Lightning Cleo Strife

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LIGHTNING CLEO STRIFE

NAME:Lightning Cleo Strife. Used to be Cleo Summer Strife, but changed it after she turned 16.
NICKNAMES:Light, Li, Cleo, Leo, Fee.
AGE/BIRTHDAY: 17 {20th march}
JOB: -
GENDER: Female.
SPECIES: Witch.
SEXUALITY: Heterosexual.
MENTAL DISORDER: Psychotic depression
RECOMMENDED BY: Alex Strife - twin.

INNATE ABILITIES: Reflexes, speed, creative.

Lightning has slightly more enhanced abilites than the average witch, but only a fraction more. I'm not saying that she's suddenly Edward Cullen who can swing from tree to tree. Just that she'll be able to catch, dodge etc more often than not. Also, speed has always been a plus for her, and she can outrun most people. Unless they're frigging fast. Obviously. She also has a flair for her creative side, and spending time drawing or painting usually helps her calm herself down.

SPECIES ABILITIES Weather.

Lightning can control the weather in small amounts. She can make the weather change to whatever she wants, although this takes incredibly energy, and it tires her out incredibly. She can concentrate the weather onto one fixed place, so that all the damage ( for example, rain, lightning ) will be struck only there. She can control lightning the most, and it doesn't take as much effort to use it like the others. Her emotions usually effect the weather naturally, but it isn't as strong as when actually she uses it herself. She can summon the weather to form out of her hand, but with the exception of lightning, they are all usually weak, and the summons don't last very long.

PATIENT TYPE Invitus
MENTAL DISORDER: Psychotic Depression
SYMPTOMS

Lightning experiences delusions and hallucinations, and frequently sees things that aren't there, have discussions with people that aren't there, think that things have happened, when really, they haven't. She's also constantly paranoid, as the voices in her head constantly talk to her, telling her that people will come and get her for her sins. They also make her feel guilty for things she haven't done, and they persuade her to turn suicidal. Lightning also experiences agitation, difficulty falling asleep, waking up in the night frequently, and has memory problems, causing her to forget about things easily.

TRIGGERS The voices, usually. Anything can trigger her symptoms off, though.

FAMILY
FAMILIAR: None
MOTHER: Lilith Strife
FATHER: Edward Strife
SIBLINGS: Alex Strife
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: None
OTHER: None

HISTORY:

She wasn't meant to be born.

The Strife's weren't mean to have twins. The family doctor had told them that they were to expect one boy, nothing else. And this was exactly what they wanted.

Just the one boy.

Nothing else.

The Strife's weren't exactly wealthy, but they weren't poor, either. They managed to make just enough money to scrape by without having to make big sacrifices. But this was before Lilith fell pregnant. Now, they knew that they were going to have to give up the luxuries that they were used to having. But they were okay with that. Because, really, if you had the choice to choose between a baby boy or a weeks holiday in Italy, what would you choose? The baby boy, of course.

After the news, the Strife's cashed out in infant equipment, buying the best they could afford. They painted the spare room a light blue, installed a sturdy yet comfortable crib, and accessorized the room with toy cars, stuffed dinosaurs and the like. Everything was going to be perfect.

But of course, nothing was ever perfect.

On the day of Lilith's labour, after 42 hours of hard work, she gave birth to a set of twins, one boy, one girl. This, put the Strife's into a predicament that they weren't all too sure of how to get out of. Yes, they were glad to have been gifted with two healthy babies. But they could only just afford to have one, not two. After a few days of emotional unrest, the troubled parents finally came to a choice. They simply didn't have the financial support.

So they did the worst thing any parent could do to their children.

They gave her up, thus separating the twins.

