[OOC] Vivid Recollections: Into the World Unknown (Season 1 COMPLETE)

[Mixtape Ghost N]

Penis

I was writing the first IC post on and off for the last few days, and I was wondering if now would be a good time to start or if you all wanna wait?

[Prosaic]

@Surtr Inc Starting now is fine by me.

[FernStone]

@Surtr Inc Starting now seems fine to me too

[Carbonatter]

@Surtr Inc in case you didn't see, I had posted my application earlier.

[Mixtape Ghost N]

@pokemad1 Oh, before I forget, David is pretty good... all I want is for you to bring down the range for his abstraction just a liiiiiittle bit. 50 meters is around 165 feet so lol. Cut it in half and we're good

LIMITS ⫻ David's abstraction has a range limit which means he cannot use his abstraction on people past a certain point. David will have a hard time sorting out thoughts in a person's head. While he gets information from the forefront of the mind, he also gets all the weird and sexual thoughts that are not only useless to him, but also slows down the process. The Awakened are not immune to the process, but they can feel the connection that David has made, and at will are capable of dispelling it at will.

WEAKNESSES ⫻ David's abstraction causes a mental "bleed effect" as the thoughts, personality, and memories, of those he mind-links start to become his own. He slowly starts to absorb the memories of that person as long as the mind link persists until there's nothing left of that person. Even if the link is broken, David retains a bit of that person. Whether it be their personality, their memories, and so on. In addition, his mind taking on so much information can be damaging, and after a lengthy mind link he may need a break or else he'll suffer a complete mental overload that'll not only stop him from thinking straight, but cause him severe pain.

[Carbonatter]

Oh, before I forget, David is pretty good... all I want is for you to bring down the range for his abstraction just a liiiiiittle bit. 50 meters is around 165 feet so lol. Cut it in half and we're good.

@Surtr Inc

Ah sure that's no problem, I'll add him to the character roster. Damn I wasn't expecting to be able to steal their minds... what an interesting weapon... let's hope it doesn't backfire to the point where their mind possess David's body lol.

[Mirandae]

Ready to go on my end.

@Prosaic
Added Martin to Olivia's relations. Check it and see if it's OK, otherwise I can change it.

[Prosaic]

@Prosaic
Added Martin to Olivia's relations. Check it and see if it's OK, otherwise I can change it.

@Prisk

I think it looks great! He's probably happy to have two less bullies in his life. Olivia is a saint.

[Atrophy]

I'm cool with starting soon. That said, there's still this—

Also, you all should probably start discussing relationships between characters... if any.

—that I gotta figure out for Rita. She's new in town so her relationships would be fairly small, but her backstory does include two spots for a future roommate or a member of the family she's renting a room from ^{if anyone wants to use the connection and totally become best friends.}

[Opposition]

I was holding off trying to think up another character concept, but for now, I suppose I'll just replay Callie until I can come up with a second character. I don't want to miss out. She isn't a character set up well for many connections, but if anyone would like any sort of relationship with Callie beforehand, let me know.

Callie Kingston

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"I’m a writer, yes… What have I written? Oh… "

[ 18 | 5’3” | Caucasian She/Her | 117 lbs ]

Wistfulness

APPEARANCE

"I hope it compensates for my personality..."

The moment you lay eyes upon the girl, you would be able to tell way more than you should be able to about a stranger’s personality just from Callie’s mannerisms. She has a tendency to appear ‘closed off’ or self-conscious even when just remaining idle. This tends to manifest most obviously when Callie seats herself, whereupon her legs are often drawn close to her body and her arm come to up near her chest as if such a childish pose was comfortable to her. Callie’s voice can be heard almost always through a murmuring tone, inhabiting a sort of breathy quality. It is clear by the hard pronunciation of her syllables that she has a Midwestern dialect.

