Description
For
Some refs for her mundane version:
Old Sheet:
Cocoa - Old Character SheetNORMAL INFO
Name: Candace "Cocoa" Bean
Age: 15 (21st of May)
Sex/Gender: Cis female
Height: 4'9''
Sexuality: Pansexual (although she doesn't know that yet)
Personality:
Supportive
Cocoa always wants the best for everyone around her, and she will gladly help out with any small thing she can. The more important someone is to her, the more she is willing to do for them - but there have been occasions where she came home without her jacket in winter because she thought that some stranger needed it more than her, so her natural limits for that are already kind of far.
Friendly
As shy as she is, Cocoa doesn't just hide away from others. She does actively try to connect with them, and she is welcoming towards new people.
NORMAL INFO
Name: Candace "Cocoa" Bean
Age: 15 (21st of May)
Sex/Gender: Cis female
Height: 4'9''
Sexuality: Pansexual (although she isn't aware of that)
Personality:
Supportive
Cocoa always wants the best for everyone around her, and she will gladly help out with any small thing she can. The more important someone is to her, the more she is willing to do for them - but there have been occasions where she came home without her jacket in winter because she thought that some stranger needed it more than her, so her natural limits for that are already kind of far.
Friendly
As shy as she is, Cocoa doesn't just hide away from others. She does actively try to connect with them, and she is welcoming towards new people. This makes it fairly easy to work with her in a team or smoosh her together with new and maybe even a bit less social people, since chances are that she won't cause any problems with her attitude. And she might actually help keeping complications or arguments at a minimum.
Optimistic
Cocoa fundamentally believes in happy endings. Maybe they are further down the road sometimes, and maybe sometimes one of them might seem completely out of reach - but that doesn't stop her from trusting that most of the horrible things happening in the world might end up making sense in a greater context, eventually converging into something ultimately good. This makes it hard to completely discourage her faith in things getting better again, even if they look incredibly bleak for the moment.
Devoted
Much has happened since Cocoa made her contract, and plenty of the events taught her that she genuinely can't always support all sides at once. As a result, she is slowly giving in to the realisation that she can do the most for single individuals - especially her boyfriend, Quincy Melbourne. He has now taken on the highest priority in her life, and threatening his plans or wellbeing might now get people on Cocoa's bad side. Despite her love for her friends and even strangers, and her readiness to help and support them - when in doubt, chances are that she will act in his best interests.
Reckless
With the deaths of many magi she knew personally, Cocoa has understood that her life will be short and likely end in slow, painful Despair. She is beginning to compensate for this by caring less about normal risks and even a bit less about the law - it's not that she doesn't respect these things. It's just that she wants to live her life to the fullest and have as few regrets as possible when she finally passes on. She isn't afraid of roaming the streets at night anymore and will readily stand up to people that are visibly stronger than her if she feels like it's important. Most worrying though is that she's slowly losing her respect for the masquerade magi hide behind - she is beginning to slip when it comes to paying attention if she's really as unobserved as she might think at first glance when she transforms.
Defensive
Once kind of a pushover, Cocoa has become more assertive about her decisions. Her relationship to Quincy and the messups of a few other magi have convinced her that even with good intentions, other people can be horribly deluded about what's the right thing to do. She now takes the decisions and reasonings of others with more of a grain of salt now, and when confronted about her relationship or her decisions as a magi, she can become very defensive and stubborn or simply shut down.
Likes/Dislikes:
Quincy Melbourne
Her boyfriend, whom she loves to bits. She'll readily pamper him and question his decisions and advice far less than anyone else's, easily slipping into a bit of a double standard when it comes to him. For example, he's allowed to be openly nasty towards others when she's around - something she usually wouldn't stand for. Of course she has reasons for this, but one of them is definitely a big, fat bias in his favor.
Chocolate/Candy
Cocoa has a huge weakness for sweets, especially chocolate. Not only because these foods are plain tasty, but also because she associates them with many positive emotions, like comfort, security, and an inner calmness. Also, candy is generally well-liked and therefore always makes for a great gift to others - and Cocoa thinks it's interesting and telling how diverse the tastes especially in chocolate are!
Baking/Cooking
Since she doesn't feel as if she's very outstanding or special in any other regards, being a good cook makes Cocoa feel as if she is at least worth something. It helps that cooking for others or sharing food with them is an easy and quick way to bond with them, so it feels a bit like her special little connection or gateway to the rest of the world. It's easy to see who she wants to get to know better by paying attention to who she offers food to.
Fairy Tales
She never quite grew out of them. At home she has a big collection of books with fairy tales from all over the world, and your better bet that she owns what ever movie she can get based on them as well. And she would never throw any of these books away, even though some are nigh unreadable due to the catastrophe that wiped out their old house. The idea of good prevailing over evil, and of unremarkable people growing into admired beauties or wonderful heroes has strongly imprinted on Cocoa while growing up. And deep down she hopes that she can also be a beautiful princess or a heroic knight some day. Maybe even both at once!
