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【 Name 】
Sienna Rose Mackinly

【 Age 】
Twenty - Two

【 Birthdate 】
20/January

【 Perceived Gender】
Female

【 Sexuality 】
Bi-Sexual

【 Appearance 】
Sienna is a short girl, standing at only five feet 3 inches. She is slender, though that isn't to say she doesn't have curves. She most definitely does. She weighs in at about 134 pounds. Her hair is naturally a dirty blonde, however she dyes it a more vibrant platinum. At first glance Sienna has very dark eyes though if one were to look close they would see she actually just has deep chocolate eyes. Her wardrobe varies depending on what she's feeling. On one of her good days she will put effort into her appearance, wearing stylish clothing and actually doing her make-up. On days where her depression hits hard she prefers to wear sweaters and other comfy clothing.

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【 Why are you at Spring Hill? 】
Sienna suffers from Genophobia, Severe depression and commitment issues. She hates the way she is wants to better herself as well as overcome her fear. She saw an ad for Spring Hill online and figured there was no better time than now. She knows that if she cant fix herself than she's as good as dead.

【 Residency 】
Sienna has been at Spring Hill for 6 months

【 Negative Effects 】
Sienna's medicine causes her to have massive dizzy spells, almost to the point of passing out. On more than one occasion she has feinted out of the blue. The medicine has also started to cause her nose bleeds - though she's been assured that they are a simple side effect and will go away with time.

【 Positive Effects 】
Influence over nature - Sienna has begun to notice that when she is around plants that they seem to spring to life, she can sometimes even hear them. Most of the time she thinks it's just her going insane, though little does she realize her power is only going to grow.

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【 Personality 】
l Loyal l Truthful l Imaginative l Blunt l Gullible l Indecisive l

【 Biography 】
Sienna was born to Michael and Lilian Mackinly, she was their second child. As the first daughter she was spoiled and happy, by the age of 4 Sienna had two younger siblings. Unfortunately things wouldn't be all sunshine and rainbows for Sienna. Around 5 her parents divorced and her mother pretty much abandoned them, leaving them in the care of their father. Things weren't so bad, that is until her father began to seek out women to marry so he wouldn't have to raise his four children alone. The first women was Karen, she was actually the mother of her eldest brother and had another older son and daughter with a different man. The older brother was abusive, sexually and mentally. He would force young Sienna to so things she didn't want to, and then force her half-brother to do things against his will to Sienna. She took it like a champ so as not to worry her own siblings.

The older daughter would throw things and threaten Sienna and her siblings, but most of it was directed at Sienna herself. She was the one that did all the chores and even had to take care of her siblings sometimes. The marriage didn't last but her father didn't stay single for long. The next women wasn't terrible, just strict. However one day when Sienna came home she found all of her step-mothers things cleared out. She was left alone at 12 with two younger children and couldn't get a hold of her father. Sienna was alone with her crying and confused siblings for two hours before her father finally called the house. That marriage didn't last long either.

The last woman was probably the worst. She was an ugly women with a terrible personality and her two children were just like her. They only wanted her father for the money he made and Sienna could see that. Her children were treated much better than Sienna and her siblings, even Sienna's friends could see that. Sienna was constantly dragged to do everything and if it wasn't done perfectly than she would get severe groundings. At age 19 Sienna finally had enough and began to rebel - sneaking out, smoking and failing her classes. The mother hated this and someone convinced her father to kick her out. At 19 she was homeless and had nothing. Luckily her best friend came through and her mother let her live at their place on their couch. They helped her find her first apartment and Sienna eventually got a stable job. But the damage was done and slowly Sienna began to lose herself. She was on the verge of a mental breakdown when she saw the ad for Spring Hill. She's hoping that the decision to go isn't the worst one of her life.

【 Trivia 】

→ Sienna's favorite color is green or red

→ Sienna feels too deeply sometimes but is ashamed to show her emotions so will often bottle it up until it's too much to bare

→ Theme song; Ashes by Celine Dion

【 Name 】
Atsuko Lee Hitsugaya

【 Age 】
Twenty

【 Birthdate 】
4/October

【 Perceived Gender】
Male

【 Sexuality 】
Bi - Sexual

【 Appearance 】

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【 Why are you at Spring Hill? 】
Atsuko Suffers from Anxiety and Anger issues. Most of the time he is pretty tame but if his "Routine" gets interrupted or someone disturbs something he likes or enjoys he will have massive anger episodes. On more than one occasion he's gotten into fights - losing because he really isn't a large boy and it honestly bad at fighting.

