Vanessa Celeste

Vanessa Celeste is the protagonist of Act 1 of Echoes of Narcissa. She is a charismatic, young Crescentine witch who resides in the Serpent's Legacy.

## Appearance

### Body

Vanessa is a tall, nineteen-year-old person with light brown skin, deep azure hair and a stocky, muscular build.

#### Lineage

* 50% Southern Crescentine (Japanese)
* 50% Fortian (Native American)

### Clothing

Vanessa's usual outfit consists of:

* An azure tunic with white sleeves.
* Dark blue shorts.
* Sandals.
* A white cloth draped around her body, from her left shoulder down to her right hip, held together by a golden clip at her shoulder, and a small unnoticeable pin at her hip.
* Gilded four-pointed-star earrings with azure star-shaped stones embedded within them.

## Abilities

* **OST**: Vanessa is able to skilfully use her OST to perform magic and cast spells.
	+ **Chorus** - **Glissando**: Vanessa's chorus spell allows her to split apart objects while retaining their structural stability by placing portals within them on the edge of her cuts. Vanessa is able to glue together and cut apart objects with this portal ability. A good example of how this ability works is if she were to use this ability on a hosepipe, it would be split into two "pieces," but water could still flow from one end to another as if the cut never existed. If Vanessa removes the portals and wants to reconnects the pipes, they will successfully reconnect as if there was no break. However, if she decides she wishes to remove the portals and does not want to reconnect the pipe she will be able to do so. Apparently, it slightly tingles when a body part is separated using a portal.
		- **'Slicey Balls'**: Vanessa is able to materialize pure Echo magic into discs, and throw them at her opponents. These are primarily used to incapacitate enemies, but will also be able to cut them to pieces if required.
			* Vanessa named this ability.
	+ **Echo**: Vanessa is primarily able to cast spells that are based upon the alchem Echo, and its subsidiary alchems of Abyss and Lament.
		- **Dimension Hopping**: Vanessa is able to travel between dimensions via the Echo Waterway, only available to her when she finds a mirrored surface (most often a still water source).
		- **Portal Creation**: Upon being charged with extreme amounts of alchemical energy, Vanessa is able to create portals out of thin air; she will need to rest for a long period of time after, and potentially may need to sleep for a couple of days.
		- **Abyss**: Vanessa is able to cast spells based upon the element of Abyss.
			* **Shadow Manipulation**: Vanessa is able to manipulate shadows.
				+ **Shadow Transference**: Vanessa is able to transform her body into shadow, and travel undetected.
				+ **Object Manipulation**: Vanessa is able to manipulate an object just by affecting it's shadow.
		- **Lament**: Vanessa is able to cast spells based upon the element of Lament.
			* **Water Walking**: Vanessa is able to walk on water, though this drains a lot of alchemical energy over time.
	+ **Magic**: Apart from her spells based upon the alchem Echo and its subsidiaries, Vanessa is able to use a variety of other spells, though to less of an extent.
		- **Bodily Transfiguration**: Vanessa is able to transfigure parts of her body into pieces of *Lutum Vitæ*, or Life Clay. These clay body parts are able to be snapped off and reshaped.
* **Sigils**: Vanessa is able to use Sigils to cast spells.

## Alternate Universes

Vanessa currently exists in one known alternate universe:

* Arcadia Academia - AAAU - Vanessa Celeste