, considering I do not have a home, but it’s my obligation to protect… younger members of the Wanted society. I’d like to accompany you for a bit.”

Lilianne stared for a few moments in total relief. For once in over 15 years, her head was her own.  And then the manners that her mother had given up on teaching her kicked in. “T-Thank you. A lot.” She stammered, feeling a bit awkward but thankful at the same time.

 

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(I’ll just continue from that last line ouo)

Ignis uses his wing to… Read more

Tessa disappeared for a moment, her form flickering black before returning in less than the blink of an eye. “You startled me.” She says simply, not bothering to turn around. “Tessa.”

“Damn it.” Tessa swears softly, composing herself. She takes a moment to pull down her sleeves, staring at the ‘X XVII” and the “XXV XXVIII” on each respective wrist. “Wait!” She calls, not hopeful that he would hear her. “I never learned your name.”

 

“Damn it.” Tessa swears softly, composing herself. She takes a moment to pull down her sleeves, staring at the ‘X XVII” and the “IV XXVIII” on each respective wrist. “Wait!” She calls, not hopeful that he would hear her. “I never learned your name.”

 

“You really believe I follow this goverment? You believe I’m weak?” She asks quietly, seeming uneffected by his outburst. Her figure suddenly disappeared, replaced by the flickering shadows taking her form before she appeared again. “I smuggle illegal items to survive, and I’m a Wanted, just like you.”

“I’m not beautiful.” Lilianne states bluntly, gesturing to Claude. “Yeah, um, what she said.” Geeze, Daisy had a lot of energy. “Yeah, yeah, sure, let’s.” She nods awkwardly, pushing her brown hair behind her shoulders and striding forward shakily.

 

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(Leeeeeeeeet’s just pretend he said Aurora’s room number.)

“I’m not beautiful.” Lilianne states bluntly, gesturing to Claude. “Yeah, um, what she said.” <i>Geeze, Daisy had a lot of energy.</i> “Yeah, yeah, sure, let’s.” She nods awkwardly, pushing her brown hair behind her shoulders and striding forward shakily.

 

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(Leeeeeeeeet’s just pretend he said Aurora’s room number.)

“My purpose of living is to find my mother’s killer and to end violent crimes of his sort.” Tessa says almost automatically, her face taking on a blank quality before it wears off. “Do not act condescending with me, child.”

(Ignis is a pretty tiny animal… wonder who he should share his room with?)

 

“I’d trust your advice over any of those damn shrinks dear mother used to send me to.” She looks back up, feeling slightly better. “It really sucks when someone’s,” She raises an eyebrow, using quote fingers. ” ‘Private’ thoughts get in your head. Especially… Read more

“You can’t be any older than eleven.” She hisses quietly, shaking her head. “I’ve been doing this for over 17 years, and I’ve had a number of close calls. You cannot act as if the threat of death isn’t there.” She raises a thin eyebrow, looking down at Markie. “You are very brave, I admit. But acts such as that shall end you up in a grave, boy.”

Lilianne looked up, tangled hair hanging in front of her face. “I’ve always heard them. Always. My mom hated me for it. And now, there might be someone here who can help, damn i-” She bites back the swear, continuing. “I  can’t control what I hear. Even if someone isn’t talking, their voice is in my head, can even talk to other voices, like… Read more

Lilianne didn’t bother with the greetings or thank you’s. “How do I make the voices stop?” She hisses, stumbling slightly. “They never go away. I can’t ignore them.” She says softly, almost like a child, rubbing at her forehead and trying in vain to shut out the voices.

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Ignis flew down to alight upon Delilah’s back once more,… Read more

“Stop.” Tessa snaps, letting go of his wrist and kicking roughly at the shadows detaching themselves from corners to pool at her feet. “You’re going to get yourself killed for being a Wanted, and me killed for assisting a Wanted. I’d rather keep the both of us alive.”

“Excuse me a moment.” Tessa narrows her eyes, standing up and dragging Markie with her to a momentarily empty side alley. “You realize what you just did could’ve gotten you killed, Wanted?” She says coolly, face devoid of emotion.

