Mortell

Alias(es): Morty, Bugs, Red

Real Name: Mortell Skordýrum Freehold: Motley: Apparent Age: Early to Mid-twenties Seeming: Beast Kith: Skitterskulk/Venombite Court: Not yet Titles: Concept: Scolopendra Gigantea/Slenderman/Scolipede

IC Journal: http://scolomortell.livejournal.com/ Quote: "Let's turn that frown inside out~"

Mien
Slightly extended torso to accomodate two sets of extra arms. Waist-down is a ceptipede-like body, with bright red legs that match her long tresses. Shoulders sport two dark red O's, the same dark red that travels down her front in two thin lines and marks her elbow in a thick band, as well as lines the end of her tail in rings. Inside of O's are black circles. Only three fingers and a thumb on each hand, tips of fingers are dark red also. At the end of her tail are two long barbs that can move independantly, bright red in color, while on top of her head are antanae. Her lips are black, right eye has a silver-white iris and left has dark red, and both eyes have black schlera. Most of her 'skin' is a darj gray, while part of her arms, as well as her sides and down her back, are plated with an exoskeleton-like skin that is a darker shade of near-black gray. In any sort of light, the plating will fade to white gradually. Mouth is filled with pointed teeth, the canines of which are a lot longer and sharper and can inject venom like the barbs on her tail. Tongue is black, but the rest of her mouth is bright red. Morty can reach well over seven feet because of her long tail, and she uses that to intimidate people by rising up above them. When she's angered, black tentacle-like appendages can appear out of her back or along her tail, though they tend to originate from her shoulderblades.

Mask
Like her Mien, Mortell has wild firey red hair when Masked, though it isn't such a bright shocking color. She isn't nearly as tall, reaching only about 5'4.'' Pale complexion dotted with hundreds of freckles, her eyes are a very dark green, almost black. Normally in this form she wears an overly large pullover, and generally complains about having to wear anything at all, really. That's generally why she tends to stay away from populated locations, but boredom always drags her back to peoplewatch.

The World of Men
In her human life, Mortell was a quiet reserved wanderer who went from place to place, staying with whoever would take her in for the night if she could find a place to stay. If not, she never really minded sleeping outside, since being outdoors was one of her favorite pastimes. She had lived like this since her mid teens, having ran away from her adoptive family that took her in after her parents had died when she was still very young, in order to escape their fighting. On one of the nights that someone allowed her to stay with them, however, she committed a terrible act; the man was apparently not like the other kind souls that had shacked her up with them just to get her off the streets for the night. After trying to force himself on her, Morty elapsed into a blind rage and proceeded to beat the man tod eath, fleeing shortly after and not stopping until she knew she was at least a state away. It wasn't until after that she grasped that she had enjoyed killing the man immensly, and afterwords, her entire demeaner changed from calm and relaxed to cruel, sarcastic and skiddish. After that first time, she took the lives of at least twenty other people while traveling accross the country. It was in the middle of strangling her twenty-second victim that she was taken by a Fae.

Durance
After being captured, Morty's Keeper turned her into a form that pleased it and was good for the purposes that it had stolen her for in the first place. After that, Mortell was thrown into an intense series of fights, pitted against other Changelings in a battle for survival. When she won these fights, she was rewarded by her Keeper hansomly, but when she almost lost or didn't put up a good enough show for the Fae, it subjected her to whatever it could do to make her pained, be it beatings to the point of death or visions of her worst fears that crippled her sanity. All of this lead Mortell to develop a strange sort of affection for her Keeper, wanting to please it and be appraised by it more, and when she failed she knew it was her own fault, causing her to eventually agree with the punishments she got, even if they did began to happen for no reason and got worse and worse, readily accepting them just to make her Keeper happy and amused. After spending a few years doing this and turning into what she is now, her Keeper either grew tired of watching Morty fight or simply grew bored of her no longer putting up a fight when it attacked her, and discarded her like nothing more than an old book that had been read too many times, replacing her with a newer, shinier novel that more people liked. Mortell had become pretty much obsessed with her Keeper by this time, and so that obsession now fuels her to return and prove that she is worth her place at her Keepers side.