Lightning was left in an orphanage, and whilst her twin lead a relatively easy life, hers, was nowhere near comfortable. After being dumped in an orphanage by her parents, Lightning struggled to see the good things in life for a while. As a young girl, she'd always sit alone in her room, asking herself why she had no parents; no family. Always on the verge of tears, she'd force herself to go to sleep in her dark and cold room, feeling so alone. The days she'd spent shivering in the cold, the carers oblivious to her suffering activated her fear of being alone. Even then, she hated the thought of it, and developed a fear that gradually worsened over time. The orphanage treated her and the orphans like shit, and the nutrition they received wasn't enough, the clothing they wore weren't warm, and the carers didn't bother to give the orphans any education. Due to all this, Lightning turned out to be a weak child, a girl who was easily manipulated, abused, and entirely dependent on the people around her.

The other orphans in the house always managed to hurt her in some way, their ways sneaky enough that the carers never noticed why Lightning was always in pain, or why she hardly ever talked. Not that they cared that much. When she was left alone, Lightning would reside in her room, huddled on the bed, scared of the emptiness around her. But then one day, a boy came in. He was new, and was older than her, by a few years. He'd never abuse her, but he never stopped the others, either. Lightning, too scared to talk to him, simply stared at him, secretly glad that she wasn't alone, but curious as to why he was in her room. Slowly, he walked towards her. Sat down on her bed beside her. It was only then that she noticed the bulking bag hanging off his shoulder. As if he knew what she was asking, he opened the bag, and let the contents spill out on her bed. That, was the day she was introduced to manga. Drawing. Painting. Art. Creativity. An escape. She emerged herself into the world of manga and art, and whenever someone abused her, she'd hide in her room, and just paint. Pretty soon, she excelled in it. It was because of this, that she became a little more open. More willing to have fun.

But the abuse never stopped. And one day, it just got too much.

When she finally decided to run away, she left her old self behind her. She couldn't be weak, not when they were out in the wild. Lightning still was heavily dependent, but she was no longer weak. Out in the woods, she had to be responsible. Clever. Strong. Being 13 and living on your own away from civilization is a hard thing to do. But somehow, Lightning did it. From this, she became smarter. Stubborn. Determined. Strong-willed. The harshness of the wilderness shaped her into a better person. But then she got caught. And they were sent back to the orphanage. At first, her old self made an appearance. Being back in the old surroundings made Lightning forget who she had changed to be. But then her brother got marked. And the person she so heavily depended on was gone. The nightmares came, the self-loathing began and the depression slowly sank in. But when Dimitri, the boy who she owed so much for started to abuse her, she clicked back into place. Lightning had a sharp tongue, and she knew how to use it. She learnt how to hide her fears, just enough to kid the others that she wasn't weak anymore.

But really, she was weaker than ever.

After she faced the abuse with Dimitri, she become more reckless. More cut off from the world. The stubbornness, determinedness., strong-willfulness, intelligence, wit and sharp tongue was still there. But Lightning had turned more violent. More uncaring. More lethal. After getting raped and abused, she didn't let herself trust people she didn't know, and almost always carried a knife or some sort of weapon with her for protection. But she had her magic, also. She become more temperamental, her impatience her weakness. Say the wrong thing, and you would've had Lightning as your enemy. However, she still feared being alone. She still had the self-loathing and depression. Even now, she doubts that it will ever truly go, and she blames herself for all the bad things that happen to everyone, even thought they could in any way be her fault. Of course, after meeting Dimitri, losing her virginity to a rapist had made her not give a shit about her body and 'purity' anymore, so she flirted with anyone, and had flings here and there whenever she felt like it. However, whenever she did fuck some random guy, the self-loathing only deepened, and she duh herself a bigger grave every time she did so. Apart from the small group of friends that she's managed to gain, Lightning shuts herself off from the rest of the world, and she convinces herself that most people annoy her, unless they're hot enough to screw. She couldn't let herself be vulnerable again, because really, she's had enough of being abused.

But just when you thought she was a full frontal bitch, she fell in love.

