Being a guide to identifying which Annette Barrington you may be talking to at any one time.
A Note on Terminology: The Primal Earth version of Miss Barrington will be referred to as Annette. The Praetorian version is Louise. Ni refers specifically to Annette when Ni is in control of their body. Similarly, there may be some mention of Rei, another aspect of Annettes personality.
Appearance
The most obvious physical difference between the two girls is their eyes. Annette has brown eyes. Louise had her eyes replaced with cybernetic ones, which are more or less blank (some detail can be observed up close), beige-coloured orbs.
Their natural hair colour is brown with a little hint of red from their mother. Annette always used a shampoo which brought the red out naturally. Louise did not, and tends to get her hair streaked with blond tints.
Physically, Annette has more muscle mass than Louise, though it may be hard to tell without a fairly careful examination. It shows up most in the arms and shoulders.
Louise has pierced ears, Annette does not.
Accent
Annette has a Rhode Island accent which her father encouraged her to educate herself out of, so it is fairly soft.
Ni has a far stronger Rhode Island accent and tends to use even more contractions than Annette does.
Louises father had her take elocution lessons to get rid of any accent she originally had. Shes probably closest to a flattened New England accent.
Rei has a similar accent to Louise, having never really developed one.
Psychology
Both girls are fairly smart and inventive. Their main talent is the ability to learn quickly and easily, though this has been applied in different ways. While Ni seems to learn as quickly as Annette, when she gets the chance, Rei does not. In fact, Rei is very fixed and seems unwilling to learn.
Annette developed street smarts out of necessity. She left school as soon as she could because she had to support herself and begin her quest for revenge on the Rikti. Louise, supported by her father and living in the relative paradise of Praetoria City, went to university and studied electronics and cybernetics (a discipline revolving around control systems, not bionic implants) achieving two degrees.
Battered and bruised by her life as a hero, Annette has developed formidable defences against life. She tends to shrug off lifes little problems fairly easily, learning from them when she can. She has problems, particularly an over-developed sense of responsibility she has trouble setting aside.
Obviously, she has a split personality, but she is pretty cool with that; Ni and Annette get along quite well. Generally, Annette is a well-balanced girl.
Louise, on the other hand, is practically suicidal. Her past is a constant burden, she left a comfortable life to come to a world where she has to sell her body to make money. She has the same sort of over-developed sense of responsibility, and that is one of the few things which actually keeps her from eating one of her pistols. On the other hand, she never developed the truly cynical attitude that Annette did, so shes more of a hero and less of a vigilante, at least at the start.
Confidence-wise, Annette had to learn the enormous amount of self-confidence she now possesses. Louise started gymnastics when she was seven and was never the slightly plump teenager Annette was. Her confidence is both natural and not quite so extreme. Annette wears skimpy outfits because she never used to be able to, Louise wears them for work or pleasure. Annette never had a boyfriend, or any other relationship, until she started her hero work, Louise had a string of boyfriends through high school and university.
For reference, Ni is a soldier learning to be a normal girl. Rei is a psychopath and sociopath, completely off her rocker, and enjoys inflicting as much pain as possible to her victims.
Miscellaneous
Louise owns a mongrel dog named Mickey.
Disclaimer: The above may be humerous, or at least may be an attempt at humour. Try reading it that way.
Posts are OOC unless noted to be IC, or in an IC thread.
Being a guide to identifying which Annette Barrington you may be talking to at any one time.
A Note on Terminology: The Primal Earth version of Miss Barrington will be referred to as Annette. The Praetorian version is Louise. Ni refers specifically to Annette when Ni is in control of their body. Similarly, there may be some mention of Rei, another aspect of Annettes personality.
Appearance
The most obvious physical difference between the two girls is their eyes. Annette has brown eyes. Louise had her eyes replaced with cybernetic ones, which are more or less blank (some detail can be observed up close), beige-coloured orbs.
Their natural hair colour is brown with a little hint of red from their mother. Annette always used a shampoo which brought the red out naturally. Louise did not, and tends to get her hair streaked with blond tints.
Physically, Annette has more muscle mass than Louise, though it may be hard to tell without a fairly careful examination. It shows up most in the arms and shoulders.
Louise has pierced ears, Annette does not.
Accent
Annette has a Rhode Island accent which her father encouraged her to educate herself out of, so it is fairly soft.
Ni has a far stronger Rhode Island accent and tends to use even more contractions than Annette does.
Louises father had her take elocution lessons to get rid of any accent she originally had. Shes probably closest to a flattened New England accent.
Rei has a similar accent to Louise, having never really developed one.
Psychology
Both girls are fairly smart and inventive. Their main talent is the ability to learn quickly and easily, though this has been applied in different ways. While Ni seems to learn as quickly as Annette, when she gets the chance, Rei does not. In fact, Rei is very fixed and seems unwilling to learn.
Annette developed street smarts out of necessity. She left school as soon as she could because she had to support herself and begin her quest for revenge on the Rikti. Louise, supported by her father and living in the relative paradise of Praetoria City, went to university and studied electronics and cybernetics (a discipline revolving around control systems, not bionic implants) achieving two degrees.
Battered and bruised by her life as a hero, Annette has developed formidable defences against life. She tends to shrug off lifes little problems fairly easily, learning from them when she can. She has problems, particularly an over-developed sense of responsibility she has trouble setting aside.
Obviously, she has a split personality, but she is pretty cool with that; Ni and Annette get along quite well. Generally, Annette is a well-balanced girl.
Louise, on the other hand, is practically suicidal. Her past is a constant burden, she left a comfortable life to come to a world where she has to sell her body to make money. She has the same sort of over-developed sense of responsibility, and that is one of the few things which actually keeps her from eating one of her pistols. On the other hand, she never developed the truly cynical attitude that Annette did, so shes more of a hero and less of a vigilante, at least at the start.
Confidence-wise, Annette had to learn the enormous amount of self-confidence she now possesses. Louise started gymnastics when she was seven and was never the slightly plump teenager Annette was. Her confidence is both natural and not quite so extreme. Annette wears skimpy outfits because she never used to be able to, Louise wears them for work or pleasure. Annette never had a boyfriend, or any other relationship, until she started her hero work, Louise had a string of boyfriends through high school and university.
For reference, Ni is a soldier learning to be a normal girl. Rei is a psychopath and sociopath, completely off her rocker, and enjoys inflicting as much pain as possible to her victims.
Miscellaneous
Louise owns a mongrel dog named Mickey.
Disclaimer: The above may be humerous, or at least may be an attempt at humour. Try reading it that way.
Posts are OOC unless noted to be IC, or in an IC thread.