Lauryn Ayesa Derbyshire

* 3RD GEN
* 2ND GEN
* 1ST GEN

Lauryn Ayesa Derbyshire (*also known as Ghostie, or formerly as Gothika*) is one of Collapsed Horizon's main characters. She is Meghan's twin sister and co-Vessel representing Mushi.

## Origin

#### Dear Ghostie

Ghostie was born around the same time Meghan was, at the Bios Tree. She lived with her sister in what would futurely become Hyre, until she got expelled to Elbyss by order of some Outers. Lauryn survived in Elbyss for a few years, until eventually succumbing to the supernatural forces inside the dense Graveyard Jungle fusing with her Essence, leading to her 'death'.

### The Shockwave

However, very shortly after her presumed death, The Grand Shockwave happened. Insanely strong waves of Essence were unleashed from the explosion throughout the whole Horizon, affecting many Actors from various locations, but specially for this article, Lauryn.

When the waves of Pink Essence reached Lauryn at the Graveyard, they were sufficient to bring her back from the dead, albeit with side-effects, due to her exposure to antithecal Essences. Through her now refined senses, Lauryn could orientate herself out of Elbyss tracing back the waves to their source: Meghan. This is when Lauryn officially returns to the story, now in her 3rd generation form.

### Twin Reining

Lauryn has had her time to get back up on her feet in Hyre again, and now she's looking to go further than she had ever gone. Hopeful that she has the answer to break free from her some of her remaining chains, she documents her path to the so desired freedom in a new refreshed passion for drums and pushes the band forwards.

But things are never so simple. Her near-death experiencies in Elbyss and feeling of betrayal towards Outers and Exos still haunt her. It's one tough chain to break for her that may lead to coping mechanisms that aren't exactly the healthiest.

## Physical Appearance

### Gen 3

Lauryn, in her usual attire, has a mixture of modern gothic and punk styles, as seen on her abudance of darker colors, face tattoo, leather jacket and gothic accessories. She also has supernatural elements to her appearance, such as her ghostly pale skin and small vampire fangs.

### Gen 2

Right before being expelled to Elbyss, she sported softer gothic elements compared to her 3rd generation design. Her clothing choices were more colorful and casual, leaning a bit more to her 'punk' side of fashion. Her twintails were also much bigger, and her skin tone wasn't yet pale white.

### Gen 1

1st Generation Lauryn had even more casual clothing, natural blond hair color and a colorful palette. She was usually seen in her sky blue blouse.

Before adopting the pigtails + bangs combo, a very popular choice among Endos in recent years, her hair was shorter and had a fringe covering her right eye. There used to be a rumor circuling Endo Horizon that her right eye was a posessed demonic eye, source of her behavorial differences. That was quickly disproven when Lauryn alledgedly 'got into a fight with a boy at least 4 years older than her for insulting his mother and got her fringe shaved off'. She still to this day denies this was ever true.

## Personality

Due to the dominance of Pink Essence in her, she has an explosive, impulsive and rather child-like personality. After being revived at Elbyss' Graveyard, her personality developed a few devious traits, a result of her transformation into a ghost.

Along with Jaz, Lauryn constantly looks for any kind of adrenaline or authorities to rebel against in her daily life.

> My day isn't complete if I haven't pissed the absolute shit out of my enemies!
>
> -Lauryn to Shen

## Relationships

Due to her troubled life, Lauryn has difficulty forming relationships with people because of her trust issues. That, coupled with her increased antisocial tendencies from Elbyss, renders her to sometimes be rude, inconsiderate and over-react to certain situations. In that sense, she shares some similarities to her sister before the Shockwave.

However, that is not say she *can't* form relationships. She has many acquaintances, a few close friends such as Shen and Jaz, and a close relationship to her twin. Despite the many negative influences she dealt and still deals with, she is still cheerful and has a bit of her child-like personality she's famously known for.

## Music

Musically Lauryn is a drummer, composer and a former guitarist (pre-Shockwave). She sometimes sings too, often featuring rebellious and 'edgy' lyrics. Her style of music is usually associated with subgenres within Punk or Metal, such as pop-punk, post-harcore, etc, but she still participates in many other genres as well, specially after switiching roles in the band with Saki. Noteworthy songs after this switch are Artificial Irony and K.T.