Post by Enrica Mezzanotte on Apr 22, 2010 22:00:27 GMT -5
Enrica Mezzanotte
"I wish this peaceful life of mine could go on forever..."
"I wish this peaceful life of mine could go on forever..."
NICKNAMES: //[/color] Enri.
AGE: //[/color] 16.
DATE OF BIRTH: //[/color] 14th July.
GENDER: //[/color] Female.
ALIGNMENT: //[/color] Neutral Good.
OCCUPATION: //[/color] Student. Part-time flower shop owner.
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in a more casual outfit
At the beach!
As one of the mezzanotte, she can be serious too.
HEIGHT: //[/color] 165cm.
WEIGHT: //[/color] 48kg
EYE COLOR: //[/color] her eyes has two color. One green, one red.
HAIR COLOR: //[/color] Pink.
PIERCINGS: //[/color] none.
TATTOOS: //[/color] none.
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: //[/color] Her extra long pink hair and her eyes color can distinguish her even in the crowd. She usually wear big round clear glasses, too.
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- Good girl.
- Enrica is a "By The Book" good girl. She's obedient to senior and elders, respect the relatives and family, helping around the house if needed, always have a bright smile on her face every day. Being in a family of mafia doesn't make one become heartless monster. That's always the image for those who doesn't truly knows Mafia. In fact, it's like a very very big family and Enrica is a part of it. Thus, even if she is one of the mob, she's still a girl with a heart of the angel.
At school, Enrica is a model student. Always helping out, always acting for the good of the others. A frequent visitor of teacher's lounge as well as student's council. You can ask anyone in this school and the result will be identical since Enrica acts the same to everyone.
In summary, if there is a book of 'how to identify a good girl', all of Enrica's doing should be in it.
- Enrica is a "By The Book" good girl. She's obedient to senior and elders, respect the relatives and family, helping around the house if needed, always have a bright smile on her face every day. Being in a family of mafia doesn't make one become heartless monster. That's always the image for those who doesn't truly knows Mafia. In fact, it's like a very very big family and Enrica is a part of it. Thus, even if she is one of the mob, she's still a girl with a heart of the angel.
- Yielding.
- Being raised along with two brother that strives for perfection, Enrica feel inferior to her brothers. With that complex being hidden deep in her mind, she tries not to get into a fight with anyone in her family. Then to anyone. Thus making Enrica the one that would yield first in an argument. she always take the blame herself and try not to get her conversation partner angry. She doesn't even stand up for herself unless she's sure that she is the right one without a doubt. She dislike argument, especially the one that she is the cause, and will do anything to end it even being blame for what she didn't do.
- Selfless Sacrifice.
- one of Enrica's woe is seeing people suffer. If it's within her power, she would do all she can to help that poor individual. Sometimes burning herself out in the process. Once, her junior failed to finish summer homework in time and it's tomorrow before the deadline. Enrica stay at her place and teach her all the problems. She didn't exactly help doing the homework, because "Homework is meant to be a practice, so you have to do it yourself!". With her weird sense of righteousness, she helped the junior to finish her work on time, but cannot wake up the whole day tomorrow. Thanks to her helper (From the family, of course) That said homework reach the teacher's hand in time, but not the two student. That's also the first time Enrica ever skip a school day.
This is just one example of many things Enrica did to help the others with no regards to herself. There's much more, but this small space is unable to fit it all.
- one of Enrica's woe is seeing people suffer. If it's within her power, she would do all she can to help that poor individual. Sometimes burning herself out in the process. Once, her junior failed to finish summer homework in time and it's tomorrow before the deadline. Enrica stay at her place and teach her all the problems. She didn't exactly help doing the homework, because "Homework is meant to be a practice, so you have to do it yourself!". With her weird sense of righteousness, she helped the junior to finish her work on time, but cannot wake up the whole day tomorrow. Thanks to her helper (From the family, of course) That said homework reach the teacher's hand in time, but not the two student. That's also the first time Enrica ever skip a school day.
