ABOUT

PREFS

MONSTER

CODE CREDIT

TRANSITION

Mila Singer knew who she was from a young age. Born to an upper middle class, relatively progressive family, supportive parents helped her start her transition throughout high school, both social and medical. Even with all the local resources made available to her, an online network of forums and social media were crucial to her formative years and self-confidence as a queer teenager, especially when Mila still struggled with being in a place where she couldn't quite fit in with her 'real life' friends. Moving away for college made all the difference, and she may or may not have chosen it based on how many of her online friends lived nearby.

COLLEGE

Such a huge change was daunting, but meeting people with common interests and outlooks in life was a breath of fresh air. Parties, relationships, pulling all-nighters, working at coffee shops, Mila continued to grow into her own person, but halfway through her degree in social sciences, decided she wanted more. She was so sure of it, in fact, that she got the attention of a multidimensional entity that specialized in picking up people's dreams and making them a reality. All she needed was to make a blood pact and work for Raíz for a hundred years, and what Mila aspired for so passionately would be hers at the other end of the rainbow.

BLOOD PACT

Unfortunately, the moment that blood pact was sealed, she would no longer remember what she asked for. She also wouldn't just be Mila anymore, but Cellar Spider. Raíz assigned her this name along with her new powers, and made it very clear that Mila — Cellar — was expected to stick to it. This time her life took a second turn that thrust her into a YA novel, complete with moving in with a bunch of people in her situation at a boarding school-esque mansion she thought only existed in movies. There was a variety in ages among other agents, both physical and chronological, and few had the patience to welcome the newbies. Great Dane was her guide and mentor for the first couple of years, but she's got a lot of work to do to catch up with those nearing a century of service.

SHADOW MANIPULATION

Turning shadows into solid matter. Imagine a 3D printer and the material is any projected shadow that's close enough to her, which means she can create any object that she can imagine, theoretically of any size, so long as it's reasonably proportional to the size of the projected shadow. (Tools, accessories, weapons, walls, appendages, shields, etc.) She can make these constructs disappear when she wants.

Umbrakinesis. She can make these constructs float, move, attack, etc. They're extensions of her and cannot move on their own unless she's actively making them move, similar to regular telekinesis. Shadows do not gain a life or mind of their own.

Properties. Cellar's constructs are easy to identify: they're smooth/textureless, do not reflect light and do not project a shadow of their own. They are virtually indestructible but depend on Cellar being alive to exist.

LIMITATIONS:

Proximity. She must be close enough to see the projected shadow to be able to manipulate it — so she wouldn't just be able to manipulate a shadow that's inside the castle, for example. Cellar cannot 'sense' shadows, either.

Light source. It has to be a projected shadow. No light source = no projected shadows = nothing for Cellar to manipulate. She's essentially depowered in a pitch black environment.

Status. If Cellar dies or disappears from the setting, all the shadow constructs she has not destroyed will cease to exist.

Single use. Because her constructs do not project shadows, she cannot create a shadow construct out of another construct.

DESCRIPTION

Mother Miranda from Resident Evil Village, basically! A sort-of mix of human and spider, she has two arms with extended fingers, plus six appendages at her back that can be shifted into various shapes, such as: wings for flight, spikes used as a weapon, giant spider legs to climb various surfaces, tentacles, etc. These appendages are made from the same material as the shadow abilities, but they do not have to fall under the same rules. This means that she can still use and manipulate these appendages even without any source of light to create projected shadows.

Visual references: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven.

Mother Long Legs' (ha) behavior is seductive. She wants to kidnap the people she likes, drag them back to a nest she will make in the woods and keep them there to "take care" of them. She'll want their attention, to be complimented and eventually have sexual relations. Cellar becomes hostile against anyone who tries to take her loved ones away from her; the more the opponent is able to hold their own against her, the more extreme she'll become with her hostility until she's completely overpowered or has vented enough violence.

Player Name: nubl
Pronouns: she/her
Are you over 18? yes
Contact: gucky
Current Characters: Black-Eyed Noth, marcas
Triggers: Bathroom stuff, pregnancy as horror or kink, needles/piercings.

