Powers/Attacks: You know, though Beth would probably secretly like it, there are no stock footages of crazy dances in bright pink henshinspaces proceeding these attacks. Though she does something to use an attack, visuals are sparse here, as they always are with Magical Girl baddies. The names, however, are shouted out to begin an attack, not because it is necessary, but because Beth thinks it rocks. Even though they are very corny. XD

Narcissus Reflection:

How do you do your stuff: Holding up the Mirror of Doom, Beth catches the attention of her victim (usually by grapping said victim's neck) and, as she is sure they are looking into the Mirror, says the phrase. A garishly bright light shines from the surface of the mirror, freezing the victim and allowing Beth to simply stick her hand into their chest and drag out their solidified soul. Hey, I told you these things weren't flashy!

Does it have any consequences: This, being her soul-grapping move, is Beth's most used attack. All it practically does is to weaken any target so much that their soul is free to take, but that is really enough to make it damn useful. The way that is done is this: When the victim looks into the mirror, they see their own reflection in a very attractive form that almost begs to be looked at. Just like Narcissus in the myth, they are enchanted by their own reflection, getting more and more absorbed in vain love, their concentration on themselves more and more intense. When Beth decides that they are absorbed enough to not be brought out of concentration, she utilizes the garish light, which weakens their souls enough for them to be taken. The waiting is necessary to avoid anyone suddenly objecting when bright light is flashed at them, or worse yet, fight back while she's got her hand inside them. We can't have that, no. Of course, this attack has several shortcomings and ways to be stopped, because else it just wouldn't be fair. First off, she can not perform this if the Mirror goes poof. Simply can't. (Angels need at tip? Steal that purse while she's not looking) Also, it takes up a good deal of time; 'readying' a victim can take up to five minutes, and that's without counting the effort put into actually making them peek into the mirror. Doing it at more than one target is impossible, too, and if somebody attacks her while doing it, she has the option of either take the blow or strike back, breaking her victim's concentration. She can do it at more than one person each battle, but that takes a good while. And she'll most likely have to leave the second body laying around, ready for a soul reunion. If this is thrown at you, there are several things to do about it. The simplest one, really, is plain not looking. If you don't look, there is absolutely nothing she can do about it (er, actually, there is. Look below) and you're safe... For now. Were you so stupid as to look, however, you'll have to rely on someone else to pull you out of concentration – for example by throwing an attack at you (would YOU do that to save your friends?) or her (much more angelic). Finally, those who already had their soul taken can be saved if they are reunited with it. Oh, and there is another shortcoming (Beth: How weak are you making me look?) - to be affected by the Narcissus Reflection, you'll have to stand no more than 2 meters away from Beth-avin.

King of the world:

How do you do your stuff: Actually done without the mirror! Oh, the horror.

Doing her best to look cool and imposing, Beth stretches her right arm into the air, pointing at a spot a good deal above her victim. She snaps her fingers once, creating a tiny spark of violet energy, then lowers her arm to point directly at Whatever-iel, and shoots off a tiny (10x10 cm) sphere of violet energy. If aimed correctly, the sphere is simply absorbed by the target's body with no feeling of actually being hit.

Does it have any consequences: Though not imposing-looking, this attack is probably Beth's best chance at actually doing some real damage to the victim. So what does it do? Vanity, as said above, is the belief that you are better, stronger and wiser than anyone else, and especially than you really are. That is the fact that this power is based on. When the sphere hits the target's body, no pain is felt at all. Hell, some targets might not even notice that they are now targets. Instead of inflicting damage, the attack makes said person completely self-absorbed, but in the extroverted way. What I'm trying to say is that it makes you believe you can do stuff you really can't, just because you are the absolute BEST at everything. People under the influence of this attack might jump tall buildings in the belief they can fly (okay, with Angels, they actually can), charge head-first into a whole convention of Dark Lords, armed only with a puny little power, or refuse the help of others when Duriel is about to stab them. Oh yes, it is definitely a nice power to have. So of course, they have to avoid it. The best way to miss the effects of this attack is, quite simply, to dodge it. It is a very small sphere, you know, and it only takes so much moving to get out of it's range. The reason it actually hits somebody once in a while is that is is both damn fast and, quite frankly, so non-imposing looking that people tend to forget it is even being fired. Blocking and redirecting are options too, as long as you're not blocking it with anything physical. It zooms right through those things. Shield or mirror spells do the job, though. In terms of energy-draining, this is not very straining on Beth; up to five uses each battle doesn't even tire her. The reason for this, obviously, is that the damage comes not from her, but from the victim's own actions.