Callie was blessed with a slim and lean figure. Her skinny limbs almost appear wiry attached to her fragile frame. It is extremely clear upon first viewing the girl that she is by no means any star athlete, but she sports a healthy build, though, with her appetite for sweet foods, you’d be surprised she maintains a sort of figure at all. Her skin is smooth and fair in nature, though it appears often more pallid than one might imagine for a girl constantly outside in sunny Montana.

Most commonly, Callie’s face is coveted by a pensive yet absent look, as if equally deep in thought and entranced by her surroundings at the same time. The most prominent features of her face center around her rather distinct cheekbones, easily defined due to her slim and rounded face shape. Easily noticeable upon first meeting her are Callie’s emerald eyes, contrasting well with her dark brown hair, which from a distance, might even look black. Her hair is styled- or moreso unstyled- in a slightly curly manner falling just past her shoulders. It also also not uncommon for her to style it in a side swept updo that comes over one shoulder, then supplemented with whatever ribbon accessories Callie sees fit.

Callie’s outfits tend to have quite a bit of variability as she’s not one to forego a fashionable look even despite her ‘less than center of attention’ vibe. More So than anything else, however, she’ll often sport a pair of skinny jeans alongside a simple top. More often than not, Callie enjoys sporting a jacket over top of her shirt if the weather isn’t too horrible.

PSYCHOLOGY

"If only I was as interesting as the rumors..."

MAIN GOAL ⫻ More than anything Callie just wishes to find a place for herself in the world. In her current condition, she finds herself pulled back and forth between different tasks with so little motivation. Not only does she yearn for a true purpose, but also an accepted place in a social sense.

PHILOSOPHY ⫻ Callie would best be described as a dreamer. She’s come to see the bad that plagues the world, but chooses to seek for more hope. Despite this slightly pessimistic outlook, Callie spends all too much time sitting back and dreaming as the world burns around her. Even her negativity is trumped in the end, as Callie sees herself as a force of nature, believing that even in the inevitability of life she intends to persevere and become something great. You know… If she ever turns those moments of wishful thinking into a reality.

SECRETS ⫻ When it comes to a quiet girl like Callie, there’s bound to be a whole host of secrets hidden behind her silence. For starters, Callie really doesn’t talk about her past. She finds herself too insecure about how insignificant it seems compared to how it all felt.

DESIRES ⫻ Callie dreams for all too many things. She seeks companionship-- something she feels she’s been starved of for so long. Callie also wishes to become a writer, publishing her works and her poetry. Some things just seem like pipe dreams, though, right?

SEXUALITY ⫻ Callie has always been attracted to guys, but mainly because it was how she was brought up to perceive the world rather than representative of her actual beliefs. She finds that personally, she has no gender-based preference.

FEARS ⫻ Callie always says she has no fear, but as with most all of similar cases, this is quite untrue. In honesty, Callie fears living her entire life unhappy. It seems inevitable to her that her time will go by without much enjoyment, but it scares her that something like that could be the truth.

REPUTATION ⫻ Callie tends to give off a mysterious vibe to the residents that distantly know her. No one really knows where she came from or why she came to Montana. She has been noted to have a tendency to be seen around the town just casually relaxing and writing in her notebook. There have been a few silly rumors started, which Callie seems to fully accept, happy to hear the funny speculations. Those who know her a bit better will know about her sarcastic attitude towards the world.

PET PEEVES ⫻ Above all else, Callie is always bothered by intolerance. Perhaps she fancies herself too much of a thinker, but any radical hate for others just makes people seem narrow-minded and barbaric. It is rare that anyone would ever see Callie outwardly showing an aggressive hate.

QUIRKS ⫻ Just from Callie’s everyday mannerisms, you’d be able to discern more than any person should comfortably be able to about a stranger’s personality. She has a strange tendency to keep herself very closed off in terms of body language. This manifests itself as simple gestures such as having her legs scrunched up against her chest when sitting or rolling her shoulders slightly inwards, as if appearing smaller.

