Echo
| Echo Lacroix | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Age | 20s |
| Species | Beast kin |
| Sex | Female |
| Height | 5'6" |
| Weight | Under a buck fifty |
| Background | |
| Series | Final Fantasy 9 |
| Combat Styles | Close Quarters Wizardry (CQW) |
| Hometown | Treno |
| Group | N/A |
| Occupation/Job | Magician |
| Force: | Chaotic Awesome |
| Theme Song | Type O Negative: Black No. 1 |
| Quote | |
| "Don't worry, you won't feel a thing!" | |
| Recent Events | |
| Target: Dark elf. Possibility: Slam Dunk. ETA: ASAP. | |
Background
Imagine if you will, the town of Treno, the city that never sleeps. A small family serving a certain set of the nobility is something more than it seems, hiding a bloodline of trained assassins. The males deal in refinement of the art of the knife, poisons along with other technlogical advances. The females on the other hand carried with them mystical arts, passed down from grandmother to mother to daughter. They have their secrets, and keep them well.
Meet Echo. During her childhood she was passed down these secrets in the interest of keeping up the family business, which while not always apparent to her, was death. Early on she understood the workings of such as 'laundry' and was therefore convinced that being 'taken out out to dry' had a completely different meaning during her childhood.
Eventually, the young batgirl decided that she did not want to be coerced into continuing the family business as she neared adulthood, she wanted to make her own decisions, so she left home and wandered abroad. There was still a problem, however. The business was the only skill she knew, other than magic and even that ran only along the path of destruction. What was a girl to do! She then realized if there were things to be had, then she would have to use her skills to drag them out herself.
Personality
Having grown up in a somewhat privileged but strange household, Echo was not the most normal child. The family did well financially but they kept to themselves, more or less, sometimes out of necessity, other times well, who wanted to be around the creepy bat people who dressed in black and probably had people buried in their basement? As such, she grew up a good bit different, and her humor tends toward the black, sometimes even morbid. Her sense of detachment from things that would otherwise startle or bother other people can lead her to seeming manic even, as she's got a good bit more tolerant for matters dealing in death and danger, though she hadn't taken up full time work like the rest of her family.
For flaws she's a bit naive at times, having not seen too terribly much of the world yet, and she seems to think her magic can get her out of most scrapes, though she's only ever been in real trouble a few times so far. She might also have a dangerous false sense of security from this, thinking she's tougher than she actually is. As thus, she's sometimes careless, when dealing with other people as well, like in conversation. As long as no one is getting stabbed or shot it's not really a big deal, right?
As such, she's not quite as brutish or evil as some of her family members might have been, and she will never accept a job that harms a child. As long as she sticks to that in her mind, then she can live with the fact she will never be as bad as some people. Not only would she never harm a young person, she'd be liable to turn on allies if one was put in danger by them.
Skills
Her magical abilities are that of a black mage and she can cast various elemental destructive magic, her particular family gift also worked deadly poison into their magic arts, so even her directly damaging abilities can envenom someone.
As a bat beast kin, Echo is able to fly with the leathery wings attached to her back. This is however a mundane form of flight and is subject to her endurance so she can tire out. She also would have trouble carrying someone else and flying unless her strength was aided somehow.
She has an enhanced sense of hearing and limited echolocation, due to her ears, though this can be disrupted as it can be for normal bats by generating noise.
As an aside, she does and can bite people to drink blood, however this has to due to the breed of bats she comes from being hemotophagous (blood subsisting) so she's not a REAL vampire... YET. She can eat solid food to a degree, and also drinks things like water and other beverages.
Acquaintances
- Warden Thache Quite the gentlemanly Pirate Pussy!
- Will Sherman Hobo with a shotgun? How about a bat with a golf club!
- Zerum Doesn't wanna be touched by two women? Pfft, why do I always get the limp-wristed dark knights??
- Lumeria: Careful about those dark alleys, Galadriel, they're a real killer!
- Queegmaa: You're a mean one, Mr. Imp.
- Chita: All the world will be your enemy, Prince of a Thousand enemies. And when they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you.
- Vespa: I'd say overcompensating, but you're a girl!
