LEMURE, the Dream Demon Pokégirl

LEMURE, the Dream Demon Pokégirl
Type: Near Human
Element: Magic/Psychic (Infernal)
Frequency: Very Rare
Diet: Nightmares, anxiety
Role: Strategic support, psychological warfare
Libido: Average
Strong Vs: Normal, Fighting, Poison, Psychic
Weak Vs: Celestial, Ghost, Dark
Attacks: Absorb, Energy Blade, Hypnotize, Sleepy Eyes, Backstab, Dream Eater, Teleport, Psychic, Psychic Illusion, Foresight, Fade
Enhancements: Enhanced Strength (x2), Enhanced Agility (x8), Enhanced Speed (x5), Enhanced Endurance (x2), Aura of Exhaustion, Sleeplessness
Evolves: None
Evolves From: Daimon (Dream Stone)
    Making up perhaps the smallest component of the Legions of Terror, Lemures might have been an extremely effective weapon during the war had one of their greatest assets not also proved itself to be a liability. Simply put, Lemures are support Pokégirls whose specialty is inducing anxiety and exhaustion in the opponents, then feasting upon the psychic energy generated even as they enhance the effect by manipulating the foe's dreams.
    Physically, Lemures were modeled, in the interest of furthering their psychological warfare roles, after their more powerful and vindictive cousins, the Demonesses. Thus, they fall into the category of being almost human, but with a few “off” characteristics (such as red eyes, small horns, claws, or the like) to indicate that they aren't. As such, hair color, skin tone, and eye color vary, usually being directly related to their previous forms' appearances. Height and breast size do sometimes increase slightly also, but rarely more than a few inches and almost never more than a cup size.
    The general affect of a Lemure is reminiscent of the person who tells scary stories around a camp fire with a straight face--that is to say that they generally have an unnervingly confident manner with just a hint of ridicule. Becoming, compared to a Daimon, somewhat less overtly aggressive and less tactical, they change their focus to a more subdued enjoyment of making others uneasy. Rather than using a surprise or shock to scare an enemy, a Lemure would sooner plant an insidious suggestion idea in the mind of another, then watch with quiet amusement as they succumb to their own inner demons. Although this makes them appear better-behaved on the surface, this illusion doesn’t last long as those around them begin to grow more and more unsettled over the course of seemingly normal conversation. And they may also notice that exhaustion begins to feel more pronounced as the Lemure’s aura of exhaustion takes effect.
    This is all ideal prelude, in many Lemures’ opinions, to the point where their targets doze off (or are forced to sleep by her magic) and she has unrestricted access to their dreams. At that point, even if their anxiety-causing tactics had little effect, it is possible for the Lemure to penetrate into said dreams and mold them as she sees fit, which generally means nightmares. After all, the reason for the breed's enjoyment of anxiety and dark dreams is primarily that such are their ‘food,’ and required for sustenance. However, this does not at all mean that their dream-manipulating abilities are limited to nightmare induction....
    Au contraire, in fact, if a tamer should gain his Lemure’s respect (usually through failing to succumb to her tricks and thus not falling under her power), she will become quite useful to have around. Rather than attempting to make him uneasy, she will often become almost reassuring, mocking those who try tactics similar to her own even as she invokes her own against the offenders. Some even feel inspired to master their auras of exhaustion, making it more of an "at will" effect than a constant one. But, perhaps the most striking of the changes in a Lemure of this variety is that a new facet of her powers is opened. She will often utilize her dream manipulation powers to not only ward off nightmares, but provide pleasurable dreams, and some tamers with Lemures have found their fantasies coming true in dreams. Which is generally a fun experience for the Lemure too if she chooses to insert herself into the dream (usually in a guise that makes her a part of the fantasy).
    In battle, however, Lemures revert to use of their psychological tactics with a vengeance. Aside from looking and acting somewhat like the much more feared Demonesses, they will often speak and act with a quiet confidence rather than arrogance, suggesting much more faith in themselves than they might actually have. However, when it comes down to actually fighting, most Lemures prefer not to fight. Utilizing abilities such as fade, teleport, and foresight, they will allow their enemies to tire out with the help of Aura of Exhaustion, then drain the unfortunates energy with dream eater and absorb, a very effective combo in most cases. They also have a moderate affinity for sex battles, using Aura of Exhaustion to make opponents tire more quickly, but few truly excel in that area.
    Similarly, Lemures are generally not noted to be the best lovers during taming, especially those who’ve failed to master their auras of exhaustion. The latter type have been noted often to prefer quick, intense tamings that tire their masters out so as to allow for them to move to the realm of dreams, wherein they can be as skilled as they (or their tamers) wish and physical limitations are not a problem. However, it should be noted that this sort of pseudo-taming isn't enough to keep them out of feral, and a Lemure must be physically tamed as often as any other average libido'd breed.
    Feral Lemures are generally very sedimentary creatures, lazing around in the wilds and generally causing those that would attack them to succumb to sleep and give the Lemure the access to dreams that she needs to survive. And, since they themselves are sleepless as well as psychic types, it requires very careful planning and generally a good dark-type 'girl to capture one. Thresholding into a Lemure is extremely rare, but has been documented on a few ocasions.