BACKSTORY

"I’d prefer if you just thought of me as some ever-mysterious action heroine."

Callie tends to be quite adept at keeping all the details of her past hidden from her peers. Then again, there aren’t many folks that would care to ask. Her tale is a common one, as she was the sort of girl that would be forgotten in the grand scheme of things. As one of the students of Grand Ridge Academy that actually chose to go to rural Montana from elsewhere, Callie is a suburban kid through and through from the great and well known state of beautiful Ohio where she was raised since her birth.

Callie’s life was a quiet one growing up. As an only child, there was only so much conversation she cared to make with her family and friends were never something that came easily to her. Born to a pair of rather simple individuals, Callie’s father was a trade worker in the electrician’s field while her mother was a stay-at-home caretaker. She fulfilled her sort of stereotype rather well, though; she got good grades, kept to herself in school, and only really reached out to people when necessary. Callie’s only real social interaction came from her tagging along with the neighborhood kids, who were all rather close, as they played all sorts of games. She never was a center of attention, but she was never excluded, and that was all Callie could ask for. To just be a spectator was enough for her. Things degraded after time went on, however.

As Callie advanced in age, the marriage of her parents slowly degraded until they left one another on rather simple terms. It was nothing big, just a loss of love. Callie wasn’t all that surprised at the time, and due to her young age, she didn’t really think ahead about the imminent change that would strike her life. After the whole long process of court nonsense, custody over Callie was given to her father and the two of them moved into a smaller place a few hours away, thus throwing an already introverted girl into a completely new school. It was hard for her to leave the neighborhood, but Callie had a rather naive outlook, not thinking about it too much. Things were no easier in her new home. In fact, between the casual bullying and all of the monetary issues, Callie’s life had definitely changed for the worse.

As Callie’s life went on, things only seemed to spiral more out of her control. Her lack of forward thinking left her in for much of a culture shock as that ‘neighborly’ air that surrounded her childhood community seemed entirely absent in the ‘real world’. It was almost as if her old house’s block was a whole different world than what was surrounding it. Callie found very few people that just accepted her as she was in middle school and high school. Between that and all the crazy mix-ups in her life, her grades began to fall and her attendance started to falter. School became such a lax priority in Callie’s life as she instead tried to spend her time seeking an outlet for her frustrations.

It wasn’t until her Junior year of high school that Callie truly found her escape. On a whim, she signed up for a Creative Writing course for easy credit. In the course, Callie surprised even herself with her abilities as well as making a lifelong confidant in her instructor. It was through this class (which Callie proceeded to repeat for her final year of high school) that she found what truly brought her joy. In between fiction and poetry, she finally had an outlet.

Upon graduation, Callie had little to no idea of what she wanted to do. She loved to write, but wouldn’t dare pursue such a trade that provided no reliable work. She instead sought to go to college as her parents had so vehemently encouraged her to do. Callie was also at a loss in picking a college. She did know one thing about the decision, though: she wanted to get far away from her home state. California or Florida… Somewhere nice. In the end, she didn’t have the grades for her dream school and ended up applying to a few schools that looked tolerable in hopes she would be able to spend a year somewhere and re-apply to a different college after that. That is how she ended up in good old rural Montana… But don’t tell anyone.

SKILLS & TALENTS

"Don’t expect any last minute revelations."

Writer ⫻ Callie has a talent for writing. Be it fiction or poetry, she finds herself constantly writing… Or at least trying to write. Perhaps it’s just a superb sense of creativity. Perhaps she’s the next great visionary. Who knows?

Watchful Eye ⫻ Callie often finds herself playing the role of the observer. She’s come to spend a great deal of her life as nothing more than a sort of spectator. This simple quirk has made Callie quite the observant eye when necessary. She tends to notice the little things that others might not even glance at.

ABSTRACTION

"Imagine the sea of stories that remains unseen."

