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rhodos ; manifestation
Aug. 30th, 2022 10:16 pmManifestation name: The Scarlet Witch
Character trait(s) the Manifestation reflects: self-loathing and guilt
Description: A twisted abomination too disturbing to stare into for too long, as its presence evokes feelings of deep guilt and sadness, pulling all light into its core, as it is a manifestation of all of Wanda’s darkest pains.
The Scarlet Witch manifests herself as a twisted creature. Vapor of cinnabar red and shadow-black had coiled itself into a humanoid shape, some lanky being of roughly seven feet; twisted limbs (all sharp-angled and black like obsidian), extend from disjointed places, vertebrae bowed inwards — her movements have an almost fractal effect to them - sometimes fluid but difficult to follow, and sometimes sharp and jumpy like a glitch. where a face might ostensibly be there is an approximation, gaunt-featured, red-eyed and grey-fleshed and a bit too uncanny valley to be fully recognized as human. limp strands of thin, tangled hair fall to one side; there is a split down the middle of her face, and each movement she takes inspires a faint red glow through the obsidian cracks. She is meant to be perceived as having shape and being without — something that had been malleably shaped out of an unsteady reality, and had come out all wrong and broken, half obsidian-bone and half-crimson mists. The parts that are more solid all feel uncomfortable and wrong - the head, a longer neck, the bony vertebrae and some part of her ribcage behind which a faint, pulsing red glow beats. Long-jointed arms hang low, long-clawed ends that will leave a mark, should they connect. One of the more identifying details, at times, is how the red and black mists will take shape of a crown similar to Wanda's, before dissipating in drips of black.
Attacks and behavior: She wails in her pursuit, a quiet, lonely sound; something that settles in the hearts of those who hear her and evokes deep feelings of guilt, fear or hopelessness. She will follow and follow the pull of sadness and negative emotions until there is distance enough to lose her or it is disrupted by a different emotion, as it can break the slow chase. If you stare at her too long, you might start seeing the faces of loved ones lost that could strengthen those feelings of guilt (but she is unable to fully mimic anyone, or speak, for that matter). At the same time, the longer one stays around her, the less and less light they may start perceiving around them (whether that is a power or a psychological perception due to her presence alone is difficult to say).
Should someone come within 5 feet of her, she will strike out with her long-clawed limbs. Creating more distance will solve this. Her focus seems to be in draining hope and light from those she encounters, especially the very one who had inspired her manifestation in the first place. She is a vortex of negative emotion, meant to singularly and specifically fester guilt and self-loathing.
Path towards resolution: this will be a long, many-fold journey for wanda, to come to a path of forgiving herself; she needs to firstly fully come to terms with the things that she's done and accept it; by doing so, she needs to accept herself, and, the most difficult part - try and forgive herself. forgiveness doesn't mean she no longer believes what she did was wrong, but that self-hatred will not change what has happened and that the only path is forward — trying to be better and more than their worst moments.
Character trait(s) the Manifestation reflects: self-loathing and guilt
Description: A twisted abomination too disturbing to stare into for too long, as its presence evokes feelings of deep guilt and sadness, pulling all light into its core, as it is a manifestation of all of Wanda’s darkest pains.
The Scarlet Witch manifests herself as a twisted creature. Vapor of cinnabar red and shadow-black had coiled itself into a humanoid shape, some lanky being of roughly seven feet; twisted limbs (all sharp-angled and black like obsidian), extend from disjointed places, vertebrae bowed inwards — her movements have an almost fractal effect to them - sometimes fluid but difficult to follow, and sometimes sharp and jumpy like a glitch. where a face might ostensibly be there is an approximation, gaunt-featured, red-eyed and grey-fleshed and a bit too uncanny valley to be fully recognized as human. limp strands of thin, tangled hair fall to one side; there is a split down the middle of her face, and each movement she takes inspires a faint red glow through the obsidian cracks. She is meant to be perceived as having shape and being without — something that had been malleably shaped out of an unsteady reality, and had come out all wrong and broken, half obsidian-bone and half-crimson mists. The parts that are more solid all feel uncomfortable and wrong - the head, a longer neck, the bony vertebrae and some part of her ribcage behind which a faint, pulsing red glow beats. Long-jointed arms hang low, long-clawed ends that will leave a mark, should they connect. One of the more identifying details, at times, is how the red and black mists will take shape of a crown similar to Wanda's, before dissipating in drips of black.
Attacks and behavior: She wails in her pursuit, a quiet, lonely sound; something that settles in the hearts of those who hear her and evokes deep feelings of guilt, fear or hopelessness. She will follow and follow the pull of sadness and negative emotions until there is distance enough to lose her or it is disrupted by a different emotion, as it can break the slow chase. If you stare at her too long, you might start seeing the faces of loved ones lost that could strengthen those feelings of guilt (but she is unable to fully mimic anyone, or speak, for that matter). At the same time, the longer one stays around her, the less and less light they may start perceiving around them (whether that is a power or a psychological perception due to her presence alone is difficult to say).
Should someone come within 5 feet of her, she will strike out with her long-clawed limbs. Creating more distance will solve this. Her focus seems to be in draining hope and light from those she encounters, especially the very one who had inspired her manifestation in the first place. She is a vortex of negative emotion, meant to singularly and specifically fester guilt and self-loathing.
Path towards resolution: this will be a long, many-fold journey for wanda, to come to a path of forgiving herself; she needs to firstly fully come to terms with the things that she's done and accept it; by doing so, she needs to accept herself, and, the most difficult part - try and forgive herself. forgiveness doesn't mean she no longer believes what she did was wrong, but that self-hatred will not change what has happened and that the only path is forward — trying to be better and more than their worst moments.