Story:Bailey was raised by her dad in Northern California, she was an only child. Her mother died shortly after she was born due to an illness. Her father was a chemist and pharmacist, who had a knack for bringing his work home with him. He had many little side projects, and was a smart but troubled man searching for a cure to the illness that killed his wife. He did his best to be a good father, though was quite often over consumed in his work. There was an accident when Bailey was at the age of 3 when she ingested one of her father’s prototype drugs and she fell into a deep sleep, much like a coma. Her father didn’t take her to the hospital, fearing that she would be taken from him by child services and worked instead to synthesize an antidote to her ailment. When he got her to awake, she would not stop crying. Everything was too loud. She could hear
everything.
And thus, her father’s interests changed from scientist to mechanical engineer as he had to learn to make life bearable for his young daughter, as not even regular noise cancelling products were enough. He designed her special ear covers, which definitely took a few tries to get right. The first few designs were clunky, and she was often bullied by her classmates. It became a problem especially as she got older, one time in 6th grade a boy pulled them off her head and ran off with them. She chased him down and beat him up, but she did more damage than someone her age and size should be able to do and put him in the hospital for a few weeks. Her father paid the family off, but they ended up having to move to New York. There she was able to restart her life. She made friends, and found a group to hang out with who didn’t treat her like a weirdo for her ear covers and maintained a relatively normal outer life though at home was anything but normal as her father ran experiments on her, and put her through various tests and training, the scientist in him unable to help but be curious as he knew these were further side effects from his drugs. Throughout her years in high school, her father raved over the idea of somehow getting her in contact with Tony Stark, Iron Man who he knew had the genius to perfect the ear protectors for his daughter. Eventually, with his persistence, (and perhaps some breaking and entering) he did get his audience with Tony Stark who, surprisingly, heard him out and even took a look at a new model her father had been working on. Ultimately he declined to help, and had them leave. But a few months later, they received a package in the mail with no return address and inside it contained the earbuds that worked perfectly and Tony Stark’s business card. Not only were they capable of blocking noise out, it was entirely adjustable so that she could hear as much as she wanted to when she wanted to.
Throughout her life though, Bailey never really knew what “normal” was. Much of her younger years were spent in padded rooms with soft plushy things, away from things that might make noise. Great lengths were gone to ensure insulation from the noise wherever they lived and it took her a while to build up a tolerance. This made school very difficult and from 1st grade to 4th grade she was homeschooled. After the move, she did much better in school and did her best to maintain a normal life. She would get “medical” exemptions from PE, that were because of her sensitive hearing and the gyms acoustics but really in secret it was also so she never accidentally harmed anyone by being too rough during any of the sports. After getting the fixed ear protectors in the mail, she found her place on the robotics team, inspired by Stark. She worked hard to maintain her status as a stellar student, planning to go to college for engineering.
As far as dating, she went with one of the theater kids to the homecoming dance her junior year and later that year he asked her out. They ended up breaking things off at the end of their senior year though, as he was gonna go to college way over in Pennsylvania. She kept her friend group small, having really just two best friends, one from her robotics team and the other from her math class. She did many robotics competitions with her friends, gaining her some notice from tech schools, and even some companies for her creations.
Appearance: I know we will use a face claim, but don't be shy about describing your character's physical appearance. Maybe they have a specific trait that makes them stand out in the crowd. Or maybe they have some trait that their face claim doesn't. Also describe their personal style. How do they like to dress? Do they wear piercings or earrings?
Instead of her hair being dyed, Bailey’s hair is grey/silver to her roots as a side effect from the chemicals she ingested as a toddler. She also has a scar on her shoulder from her sixth grade fight where the boy bit her. Her ears and nose are pierced and she loves to wear beanies and hoodies.
Sexuality: Bailey is bisexual
Relationship Status Bailey is single
Likes (optional): Tacos, cats, computers, libraries, winning competitions, board games
Dislikes (optional): marching bands, vacuums, swimming, mushrooms, coffee,
Powers/Abilities: Describe your character's powers. Don't forget to describe the limitations of these powers as well.
- Enhanced Hearing & Echolocation: Bailey can hear a pin drop, literally. Beyond being able to hear down to the smallest of decimals, she can tell exactly where something is and it’s size, thickness, and shape. Many times, she can guess exactly what it is but that is more from practice and she doesn’t entirely have it down yet. The limitation is that this can be extremely overwhelming and even painful if there is too much noise without her ear covers.
- Enhanced Strength & Endurance: Bailey’s strength and endurance is beyond that of normal human’s but not superhuman. She has yet to test the full extent of it, for fear of hurting someone.
- Brainiac: Bailey might not know everything but she sure does know a lot. She's an accelerated learner unlike anyone's ever seen, particularly in the realm of technology and mechanics.
Recruiting: Shortly after graduating she was recruited and given an apprenticeship at Stark Industries, and a few months into that she was contacted by Vision for recruitment into a training program.
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