ooc → p e r s o n a l i t y

[canseefate]

Let's get this out of the way first; Marron's a bit of a woobie.

Okay, done.

As it's emphasized all over her information, Marron has been able to see and hear empathy since she was young. Often, this means having an ability to hear, see, and communicate with ghosts. Her rare (read: defective) ability has given her reason to isolate herself socially. And though Marron has an interest in making friends and being like the other kids around her, she's now so caught up in the affairs of a girl named Fate to think of herself as having the time, or need, to do so.

Marron's personality should probably start with her reality and how she reacts to it. While some kids may be scared of the idea of ghosts and may even be terrified to have an ability like Marron's, she is far from bothered. Having had this ability for so long now, Marron is so used to it that she finds it totally normal. Though she may shudder a bit when she sees a murder replay before her very eyes Marron has seen it so many times that she recognizes what she sees cannot hurt her and should not scare her. She's rather practical about her ability, since she has had to learn to deal with it all on her own.

For the longest time Marron felt no shame about it either. She never hesitated to talk about what she could see and hear because she considered it to be so absolutely normal. Even now, Marron does not think her ability is anything bad as long as she keeps mostly quiet about it. Still, just like the days when she spoke about it openingly, Marron longs to talk about what she is seeing with other people and have them acknowledge it as reality. While the ability itself does not bother her it does sting to have people deny it.

Despite the fact that many people consider her to be possibly insane, Marron has little to no doubt in regards to her sanity. The fact that it was denied all throughout her childhood did not make Marron wonder if she was insane; it just frustrated her. Marron is a pretty logical person but she is also quite stubborn and does not doubt things that she sees or hears for herself. Even if no one else were see a UFO pass through the sky if Marron herself caught a glimpse then she would likely believe it.
This trait helps keep Marron sane throughout all of the pestering about her sanity, but also gives way to a few flaws. For example, Marron is a bit gullible. If she sees or hears something then she will believe it. Sarcasm completely goes over her head for this reason and she has a hard time taking a joke. If you explain it to her then she'll probably understand and may even giggle, but the fact is that you'll probably have to explain it to her. Maybe some of this is just because Marron is a bit socially stupid, but it's also largely because sight and hearing are two very important senses to Marron. They dominate her world because she can see and hear so much and learn so much from those two senses, so Marron puts a lot of faith in them. Though she may be confident about seeing a UFO or something, Marron will have her normal doubts about things she touches, smells, and tastes. These senses don't have the same level of confidence as the other two.

However, despite strongly believing in her sight and hearing, she has resigned herself to the fact that not many people will ever acknowledge it. Through trial and error, Marron has come to the conclusion that there are some things best not talked about; her ability is one of them. Even if she would love to share what she hears with others she has come to terms with the fact that she just needs to bite her tongue about it.
The fact still remains that her empathy plays a large role in her life. When she was younger and first resigned herself to not talking about it she still could not control it and would continue to hear and see things no one else would. To avoid accidentally bringing it up in conversation Marron stopped talking unless asked about something. She cut herself off socially and came to seem like someone who didn't want to think much for herself and was happy to just be a yes man.

This wasn't quite true; Marron just kept her thoughts to herself. Because she kept them to herself, Marron was never scolded for thinking rude things. No one knew she was thinking them so how could they scold her? So Marron grew up unaware of the difference between which of her thoughts were acceptable to say aloud and what was just too rude to speak about.
She never learned to properly phrase sentences either and when she did start talking later on she would often phrase things in a mean and blunt way without realizing it was bad. By this point in her canon Marron is starting to speak up more but is still needing to learn what is okay to say and what isn't. Her word choices are often very rude. Marron has seen enough of people getting scolded for swearing and has learned to reflexively say her "please"s and "thank you"s though, and will often automatically display that much of a proper upbringing.

Everything else, though, is usually sharp-tongued, blunt, and sometimes accidentally hurtful.

Marron may not be socially gifted, but that doesn't mean that she doesn't enjoy social interactions. The fact that Marron loves the idea of friends is highlighted no better than it is by the price of her magic. The most precious thing to Marron is being able to spend carefree time with friends. Marron really truly wants to have fun times with friends and to be able to talk openingly to people. Once she feels comfortable with someone she will smile more frequently and you may even have trouble shutting her up. Marron would chat with friends from sunrise to sunset if she could. She loves to listen just as much and will quickly listen to stories forever, provided that she feels you aren't looking down on her but are treating her like an equal.

Her love for friendship is a stubborn one too. Marron will go above and beyond for those she cares about, though they are few in number. It's this love that drives her to protect her paranormal investigating club buddies. Even when their investigating is actually getting them into a lot of trouble and forcing Marron to really stick her neck out for them, she continues to fight for them so and protect their happiness. She has a hard time denying someone she truly likes something that she wants and will do her best to help them achieve it. This is especially apparent in the case of Fate; Fate demands a lot from Marron in order to accomplish her plan and Marron is willing to give up everything to help her friend out.
Even after realizing that she is allergic to friendship, Marron continues to try to put up with her sickness and be with her friends. She probably would have kept this up forever if not for Fate's intervention.