Remarks about her Weight or Eating Habits
Or generally about her relationship to food, for that matter. At least negative remarks. She's gotten them since kindergarten times, and they make her cry easily.
Easily recognisable Bullying towards others
This is the only point where she can get assertive at times, even though it's pretty easy to knock her back down when she does complain about this. Also, I wrote "recognisable" there for a reason - in her naivetée, more nuanced bullying especially towards people she doesn't know well might simply fly over her head.
Sad Endings and Bitter Food
She just doesn't like things that leave a bitter taste in her mouth.
Education: Norwood High School, Sophomore (when the school year begins)
History:
Cocoa is one out of a pair of identical twins, along with her sister Crystal ("Coffee"). They were unexpected by their parents, but greeted with a lot of love nontheless.
Their mother Lily and their father Peter married rather young, and Lily left her home country Germany to live with Peter in Norwood. They had a mostly very happy life until five years ago, when a "freak storm" destroyed most of the city. While Lily and the children were currently visiting Lily's family in Germany, Peter stayed behind to work - and died. Lily and her daughters returned to little more than ruins.
Ever since then, Lily had to work several jobs to provide for her daughters, and the twins kind of had to deal with the permanent loss of their father and old home as well with a lot less time and care from their mother. They started to more and more kind of raise each other, with Coffee specialising in keeping the household in order and Cocoa in tasks like shopping for groceries and cooking.
The sisters are close to each other, but their relationship is a very difficult one. They got along a bit better when they didn't actually need to depend on and kind of raise each other. Having to pretty much take care of a household and each other almost on their own has introduced a lot of tensions into their life that don't usually belong into the everyday life of a fourteen year old kid, and that they have difficulties handling.
Having grown up as one of two siblings identical in appearance, and as the less booksmart and assertive sister, Cocoa never got much attention that the didn't have to share. Or at least, that was how she experienced it. Coffee always had a direction, and brought home better grades as well as small trophies from competitions in whatever she currently set her mind to, since she never shied away from practicing hard to achieve her goals. So Cocoa never felt as if she had anything that made her more than "One of the Bean twins". But then she met a small, fluffy someone who says they can change that.
It was almost like a fairy tale, wasn't it?
She has now lived several months as a magi, gaining and losing new friends and even a boyfriend. While she maintained her loving and kind personality, she has definitely changed - for her, one could maybe even call it becoming a bit more jaded. But she has also become much stronger and determined to do what she set out to do - protect Norwood and it's inhabitants. Her loved ones being right at the top of her list for that.
Originally a Guardian, her loyalties and morals have become more muddled over time. She does now support the cycle in that she will try to keep others from contracting, but once contracted regards Despair as the best death for a magi. And she still doesn't believe in survival of the fittest, but can accept it in emergency situations like the upcoming appearance of Walpurgis. At least she does not take herself out of that equation, she will accept her own death or despair if it benefits the others.
Other:
Her family is not super poor, but since Lily has to provide for two children alone, and they had to rebuild their existance in Norwood pretty much from scratch, of course their budget is always kind of tight.
Her mother is mixed (white German/African), which only reflects slightly in Cocoa's and Coffee's appearance.
And. She's got a tooth gap. Tooth gaps are very important.
Her wish may sound out of place considering her family's situation though, but she is fairy tale savvy enough to understand that if you get just one wish, it's important to word it right and make it last.
MAGI INFO
Wish:
“Maybe you can make me... uh... like maybe important in a good way? Like, helpful and such? I don't know how to word it right, something a bit like how musicians are kinda admirable but also inspirational and their music can be used practically, you know? ... I wish to be... as helpful as the fairy godmother in fairy tales. To anyone who needs it.”
Side Effect:
When someone strongly needs support or help, Cocoa can sense it as a strong urge to provide said help. Since she worded her wish a bit clumsily, this is closely connected to how much she cares about a person. A strong emotional bond between them will alert her even of small problems, while a weak bond can make her oblivious even to bigger ones. To use this, she needs to be able to see or at least catch a glimpse of the person in question.
Weapon(s): A lollipop staff.
Soul Gem: Just in case it can't be seen well, her Soul Gem is in the little crown on her head. In her mundane form, it's in prescriptionless glasses. She felt that this would be especially inconspicuous to take everywhere and wear at all times, and just tells people that her sight got worse recently.
BATTLE INFO
Main Class: Supporter
Level: 19
Stats:
Health - 10/10 (200 HP)
Dedicated training and exercise have made Cocoa much fitter. She can now easily take a punch or two and has more stamina as well.
Attack - 8/10 (+16 to Attack Rolls)
Cocoa has only just begun to hone her offensive strength, but she puts a lot of effort into it.
Defense - 10/10 (-20 to Attack Rolls)
Her stocky build may not make her the most agile by nature, but it helps her to hold her ground against attacks at least. Just you try to get through her if you're trying to attack someone under her protection!