【 Residency 】
Atsuko has been at Spring Hill for 8 months

【 Negative Effects 】
Because Atsuko has been at the rehab center for quite a bit the medicine he takes has taken quite the toll on him. He has begun to experience blood thinning, even a small cut will somehow bleed much more than it should. He has also begun to have extremely high and dangerous fevers out of nowhere.

【 Positive Effects 】
Atsuko hasn't noticed it yet but his "fevers" are a sign of him coming into his power. Atsuko will be able to heat and body temperature - if he so desires he'll be able to bring someones body heat up so high that their brain will boil. Of course he has no idea how to do this yet or what the consequences are.

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【 Personality 】
l Enthusiastic l Expressive l Open-Minded l Hot-Headed l impatient l Stubborn l

【 Biography 】
Atsuko was born in Tokyo Japan, however his family moved to America when he was just a baby. Being the oldest of three a lot of responsibility with thrust upon him at a young age. If he wasn't the best or if it seemed he didn't try in anything then he would get punished, this caused Atsuko to grow paranoid and anxious. He felt like if he didn't study all the time or if he missed out on any tutoring opportunity then his grades would suffer. The punishment's he endured seemed innocent enough on the outside but for Atsuko they were taken to the extreme. Getting a B instead of an A meant being locked in his room after school for a week. His homework was consistently checked and he was forced to do study guides and exam prep worked made up by his father.

Once Atsuko got into high school it was clear that he had issues with keeping up with others. He just couldn't comprehend certain things and if something frustrated him he would get intensely angry. He had very specific things he liked and if they were taken away he would feel like he was being threatened. His parents didn't understand this and would take the things he enjoyed which only made him act out even more. Soon his angry fits caused him to start fighting. Atsuko was a small and lanky guy so he lost most of his fights - this caused him to turn to bullying the small nerds.

Atsuko barely graduated from High school and was rejected from the one college he applied to. His parents had pretty much given up on him. Atsuko spent most of his time playing video games in his bedroom. He would get angry and upset if he was given any chores. His parents soon just left him alone - they were defeated. Atsuko soon found a group of people he liked online and they asked him what he wanted to do with his life. This was when Atsuko realized he didn't know what he wanted out of life. He knew he couldn't play games forever. This scared him so much that he decided to get help. That's when his parents pushed him into going to Spring Hill.

【 Trivia 】
→ Atsuko's favorite color is baby blue

→ Because of his stressful lifestyle he has grown accustomed to being criticized and always wrong, therefore he actually fears letting people down.

→ Theme song; Coming soon

_{[YOU KNOW I, I'M AFRAID OF CHANGE. GUESS THAT'S WHY WE STAY THE SAME.]}

【 Name 】
Evangeline Marie Guiliani.

【 Age 】
Twenty Two.

【 Birth Date 】
June Tenth.

【 Perceived Gender 】
Female.

【 Sexuality 】
Heterosexual.

【 Appearance 】
Evangeline is petite, standing at a mere five foot two and weighing less than one hundred and five pounds on a good day. Her legs are slightly bowed. Eva prefers to wear clothing that are a bit smaller than the size she should be wearing because it comforts her to feel the fabric squeeze against her. She likes to paint her nails, braid her hair, and wear earrings when they are given the approval by staff.

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【 Why are you at Spring Hill 】
Ultimately the unexpected death of her mother, but this event caused her extreme Agoraphobia.

【 Residency 】
Eva has been a resident for a little over five months.

【 Negative Effects 】
Though the medicines provided have apparently helped Eva overcome some of her guided tasks such as going outside for extended periods of time; the young woman has noticed she has been having spouts of insomnia due to the fact that her skin feels like there is something slithering underneath. They tell her it's just getting readjusted to the sun. Brittle nails, and mild hair loss. All just side effects.