Character Name: Cellar Spider
Character Canon: Original
Character Age: 25
Canon Point: A few years after starting the blood pact.
Link to History: Link
Skills: Fighting, self-defense. Handling firearms, edged weapons (mainly butterfly knives), basic coding because she wanted to be a game dev. Strength, resistance and stamina built up from regular exercise, chess.
Abilities: Shadow manipulation. The gist of Cellar's abilities is to turn shadows into tangible matter and manipulate them into any shape. She likes to stick to the arachnid aesthetic, sometimes even going full spider with it, but if she can think of it, she can probably make it. Her constructs are virtually indestructible and impenetrable, they can cut and impale almost anything. She can only do this with projected shadows, so locking her in a room with zero light sources is essentially depowering her. Her constructs can stay up indefinitely unless she makes them disappear, disappears from the setting, or until she dies.


Curse Mark: Wilk. Middle of her sternum.

FORMATIVE EXPERIENCES:

• TRANSITION. - Mila Singer knew who she was from a young age. Born to an upper middle class, relatively progressive family, supportive parents helped her start her transition throughout high school, both social and medical. Even with all the local resources made available to her, an online network of forums and social media were crucial to her formative years and self-confidence as a queer teenager, especially when Mila still struggled with being in a place where she couldn't quite fit in with her 'real life' friends. Moving away for college made all the difference, and she may or may not have chosen it based on how many of her online friends lived nearby.


• COLLEGE: - Such a huge change was daunting, but meeting people with common interests and outlooks in life was a breath of fresh air. Parties, relationships, pulling all-nighters, working at coffee shops, Mila continued to grow into her own person, but halfway through her degree in social sciences, decided she wanted more. She was so sure of it, in fact, that she got the attention of a multidimensional entity that specialized in picking up people's dreams and making them a reality. All she needed was to make a blood pact and work for Raíz for a hundred years, and what Mila aspired for so passionately would be hers at the other end of the rainbow.


• BLOOD PACT. Unfortunately, the moment that blood pact was sealed, she would no longer remember what she asked for. She also wouldn't just be Mila anymore, but Cellar Spider. Raíz assigned her this name along with her new powers, and made it very clear that Mila — Cellar — was expected to stick to it.
  
  This time her life took a second turn that thrust her into a YA novel, complete with moving in with a bunch of people in her situation at a boarding school-esque mansion she thought only existed in movies. There was a variety in ages among other agents, both physical and chronological, and few had the patience to welcome the newbies. Great Dane was her guide and mentor for the first couple of years, but she's got a lot of work to do to catch up with those nearing a century of service.
  



PHILOSOPHY: She strives for the pursuit of happiness and the freedom to live your life according to your true self, surrounded by those you love. Cellar felt isolated as a queer teenager and during her transition, and if not for supportive parents and an online community of friends, Cellar would not be the person she is now. This taught her that you don't have to be alone, so she wants to extend that sense of belonging to as many people as possible. She's often described as the party girl who wants to make sure everyone else is having fun.

At the same time, after years of working for an otherworldly being and becoming desensitized to violence, she has … sometimes questionable morals, such as evil occasionally being necessary to accomplish (Raíz's) goals.

Cellar gets defensive — sometimes hostile — if a loved one is distressed and/or if they're being harmed. She will fight for her friends and isn't shy about being biased in their favor, sometimes to a fault. Her worldview is very selfish because of this: it's okay if you've fucked up, so long as you've been good to her. That other guy she doesn't like who did the exact same thing, though? Fuck him.

DESIRES: As much as she loves people, she also loves to be loved. Cellar is an attention and affection seeker. Compliments, physical contact, she wants it all. A social butterfly, she wants to be liked, sometimes to a fault; there are often things she will do for others while neglecting asking them to do the same (and sometimes resent them for not reading her mind, but that's another story). She wants to live her truth and not care about what others think. She also wants to have strength and power — she fantasizes about being the most powerful person in the room, and when she isn't, she wants the most powerful person to be willing to bend to her and be devoted to her, usually in a romantic way. Ultimately, it is the selfishness of this fantasy that made her a prime candidate to be approached by Raíz.

