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Post 01: Cert
Post 02: Index
Post 03: Nero
Post 04: Giger
Post 05: Past Stages
Post 06: Growth Schedule
Post 07: Relations
Post 08: Reserved
Post 09: Reserved
Post 10: Reserved

The city noise made us strange, so we plugged our ears and learned to fight!


Name: Giger *This isn't her real name.*

Nicknames / Aliases: Giger, technically.

Gender: Female

Age: 22

Height: 6"1'

Weight: 167 lbs

Hair color: White

Eye color: Light blue

Bio: Giger is a college student who works at the night club Naught as a bar tender. She currently lives alone in an apartment building in the entertainment district. She takes fine art classes at the college she attends. She hopes to one day find a job at a tattoo parlor or open her own. She's kind, loyal, easy going and tends to have a good sense of humor.

Tattoos: She has several. Demon wings on her back. Two full sleeves. A few more here and there. The phrase "Do what must be done." circled around her collar bone.

Place of Birth: Russia

Residence: Currently, an apartment in the Entertainment district.

Family: Her mother and father are both deceased. Killed in an automobile accident.

Her younger brother lives in their old house, in Russia, and writes Giger often.

Interests and hobbies: Painting, drawing, cars, motorcycles, reading, video games.

Favorite foods: Spaghetti, hot wings, deli sandwiches, pizza.

Favorite colors: Army green, purple, gray, black, silver.

Pets: None.

Education: She graduated high school and is now in college.

Religion: None.

Financial situation: Not dirt poor but money can get a bit tight.

Favorite sport(s): Giger's fond of billiards. And black jack. Not to mention poker. And rugby. Won't admit to it, but drag racing.

What is your character's family life like: Pretty good. She got on well with her parents and stays close to her younger brother.

Work History: So far she's held only minimum wage jobs and takes art commissions. Currently works at the night club, Naught, as a bar tender.

Skills: She's learned to mix a good drink since working at Naught and has been taught a few bar tricks. She's a decent painter. She's stout and nimble. She can fix your car.

Bad Habits: She likes to drink a bit too much. She tends to be forgetful and doesn't know when to stop kidding around sometimes. She has perception of personal space. She can be over confident and awkward with romance. Not very good at math.

Sexual Background: She may have had some sexual partners in the past. She's not a virgin.

Orientation: Pansexual

Black rites began in earnest, ignite Hells hungry furnace...

Stage 1 - Naught

This is what you receive first: A blank, ball-jointed doll-body. It's unique that the entire thing seems to be carved from the same wood, which is slightly-fragrant with the faint scent of spice. The Naught does not move, does not talk, is completely inanimate, although some may sense a strange, almost ghost-like aura around its wooden body.

Requirements to Achieve:
None; This is the default.

Naught Obtained


Stage 2 - Versteckt

A locked "treasure box"... although, it doesn't always look like a box, per se. Within the box lies a soul, one which - if all goes well - will animate your Naught someday soon. The Vessel itself is unbreakable, at least without also smashing the fragile soul within, and the appearance of the container will hint at the Vessel's contents.

Requirements to Achieve:
* Own a Naught with a first-page-setup-completed Journal
*Complete your 'Meeting with ..." RP with the NPCs.


Versteckt Obtained


Stage 3 - Portal

A key... But not just any key. This key is found after an arduous journey through a restless Sanctum: The mental world of the soul you wish to capture. Success grants you the Portal, which will unlock your Vessel at last. The Portal, like the Vessel, is unique to each future
Haltia, and only the Guardian, the specified NPCs, and the Haltia can hold it.

Requirements to Achieve:
* Complete at least one OPR
* Have IC Journal-entries depicting your Guardian's reaction to receiving the Naught, being given the Versteckt, and on the Last Memory.
* Successfully complete the Last Memory RP with NPC assistance.


Portal Obtained



Stage 4 - Vessel

Your Portal has unlocked the Versteckt, and you are now able to see the soul that you'll be caring for. At this point the sphere will be fairly tough, so it's recommended that guardians carry the soul-sphere close to their heart whenever possible; this will provide the semi-dormant spirit within the soul-sphere with ambient energy, which it will need to evolve.