Well, not in love, maybe. They were still young after all. That's what she told herself anyway. She always told herself that people say that the word, 'hate' is a strong word, but people throw the word 'love' around like it's nothing at all. Whenever she saw him, she told herself that she's too young to be in love. That she's fooling herself. That he's too good for her. Blame the self -loathing and depression, but Lightning was such a vulnerable creature, everything she did only harmed herself. But of course, she didn't show this. She didn't want anyone to worry; she hated being the center of attention after all. Lightning loved her small group of friends from the orphanage more than anything, and she'd literally do anything to keep them happy. But there was always that nagging feeling at the back of her mind, telling herself to be ready for when they betray her, and leave her to be alone for the rest of her life. And when the love of her life got adopted, it broke her.

Perhaps this is how she turned crazy so easily.

After she turned 16, she was legally allowed to leave the orphanage and she gladly did so. She also changed her name to Lightning, as she thought that it suited her better than her present one. By this time, both her birth parents had died, but not before telling Alex about his twin. He started to hunt for her, and it wasn't long before they met. Lightning didn't know what to feel.

Angry? For being ditched? Happy? For finally being reunited with her family?

Whatever she felt, it only drove her depression further inward, and she spent her days with Alex miserable, constantly blaming herself for the death of her parents. Alex simply did not know what to do. After a friend of his told him about a place called Black Springs, he finally decided that his sister would be better off there.

But when he sent her away, it was the final straw.

Lightning's mind completely broke, and the voices she now hears formed, unable to take the feeling of rejection yet again.

Now that she's here, she just goes day by day, slowly becoming crazier by the minute. There's only so much one person can stand in their life.

It doesn't take much for someone to become insane, after all.

PERSONALITY:

Lightning Strife.. How do i being to explain Lightning Strife.

Lightning Strife is flawless. I hear her hair's insured for $10,000. I hear she does car commercials... in Japan. Her favorite movie is Varsity Blues. One time she met John Stamos on a plane... And he told her she was pretty. One time, she punched me in the face.

It was awesome.

Just kidding.

But seriously, how to describe Lightning Strife. Her personality has changed a lot over her life, and to describe it all would mean that you'd have to read an essay. So i'll keep it short, and not so sweet.

Lightning is psychologically depressed. Off her fucking trot. After being raped by who she thought was her friend multiple times, watching her love commit go and be continuously abused, and with the depression and self-hatred; Lightning finally broke. At times, she remains her usual self, but that's only when she's sane enough to realize what's happening, and hide it from her friends. Lightning hates it when people worry about her, and she hates it more when people ask questions about herself or anything else, because her broken mind can't handle it, and it causes the most intense pain in her mind. There are voices in her head, telling her what to do, telling her lies that sound so convincingly true, and in general, they mess up her head so much that she can't handle reality any more. The voices, are slowly becoming personalities, and soon, they will form a figure and Lightning will begin to hallucinate them as real people. The first voice, is the most stubborn, the meanest and bitchiest of them all. This voice, is the one that usually takes the lead, and it's the one that is the most convincing, the voice that Lightning listens to the most. It's the voice that urges Lightning to kill herself, and it is potentially the most dangerous voice in Lightning's mind. When the voice takes it's form, it looks like Lightning, but with blonde, straight hair, and it has a mean beauty about it that is painful to look at, but you can't helping wanting to look more. This voice, introduces herself as Thunder, and its voice sounds much like Lightning's. The second voice is the quieter one, the sliest one that carefully manipulates Lightning into making her believe their lies. This voice is the one that carefully plants her thoughts into Lightning's mind, until she doesn't even know if she's thought of it, or if the voice has. This voice, unlike the others, is in the form of a man that looks very much like Dimitri, and introduces itself as Storm, and it's voice is low and man-like, and it sounds uncannily like Dimitri. The third and final voice, is perhaps the most painful one. This voice acts like it cares. That it actually worries for Lightning's well-being, and that its lies are actually words of advice to help Lightning into doing the right thing. This is the voice that confused Lightning the most, and it's because of this voice that Lightning has the most pain over. This voice takes the form of Lightning when she was 10 years old, and her voice is high pitched and sweet. It introduces itself as Summer, which unnerves Lightning, as that used to be her middle name.

