Thistle Marathon

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- Thistle Marathon

Appearance
Thistle Marathon stands at a decidedly average 5 feet and 10 inches, weighing 135 lbs. Her frame is rather normal, though she is rather fit with wider hips than average and a medium bust. Both of Thistle’s legs, below the knee, are missing; in their place are a pair of silvery metal prostheses armed with chainsaws built inside.

Thistle’s skin is faintly olive, with dark freckles across her nose and cheeks, under her sharp yet neutral, bright purple eyes. Thistle wears purple lipstick, as well as faint eye shadow and mascara. Her black hair is short and fluffy, brought to a mess of spikes, and drawn through with light violet highlights, which are most noticeable on the tips of her hair. While her face is rather soft, her thin lips and jagged eyebrows give her a slightly more sharp look overall.

A deceptively heavy purple leather top, trimmed to match her eyes, and adorned with a large green ribbon on her back begins to make up her outfit of choice. This top is lightly armoured, made both of stiff leather and inlaid with metal wire. On her arms, her secondary weapons, while idle, act as hard vambraces protecting her forearms. Thistle’s pants, contrary to her top, are stretchy and breathable, green in color, they are much thicker than spandex, but behave similarly. Around her waist, a criss-cross of thin purple belts hold the split cape sprouting from the back, as well as holding up her pants some.

Personality
First impressions of Thistle are usually pleasant, if a bit cold. She has a habit of being overly polite and reserved, almost coming off as aloof, rarely speaking up or looking invested in anything too much. This mysterious and cool exterior is her most apparent flaw; she is slow to warm up to anyone, borderline stoic, and can even approach boring with her seeming lack of interest in most things.

Thistle appears rather delicate, at least that’s what her mannerisms portray. She stands off to the side, meekly looking around rather than being the center of attention, coupled with her gentility, Thistle does appear rather shy.

Combat, however, is where Thistle begins to shine. You almost wouldn’t recognize her fighting, she is far less reserved, more aggressive and active, and seems to thrive in a fight. Though she still heavily retains her stoicism, Thistle becomes more calculating and nearing cruel at times, relishing in victory when her opponent is trapped.

Though Thistle is slow to warm up, that does not mean she warms up especially well. Even among friends, Thistle is overly guarded, rarely opening up or expressing affection, even if she wants to.

Semblance: Blossom Seed
Thistle produces a small ball of aura- referred to as a seed- about the size of a quarter with a flick of her hand. The ball of aura travels forward at about the speed of a fastball, in a straight line unaffected by wind or pressure, emitting a dim flicker of white light for its lifetime. Thistle can guide the seed sightly as it flies, but cannot control the speed. Upon hitting a solid surface larger than itself, the seed sticks to it, and no longer moves on its own.

While throwing the seed, Thistle's middle finger and thumb must be in contact, releasing them in a snapping motion causes the corresponding seed to detonate with the force of a small bomb. Simply releasing her fingers dispels the seed.

Currently, Thistle is only able to produce two Blossom Seeds at a time, one for each middle finger. She will eventually grow and be able to use more fingers. Post Battle of Beacon, Thistle is able to use her ring fingers in tandem with her middle fingers for a maximum of four, though technically she currently only has the stamina to hold onto three. Her maximum potential will one day allow eight to be maintained.

Argent Radix
Both of Thistle's legs are missing below the knee. A pair of robotic prostheses act as both replacements for her missing legs, and as her primary weapon.

Argent Radix are cybernetically controlled, solid weapon-grade metal, and armed with a powerful chainsaw blade running through the center, the cutting edge placed effectively where one's shin would normally be. Thistle can arm Argent Radix with dust infused chains, but replacements are time consuming to undergo, thus exchanging chains in battle is nigh impossible.

The blades rev automatically under Thistle's will, only while turned on, of course. While active, her legs are not loud per se, but hardly silent, emitting a low hum as they sit idle.

Bramble Ferrum
Mounted on either forearm, Bramble Ferrum are a pair of tonfa-style swords, capable of folding back to act as a pair of vambraces. In their idle state, Bramble Ferrum are covered in hard leather, reaching past Thistle’s elbows with only two seams down the spine indicating their transformative quality. While active, Bramble Ferrum’s blades flip outward on hinges near her wrists, releasing a small handle for her to grab before locking in place.

Bramble Ferrum are fixed in place parallel to her forearms, thus they lacks the maneuverability of a standard sword- though they make up for it in strength and inability to be disarmed without extremely significant effort.