Lihn is a hardly a tall woman, however she is above the average for her home country. She is somewhat unassuming looking and the kind of person that doesn't stand out. She blends in easily to the crowd. Pure Vietnamese, it is obvious from first appearances that she is from an eastern country.
Lihn's dark hair is straight and long, falling past her mid back. While she tends to prefer to keep it loose she will tie it back if it is more practical. It frames a reasonably wide, slightly round face. Her eyes are large, a warm brown, and almond shaped. She has a flat, and broad nose, above thin lips. Her skin tone is a relatively dark yellowish brown colour, indicating that she is from the more Southern areas of Vietnam rather than the North.
Lihn has a relatively thin, but fit, body frame. She enjoys participating in sports but has never gotten to the point of properly building up muscles. She is fitter than people who do not exercise but it hasn't filled out her rather petite frame. She has subtle curves, noticeable if enhanced by clothing but hardly anything to brag about. It adds to her more average looks. She generally looks feminine but is hardly the most attractive person around. She's not bad looking but nor is she noticeably good looking.
Attire:
Lihn's attire greatly varies. When planning on doing some running or something more physical she will wear clothing made for when doing sports. She does tend to dress quite nicely, in most cases wearing jeans and a nice shirt. She does also enjoy wearing skirts and dresses and will do so regularly. More rarely, an only in formal settings, Lihn will wear the more traditional Vietnamese dress - a light blue Ao Dai.
Personality
Innate & Outward Personality:
Lihn is a calm, people oriented person. Her personality is far from a force of nature. She prefers to be subtle and how she acts is very similar to how she appears - not immediately noticeable. She is kind hearted and will take her time to listen to others. She is very good with children, having a very close relationship with her own daughter. She enjoys time in the company of others but rarely is one to dictate the conversation. She prefers to listen and go along with the flow.
However, just because Lihn tends to be relaxed and follow along with others doesn't mean that she is a pushover. She has something of a no nonsense attitude. If she knows that someone is making up excuses she will, in general, not tolerate it. She is not cruel in the way that she gets this across, however. Even though she doesn't accept excuses and believes everyone should take responsibility for their actions she is gentle in her application of these beliefs. Again, she is not pushy but nor is she easily forced into things herself.
Lihn has a deep understanding of human emotion, coming from both her powers and her training in psychology. She can easily read other's emotions without having to activate her empathy, from the way they speak and subtle differences in expressions. She knows how to speak in different situations, how to calm someone down who is distraught and how to help someone feel better.
Lihn is also quite a sturdy person emotionally. She has had to build up a certain resistance to being moved by others emotions and as a result is unlikely to panic when someone gets overly angry or to be intimidated when threatened. However with this emotional detachment comes an air of aloofness, no matter how kind and socially aware she is.
Hobbies/Interests:
Running: Lihn was quite sporty in her youth, and still goes out on runs when she has time.
Sewing: Though at a young age Lihn disliked more 'girly' activities she has in recent years picked up an interest in sewing. She does this relatively regularly, often when relaxing at home, and has made some nice clothing.
Reading: Lihn enjoys reading, both fictional and non-fictional. Her main reading interest is in fantasy, sci-fi and dystopian in terms of fiction. For non-fiction she reads a lot of psychology based books.
Human Brain: Lihn has an interest on how the brain works, especially the mental aspects of this. Her interest is even more pronounced in terms of metahumans - as to whether there are brain differences. She also has a good interest in how emotions work and affect the brain.
Skills/Talents:
Psychology: Lihn has a degree in psychology, and as a result knows a good amount about the human brain. She took interest in metahuman aspects as well but was not interested in joining organisations such as DOVE.
Children: Lihn is also quite good with children, something that made her consider going into teaching. She is patient enough with them and seems to know the right thing to do to quieten a baby or keep a child happy.
Sports: At a younger age Lihn was good at, and enjoyed, sports. She still does but she doesn't participate in them much anymore. Are main sports were badminton, and running.
People: Lihn just generally has good people skills, finding it easy to talk with people and help them with their problems. People find her easy to trust and she is more than willing to lend a listening ear.
Goals/Motivation
Family: Lihn is motivated to protect the small family she has. She loves her young daughter dearly, and is quite close to her half- brother. She would do a lot to make sure they are safe. However she is also motivated to avoid the family she has left in Vietnam.
Knowledge: Lihn has a long term goal to gain more knowledge on metahumans, especially in relation to mental states and whether their brains work. She doesn't have much access to information out with of herself and her metahuman family.
History/Bio:
Lihn was born in South Vietnam to a farmer and his wife. They were not particularly well off, but they were not poor - her father was a farmer by choice, having left his family in the city. They had a small farm and mostly prospered off the fact that their animals were better than all others. Unknown to Lihn at the time this was due to her father's metahuman abilities in relation to animals.
Lihn was five when her own powers developed. She began to sense the emotions of all the humans around her, unable to stand it out and constantly bedridden due to migraines caused by this. Unfortunately for the family the small community they lived in was not particularly friendly to meta humans and found out about what was afflicting Lihn. It turned out her mother also did know of her father's powers and shared very similar views to the other people in the community. Lihn and her father were forced to run. With money saved up the two of them managed to immigrate to America. It was difficult, but eventually they were allowed to settle down and make a new life with the decision to get full citizenship as soon as possible.
The city they chose to live in was Verthaven. Here her father met another woman, and within a year and a half of living in America the two were married. Another year a half and along came Lihn's younger half brother, Kei. The eight year age gap made it difficult for Lihn to see eye to eye with her younger brother. However there was no jealousy from Lihn's side - she was more than happy to have a new family.