Magic - 10/10
Maybe it's her firm belief in it. Maybe it's her wish. But Cocoa clearly has a knack for magic at least, and it makes her happy beyond all measure.
Special - 0/10
She has never been anything special... right?
Agility - 2/10 (17 or higher to dodge)
Her body isn't easy to move around quickly. But then, why should it be? What's most important to her is being able to hold her ground for others, not to run away.
Abilities:
Advanced Barrier - Creates a barrier that will deflect 50% of the damage that would’ve been taken that round! Can be used on up to five magi, but the strength of the barrier will go down 10% per additional magi (so 40% for two magi, 30% for three, 20% for four, and 10% for five). Can be used once per every two magic stat the user has.
Advanced Booster - Allows the user to give a PERMANENT +4 stat boost to an ally for the duration of the battle! It can be used to raise either ATTACK, DEFENSE, or AGILITY (agility gets a +1). Can only be used on one ally per turn, can only be used once per turn. Can be used once per every two magic stat the user has.
Mastered Attack - You can attack your opponent! Uses 1D50, with an additional +2 for every point in your strength stat. (an example: if I rolled a D7 on a 1d50, and had a strength of three, I would be attacking for 13 damage [7+6]. Keep in mind that the opponent’s Defense stat may lower your strength boost, or even cause you to lose points from your roll!)
Mastered Heal - Allows the user to heal a single ally using a 1D20, with a +2 for every magic stat the user has, and +1 for every special stat the user has. Can be used on the user of the healing move, but will not get the +1 special stat bonus. can be used to heal up to THREE targets at once, with the amount healed divided evenly between the magi being healed. Has no limit to number of uses!
Veteran Ability: Rally - Rally will now raise all ally’s attack or defense by a +5 stat boost, or give all allies a +2 to their dodge!
Supporters with the Rally ability must pick a DIFFERENT stat to boost, unless there are enough supporters on field that the ability has to overlap. This means that one user can choose to raise everyone’s attack by +5, and another can raise everyone’s defense by +5, but there can’t be two supporters on the field raising attack. Remember that supporters with this ability have to give a little rallying speech in their first turn on field for the buff to work!
Supporters that leave the field MUST STATE WHICH STAT THEY WERE BOOSTING, as that boost won’t be there anymore! This means that if a supporter dies, the +5 bonus they were giving to attack/defense, or the +2 bonus they were giving to agility, are removed unless another supporter comes to replace them with the same stat for their rally.
Also, for the sake of making this easier, assume that the stats are a +2 to their total, not that it’s increasing their stat points. Simply add the +5 to their attack roll, -5 to the amount of damage Walpurgis is doing, or +1 to your character’s dodge. Also assume that the attack buffs will not effect combo moves, and are added after the initial roll.
EXP:
Dear Leader - Cocoa + Nori - 1 EXP - +1 Magic
{MH} Teamspirit: Cocoa - 1 EXP - +1 Magic
{MH} PMP - Barrier - 1 EXP - +1 Magic
Extra Effort - 1 EXP - +1 Magic
Extra Effort - 1 EXP - +1 Magic
{MH} School Cliques - Cocoa + Dana - 1 EXP
{MH} A Whole New World - 1 EXP - +1 Health
Extra Effort - 1 EXP
Extra Effort - 1 EXP - +1 Health
Extra Effort - 1 EXP
{MH} Dress To Impress - Cocori - 1 EXP - +1 Health
{MH] PMP - Booster - 1 EXP
{MH} Allies... or Friends? - 1 EXP - +1 Health
{MH} Fine Print - 1 EXP
MH: Fighting Fractus - 3 EXP - +1 Health
{MH} A Proud Leprechaun - 1 EXP
{MH} Fairies and Monsters - 1 EXP
MH - Witch Slayer - 3 EXP - +1 Health, +1 DEF
Extra Effort - 1 EXP - +2 DEF
MH RP - Beach Bash (Guardian Team RP) - 1 EXP
{MH} Swimsuit Contest - 2 EXP - +2 DEF
MHRP : Kiddy Prom - 1 EXP
{MH} PMP - Life Drain - 1 EXP
Extra Effort - 1 EXP - +2 ATK
Loyalty Statpoint - +1 DEF
MH: Town Meeting - 3 EXP
MH: Fighting Talakus - 3 EXP - +1 ATK +1 DEF
{MH} PMP - Heal - 1 EXP
{MH} Make A Magi Out Of You! - 1 EXP - +1 AGI
{MH} Fighting Letitia - 3 EXP
{MH} Firsts and Seconds (/HotSprings) - 1 EXP
MH: Sleepover - 1 EXP - +2 ATK
{MH} Passing Time - 1 EXP
.MH: Last Minute Practice. - 3 EXP - +1 ATK +1 AGI
{MH} Change of Tactics (Basic)
{MH} Change of Tactics (Advanced)
Inventory:
- Grief Seed