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CHARACTER NAME: Scarlett Langford
CHARACTER SERIES: Original Character

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Backtagging: Yes. I'll backtag forever into the sunset.
Threadhopping: If we talk about it beforehand, first.
Fourthwalling: Pretty difficult as an OC so this doesn't really apply.
Offensive subjects (elaborate): I'm pretty good with dealing with most things - but it's always good to talk about it first.

[IC]

Hugging this character: You can try, but she'll probably punch you.
Kissing this character: Maybe, if she likes you.
Flirting with this character: Go for it, she might flirt back if she likes you enough.
Fighting with this character: Go for it, Scarlett likes hitting people.
Injuring this character (include limits and severity): I like to talk about things beforehand. Getting bruised and battered is pretty fine with me since she fights a lot anyway but more severe injuries will definitely need a conversation about.
Killing this character: Eh, she's already been there before. Let's say no.
Using telepathy/mind reading abilities on this character: As a Temeluchus, Scarlett's abilities are mental/psychological in nature. Because of this, she has some degree of protection of others using mental abilities on her. It would take someone with a lot of skill and practice to get through her mental defences.

Warnings:

* Scarlett swears a lot. Like, most sentences will include her swearing.
* She has also struggled with drug addiction in the past and is a borderline alcoholic with her bouts of heavy drinking.
* Scarlett has been a victim of domestic abuse - both witnessing her parents and having the abuse put on her directly via her father using his powers on her to essentially 'make her love him' as well as physical abuse. She doesn't like to talk about it and won't actively discuss it until certain circumstances arise but it can come up in prose/stream of consciousness.
* Suffers from PTSD from both her death and witnessing the end of her home world, as well as her experiences with domestic abuse.

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Scarlett is a Temeluchus, a fear demon. She has the ability to deeply sense and manipulate fear in others. She can read a person’s mind and find and replicate that person’s deepest, darkest fears – creating them in the form of an illusion that only that person can see - as a form of torturing them psychologically. You can choose to opt in or opt out of this, as it's likely her Scarlett's abilities might delve into difficult themes. However, those who opt in, I will always approach them for planning/plotting posts that involve Scarlett's powers should she act upon what she senses from your character. Communication is A+

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Scarlett Langford HOME HISTORY PERSONALITY ABILITIES

" sinking like a stone in the sea. " NAME. Scarlett Meredith Langford. NICKNAME. Scar/l, Lettie, "Kid". AGE AND DOB. Appears 21. Actually mid-late 20s (Nov. 01) OCCUPATION. Unemployed. RANK AND SUIT. Chariot / Tower ORIENTATION. Heterosexual. (Leonsexual) DATING STATUS. It's Complicated. HEIGHT. 5'6" BUILD. Weedy; gaining a little muscle. HAIR. Dark brown, loosely curled. EYES. Icy-blue, 20/20 vision. PB. Kaya Scodelario. PLAYER. Cheryl. PLURK. ~chaoticasphyxia. TIME ZONE. London BST.

