Marianna

> *"A song you cannot hear... destruction you cannot see... that is my ability."*
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## Marianna

### Titles

Experiment 138: The Lamenting Siren, The Star of the Sea

## PERSONAL INFORMATION

### Likes

Songwriting, Music, Being alone, Swimming, Singing alone, The quiet, The ocean, Fireworks, Diving, Sharks

### Dislikes

Speaking, Crowds, Gatherings, Singing in front of people, Stages, Horror, Gore, Macabre, Collections of small holes, Guns, Fighting, Green peppers, Birthdays, Crayfish

### Phobia(S)

Trypophobia, Socialphobia, Hemophobia, Kabourophobia, Agoraphobia, Glossophobia

### Trauma(S)

Abandonment, Mental abuse, Emotional abuse, Death

### Spirit Animal

Marianna has a natural desire to help people, particularly those who cannot truly help themselves. The seahorse reminds her to recognize and even own her own vulnerabilities and to be considerate of the challenges that others face as she evolves on her life. Likewise, she also is a shark; it reminds her that new opportunities are everywhere, but she won't find them unless she keeps exploring. The shark also portends a time of fearlessly facing those things or people who hold her back.

## OTHER

### Theme Song(S)

Monsters, by Ruelle (Acoustic cover)
Drop In The Ocean, by Poylow, Harry Taylor, and MAD SNAX ft. India Dupriez
Sea Of Problems, by Bemax
Who is She?, by I Monster
Sharks, by Zeli
Ocean, by Codeko
Vitamin Sea, by Owl City

### Voice Claim

Akari Kito (Japanese)
Abby Trott (English)

## AFFILIATIONS

### Friends

Everett Keane, Sparrow Amemori, Quinn Downs, Solaris Whitlock, Brooklyn Danksworth, Hilda Mortensen

### Enemies

Brooklyn Danksworth (Unwillingly), Hilda Mortensen (Formerly)

**Marianna**, also known as **Experiment 138: The Lamenting Siren**, and given the title **'The Star of the Sea'**, is one of the experiments of the DC.

## Personality

Marianna is very reserved and bashful by nature, but is also pure-hearted. She is private and soft-spoken, even amongst close friends, and seems to enjoy time alone, which she often dedicates to songwriting. She has been socially anxious and self-conscious since she was small. She also embarrasses very easily and does not easily live down mortifying moments. Due to her shyness, she doesn't talk, but her form of communication is by her notepad on which she writes out her dialogue.

Marianna is warm-hearted and in touch with her emotions, possessing a very sensitive side that reveals itself more than she would like. Marianna is very aware and expressive of her feelings, though not always intentionally, be it her appreciation of her friends or her passion for music. She also seems to have a knack for offering her friends comforting words when they are distressed. Marianna's softer side comes out in her, at times peculiar, writing and lyrics, which often feature cutesy, and overly girlish themes and lines. Her weakness is the macabre and horrific, and she can be incapacitated with fear by stories involving the supernatural, horror, and gore. She also has an irrational fear of collections of small holes.

Marianna is diligent, responsible, and sober. She is a very dedicated musician and is technically advanced at singing.

According to a lot of people, Marianna is a truly fearsome fighter, surprisingly. Marianna's notepad serves as her limiter for her powers. When she closes her notepad, she's serious about fighting. Her powers as a Siren are so great, that she was deemed a "Genius" and earned the nickname "The Star of the Sea".

However, Marianna has some very bad parts of her personality that mostly comes out during her story. Back then, she managed to save the town and her mother from being ravaged by the Cube Anomaly... except, as everyone knows already, Estero Harbor was annihilated in the past anyway. Marianna continued to relive the same day with happier results, unaware that her act of protection did nothing in the real present time. This takes an even bitter tone when it's revealed that Marianna put herself in a forced sleep and into an alternate reality because of her obsession to be with her mother. She was at ground zero when Accro was ravaged by the Cube Anomaly, at which time her Other powers awoke and trapped the souls of all the people of the harbor town in a "Groundhog Day" Loop for her to keep relieving for *thirteen years* until she was brought to her senses by Hilda.

She constantly dreams and relieves events of what will happen on the same day, which makes her want to find the solution to avert disaster. All of this is willingly from her wishes to keep Accro "alive" in her memories.

## Background

Marianna was raised by a single mother in Estero Harbor, though being originally from Hazlitt, because her father and her mother divorced when Marianna was still super young. Her father kept trying to send money to her mother, but her mother kept rejecting it, even though she lost her job and they were struggling financially, causing her to have to work odd jobs to support Marianna. Her mother even lied to Marianna and told her her father had died.

