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I would rather you have an image. Sorry.
In that case, I'll refrain from this one. Good luck with the RP.
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In that case, I'll refrain from this one. Good luck with the RP.
I will be working on a character if you are still accepting! ^.^
Izmara "Izzy" Abdulin
{ βI-I'm not so sure about thisβ¦β }
| Izmara "Izzy" Abdulin |
| Name |Izmara Cadivan Abdulin
| Nickname |Izzy
| Date of Birth |April 7, 1996
| Age |19
| Sexual Orientation |Asexual/Aromantic
| Relationship Status |Too Ace for This
| Occupation |College Student/Animal Shelter Volunteer/Petsitter/Blogger
| In-Depth Appearance |Izzy is a spindly, androgynous person who stands roughly 5'8" or 1.73 meters. Most of their height is in their legs, which are rather gangly and not so useful at the gym. They're a relatively petite person in terms of build, weighing in at 131 pounds/59.5 kilograms. They tend to walk with a bit of a hunch, and have clumsy and awkward gait.
It's difficult, if not impossible to determine their birth sex, as they're usually wearing baggy hoodies and jeans, and they style their dark hair in a scruffy, above-the-chin manner. Their eyes are hazel and constantly alight with some manner of anticipation, preparing for a potentially threatening or unfamiliar event. They usually wear some kind of hat if they aren't hooded, and have a large collection of unisex earrings.
| Quirks and Habits |They have been diagnosed with high-functioning autism and severe anxiety, and receive disability payment. They struggle with social interaction, particularly speaking, photosensitivity, aversion to loud noises, and must maintain a schedule to feel secure. Their cat, Tommy, is registered as a therapy animal. They try to function regardless, and are hoping to become a successful author or veterinarian.
Izzy likes to spend most of their time on their own or with animals, as interaction with people is incredibly taxing for them. They tend to fidget and hum a lot, though they rarely speak. They use sign language with those who know it.
They react very negatively to breaches in their schedule, which they've cultivated for years. It brings them a sense of stability and security in their life which they absolutely need in order to function.
They are a nonbinary person and their birth sex is near-unidentifiable; indeed, they might even be intersex, though their parents raised them as a girl and their body primarily fits that of a female.
| Hobbies |Izzy is an avid blogger, skilled in the verses of online conduct and content production. They make They are a rather paranoid person and constantly prepare for worst-case scenarios. One of their most popular sideblogs centers around this.
A naturally sensitive person, Izzy channels their caring emotions into their relationships with animals. Be they playing with their cat, volunteering at the animal shelter, or petsitting for neighbors, Izzy is quite the animal person. They are planning on becoming a veterinarian.
Izzy is a silent observer; while they do not necessarily interact with people, they can often be found sitting in a coffee shop or on a park bench, seemingly an inconspicuous book-reader, but actually taking in all manner of information from those around them and storing it for later.
| Likes |* Cats
* Animals in general
* Alone time
* Reading
* Observation
* Analytical work
* Predictable settings
* Blogging
* Impersonal relationships
* Classical music
| Dislikes |* Interacting with people directly
* Change
* Social environments
* Speaking
* Loud noises
* Wide-open spaces
| Fears |* Forced in-person interaction
* Change outside of their control
* Sudden noises or lights
* Breaches in their schedule
* Harm befalling animals
| Personality |A veritable ball of anxiety and goodwill, Izzy is, quite frankly, a mess. They're very much a kind, giving, if not timid person, always trying to overcome their fears to help others. They take a lot of online classes and work with animals in order to evade direct interactions with people, and rarely speak. Their voice is quiet, high, and somewhat husky. Izzy spends most of their free time curled up in their bed, browsing forums or reading books with their pet cat, Tommy. They actually run a semi-popular blog on deconstructive fiction, and enjoy textual interaction, so long as it doesn't become too personal.
Izzy tries their very best to keep everything neat, organized, and functional. They have a fixed schedule they adhere to and apply their skillset as effectively as possible to solve problems. They're regarded rather highly at work for their sheer productivity, though their people skills leave something to desire. They don't work very much, though, as they are easily overloaded with the sensations of the world, and could live off disability, though they are trying their best to become independent one day.
| Abilities |Izzy possesses a sort of short-term precognitive ability they have coined the βpreflex.β As the name suggests, it allows them to react to events slightly before they occur, rather than after. This grants them superhuman reaction speed and generally boosts their insight.
| Limitations |While their reflexes have improved, their physical abilities have not. There is only so much a normal human can do, even with prior knowledge of an incident. In addition, the preflex only extends up to ten seconds before an event occurs, most commonly only a few, and they do not have control over what they foresee.
| Place Of Origin |Born and raised in Brighton. Has never left the city for longer than a day.
| Background |Izzy never really socialized with the other kids. Always silent, always fidgeting nervously. They were homeschooled until the tenth grade, and even then they rarely did anything except scribble quietly in the back corner. Their parents have five other children and were always busy with them throughout their childhood. Izzy, being the fourth born, suffered the fate of most quiet middle children in big families and were largely ignored by their parents and siblings alike. They were not diagnosed with autism until they were well into the eleventh grade as a result, and even with medical assistance and therapy continued to struggle with everyday living.
Izzy's family didn't value them very much. Nonconformity combined with an inability to make much money was not something they wanted to deal with, and they had Izzy leave the house soon after they graduated from high school. Izzy was never very close to their family, so this was more of an issue of loss of shelter rather than loss of kin or home.
They currently rent an apartment themselves with the help of disability payment. They attend college using the revenue their blog makes and the money they make from odd animal-related jobs.