Lihn left her family to study psychology at college in a difference city when she graduated highschool at 18. By now she was a full American citizen, speaking English as well as her birth language of Vietnamese. She kept in contact with her family while there, and occasionally they would visit. During this time period she got slightly closer to her brother - he was becoming slightly more mature.
After graduating, just turned twenty two, Lihn moved to Baybridge to try and find a job. Upon moving into a small flat her brother decided to visit to, essentially, test out her new home and spend some time away from parents who were getting on his nerves.
Kei never went back to live with his parents. It was lucky he was staying with Lihn, as his parent's tragically died in the Verthaven Disaster - two among many. It was a difficult time for both. Lihn was suddenly given the responsibility of looking after her then fourteen year old brother. A series of slightly bad decisions on her part, nights out more drunk than she should be, ended up with her pregnant with the child of an unknown father.
It was enough of a shock for Lihn to return to her responsible self. With a child on the way she only worked harder at her job, becoming a well respected therapist for her age. She earned enough money to move out of the more shoddy Springtown and into a better area. Her daughter, Thanh, was born on time and healthy.
In the six years afterwards years life has been more normal for Lihn. She has managed to juggle raising a child, working as a therapist and making sure her lazy half-brother does more than just lying about and is planning to continue doing so.
However the relatively peaceful life she lived with her family was soon interrupted by a series of disasters in Baybridge. While Lihn herself was not caught in any of the overloads, her brother was. In fact he was the one who overloaded first; causing a massive ice storm with his cryokinesis. This meant he had to move into DOVE/RAVEN custody for his own protection leaving Lihn to look after Thanh alone. He then got caught up in the second overload, and hospitalised. Lihn began to lose non-meta clients due to overall anti metahuman sentiments.
Lihn got caught in Eco-Naturá's attack, due to being in the area in an attempt to have a relaxing evening out. She luckily ran into others who helped her get out, unlike others.
After Eco-Naturá’s attack Lihn received an email from her uncle asking her to come to Vietnam. Though she did not know exactly why Lihn did what she was asked, heading over with her daughter and brother. She ended up staying with her aunt for a while before finally being seen by her grandfather, the head of the Phan family. Simply he wanted her to be part of the family again, and to stay in Vietnam. However he wasn’t too happy about the existence of both Thanh and Kei (illegitimate children in his eyes). Lihn agreed to stay in Vietnam for at least a few months.
Over these months Lihn was asked to help with business for her family, which she did somewhat reluctantly. As the months went on and she helped with more and more business, seeing Thanh and Kei less than she would’ve liked, she began to grow suspicious of what was going on. A confrontation with her grandfather confirmed that he did know of her empathy and was using her and her power to help him grow his business more.
As much as Lihn wanted to go back to the US she couldn’t yet, with threats coming from her grandfather to do with Thanh and Kei. So she continued to help him, though more unhappily.
A stroke of luck came when the business her father had set up, and the Phan family itself, was found to have a lot of dealings with criminal organisations within the country and others (such as China). With both her grandfather and uncle arrested it shook up the entire family, leaving Nhât (her cousin) to be the family head. With that all done Lihn returned to Baybridge, after just over a year spent in Vietnam – vowing to not have any part with that side of her family again.
After moving back to Baybridge Lihn managed to find work as a therapist again, though the people who would go to her due to her being a metahuman was still limited. She makes enough, however, and with the extra free time from a loss of clients began to do her own research on meta humans and psychology to aid her.
Relationships
Family:
Mai Cao (Phan) - Mother Dinh Phan - Father (Deceased, Animal Empathy) Xuân Phan - Half-brother Thanh Phan - Daughter
Viên Phan - Grandfather Qui Phan - Grandmother (deceased) Vihn Phan - Uncle Nhât Phan, Hao Phan, Tuân Phan - Cousins Phoung Lý (Phan) - Aunt Giang Lý, Qui Lý, Tuyên Lý, Mihn Lý- Cousins Tien Cao - Half-sister
Dynamics:
| Kei Phan |
| Good | Younger Half- Brother | "I’m glad Kei is finally doing something for himself." |
Lihn and Kei got off to a rocky start when younger, but after their father (and Kei's mother) the two have gotten closer when Kei started permanently living with his older sister. They don't always see eye to eye and have their fights, but it's a good enough relationship between the two. Now that Kei has moved out Lihn still see him regularly, and still gets him to babysit Thanh.
| Reinald Young |
| Neutral | Acquaintance, sort of | "If we meet again, I hope it's in person and not in that strange dream world of his." |
Lihn met Reinald (as Naoki) when doing various jobs for her grandfather in Vietnam, in a dream. It was definitely a strange encounter for Lihn and not one she is particularly in a rush to repeat. She wanted to help him but sadly didn't really get the chance, and the last thing she expected was that he would be living in Baybridge now.
Abilities
Power Class:
Cerebral (Domination)
Power: Empathy
Reading Emotions:
Lihn can read the emotions of others. How much information she gets depends on how hard she concentrates. If an emotion is very strong it is easier to figure out, if it is weak it is more difficult. She can often get a basic idea of the emotions of all those around her however has to concentrate more to get the full picture. Certain emotions are more difficult to sense, such as obscure and very specific emotions. Easy emotions to read are happiness and anger.
Changing Emotions:
Lihn can subtly change the emotions of people near her. She can effect up to five people, however the change will be less than if just concentrating on one person. The change is subtle and unnoticeable. She essentially takes an emotion than the target is already feeling and increases or decreases the intensity with which they feel it. For example if someone is angry she could reduce this anger slightly, or increase it. This can achieve a variety of effects. She can use it to help people feel, in a way, more confident. However it is quite limited in what it can do.