Dwell on ME:

How do you do your stuff: Standing up, Beth widens her arms and raises slightly from the ground, her body glowing with a weak violet aura. As the glow intensifies, so does her garish flowergarden-smell, and people begin to gather around her like moths to a flame, dropping any weapons they might hold.

Does it have any consequences: Again, this one of things you just gotta have when you're Vanity. Using this ability, Beth forcefully draws the positive attention of anyone standing within a radius of 15 meters from where she stands. This is good for several things, with the most obvious being that while the Angels are busy staring at her, they won't kick her butt. Also, it gives any Dark Lords she's cooperating with (like they ever do THAT) the ability to go from person to person and kill them in nasty ways to which they won't object, at least not if Beth is doing her job properly. Sadly, she herself has to be completely concentrated to keep this attack up, so as long as she is alone, all this does is give her a moment of breath. To be honest, the spell is probably based more on Idolizing than on Vanity – but then, what good is being vain if you don't have anyone to praise her. When I say praise, I don't mean do her bidding – that is what she's got the Narcissas for – but simply quiet adoration of her perfection, which suddenly becomes obvious to those affected by the spell. If you're not in the mood to praise Beth-avin, you best shot would be either to run off, or to shoot something at her that can break her concentration. In any way, the effects of the attack wear off the second she stops holding up her aura, which can maximally be done for about 15 minutes – and even after 15 minutes, she is completely drained. The main problem about this attack is quite frankly that when the attack ceases to work, she is completely surrounded by Angels, girl and boys (not really that bad with the boys, though...^^), ready for battle except for a slight dizziness that lasts about a minute, and the loss of any attacks that were ready to be fired when Dwell on ME was put into effect. Her best shot is to get away – and that in a hurry.(To the Bethmobile, Bethman Awaaay! [Quote stolen in the meaniest ways possible from Kayli]) Er, she'll use teleport, I think. ^^;

Weapons: One weapon? I think not. To be honest, Beth has no weapon in terms of Sharp Pointy Edge of Killing, but she wields a whole truckload of accessories, contained within a very non-fearsome purse, as well as one actual weapon-slash-item.

Purse of D00M: All right, maybe not really D00M; this is really just an ordinary pink purse with a golden chain as strap, though being filled with heavy beauty items of D00M makes it perhaps a slight bit more D00M-like. In a bonking way. ^^; This thing is cool because it contains all of Beth's more-cool acessories, listed below in order of fearsomeness:

Make-up from Below: A whole bunch of various cosmetics from well-renomed firms such as DolOr, Calvin Pain and L'OreHell, these are basically high-quality human cosmetics with only a slight spark of Cool Demonic Magic added. Their use is described up in 'Special Skills' and the reason that is there and not here is that Beth could do her Camouflage trick with pretty much any cosmetics, not just the hellish ones.

Powder Puff: A soft pink powder puff, this is Beth-avin's teleportation device. Yes, that is right, she disappears in a mist of powder. Corny, in'it? But it is Tha TRUTH! To teleport, Beth only needs to pat this thing a few times, creating a mist of nice smelling powder that obscures her completely and makes everyone else cough away. When the smoke clears, she is gone. When appearing somewhere via this skill, a cloud of powder proceeds her a well, though this time it truly emerges out of nowhere. Come on, it is at least unique. ^^;

Perfume of Seduction (and Hurting Your Nose): The smell described all the way up in 'Description' comes from this perfume. You knew it was Hell-powered, didn't you? The scent, as we will politely call it, originates from a old-fashioned pink glass perfume bottle stored inside the Purse of D00M, but has been applied to Beth's skin every single morning for around two millennia now. Not a wonder it smells a bit... er. XD Aside from smelling rather... weird, it also has an effect that most members of the cast will never experience: it attracts males! Obviously, men have taste too, and will most likely not really appreciate the smell of the perfume, but they will still be dragged unconsciously towards the she-devil wearing it. Pretty much like a very watered down and sexist version of Dwell on ME.