【 Positive Effects 】
Have you ever noticed that the number of ceiling tiles in the women's bathroom on the first floor do not match the tiles on the second floor? Have you noticed that Heather takes exactly thirty two steps to get from the front desk to the back door? When you're awake for a long time you remember these things, or so what Eva tells herself. It seems that she even finds these things when she sleeps, recalling numbers. Everything has so many numbers. What does the number twelve mean?

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【 Personality 】
Never quick to lose her temper, raise her voice or throw her fists. She is often caught staring whilst over thinking things in her head. This could very well be one of the reasons she is in the position she is in, and trust me she's thought about that as well. It doesn't take much to make her cry as she is a bit on the sensitive side. She does not get bored easily due to the many nights awake and inside, she has found ways to entertain herself quite quickly. Tends to be overly curious, though doesn't always act on these curiosities due to be fairly meek and easy to manipulate.

【 Biography 】
"If a tree falls in the forest does it make a sound my love?" Evangelines mother asked her daughter as she sat upon her cushioned lap. Eva's eyebrows furrowed upon her forehead as she thought. The young girl was six years old at the time, and her mother often gave her these questions to make her think critically. "Are there squirrels inside?" Eva responded, as her mother let out a loud boisterous laugh, "Perhaps my love, perhaps."

Perhaps was a word deeply implanted upon the tongue of Eva, the word was used in all situations, Did you have a good time at school today? Perhaps. Do you want ice cream for dessert? Perhaps. Did the murder of your mother change you?

Perhaps.

Eva was Twenty One at the time of the occurrence. The two were living together happily in a small apartment on the not so great part of town. Her mother had raised her wonderfully despite being alone. Her father after all was a non-existent part in both of their lives from birth and everyday hence forth. "I'm going to go grab the mail baby, I'll be right back." her mother called from the small kitchenette as the young girl worked on her community college issued homework from the one bedroom the two shared. "Alright!" she called without another thought. Suddenly a large thud and a barrage of blood curdling screams echoed in the hallway. The scream was jolting and familiar to Evangeline, the scream belonged to her mother.

Not even stopping to lock the door behind her Eva sprinted down the flight of stairs, tripping over her own feet she only imagined the worst had come. There her mother laid in a puddle of her own thick blood, a gun shot to the head. The cause unknown at the time, but often thought and rethought over in the thoughts of her one and only daughter. Evangeline broke down into a mental state of mind and committed an action that no one could really explain.

She grabbed her small mother under her armpits and hoisted her up the flights of stairs, her head hitting every step until she was brought her back into their apartment. Sitting her up on the couch the young woman climbed onto her mother's lap, her clothing seeping up crimson life that once filled her mother. She did the only thing she could do, she sobbed uncontrollably.

It wasn't long before the police came, did their business and brought Evangeline back home a couple days after investigation. She had been at the wrong place at the wrong time was all. Eva urged the police that she would be just fine, and that she would give them a call if she wasn't. Reluctantly they left, and of course received no phone call there after. Evangeline would and could not leave the four walls of the apartment after that. Friends came and went, only getting broken promises or empty excuses. It wasn't until the year's rent was overdue that the higher authorities were involved once again.

How can anyone force a bird out of a cage when the bird has removed its own wings?

Spring Hill was not ideal in the first, second or third week, but after getting some help with things Eva found herself feeling a bit more at home there than her apartment. Eva gets along with most of the residents and tries to be encouraging in group sessions. Staff seems to feel like she has improved greatly from when she first arrived.

"If you were given a choice - would you kill yourself or bear the weight of the guilt of survival?"

【 Name 】
Maria Eris Henderson

【 Age 】
24

【 Birthdate 】
28/February

【 Perceived Gender】
Female

【 Sexuality 】
Bisexual

【 Appearance 】
For those that had been around for three months or so, they would have remembered Maria having dark brown hair. She sometimes wears violet colored contact lens, but when she isn't, her eyes are hazel brown and she has black rectangular glasses. She stands at 5'7 and 142 lbs and she has a surprisingly fit body. However, it is obvious that she's constantly tired. She's always slouching and there are bags under her eyes and her movements are usually sluggish but she has her bouts of alertness. Despite this, Maria does like to dress sharply most of the time but sometimes, they look as disheveled as she feels.