Limits:
Lihn can only change and read the emotions of those in her immediate area. She can, roughly, read the emotions of those in a twenty foot radius around her and change them of those in a ten foot radius around her. Lihn must concentrate to change emotions, so any distractions will stop it. The same can be said for reading specific emotions. Lihn's ability to read emotions is technically never turned off. However she has gotten to the level of control where the bombardment of stronger emotions is just like a background noise in her head. However in stressful situations she is likely to be overwhelmed by something like this.
Weaknesses/Drawbacks:
Lihn suffers from severe, often blinding, migraines if she reads emotions for too long. This occurs from her brain essentially being overwhelmed by the different emotions of people. These often cause her to be bedridden for long periods of time. Due to her ability to read emotions always being 'on' incredibly strong emotions around her can be crippling to her mind. They often overwhelm her thoughts meaning she cannot coherently speak or even hear what other people say. This can lead to migraines caused when also actively increasing her ability.
Along migraines overwhelming emotions can also have an effect on her emotional state. This often leads to mental breakdowns on Lihn's part, or feeling a variety of emotions. There have been a few times when she has been overwhelmed by other's anger resulting in her resorting to an angry violence.
It is difficult to control her ability in incredibly busy places often resulting in too many emotions being registered in her brain at once. This can very negatively affect how she reacts socially and can even physically weaken her.
Other:
Lihn is fluent in English and Vietnamese, but hardly has a talent for other languages
Lihn's choice to become a therapist when she is an empath is interesting, due to her essentially putting herself in situations where she will be around people feeling strong emotions.
Basic Information
Name:
Xuân Công Phan (潘 公 春 , Phan Công Xuân)
Nickname/Alias/Etc:
Kei, 敬 (Nickname given by mother, often goes by this) Kay Kay (Nickname from his six year old niece)
Gender:
Male
Age:
24
Height:
5'9"
Weight:
173
Home District:
Greencrest Heights
Appearance
Hair Color:
Black
Eye Color:
Hazel
Ethnicity:
Vietnamese, Japanese, French
Physical Appearance:
Kei is quite slight in appearance. Though he appears tall beside his older-sister his height is certainly nothing to boast about. He grew taller than his father was, at least. And he doesn't tend to care much about how other's judge him anyway so it has never particularly bothered him.
Kei's appearance makes it difficult to figure out what his exact ethnicity is. This is due to being something of a mix. While more Vietnamese features tend to be dominant, the other's are quite obvious. A point towards his more European heritage is his light hazel eyes, more green than they are brown. However they're shaping is definitely not European and they're large size makes them a prominent feature of his face. His nose is relatively narrow, but flat, and his lips thin. His hair, jet black like both of his parent's was, is kept in a messy cut. He has a medium-light skin colour with distinct golden tones. It is quite a bit lighter than his sister's.
One thing that is obvious about Kei is that he doesn't do very much exercise. He isn't overweight but he's also not skinny or fit. He has a decent amount of roundness to him due to sheer laziness. Though he does do a few sports, mostly water based, his love for food outweighs this so his body is far from toned. Still, he doesn't care.
Attire:
While Kei certainly isn’t as fashionable as his sister, he’s improved somewhat from three years ago. Most of the time he is at least presentable with jeans and a nice enough tshirt. It’s better than sweatpants, or just always being in his pyjamas.
Personality
Innate & Outward Personality:
While Kei is still generally apathetic he has begun to improve on this a bit, which started with the motivation he gained when in Vietnam. While he doesn’t care for things as much as many others do he has found himself more and more motivated to do more than just sleep.
Out with of his apathy Kei is an odd character. He isn't particularly a people's person, unlike his sister, but that isn't to say he dislikes people. He just couldn't care less. He'll talk to people if they talk to them but will rarely make an effort. He's still quite withdrawn into himself. While his lack of care still concerns his sister she isn’t as bothered anymore now that he’s doing something with his life.
However, sometimes Kei does enjoy himself. There have been rare occasions where he has found someone he struck off on the right chord with. In these circumstances a new, often hidden, personality blooms. Kei enjoys teasing people he's close to and generally poking fun at them. He becomes slightly more vibrant and involved. The only person at the moment who can really brighten him up is his niece, and occasionally his sister.
Kei is quite a tolerant person and easy to be around even if he rarely makes the effort to get to know people. He’s something of the silent type and is quite trustworthy, though maybe not dependable as he won’t always bother to do something he is asked to do. However he certainly isn’t a bad person.
Hobbies/Interests:
Sleeping: Sleeping is still one of Kei's favourite pastimes is sleeping. He's actually pretty good at falling asleep in random places much to the annoyance of people such as his sister.
Food: When he's not sleeping Kei likes making and eating different types of food. He finds weird recipes interesting to try and tends to end up doing a lot of cooking around the house.
Gaming: Kei enjoys gaming, both on computers and consoles, as it is something he can do without leaving the comfort of his bed. He's pretty good at it too.
Water Sports: Kei finds most thing related to water fun, especially swimming and diving. When he's not being a lazy shit he'll often go to the nearest swimming pool and just spend as much of his time there as possible. He is also pretty good at diving. He’s picked up swimming more now that he has his power under control.
Skills/Talents:
Cooking: Kei is good at cooking of all kinds, whether it's main meals or cakes. He enjoys cooking and then eating the food and it's one of the few things he is motivated to do. A lot of his skill came from relatively hard work.
