Asa (Nightmare Nurse)

# Nightmare Nurse

## Asa

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*Nightmare Nurse, a demon forced to help others.*

## History

### Early Life

Throughout the oh-so-many years, when she roamed the Earth, alongside visiting few other places, Asa has used many aliases, as it simply amused her. Giving out a name was ordinary, sometimes too regular. Multiple of those aliases did have a medical part to them. Finally, she settled down for one, and used it ever since. Not that many got to know her actual name. The one which she often shared all around was.. Nightmare Nurse.

### As a Demon being Cursed by the Divine

Origin of that name is quite simple, actually. Sometimes people are bound to do a thing. They do not necessarily wish for it to happen, yet they do fulfill it. In her case, it happened because of a gods' play. The beings called Apollo, one who was famous for his varying arts, from which poetry and music definitely stood out, accompanied by Panacea, another powerful creature, who knew the ways of healing well enough to be praised, by some humans of Ancient Greece. The two powerful gods made Asa swear an oath. More precisely, the oath. Hippocritic Oath. Due to her nature, from that day on, she found it very hard to resist aiding a sick person, who got anywhere near her. It was like as if it were not her decision, and she learned to live with it. Even getting a nice costume, to fit her idea of a Nurse.

### The current Host

While the fabric which she often wore was her property, the body wasn't. Nearly not ever. Asa was binding herself to vessels.. human vessels. Many of them lasted for far longer than a human would live on their own, in a way, justifying what she did, at least in her own eyes. That was also the case with a body which she's been taking for the ride for many decades at this point. It once belonged to Alice Winters, a doomed being. Her sickness would cause a death, one which was bound to arrive too early. The Nurse was aware of it, knowing that if she were to choose that particular human for her next body, of which she was highly in need of at that point, Alice would not be losing almost anything. She'd die, as even Asa was not capable of helping her. Could have she tried harder? Not much. There was one way to save Winters, while giving herself many more years to live the way that she wanted to. And that exact way, was taking her over.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Casting:** Nightmare Nurse has quite a broad spectrum of spells of her own, not all of them focused around treating the ill, even though healing is her specialization. Throughout the years, she's also gathered a nice amount of tricks and enhancements from other beings who used magic, but she never got too far from her demonic roots. Asa does not have a need for verbal casting, as some of the magicians do. Her power may be beyond comprehension for some, even though she doesn't use it to full extent. There comes a price with everything, even with using the natural abilities, which one might possess.
* **Demonic Possession**
* **Immortality**
* **Shapeshifting**
* **Illness Immunity**

### Spells

* **Healing**
* **Illusions**
* **Magical Blast**
* **Elemental and Weather Alteration**
* **Teleportation:** Can do this with others however it's exhausting
* **Flight**
* **Force-Field**
* **Channel Souls**
* **Telepathy**

## Paraphernalia

### Equipment

* ***Staff of Asclepius:*** Magical rod, which allows Asa to identify diseases and other causes of harm faster, she's able to summon it at will. The Staff can also come in handy when casting a powerful healing spell, it helps channel the magic with greater precision. It was once wielded by Asclepius, a god of healing, who was one of the beings praised by the religious helenic people, back in the day.
* ***A vast variety of magic bandages:*** Using those, Asa is able to aid those who are wounded, as well as tie up those who stand in her way.
* ***A handful of magical scalpels:*** Great for operating, where magic won't help. They work well as throwing weapons too.