 

“Thank you.” She says softly, holding the small flower deftly between her pale fingers, letting the bright blue petals lay in her palm. The small shadows were pooling under her boots, creeping around her legs. Unwinding the scarf from her neck, she laid it across his lap gently. “You’re much smaller than me. I don’t need it,” she explains… Read more

“It is.” Tessa answers, not bothering to turn. She had her father’s coat like always, and a scarf she’d gotten from the market. Her curls blew around her face briskly, dotted with white and damp from the snow.

Tessa looks down at her feet, pieces of white, freezing snow tangling themselves in her brown hair. She was moving at a brisk pace, whisps of black smoke seemingly following her. Her hand was slipped inside her coat, clutching onto a package for dear life. It was the last package she had to deliver for the day, probably drugs. It didn’t… Read more

Name: Tessa Williams

Age: 16

Personality: Tessa is a very intelligent, calculating girl. She tends to be unemotional and cold, keeping things on a need-to-know basis, so she often doesn’t enjoy talking about herself or her background. Mostly, she’s polite and quick to give an unemotional response rather than her actual feelings, and… Read more

Name: Tessa Williams

Age: 16

Personality: Tessa is a very intelligent, calculating girl. She tends to be unemotional and cold, keeping things on a need-to-know basis, so she often doesn’t enjoy talking about herself or her background. Mostly, she’s polite and quick to give an unemotional response rather than her actual feelings, and… Read more

Name: Tessa Williams

Age: 16

Personality: Tessa is a very intelligent, calculating girl. She tends to not take human emotion into account and keep things on a need-to-know basis, so often doesn’t enjoy talking about herself or her background. Mostly, she’s polite and quick to give an unemotional response rather than her actual feelings,… Read more

Name: Tessa Williams

Age: 16

Personality: Tessa is a very intelligent, calculating girl. She tends to not take human emotion into account and keep things on a need-to-know basis, so often doesn’t enjoy talking about herself or her background. Mostly, she’s polite and quick to give an unemotional response rather than her actual feelings, … Read more

The character format:

-Wanted-

Name: 

Age: 

Personality:

Appearance:

Skills/Ability:

Backstory: 

Equipment/Weapons:

Weaknesses:

The character format:

-Wanted-

Name: 

Age: 

Personality:

Skills/Ability:

Backstory: 

Equipment/Weapons:

Weaknesses:

Lilianne took her left hand off the strings, pressing it to her forehead. Many, many thoughts were leaking into her subconscious. Taking her best effort to keep her hands from shaking, she put her guitar away and dashed down the stairs, keeping one hand on her temples and the other to knock on Ms. Claude’s door. The thoughts were even louder,… Read more

I never told her my name. Lilianne shakes her head, punching in her room number and taking the tube up to the room. Practically throwing her stuff down and collapsing on the bed, she sighs and stares at the ceiling, trying to block out the faint voices tickling at the back of her mind, as always. New school, new life. All good. Sitting back… Read more

“I… I didn’t say anything that happened to me.” She grabs the slip of paper, using the excuse of needing a flat surface to break away from her touch and place the paper on the floor, writing her name neatly and throwing it in the fire. The woman was friendly, and definitely maternal, but she reminded Lilianne too much of the mother she’d… Read more

“Yeah… I am.” Lilianne says simply, not meeting the woman’s eyes. She definitely had an air of superiority, and her thoughts were the same. “I have no idea where I’m supposed to go… My mom didn’t wake me up.”

 

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“Oh!” Ignis tweeted, turning extremely fast and letting himself flap to the ground. “Yes, yes, I am lost, sorry.”

“Yo! Anybody know where the hell I’m supposed to go?” Lilianne calls in a last desperate measure, looking up at the ceiling and seeing a bird flit over her head. Weird.

 

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Ignis zooms through the halls, not really knowing where he was going but not wanting to get locked out. Tweeting softly, he just hangs around the ceiling.

“You know what? Screw it.” Lilianne dumps her stuff in the corner, trudging back outside to the fireworks show and wincing from all the damn happy voices. “Would it kill people to shut up for one minute?” She mutters, not wanting to join the group.

 

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Ignis lands in a tree, watching the fireworks in a fright. Flaming pellets… Read more