When she was younger, until her 9th birthday, her father would always attend, but even then, he was always busy, on his phone, with work. On her 9th birthday, he didn't come because of work, and he didn't even send a gift. Her mother had to buy her one and say it was from her father. Marianna was always accustomed to seeing them argue and yell at each other until they eventually divorced. After her parents divorced, her father kept trying to see her, calling her mother a liar. Her mother then asked Marianna if she wanted to move, to a house by the sea, so they could be right next to the sharks, Marianna's favorite animal, but it was more-so an attempt to get away from her ex-husband than it was to move somewhere Marianna would like.

Despite the absence of her father, Marianna had grown to enjoy their life together in the seaside town. Nori had selflessly dedicated herself to Marianna's upbringing, and they'd enjoyed a normal peaceful life, but everything changed when Marianna decided to pursue her studies in Hazlitt. Marianna's mother vehemently opposed her daughter's aspirations, leading to heated arguments between the two. One morning, as Marianna and her friend Vita were training in the pool, Marianna vented her frustrations, how her mother's attitude had changed, how she always made her eat nasty green peppers. Encouraged by their diving coach, Marianna decided to talk with her mother about the problem.

As she left the swimming pool, Marianna remembered that there would be a firework show that night. She knew her mother liked fireworks, when she was a child, her mother had held Marianna in her arms as they enjoyed the spectacle together. Under the night sky, as the last firework faded into darkness, Marianna mustered the courage to open up to her mother, sharing that she had resolved to study in Hazlitt. "Just go then." Her mother's response was icy and detached, she just handed Marianna a package. As Marianna was about to accept it, they found themselves engulfed by a massive wave. Marianna awoke from her dream.

Her sheets were drenched in sweat. She walked to the kitchen in a daze. The table was set with the exact same fried fish with rice, the same annoying green peppers as in her dream. Once again, breakfast turned into a confrontation with her mother. As Marianna stood on the diving platform, an overwhelming sense of familiarity and confusion washed over her. The lines between dream and reality blurred. Echoes of countless similar scenes flew through her mind. Marianna bit her lip, shook her head, and took another leap into the unknown.

However, the truth of the matter was that Marianna was in a time-loop—that caused her to repeat the same day over and over again from when she woke up that morning, to midnight when the supposed "tsunami" appeared and wiped everything out. Unknowingly, however, she had created this "time-loop" herself thirteen years ago (Sixteen years ago from the current time of the story). Sixteen years ago, a giant Cube Anomaly wiped Accro off the map. That was when Marianna discovered her powers, and put a huge conch over the city, which caused whoever entered it to enter "her world". Probably due to some form of trauma, or consciously doing it herself, Marianna didn't seem to remember anything that she did, with her mind and body still being the same as her 18 year old self for thirteen straight years. However, it's then revealed that she DID know where she was and what she created but was in denial due to her own guilt. She created the alternate space because of that guilt.

In the end, Hilda managed to get through to her and make her realize that death isn't an ending, but rather a new beginning. Marianna then mourns the passing of her mother and all her friends, all whom bid her farewell as they ascend to their afterlife. With renewed freedom, Marianna left the ruined harbor town behind and went out into the world to perhaps find her father somewhere in Gyrate if he's still alive, though she conditioned herself not to hold on to that hope to avoid getting hurt again.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Amphibious Transformation**: Merfolk are able to take on an ordinary human appearance through a metamorphosis to blend in with modern society and avoid being detected for varying lengths of time. Merfolk who gained legs and later went back into the water go through a transformation process. Mermaids in particular look like the sweet, innocent creatures of legend with their beautiful faces but the tails of fish covered in scales. They have fin-like extensions over their ears and thick scales on their human appendages. Mermaids have sharp nails in their mermaid form and spiny fins along the sides of their arms and tails. Merfolk can only transform in ocean water, proven when Marianna was pushed into a swimming pool but remained in her human-like state.
* **Aquatic Habitation**: Water is the mermaid's domain, and when they are submerged in any body of water, they grow stronger and more powerful, being almost invincible. While out of water, they are unimpressive and make for easy targets.
* **Speed Swimming**: A Siren's powerful and streamlined tail and huge flukes can propel them through the roughest waters with incredible speed, grace and agility with minimal restrictions to water resistance. Like a dolphin, their fins can propel them high out of the water.
* **Underwater Breathing**: As they are part fish, mermaids can breathe underwater.
* **Amphibious Breathing:** Like all mermaids, she can breathe indefinitely underwater due to having gills located in her cheeks and neck. When she assumes her human form, she can also breathe on land indefinitely.
* **Extraordinary Strength**: Sirens are naturally stronger than humans.
* **Regeneration**: Sirens possess greater regenerative capabilities than those of humans. They heal quickly from non-fatal injuries within a short period.
* **Sonic Scream**: Sirens can emit a hypersonic blast of concussive force strong enough to shatter objects as tough as concrete.
* **Claws**: Sirens possess sharp claws and can use them to inflict fatal wounds onto humans; their claws have only manifested when severely deprived of food or when their power had been siphoned. It is unknown if they can manifest them willingly.
* **Alternate Reality Creation**: As shown in her creation of the alternate reality space of Estero Harbor, Marianna has the ability to create a dimension, reality and/or reality-continuum. Everything in this creation depends on Marianna's choices, whether conscious or unconscious. She cannot, however, control anyone who enters her world, except for changing their appearance depending on if she subconsciously knows who they are or not.
* **Soul Trapping**: It's implied that Marianna has this power as seen when she trapped the souls of deceased Accro residents inside of her alternate reality, so they couldn't pass on to the afterlife. It's unknown if she knew she was doing this, however.