【 Why are you at Spring Hill? 】
Maria constantly battles with distressing nightmares from her childhood, so much so that it has induced severe insomnia which often leads to visual hallucinations. For a long time, Maria has been trying to cure her insomnia and her persistent nightmares. When she heard about Spring Hill from a friend who saw the ad, Maria was willing to give it a shot too.

【 Residency 】
Maria has been at Spring Hill for 11 months.

【 Negative Effects 】

"Doctor, can't you hear them? They're getting worse."

With the length of time that she has stayed within Spring Hill, her hallucinations have gotten worse, to the point where they have been staying for hours at a time. Both visual and auditory hallucinations seem to nearly be constant; most of them are harmless and simply distracting but obviously false, at their peak, Maria has been known to actually feel the physical pain from these hallucinations.

At the eight month, Maria's hair had turned white from the medicine. Maria thinks it was because of the stress.

【 Positive Effects 】

"Do you hear the people sing?"

Telepathy
The ability to hear other's thoughts and peek into their minds. It takes a considerable effort to be able to dig into someone else's mind aside from their surface thoughts which are often simply things they wish to do or say. This can be used to communicate through only their minds, allowing for secrecy.

A certain drawback of this is that there is no 'off' switch, not unless you're completely focusing on it. When not focusing, it would result in tons of surface thoughts assaulting the user at every turn and this becomes especially horrible during times where there are several groups of people around. Reading minds are also particularly taxing and there are ways to be able to tire the telepath first before they get to a certain memory, if you're brave enough to do so.

Currently, Maria hears the thoughts of those around her. However, she thinks they are merely part of her auditory hallucinations. She sometimes recognizes that some actions of her peers match her "hallucinations" but she thinks they are coincidences. She sometimes acts upon them but that's just a gut reaction at times.

【 Personality 】

| Helpful | Sensitive | Perceptive | Secretive | Unpredictable | Mistrustful | Distracted |

【 Biography 】

"Success rides on what you're willing to sacrifice and what you're willing to overlook."

Maria was not born in the best of families. Insensitive at best, negligent at worst, Maria was practically growing up alone despite having both parents - Gregory and Malinda - come back to the house every day. Thankfully, her younger brother had soon came into the world when she was seven. Maria had sworn to herself that her brother would feel the love she was deprived of. Richard was practically her own child, if anyone would ever tell you a story of their family, since she was practically the one raising him with the money their parents provide them. But why, you might wonder, are they constantly away? The Henderson family has been a big name among the corporations, having been a major stockholder in multiple successful companies as well as owning a clothing company that was opened by their great grandfather.

Basically, they were very rich and very busy. People wonder how they're even parents, really, considering their complete disregard for their children aside from giving them financial aid and the occasional question about their school life and if they're doing well in it. They do impart some knowledge to their children as they do expect them to be the ones to inherit the family name and continue the family legacy. Maria was fully willing to accept this so she and Richard did their best to impress, or at least be within sight of their parents. In any case, they lived well enough with the support of each other.

When she was thirteen, she and her brother were alone at the house throughout the night because their parents were out of town on a business meeting in another country. She had tucked her brother into bed and was sound asleep in her own room. She wasn't sure what time it had happened but she woke up to a black figure standing beside her friend before being knocked out. The next thing she knew, she was being carried by a man with a blank mask and two others with demonic masks were waiting near a car. She tried to scream and get away but she was gagged and the man was far stronger than her. She was thrown into the car with her brother and then they drove off. The siblings tried to get out but they were knocked out again.

They woke up next in a decrepit room, both of them in handcuffs. Maria only remembers segmented portions. Being fed. The men taking them to separate rooms to talk to them. Something about the company? But most that she remembered of it were those masks and their deep voices. And. That time. They killed Richard. Shot him straight through the mouth. Gave her a warning before she was knocked out and found herself back at her parents. There was a funeral. Then it was done. Her parents moved on. She moved on too. That's what everyone believed, at least. Maria had gotten worse and she started to get nightmares every night about the men. All of it became distorted and even worse.

Nevertheless, Maria has been relatively successful. She got through her life because her parents had told her too. Of course, she had picked up some medicines to be able to get through tough nights and she did try therapists but nothing seemed to work effectively. For the past few years, Maria's condition had gotten worse to the point where she's been having trouble coping with every day life as her lack of sleep has prevented her from doing anything efficiently. Her parents have stressed that she needed to get herself fixed but gave no solution. Instead, a friend of hers had suggested Spring Hill.