With all of this going on inside her head, Lightning is easily confused, scared and dangerous, as she will lash out if scared. Sometimes, the voices make an appearance in her body, and they can take over if Lightning is weak enough. The voices like to make her life a living hell, and they regularly force her to forget everything that's happened, and they make her believe that she's just Cleo again, and she will forget who she actually is, and everyone she's met after changing her name to Lightning. There are days when she'll be so confused, that she'll not be able to do anything, and just mumble, staring at nothing in particular. However, when music is played, for some reason, it clears the voices, though not completely, but enough to make Lightning be able to think clearly again. This is why she usually has music playing very loudly in her ears, but as of late, she's been leaving her music behind, as she wants to hear the voices.

Because she'd hate to be alone.

There's a world inside of me
Overall, Lightning has a policy of a heart for an eye. Hurt her once, and she'll destroy you, and give you back the pain you've caused her or any of her friends quadrupled; however hard or long it takes. She isn't afraid to stand up for what she believes in, and if you screw her over, believe me, she'll screw you right back, twice as hard. Although she may not be as physically strong as some, Lightning is quick and agile, and she knows how to hurt you if you piss her off. Lightning is a bit of a mix, really. She can be cool and cold as ice when she wants to be, but when things get out of control, she bursts and lets her emotions rule her actions. She's more of a act now, think later; kill now, see who it is later sort of person, and she tends to regret most of the stuff she does when she's out of control. Right now, she's on the one way train to crazy, so her personality will always be changing, according to whoever's voice is most dominant. But one thing will always remain the same. Lightning will always hate herself, no matter how crazy she is.

STRENGTHS

• Is witty
  
• Has a sharp tongue
  
• Doesn't really give a shit
  
• She's actually pretty clever. just doesn't show it much.
  
• Artistic
  
• Creative
  
• Her magic
  
• Can go on for a long while without eating anything but apples. take apples away though, and she'll crumble.
  
• Extremely determined
  
• Loyal to the people she loves
  
• Quite protective, too
  
• Doesn't trust people easily anymore, thanks to a few people. >.>
  
• Thanks to her frame, she's quite quick and agile, but nothing outstanding
  
• Can read and absorb information quickly
  
• Naturally gets on with most animals
  
• She's good at hiding things from people, deceiving, lying, you get the idea.
  
• She's sexy. Enough said
  

WEAKNESSES

• Isn't that strong compared to guys
  
• Frequently puts herself in shitty situations where she has a hard time getting out. Sometimes, she can't even manage that
  
• Her mood changes quickly
  
• Words can insult her easily, if she's in a bad mood
  
• Her bad memories; they sometimes freeze her and make her depressed
  
• Has moments where she hates herself. A lot
  
• Doesn't make good impressions
  
• For some reason, something bad always happens to her
  
• Becomes awkward when people seek comfort from her
  
• Gets confused easily
  
• Reckless
  
• Impatient
  
• Her affinity; she has to be careful around water and metal
  
• She's crazy. jsyk
  
• Psychotically depressed
  
• Blames herself for a lot of things
  
• She's stubborn; if she doesn't want to do something, she won't. if she does want to do something, she will.
  
• She's very loyal. Makes her vulnerable
  
• Actually, the whole psychotically depressed thing makes her vulnerable too
  
• Frequently listens to the voices in her head. They say bad things
  

LIKES

• Apples
  
• Not giving a shit
  
• Being reckless
  
• Lightning (lol, obviously)
  
• Fire
  
• Apples
  
• Doing things her own way
  
• When things go according to plan
  
• *cough* sex *cough*
  
• Dancing
  
• Apples
  
• Alcohol
  
• Drugs
  
• Just generally messing around
  
• Burning random things
  
• Her magic
  
• Using her power to scare people. lmfao.
  