@HushedWhispers
Just finished this guy up. just a question to fill out a blank thing or two in my CS: How long ago was the storm?Simon Graham
{ βThere is no such thing as a disability. As long as you can learn to live with whatever you're missing, you're as capable as anyone else. Hell, I'd say you're even better than them.β }
| Name |Simon Alexander Graham
| Nickname |"The Blind Pianist". Given to him by a news report that was reporting a blind high school student winning a multi-county level piano competition. Simon kept it as a stage name for any of his performances, as he is quite fond of it, and it explains what most people are probably attracted to him for. Most of his fans know him by this moniker rather than his actual name.
| Date Of Birth |January/3/1987
| Age |30
| Sexuality |Was Hetero before he lost his sight, but has drifted more towards Bi. Still prefers women.
| Relationship Status |Single, he doesn't want to burden someone by making them date a blind man.
| Occupation |Full-time musician, actually somewhat successful. Regularly plays at "The Casalingo" (A formal Italian restaurant where he plays piano for the patrons) and "The Bus Stop" (A small cafe in the middle of town). Has been hired to open for more famous bands, but has a decent sized following himself. He makes enough money to afford himself a well-sized apartment, and he stores a large amount of money in his savings - He currently has about $30,000 in his savings.
| In-Depth Appearance |Standing at a staggering 6'4 and weighing 240 pounds, Simon is very hairy and could be described as a "bear". He is covered in several, large scars, mostly from the surgery that saved his life. He has a tattoo of a heart that has a band aid stretched across it, and is actually pretty embarrassed about it. Additionally, he has a birthmark on the underside of his foot that is far lighter in skin tone than the surrounding flesh. It's impossible to see because of the hair, but he has a mole on his lip, and actually grew his beard out because he was tired of accidentally cutting it and spraying blood everywhere. His eyes are gray and are clouded over, while his hair is white and black.
For clothing, Simon honestly doesn't really care what it looks like (for obvious reasons), and prefers clothes that feel comfortable against his skin. This has lead to horrible outfits in the past, and has forced his mother and sister to pick out his attire, leading it to be fairly bland and interchangeable. He typically wears baggy jeans, a muscle T-shirt, and a coat/hoodie. The style and type of design changes frequently, but they all feel the same and he can't tell the difference. Whenever he performs at "The Casalingo", he wears a white suit jacket, black tie, white dress shirt, and white suit pants, a fake Rolex, the same belt he wears with his jeans, and black dress shoes. This is his "Formal attire". He wears his casual outfit when performing at most other places. No matter where he is, Simone will always carry his walking cane with him: a gray, collapsible variant that reaches about 5-feet in length. Metallic, but Simon never really cared to learn what metal it was made of.
| Quirks & Habits |
- Loves Tchaikovsky and will play or hum his music whenever he has nothing else to do.
- Whenever he is anxious or nervous, he will brush his hair or grab for his guitar (if he has it on him).
- Gets a little sad whenever he watches a movie. They were his favorite thing to waste time with as a kid, and it reminds him of all the things he is missing out on with his blindness.
- When annoyed, he will typically suck in his lips and rub/bite them with his teeth. This has lead to almost constantly chapped lips.
- Whenever he finds out a kid is nearby, he plays any instrument he knows in order to show off and make the kid think he is cool.
| Hobbies |
- Tabletop games
- Music
- Cooking
- Weightlifting
- Reading
| Likes |
- Classical Music
- Spicy foods
- Pushing himself
- People with an interest in music
- Kids
| Dislikes |
- Alcohol
- Drunk drivers
- Metal music
- Pity
- Cruelty
| Fears |
- A phobia of motor vehicles, ever since his accident. Will only get in them if he has to, and usually walks places. This fear applies to all vehicles, but is strongest with cars.
- Violence frightens Simon, and while he will threaten people when pressed, it would take a life-or-death situation to make him attack someone.
- Scared of water, mainly because it is incredibly difficult to hear under water, deep water prevents you from standing and being able to touch something solid, and Simon can't see if he is getting closer or further away from land. This has proved very troublesome for Simon, as he lives in a coastal city, and has nearly fallen into the water several times.
- Has a fear of rejection, caused when his first girlfriend dumped him after his accident. This is one of the main reasons Simon has a hard time forming relationships, and only has a few close friends.
| Personality |Simon is a very calm, mature individual, the type you would see watching an opera or play. He finds that violence is not detrimental towards having a fulfilling life, and he uses weightlifting to remove stress and aggression. Simon rarely feels bad about his disability, and considering he has lived most of his life with it, he honestly doesn't even notice he has a disability half the time. One of the funniest things to him is when people try to side step or not mention his disability, and he loves it when he points it out and they try to defend themselves. Despite this, though, he is not a big trickster and rarely laughs at others, especially not their misfortunes. Simon tries to be a good person, and is willing to let people figuratively walk all over him if it helps others. Simon loves music more than anything else in the world, and considers music as one of the main reasons that he is still alive. With his new powers, Simon feels a responsibility to help others, and will do his best to not abuse his powers for his own convenience.
| Abilities |After the storm, Simon suddenly developed the power of Sound Manipulation. He recognized this awakening when his body unconsciously started emitting a tone nearly unpercievable for human ears, that Simon was able to use as a form of echolocation. It's fuzzy at best, but he can see in 360 degrees and his "Sight" isn't impacted by tear gas or anything that limits vision. Considering this echolocation only reaches about 50 feet in front of him, Simon assumes that this is his range of control. Simon can replicate any noise within this 50 foot sphere, and can make it as loud as 130 decibels at maximum. Usually, however, he is limited to 100 decibels, as any higher would tire him out quickly. He can selectively pick people to be ignore whenever he uses his power, such as for an extremely loud attack. This doesn't nullify the actual injury their ears suffer, just makes them ignore the pain they feel from the noise. Additionally, as an assistance to his power, Simon's ears have become incredibly resilient and regenerative, allowing him to withstand the constant exposure to loud noises without losing his sense of hearing.