Scarlett Langford HOME HISTORY PERSONALITY ABILITIES

" don't you ever tame your demons. " Scarlett was born in Northampton, England to a demon father, known as a Glaysa Labolas with the ability to manipulate emotions in others, and a Human mother. She was an only child. Her father was well-trained with his powers and had actually manipulated her mother into loving and marrying him. Things were happy in Scarlett’s life for a long time, she was spoilt and the apple of her father’s eye. That was until her Mother eventually found out about what her husband had been doing to her for so many years due to a chance slip-up and things started to get messy when Scarlett turned thirteen. It was devastating for Scarlett. Her parents divorced and her father moved to the States shortly afterwards. Scarlett and her mother moved from their home in a fairly nice middle-class neighbourhood to a poor housing estate. The divorce was largely unpleasant for Scarlett; she would often hear them arguing constantly and there was a long custody battle over her. Her mother thought it would be better if their daughter would remain with her, while her father insisted she would be better off with him – claiming that her mother wouldn’t be able to cope if Scarlett turned out to be a demon when she became sixteen. It hurt her inside to know that what was a happy home-life was now gone. She became bitter at her parents and grew to hate them both. Scarlett did hear from her Father every now and then – getting presents at Christmas and on her birthday - but their relationship wasn’t the same, strained by the distance between them. In her selfish, unhappy mind – she believed they failed to see what the pair of them were doing to their child, how unhappy they made her feel. As a means of escape and as a way of sticking two fingers up at her parents, she began to hang around bad crowds. She became nothing more a delinquent: drinking and smoking from the age of fourteen and often dabbling in drugs. Gone were the fairly promising grades in her school career, gone was the happy, well behaved child. She would go to house parties and clubs until the early hours and generally indulging in anti-social behaviour, all for the sake of trying to get back at her parents. When Scarlett got her wings, she became a Temeluchus, a demon of fear. She now had the ability to tempt fear in others, looking inside their minds and creating illusions to mentally torture others with. With her new-found power, she felt she could get pay-back for everything that had happened, her mother bearing the brunt of her rage. She began using her powers on her and anyone who deserved it. She’d torture her teachers if they’d scold her in class (on the rare occasions she did actually turn up), hurt people if they tried to mess around with her, even target someone who may have looked at her in a way she didn't like. It didn’t always make her feel any better, but she enjoyed doing it. It was as if she finally had some degree of control in her life. She couldn’t control the breakdown of her parents’ marriage, couldn’t control her living situation in near-poverty, but she could control this and use it for her own gain. She liked having that power to hurt others, having the ability to not be the one who was always hurt in life. And it was true what her father had said. Scarlett’s mother couldn’t cope. After a year of torture and several arguments, she packed her daughter’s bags and sent her off to Chicago to live with her father. Chicago… was interesting to say the least. Her father enrolled her at Looney High, although Scarlett wasn’t sure if he was following the legal requirement, or if he was just trying to get rid of her. Scarlett has already finished compulsory education back in the UK and didn’t need to study (in her eyes, anyway) but her lack of qualifications probably had something to do with getting back into the education system too. It was there, in the first week, that she met the one person who would change (and probably fuck up) her life. And it all started over and argument about her smoking. Scarlett maintained an antagonistic relationship with Leon Warner for months; often striving to argue with him and push his buttons, finding some way to manipulate and bully him. It seemed old habits really do die hard. The tension and anger finally bubbled over when the Rift made Scarlett spill out her darkest and deepest feelings – triggering a fight between