Gretchen the Mongoose

This is an article about Gretchen the Mongoose, a character created by Monk the Cat on 02/18/2014.
Gretchen is a twenty-one year old mongoose with the ability to manipulate crystals and gems in various ways.
==Physical Appearance==
Gretchen is a slightly short, or average height mongoose. She has an average athletic build, but nothing too noticeable. Her fur is a tan-goldenrod color, looking like yellow with light brown in it. Her eyes are a crystal blue color. She has a pair of rounded ears with pink skin on the inside. Her muzzle is white with a half-dozen tiny tufts on either side of it. Her belly is also a white color and the tip of her tail is dark brown.
She usually wears a red dress-skirt that is a red sleeveless shirt that comes down to the bottom where it moves out into a short skirt. Over that she wears a long-sleeved red overcoat with white trimmings. On her legs she wears a pair of red trousers that go down to a bit above her ankles. On the feet, she wears a pair of red boots that go half-way up to the knees and are overlapped by the trousers. She wears no gloves. On her head is a wide-brimmed (you guessed it, red) hat that resembles a musketeer's hat, completed with a large white plume that goes slightly behind her left temple. The hat has two holes cut for her ears to fit through, the ears going in front of the plume. She can usually be seen carrying either a rucksack or backpack around with her, if not a large purse.
==Personality==
Gretchen is usually a calm mongoose who presents a laid-back, yet professional atmosphere. She is notably polite and gentile, especially to friends and potential customers. When off-job, she's even more relaxed and a bit of a goofer, being full of energy and jokes and riddles. She is rather clever and loves puzzles, sometimes trying to outsmart other people for fun. Naturally from this, she loves things such as card and board games.
She does have a bit of obsessive compulsive disorder(OCD) when it comes to large, beautiful or powerful gemstones. She can effortlessly figure how much a crystal is worth, buy it, then sell it for more. This is one of her sources of income, the other is prospecting. She may not seem the type, but she is snot afraid to get her hands dirty to get a job done. She simply prefers to stay clean when she can.
Gretchen does also harbor an enjoyment for combat. She's trained with the ways of knighthood, and fights honorably, even if the enemy cannot harm her. She is a bit of a show-off, commenting and either complimenting or insulting how well a person does while they are locked in combat. She does it almost entirely for sport or rewards, and as such she keeps a lively and cheerful spirit while clashing with normally serious and angry opponents.
==Items Currently in Possession==
*Lugers - A pair of classic semi-automatic handguns of German origin. They provide a graceful style of firearms that match her outfit and personality. She rarely uses these weapons, though as they are almost entirely for show or security.
*Power Gems - A few energy crystals. She usually carries about a half-dozen or so of these small crystals as a reserve power source. 
*Elemental Gems - A set of four elemental crystals for Fire, Earth, Water and Wind. Each crystal holds five uses for attacks before needing to be refilled. An energy crystal can be used to completely refill a used-up elemental gem.
*Cellphone - Self-explanatory. It's her personal phone that she uses for calls, a few games and internet. She doesn't use it too often, as she prefers talking in person or playing actual games. It can be noted that the screen and case of the phone are made of a sturdy crystal instead of glass or plastic.
==Powers==
Gretchen has the natural ability to manipulate crystals. She can cause them to grow, shrink or change shape. She also has the ability to use the abilities of any powerful crystals she is holding, so long as she isn't using another crystal that would cancel it out. She can also repair or recharge power gems that are used up or in need of repair. Also for finding any crystals hidden within the earth nearby.
She mainly uses the growth/shrinking and shape-altering parts of her power. She can form a suit of crystal, usually quarts or amethyst around her body for protection. Seeing that quartz is stronger than steel, this prevents her from a host full of attacks and makes it so she can stand her own in a fight. Along with the armor can come gauntlets, a sword and sometimes a shield. 
The second most used part of her power is the usage of elemental and power gems. Holding onto something like a fire crystal would allow her to drain power from the crystal and use it to make her own fiery attacks. This will work for literally any gems she gets her hands on, including things such as Chaos Emeralds.
She uses her crystal-sensing abilities to dig up more crystals to either add to her collection or sell at her shop. This ability only really comes in handy when looking for what customers might want to buy, or when prospecting for more gems.
==Abilities==
Being a mongoose, Gretchen is naturally built for speed and agility. She is fast and flexible, but doesn't show it too often. She is also considerably strong for one her size being able to lift over twice her weight (About two hundred pounds.) with a bit of effort. She is also a naturally good jumper and swimmer.
==Skills==
Being surrounded in gems for most of her life has made the mongoose very familiar with different crystals, rocks and gems. She is very good at analyzing, sizing up and estimating the prices of gemstones. And also is good at knowing what is what. She has decent swordmaidenship skills with both crystal and metal blades. A steady hand helps increase her accuracy with ranged weaponry such as her Lugers.
Category:Mongeese
Category:Females
Category:Crystalkinetics
Category:Adults
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