| Limitations |While Simon can create a noise in his sphere, and control it's properties while it is in the sphere, the noise acts like regular sound waves when it leaves his area of control. Simon's power is incredibly different underwater, essentially eliminating his echolocation and making his ability behave entirely differently, making it nearly useless. Simon's powers don't work in a vacuum, or anywhere that sound waves cannot travel. While not an actual limitation on his power, Simon refuses to use his ability to help his musical career, considering it to be cheating and doing himself a disservice. Simon's power is weak, and he can't do anything impressive like hitting the right frequency to make people explode or anything. If someone has something that blocks their hearing, and it is strong enough, Simon can't do anything to them with his power. Using his power is physically exhausting, and while using his echolocation can be done indefinitely, generating noises to quickly or loudly will force him to rest and recover his stamina. Trying to go over his limit has a number of effects based on how hard he pushes himself, such as a bloody nose, migraines, dizziness, blacking out, muscle spasms, general tiredness, comas, and eventually, death
| Place Of Origin |Brighton, England, Born and Raised.
| Background |Raised in a home right by the coast, you could describe Simon as a spoiled kid growing up. He was naturally gifted at music, and his parents nurtured this gift by hiring instructors and buying instruments. By the time he had graduated elementary school, Simon was already quite proficient at playing the piano, and was equally good at the guitar by the time of the accident. Simon's grades were average throughout his life, and he typically gravitated to more physically demanding activities. His parents loved him, showering him in praise and adoration whenever he played for them or placed highly in a competition. He was surrounded by friends, was well liked by many people, and was the role model of his younger sister, Emily. He was your average kid, and even managed to get a girlfriend by his second year of middle school. Everything changed, however, on November 22, 2000.
Playing soccer with Emily in their families front yard, he had just missed a well placed shot from his sister, and the ball had rolled into the middle of the road. Calling out "I got it", Emily rushed into the streets, not even paying attention to the traffic. Simon was just quick enough to see that a car was swerving violently around in the road, and thanks to years of physical activity at his young age, was fast enough to push her away. Unfortunately, he wasn't fast enough to dodge the car, and was ran over, suffering multiple broken bones, internal bleeding, and heavy head trauma. After a year in the hospital, Simon was able to leave and return to his old life - But lost his vision as a result of the head trauma. His friends were distant now that they were in a higher grade, and his old girlfriend had dumped him, not wanting to be in a relationship with a handicapped person. Simon was a completely different person, quiet and reserved, and was eventually moved to a school for the blind that was just outside of town.
Luckily, in his yearlong stay at the hospital, Simon was taught Braille, and was allowed to play his guitar during the day. When he was well enough to be moved around, he was even allowed to play the piano in the common room for the patients. Only a month after learning braille, Simon had already mastered musical notation in braille, and could play his instruments using muscle memory and braille markings on the keys of his piano. Scars littered Simon's body, but he was completely unaware of there appearance - he could only touch and feel the marks in his flesh that changed with each surgery. Simon was expelled from the hospital on November 5th, 2001, just shy of a year when he was admitted. His new school was very well-equipped, and the faculty was caring, but Simon hated the pity he felt in their voices whenever thy spoke to him. That only reminded that he wasn't normal, that he was less. That he had taken a step back, while everyone he knew took a step forwards. The only saving grace to him was that Emily was willing to do pretty much anything he said, as she was nearly crippled with guilt from making her brother lose his eye sight. She was the person that chose Simon's clothes and did everything for him that required his sight. At the age of 17, as a sophomore in High school, Simon entered a multi-county level competition. Out of the 48 counties in the United Kingdom, 5 were participating, and high schoolers in these areas were encouraged to enter and play for the chance to win recommendations to musical colleges, and coverage from the media. Through extreme effort and hard work, Simon managed to beat the competition.
While Simon appreciated the recommendation, he never really needed it - He never planned to enter in a musical college, preferring to jump straight into his music career once he finished high school. The media titled him "The Blind Pianist", and while there were plenty of blind musicians, people were surprised he was so young and had a disability, yet was so talented. Feeling proud that he managed to push his way to the top even with his disability, Simon finally realized that he didn't have a disability. A disability is something that held you back - Simon finally realized that his blindness doesn't need to hold him back. Simon finally moved beyond his regret and sadness that he was blind, and learned how to live again.
After the competition, Simon returned to a semblance of his old life. Was he sad that he was blind? Of course. But he had a loving family, new friends, and a talent that he could use and constantly improve on. Simon graduated high school at 19, and had begun to perform at numerous restaurants and openings for bands. While money was tight in the first couple years, he eventually made a name for himself as he started participating in national level, and even a few world-wide competitions. He never manage to place first in either, but he always placed higher than he did the year prior, and last year, he made it to 2nd place. While he was still ranking low in the world, he was incredibly glad that he was the 2nd best pianist in all of the UK. Despite this ranking, however, his popularity was only really widely known in his hometown, Brighton, where he was able to land two regular showings, "The Casalingo" and "The Bus Stop". While he played the piano he was known for at "The Casalingo", he almost exclusively played the guitar at "The Bus Stop", only occasionally playing his saxophone. Simon's life was changed forever when he was hired to play at "The Lights".
"The Lights" was very famous for being a tourist destination, and what would be a better attraction than having Brighton's most famous musician play for the guests! Arriving at the beach front property, Simon played beautifully, to the audiences delight, and was given free lodging and food for his service. Simon was just thankful that he was able to get into the hotel before the rain started, however, as a massive storm was in the forecast that morning. Simon closed his eyes, falling unconscious to the sound of thunder and wind. The next time he regained consciousness, he could see a map of the room he was in that was laid out in front of him.