Languages: Languages come quite easily to Kei. This is probably due to his mixed European-Asian heritage. He speaks English, Vietnamese, Japanese, French, Mandarin (Chinese) and Spanish. He is currently learning Cantonese (Chinese), German and Russian. He has started to work harder at learning languages since changing college course and starting work as a translator.
Computers: Kei learned programming on a whim, and found that he was quite good at it, so he spends a decent amount of time doing it. He's gotten to a pretty good stage with it and knows how to program in Java, Python and HTML (also a bit of PHP and SQL). He also has a decent knowledge of computer hardware.
Swimming/Diving: Kei is good at swimming and diving. When he was younger, and living in Verthaven, he was on his school's swim and dive team. He's got a fair few trophies and gold medals from it. He doesn't really swim anymore - he feels like he can't due to his power.
Goals/Motivation
Improvement: Kei wants to improve himself, both in terms of his power, work and social skills. He knows he’s still lazy and apathetic and wants to do something about that.
History/Bio:
Xuân Phan was born in Verthaven into a small, but happy, family. Brought up with a Vietnamese father and a Japanese/French mother he was taught a mix of cultures. From a young age he was given the nickname Kei from his mother, with the meaning of blessing. To her he was a blessing - she had been told as a young woman she was infertile and managing to have a son was something spectacular. The name stuck and now Kei is rarely called Xuân.
Kei's childhood was mostly uneventful. As he grew up his main interests were always water related. He loved being in the water, especially swimming and diving. He was part of swim and diving teams from elementary school and up. He was good at it, too, winning many medals and trophies. It was always the pride of his parents even if both would have rather he had as much enthusiasm for his schoolwork.
It was on a visit to his older sister Lihn, who Kei mostly got on with, when he was fourteen that things went downhill. His parents were among the many who died in the Verthaven disaster. Sometimes he questioned whether he should too. Kei withdrew more into himself. He had never been shy but the lack of interest in the world he had already displayed only doubled. His sister's emotional state wasn't perfect either and the two got into a lot of arguments at this time.
What made things even worse was the sudden development of his power. Kei had assumed that he had taken after his mother and wasn't a metahuman. But suddenly things started to get cold around him and when he try to go for a swim the water froze around him. This meant he couldn't really do one of the things he loved. He had no idea how to control his power so he just gave up doing anything related to water.
Kei was fifteen when his older half-sister had a baby girl. The two of them reconciled with a young child to now look after in the house. Kei went back to attending school and just about scraped through. Thanh was the one thing that seemed to make life a bit brighter. She was such a happy child.
Kei ended up getting heavily involved in the overloads that occurred in Baybridge. This wasn't by choice - but more unlucky coincidence. He was the first of the three major cases to be overloaded, creating a large ice storm in the middle of a farmers market. This resulted in him being put under RAVEN/DOVE protection. He was with a RAVEN agent when she was overloaded in the mall. He was able to stop her only because of the collar he was wearing, though he froze the two of them in the process.
Just a short while after being released from hospital Kei was dragged by his sister to Vietnam to sort out family business. While it may be his family to, through his father, it was his sister than the head of the Phan family wanted and not Kei (or Thanh). This meant that while Lihn was sent out to do things Kei and Thanh were stuck in Vietnam with his aunt, or sometimes in China when Lihn took them (in a hotel).
Kei took the opportunity to get to know the country that his father was from, but that he had never actually been to. With Thanh in tow he explored the city his family lived in and tried all sorts of food within the budget his sister gave him. He spoke to a few people around, and started to teach Thanh Vietnamese so she could fit in a bit better. He began to enjoy himself and realised that maybe he could actually do something with his life.
When the Phan family got found out for their criminal activities Kei was somewhat sad to move back to Baybridge, but also looking forward to doing something. When he got back he switched college course to a joint languages and teaching degree, with the goal to teach languages to kids since he’d been good enough at it with Thanh. Along with this he applied and got part time work as a translator. He’s been doing well so far, and with the help of Lihn earned enough money to move out into a small apartment in Greencrest Heights.
He still sees Lihn, and babysits Thanh, but is much more independent now.
| Good | Older half-sister | "Lihn and I get on a lot better now that I’ve moved out, and I enjoy spending time with her." |
Kei likes his sister, though they weren't the closest when younger. They were brought together by the death of their father and his mother. In addition Kei absolutely adores Thanh and is quite helpful in terms of babysitting for his older sister. Lihn has stopped coddling him as much as she used to and has started treating him like an adult, though not quite like an equal.
Abilities
Power Class:
Elemental (Energy)
Power: Cryokinesis
Freezing Water / Temperature Change: Kei can focus on and freeze water that is nearby to him. This is essentially reducing the temperature in a very localised area to cause the water to freeze and turn into ice. He also can reduce the temperature in an area around him. This is something he often does without realising it. However he can do it by choice and reduce the temperature to something below freezing.
Controlling Ice: Kei can control ice, with ice being frozen water. He can sometimes also control snow or similar. Kei isn't sure of the exact limits of his power as he hasn't tried out controlling too much. It is easier to control smaller pieces of ice. He can also control and move bigger chunks of ice.
Cold Resistance: Thankfully for Kei he is more resistant to the effects of the cold than others. He is unlikely to die of hypothermia and doesn't feel cold wearing t-shirts in low temperatures.
Ice Creating: Kei can also create ice without already having water to freeze. Currently he can produce a large lump or two, an improvement on the ice cube size that he used to be able to produce.