Muddled Memories
Morty remembers very little from her time in Arcadia, but what she does remember is a feeling of belonging, and a kind, if not frightening, face. It is because of that feeling, and because she had no way or will to return to her previous life, that she strives to return and regain her lost memories, and left her Fetch to carry out her sentences, since it had been apprehended by the police for the crimes she had previously committed. The only other thing that she can remember clearly is when she was first changed, since it was so sudden, abrupt and easily the most painful thing she'd ever gone through and ever would, but also gave her such immense satisfaction at the appraising look her Keeper had given her that she'd never forget it.

Playing the Part
Morty's emotional range is wide and far. One minute she can be quiet, observive and calculative, especially when watching something, and the next she can be rash and violent, quick to run into something without a second thought. Then, a split second later, she could be cooing over something she found nice. This usually results in lots of comical facial expressions, since they switch from one emotion to another very fast if she's deep in thought, which she tends to be a lot, usually having her own little conversations.

Her time fleeing from the authorities from her mortal life has left her very distrusting and makes it hard to warm up to people, thus she's generally a loner. Being in the run made her paranoid and very anxious pretty much all the time, which gradually got worse even with her secure -so she thought- position in Arcadia.

Though sarcasm and skeptisism are her usual default, Mortell also has another side to her, once much for feminine than she'd like to admit she was capable of. If she finds something she particulalrly likes or finds interesting, she will covet it and pretty much try and smother it with her effections, so long as she doesn't overwhelm the person, and try with all of her efforts to make that thing or someone happy or in her good favor. Her extrasensories allow her to pick up on emotions easier than normal, and she generally uses this to her advantage to manipulate people or turn the tides of a battle. However, when she's in 'covet mode', she uses that ability to help make sure her target is happy and content. When Mortell does happens to find something or someone that she takes a liking to, they become her entire world, and she gravitates to them instantly. That is, until she finds something else to draw her attentions.

The prominent side to her is much darker and animalistic. This is where her love for murder and suffering comes from, and it's also where her obsessive stalker side is formed as well. Her gravitational pull to something can sometimes overwhelm her senses, to the point that she can only think of that one thing, as as such, she begins to seek it out intentionally, frantically. Also, if she doesn't get what she wants, she has a habit of taking things by force or simply going into a fit of rage at being rejected, breaking things and people around her.

Her thoughts always gradually turn to something sadistic or gory, usually by accident. Her time in Arcadia has taught her even more self-dicipline than she had before, so it's very rare that she has any violent outbursts.... but not so rare for her to stalk things. Her morbid personality has only increased in unpleasantness during her stay with her Keeper before she was cast away, which pretty much turned her into an emotional trainwreck at this point and has amped up her anxiety, paranoia and distrust tenfold.

Despite her animosity to most living things that she hasn't become acquainted with or things that doesn't strike her interests, she loves to learn new things and is quite intellectual, even in her current wild and uneven state. When she isn't being an obsessive psychopath, she generally enjoys laying out in the sun for warmth, exploring, or people watching, much like she did before she was abducted. The people watching usually turns into a casual stalking session, but it usually never lasts, and even when it does, she's very careful not to be noticed by Normals.

Morty is also, surprisingly, a cuddler, and enjoys singing and reading. When she can actually find a book that someone would let her borrow/have. She especially loves having someone to curl up with, quite literally, when she sleeps.

Fact or Fiction

 * From her days of constantly avoiding police figures and pretty much anyone in general that could find out her secrets, Morty has become adept at sneaking around and staying out of notice/sight.
 * She loves to eat, anything and everything, and generally has to have something to chew on at all times. It seems to help keep her anxieties at bay.
 * Her eyes are extremely sensitive to light, so if it is bright somewhere, she will simply close them and use her antenae senses to 'see' her surroundings. If she is in light for a prolonged period of time, she dons a white mask that hides her face.

Soundtrack

 * Lisa Miskovsky - Still Alive
 * Within Temptation - The Howling
 * Scissor Sisters - I Can't Decide
 * Blue Foundation - Eyes On fire
 * Toybox - Best Friend (For Morty & Brian)

OOC Info
Name: Blitz Jax

Region: South East, North America

Domain: Northwest Florida