After over an hour of experimentation, Simon eventually realized that he had somehow developed echolocation and the ability to generate sound. Realizing that he could use this power to live a normal life and possibly even help others, Simon left the hotel with determination in his heart. It's been a week since the storm, and Simon has found the general limits of his powers. Promising to only use his powers to help others and to swear off their use for personal gain, Simon continued his life as it was, but on the lookout for other's like him... Other's who had developed these strange, paranormal capabilities, who he could confide in and trust... Or maybe he just wanted friends after his years of adulthood had left his only companions being his family and his tabletop group.
WIP. I'll finish this later today.[.hr][.hr]Character Name
A connoisseur of graphic novels, more so than ever after moving to Brighton, when the storm hit and he was left with powers, he knew he needed a costume. Lack of ingenuity imagined this.
{ βRemember, it's a bag of cans, not a bag of cant's.β }
[color=???]| Name |[/color]Johnathon James Smyth
[color=???]| Nickname |[/color]JJ
[color=???]| Date Of Birth |[/color]26/3/1997
[color=???]| Age |[/color]20
[color=???]| Sexuality |[/color]Straight
[color=???]| Relationship Status |[/color]It's complicated
[color=???]| Occupation |[/color]Player at The Dole/Dimebag dealer
[color=???]| In Depth Appearance |[/color]At least one detailed paragraph that details your characterβs appearance. Please include any tattoos, piercings or scars along with clothing style.
[color=???]| Quirks & Habits |[/color]At least three.
[color=???]| Hobbies |[/color]At least three.
[color=???]| Likes |[/color]At least five.
[color=???]| Dislikes |[/color]At least five.
[color=???]| Fears |[/color]At least two.
[color=???]| Personality |[/color]At least one detailed paragraph describing your characterβs personality.
[color=???]| Abilities |[/color]What can they do? Be realistic.
[color=???]| Limitations |[/color]What sort of limitations does their ability have? Again, be realistic.
[color=???]| Place Of Origin |[/color]Where were they born?
[color=???]| Background |[/color]At least two paragraphs or more that details your characterβs background. Also include how they felt after the storm and how they felt knowing that they had an ability?
{ βIf there is anything that I can be sure of in this universe, then it is myself that I have the utmost confidence in.β }
| Name |Elijah Riley Kingston
| Nickname |CinnamonBubblesCurly
| Date Of Birth |June 21, 1990
| Age |28
| Sexuality |Bisexual
| Relationship Status |Single, as flirting is just a habit for people who want to say "I'm avaliable"
| Occupation |A part-time worker at the bar with the restaurant "Eden's Garden". It is a popular place that targets the nightlife that runs through Brighton and attracts the tourists that flock to the place for whatever they desire. Serving food and beverages along with a night of entertainment with the various activities they host during the week, it is a well-traveled restaurant. Elijah himself has been working there ever since he was a kid whether it be with the dishes, serving the food or something else to contribute to the work environment around him that has grown on him. Being well known to the locals for both his family's restaurant and the work he does in the various establishment he is in. He mostly works night shifts and has the day open for anything he may have planned to do during those hours.
His other job is also part-time as a teacher of the foreign language Spanish which he is currently on a trial period to see if he is good for the school and if he meshes well with the environment. With his classes being earlier in the morning, he has free time during the afternoon before going to his other job in the restaurant where he works at night. With his personality so far, he has been making a good impression on both the staff and the students that are in his class.
| In Depth Appearance |Being about the same as the average person, Elijah stands around the height of 5'10 and weighs about 175 pounds from his total stature being combined at once. Having a slightly athletic build that makes up his body, leading up to his head with his angular jaw that is outlined by his facial hair and his usually styled-haircut that he always has which makes his whole bare form. He has no distinguishable marks or tattoos on him but he has had several piercings that have disappeared from years of disuse which don't exist anymore.
Moving onto the extra things that people put on themselves... Elijah is a guy who is pretty well-kept with his hygiene and clothing which mostly comes out of the good habit of being clean like any normal person does, it's just that he takes the extra 20 minutes. With it leaving him smelling something warm and sensual, almost like faint notes of cinnamon whenever he isn't covering it up or overpowering it with other products that he uses. It shouldn't be a surprise that with him being on top of his appearances, he has a respectable wardrobe that is tailored to different styles and trends of clothing which he freely changes from day to day depending on what the person in the mirror feels like wearing that day that works on him. From a preppy look can change into a workout outfit in a moments notice or swapping into some streetwear if he is feeling the mood for it. He has enough clothes to do whatever he wants, it the space that he needs to worry about.
| Quirks & Habits |
- Whenever he sees something he likes, he'll bite his lips as a sign for something that has caught his attention
- If there is someone he is wanting to impress, he'll go out of his own way by alot just to get their attention and respect even if he has to play the long game
- He likes watching people interact within their own little bubbles and how they are when placed outside of it
- Obssessed with his personal appearance and hygine which correlates to him taking forever getting ready for anything
- He counts his calories in a rough sense, no need to be crazy about it but enough to compensate burning it off later if he lets go a little
- Dislikes having spare change, he likes them in solid bills if possible but he'll take quarters if they ever come up (its why he likes using his cards to pay things instead)
| Hobbies |
- As a person who likes to think he is healthy, his morning routine is a jog around the neighborhood for an hour every other day
- Cooking, with new food to taste that all come from a bunch of recipes online that he draws from for dinner that night
- Drinking, as a bartender he is unsurprisingly a social drinker who can take it hard if challenged and likes trying all sorts of alcohol
- Socializing, he's the kind of person who thrives off conversation and isn't afraid to get to know strangers as he sees them as potential friends to be made
- Photography, a surprising hobby he had as a teenager that has captured many memories with brilliant photos that he had developed the skills to take them
| Likes |
- Seafood has a special place in his stomach that he always has a desire for no matter what is going on at the moment
- Foreign Languages and the cultures that are associated with them along with the company that is brought along with them
- To have fun, whether it be something new that he hasn't tried or something that he's done before but going along with friends- he doesn't care as long everyone is enjoying themselves.
