#masquermaid

Power: Shapeshifting. Right now, you can only turn into other humans. It takes a strong mental image and a few minutes to change, but once you've done so, you are physically and vocally indistinguishable. You acquire any physical characteristics or strengths of the person you look like, but you do not gain any mental attributes. You do not acquire their mannerisms naturally.

Origin: Would you believe a deal with the devil? Well, he wasn't exactly the devil. A higher up demon, sure, but not exactly Old Scratch himself. And it wasn't really a deal, it was a bet. Maybe you should start from the beginning. It was an ordinary day, no giant storms or blood moons or any of that. On your walk back from school however, a strange figure stopped you. He wore a coat that made it almost impossible to see anything specific about him, and a hat that concealed his face. You got bad vibes, and began to get ready to run or defend yourself, but he sat down on a nearby tree stump. "I'm tired, I've come far to get here," he said, "Are you willing to make a bet?" You asked him curiously what it was, and with a smile he answered. The details of the bet are something you can't remember, that was part of the bet. The next memory you have is him slouching off after you won and claimed your prize: the power of your choice. Maybe you could have shot for more, gotten omnipotence or something. But you've been happy with shapeshifting so far, even if you've mostly only used it subtly, to correct parts of yourself that you feel uncomfortable with. Funny enough, the change has brought some much needed stability to your life.