### Techniques

* **March**: Enhances the listeners' physical strength.
* **Rondo**: Restrains the listeners.
* **Solo**: Brainwashes the listeners. The brainwashed people retain their perception about other entities, but nevertheless prioritize Marianna's desire and well-being above all else. A person wearing earplugs gains immunity to this song.
* **Requiem**: A relaxing song that has an analgesic effect.
* **Symphony**: A vertical swing from a silver pipe with its destructive power amplified by sound waves.
* **Fantasia**: A collection of Marianna's mother's songs sung all at once while infused with all of Marianna's remaining power. The song combines the healing effect of Requiem with the strength bolstering effect of March.
* **Siren Song**: Sirens are able to emit a captivating singing voice that lures anyone who hears it toward the singer. Apparently those who are exposed to it have lingering side effects; the exact nature of these symptoms are as of yet not clearly defined. Eventually, the Siren Song leads the person that hears it to hallucinate seeing that mermaid everywhere and hearing their Siren Song out in the ocean. The person will then be driven into the water to find that mermaid and eventually drown. The song can be effective on anything or anyone, including men, women, and even animals.
* **Star of the Sea**: Marianna's signature technique that makes her one of the strongest experiments of the DC where she sends small sound waves that internally damages the opponent's body in small amounts before accumulating and would then kill them.
* **Silence in the Dark**: Marianna takes a deep breath to gather sound waves and releases a giant sonic attack that targets an opponent's vital spot such as their arm ligaments to prevent them from moving.

## Relationships

### Family:

#### Nori

> *"You've really grown up. I went to see you compete in Gyrate last month. Seeing you standing on that high platform, I was a bit nervous at first. I couldn't imagine how my timid little girl could jump from somewhere so high, all I could think about was you getting hurt. When I saw you dive, tumble through the air, your passion was so obvious. Seeing you so happy on the podium, I was proud. Conflicted, but proud. I couldn't bear to let you gamble your future. I was worried about you going off to study alone. Afterward, I researched diving, watched a lot of videos. The divers in the videos reminded me of you. I think that, in the moment, you were free. Is this what you see when you're on the platform? When I saw you compete in Gyrate, it reminded me that I haven't seen you so confident in so long. That's when I realized... instead of telling you that I wanted you to stay home with me, it's much better to see you happy. So just go. This is your new life."*
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Marianna wanted to go to a school in Hazlitt, the former city Marianna and her parents lived in, but her mother didn't allow her to go. At her school, Marianna was part of the swim team and was a good swimmer, even being friends with a girl that was on the team, though it wasn't like she was particularly talkative. She wanted to go to the school because of all the diving, one of her greatest loves. Her mother didn't want her to go, not because of the money, but because she was scared of Marianna leaving her.

When Nori died due to the Cube Anomaly, Marianna gained an obsession with bringing her back since she couldn't bare to live without her mother, to which she put herself in a dream for 13 years, to keep Accro, and her mother, alive, even just in her memories.

### The DC:

#### Solaris Whitlock

> *"Marianna.. she's so amazing. I'd love to hold her forever."*
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Solaris and Marianna are friends and fellow experiments. They are really good friends, with Solaris holding some deep-rooted feelings for Marianna. He just wants to scoop her up and hold her in his arms forever. Marianna finds him to be really kind, and she likes looking into his eyes because of the safety she feels when she does, even if he doesn't like his own eyes much.

Marianna is like a light within Solaris' world. The only light he can see. Even after Brooklyn revealed the information of what Marianna did in Accro, in a failed attempt to get everyone to hate Marianna so he would be her only solstice, Solaris was shocked, confused, and needed a couple days to recuperate, but afterwards, he forgave Marianna for what she did because he came to understand her reasonings for it and the fact that she feels immense guilt for the incident.

