Name: Marionette (Living Doll)
Species: Tsukumogami, Golem, Machina
Type: Construct
Elemental Affinity: Various
Combat Specialty: Various
Sociability: Emotionless, Various
Threat Level: Various
Habitats: Reversal Plains (Uncommon), Various
Weakness: Various
Immunities: All status ailments.
Item Dropped: (WIP)
Additional Info: Absorbs Magic. Absorbs Souls. Absorbs Energy/Chakra.
Weapons
Various
Natural/Signature Abilities
(WIP)
Spin Bomb - Spins body around like a helicopter and slices up anything that gets near like a blade.
Dancing Knife - Juggles both the opponent and several knives, stabbing the knives into the opponent from the air.
Poison Poison - Shoots millions of poisonous needles out of mouth. Can also use while head is spinning for more range. Needles cause both poison and paralysis.
Spark Sphere - Creates a sphere of electrical string around self and begins to spin, slicing up and electrocuting anything and everything that touches it as well as protecting it from attack.
Magical Knife - Throws several hundred knives into the air which will disappear. The toy will slap the invisible knives at the foe while spinning for the utmost speed and power.
Illusion - Splits self into 4 marionettes that move in illusory ways, being unable to be touched and leaving afterimages of themselves to confuse the foe and make them unwary. When they are, the puppets will spin around at a high speed and slice up the foe from every direction.
Doll Body: A Living Doll as a lifeform is literally described as "a soul living within the body of a doll". It is unclear on how the exact mechanics of this state comes about; whether a Living Doll is created when a host-less soul takes possession of/is entrapped within a doll's body or if a Living Doll is created via some reproductive means.
Non-biological Body: A Living Doll's body is not biological and thusly is not susceptible to the same vulnerabilities (heat, cold) and strengths (regeneration) as a biological body. Of course, this also means that they encounter difficulties that biological beings would not, such as the notion that their ball-jointed limbs encounter problems if sand gets into their joints.
Soul Strength: A Living Doll with a very strong spirit can grow their own hair like a biological being. Others must rely on wigs and protect their hair zealously as it won't grow back if damaged.
Life Energy Consumption: Living Dolls must absorb "life energy" or "vitality" from living beings to sustain themselves. Depending on how much energy the Doll absorbs the process can often leave the living being tired and physically weakened. Like vampires with blood, they can eat a person's life force as long as they have that person's permission to do so.
Curse Ability: Living Dolls claim to possess the ability to curse individuals that cross them.
Marionette Info
Living dolls that were brought to life through means of magic, souls or gaining a will of its own over the course of many years. Some are malevolent, being the neglected toys of children who have grown out of them, gaining life because of the resentment they felt, whilst some are benevolent, being kind creatures that have been treated well. They seem to be one of the final products of the old Witch project of creating living beings, being an evolved version of the Golems. Some are even Machina.
Malevolent dolls with dark spiritual energy have a tendency to be dark and malicious toward the living, especially children, and manipulating their minds or even going as far as killing them. They have a constant need to be loved and payed attention to, which is a symbol of their neglect. Their incredible powers can tamper with the minds, hearts and even souls of others, making these beings very dangerous and powerful. Though they are dolls, many have very soft flesh, as to be more akin to a human. It is said that if a malevolent Marionette is tormenting you, then showering it with everything it wants will eventually change it into one of good will.
They have tendency to pretend to be normal dolls so that they can trick others, and also because that is what they look like when they are dormant. Initially, they have no real feelings save for those of the spirit of benevolence or malevolence, though in time and interaction with others, they can learn other emotions and find out their 'true' selves. Out of all the experiments, these seem to be the most human-like, and perhaps they can even become truly human if their heart desires it.
Many are mediums used to carry tons and tons of energy, so their bodies are naturally accustomed to absorbing energy from all over and manipulating it to their will. As such, it is not uncommon for a Marionette to seemingly have limitless reserves of energy to do astounding things. They also attract a large amount of other spirits, and their energy is so large that they can even animate other inanimate objects. Some are known to grow so powerful that they can create their own isolated realities existing on the same plane, such as houses that are from their memories as dolls, where they control everything that happens within. There are those that will even simulate real people to carry them. However, this is not the same as the real playing of a real person, as most times, it is only a memory being played on the physical plane. These places are often called 'Doll Houses.'
Their bodies are incredibly durable thanks to the vast amount of energy they have, and so to break it slightly will still keep the marionette alive. Even if the body is broken, it will somehow 'instantaneously' appear in its original state elsewhere in the person's journey, seeming to follow them. To ensure the energy does not continue to animate the body, one must extract the soul and smash the body to pieces when its energy source is outside of the body.
Since being given life, the Marionette has removed the strings tying him to his control rods, but has kept his control rods as well as modified them into two Battle Tonfas. The Marionette can, oddly enough, spin it's body with the arms stretched out, creating a helicopter motion and actually allow it to go up in the air. It's body can also come apart at will, and move to its will even when disconnected. Due to the Marionette's body being made of inorganic materials, it is immune to things that would cause normal living creatures discomfort. If one is to take control of the Control Rods, even though the strings are not attached, the Doll will still be under the control of the one who has it. However, there aren't many that were even still made with control rods, making that only applicable to few of them.
They say once you connect to a Marionette emotionally, even if it's just a 'hey, that thing is pretty cute,' or slight fascination like that, they will find a way to link themselves to you, almost like a Voodoo doll, and continue to follow you forever. If one ignores the doll, the bond will be broken and they will either collapse under their own tumultuous energy of turmoil or disappear completely from being ignored. That is, after they have given you hell on earth. Those who nurture this fascination eventually find themselves inseparable from the dolls, and then they and the dolls become like a combined entity, where the doll will enslave the mind of that who has interacted with them. This is not always the case, however, for some people willingly allow the bond between the doll, and in rare cases, have complete control over it. That seems to be for the especially dark and twisted, however. At least when it comes to a malevolent Marionette. There are even times where the Marionette will switch bodies with the one that has become connected to them, and never give the body back.
These dark things do not ever happen to a Marionette who has been treated with love and kindness, however, as they will become benevolent and nice.