- Dancing, the wordless communication between two dancers is something he liked to enjoy in Colombia and Spain while he was there but club dancing has its own kind of appeal to it that he likes as well
| Dislikes |
- Falling into a strict schedule, he likes to have spice in his life to make things interesting rather than stagnating with doing the same thing just a different day
- Whatever he finds annoying, it is something that he likes to avoid as he doesn't mix with them despite whatever he may say
- Being tired, he feels like there isn't enough hours in the day to spend sleeping unless it is well earned for something he has done
- Disorganization, despite his energetic nature which tends to shake things up, it doesn't mean that he likes to make a mess or randomly throw things together
| Fears |
- While he isn't afraid to commit to something, there is a difference if he is trapped with something that will make his anxious and agitated about it
- The fact of disappointing someone that he looks up to that he wants to impress, as he doesn't like to fail the high expectations of not only himself but what others place on him
- Not being able to stand on his two feet by himself, he likes to be secure in life financially and similar things despite his nature to go out often
| Personality |Outgoing, Adventurous, Flirty, Calculative, and Willful
Elijah just sees himself as another person playing the game that life truly is, seeing the lines that connect everything together. Seeing the tropes and stereotypes played out in reality, he find himself assimilating with a few categories that he never expected to mesh together so well. Being a fairly outgoing guy which knits his entire package together on what someone could suspect what would be inside. With his general personality being quite open, he is someone to go for the fun and party that he can get started even if it's just a small group enjoying themselves. He simply just knows how to unwind at the end of the day before settling back down to handle business again at the start of the day.
Moving back to his normal everyday duties, he is a surprisingly perceptive person who utilizes it fully with his sociable personality to make the most of it. Being a guy like to flirt and toss witty remarks at people whether its get through to them or hits their thick skull which he finds as something fun. Having a good handle on feeling the mood around the room and easily adjusting himself to suit the situation to fit in neat and comfortable. Being a changing persona to play a new role, he is a social chameleon that can blend in when needed and attract attention if wanted. Keeping his true thoughts locked away in a safe far behind the mask that he has created for the situation, Elijah is much more of a cunning individual once you realize this but most people never do.
| Abilities |While Elijah may not know it now, in the past week he has been using his newfound abilities without even knowing that he has. With his powers allowing him to learn various areas of trades at an accelerated rate, despite it not being instantaneous mastery- he is able to learn things to a degree that would take others years to reach in comparison with practice within months. The ability of Elijah's Intuitive Aptitude while can generally effect things that he practices with, it excels much more on the social scene where he is able to understand the complexity of human language much more deeply despite his previous familiarity with it. Taking his awareness to another level as he begins capable of reading and interpreting many of the numerous signs that people give off. With some time dedicated to practicing these signals, he is able to replicate them with his own skill that allows him to a natural at using them himself.
| Limitations |Elijah's ability to be capable of learning a variety of things within time is limited on how he is experiencing them which translates to how fast he learns them. With new subjects requiring a suitable example for him to go off on and essentially learn from it, trying to train by himself is possible but will progress at a slower rate. He still has to learn from scratch, it is just the fact that he progresses faster than the class as it seems to be a natural at doing it. Skills that he already has an understanding of previously, are elevated with natural experience building upon the foundation that he already has, enhancing them to new levels but again require better examples in order to essentially break through the glass ceiling. This limitation is firmly placed through all of Elijah's power with the exception of his social intuition which he has achieved a state of near mastery now enhanced with his own power.
| Place Of Origin |Brighton, England is his hometown where he was born and raised
| Background |Elijah has raised in Brighton his whole entire life, with his Mom and Dad in the restaurant most of the time while occasionally traveling whenever Dad picked up a side job of remodeling a place for old time sake. How the two of them met, was when Mom had begun running the restaurant herself for several years already as the place grew into an attraction for not only the tourists but locals of the coastal city. There she handles hiring the workers and staff members, finance, and everything else you could think of that an owner should be handled in such a place. When she decided to remodel the restaurant for a bigger space for the growing crowds, she hired what would be her future husband where everything hit off. Between the two of them, they finished the remodeling of the restaurant and entered a steady relationship in which resulted in Dad settling down in Brighton. With a few years later having a baby boy, they named Elijah.
Here in Brighton, Elijah was raised near the coast as the restaurant was located near so that the commute between the business and home lived only a few blocks away. There whenever he wasn't doing anything for school, he worked there as his Mother introduced him to the food business. Rotating around the positions that he was given as he grew up, he had a decent understanding of the various jobs that were in the process of running a restaurant. He grew up with balancing all aspects of his life as if he was an adult by the time he was a Sophmore in high school where his academics, career, and social aspects of his life was handled by him. He was independent a long time before a good majority of his peers came to the same spot he stood managing his own life. Leaving the familiar behind as he explored more of his bustling town, taking a job at another restaurant for the fact of not being favored in the establishment unlike before and enjoying the new found entertainment that came in the night.
His outgoing nature that attracted people to him previously in school and back at the old place that he worked, made him a popular worker in the new place that he was at. "Eden's Garden" was a popular place that attracted the nightlife and suited Elijah perfectly, meeting a variety of people there during the many shifts that he attended there. With the time that he spent there, he grew interested in the cultures of other countries and decided to take a chance to study abroad. He went to grab a teaching degree for foreign languages where he got the chance to jump around in the different countries such as Spain, Colombia, and Mexico for a few years with the money he saved along with the opportunities he took to get there. However, every few years he comes back around to Brighton again to enjoy time with friends and family here in the coastal city.
