Deep in the Black Hills of South Dakota is a camp. But this isn't the usual summer camp that parents send their kids to. No this is a very special camp. One for supernatural teen that are struggling. Some struggle with to control their powers. Others just struggle to fit in. All of them have gotten into trouble in school for various reason. The goal of this camp is to help these kids learn control and help them find their place in the world.

Breakfast
Arts and crafts
Survival skills
Lunch
Games
Competition

@KatherinWinter Are we allowed to have more than one character?

@KatherinWinter - want us to post characters here for approval first?

@KatherinWinter Is there a limit to what type of power?
Also, how do you prefer the appearance pictures?

@Squirrel98 so is she a shifter? Or a kumiho or something else?

@KatherinWinter Are we allowed to have more than one character?

Definitely I will have at least besides the counselors.

@KatherinWinter - want us to post characters here for approval first?

I would appreciate that.

@KatherinWinter Is there a limit to what type of power?
Also, how do you prefer the appearance pictures?

I won't approve of anything OP. I don't like powers that can control other characters. But I'm open it anything.
I have no preference when it comes to pictures. Whatever works for your character.

She is a shifter, but can't control the shifting :)

Here's the sheet - I moved 'reason for being here' to be after bio as it made more sense to read that after reading character description

Appearance:

Aly is quite short (5'0) with very long black hair, and yellow eyes. She is quite shy, and a social recluse - a symptom of her troubled upbringing (See the Bio). She has a scar that runs diagonally across her body from left shoulder to right hip.
Name: Alison Smith (Aly for short)

Age: 16 (Birthday 12st June - so recent)

Ability: Reanimation. As long as she can see the item in question, she can take a deep breath and 'breathe' life into it, bringing the item to life and ask it to do things.

Bio: Aly has had little luck in life. Her parents died in a car crash when she was just three years old - she survived it, but her seatbelt dug painfully into her body leaving a scar that is still there from this day. From there, she was first raised by her strict aunt (who liked cats more than humans). At five, she discovered she could bring her dolls to life, which scared her aunt. Even more so when the girl started asking the dolls to defend her from the many cats that had been mean to her. Eventually she went too far, and at ten years old was sent to a juvenile correctional facility for a year for killing a cat - even though her DNA was not on the knife.

Once the guards discovered she could reanimate objects (which happened in a brawl) she was placed under solidarity confinement, and assigned a guard at all times to watch her. Which was a good thing when she managed to bring the door to her cell to life. Unfortunately, it also lead to her being gagged and restrained (And beaten) more than once, which made her afraid of other humans. Everyone at the facility was happy when she finally was released.

After being released, she bounced from home to home, nobody really wanting her, until she found herself on the streets at 14 years old. Using her abilities to steal for a living, taking food and clothes without entering the stores (meaning the police could only arrest her for having the items, rather than actually stealing them). Another brief trip in a juvenile correctional facility at 14 in Manhatten turned out to be a blessing, as one of the guards had seen kids with these skills before. He contacted the camp, which then intervened, and when Aly was released from the center she was taken to the camp at 15.

She's been at the camp ever since - a year ago today.

Reason for coming to camp: Reeducation. The girl has a quite good grasp on her skills, but multiple arrests and poor social interactions has meant she doesn't know how to operate in the real world without resorting to stealing. She never finished school either.

Name: Emory Florence

Appearance:
Age:16

Ability: Cold manipulation, the power to to cool objects or his environment up to freezing temperatures

Bio: Emory was born on a very cold day where the snow fell and the people stayed inside the warmth of their home. On that day his parents never took him home, instead he was left behind there at the hospital. The staff at the hospital would always call maintenance since they thought there was something wrong with the air conditioner. But there was never a problem with it and the problem disappeared when Emory was old enough to be sent to an orphanage.

Emory wanted to make friends but was teased instead since whenever someone touched him, he would feel cold. The air around Emory would sometimes be colder than usual and no one would go near him. It scared many of the kids and therefore they didn't bother him or even talk to him anymore. He did a lot of things by himself at a young age, even the adults at the orphanage didn't go near him. He was frustrated with having to be alone all the time.

He was constantly being sent to different orphanages where the same thing would always happen. The temperature would drop and everyone would find out it was Emory who caused the air to be cool. Emory, as he got older would try to control this power but he always failed. He did eventually managed to keep cool air to come from him so only people near him would feel the coolness coming from him. This made Emory finally able to talk to others but was awkward at first since he hasn't talked to anyone in so long.

Then there was a group of bullies that made fun and beat anyone who ever they targeted. They started to beat up a frail young boy when Emory showed up and interrupted them. This caused them to turn their sights on him and began to beat up Emory. The pain and frustration made Emory blast cool air around them all and it began hurting the bullies. Adults of the orphanage caught wind of this and sent Emory to a correctional facility. It was until Emory was 16 when he finally able to leave the facility and back into another orphanage.

He was alone again and didn't know what he was gonna da anymore with his uncontrollable powers. An adult at the orphanage found out about Emory's problem and knew what he could do. The adult proposed that Emory would go to a summer camp where he can be with others like him and learn to control their abilities. Emory thought this might be the opportunity to control his power and even meet friends.

Reason for coming to camp: To control his power so Emory can live a normal life where he doesn't have to struggle controlling his power. Also meeting people who can be his friends and not care about the fact that he is a living freezer.

wow, we have alison, aly and ally ... that's confusing

@Squirrel98approved

@medalliah my only question is why wasn't she sent to camp sooner?

@Animera how much control does Tiffany have? Technically Ali doesn't need the camp. She had control of her powers and fits in with society from what I see. Why is she coming to camp?

@KoraSonapproved

@KatherinWinterI edited Alison's bio and the reason. As for Tiffany, she only has the power to control her own dreams and nightmares. If she tries to manipulate other people's dreams there's a small chance she will succeed- same with sleep patterns. However, she has no control over putting people into comatose. She only managed to do it once and the person only was out of it for only 3-4 hours. In summary, she only has a small amount of control over her power.

Katherine you never seem to change (that's a good thing I swear). I'd like to give this another try if that's alright.

@Animera But she could do make someone comatose again right? I understand it would take alot of stress or having someone startle her but I want to make sure I understand what she can do.

As for Allison, please don't take this wrong, but I still have questions. I understand she couldn't go to a regular school until she was 8 or so but she would have had to be homeschooled. Going to regular school is what exposed her to plays and things right? I am fine with her coming to improve her social skills. I just want to understand where she is now.

@KatherinWinterYes indeed, Tiffany would be able to put someone into a comatose if she was experiencing any extreme emotions like anger or fear.

And yes Alison was homeschooled by some of her uncles until she turned ten. Then she began attending a private school, but she would often avoid interacting with people. Whenever she signed up for a play, she would get a minor role as the teachers thought she wouldn't be able to handle the pressure of speaking in front of many people. Ali speaks with short sentences and usually replies with no more than two words.

@Animera But the comatose thing is only under extremes. And I don't mind her having limited control of dreams. Like soothing nightmares or something.

So Alison can socialize she just doesn't have alot of experience with it and keeps to simple sentences when possible?

@KatherinWinter - hadn't been found/reported sooner? Pretty much

@KatherinWinter Yes.

Katherine you never seem to change (that's a good thing I swear). I'd like to give this another try if that's alright.

Of course you are welcome to join again. It's always good to see names I know.

@medalliah @Animera @Squirrel98 @KoraSon @DarkHuntress
I am going to make this the camps first year to make backstories a little easier.

@medalliahShe's approved.

@Animera Both are approved.