Limits:
At the moment Kei is incredibly limited in what he can do with his powers. He can only control ice nearby to him, same with changing the temperature. He can only create a small amount of ice, but can freeze a fair amount of water and control about the same amount as he can freeze. He doesn't know exactly what his limits are as he is yet to fully explore it. Kei still has to concentrate on not just emitting a cold aura all the time, however he has a lot more control than he used to.
Weaknesses/Drawbacks:
Fire is a big no go for Kei. Fire will render his power useless. And not to mention fire has bad effects on him. It is not that he will burn more than an ordinary human. However being around fire makes him feel like he is melting. He starts to sweat profusely and feels about as much pain as something who is melting does. Of course he doesn't literally melt. But it's a horrible, debilitating feeling.
Heat in general isn't good for Kei. He heats up a lot more easily than everyone else, due to being more resistant to colder temperatures. He will more quickly suffer from heat exhaustion and heatstroke in what would be normal temperatures for other people. Though not really a weakness Kei also tends to suffer from heat rashes from slightly above average temperatures which is incredibly distracting.
Using his power currently takes a lot out of Kei since he has very little control. He gets very dehydrated from doing it, and needs to keep drinking water as he does or he will suffer the effects you'd expect from dehydration.
Robin (Nickname / Used while living in Faircrest Woods) redRobin (Internet handle)
Gender:
Agender
Age:
20
Height:
5'1"
Weight:
95 lb
Home District:
West Woodlake, Hedgemount (Was Max’s Home)
Appearance
Hair Color:
Naturally auburn-red
Eye Color:
Light brown-yellow
Ethnicity:
Irish, British
Physical Appearance:
The first thing that most notice about Rori is their somewhat small height. This is something that came from their mother's side of their family (though their father isn't exactly tall either). While it has never been something that particularly bothers Rori it does help to be something of an identifying factor. Along with this small height they are quite light which is a combination of a lack of muscles, a high metabolism and slightly lighter bones than you would expect (almost as if a preparation for her being able to fly, though they don't have wings when in a more humanoid form).
Figure wise Rori is hardly athletic. It's quite obvious that they don't particularly make an effort to keep in good shape and is mostly skinny due to the virtue of a high metabolism and not eating too much. They do look quite scrawny. Born female Rori, when not binding, has a quite visibly female body. They have a quite well sized chest (much to their annoyance) which has never been particularly helpful in regards to their dysphoria. Thankfully, however, the rest of their body is more flat and boyish with a lack of curves at the hips. This means there's just one main area to deal with. Most of the time when they are out Rori will be found wearing a binder, which flattens their chest and gives them a much more gender neutral appearance.
They’ve let their hair grown out a little bit, though it’s still as scruffy as it always has been just falling just above their shoulders. They’re considering cutting it short again anyway. Due to the rules at the school they went to it’s currently it’s natural auburn-red colour, though they are considering dying it again now that they’re back at Baybridge. Their skin is paler than the typical Caucasian light skin colour, typical of those with Irish blood. The freckles that cover their face and body come with the hair colour and complexion. As does the unfortunate burning when exposed to the sun for any length of time. High factor sun cream is needed to prevent this when they are out in the sun for even a few minutes. Their eyes are large, and not entirely human, set an average space apart in a quite round face. Their face shape is soft and childish. This, and their height, gives them the appearance of being younger than they actually are.
Rori does have scars. Most of these are in less visible places, covered by clothing or feathers. There are a few one their face with the most noticeable being a thing scar along their cheek, starting below their eye. She doesn't talk about how they got it. There are also quite a few along their arms - again thin, white scars that are barely noticeable on her already pale skin.
Along with the features shared by most humans Rori has some more... animalistic features. These come from their abilities, the bird thing not only being when they turn into them. The first, and most obvious, unnatural thing (for a human at least) about them is their eyes. The yellow tinge to the brown they are, and the fact that neither of her parents have brown eyes, is just part of it. Their eyes are more like that of a bird's than a human's. This means that they don't have the same kind of vision as human's and are often found looking around to try and see to the side due to not having the same capability to move around their eyes in their sockets. What is sometimes noticeable is the fact they do not blink... at least normally. Instead they have a third hidden eyelid, the nictitating membrane, that does the whole blinking action for them. The other not so visible feature is feathers than cover quite a bit of their body. These are found on their top half, beginning as soft down feathers around their neck and upper arms. These are more spaced out and still quite soft on the front of their body. However they turn into more proper feathers on their back. These full, dense feathers cover all of their back before becoming slightly softer around the waistline and then disappearing. Most of the feathers are brown, with a slight reddish hint. The ones on their chest are more red than the ones in other areas. They also have a set of bird wings; with a similar colouration to their feathers. These are darker at the bones, and more reddish the further out the feathers get. They have a span just under double the length Rori's arms when stretched out. Rori does also have other bird features but these are not visible.
Attire:
Rori goes for comfort over style in clothing. The clothes they wear are more gender neutral, and as a result go more towards being boyish. They would not be found dead in a skirt or dress and if forced into one would feel incredibly uncomfortable. They tend to wear more baggy shirts - preferably with sleeves long enough to cover the feathers on the top of their arms. These are sometimes plain, or sometimes have some kind of nerdy reference on them. They often wear jeans or more comfortable trousers and a hoody on top. Along with this they almost always wear some kind of scarf, even if it is warm - after all it's the easiest way to cover the feathers on their neck. The colouration of their clothing tends to be green and blue, along with black and white.