FEARS: The fear of abandonment reigns supreme when you place so much focus on getting attention. Isolation is a part of this, having experienced it while growing up. Her desire for power also has the other side of the coin to account for: one thing is being outmatched in a fight, another is being rendered powerless, and the latter is the worst possible blow to her ego. Embarrassment makes her angry. Rejection (romantic and platonic) weighs heavily on her insecurities.

Cellar is very reliant on her shadow abilities and the belief that they make her virtually invulnerable; she cannot fathom a reality where someone who isn't Raíz takes it away from her. The idea of being locked in a room without a single light source causes her anxiety, in part because she would be losing her powers in that environment. Cellar also fears perma-death — Raíz can bring back any of her agents that die, so the idea that Cellar won't be able to rely on her to come back would upset her greatly.

(There are also fears related to her being a transwoman, but as it is stated in the FAQ that «events will never involve explicit prejudice against groups of people based on immutable facets of identity — such as outright sexism, racism, homophobia, or transphobia» I would rather just mention it and leave it there.)

WRONGS: The main harm Cellar has caused was in Raíz's name. Missions often require violence, and sometimes they veer into questionable morals on whether those harmed/killed actually deserved it, but at the end of the day she claims that she's only doing what has to be done in order to get her wish. Think secret shady organizations, except the agents have super powers and their boss is a creature beyond human comprehension. Very few of them have any qualms about using their powers to get what they want and/or to rip people and creatures apart, and while Cellar is still relatively new to the game at this point, she can still use her shadow abilities to be petty and/or vengeful to a lesser extent. She's also heavily informed by her bias towards people and creatures, so if she doesn't like someone or something, she'll bend over backwards to explain why any wrongdoing against them was justified, actually. She's adverse to admitting that, sometimes, she might be the bad guy.

SUITABILITY: Cellar's canon has dark themes of violence, murder, servitude and questionable morals about the way humans are treated. Cellar and fellow agents are included in this: they're basically at the mercy of a multidimensional entity that could wipe them and their universe out at any moment. Cellar is comfortable with violence, is a special kind of power-hungry, is very sexually open and positive (good with casual hookups, friends with benefits, polycules, etc.), and used to some of the kind of monster transformations reflected in Rubi — just not with the associated zadza rules. Her new monster transformation has the potential to be equal parts terrifying and exciting to her.

(As discussed on the FAQ page, I'd like to go with the option of having access to a Rubean-made tincture at the clinic to serve as a comparable replacement to modern HRT. She will visit the clinic for her treatment once every two weeks and keep a few extra doses at her place of residence, should she be unable to travel to the clinic. As stated in this reply to another player's question, I will clearly state Cellar is a trans woman to inform those who «try to avoid smut CR with certain genital configurations (cis or trans) for various reasons», as well as provide CWs for any mentions of transphobia or gender dysphoria along with any other related themes not stated in this app.)

SAMPLE: TDM with Roza.

MONSTER: Mother Miranda from Resident Evil Village, basically! A sort-of mix of human and spider, she has two arms with extended fingers, plus six appendages at her back that can be shifted into various shapes, such as: wings for flight, spikes used as a weapon, giant spider legs to climb various surfaces, tentacles, etc. These appendages are made from the same material as the shadow abilities, but they do not have to fall under the same rules. This means that she can still use and manipulate these appendages even without any source of light to create projected shadows.

Visual references: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven.

Mother Long Legs' (ha) behavior is seductive. She wants to kidnap the people she likes, drag them back to a nest she will make in the woods and keep them there to "take care" of them. She'll want their attention, to be complimented and eventually have sexual relations. Cellar becomes hostile against anyone who tries to take her loved ones away from her; the more the opponent is able to hold their own against her, the more extreme she'll become with her hostility until she's completely overpowered or has vented enough violence.