James |
Theme: - Nicknames: Jamie. Name origin: A name and nickname I have always loved. Planet: None, worldhopper. Gender: Male. Species: Fox. Age: Young adult, semi-immortal. Created: 17/4 2014. Designer: Fellefan. Powers: Illusions, mimicry & mindgames, usually comes in form of blue foxfire. Size: Small, average fox. Eyes: Left is red, right glows foxfire blue and burns when using his powers. Fur: Three shades of grey. Hair: Red, can grow to any length and be styled however. Access: He wears a collar (never taken off) and a total of 12 piercings. Detail: His tail is as long as himself. |
Celestial essence, that's what all beings in the galaxy exists out of. It is what binds them together and gives them life. Too little essence and a being would start to fade into the void and simply, vanish. Too much essence and any mortal body would burst from all the raw power gathered within.
That is, if you are mortal.
That is, if you are mortal.
James feeds upon celestial essence in order to grow stronger. The more essence he gathers the more he can do, but gathering said essence takes a lot of time and effort. Mostly time. Plenty, plenty of time. Having a conduit collar to passively assist you is incredibly helpful, but if he were to focus inward and collect essence on his own he just about does it at the same rate as the collar, which really isn't much in the grand scheme of things. A few hours is barely enough to portal his way over to a new planet with essence to spare. While James' collar is old and incredibly slow at doing its job, it is the only conduit he's ever found since they stopped being used, and it doesn't seem like the Celestials were very charitable with them back in the day! The quicker he gather essence, the less likelihood said Celestials would catch him before he was ready. If only there was a way to speed up the process..
As if his struggles wasn't tedious enough, now there's an odd draconic-fox looking creature after him. She came out of nowhere one day and seemed hellbent on taking him down, without a word or warning. The Celestials must have finally caught on to what James is up to and sent her after him. It doesn't surprise James in the slightest, what does surprise him is that it took them this long to do it. -And why send her?- James doesn't even know her name, it's pretty clear by now that she isn't able to speak because each time she catches up to him -how does she manage to even do that?- she never says anything, no matter how much he questions or tries to trick her into talking. Such an odd creature, she is truly determined to chase him to the ends of the galaxy, and shaking her is -although shameful to admit- sometimes rather difficult. Well then, if Alice wants to aimlessly chase the white rabbit then let her have at it, but don't think for a second he'll make it easy for her. The disturbance of Alice does a good job of slowing him down, she somehow picks up on his trail even when he jumps several times all over the galaxy to shake her. She can't quite seem to fully catch up to him however, perhaps the lack of speech did do a number on her intelligence after all. -Pitiful- This game of cat an mouse have been going on for so long it has become routine at this point; find a place to gather essence, maybe strew a little bit of fun chaos along the way, then playfully move on once Alice inevitably finds him. Rinse and repeat. Although James would love to know more about her, whom seem to have taken a liking to his little Alice nickname, -her confused expression when he first called her that was priceless, ever since then he loves the way her ears perk at the mention of it- James knows better than to stick around for too long. The celestial essence on her is incredibly potent, one glancing hit from one of those energy blasts of hers took James a good few years to recover from! How is she so powerful? That collar she wears, he haven't really gotten a good look at it but.. Could it be similar to his own? Would the Celestials really have made a new powerful conduit? He needed a plan, one that would require a lot of his stored essence to pull off safely but if he could manage it.. That collar, would be his! |
A few years of careful planning and waiting, it was finally time. He lured Alice into his trap which she of course walked right into, she is a bit gullible like that -though that only adds to her charm- and with a lot of effort he did succeed breaking past her defences and into her mind. While in a helpless trance, James was finally able to safely get close and claim the prized collar off her soft neck. And, while he was at it, was also able to truly inspect this relentless hunter of his. A lot of her features, stature, and aura reminded him of.. No, that can't be right, he's sorely mistaken! Refocusing his attention on his prize, he got curious. And you know what they say.. As he slipped the collar on- he was flooded with the influx of Celestial essence it provided! His own collar only allows a small trickle at a time, but this.. This collar is.. It's absolutely pouring essence right into his core! This is how she is so powerful! It's-
While James' thoughts were distracted, Alice had too swiftly broken free of his spell. With quick thinking and aid from the newly gained power boost, James just narrowly managed to evade her attacks and escape. That.. Was close. His impatient curiosity had almost gotten him killed. Stupid cats. Luckily cats have eight lives or, something- Are vulpine even related to cats at all? Silly question, of course not! Then why did he think of.. No matter, with the collar now in his possession Alice would find it a lot harder to chase after him now that she can't recharge as quickly. Maybe she doesn't even know how to channel the essence on her own, since she's likely been relying on the collar all this time.. That just means she'll run out of steam in no time as she portals from one planet to another while trying to find him. Hopefully James wouldn't have to deal with her for much longer now. -Hopefully?- His thoughts were interrupted by the sudden realization that as soon as he had jumped through his portal, the collar had stopped its flow of essence. In a desperate panic James hopped over to his main base of operations, his Celestial-hidden observatory, and set to work on figuring out what was wrong with the collar. Since owning a conduit collar of his own he is no stranger to its inner weavings and know exactly how to manipulate the flow of essence, forcing it into submission. However as he worked all of his techniques, the weavings simply refused to obey his command. Did the inner workings break? No, in fact nothing seemed wrong with the collar, it had just.. Shut down? As if laid dormant and waiting for the right component, as if needing to be- As if on queue; Alice came barrelling out of her portal, -how did she find him so fast? how did she find him here?!- and as soon as she emerged, James felt the energy reawaken within the stolen collar. Those pesky Celestials.. Needing a quick exit; James tossed the useless collar as a distraction and made, yet another, narrow escape. Without the prize he had spent years planning and plotting for, at least he come out the other end with new knowledge. That collar is the answer to his power struggle! But acquiring, and using it, would be a dangerous task. Luckily for him, games is exactly what James accel at. Well then, game; on! |