- Responsible.
- Even as a high school student, Enrica does owns a flower shop. It's one of her most important task, as this is the chance to prove that she is capable of something, if not at all. Managing the shop does help her a lot about being responsible since it depends on her whether the shop would manage to stand against all business odds. This also trains her responsibility in more generic topic, such as her homework, housework and such.
LIKES: //[/color] Flowers, Fluffy little creatures, soft music.
DISLIKES: //[/color] person with no manner, violence, loud noises.
STRENGTHS: //[/color] Enrica is honest. She can't lie at all and even if she try she will be bad at it because of her nature. Thus, by her honesty she gain people's trust in no time. Whether honesty should be count as a strength or not, she is still a good person at heart. And... good kid never lies, right?
WEAKNESSES: //[/color] Enrica has weak resolve. Her decision sways by whatever people tells her, and if her brother says so, she will believe it without a doubt. Since she was being taken care of in an overly-sheltered, nurtured-with-utmost-care life, most of decision in her life was not made by her. Thus making Enrica not the best decision maker. She rely on her brother for all of the important things that need to be decided.
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MY FAMILY LINE: //[/color]
Mezzanotte is a 10-generation bloodline that goes back some 800 years, and is known for their preference to maintain low profiles despite being on the upper rung of Lords. Though they are by all means a strong and talented lineage, they aren't known to many people outside of those closely affiliated with Clock Tower's aristocracy. The most the average magus will ever know about them is "the family that supervises Lucca". Thus far, they have gone through a multitude of circuitous manipulations to remain in the shadows, such as brokering arrangements with other Lords within their faction. After all, as any smart person will attest, the best profile is a low profile. Luciano's father, Don Osvaldo, despite having many far better options, settled for the position of Eulyphis Vice Director around the time of HF 5.
Due to being rooted in Lucca, the best Spiritual Land in Italy, the Association had granted them administration of the city. The Mezzanotte family has additionally been involved in multiple rings of organized crime, from the Neapolitan Camorra, to the Sicilian Cosa Nostra. Due to its one-heir policy, many younger children were sent abroad over the centuries to see their own fortunes. Several of them started cadet branch families that had either become very successful, or assimilated into more successful families of organized crime. Examples of such are the Gabrielli's in the US Mafia, the Ryuzaki Yakuza clan in Japan, and the Vizcarra Cartel in Colombia. Having been effectively exiled from the Mezzanotte household, they see no obligation to the parent family, but have nevertheless established amicable relationships with it.
Mezzanotte primarily uses its ill-gotten wealth to fund research, however, it sets aside a particular budget dedicated to 'income expansion', to ensure financial growth that would allow it to generate even bigger grants. One such financial investment is La Corporazione Agata, a 12.2 billion-Euro office supply manufacturer and international distributor, and the family's biggest front company. Its corporate headquarters is a skyscraper that stands near the center of Torre Alta, Lucca's business district. A portion of the profits gained from this company is, along with profits from their less-than-legitimate businesses, channeled into defense and security purchases incorporating some of the latest fielded weapons today. La Corporazione Agata itself, however, does not benefit largely from these deals.
Mezzanotte's Sorcery Trait is a set of Mystic Eyes ranking Silver on the Noble Colors scale. Known as Drucilla, it allows the user to issue an order of absolute obedience to a target through direct eye contact. This is similar in effect to the Gold-ranked Mystic Eyes of Enchantment, and can be seen as a lesser variation of it, as it can only be used on a target once. Hence, why its functional name is "Mystic Eyes of Single Command". Preventive measures include using a mirror or video camera to look at the user (anything that prevents direct eye contact), and formidable levels of Prana resistance.
As with the family's affinity to Water, they specialize in manipulating the flow of Prana. They have, however, sacrificed any potential to Thaumaturgically manipulate actual liquids in exchange for unparalleled mastery in controlling Prana flow. To this end, they have developed several spells aimed at nipping enemy magi in the bud, by disrupting the Prana flowing through their magic circuits and thus preventing them from casting spells, as well as other spells built around the idea of preventing spells from being cast. This expertise has also made it possible to tweak the summoning ritual, by rendering the Prana supply of the Servant flexible.
