Teresa the Decidueye

## Overview

Teresa is a B-tier (unverified) mercenary who’s home is in Lightpoint, but due to the nature of her job, rarely ever stays there for longer than a week. For unknown reasons, she is incapable of flight, and her vines cannot extend enough to be used as a bowstring. To compensate, Teresa is able to phase into the Phantom World using Phantom Force, and traverse the weird dimension to escape danger, or sneak up on her unsuspecting targets, as well as a compound bow, which she uses instead of her vines.

Teresa is surrounded in mystery. Where she was born is unknown. Who had raised her is unknown. Who her parents were... Well, that's a little more known. Her mother was ██████████, known as The Moonlit Huntress, a legendary vigilante and bounty hunter. However, she had mysteriously disappeared shortly after laying a single egg, containing Teresa. Her father is █████ ████████.

At first glance, Teresa is a cold character, having little to no remorse over other people's misfortunes. She seems to get annoyed by others quickly, resulting in poor teamwork She is particularly annoyed towards those who easily get swayed by their emotions. Deep down, however, she's very loving towards those who have earned her trust, going to great lengths to ensure they remain unharmed.

## Abilities

### Point of No Return

Teresa has a strong connection to the spirit/phantom/ghost world, or whatever she's decided to call it, capable of opening rifts in space-time to pull victims into the world where the spirits reside. Their fates are unknown. It is noted, however, that she is only capable of using this ability against weaker targets, such as grunts or guards. While an exact measurement is unclear, you should be safe if you are B-rank or above.

### Phantom Force (Mastered)

She is capable of creating a substance that can only be described as void. It is unclear whether the phenomenon is a liquid, or if it is an illusion. Whatever the case is, she is able to turn her body pitch black and move stealthily. Her footsteps become inaudible, and is capable of sticking to walls as though she were adhesive. When she forms the void substance on the wall, she is capable of climbing into it as though it were a murky liquid, and reappear through another splotch in an unconfirmable radius. Only other ghosts are capable of traversal in this fashion, but without any way to create an exit without her consent, it is not recommended to follow her when she climbs into the wall.

> Very little is known about Teresa, other than the fact that she is dangerous. Despite her seemingly careless and amateur mistakes she makes during missions, it is merely an act to appear weaker than she actually is. The only way to know her true strength is for her to demonstrate it, and by then it's too late for you. If you see her ma-
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## History & Relations

Teresa claims to have no memories since arriving in Astrea. It is impossible to verify the validity of this claim. Since her arrival, however, there has been a significant decrease in bandit activity in the areas around the main cities of Astrea, and more notorious bandit groups have been disbanded after the disappearance of the leaders, similar to when her mother was on the job. There had also been multiple accounts of disappearances of guildmembers around the mountains of Redpetal, and evidence suggests Teresa's involvement in some capacity.

Teresa had entered the Giga Impact Tournament in Silver City. Her reasons are unclear, most likely advertising and exposure, with the 1,000,000 prize pool as an added bonus. During the deathmatch stages, she faked her own death with a Substitute doll, Phantom Force, and an explosion of mist from an Ice Punch, and barely escaped with her life.

After the Tournament, Teresa had received word from a previous contractor that one of their laboratories had been discovered by the Guildmistress of Redpetal, and joined the exploration team to actively sabotage the recon mission by destroying any damning evidence she came across, and executing whomever had discovered it. However, due to a Mimikyu creature's interference, one of the team members was taken possession of and cut the exploration short. Despite her orders to exterminate the team if anything had been discovered, Teresa decided to bend the rules of the contract and go save her friends. Teresa had managed to sever the Mimikyu from the body of the victim and flee with everybody still alive. All incriminating evidence was lost soon after.

Shortly after the events of the Lab, Teresa had returned to the laboratory to confront the demonic parasite mimikyu that had tormented her during the expedition, out of fear of it escaping the confines of the lab and hunting her down. Aina mannaged to beat her down to the lab in an attempt to ambush her, but decided against it in favor of answers. The two of them were attacked by Parasite, and it took their teamwork to destroy the creature completely. However, Teresa had prolonged exposure to Parasite's eye contact, and had suffered from lower blood pressure for several moments before she was revitalized by Aina. The two were to leave the lab together with no ill will towards one another. Unforetunately, Teresa ruined any hope of making up past grievances by betraying Aina in an extremely petty fashion and leaving her trapped in the lab for 30 minutes, before her spirit shackle broke. Teresa is still haunted by the sight of the Parasite.

### Anubis the Gliscor

Despite her skills at taking out high profile targets and capturing them with great efficiency, she has never once managed to subdue Anubis. He "has the download on her" as he puts it, knowing exactly how to evade her, and even defeat her in combat. Teresa has since stopped taking jobs for his head, and now goes after him once every month or so for personal reasons. It is unclear whether she takes hunting the thief seriously, or if this has become a game between them.

### Aina the Hatterene

Aina is an interesting case, as she is the only person who has ever actively hunted Teresa down and hasn't yet disappeared. Ever since losing to Teresa in the Giga Impact Tournament in Silver City, she appears to desire to make Teresa's life a living hell. Her success in this field is questionable at best, as she appears to be nothing more than a mild nuisance to Teresa. They don't seem to be completely at each other's throats, as Teresa can tolerate Aina to a point, and Aina doesn't seem to wish Teresa to perish. In fact, they had cooperated just long enough in a lab exploration to survive together However, there are some things that Aina can do that Teresa absolutely will not allow her to walk away from after.