Arriving during amidst a storm, he took shelter in his family's restaurant where he waited the storm out with the various patrons to whom he talked to along with his parents who were enjoying themselves. Ending the night with a last cheer of holler and drinks before closing up, he knew it was nice to be back home again. Taking the next week to settle in himself, as he rented out a small place for privacy and pulled some connections to land a few jobs to sustain him in the town that he has lived in for most of his life. So far, everything has been going alright with little to nothing that he has to complain about expect how different it is with how people act differently from the various countries he's been to. Unaware of whatever is going on with his hometown, he continued going through his life like he always had began the next day with a hopeful outlook of something interesting to do.
| Notes |
- English Native and Fluent Spanish Speaker
- Parents own the restaurant "Sailor's Catch" which is focused on seafood along with homy kind of food with your traditional staples with breakfast, lunch and dinner served
- Eden's Garden is more of a nightclub that attracts the younger crowd to the waterside where it is located which is a prime spot for entertaining people both inside the establishment and part of the shore which is part of the property they use
Just finished my boy here right now, so he up for review! If you find anything wrong just let me know and I can change it, sorry I didn't consult you about the power first but hopefully, it's fine or I can change it if that's the case~
@HushedWhispers
Here's my character so far. Could you check out the abilities section and see if it is alright, please?
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| Name |Garrett S. Marshall
| Nickname |Do they have one? Do they like their nickname?
| Date Of Birth |12 June 1996
| Age |Twenty-one
| Sexuality |Homosexual
| Relationship Status |Single
| Occupation |Bartender & University Student
| In Depth Appearance |At least one detailed paragraph that details your characterβs appearance. Please include any tattoos, piercings or scars along with clothing style.
| Quirks & Habits |At least three.
| Hobbies |Acting, Antiquing, and Foreign language learning.
| Likes |Tradition, fun with friends, music, chocolate, and history.
| Dislikes |Being alone, driving, dull or boring moments, feelings, and party drugs.
| Fears |Acrophobia and Vehophobia.
| Personality |At least one detailed paragraph describing your characterβs personality.
| Abilities |In the week since the storm, Garrett hasn't explored his newfound ability of shapeshifting and he doesn't transform into animals or object. Instead, he can transform into other people of both sexes. Based on his experiments, he found out that he can change his entire appearance to match someone else in the matter of seconds. His powers can also make him look and sound like an exact duplicate of people, including their height, weight, and built. If he has more control of his power, he could perform partial morphing, such as only duplicate a person's voice or fingerprints. However, his new powers have limits.
| Limitations |The ability to shapeshift has a cost, which is that Garrett's appearance is changing permanently. His skin, for example, is becoming reptilian and changing into a sky blue. While his eyes are changing colors into red-orange. Besides all of those issues, he can maintain the form of a person in terms of height, and build indefinitely. The longer that he maintains the form, the greater the strain he feels. Soon enough, his eyes and skin will begin to change back to normal. And he cannot assume the person's skills, personality, and powers (if they have any).
| Place Of Origin |New York City, United States of America.
| Background |At least two paragraphs or more that details your characterβs background. Also include how they felt after the storm and how they felt knowing that they had an ability?
@HushedWhispers --- Adah's done. I'm working on Mariko rn.βΏ Adah KomchΓ©nβΏ
{ βJust stay in your lane. Don't be an idiot, and we'll all make it big.β }
| Name |Adah Maria KomchΓ©n
| Nickname |To friends and acquaintances: Madchen, AddeTo customers, associates, and business partners: Gehenna, Sheol, The Christian
| Date Of Birth |10/31/1988
| Age |29
| Sexuality |Gay as hell
| Relationship Status |Single
| Occupation |Owner of 'Don Juan's (Strip club)'| In Depth Appearance |
Co-owner of 'Blackie O'Donnagan's Arcade, Slots, & Shots' (Blackie's)'
Drug trafficker/supply (Weed, Narcotics)Adah is a slight, but figured woman, with a relatively small bust contrasted with an almost hourglass, athletic lower frame. She stands around 5' 4", and is never seen in anything but skinny jeans. Typically dark blue, occasionally black, never acid wash. She tends to wear casual tops, neutral colored button downs or t-shirts, layered with cardigans or zip up hoodies. She had a large collection of scarves that will typically match her pants. Of note is her hair, shaved on one side, and her jewelry-- which, while understated, is always shiny and plainly authentic. Diamonds are her friend, and she prefers necklaces, earrings, toe rings, anklets, and time pieces, all respectively diamond studded, all casually hidden beneath her more causal dress. She had no tattoos, and does have a diamond tongue and navel piercings. Her eyes are inky black, and she is always wearing black cowboy boots-- an homage to her late father.
| Quirks & Habits |She doesn't cook-- or visit restaurants. Instead, mostly relying on meals prepared by her grandmother to sustain her-- often visiting the woman several times per day.
She keeps a fiercely tight belt. She rarely flaunts her salary at others, instead preferring to save and invest. She's certainly biding her time, putting away thousands for something. But she's tight lipped as to what. She wears expensive jewelry to contrast with her rather plain manner of dress, but she has a tight control on her impulses, and doesn't buy enough to put her out. Her largest expenses stem from gambling, and her visits to strip clubs.
She doesn't smoke either-- her asthma is incredibly sensitive. She can hardly run without breaking out in fits of coughing. On bad days, just the smell of smoke is enough to trigger a violent attack. As such, she always carriers a high strength inhaler-- it's unclear how long she'd last without it.
She has weekly therapy sessions. Though, she hardly tells anyone about this. She's been seeing her doctor for years, and despite the breech in professionalism, considers the woman one of her only friends. Regularly buying her gifts.
| Hobbies |Travelling: Immersing oneself in other cultures is her favorite thing to experience. Brighton can be a fishbowl, and it's good to leave every now and then, and remind yourself there's a whole world outside of her little, insignificant drug running business.