Personality
Innate & Outward Personality:
The first, most obvious thing about Rori's personality is that they always appear to be incredibly cheerful. They almost always seem to be smiling even if there isn't much to be happy about. This isn't to say they would be happy in what is a sad situation. But they do have quite an astounding ability to make the best out of everything. This optimism can be good sometimes but also annoying to others, along with their intense cheerfulness.
Another main aspect of Rori's outward personality is how friendly they are. They enjoy spending time with others and often choose to do so. They just like talking. They talk a lot. More than they really should and to the point of annoying people (something they do quite often). While three years ago they weren’t particularly socially aware they’ve improved a lot since going to a school, meeting more people and making new friends.
Along with this Rori is quite energetic and hyperactive. They have a difficult time concentrating on things they don't enjoy, mostly anything that isn't art, writing or music, and always seem full of energy. This makes them bright and adds to their cheerfulness but also makes them very exhausting to be around. They don't mean to be but it's just a thing that happens. Rori never seems tired even if they got next to no sleep and can be very difficult to keep up with.
Rori isn't actually always happy. They are an optimist, yes. But they aren't as cheerful as they make out to be. In some ways they use it to hide other things. Rori isn't the best emotionally. They are not incredibly emotional but often the opposite - they do not feel strong emotions either way. It's been easier to pretend to be happy, though. People don't ask too many questions that way.
It would have been impossible for Rori to go through some of the things they did and come out the other end unscarred emotionally. Rori is in a surprisingly good emotional state for what happened. They don't like to talk about it. Even before their powers manifested their parents weren't exactly good to them, a combination of Rori's lack of gender conformity and not exactly being the child they wanted them to be. This was added to by the dysphoria they themselves felt due to their physical body and being referred to as a girl. While it has been a long time since they were viewed as a girl there are still some lasting effects of this lack of acceptance. However, Rori keeps this all to themselvers. They feel that it's better this way.
Rori isn’t much different than they were three years ago when a teenager – they’ve matured a bit and become more independent, but they’re still the same happy go lucky bird freak they were before.
Hobbies/Interests:
Writing: Rori loves writing. Their writing tends to tend towards fictional story and they often get inspired with various story ideas, which they keep written down in a book. They are often found writing in a notebook or typing something up on a computer.
Art: Rori also loves drawing and painting, most often drawing in a sketchpad. Quite often their drawings are related to stories they are writing or are of birds. They’ve widened what they draw recently, and have started selling some art online.
Music: Rori is musically talented and learned a lot of instruments at a young age. They picked back up a lot of them two years ago with very little loss in skill. They play piano, clarinet, violin and Irish tin whistle with plans to learn more. They especially like traditional Irish and Scottish music.
Skills/Talents:
Socialising: Rori is incredibly friendly and cheerful, if a bit shy, meaning they excel in social situations and find it easy to make friends. In general they are very easy to get along with. Their ability to make friends is a bit of a talent.
Creative: Adding on to her hobbies is a natural talent. Rori is very skilled at both writing and drawing/painting and this talent is added to by hard work. They have quite an imagination, which helps.
Musical: Rori also has a natural talent in music, adding to their creativity. They play quite a lot of instruments and find new ones easy to pick up. They also have a good sense of rhythm and a good ear, finding sight reading music easy. This has been added to by going to an art school, getting the opportunity to play in groups meaning that they have really improved their musical talent.
Goals/Motivation
Art & Music: Having achieved her goal of attending school, and going to an arts one for three years, Rori is concentrating on honing her art and music so that she can make some kind of career out of it.
Friends / Family: A large motivation for Rori is still friends. The shake up of her life 3 years ago has changed a lot for Rori, but she’s still tried to keep in contact with everyone she was friendly with in Baybridge. She would also like to reconnect with her family – especially now that she’s lost Max.
History/Bio:
Rori was born to a relatively large family. They were the fourth child born into the family, with an older brother and two older sisters. Their younger brother was born just a year after they were. Their parents were strict Christians and brought up all of their children to be religious as well. This wasn't something that Rori ever liked but they had to go along with it. Along with this their parents were incredibly anti-metahuman.
Even though Rori had little in common with their siblings they always tried to get along with them and most often succeeded. They got on best with their younger brother, Conor, though he was rather annoying. There was the smallest age gap between the two of them which helped. However the person Rori did got on very well with was their cousin, Max. The two families grew up near each other and Rori would spend a lot of time with their cousin. The two got on, though Max was a much less friendly and more troublesome individual than Rori.
However when Rori was eight there was a fall out between the two families. They were forbidden from seeing Max again and eventually Max and her family moved away to another city.
Rori lived a relatively normal life until they were twelve. It was at this point that they began to become aware enough to question they had been assigned at birth. Rori certainly didn't feel like a girl, felt uncomfortable within their own body and disliked being lumped in with either of the binary genders. They eventually came to the conclusion that they were neither. It took a lot of courage but they told their family. The result wasn't good. The only reaction they got was negative and then given the strict warning to never talk about it 'or else.' This was one of the more unhappy periods of Rori's life as they were forced to keep going under the name Roisin and as a girl.
It was years after this that their powers began to manifest. The change was subtle at first. Their eyesight changed - getting better. Then they stopped blinking and began to form light feathers across her body. They did their best to hide this even though they didn't know what was going on. Rori panicked a lot more when they first changed shape into a bird. Having no idea what was going on and panicking slightly they continued to try and hide it.
They were around twelve when their parents walked in on them mid-change. It was safe to say Rori became more of a disappointment than they had been before. The fear on their parents faces was clear. For the next few days their parents said nothing. But Rori noticed the difference, and heard the private phone calls they made. Their parent's hatred for metahumans seemed to extend even to their child. Things took a turn for the worse when Rori overheard a conversation her father had on the phone that suggested they would send Rori away to have their powers removed and, if that wasn't possible (which is clearly wasn't), to have them killed.