The Mezzanotte bloodline is known for relatively high quality circuits that go hand in hand with reasonably high numbers. Though nowhere near the Aozaki or Barthomeloi in terms of capacity, the formidable stature of these circuits allows the average heir four, with the more fortunate heirs up to five times, the average Prana output. In straight figures, their quantity ranges around 30-35 or so, give or take a few extra circuits every now and then, and the quality is between 14-16 PrC.
MY HISTORY: //[/color]
The youngest of the three siblings, with older brother Gregorio and Luciano. She actually knew very little about the whole magic thing and has been kept in the dark for a long time. Maybe it's because her father thinks that the quarrel over the crest should be kept with two of her brother, Enrica take no effect of that competition. With everyone in Mezzanotte family's care, she's being protected like a princess inside the fortress, including dragons and such. It's not that she's needy and demanding and everyone have to obey her whim, but rather everything just went her ways without Enrica even asking.
Living her life like a generic high school girl, away from all the trouble, Enrica leads her happy life without any of the family's matter to bother her. Trying to be capable, she got herself a flower shop to run. Maybe to get her minds off of strange thing that happens a lot lately.
One day, Enrica went to see her brother at work. Deep inside the complexity of the dark office building, a creature of unknown origin attacks her. Stumbling upon the magic circle, she accidentally summon the herioc spirits of the past to assist her. She survived, but she have to shoulder the fate she doesn't want to. The war of the grail.
Now she have to face the cruel fate of being one of the master participating in a fight-to-the-death war in Lucca without even knowing anything. Will she survive the brutality? Time will tell.
MY GOALS: // [/color]"Try to live my life to the fullest. Find someone I could go out with, and be a good little sister to my big brother."
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Beretta 9000D
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The Beretta 9000 is a series of modern compact size semi-automatic pistols designed and manufactured by Beretta of Italy. It is used primarily for civilian self defense.
The Beretta 9000 pistol is a polymer framed design that retains traditional open top slide styling with modern materials. It is chambered for either the 9 x 19 mm or .40 S&W cartridges and can be fitted with either 10 or 12 round magazines depending on the caliber. In this 9000D case, 10 rounds of .40 S&W. Adapters that allow the use of high capacity Beretta 92 series magazines are available but rare. Some magazines are equipped with an adjustable finger rest that can be either lowered for those with large hands or raised for those with small hands. The weapon has fully adjustable sights that can be replaced with night sights if desired.
Gun length is 168 mm (6.6 in) and barrel length is 88 mm (3.5 in).
in this "D" configuration, the operating mechanism is double action, which obviates the need for a decocking lever.
RANK: //[/color] N/A
ELEMENT: //[/color] Water.
EXPERTISE: //[/color]
Enrica has no expertise in magic, but still skilled in other field.
- Plantation Knowledge.
- After she bugs her brother enough that he actually grant her permission to run a flower shop downtown, Enrica is rejoiced. Aiming to be a competent flower shop owner, she ran to the library and read a lot about plants. Flowers in each area, description, scientific values, agricultural procedure, environmental impact, Et Cetera. Not just scientific stuff, she also approach this in a more artistic sense such as flower language and flower arranging (She almost take a pottery class for flower vase, but her close friend said it's not really related so she didn't). Enrica should be satisfied after learning about the flowers she need to take care of, but she is very into it and extends to the other plantation as well. This makes one of Enrica's hobby is reading about plants. By doing this, she is very knowledgeable when it comes to plantation. Or anything with Chlorophyll, really.
She might plan to be a Botanist one day. Who knows.