Requirements to Achieve:
* Complete at least one completed PRP or ORP
* A Journal entry, at least 400 words in length, in which describes your guardian opening the Vessel and gaining access to the soul-sphere


Vessel Obtained


Stage 5 - Peri

Congratulations! You have successfully helped to create a living, walking, talking, thinking animate doll. The Peri will seem more automaton than human, as their memories of the past will be clouded and hazy at best, so during this time Guardians are encouraged to interact heavily with their charge. Peri are roughly 70 centimeters or 27.5 inches in height, and feel heavier than one would expect as they are made of an exceptionally dense hardwood. However, because of this they'll be very difficult to damage. If fully clothed, a Peri might pass for some kind of smaller humanoid, although there seems to be something different about them...

Requirements to Achieve:
* Complete at least two completed PRPs or ORPS.
* Two 'day-in-the-life' Journal entries about your Guardian, going about his or her day
* Complete the 'Merging Body & Soul' RP with one of the NPCs.
* One Journal-entry, at least 800 words in length, describing how your initial meeting with your Peri went.

Stage 6 - Transit

Your Haltia is now fully-grown! That is, he or she has regained the memories of life, including those of their own death and that of the desire that even death couldn't erase. Also, they've been rewarded with a brand-new, human-sized body! It's still wooden, of course, but it's almost impossible to tell. Their emotions (and attitudes...) are fully apparent, and they can fall in hate, fall in love, even - in a way - reproduce! Of course, there's still their all-important dream...

Requirements to Achieve:
* Complete in at least five PRPs or ORPs.
* Participate IC in at least one Event.
* At least six Journal entries describing the growing awareness of your Haltia, their Desire, ect.
* Complete 5 number of combat quests
* Completing the 'Physical Upgrade' RP with NPC Alain

Date: xx/xx/2009

I woke up around three in the after noon today. I don't remember much of last night after writing in my journal. I suppose watching Neros last memories had more of an effect on me than I thought. Speak of the devil, Nero was beside me, when I woke up actually. I laid there and held him for a bit. I just feel so sorry for the guy, y'know? It's a good thing this is a private private journal...

I ate something to settle my stomach and took some aspirin, so I'm feeling a bit more up to snuff. I've got Nero, the Versteckt and the key here on my bed now. I said I was going to open the Versteckt...so I am. If some bad happens to me, hopefully someone will find this journal and know what exactly happened. DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH MY STUFF TONY OR I'LL COME BACK AND HAUNT YOU!

With that Giger set aside her journal, picking up the Versteckt and setting it in her lap. "Alright..." she mumbled, taking a deep breath. She was more than a little apprehensive about this. After everything that had happened after getting the doll, she was worried about what kind of strange things could happen after opening this box and she was hoping she wouldn't have to go through something like she had at the mansion. She'd gathered all of the information she wanted to know about Neros last memories that day.

Gathering her courage, she stuck the key in the lock, turning it.

Nothing. The key didn't budge. "Come ooooon..." she growled quietly, putting a bit more force into turning it this time. After several minutes of grunting and turning the box this way and that, she sat back against the head board of he bed, sighing. She closed her eyes for a few minutes, drumming her fingers against the lid of the box.

"Alright!" she grumbled, a determined look on her face as she sat up again. "I can't help you if you won't open!"

Sticking the key in the box again, she tried to turn the key again. There was a soft click as the it turned.

Staring at the box, Giger reached a slightly trembling hand out to open the lid. She paused for a second, her heart beating quickly. Stealing herself, she flinched, lifting the lid. After a few minutes, she looked down slowly and as she did, her breath caught in her chest.

In the box, cradled by black crushed velvet, was a tiny little yellow sphere. She picked it up gingerly, holding it up to the light and admiring it.

"There..." she breathed, looking over at the naked doll beside of her. "That wasn't too hard, was it....?"

Reserved