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[hider=Karen Scaletti]
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[color=F0E68C]● [u] N A M E [/u] ●[/color]
[indent]Karen Scaletti

She doesn't have a middle name, at least not one she was ever told. And as far as nicknames go...none exist. She's just...Karen.

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[color=F0E68C]● [u] A G E [/u] ●[/color]
[indent]28[/indent]

[color=F0E68C]● [u] G E N D E R [/u] ●[/color]
[indent]Female[/indent]

[color=F0E68C]● [u] O C C U P A T I O N [/u] ●[/color]
[indent]Most people in Verona assume that Karen's job is a volunteer with how often she's spotted around town at various events. Community festival? Karen's on staff. Food drive for the homeless? Karen's there collecting cans and possibly organizing the whole thing. She's never met a fundraiser or social, community function she's disliked. But being an activist-slash-volunteer isn't her occupation so much as it is her hobby. Volunteers don't get paid. 

Karen's actual occupation is as the morning radio host on the local FM talk station. It's mostly for people who work overnights or long shifts but the job allows her to stay up to date on current community events while also engaging with people on air. Wake up in the morning with Karen! [/indent]

[color=F0E68C]● [u] L O O K S [/u] ●[/color]
[indent]People have never told Karen that she has a face for radio as that would be incredibly rude; they have, however, said she has a bit of a squirrel-like face. In that she has puffy cheeks and a small, cute way about her features. Her eyes, which are a muddy brown color, are frequently wide with wonder - she is someone that wears her expressions the way people wear jeans. It's not that she's overly excitable or anything, just the perks of being a rather expressive individual. 

Lanky is a word to describe her physical stature, particularly her arms. While not a waif, she's a slender woman with little in the way of actual curves. Boyish is a term that was used when she was growing up and she is loathe to repeat it but at times it is rather apt, if only in regards to physical attributes. Her hair is often in a bob or pixie cut, short, sweet, and out of the eyes - perfect for someone that so often has to put on a hairnet and serve up some food for the less fortunate. Her body is unmarred by ink and also a lack of muscle definition. The gym is not a place she frequents but thanks to her metabolism and, truly, her diet she has managed to keep her slender build without much hassle. 

Her height is about average, coming in at five foot seven, and her sense of fashion is...unremarkable. Jeans and a sweater most days, long sleeve t-shirts in warmer weather, nothing to really accentuate her features. It works for her, however, as she is comfortable just being herself. She gets gussied up for formal events and the like, but in most situations the only thing people can say about Karen is how unremarkable she is compared to other, more immediately attractive sorts. 

She considers herself cute, though. Like squirrels. Who doesn't like squirrels.[/indent]

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[color=F0E68C]● [u] P E R S O N A L I T Y [/u] ●[/color]
[indent]It should come as no surprise to anyone, given her hobbies, that Karen is a very selfless individual. Almost to the point where it seems like she's trying to compensate or else make up for something terrible. As far as anyone knows, however, Karen is just one of the rare genuine nice people in the world. They do exist. Karen cares about Verona and its citizens, good and bad, which is why she puts herself at the forefront of any community event. She just wishes to spread optimism in a world that has far too much cynicism for her liking. 

Of course, while she presents herself as selfless and happy and cheerful to the population as a whole, it betrays how she often feels on the inside. Karen has suffered from depression and still feels some of the lingering effects. Optimism is all well and good, but when she returns home to an apartment with two cats it's kind of hard to feel anything but cliche. It used to be worse, to the point where she wears long sleeves for a very specific reason, and she believes herself to be better now, but at times its hard to keep on smiling, especially when it feels like her efforts go to waste. Sure, she doesn't require thanks, but it would be nice every now and then, y'know? 

While expressive, Karen isn't overtly emotional. She doesn't let her emotions take control in public - save for crying at sad movies or when coming off as over eager in order to excite a crowd into action. In fact she's a fairly guarded person in most regards; able to use her volunteer work as something similar to a mask. Karen believes that people are inherently good though still doesn't trust easily - truly, deeply trust anyway; if she was as trusting as she would like to be she wouldn't hide her arms behind cloth. Karen is a bit of a romantic, however, for all the good it's done her.  