Feeling even more scared than before Rori didn't have much choice but to pack a bag and run away from home. They lived on the streets for a while, getting by however they could. After a short while they managed to get enough money to pay for a bus. They didn't care where it went as long as it was away. They ended up in Baybridge. It took them a bit to figure out how the weird combination of towns worked but soon found out how Baybridge was set up.
They somehow made their way to Faircrest Woods and, well, the forests there seemed like a good place to set up. It was better than the streets at least. It was here that Rori learned to control their power better. They had to learn how to survive in forest areas. The ability to turn into a bird help - after all they could hunt as certain birds. They found they could stay in the form of a bird for days on end without losing their humanity. This also helped with hiding from other humans that may wander into the forest. It wasn't a great life, but it could have been worse.
However they did have cravings for human contact. Often they would take trips to the more central areas of Baybridge and occasionally, upon talking to locals, would get some kind of small change. They always saved this up to buy notebooks and kept up writing and drawing even when living an odd life in the forest. It was one of these trips that led to them bumping into their cousin, Max.
Rori and Max hadn't seen each other for years, however they recognised each other. It was something of a coincidence that they met again but a good one, at least for Rori. Max had just come out of the Academy Program, and was about to begin training to join RAVEN. After talking to Rori and finding out their condition Max used some money left over from her parents to buy a house in a middle-class area in Baybridge, deciding to support Rori while they worked out what they wanted to do.
That was two years ago. In the time between Rori has began to be more who they are, finally having the money to buy clothing such as binders to alleviate physical dysphoria they have. They picked up a lot of musical instruments again - an expense that annoyed Max, but she was more okay with it after Rori starting playing in public places and picking up some money here and there. Along with this they have access to technology - a phone and a laptop. The laptop is more used for writing and they have started to talk to people through the internet.
Two years later. In the time between Rori begun to be more who they are, finally having the money to buy clothing such as binders to alleviate physical dysphoria they have. They picked up a lot of musical instruments again - an expense that annoyed Max, but she was more okay with it after Rori starting playing in public places and picking up some money here and there. Along with this they have access to technology - a phone and a laptop. The laptop is more used for writing and they have started to talk to people through the internet.
Rori enjoyed living in Baybridge; they had began to make friends. It started with one close friend, and then they met another at a celebration for a community opening. It seemed pretty great. They then made another - accidentally at first when being pulled in as a bird by the other's air powers. They met in person, though, and got on pretty well.
Then they got caught up in the second of the overload incidents. This caused their bird features to become more pronounced and they went through the agonising experience of growing wings they didn't have before. This left them in a pretty bad state. They then, unluckily, got stuck in the third overload incident. They tried to survive it better as a bird, but this only ended up with them getting stuck mid-change. They came out of it with a broken arm and wing. They also, unfortunately, were out with friends when everything literally started turning into trees. However they escaped unscathed due to the friends they were with.
After the overload incidents Rori managed to stay out of any more of the incidents happening in Baybridge, as much as any normal citizen could. However they weren’t entirely unaffected. During the fight with the Founding Family Max died, leaving Rori without any kind of guardian. Thankfully Max left Rori with just about enough money to get by.
With Max’s death Rori cut themselves off slightly as they tried to figure out what to do. They finally motivated themselves to apply for going back to school, selecting specific art schools which also offered boarding. They got into one on the other side of the country so packed up and moved there, doing three years of school (with a lot of catching up to do) before leaving just a few months ago. Now with more experience with both music and art they’ve moved back to Baybridge, into the house that Max left to them, in the hope that they can make a career out of it vaguely peacefully.
Relationships
Family:
Maxine Diaz - Cousin - Deceased - Power Replication
Rori's RAVEN cousin, who took them in after finding them in Faircrest Woods. Max was abrasive, and Rori knew that she wasn't exactly perfect but loved her nonetheless. Max was the closest Rori had to proper family and while the two didn't always see eye to eye they got on well. Rori got to spend a lot less time with her cousin than she would have liked due to her duties, and then lost her in the attack by the founding family. Max always supported Rori and had promised to help them go back to school, or to support them to any future. Even though Max's death was what motivated Rori to actually go out and change her own life she misses her cousin. Rori may not show it, and may be as happy go lucky as ever, but Max's death affected them. Since moving back to Baybridge Rori tries to avoid being home alone where possible, just because it reminds them of Max.
Breandan Aherne - Father
Rori hasn't seen their father since they were thirteen. Rori's father disapproved of them and was always distant, and Rori doubts that they'll ever get on. Still they hope to meet him again.
Elizabeth Aherne - Mother
Elizabeth was always a strict mother to all her children, but was particularly harsh on her younger two. While Rori was a generally good child this still meant that their relationship was rocky. While their father wasn't much better their mother was around more, and handed out most of the discipline. Rori doesn't have particularly fond memories of their mother, as it was her that found out Rori was a metahuman, but still hopes she's changed her views.
Aiden Aherne - Older Brother
Aiden is eight years older than Rori, and the age gap meant that they didn't particularly talk when growing up. He had already moved out (aged 21) when Rori ran away from home. Aiden is much like his parents, being devoutly religious and anti-metahuman. He works as a lawyer. Of all their siblings Rori wants to meet him again the least.