• Being in control
  
• Apples
  
• Loud music
  
• Just hanging out
  
• Sleeping
  
• Candy
  
• Beating people up that annoy her
  
• Her wit
  
• Knives
  
• Heat
  
• Night
  
• Snow
  
• Apples
  
• Roses
  
• Partying
  
• Ashes
  
• Feline creatures
  
• Doing unpredictable things
  
• Surprising people with her words/actions
  
• Bitch fights
  
• Things that amuse her
  
• Moving around
  
• Drawing
  
• Painting
  
• Anything artistic
  
• Manga
  
• Swearing.. especially the word fuck
  
• ..Did i mention apples?(;
  

DISLIKES

• Being completely alone
  
• Her magic at times
  
• Loosing control of situations
  
• Being overpowered
  
• Seeing the people she's close with get hurt
  
• Being used
  
• Getting abused
  
• People that annoy her
  
• When strangers try and find out everything in her life
  
• Relentless, and stupid questions
  
• The cold
  
• Lessons
  
• Education in general
  
• Fucking Dimitri.
  
• Cloud too. Bastard.
  
• Fucking asylum.
  
• Mouldy apples. Such a waste
  
• Cocky shits
  
• Being weaker than others
  
• Getting manipulated
  
• Her mental disorder
  
• The voices
  
• Getting told what to do
  
• People that think they 'know' her
  
• People that think they're perfect. Fucking get over yourself
  
• Retarded fucks
  
• Guys that act like bastards, are bastards, etc
  
• Also, guys that think they're 'it' just 'cuz they have a dick
  
• People who abuse those weaker than themselves
  
• When people bite their nails. Stop it, it's annoying
  
• Not doing anything
  
• When people move or do something too slow
  
• Being sappy
  
• Feeling sorry for herself
  
• Being a dick to those she loves
  
• Clingy shits
  
• When people take the piss outta her name
  
• When people get all shitty about her drinking
  
• When people get all shitty about her doing drugs
  
• When people nag at her
  
• Mistakes
  
• Repeating said mistakes
  
• Going crazy
  

SECRETS

• She's been raped. Many times. </3
  
• She thinks she's killed her brother.
  

FEARS

• Losing anyone she loves
  
• Death
  
• Going completely crazy
  
• Being abused over and over again
  
• The voices in her head
  
• Orphanages
  
• Losing everything
  
• Hurting someone she cares about because of the voices
  
• Being alone forever
  
• Never being able to eat apples again
  

GENERAL APPEARANCE

EYES: Blue.
HAIR: Dark brown, slightly wavy, just reaches under her chest.
STYLE: Varies; whatever she feels like really. slightly Punkish/Emo.
BUILD: Tall and willowwww.
SCARS: None.
TATTOOS: Two birds on the lower back. A chain and anchor on both her wrists. A butterfly on the back of her neck. Lightning on the side of both her hands. A flower and vine type thing on her back that goes up to her right shoulder blade.


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Annoyance.

Irritation. Anger. Confusion. Impatience. Happiness?

Annoyance once again.

A rush of feelings launched themselves into Lightning's mind, causing a jolt to run through her body. With a start, her eyes abruptly opened, forcing herself to awake from her unconscious state. With a small groan, she closed her eyes, attempting to blacken out the pain she felt in her head. She stayed like that for a few minutes, careful not to make too much movement, in fear of causing more pain to arise. With a sigh, she finally opened her eyes slowly, cracking them open bit by bit to let them get used to the light. Annoyed, she looked around, before frowning. All she could see was... dark blue. Dark blue? What the fuck? Why could she only see fucking dark fucking blue? What the fuck was this? Was sh-- oh. Oh. Well. This was awkward.

Lightning was facing the wall.

That would explain it.

Coughing to hide her embarrassment, she rolled onto her side so that she was facing away from the wall, grimacing as she did so.

For fuck sake. What the fuck happened?

Last thing she remembered was that stupid, shitty masquerade. The piece of shit that she was forced to go to. She'd been there, with her friends. Or at least she thought she was. It was hard to tell. All she could remember solidly, was that she'd sneaked away to have some moments of peace. Someone had been walking towards her; she couldn't see who it was, because she had been facing the opposite way. Then.. A sharp pain in the back of her head. Then nothing, Blackness, if you must. Thinking about it now, she'd probably been hit in the fucking head. With a sigh, she glared at the floor. Really? The fucking head? Ever heard of fucking head trauma? She rolled her eyes, annoyed. As she continued to try and remember her memories, ever so slowly, she sat up. One hand gripped onto her forehead, she groaned once again. Fuck. Major headache.