Karen's far from a wreck or a mess, but there's more under the surface than her plucky, happy, optimistic self lets on.[/indent]

[color=F0E68C]● [u] R O M A N T I C  I N T E R E S T S [/u] ●[/color]
[indent]Karen falls in love easily. The sad part is it's always a one-sided affair. She's gay and definitely has a type, that being the ones who fit the 'lipstick lesbian' vibe, but she doesn't specifically favor those sorts over any other woman. Mixed signals get sent on a near regular basis; her awkward, often blatant flirts are a lot less cute as she approaches thirty than they were when she was newly 21 and coming out for the first time. 

While marriage is certainly a desire, Karen is first and foremost looking for someone to, well, enter a serious relationship with. Her last serious relationship was four years ago and the gap isn't due to a lack of trying on Karen's part. Love is a wonderful thing, why should she pretend to be above such a thing? Especially when it can still take her breath away in the right circumstances.[/indent]

[color=F0E68C]● [u] O R I G I N  S T O R Y [/u] ●[/color]
[indent]Karen Scaletti refused to just be another victim of the foster care system. After her parents died in a rather unfortunate drunk driving accident, Karen bounced around between various foster homes. She never lived with any one family for long, however, as various acts of...well...god or life - take your pick - kept cropping up. Her first foster family could no longer afford to support a daughter after they both were laid of at their office job. Her second foster family were eventually deemed unfit when Karen discovered some...rather unfortunate and highly illegal images on her foster family computer. 

Karen Scaletti seemed to have bad luck when it came to foster homes, and after the fourth failure the orphanage just let her stay until she was old enough to be self sufficient. As such, she had to drop out of high school and work two minimum wage part time jobs in an attempt to be self sufficient. By the time she was eighteen she had saved enough to rent a cheap, crappy apartment which she still lives in to this day. Her part time work came and went thanks to her use of a temp agency. That same agency hooked her up with a janitorial gig at the local radio station and, after one of the hosts took an interest in 'the four cleaning the floors' she found she had a certain knack for radio. Or at least the station producers did. 

With a more stable job came the Karen that Verona residents know today. The selfless volunteer and eternal spot of optimism in the community. Her bouts of depression settled in around six years ago, stemming from a host of issues and concerns from her time in foster care. One doctor suggested getting a pet. She got two, cats named Raggedy Anne and Haggardly Randi, who are pretty much her closest friends to this day. She's not unhappy anymore, but she still wears the optimism mask in public. But she's getting better.

Once she knows the extent of her sudden...gift, she intends on starting a support group. A place for people like her to connect and make friends free of judgment. What better way to unite a community? Always the altruist. Even with powers.

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[color=F0E68C]● [u] S U P E R P O W E R [/u] ●[/color]
[indent]Mundane Detection[/indent]

[color=F0E68C]● [u] P O W E R  C L A S S I F I C A T I O N [/u] ●[/color]
[indent]Aberration[/indent]

[color=F0E68C]● [u] A B I L I T I E S [/u] ●[/color]
[indent]It's pretty fitting that Karen's power is more about other people than herself. She can't talk to animals, see the future, control fire or even summon a rainbow. What she CAN do is tell when someone is, well, 'gifted'. Initially she can only tell when someone has the gift, even if they are trying to deny it, but in time and with honing she'll be able to tell more specific details about a Mundane. She is already starting plans for the Mundane's in the community.[/indent]

[color=F0E68C]● [u] W E A K N E S S E S [/u] ●[/color]
[indent]Her power is based on two of the five senses: sight or touch. Typically she has to see a Mundane to know they are one or touch them physically with her hands. Someone who could go invisible would not be able to be detected by Karen. When detecting a Mundane she cannot tell what their 'gift' is until they choose to reveal it to her; she knows only that they CAN do something, not WHAT it is. Trying too hard to read or detect someone will consistently give Karen the mother of all headaches and exhaust her physically. It takes a lot to read a person with just your eyes and brain.  [/indent]
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