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Clara | Pathologic
Name: Aave
Age: 25
Contact Info:
Other Characters: Leonard Church
Character Information
Name: Clara
Canon: Pathologic
Age: Appears to be late teens, actual age less than a week
Gender: Female
Canon Point: The end of day 6
Background Link: Lol this wiki has pathetically little information I guess I'll have to write this up myself
There's a town upon the river Gorkhon, somewhere deep in the steppes of Fantasy Russia. It was founded on the lands of the nomadic cattleherds of the steppe, and even around the early 20th century the traditions of those strange half-human people are still strong and present in everyday life. Most of the more upstanding citisens might not worship bulls anymore, but they're still what the town's wellbeing is built on. Thus, the town contains a strange mixture of the ancient and the modern in a way unseen anywhere else.
The town is ruled by three factions, each represented by a powerful family. The first are the Humble, led by the Saburovs; followers of the Earth and its Law, maintaining the ancient ways. The second are the Termites, led by the Olgimskys; builders and businessmen who bring prosperity to the town. Third are the Utopians, led by the Kains; artists and inventors who seek to overcome the natural limitations of humanity. For a long time the three factions lived in balance, each doing their part to maintain the order of things. This could not last, however: eventually the Humble grew stagnant and began shirking their duties in appeasing the Earth, and the town began to grow and advance beyond its former limits.
This upset of the balance, brought to a breaking point by the Kains breaking the laws of nature with their Polyhedron project, angers the Earth. It sends a terrifying pestilence, the Sand Plague, to either destroy the town or force it to repent and change its ways. As these things sometimes go in stories, the plague takes the form of a living thing - the shabnak-adyr, a shapeshifting maneater borne of clay and bone. However, something very strange happens. The plague chooses to go against its own nature, to create a new story for itself as a hero and a saint. This is where Clara comes from: she steals a fate not meant for her and makes herself anew as a saviour instead of a destroyer. Conflicted between who she wants to be and what she is meant to be, Clara splits into two - one is "the Changeling" that spreads the Sand Plague as she is meant to, while the "real" Clara, unaware of her own true nature, tries to stop it using her power to hurt or heal people.
Coincidentally, two other healers are working against the plague at the same time - the Bachelor and the Haruspex. While they attempt to create vaccines and cure, attempting to heal the body of the living organism that is the town, Clara sets out to heal its soul. She investigates the townsfolk, searching for the root causes of the plague and uncovering its mysteries. As part of the process, she interrogates many of the town's criminals and wrongdoers and absolves them of their sins. Eventually, all three of the healers begin to find their own solutions to the plague. The Bachelor and Haruspex's solutions both involve destruction in order to restore the balance and cure the plague. Clara, on the other hand seeks out and eventually finds a way to bring forth a miracle that allows everything to be preserved.
Inventory:
-A set of shabby, oversized clothes
-A small collection of hooks, needles, razors, and other sharp objects
-As many live rats as can be believably be stuffed in one's pockets
-A box of shmowder (powder created from a haphazard mixture of medicines - extremely detrimental to general health, but can cure the Sand Plague)
Personality:
If you ask her to describe herself, Clara will not hesitate to tell you that she is a good and selfless person and a messenger from a higher power, here to heal the sick and right wrongs. And, to be fair, to a certain degree that is true. It's certainly what she tries to be. Whether her attempts to do good stem from true selflessness or a desire to be seen as saintly is largely academic, since ultimately it amounts to the same result. She's definitely not all sweetness and light, though - she likes to sound mysterious and cool in all her interactions, and does not hesitate to lie through her teeth to achieve that. Especially if she can confuse and annoy people with pretending to know much more than she does because she is a trolling little shithead.
The misdirection isn't just for the sake of fun, though. It serves to cover up the fact that Clara knows very little about who or what she is and is more often than not extremely confused and frightened herself. Building an image of herself as a strange and mystical figure lets her turn that around on others. It might not give her what she truly wants more than anything - to be loved and protected - but she believes that as a criminal and a thief that is something she cannot receive anyway. The only way she can truly come to be accepted is by proving herself as a miracle worker.