her and Leon that ended in a brawl in the park. What Scarlett didn’t know was that Leon was simply using her. The moment a ‘thank you’ slipped out of his lips was the moment Scarlett stopped punching him, realising that he was just as messed up as what she was. She found something in that. Something she couldn’t describe; something that filled her chest with a kind of pressure she didn’t know what to do with. What had started off as such simple fighting and antagonizing turned into something so much deeper. Leon became the focal point in her life, her center. Her feeling toward him scared her off, but she always ended up going back to him. He was the one person she actually began to truly care about. It terrified her. Chicago taught her a lot of lessons in the two years she lived there. She learned the heavy price of her Calling; how dangerous it was. She learned the devastation it caused when left unchecked. She learned both the annoyance and the dangers of the Rift. The carnage it caused as well as the countless situations it would get her in. She learned how little her father actually cared for her. He was often out of the city on business, but whenever he came back – the fighting would start. Maybe it was too late for a relationship now. Scarlett had long resented her father for abandoning her, for ruining the family they had. She would often lash out against him. She once tried using her powers on him, and regretted it instantly. Claude Langford was an experience demon and could easily withstand the wild, weak strength of his daughter’s Calling. In return, he hit her. Then, he used his own Calling on her – and continued to do so for a long time afterwards, trying to keep her in check. This left Scarlett quietly traumatized and she continued on her path of self-destruction. She never spoke about her father’s abuse, only continued to hate him and felt unable to leave his house. She didn’t know if it was her father or the reality – but she knew she had nowhere else to go. She buried everything deep enough, masking it with a drug habit and the heavy boozing. The various disasters she endured in Chicago only added to her trauma. She fell deep, indulging her Calling too much, pushing herself over the edge. She would often fly back home, trying to escape the city and regain some sanity for a while until the city would draw her back once more and the cycle would begin again. She learned that those she would begin to care about would be quickly taken from her. Ford died, Peter was Rifted – it never stopped. She had good days in Chicago, though. Some rare times when the Rift wasn’t giving her grief or her Calling wasn’t destroying her. She made connections, made friends – although she would never call them that to their faces. She respected Paz, an older demon who held herself with such control and pride – even if Scarlett didn’t always agree with her opinions on Wanderers. There was Stefan and Jonathan Crane, who saved her arse so many times she couldn’t count. Even in the good day, they were always there with sarcastic quips, floating somewhere in that morally grey area she could related to and find comfort with. Peter, always there with quiet concern in a way that her own father never had for her. He’d buy her cigarettes, even though he didn’t like it. And then there’s Leon, there’s always Leon. Even they had some rare, brief moments where they could just act like teenagers in a hateful and chaotic world. The world ended on June 21st 2013. Scarlett used the money Ford had left her after his death, in her panic, to buy a plane ticket for her mother to be brought over from the UK in the fortnight leading up to the impending apocalypse. As if it was some feeble attempt to glue her family back together. She couldn’t face knowing she would leave this world remaining broken, her family still divided. It seemed like it was working, for the best part. And on that day, when it finally did all come to a close, Scarlett went rushing out onto the streets to find Leon. But the Rift’s destruction got to her first. Her death would have been a slow and painful one had it not been for Paz finding her. In those final moments, Paz offered her more comfort than she’d ever been given for most of her life and offered a mercy no one else had ever spared her – a snapped neck and a quick dispatch into the darkness of death. She remained dead for two years - until someone else decided that would change. TBC