There is a problem with how much Marron will go through for her friends, though. That is that she is easily hurt. Yes, Marron will go to the end of the earth to make a friend happy... but she won't do it for free. She's not about to let herself be pushed around. Marron's idea of friendship is a two way road where both parties will go through a lot for each other. If she doesn't feel that you're trying to be her friend in return then she will cut ties with you, even if it hurts. Once again, Marron is quite practical... unfortunately so, maybe, in this case. She sees no point in risking her life for someone who she sees is just using her. So while she may be ready to throw a lot of loyalty and love at your feet, you'd better be ready to return the favor. Even if you can't cast super awesome magic spells like Marron can, the least you could do is put forth a similar amount of effort.

Cutting ties really hurts Marron though. She reasons to herself that it's for the best but that does not make it easy. Whenever she cuts ties she becomes withdrawn for a bit. Being taken advantage of sends Marron into a period of loneliness and sadness. Though it generally doesn't last long it will result in her being unfriendly and especially spectacle of any future friendship attempts for at least a month after the incident. Marron might be willing to put something behind her but she does so only under the self expectation that she learn from it.

Friendship is one value to Marron. Her next one is keeping busy and productive. Marron has found herself with a lot of time to herself and hates to spend it doing nothing. Reading a book does qualify as productive to Marron but only if it's educational. She's not a person with much interest in things like fairytales and the fiction genre in general. Marron loves learning and is always gravitating to new subjects. She feels best if she is learning something new or refreshing herself on something she may have forgotten. It's not just that Marron finds learning itself fun, which she does, but that she enjoys the feeling of accomplishment that she gets from learning new things.

When not learning, Marron dedicates her time to Fate. Fate is someone that Marron blindly trusts and is always happy to help. Though part of her will always recognize that what she does for Fate is to help Fate Marron has been working alongside her so long that she considers Fate's goal to be her own. It's important to note that Marron never once ever feels used. She is never once ever bitter about all of the time she gives up to Fate or how much she lets Fate boss her around. Marron is very happy to do this for her friend, especially now that she feels so heavily invested in Fate's plan.

But that will not last forever. While Marron doesn't object to helping Fate she has her own morals. These morals make Marron a bit hesitant to give in to some of Fate's methods. When Kuroneko Satou was forced into a murderous rampage Marron strongly disagreed with Fate. They argued over it, even. Marron is not blind; the exact opposite, actually. If she disagrees with something then she'll bring it up and she will not act anymore until there is a compromise. It's Marron's stubbornness about not liking senseless murder and suffering that forces Fate's plan to take so damn long. She could have wrapped it up very quickly if not for Marron's persistence. But once again; even though she disagrees with Fate on occasion, Marron does not feel used. The fact that Fate compromises just invests Marron more in what Fate is doing, since she feels that was once Fate's solo plan is now something they share.

Not liking the suffering of others is a strong motive for Marron. She might be a quiet person who rarely smiles and says jerkish things, but she is a softy on the inside. But that does not mean that Marron thinks the world is all sunshine and rainbows. She understands that there is evil in the world and there will be times when she has to pull the trigger to get rid of it. Though she would not take killing an enemy as her first option, Marron is not going to dance around the topic forever either. If she exhausts all of the other options or is in a situation where it's the only way to protect people then she will kill.

However, if she can help it, Marron doesn't like killing with magic. If she can do so without magic then she will take that option instead. Not because Marron likes to get her hands messy or gets a kick out of shooting people dead but because she sees using magic as a way to distance herself from her crime. When Marron decided to use firearms in the place of sparkly magical powers she fully accepted that this meant bringing herself one step closer to any crimes she committed and she doesn't want to run from the responsibility. She may break down and cry after killing someone and sometimes it haunts her to her dreams, but Marron is very stubborn in the belief that to not be haunted by murder is worse than being haunted.

This may be because she's spent so much time watching the sisters. She's seen what magic does to people as she sets them up on life lesson adventures. She has seen nice people be corrupted by their ability to do anything. Marron doesn't want to identity as a witch. She does not use her witch's title. For as long as she can, Marron wants to cling to the humanity that she believes those who murder with magic have lost. Marron tries to forcefully humble herself and doesn't like people who abuse magic. She isn't against magic itself, nor is she against the idea of people who use magic, but the moment they stop thinking about their actions is the moment that Marron stops approving of a particular person's magic use.

Her attachment to the responsibility to magic influences her own magic use and her decisions with her firearms. Marron tries to train her magic constantly so that she is always used to it and respects her limits, but does not train with the idea of relying on it in mind. Similarly, Marron doesn't practice with her shooting with the intention of always using her gun. She wants to train her human body and be ready emotionally and physically for trouble. If Marron has not trained herself within the past two weeks then she is very reluctant to use her weapons, feeling that not training makes her too irresponsible to use a weapon that could potentially kill.

One might note that Marron applies this to other things. She does not like to lend her help in a matter that she doesn't feel confident that she can handle. She's come off as a royal jerk at school because she will not help paint a theatre set when she doesn't fully understand what she's painting. She won't edit someone's paper for more than grammar mistakes if she isn't confident that she can do so and truly do a good job. Marron doesn't like accepting responsibility if she doesn't feel like she could accept the failure. To do something half-heartedly feels wrong to her.

So all in all... Marron can be kind of cold. She likes friendship and she'll go out of her way for it, but she's not hesitant about cutting ties with people. She is kind of a jerk and she is kind of socially awkward and yes she is a pretty serious person for her age... But she does want to make friends and she does want to protect people.

She also really loves frogs. She thinks they're the cutest things ever.
Slugs, lizards, fish, sharks, and snakes are also big favorites of hers.