Eleven months into the institution and Maria has not shown any signs of getting better - only worse. She's been harboring doubts over the institution for quite some time now but has made no clear moves against them. As for with the other patients, Maria tries to be friendly and cordial towards all of them but has been known to withdraw when her hallucinations are peaking as she tends to lash out at these times.

【 Trivia 】
→ Her favorite color is violet and, to a lesser extent, blue.

→ Her worst hallucinations have been distorted and nightmarish recreations of her kidnappers (bordering demonic depictions) and a ghost-like apparition in the form of her brother. These are the ones that manage to 'harm' her.

→ Maria gets distressed whenever she sees a full mask.

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【 Age 】
21

【 Birthdate 】
19/January

【 Perceived Gender】
Female

【 Sexuality 】
Hetero-flexible

【 Appearance 】
With long blonde hair with natural, large ringlets and striking blue eyes, Gwen sees her natural self as quite beautiful. She doesn’t always get the same response from others though. Often, the first thing people look at when they see her is her leg. Gwen has a left prosthetic leg that she often does not hide. Instead of people being interested in her as a person, she gets a lot of attention and questions relating to her leg. Having been using a prosthesis since she was eight, she's gotten used to it, but she sometimes finds herself wishing that wasn't the case. Either way, even if someone got past the leg, they are often put off by the grotesque burn scars all along her left arm, the reason she more usually wears long sleeve shirts.

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【 Why are you at Spring Hill? 】
Survivor's Guilt, PTSD, and extreme phobias of being trapped, tight spaces, and motor vehicles from a horrific accident when she was eight.

【Residency 】
4.5 months

【 Negative Effects 】
It started as low blood pressure. Then dizziness and lightheadness. Then, a loss of balance and fainting when standing for too long. Now, limbs have started to fall asleep if raised for too long, and when the dizziness gets too bad, there's vomiting involved. Of course, these symptoms are to be expected when your heart rate drops to a mere 40 bpm as it has for Gwen. Even exercise can't bring her heart rate up past 60 bpm, which results in her passing out when she exerts herself. If this is what it takes to get better though, it must be worth it. If the nurses praise it as a miracle drug, then it must be. For there is nothing Gwen would not give of herself to stop the guilt and fear.

【 Positive Effects 】
Gwen has a very convincing voice, but only when she's emotional. That is to say, she can make someone do something regardless of that person's will. "Shut the door." "Don't touch me." Simple commands like those that don't cause the person direct harm are carried out by the other person for up to five minutes. Gwen, however, does not realize people do what she says because of a strange power granted to her through medication. Instead, she believes people are scared of her outbursts and thus do what she tells them to. (Commands using her power will be in a different color for clarity purposes in RP.)

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【 Personality 】
A bit head strong, Gwen always means well. She is kind and compassionate, always wanting to protect those weaker than herself. However, Gwen has good days and bad days with her mental health, as many do. On her good days, Gwen gets along well with everyone. She has a good sense of humor, and she loves to write and share stories with people, and her singing voice isn't too terrible either, even if she's a bit self conscious of singing in front of others.

On her bad days, though, Gwen can hardly be considered present. Trapped in a concoction of flashbacks, panic attacks, and depressive symptoms, she can actually be dangerous to interact with. If someone tries to grab hold of her to calm her down, it will backfire as Gwen lashes out just to be free. However, she also needs someone looking after her as she will forget to eat. Perhaps the hardest part is her belief that she shouldn't even be alive today. That she should have died all those years ago.

【 Biography 】
For the most part, Gwen's life actually hasn't been that bad. Born into an upper class family with an amazing mother, father, and younger sister, Gwen was happy and did very well in school. She had friends that invited her to birthday parties, which she was always excited for, and she liked to sing karaoke with her father. This all changed when she was eight.

Coming home from a week long trip to Northern Arizona, Gwen's father became distracted while driving. In that moment, the car veered into the opposite lane and crashed into a semi. Because of how the car hit and compacted, her father died instantly, and her mother and sister fell unconscious. The truck driver was able to pull out her mother and her sister despite the car slowly becoming engulfed in smoke, but couldn't get the doors open on the driver's side. As the fire entered the inside of the car from Gwen's left side, she passed out.