Scarlett Langford HOME HISTORY PERSONALITY ABILITIES

" you'll find you've nothing to lose. " MBTI ( ISTP-T; THE VIRTUSO ) While their mechanical tendencies can make them appear simple at a glance, ISTPs are actually quite enigmatic. Friendly but very private, calm but suddenly spontaneous, extremely curious but unable to stay focused on formal studies, ISTP personalities can be a challenge to predict, even by their friends and loved ones. ISTPs can seem very loyal and steady for a while, but they tend to build up a store of impulsive energy that explodes without warning, taking their interests in bold new directions. ISTPs' decisions stem from a sense of practical realism, and at their heart is a strong sense of direct fairness, a "do unto others" attitude, which really helps to explain many of ISTPs' puzzling traits. Instead of being overly cautious though, avoiding stepping on toes in order to avoid having their toes stepped on, ISTPs are likely to go too far, accepting likewise retaliation, good or bad, as fair play. The biggest issue ISTPs are likely to face is that they often act too soon, taking for granted their permissive nature and assuming that others are the same. They'll be the first to tell an insensitive joke, get overly involved in someone else's project, roughhouse and play around, or suddenly change their plans because something more interesting came up. ENNEAGRAM ( TYPE EIGHT: THE CHALLENGER ) Eights are self-confident, strong, and assertive. Protective, resourceful, straight-talking, and decisive, but can also be ego-centric and domineering. Eights feel they must control their environment, especially people, sometimes becoming confrontational and intimidating. Eights typically have problems with their tempers and with allowing themselves to be vulnerable. On the surface, Scarlett comes across as a nasty little piece of work, easily mistaken for a badly behaved teenager. She's mean-spirited, bratty and moody; full of snarky and derogatory comments to insult and put people down. She's somewhat childish; she likes to get her own way and prone to sulk if she doesn't. She’s a delinquent at the best of times. She defies authority unless it's a rare person she actually respects. She likes trouble - whether she's causing it herself or joining in on someone else's fun. She likes causing chaos, making noise, trashing things; she's reckless. She enjoys getting a rise/reaction out of others, seeing that as opportunities to leave her mark because it means people won’t be looking at the marks left on her. Even with her recent training, she remains hot-headed and brash – partly down to the disposition of being a demon, something she can’t completely escape from. She's notoriously foul-mouthed, she often can't get through a single sentence without swearing. Scarlett gives off the impression that she doesn’t care about people, that's she's indifferent to others. It’s not quite the truth. To a degree, she doesn’t. She largely doesn’t give a shit about the community as a whole, lending her focus to a small group of people who intrigue her or (annoyingly) stick around long enough for her to take notice. Only a few can really get her true concern and friendship. She doesn’t let them in, she struggles to. The revelation of her father’s betrayal as a child and subsequent abuse by him as a teenager paired with the destruction and end of her universe (and her death) has scarred her and warped her view on relationships of all kinds. She finds it hard to trust others because she knows that relationships don’t last and sometimes they’re built on false feelings, false trust, false pretences. She finds it hard to see what’s real and what’s fake and can’t trust herself half the time to make those decisions. Years on from her father’s abuse and her brain is still fried from it’s manipulation by her father’s abilities. On top of that, she doesn’t want the heartbreak of losing people and finds it a waste of time to build those relationships. So when it comes to attempts, it takes her a long time to build up any real sort of friendship. Even then, she rarely acknowledges others as her friends, if ever. Maintaining distance from those she interacts with is safer but even then she can betray herself. She tries to keep herself guarded because it's safer, says little of her feelings because it’s safer. Her care for others remains careful and silent; she expresses it in an awkward, hap-handed way. It usually leaves her very frustrated, feeling that she can't communicate herself properly, leaving her prone to emotional outbursts. Her usual harsh and offensive quips soften and it almost borders on pleasant – in an unusual sort of way. She’s quick to snap away from it when she’s called out on it, though – quick to deny she’s being nice – often turning violent in her panic. Those who get to that level of friendship with her earn an ally, one who can be vicious and violent to anyone who hurts or threatens them. In Scarlett’s eyes, only she’s allowed to mess with these people – no one else. It's a warped view but she's more like her father than she realises, becoming possessive over 'her people'. She'd never admit the similarities to her father's actions, though. She can brutal when people cross her, and she doesn’t necessarily need her Calling to do that either. Her indifferent and mean front she puts up is all just a mask, though. She’s a broken and scared little girl deep down. She’s deeply insecure about a lot of things in her life; her relationships with others, her unresolved issues from Chicago and her lack of emotional maturity. She hides and represses much of this with alcohol and occasional drug-use (which has largely ceased lately due to lack of access) but often finds herself prone to outbursts and the awful truth comes out. She’s all bravado, covering up how messed up she feels and because it’s easier to put up a front than deal with those issues properly. She craves the family love and stability she once had, but she’s still scared that if she ever gets it again – she’ll lose it all over like she did last time. She wants to be loved, she wants friends and more for herself. She has grown largely dependent on Paz for that stability and support and has grown a little from that but she lives in constant fear of losing that, unsure of what will become of her if she does.

Scarlett Langford HOME HISTORY PERSONALITY ABILITIES

" do you like to hurt? " Temeluchus ( fear abilities ) As a Temeluchus demon, Scarlett has the ability to sense and manipulate fear in others. She can also read a person’s mind and find and replicate that person’s deepest, darkest fears – creating them in the form of an illusion that only that person can see. The goal here is the psychologically/mentally torture using that fear, but never kill them. Due to the nature of her Calling, Scarlett also has some protection from other psychic-related abilities/powers. Strengths ( demon physiology ) Scarlett is also faster and stronger than the average human. This is amplified when she has her wings out. She can identify others by species, with the exception of angels – who will only appear human unless she has her wings out. Since demons do not require as much oxygen, she can also hold her breath for up to 30 minutes. Her skin is hot to the touch, her heart rate higher than an average human's and her blood is an oily black in colour when spilt. Wings ( demon physiology ) Scarlett's strength and speed is boosted when she has her wings out. She can also now identify angels from her native world. Her wings are of the colourings of a Shrike, with a wingspan of around three feet. When hidden, there is a small tattoo of a pair of tribal-style wings across her shoulder blades. Decelerated Aging ( demon physiology ) Scarlett ages much slower than mundane humans. She can live up to the age of around 500 years old. In terms of physical appearance, she has reached full maturity (age 21) and at this point, she has stopped aging unless she experiences certain events that may trigger her to appear older. Languages ( misc. ) Native English speaker. Can also speak German and is fairly fluent but it's rarely used, so she's a little rusty at the best of times.

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