Evil Queen's Combs: You might not have noticed it by now (but damn, it's in the PERSONALITY and all. o_O), but Beth-avin takes quite a bit after Snow White's eeevil step mother in several areas. Yes? This power/item is snipped directly off Snow White. In the original story collected by the Brothers Grimm (not the Disney version), a poisoned comb is the Evil Queen's second way of killing Snow White: as soon as she tries to comb her hair, the poison is activated, almost killing her. Now, because Beth is not at all about poisoning people to death, the effect of the combs have been twinked. But first, the Strategy Involved. When the combs are put into effect, it is usually because some client at the Salon either really, really annoyed her, or simply looks like damn good target. Said person is, upon leaving the salon, given a pretty golden comb by Belladonna, as a 'special gift' for being a good customer. When they get home, said good customer will want to use said special gift, and that is where the fun begins. Only a few hours after combing their hair with one of these combs, the victim's looks pretty much falls apart. Acne appears, hair gets coarse, eyes red and skin wrinkling. Everything practically screams for a beauty treatment right now. And thus, through the Magic of Evil, a small note saying something like 'In need of immediate care? Call us right now and arrange a special treatment session. The Salon Delilah' followed by Belladonna's phone number. You see where I'm going with this? Obviously, the poor victim calls and arranges a session at some obscure time, turns up at the clinic only to find not an army of caring beauty assistants waiting to help, but a very evil Lady of Darkness waiting to STEAL THEIR SOUL.

Mirror of D00M (remind me not to let her name her own stuff again): And thus, we reach the above promised Real Weapon. Or whatever you would call a mirror. Regarding the name, it actually had a more cool and less corny name at one point in history, but that name is long forgotten. Thus, we see the Mirror of D00M.

In terms of look, this is rather heavy gold mirror about the size of an average hand mirror. The front of it is decorated with three gargoyles to the right and a dragon to the left climbing the sides of the smooth mirror surface, their tails twisted together to form it's handle. The mirror is very sturdy and quite heavy – the ultimate bonking tool! ^^;

Aside from it's uses in Beth's various attacks, the mirror has a few nifty powers of it's own. The main power, of course, is bonking people on the head. Wait, I didn't say that!.. though she actually uses it in that way more than often. o_O When not used for that, however, the Mirror is a wonderful spy-toy. Like the Evil Queen in Snow White (you see, there she is again), Beth can command the mirror to show her any person by looking into it and saying their name loud and clear. Usually, she puts up some corny 'Mirror, Mirror' speech to use it, but that is actually not at all necessary. She just is corny like that. There are other restrictions, though: to view somebody, she has to utter their full and correct name – if you only gave her your first name, she's not got a chance. With Angels, too, she can only see, for example, Samael, if that Angel is currently in his/her henshined form. If she is not, all Beth will receive is a 404 from Hell. It is the same thing the other way; if she is spying on Eden Ardith, the mirror will actually go black if that boy is about to henshin. So, to really spy on anyone, she needs to know both of their identities. And if the LoCD knows that, said Angel is doomed anyway. She can also not spy on other LoCD – technically, she could, but they are all far too experienced with demonic magic to not discover that they're being shadowed.

The other cool thing this mirror can do (aside from bonking) is teleportation. Not of herself, obviously – that is what she's got the Powder Puff for – but of items, Narcissas, and smaller creatures (i.e. Gosegas). To do this, she basically has to stuff whatever it is into the mirror and tell it where to put it. Narcissas, however, are self-sufficient enough to go without the tell. They are mirrors, after all. Using this skill, Beth can also pull out a bodyguard of Narcissas in battle, though usually no more than five at a time. These thing aren't strong! However, they serve as good Angel-distraction, giving her just enough time to get her butt out of here. And with this, we end the (overly long and twinkish) weapons section.

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