She woke up in the ICU in a mix of pain and a dream like state, but that didn't last long. She was in and out of consciousness for the next few days. When she finally awoke, she learned about her parents' and sister's death. The father in the accident, the mother from head trauma, and the sister, age five, from smoke inhalation. She learned how her leg, having been trapped between the seats, had to be amputated above the knee in order to get her out fast enough. Her life had been changed forever.

Afterwards, Gwen went through half a year of physical therapy to learn how to walk with a prosthesis. It took everything she had to continue getting up despite every time she fell.

With her immediate family dead, she was sent to live with her Aunt Josey (Josephine). Aunt Josey did not believe in psychological therapy being able to help someone, calling it useless at best and a scam at worst, so Gwen did not receive any help towards overcoming her issues. Instead, as she grew older and went through the hormonal roller coaster of puberty, the issues were left to fester, eating away her insides piece by piece. Her grades slipped, she couldn’t keep any friends, and the few dates she went on were a disaster. She barely passed high school one year later than her peers and got a job working at a fast food restaurant for minimum wage.

A year later, Gwen spiraled downhill as her PTSD spiked. She lost her job. On the brink of also being evicted from her apartment, she finally decided enough was enough. She found Spring Hill through an ad online and told her aunt she would be admitting herself. Aunt Josey did not take kindly to this and told her that she would not be welcomed back. These were the circumstances Gwen entered Spring Hill under.

Spring Hill was kind of like a dream for Gwen. It was an escape from reality, but it didn’t save her from her pain, putting her in a type of limbo. She got along well with most people there, but several of them had seen her breakdowns, too. Right now, she just hopes this struggle is worth it.

【 Trivia 】
Her favorite flowers are snapdragons because she has fond memories of her and her sister playing with them.

She has a pillow with a nighttime prayer on it even though she isn’t religious because it used to be her mother’s.

She believes in a superstition. Draw a star (asterisk) on the corner of a windowpane whenever there is frost, and the home will be protected from evil. Her father taught her this, who learned it from his father.

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【 Age 】
24

【 Birthdate 】
23 July

【 Perceived Gender】
Male

【 Sexuality 】
Homosexual

【 Appearance 】
Liam loves to have a bit of pop in his appearance, all the way down to his hair. Typically dressed in a bright red hoodie with dyed purple hair and a variety of prescription colored contact lenses (which he is naturally half blind without), Liam’s slight build stands out from the crowd. It doesn’t help that his flamboyant attitude makes him take up a lot more space than most people at the institution and calls for people to at least notice his presence.

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【 Why are you at Spring Hill? 】
Histrionic Personality Disorder that has resulted in harm to himself and others

【Residency 】
13 months

【 Negative Effects 】
Occasionally, Liam’s sight will become blurry or disappear altogether for several minutes at a time. He has tripped over and run into many things, including doors and tables, when the blindness comes on without warning. While this side effect may not seem too bad, it has been progressing further in the last few months. His blindness is happening more often, and for longer periods of time, and whenever he can see, he has started to see black and white specks floating in his vision, gradually growing larger with time. At least his other senses are unharmed so far. (I have more extreme things planned to happen suddenly instead of gradually in the RP.)

【 Positive Effects 】
Even though his sight is disappearing, Liam has found that he is able to sense things other people can’t. When he closes his eyes and concentrates, he can sense where everything is in a 10 meter radius that is steadily growing. However, he believes that this isn’t always accurate as he has sensed people before that were not there when he opened his eyes, mainly at night. In truth, he also has the ability to sense the astral and ethereal planes of existence, sensing things no normal human ever could. He has mainly used this ability when he is bored in his room rather than to be nosy. It should be noted that Liam can not actually see or hear anything he senses. He knows the forms of what he senses, but could not identify any colors, words, etc.

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【 Personality 】
Some people could mistake Liam for a narcissist, and in a way he is. He loves attention no matter what type it is, and he can’t handle rejection well. However, in truth, he just wants someone to actually care. To tell him he matters without being under any obligation to do so. In the meantime though, he will be a sarcastic asshole as much as his heart desires, flirt with the ladies, and cause as much trouble as he can get away with.