Sairose Aherne - Older Sister
Six years older than Rori, Sairose was also absent when Rori ran away (studying at college). She is probably the most devout of the siblings, and was always incredibly intelligent. Saiorse disapproved of Rori even before finding out about the whole gender and metahuman thing. Rori doubts that they would get along with Saiorse even now.
Eva Aherne - Older Sister
Eva was the second closest to Rori and age, and also the second closest to them in general. Eva is less confident and domineering than her two older siblings, probably the most softly spoken of the five Aherne siblings. She enjoyed drawing when she was younger and it was one thing she bonded with Rori over. Rori hopes they will meet Eva again, though they don't know how well they'll get on now.
Conor Aherne - Younger Brother
The only sibling younger than Rori, Conor was born just one year after them. Conor and Rori were close, especially after Max moved away, and the two spent a fair amount of time playing together when younger. Rori always found Conor annoying and thought it was silly how he always fought with their parents. However they were friendly with each other up to the point where Rori had to leave - and they're sure they'd still be friendly if they met now.
Felipe Diaz - Uncle (Deceased, Regeneration)
Naomi Diaz - Aunt (Deceased)
Salvador Diaz - Cousin (Regeneration)
Dynamics:
| Wendy Lucker |
| Good | Friend | "Wendy was probably the first friend I had after moving to Baybridge. I don't know what she's doing now, but I'd like to see her again." |
Even though the main thing that unites Wendy and Rori is art Rori views Wendy as a close friend. This is maybe, just slightly, because Rori doesn't really have any other friends. However Rori hasn’t seen Wendy for three years.
| Haruka Takashiro |
| Good | Friend | "I still have fond memories of meeting Haruka when I was a bird. I haven't seen him in a while, but I hope we meet again soon." |
Rori met Haruka when first when they were a bird (and didn't have the energy to change back). Even so Haruka was nice to them and it left an impression. The two met again as humans briefly in the Academy's library. In the past three months, since everything has died down a bit, Rori has been spending a lot of time with Haruka. They've really bonded over music and writing, often playing different pieces together. Rori really views him as a good friend. Like Wendy, Rori hasn’t seen Haruka for a few years.
Abilities
Power Class:
Super-system (Bestial)
Power: Permanent Features
Rori has a few birdlike features that remain even when they are in a humanoid form. Their eyes are more birdlike than other humans. This gives them a much better vision than normal humans meaning she can see longer distances and colours in the ultraviolet spectrum just as birds do. However with this they struggle to move their eyes and often has to move their head around to look in other directions. Along with this they have light down-like feather covering a lot of their body - including along visible parts of their body like their arms and neck. This acts as an extra layer of clothes in terms of keeping them warm. They're bones are also lighter and stronger than most, like a birds, as if to allow for them to fly. However they have no way to fly as a human, so these just make her lighter than she looks. It allows her to jump higher than the normal person but she wasn't quite blessed with wings as a human.
After the incident in Ranchester Mall there have been some changes to their bird physiology, making them even more of a bird-human hybrid. The feathers that covered most of their body have thickened greatly. Along with this they have spread, right down to their hands and up to underneath and around their chin. They have now also grown a pair of wings. These wings are mostly impractical with a span just under double the length of their arms held out. While they have grown longer than when they initially appeared, the fact she is a human with wings means flying is somewhat impractically. They can maybe get a bit above the ground for some period of time, but it’s easier just to change. Along with this Rori has some longer feathers at the base of their back; making a sort of tail. Even though the wings have gotten larger Rori has gotten used to the inconvenience.
Transformation
Rori can transform fully into a few forms of birds. As a bird they have all of the features of a bird and it is difficult to tell the difference from her and a bird. However she retains her intelligence and mind, so often if a bird is acting as a bird should not it is probably Rori. This comes with all the features of whatever bird she turns into. She tends to turn into the average bird for that type in terms of size, strength and speed.
Limits:
Difficulty rolling their eyes due to them being birdlike and as a result has to move their head more. their eyesight is better than normal humans but not quite as good as the best birds eyesight.
Rori is limited in the types of birds she can turn into. At the moment she can turn into a thrush (she tends to go for a robin), a kestrel, a hawk, a hummingbird, a duck and an owl. She can turn into any species from these sections. Along with this she can only make the change a few times per day unless she pushes herself.
Weaknesses/Drawbacks:
If they look into the far distance for too long they can strain their eyes meaning that their vision will go blurry and it is difficult for them to see anything.
Rori gets incredibly exhausted and ravenous after changing from their bird form back to their human form. This can easily be solved by eating a lot of food and a long nap. However if they don't get this they are prone to collapse without warning or faint from the fatigue.
Along with this the longer they stay in their bird form the more they takes on the characteristics of the bird. It is likely that if they remained as a bird for a prolonged period of time they will probably forget who they are and how to turn back into a human. This would mean Rori would be permanently stuck in the form of a bird.
Rori also sometimes get stuck mid-change which is incredibly painful and traumatic. It can take them hours to get out of this state. Along with this they are often left in pain after the change and feel like they have limbs that they no longer have (such as wings).
Other:
Rori absolutely hates the name Roisin, and the only time they really get annoyed is when someone calls them by that name (or refers to them as a girl or boy)
The nickname Robin was one given to them by their cousin, Max, when they were younger due to Rori having red hair like a Robin's chest and being quite flighty/timid as a child
Rori's father is Irish, and moved over to the US as a young adult
So... how dead were my characters after the last one? :P
Also sorry for dissapearing off the face of the earth, a shit ton of personal stuff happened and uni kicked my ass. That's winding down now thankfully >< So I'm sort of back? May join? Hi
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