[li] Focused mind
- Maybe it's in the blood, but Enrica is very focused when she tries to accomplish something. She can block all the interference and put her mind to one thing she desire, disregarding everything else. She can sit in one place for the whole day reading a novel, or spending the entire evening working on flower arranging for her customer. This helps her with various things that requires focus, but also has its downside. She always fail to hear or see anything in her focus-mode. Not even a call for dinner.
Well, I guess that's also a secret to her good shape.
[/li][li] Basic firearms training.
- Mob's life ain't easy. Her Brother knows the risk of being one of the family, and he loves to be prepared for anything. Enrica was trained to use small arms because of this. We never know when things would spiral downhill and put Enrica to the point where she actually need to defend herself. Even if her brother would never let that happen to her, but it MIGHT actually happen. And big brother doesn't want that. No.
Enrica was trained by some 'knowledgeable man' in the family. She knows how to fire a pistol without losing balance and maintain rate of fire and accuracy. She knows which point is vital, and which point should disable any man if it hits. In terms of firearms proficiency, Enrica is as good as generic cop out there. And that's good enough for a little sister of Mezzanotte's house.
MAGIC CIRCUITS: //[/color] 35 magic circuits with quality 14, total mana is 490pts
SPELLS: //[/color] Enrica has only one spell which she never know she had since it is inherit by blood of the Mezzanotte's.
Drucilla
Rank: Silver
Cost: 20-35 Pr
Range: 15m
Effects:
Mystic Eyes of Single Command. A high-level Mental Interference spell closely related to a vampire's Mystic Eyes of Enchantment, Drucilla buries a single command into the target's brain using Prana. The more specific the command, the more Prana is used in the activation. Direct eye contact is necessary for the spell to take effect. Viewing the caster's eyes through eye-wear such as goggles or glasses do not count, unlike using a mirror or camera.
Much like a command spell, issuing a long-term or vague command such as "do everything I say", "carve an X onto this wall everyday", or "kill every human on the planet" bears no weight whatsoever. This also applies to orders that cannot be physically accomplished by the target, such as saying "get up and heal yourself this instant" to a severely injured ordinary human, or saying "go to Japan" to a person who is imprisoned in France.
Generally, the eyes activate after the command is given, just like a command spell. It is possible to look away while the command is being issued and avoid contact, so long as the eyes have not yet activated. Since Enrica's version of this spell is lacking due to her untrained nature and her heterochromic eyes, the power is lesser than her brother's.
Otherwise, the effects will be as follows:
a good magic-user will remain unaffected from this spell.
people with very high resistance or less-than-average magi will feel a strong subconscious urge to perform as ordered but will nevertheless be capable of resisting it, depending on their willpower. Self-preservation instinct remains intact and suicide orders are ignored.
People with high resistance or a complete newbie magus will feel an overwhelming subconscious urge to perform as ordered, however, there is a chance to break free, if enough Prana is actively run through the circuits. Self-preservation instinct remains, but will be susceptible to revocation if willpower is not sufficient.
Most people that is non-magi will unquestioningly obey the command, even if ordered to commit suicide, as self-preservation instinct is completely overridden.
Since it is fundamental knowledge that a magi can detect if there is a foreign prana invading his/her circuit and is trying to modify something, that said magi can attempt to eradicate it. So does the effect of Drucilla. It will not work on most magi that knows how to protect themselves from mind manipulating magic. Only an amateur magus who can't even grasp the basic of the basic of prana flow, or a lousy magus, will fall prey to this ability. With this info in mind, we can assume that most non-magi people would become its target, since they don't have any means to protect themselves from Sorcery.
These Mystic Eyes can only be used once on a certain person. Afterward, the target will be immune to the effects of Drucilla. This Sorcery Trait is the Mezzanotte family's best-kept secret, and is responsible for much of their success in the criminal underworld. Enrica herself never know she has this ability and never use it since she doesn't know how to.
PLAYER'S NAME: //[/color] Kirin.
FACE CLAIM: //[/color] Original. Generated by 3D Custom Shojo program.
OTHER CHARACTERS: //[/color] none.
MISC. INFORMATION: //[/color]
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