"Animex"

Ana Merritt

"Animex"

Basics

Shapeshifter

Name: Ana Merritt

Nicknames: Animex, 'Mex, Tiger

Gender: Female

Shapeshifter Type: Human | Amur/Siberian Tiger

Physical Description

Human

Height: 5'7"

Weight: 148 Lbs.

Nationality: Caucasian

Eye Color: Bright Forest Green

Hair Color: Dark Brown

Description:
Animex is typically described as two things; scary and tough. She's the kind of person you wouldn't want to see in a back alley, and most people are put off by her intimidating looks.
Animex is powerfully built, thick muscles pack against her form and are typically noticeable through even somewhat loose fitting clothing, an obvious form of an athlete. Thick, dark brown hair falls in long, slightly curly waves, but is typically kept up in a braid and out of her face to keep it out of the way. Her sharp green eyes hold a cutting gaze that seems to pierce into people's souls. To say the least, she has an intimidating presence, and that's without the help of her numerous scars.
Covering a large portion of her body are countless scars, all from different times and MOIs. The most noticeable ones that can't be covered up are the four long, jagged slash marks that cross diagonally across her face from hairline to jaw. Though, her face has many others, it's hard not to notice these particular ones. Scars on her hands, neck, shoulders, back, arms, and legs tell the stories of many battles, injuries from flight, and torture. Slashes, burns, scrapes, punctures, and bullet wounds are just a few of the scars you may find. How she has survived so long and stayed in such good condition can only be described as a miracle.
So, yes, she is a terrifying sight to see. 

Tattoos: N/A

Scars: Numerous

Other Markings: N/A

Tiger

Height: 42" in.

Weight: 583 Lbs.

Breed: Amur/Siberian Tiger

Eye Color: Sharp Green

Coat Color: Light Silver

Description:
Animex's tiger form is perhaps more frightening than her human form, though, that may also be because of the massive teeth and claws. Large, macular, and heavily scarred, her massive form has an air of danger surrounding it. Her thick fur is a beautiful silver tone gradiates quite dark on her back and neck, to nearly white on her face and underside while the fur lengthens on her neck and shoulders another couple of inches. Cutting through her brightly colored fur are dark, jagged, unnatural looking stripes that make it hard to differentiate her scars from her natural stripes. Her piercing green eyes are even more intimidating attached to the face of the fearsome predator, and her large white fangs look like powerful blades waiting to be unleashed.

Art and Animations

Art Gallery

Animations:

•  Shatter Me
•  Stop
•  Can You Rescue Me?

Personality Descriptions

General: "She's a borderline anger management case!" 
To complete the patchwork picture that is our dearly beloved Animex, you've gotta understand her base personality. You see, this kid's been through hell in her life, so it's understandable that she's not the easiest person to interact or bond with. On the surface, Animex can be quite aggressive in nature, she snarls, growls, and isn't afraid to use her intimidating presence to her advantage. However, she prefers to be in the background and to go unnoticed by everyone else. She has a hard time interacting with others, lost on social ques, most emotions, and has difficulty with civility. She's distrustful of everyone she comes in contact with, you have to prove yourself to her and maybe, just maybe, she might accept you as someone whos "alright." That doesn't keep her from being suspicious of everybody.
Once you do gain her trust, however, she's fiercely loyal! She throws herself into danger to keep others from having to, or to protect them, and will defend with her life someone she cares for. Believe it or not, she does have a heart, a big one at that, it just takes looking for it to see it.

Habits: 

Hobbies: 

• Fighting
• Training
• ... Yea, that's about it ...

Likes: 

• Fighting
• Meaningful Music
• The Dark
• Being Alone
• Hunting

Dislikes: 

• Arrogant A**h***s
• "Superior" acting people
• Crowds
• Fire
• Technology

Fears: 

• Iatrophobia (Fear of Doctors), 
• Pharmacophobia (Fear of Medicines/Drugs), 
• Agateophobia (Fear of Insanity), 
• Tomophobia (Fear of Invasive Medical Procedures)
• Her brother
• Being Useless

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths: Physically strong, Animex is a powerhouse. Her stamina and perseverance make her a force to be reckoned with. She has spent her life perfecting her physical abilities, learning to fight, survive, and thrive off next to nothing. She has a mindset of 'I'm going to get this done, and I'm going to get this done right,' nothing can stop her when she sets her mind to something. She's incredibly resourceful and a swift learner, able to adjust to fit her situation and find a way to fix whatever she can. She's picked up numerous skills and uses each one to her advantage.

Skills: 

• Fighting
• Wilderness Survival
• Advanced and Improvised First Aid
• Adaptability
• Mechanics

Education Level: Animex hasn't exactly had much time for schooling, she's been fighting for her life and on the run more times than not. Besides, who'd want to deal with that anyways?

Physical Soundness: Health Complications from a lifetime of physical trauma give her multiple chronic and deteriorating conditions, both physical and neurological. Though shapeshifters have almost superhuman healing capabilities, there's only so much a body can take. Constant Chronic pain lingers everywhere, caused by old musculoskeletal injuries, scar tissue, and other health complications. She suffers from other conditions that have never been diagnosed, but has symptoms of cardiovascular complications, organ damage, and neurological disorders. Fear of Physicians and other Medical personnel has kept her from even thinking about seeking any medical help, therefor she has not received any diagnosis, treatment, or relief. She is slowly, and quite painfully, dying.

Weaknesses: Animex's failed social skills aren't exactly a strength, in fact, her personality can be one of her greatest weaknesses. She's stubborn, untrusting, antisocial, and her communication skills makes her difficult to work with. Her idea of communication is still rather rough, and she's more likely to scare someone half to death or start a war than she is to get a point across. She prefers not having to talk with anyone at all.
However, probably her greatest strength is also her greatest weakness; her damn stubbornness. When she get's her mind set on something, you'll have a helluva time convincing her otherwise. She doesn't care much about herself, but has pride issues. She refuses help from others and never takes anything she thinks is charity, always trying to fix her problems by herself, preferring to suffer than ask for help, tending to hide injuries, weaknesses, or difficulty understanding.

Disabilities: Health complications from a lifetime of physical trauma (See Physical Soundness). In her tiger form, she has a slight limp in her front right leg from an old injury in her shoulder. Her limp, however, does not affect her mobility.

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Characters Commonly Associated With: Ben "Bumblebee" Bixly | Nathan "Fury" Shi | Markus "Meltdown" Riley 

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Other Variations: Transformer