That being said, he does have a good side. He is very caring and can’t stand bullies. He is likable and funny, and loves to put a smile on people’s faces. It’s much better than making them cry, after all.

The last thing to note though, is that Liam hides the fact he is homosexual out of fear of rejection. As such, he plays up his flirtation with the ladies quite a bit. Fake it till you make it as people always say.

【 Biography 】
“So. Emma. Would you ever go out with Liam? He’s kinda cute.”

“He’s a bit… much. I’d rather date Henry.”

Liam, overhearing his two classmates whisper about him, approached with a big smile and wrapped an arm around both girls’ shoulders. “Come on ladies. How could you possibly resist a face like this?”

“Oh! Liam. I, uh… I didn’t mean anything bad by it.”

He leaned toward Emma a bit more, causing her to scoot back in response. “I thought you liked me,” he teased. “We shared food and everything just the other day.”

In a single tone, the school bell rang out, cutting their conversation short.

“Sorry. I gotta go. See you, Liam.” Emma stood, hurriedly gathering her bag before rushing out the door, her friend close behind her.

“Damn. You got shut down hard.” Liam’s friend chuckled from across the room.

Liam chuckled in reply. “E nel passato. She’ll warm up to me.” However, even as Liam proclaimed this calmly and with his signature grin, he could feel a small piece breaking inside him.

That night, he landed himself in police custody after breaking a man’s leg in a fight.

This was nothing new, in all honesty. His parents would come and pick him up, he would be reprimanded, maybe miss dinner or be grounded. But at least his parents would be paying attention to him.

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Growing up was rough to say the least. Once he was old enough to cook, he was expected to take care of himself. When his little brother, Nicholas, was born at age 3, he had to take care of him, too. During these years, Liam wasn’t too different from the other boys at school. Fast forward a few years, Liam found out Nicolas was starting to self harm due to severe bullying at school. For one of the first times in his life, Liam pleaded with his parents to pay attention to him and his brother. He pleaded because he was scared and helpless. He knew he wasn’t enough to save Nicholas. He knew Nicholas was at risk of dying either from himself or others.

He was right.

On August 18 when Liam was 14 years old, Nicholas died of asphyxiation after the bullies wrapped him in cling wrap as a “joke” and left him to get out on his own. The three boys who did it were charged with manslaughter, but Liam was not satisfied. If his parents had listened, this would not have happened. If his parents had paid attention, Nicholas would still be alive. He swore that day to make his parents listen and pay attention.

It started out small, kind of. “Accidentally” cutting himself bad enough to need stitches. Falling off a swing and breaking his ankle. Eating bad food and getting food poisoning. His parents did start paying attention, now scared their remaining child might fall to the same fate as their first. They doted on him, always trying to listen or be there, and it was intoxicating to Liam.

However, when his parents started to ignore him again, Liam discovered he could also get attention at school. All he had to do was break rules or become a disturbance. And when his parents were called in to a conference about him, they started paying attention again. Even if it was negative, it was still attention, and it made Liam feel better than he had when he was ignored.

Over the years, Liam had a lot of hospital visits and run-ins with the police. But he was happy at least. Eventually, everything amounted to one final night. One final show for attention. Liam, after trying for years to make his parents care, decided to see if they did. He set up the entire scene. A suicide note on his desk, running water in the bathroom sink, a chair against the door that could also be pushed out of the way easily, and a barely understandable call to 911 as soon as he slit his wrists. The last thing he could remember was how woozy he felt as there was a commotion outside his door.

When he woke up hooked to a bunch of tubes and strapped to a hospital bed, Liam was told his parents were admitting him to a psychiatric facility to get some help. He didn’t even have a chance to say goodbye before he was sent off the Spring Hill.

Really, all Liam wants now is to get out. He has tried for months to show he is just a normal human, but to no avail. At this point, he has given up resisting. He has instead resorted to be troublesome and annoying in ways that won’t get him in too much trouble. The last person who truly caused a scene by saying things like the facility was killing them disappeared a little while after. Correction. She had “finished her treatment”. That, Liam doesn’t believe for a second.

【 Trivia 】
Liam has a habit of saying, “e nel passato”, or “it’s in the past” in Italian, often to brush aside something he doesn’t like being reminded of.
Pastel pink is his favorite color.