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Leo Lapis Rooke
“The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.”-Author Mark Twain
Name: Leo Lapis Rooke
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Birthday: October, 22nd
Appearance
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5'8"
Personality
Personality:
• ISFP • Fluctuating Self Esteem • Compassionate •
He is fun-loving and carefree, being content and full of laughter due to being easily amused. He is very observant of other people's feelings, watching out for them and protecting them so that they do not harbor the emotions that he himself hides. He himself harbors a tremendous amount of self-loathing, which is also fueled by his perception that his is inadequate and a massive mistake. Due to outliving all of his other siblings and friends, he feels guilty that they died and hates himself for somehow surviving and being taken away. However, he hides this self esteem behind his rather carefree exterior. He often places his trust in others or officials, demonstrating that he has difficulty thinking for himself, or rather that he doesn’t want to think about himself. It is why, while he appears easily amused or somewhat reckless, he never does anything out of line nor even consider doing so, following rules and obeying to a T.
Strengths:
- Good at reading people's feelings or reasons for what they do.
- Has a high pain tolerance.
- Good at hiding his personal problems and pain.
- Very empathetic and brotherly towards other PSi's.
- He considers himself in decent shape as he likes to dance.
Weaknesses:
- Very tame and quiet around PSFs, often following their orders without putting up a fight.
- Low Self Esteem/Doesn't think highly of himself nor his abilities.
- He doesn't have any combat training, nor any intentions of hurting others.
- He has no intention of escaping, or really any goal besides living.
Likes:
- Being around other people.
- Following guidelines and rules in hopes that he won't get punished.
- Various forms of art.
- Dancing
Dislikes:
- Solitude
- Getting into trouble.
- Using his telekinetic powers.
- Conflict
Fears:
- Heights
- Losing someone else
- Being left alone
Power: Blue, He can levitate and move small weighing objects for limited periods of time, and it is often limited to a single object or so. If under large amounts of stress or anger, he can barely lift something a bit bigger, however it puts a lot of strain on his body.
Family:
George Garnet Rooke - Father - 37(39) - Alive
Caroline Rooke - Mother - 35(37) - Alive
Blake Beryl Rooke - Younger Brother - 7 (9 if not dead) - Dead
Jessica Jade Rooke - Younger Sister - 9 (11 if not dead) - Dead
Skyla Sapphire Rooke - Younger Sister - 11(13 if not dead) - Dead
History: As the oldest of the Rooke family, Leo's family had high hopes for him as their firstborn so that he would be an inspiration towards his younger siblings, and it was a role that Leo tried his best to fill. Even though he was young, he did his best as an older brother to play and keep his younger siblings safe and happy, even if he himself wasn't exactly sure what that was. His parents were strict on him, and he accepted that because it was all he knew. Even when his siblings acted up and got him in trouble, he still felt compelled to love them like family.
In school, he was often placed in the gifted programs, even if he wasn't sure what that meant or what they were doing most of the time, but it got him out of math or english parts of the day so he was happy with that. A lot of his friends were there too, kids who were considered smart even when they themselves had no idea what they were doing besides what they were told. His parents made him strive for improvement, or in this case read constantly and do his homework, often being rewarded for such behavior with a tiny personal pizza or toy for doing so. When he was 6, he started taking dance lessons due to his parents encouragement, saying how he'd never pick up a girl if he didn't know how to dance. He didn't understand that, but it occupied his time and he thought it was fun to do, so he went along with it.
Life was looking alright for the kid, and it would have been if not for IAAN. Blake died first during breakfast... Leo remembers vividly the image, head in a bowl of cereal... dead in an instant. Even though he had recently reached teenage hood, it took the entire family several seconds to recognize that their youngest had died, causing both parents to sink into paranoia that the rest of their kids would soon fall to this strange new illness. Leo attempted to comfort his sisters as best he could, but comfort could not protect them from the harsh reality that their classmates were dying too. Within a week, half the class was gone. Sick, they said, nothing to worry about, but Leo was skeptical. After all, by now it was only him and Skyla left, their sister Jessica having died while waiting in line in the cafeteria at her school. All of his friends, gone in an instant, and he was slowly starting to accept the fact that he, too, would be gone and join them.
Oh, how we wanted so desperately to join them. He was keeping watch over Skyla, being torn away from the TV and instead having to read to her various stories to keep her from worrying. All this negative change was devastating to the boy, feeling it was his fault somehow that caused his siblings to die, for failing to keep in contact with his friends before they, too, passed. He tried his hardest to keep his last sister safe... but it was not meant to be. By now, his parents had all but given up hope on Leo, feeling their only option was to get rid of him by reporting him to the authorities via phone. They didn't want to watch their last kid die, but Leo didn't want to accept that. He reached out from across the room as they held the phone, feeling a surge of something release from him and watching as his parents stared in shock that the phone that was once in his father's hand had been knocked away by some sort of force.
They locked him in his room as he awaited for them to come to take him away. He realized there that he wasn't wanted. That he was just a mistake for not dying like everyone he knew did. And worst of all... That he was going to be alone through it.
Theme Song:
Monster - Imagine Dragons
Can I clear my conscience,
If I'm different from the rest,
Do I have to run and hide? (oh oh oh oh)
I never said that I want this,
This burden came to me,
And it's made it's home inside (oh oh oh oh)