The struggle to save the town for the sake of that goal has pushed her to develop a new, more pragmatic and assertive side to her personality. Not only does finding solutions require the capability to make difficult decisions that affect the lives of others, simply surviving everyday life in the midst of a plague is a hardening experience. She's had to learn to do whatever she has to, be it scavenging what little supplies can be found or hunting down those who turn to crime to feed their families.
While some of the moral decisions Clara has had to make have been difficult and worn on her, some remain extremely easy. For example, she has no compunctions against manipulating the Bachelor and the Haruspex to work against each other because she believes them to be evil. She sometimes makes assumptions like this on very little basis other than an initial impression, but she trusts her instincts to be guidance from above and sticks to them stubbornly. If she finds someone to be suspicious and frightening, they must be evil or even demonic and she's unlikely to ever fully trust them. She does believe that even they can be redeemed if they truly regret their sins, but her idea of sins might be very different from others'.
Flavor Abilities: Bad news (for Clara): She doesn't get to keep her amazing powers of killing or healing with a touch, nor the ability to hypnotise people into telling the truth.
Good news: She won't be spreading a horrific plague wherever she goes! Yay!
There's one feature I'd like to keep, though: people who are sensitive to the supernatural or spiritual may sometimes glimpse Clara's true nature for a moment, seeing a creepy jumbled collection of bones where her legs should be.
Suitability: Pathologic is described by its makers, entirely accurately, as a "survival simulation". The circumstances Clara and the other protagonists go through are fairly similar to those in Norfinbury - resources needed for survival are low, chances of death are very high, and just making it through every day is a struggle. The main difference would be that in comparison to Norfinbury, the plague presents more of a physical threat than a psychological one. Weird shit is going on all the time, but not nearly to the same degree. Thus, while Clara will be extremely well-prepared for some aspects of the game, others will be taking her off guard. If it were just a matter of survival, she'd likely get by just fine, but the isolation and stress will likely push her in fun new ways.
RP Samples: Log sample
Network sample:
[As Clara appears on the feed, it's instantly clear there's something wrong. There's no sign of her usual chipper demeanour, and she seems to be hesitating, uncertain what to say.]
...Hello, everyone. Some of you might have noticed my name on the obituaries that were posted recently, but... I didn't die. That obituary wasn't for me.
[She hesitates again, chewing on a nail. She hates letting everyone see her so out of sorts, but this is important. If it's what she thinks she is, everyone could be in terrible danger.]
This might sound a little strange, but has anyone recently run into me? Or rather, someone you might think is me? You see, I have a twin sister who looks just like me and even has the same name.
If you do run into someone who looks like me, but can't be sure that it is me, you should stay away. It could be very dangerous.
[Nervous as she is, she's still managing to conceal the worst of her fear. There's no need to cause too much alarm, after all! Or let people know just how scared she actually is!
Because oh boy, is she ever scared. She's seen just how much damage her sister causes just by existing. Who knows what she might do if she has now died and come back?]
REVISION REQUEST
We would like to see some expansion on the personality section that delves more deeply into Clara's strange morality, and what she may consider to be a sin that others would not. Additionally, please let us know more specifically what her clothing consists of!
Please reply to this comment with your revisions within three days or your slot will be forfeit.
Re: REVISION REQUEST
In contrast, things most people would consider much worse, such as murder and theft, don't phase her nearly as much. She does not enjoy killing by any means, but does not see it as a real issue as long as those killed are not innocents. As for stealing, it doesn't count as long as no one notices, right?
Aside from these specific examples, Clara doesn't really have clearly defined rules on morality. Whether someone is evil or not is something she bases mostly on first impressions and her own feelings. After all, she is guided by a higher power. It wouldn't steer her instincts wrong, would it? Since in the game she'll lack her ability to force people to tell the truth, she'll rely even more on just her feelings to decide who to trust.
Her clothes consist of:
-A striped sweater
-A coat with very big pockets
-A short skirt
-Mismatched socks
-Combat boots
-A scarf
-A knitted hat
ACCEPTED
A one-story A-frame house, the walls here are often slanted to account for its triangular shape. There is a small lofted area that contains a bed, though of course the sheets and blankets are gone. Aside from that, there is a kitchen, living room, and bathroom. The loft ladder wobbles a bit, but it shouldn't break without interference.
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Note: Clara's collection of sharp objects will be confiscated. Her flavor ability is allowed, but note that there are not many approved flavor abilities that will allow other characters to see her true nature.
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