Chess: It's cliche-- but a game with oneself is a good time to consider next moves in life, she finds. She does it quite frequently.
Strip clubs: A weekly vice. She considers it therapeutic, since she's unlikely to meet someone she'd click with anywhere-- at least she can satisfy her more carnal desires regularly.
Reading: She almost always has some young adult mystery, or romance novel on her person. Her favorite series is Game of Thrones. She has not seen the show.
Gambling: A less than weekly vice she takes part in. More to honor the legacy of her surrogate father, than anything.
| Likes |Uppers: Her drug of choice-- from coffee to coke. Though she worries she may be developing a reliance, like her mother.
Soul food: Her grandmother, true creole from Louisiana, makes collards and grits better than anyone Adah's ever met. Adah hardly eats anywhere that isn't her grandmother's house.
Music: Adah likes the instrumentation of bands like The Smiths, Joy Division, and Depeche mode, as well as the lyricism in most rap. Though she likes pretty much all of it, from country to mariachi to polka.
Games: Growing up in Brighton-- one had to take to arcade games. She's gotten good at them, and even today, they hold a place in her heart.
Planning/strategy: It's how she's able to operate so seamlessly.
Those who earn her respect: Like her late father. And Blackie, her late surrogate father. Those who can demonstrate strength through intelligence, to her, are always worth listening to.
| Dislikes |Unpredictable situations: Any situation where she feels variables are unexaminable, make her intrinsically uncomfortable.
Stupidity: She doesn't not stand fools. Anyone who doesn't take her sound advice, to her, can't be a smart person.
Boredom: Time not spent on a task is time wasted. Even if that task is merely for satisfaction of the self.
EDM: She likes all music, except EDM. Which has no soul.
The 24 Hour News Cycle: It's an opiate given to the masses that the pigs use to instill fear in her populace. It's a big point of contention with her grandmother.
Violence: Especially unnecessary violence. She believes compromise is always the smarter choice.
Law Enforcement: The pigs would just love to put her away. Luckily,
her criminal versatility means she doesn't even have a record. They don't actually know who they're looking for.
| Fears |Addiction: It runs in her family. She has participated in any number of vices, she has become attached to some more than others-- she may simply have a taste for some drugs, behaviors... and women-- while she might be borderline addicted to others-- she's certainly developed quite a reliance on cocaine in her coffee to function daily. And doesn't mind indulging in party drugs to help move along her deals.
Vulnerability: It's part of the reason few of her relationships last more than a few months. She has a desire for connection to others, but the idea of letting others into her head scares her, however much she wants to connect. This is also why she works at her image-- she doesn't want to experience the vulnerability many women feel at night. She wants desperately to surpass her slot, as someone who should be afraid.
A Meaningless Death: She isn't sure what she wants to build. But she know she wants to leave something behind. She doesn't know how she's going to get from Boardwalk dealer to Pablo Escobar-- but she wants it. It's not death she fears, per se, just historical insignificance.
| Personality |A lack of affection from her drugg-addled mother and the perceived abandonment by and subsequent death of her Father have melded Adah into a very affectionless individual. She later came to idolize her father, upon relaizing the many sacrificed he made for her, and her family-- and obsessed with showing her compassion in a similar fashion. She doesn't say "I love you," instead-- she'll buy you the most expensive brand of clothing you like, and set up fund in your name. This means she's reserved... and has extreme difficulties in her relationship with others, and with others.
To combat her depression and talk through her aspergers, she self-medicates with sample sof the drugs she funnels into Brighton-- and sees a therapist weekly. Her personality is resolute, and she doesn't deal well with those who refuse to try and look at every situation, through every lens possible.
| Abilities |Localized neuro-electrochemical theft: Adah's, unlike most abilities, ability is to simply create generally favorable conditions for her to act in by manipulating people around her. It doesn't have any real offensive capabilities, besides causing long term bodily damage to those it might effect for extended periods, by making them more susceptible to disease, depression, and suicide.
Adah's ability dramatically reduces the aggressiveness of those under its effects.
Manifesting as an invisible telekinetic field, that can travel as far as 25 meters from Adah. Her ability's effect travels through water in the atmosphere and numbs the human limbic and nervous systems, by stealing away a tiny electric potential of 0.07 Volts per second. This is an otherwise negligible current, however, continued exposure to this effect, when activated, is said to reduce a person's will to fight.
Any feeling of aggressiveness will be reduced, as the longer they remain effected by her ability, they become more agreeable, compliant, and eventually sadder. The lack of electro-chemical energy in the target's system, will also reduce their reaction time-- someone under the full strength of Adah's ability, will see the world delayed by several seconds-- allowing Adah to appear to be moving at superhuman speeds. Ironically, though, Adah's ability indirectly increases the fighting prowess of its victims, as they eventually become so depressed they ignore pain and fear, and are focused on their own misery-- meaning that while they become easier to attack, they are much harder to kill.
Electrokinesis immunity: Interestingly, Adah is also immune to electrical damage-- likely a resulting feature of her ability, and the telekinetic cloud surrounding her.
| Limitations |Considering Adah's ability is only able to rob one's system of 0.07 Volts of neuro-chemical electric energy per second, it may take Adah's ability several seconds, to minutes, to possibly even hours, to actually noticably reduce someone's reaction time.
People tend to become more agreeable to Adah's demands almost immediately after being under her influence, so long as they enter her field without excess aggression. Those who are charged up, take much longer to calm down, before reaction time reduction can even begin.
Adah's ability requires moist atmosphere to work effectively-- on particularly dry days, her ability is much weaker-- only being able to rob one's system of 0.03 Volts per second, and her range becomes halved.
