Phoenix (mackenzie l gamer)

## Character Traits

#### Personality

Phoenix is fairly friendly and open to new people, but a little cautious. She likes to avoid conflict whenever she can, but does get involved when it involves someone she trusts strongly. She tends to be neutral, except for when it comes to their main motivation or if it involves someone she trusts. Finally, in this current situation, they are more than a bit unnerved, almost panicked, but not quite, as she is trapped but is a lot freer than she was.

#### Motivations

They want to just get back to the normal world, they are very creeped out by everything involving the liminal space she got trapped in and the cursed item, and will do pretty much anything to get back, even if it means crossing lines and making enemies. This is primarily because of her minor phobia of liminal space and a major phobia of being trapped (Cleithrophobia), and how long she was trapped in the liminal space (she wasn’t able to just rest due to the phobia and eventually just passed out due to exhaustion.)

#### Deterrents

Liminal spaces are a minor deterrent, she will go through one if she absolutely must, but she won’t go through one if she doesn’t have to. But even if there is a slight risk of her being locked into a room, even if it's not liminal, she will never risk, if she is forced to, she will go into a panicked state that can only be satiated by exhaustion or escape. She is trapped enough not being able to leave Gremory Park, and is already on edge because of that, she does not want to be even more trapped. As for moral deterrents, she will never willingly hurt or hinder another person unless it’s to benefit her main motivation of getting back.

#### Personal Goals

(If Any) get back to Strussonara at any cost.

#### Likes

Food, Redstone (both the ore and the mechanisms), the outdoors, buildings, architecture, and friends.

#### Dislikes

Caves, liminal spaces, iron doors, fighting (unless necessary or non-serious(think sparring,boxing, that sort of thing)), intentionally manipulative people.

## Player Background

#### Before Arriving In Gremory Park

Phoenix was a successful architect, with a hobby of exploration and redstone research. She was going on a sort of road trip from [redacted] to [redacted] when she fell into the liminal space, due to an unforeseen pressure plate on the path of a shortcut that she wanted to try.

## The Curse

#### Cursed Item

A book with a list of random phrases that can be said, they range from very specific and bizarre to very common and unassuming, and they are sorted into five chapters: happy, sad, angry, scared, and trust to distrust or mistrust to trust. No one can see the contents of the book except for phoenix. There are about 2-3 phrases per chapter.

#### Curse Details

The curse takes the form of a mask that Phoenix cannot remove, it is a light grey paper mask with a painted-on smile and eyes. This hides Phoenix’s emotional state, and masks it in all ways, even her voice and body language will always sound/look cheery/calm/happy/ generally positive no matter the circumstance. However, this is only its passive part of it. If a person says one of the phrases in the book and it is heard by phoenix, phoenix’s emotional state is forcefully changed. This change is dependent on the chapter the phrase it's located in and the commonality of the phrase. For example, if the phrase “I need some more honey” was in the chapter happy, and Spencer says this to Phoenix, Phoenix will be forced into a more positive mindset (since it's somewhat specific and not that rare, it would be a moderate feeling). The more specificity in the phrase the more permanent the effects, the more common the phrase the more intense the feeling is. However, if a phrase is in the trust to distrust or mistrust to trust chapter, Phoenix’s trust will shift permanently until a different phrase from that chapter is said by the person and heard by Phoenix. The intensity of the shift is dependent on how much trust or distrust was established before the phrase was spoken and heard.