#### Quinn Downs

> *"Friend? What the hell do I look like? Cupid? All this time, I've been alone. Everyone I have ever cared for has either died or left me, and you will too... You'd probably leave me. You'll end up hating me, trust me, I know. I've experienced this before! And you're so naïve to try to be my friend. You seem so sweet, Ari. I don't want you to hate me. I don't want you to leave me later, I'd rather you just leave me now."*
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Marianna and Quinn are friends, with Quinn having feelings for Marianna, to the point that he goes crazy if he sees Solaris with her. Even though Quinn can be mean to Marianna, whenever he takes it too far and she starts to cry, he apologizes profusely.

Eventually, it's revealed that Marianna and Quinn were friends back in Accro when it's revealed that Quinn actually survived the Cube Anomaly 16 years ago. This revelation caused Marianna to break down into tears because she truly believed that everyone in Accro was dead.

Later, when the Accro Incident is revealed by Brooklyn, Quinn is shown not to care for it. Not caring for what Marianna did in the past, audibly telling Brooklyn, "You think I give a shit?" This shows that it doesn't matter what Marianna did or didn't do, that he'd like her regardless, because in his own words, "She's the only one who ever gave a shit about me." Even then, he seems to find serious and "dark" Marianna pretty dang attractive, but likes her normal self better.

### The Alliance:

#### Brooklyn Danksworth

> *"Before I do what I'm about to do, I just want to let you know it's not your fault."*
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The moment Brooklyn laid his eyes on Marianna, he fell instantly in love. This love turned into an obsession as he began to stalk Marianna. He even set up a listening device in her room so he could listen to her BREATHING while she's asleep. He has a secret shrine dedicated to her, where he collects an amount of things belonging to or from Marianna, with... varying degrees of strangeness. It goes from a book she touched at a bookstore, to a strand of her hair, to an apple she took a bite out of, TO HER OWN TOOTHBRUSH, with various implications of what he uses it for. He also has various pictures of her in his room, which he had taken from various places—some are of her sleeping, which imply that he stalks her even when she's asleep, but he hasn't tried anything with her even when she's most vulnerable, showing some level of decency.

He also wants to get as much information about her as possible, even if he has to pay people to require it. This is the reason of why he finds out about the Accro loop incident after (illegally) looking through some case files involving Others. He was surprised to find out just what Marianna had done, but that didn't seem to change his feelings towards her. Still, he would use it against her whenever he could—or rather, typically, whenever he got insanely jealous. It's unknown whether Brooklyn is unaware of how much pain this causes Marianna, or if he did know, and either didn't care or thrived in it.

Whenever they have a conversation (or just Brooklyn talking while Marianna is either quiet or writes in her notepad), Brooklyn treats her like someone would treat a cat. He often pats her head, strokes her nose, and calls her kitten.

### Others:

#### Hilda Mortensen

> *"...An obsession so strong it becomes your armor... Trapped inside a shell, unaware."*
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Hilda and Marianna first met sixteen years ago, when Hilda was fourteen and Marianna was eighteen. However that interaction was limited as Hilda was simply asking for directions. They then met again thirteen years later, within Marianna's world.

## Trivia

* The name Marianna means "star of the sea" or "grace" in Latin.
	+ Interestingly, she's also called 'The Star of the Sea' in-series.

* Marianna has intense stage fright.
* Marianna carries a notepad to communicate with others due to her voice being too powerful for a siren. The notepad is her limiter and it's noted that when she closes it and begins to speak it means that she is getting serious in a fight.
* Despite fearing the use of her voice, Marianna has been noted to have a voice like an angel.
* Marianna shares her experiment number with the SSS's Avery Lawrence.
* Marianna dislikes birthdays because of her father's abandonment, who didn't make it on her 9th birthday, nor even sent a gift, because he was too busy with work.
* Because of being in a loop for thirteen years, sixteen years ago, Marianna is chronologically 34 years old, but biologically, she would only be 21.
* Hawaii is at the top of her list of places she would like to be sent out to.
* Marianna's personal story is titled *Endless Summer*.

## Quotes

* *"Humans are to be protected and saved... I will never hurt them."*
* *"Th-thank god you ar... are okay. Thank god."*
* *"...ugh... you just make me so... MAD!"*
* (To Nori, sixteen years ago) *"I can't take this! You never understood me! What I like or what I really want! Also, I hate green peppers! I've said it so many times!"*
* (To Hildegard "Hilda" Mortensen) *"I've kept them alive for thirteen years!!! I don't want anything to change! I just want to keep things as they are now! What's wrong with that? This way, everyone can live on!"*