Her use of her ability is obvious, as when she turns it on, the whites of her eyes glow with sick, white electricity. And as someone with a range of only 25 meters, she is at a distinct disadvantage in outdoor settings.
| Place Of Origin |Brighton native, daughter of first generation American immigrant
| Background |Sometime in the 60's, two men named Juan KomchΓ©n and Blackmoore 'Blackie' O'Donnagan meet and become friends. They are men shunned by society. Juan can't return to America, and Blackie can't return to Scotland.
They put their criminal talents to use in Brighton-- Brighton in it's prime-- and starting from nothing, but two bar stools, they resolve to become kings. Juan is capable muscle, often following Blackie's instructions to a T, because of how in tune they are. Blackie is quick-witted. He's the brains-- longterm planning isn't his strength, but he's gifted at improvisation.
20 years later, and things are looking good. Juan has done some time-- but Blackie's put enough together to buy the two a bar. They become the Co-owners of 'Brighton's Best: Slots & Shots' it was going to grow into something amazing. Were they going to go legit...? That might have been smart. Blackie has twins on the way--
and Juan just started seeing a girl from the Church. But the boys never claimed to be smart. For a time, they're merely dimebag pushers, they're still just grunts, operating in the shadows. But they're getting ready to make their move. The thing that draws them to each other... is a desire for more. They continue growing, seeking power. They will be kings.
1988. Adah Maria KomchΓ©n is born on Dia de los Muertos after a shotgun wedding held a week prior-- a priest threatened to kill Juan if he didn't make an honest woman out of his daughter, a pale, modest Briton named Mary. She didn't leave much of herself in Adah-- shes the spitting image of her father, Mary names her after the biblical Adah, Juan lies and says the middle name is in her honor, and mother Maria-- it isn't. She's baptized the day of her birth, and soon after attends the Dia de los Muertos proper. Blackie's twins play with the squishy baby, while the father's smoke cigars in their bar. Juan's mother is moving from Louisiana to help with the baby-- he's wanted to move her up here for years. Things are well.
1999. Adah sees Blackie more than her father. Her mother, raising her a good christian girl, obsesses over her whenever her grandmother can't step in to impart some wisdom of her own. Her mother, Mary-- while once a good mother, has developed a habit-- as Juan is in and out of prison, seeking to expand his and Blackie's influence on Brighton. Blackie tries to impart the lessons of youth he wishes he got. The value of patience, planning--
tries to impart the perseverance and strength her father has in her. Her grandmother reminds her the importance of a homecooked meal. After the year 2000, her mother is almost never around. She's raised by her grandmother,
Blackie, and the twins. She consistently is top of her class, despite her tumultuous home-life. Blackie adopts a girl to give himself another shot at parenting, seeing his Twins as less his sons than Adah is his daughter. This causes a rift between Blackie and his wife, but she ultimately relents, though her relationship with the girl is cold, Mariko is an expansion of their kingdom. Adah and Mariko, despite an age difference, become fast friends.
2003. Juan is killed in a fire-- the bar-- 'Brighton's Best'-- is burned down. Blackie's family were the targets-- and his wife, and the twins were the targets, and Juan dies trying to save them-- Mariko, however, survives, but is permanently injured. It was part of an attack on Blackie, following his take-over of the trafficking into Brighton. For a time-- he becomes paralyzed. Adah, not knowing how to express herself in anyway outside of her work, graduates early. After reading what her father was really working for in his will, she develops an admiration of his ability to work for those he loved, guilty she never appreciated his love while he was alive. A girl with little friends, and blind ambition, Adah takes up residence with Blackie and Mariko, helping him recover from his loss and figure out next steps. She begins selling weed, to support herself. Mariko disproves.
2008. The generous sum that her father left for her in his will, combined with Blackie's own savings. Is enough to open a strip club, 'Don Juan's'-- darkly in his honor. Blackie wanted Adah to be completely legit-- but she begins using the club to expand into harder narcotics, she's more in charge than him at this point.
Blackie, feeling some pride-- settles into an advisory role-- feeling the pride in her, he wishes he could feel in his own sons and now daughter. Mariko, growing from her adoptive father, attends boarding school.
2010. Blackie dies peacefully in his sleep one cold winter morning. Within months of his passing, Adah opens 'Blackie's.' And again turns to her studies to deal with her grief. After leaving competent managers in her businesses, she dedicated 5 years to travel and completing her post-secondary education. Mariko returns to Brighton for a time, eventually fading away again, from the place that had caused her so much pain. She decides to volunteer in South America. She and Adah date for a time, before she goes to South America. Considering how much like sisters they are, they both agree it's a huge mistake and they'll never repeat it again.
2015. Adah returns to Brighton. Settling into routines of therapy, deals, strippers and occasional vacations. She's resolved to follow her father's dream, on hr own terms. She dreams of power and influence. Mariko has been in and out of town, an accomplished nurse in her own right. They repeat the mistake again. Mariko contiues to leave and return, 'finding herself.' Adah continues to fail in love and succeed at business. She starts sampling products to increase her efficiency in the field.
2017. A storm one night leaves Adah (and Mariko-- though Adah doesn't know this) with... abilities. Like a light switch, she can make people calm and sluggish. She wordless begin utilizing this ability, ultimately uncontrollable 'who' it effects, and how 'strong'-- to it's highest effect, like a master strategist-- without comment.
I'm interested in joining, is it alright if I have a character sheet up tommorow? @HushedWhispers
@HushedWhispers Aaaah shoot, I must have missed that part. I'll have them fixed up by tomorrow. And yeah, absolutely do research, heck it'll help me flesh out the ability a little more. I want it to be suitable and fun for this roleplay, so whatever works~
@HushedWhispers Oooooh! Another Hushed Productions! Haven't been in one of these in a while. I saw that someone bailed out. Mind if I hop in?
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I honestly do not mind, at all. :)
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Cool beans! I'll get to work on my character then!