- Deelel: Alright, who turned off AVAST?
- Morrighan Alazne: 5 Stars out of 5, would kidnap again!
- Avira: That's quite the massive ribbed knobby weapon you have there!
| Hunt For Priest | March 6th, 2014 | A small group of Shadow Lords, led by The Huntress, descend upon a local church. |
| An Elfy Sense Of Skepticism | February 26th, 2014 | While under the influence of Echo's spell, Morrighan is enlisted to help capture Zerum for Rakassa's experiments. Despite how dubious Zerum is of Echo's request, and in defiance of the resistance he offers, the two women still end up taking him into custody, against his will. (Backscene) |
| Connection: Echo | December 15th, 2013 | Aerith heads back to the woods near Goug after the irritating Black Friday fiasco to clear her head, and perhaps take a moment to commune with the spirits there that have been untouched by Shinra's reactors. Of course, one is never alone in places like these, and she ends up meeting a peculiar creature. And Aerith always was a sucker for cute things... |
| Bat Got Que's Lung | December 12th, 2013 | Following a battle with a crocodile, Queegmaa is then visited by Echo, who shows a bit of compassion for his predicament. She explains that she 'got his back', so to speak, and for that matter, she probably almost got his lung, too, since his injuries were fairly grievous. After helping to bandage him up, he offers her a chance at researching a specific breed of monster, for whatever reason it was that Que had in his mind; this, of course, is to be left to the imaginations of the omniscient onlookers! |
| Spine VS Bat | December 12th, 2013 | Avira and Echo have a Western-style showdown outside Narshe. Pull those pistols, pardner! |
| Avira the Bat Hunter | December 10th, 2013 | Avira goes bat hunting in Central park! |
| It's a Bat Thing. | December 9th, 2013 | Lumeria meets Echo in Lindblum! |
| Blackest Friday | December 7th, 2013 | Echo decides the greed and barbarism of a black Friday sale must be punished. Enchanted outfits and a Soda Machine Golem ensue! |
| A Hollering B@stard In The Hollow Bastion | November 29th, 2013 | Echo delivers 'the goods' to Rakassa under the guise of her Shadow Lord alter ego, which has her so delighted that she begins to show more favoritism towards the bat than Queegmaa. Certain cyborg-kappa feel they've been pushed a little too far, and let off a little steam, and not just through their steam-punk-technology exhaust pipes. |
| A Daring Rescue | November 27th, 2013 | Avira, Maira, and Angantyr arrive at a nightclub in downtown Manhattan to crash a party...literally. |
| The Best Laid Plans... | November 23rd, 2013 | ...Apparently succeed. Echo and Phrego swoop in on an unsuspecting Avira and Morrighan. Combat ensues and in the end, the cavalry arrives too late as Morrighan is whisked away. ...What happens now? |
| Echo Goes To Bat For Queegmaa | November 20th, 2013 | As part of his long-term plan to concoct a serum comprised of extract from magically-inclined individuals, Queegmaa hires Echo to do a dirty deed for him, since he doesn't like to get involved in unnecessary roughness. After a bit of negotiation, Echo agrees to his terms, but, perhaps not without the intent to take some liberties of her own? |
| A Strange Change | November 10th, 2013 | Myla and Setzer check out a rumor in Port Royal and find more than they expected. For Echo uses a strange magic item to seemingly transform them forever. |
| Seven: Off With Her Head | November 9th, 2013 | The Queen of Hearts comes to the World of Ruin, seeking a young girl named Alice. As such, she and a full deck of cards have come to Castle Tycoon while its own princess is out: For rumors go that a suspicious blonde girl has been imprisoned there.
One demand echoes through the halls of Tycoon Castle, as its soldiers reach out for help against this strange enemy force that has infiltrated their castle; OFF WITH HER HEAD! |
| Maleficent Drinks Tea | November 4th, 2013 | Maleficent has a chat with us in Traverse Town. |
| A calm before the storm | October 30th, 2013 | Echo meets Vesper and Maira for the first time and tries out her new polymorphing toy on them. |
| Manhattan Museum of Wonders | October 28th, 2013 | Echo obtains a magical crystal ball of polymorphing, and meets Deelel! |
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