She heard someone move beside her, and she quickly looked up to see Sephora stand. Wow. Ow. Really major headache.

How fucking annoying.

It was only then that she realised that she wasn't alone. Looking around the room, -- more slowly, this time -- she frowned, before blinking in a crude attempt to clear her vision. Justin, Red, Raea and Seph were here. It looked like her and Sephora were the only ones awake at the moment. As she looked down, her mood increasingly worsened. She was still wearing the masquerade dress. Well lovely. Fucking lovely. Stupid piece of shit.

"Who the fuck are you?

Huh? Lightning turned her head to Sephora, one brow arched, a questioning look clear on her facial features. Had Sephora been hit that badly? Tilting her head slightly to the right, she opened her mouth, about to speak. Before any words escaped past her lips, she stopped herself. Seph wasn't looking at her. She was looking beside her. Slowly, with caution, Lightning turned around.

"Shit."

She cursed, her hands and knees driving her body backwards, doing anything they could to get as much distance away from that freak as they could. She tumbled onto Justin, and it was then that she forced herself to calm down. It was him. That.. Adam, guy. That piece of utter shit who tortured her. So was that why she was here? He wanted to do more? If so, why were the others here? Something in the back of her mind, told Lightning that she wasn't the reason for their kidnap. As she watched him gaze at them, with that fucking smirk on his goddamn face; Lightning had had enough,

Slowly, she stood, her hands clenched into fists, her legs screaming at her to run, to run. Away. But no. Why should she? She wasn't scared. Yeah, okay, that was a lie. But she didn't have to show that she was scared.

The anger bubbled away in her mind, and she flexed her fingers, sparks of electricity starting to shoot out randomly. The heels were making it hard for her to balance, but somehow, she managed. Tilting her head back just slightly, her eyes narrowed; mouth set into a small snarl. "What the fuck do you want, Adam." She hissed at him, a ball of electricity starting to form in the palm of her hand. This was a bad idea. Using her affinity would only tire her; but right now, she was way to angry to care. Her emotions took control of her affinity when they spiraled out of control, and right now, she was close to ending up that way.

She closed her eyes, and took a deep breath. Calm. The fuck. Down. After a few seconds, she continued to glare at Adam. "What the fuck do you want." She snarled, a low growl forming at the back of her throat. "Why're we here?" Lightning was pretty sure they were in that house of his. But she couldn't be sure. She didn't think she'd ever seen this room before.. If she did, then she'd have recognised it when she woke up.

Lightning was scared. Really scared. The pain from what he did to her had begun to ache, and she couldn't deal with it. She wasn't strong, like Ki. She wasn't anything, really. When you got down to it, she was all talk, but no walk. She looked behind her; at her friends.

Her friends.

She'd never had friends before. Scared as she was, Lightning didn't want them to get hurt, and she cared more about their safety than hers. She glanced at Sephora. She'd get them out of it, wouldn't she? They were the Brat Pack. They'd be fine. She shook her head. Lies. She was just feeding herself lies. One by one, she looked at everyone in the room, before settling to look at Adam with the flair of a child looking for revenge, but knowing that they wouldn't be able to achieve it.

They would all get hurt, some way or another.

This was a solid fact.

They would get out alive; all of them.

This, was not.

Name: IT'S HY BITCHES.
Age: 7.
RP Experience: Nearly a year now!
How Did You Find Us: I MADE LOVE WITH THE LOVELY MIYU AND REESA. THREESOME FTW.
Character FaceClaim: Kaya Scodelario.

Credit:
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Song Lyrics from Creepshow, Tea Party, and Walking On Air by Kerli
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[leila]

ACCEPTED! Duh, I think Cris would spaz if I denied her Grasshopper

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But seriously, its good ^_^

WELCOME TO LOSING GRIP, please remember to post in all the forms before RPing

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