SIGIL & LOCATION ⫻ A strange symbol placed on the base of her neck.

ABSTRACTION ⫻ Eye of Providence, the ability to observe a specific location, and see abstract concepts.

ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION ⫻ Callie's abstraction has granted the ability to see which is unseen. This Abstraction comes in a variety of different forms, the main ability that Callie has access to is the ability to "observe." Basically, this ability allows her to visualize a location, and scry that location as if she was there. Gaining all that information in her mind's eye, she'll receive all the sights and sounds in her mind's eye. She can observe any location within ten meters of herself, and in any angle, she just needs to know about the location. This ability to observe has a few sub-powers. Starting with the ability to see into the minds of others, and read their thoughts - it works on a different level than telepathy, as it's looking directly into someone's mind. Callie will have to shift through thoughts to find the information she wants. If she wanted to, she could see memories, emotions, and things that have been forgotten. The other ability inherent to her Abstraction is the ability to see through the eyes of others; as if she was the person. She'd be considered a passenger, and be able to do nothing but watch through their eyes. It has a strange effect where the more Callie uses her ability, the stronger it gets. Her field of view will be expanded, and she'll be able to see clearly.

IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MOUNTAIN ⫻ Callie's power gets a significant boost. Starting with the ability to observe up to three separate locations at a time, and her range is boosted to thirty meters. This means she could, in theory, observe one location, see someone's mind, while also seeing through someone else's eyes. Callie gains the ability to see the unseen, things such as abstract concepts (the pain of a person, ghosts, auras, etc), and more. She can also see the future with intense amounts of concentration.

AURA SENSING ⫻ Callie's Abstraction renders aura reading redundant. However, she creates a passive effect that allows other people to sense auras much better, and increases their range up to fifteen meters.

LIMITS ⫻ The main limit to her ability is visualization, and prior knowledge. Essentially meaning that she has to be able to visualize the location she wants to see. Say if she wants to see her room; should be easy enough as she's familiar with the room. If she wants to observe a office she visited once, she's going to have a harder time visualizing it, and thus seeing into it. Other than that, she can only see locations within ten meters of herself, and only one location at a time (unless in the presence of the mountain). Callie's ability is naturally countered by things such as invisibility, and in addition, an Awakened can tell that Callie is observing an area due to the ripples that appear.

WEAKNESSES ⫻ Vision is a gift and a curse, while she can see more, Callie is extra vulnerable to the same things that would be a threat to her normal vision. Namely being bright lights, which are her absolute bane. In addition, observing a location removes Callie's ability to see through her own eyes (unless in the presence of the mountain, yadda, yadda), and thus makes her vulnerable to assault. Using the ability to see multiple places at once under the mountain's presence strains her mind greatly, along with overusing her abilities can cause an information overload where she sees everything at once.

OTHER

"Maybe I was some cool secret agent in another parallel world..."

[Majoraa]

Oh, uh

If anyone wants to talk relations when it comes to Maddie, let me know, i guess?

[Mixtape Ghost N]

@OppositionJ Yeah, just move her over to the character tab.

[Mixtape Ghost N]

Now I have the IC post mostly done, but I kinda want to do something a lil' different. It comes down to two questions, mostly. Would you be cool with me setting up situations for your characters to be in? Or would you like to tell me what your characters would be doing in a camp fire scenario, or just what they'd be doing around a relatively generic campsite?

[Prosaic]

@Surtr Inc I'm cool with you setting up situations for Martin to be in.

[Duoya]

@Surtr Inc
I'm good with either to be honest.

[Mirandae]

@Surtr Inc
Sounds fun. I'm up for arranged situations.

[Atrophy]

@Surtr IncSet us up, boss.

[Carbonatter]

@Surtr Inc go with the set up for sure,

[FernStone]

@Surtr Inc either works for me but set up sounds fun

[PharaohAtem]

@Surtr Inc the set up definitely sound interesting but I'm good with ever option