Silvia Presley. She has vowed to kill anyone who dares to call her Silvia, sadly.

Scout, a name coined by an old friend group which simply grew on her.

03/21/98

17

Female

Pansexual

Though Scout is nothing more thean "scum" to most who live in Verona, it is hard to deny her almost otherworldly appearance. Wild blonde hair frames a pretty, if not a bit young-looking face, and gleaming blue eyes gaze defiantly into those who dare oppress her. Pale skin reveals countless freckles across her body, and rough callouses cover her hands and feet from constant fighting. She stands at around 5'3" in height, and weighs a bit over one hundred and twenty pounds. Her angular face is often dotted with scars or bruises, and she can most likely be found pouting when not out and about freely.

Scout's presence, much to her own dismay, is a lacking one, making her very hard to pick out in a crowd most of the time. She walks with a slight slouch, and typically glares at those she does not consider a friend, especially adults. She is overall a very peculiar-appearing girl, and most take caution when approaching her.

Scout's outfits usually depend on the season, but she is a very big fan of layers. She loves sweaters and jeans, and has an interest in knit clothing and hats. She has countless old, worn shoes and boots, and can often be found wearing an old, ratty sweatshirt in the warmer months.

Old scars dot her arms and legs from past fights with her family and the public of Verona. She has a variety of cigar burn-marks on her back, and quite a few old, self-inflicted lines on her thighs. Both of her ears are pierced on the lobes, and she has an old lip piercing that has finally begun to close up. No tattoos.

✔ Freedom
✔ Winter time - especially when it snows
✔ Reading and writing, she's a human dictionary!
✔ Attention
✔ Crowds - The more people around the easiest it is to slip away
✔ Money
✔ Partying
✔ Graffiti art - both viewing and doing
✘ Drugs and drug users
✘ Bullies
✘ Authority in general
✘ Her parents
✘ Being tied down
✘ Being ignored
✘ Cats
✘ Detention centers

Writing || Petty Theft || Graffiti Art

Tapping foot when nervous || Playing with her hair || Picking at scabs

☠ Being completely forgotten or ignored.
☠ Being abandoned.
☠ Ending up like her parents.
☠ Cats, mostly due to a childhood accident.

Scout is a girl who was once innocent, pure and good. A girl tainted by her family and general bad luck, who eventually bloomed into the rotten apple she is today. In public, she is loud and rebellious, doing stupid acts with friends in order to gain some kind of reaction from the people of Verona, but most of the time her pranks fall flat and she is left feeling ignored and stupid. She is a girl of many lawless skills, including pick-pocketing and shoplifting. Though she is rarely caught, most know of her devilish act and try their best to avoid her, but due to her overall lack of presence Scout is hard to detect until it is too late. Thanks to her father's exploits of her "income" Scout has developed a selfish streak, and has difficulty sharing even with close friends. She is extremely frugal in this sense as well, and rarely spends her money unless she really needs to.

Scout, in general, is a laid-back, calm girl. She takes life slowly, appreciating each moment she can, all while watching the busy people around her scurry around hopelessly. Scout often finds herself unable to relate to others, and as such she has trouble truly connecting with others and making friends. Those few friends she does have, though, are extremely cherished and held close. Scout loves people, maybe even to a fault, and tries her best to make and keep friends whenever she can (IF she can). To her loved ones she is loyal and protective, often throwing herself in the way of danger if it were to protect someone she cares about. Scout's overall cynicism and general outward appearance seem to end up chasing most friends away, however, and due to this she is currently trying to better herself.

On the streets Scout is smart, and always tries to stay one step ahead of those around her. She knows Verona like the back of her hand, and her observant nature grants her the power of knowing about almost everyone who crosses her path (it is a small town, after all). Though she tries her bets to appear grinning and cheerful at all times, Scout is truly hurt from her family life and craves attention like it was a past addiction. She realizes her habits are wrong, but her ideology is usually "it's too late to change now", and with that thought in mind she will continue to wander through her life like a bandit, stealing for food and fighting for sport.

Born in Seattle, Washington, the Presley family moved up to Verona when Scout was a mere toddler. By then the family was relatively happy, no pain had claimed their lives yet. Charles was a hard-working sales man, and Jen worked from home most of the time while caring for Scout. This kind of life remained for a good six years, and then everything took a turn for the worst. Charles, after the death of his mother, turned to booze and girls to cure his wounds, and Jennifer only found out about her husband's dishonesty a year later. By then the wounds were made, and Jen turned back to the drugs she had left behind years ago to curb her rage. Scout was left awash within the turmoil of her house, only seven at the time, and very soon the young girl turned towards the streets of Verona for peace and quiet.

Scout became some what of a street rat at about the age of ten, joining in with all the "bad kids" from school as a way to keep herself from coming home too soon. She made her first tag at about eleven, and began pick-pocketing a few months later due to some peer influence. Though the police caught her the first dozen times she stole, Scout started to train herself to outrun or fight those she considered a threat to her freedom. As the young girl grew within the small town of Verona, her reputation did as well, and she eventually became a known delinquent to the store owners and families of Verona.

At the age of sixteen Scout tries her best to cut all ties from her family without leaving the apartment, opting to bar off her room rather than simply move out. The two dead-beats didn't seem to notice or care, however, and very soon her thirst for attention and praise began to stir.

Yesterday's eclipse had left her with an awful migraine, and with no knowledge of her powers, she continues on with her every day life as if nothing were wrong.

Scout's parents are general low-lives, and are well known around town for their unhealthy tendencies. The family of three live in an apartment above an old antique store which is owned by a close family friend. Scout herself has completely barred her parents from her room by pushing a dresser in front of the door, and she rarely enters the rest of her home due to her great disdain for the two. Her generally entry point is through the fire escape, and though she tries to act civil with her folks they simply ignore her, as if she didn't exist.

- Jennifer Hudger Presley (Mother, 46) is a relapsing drug-addict and workaholic who is barely home, as she spends most of her days either working in her dull office job in the center of town or shooting up with the local addicts in the park. Jen rarely looks her daughter in the eyes now a days, and has just opted to ignoring her as a way of coping with the fact that her daughter might end up like her.

- Charles Kyle Presley (Father, 52) is a dead-beat, abusive father who relies solely on his wife's income and his daughter's thefts. He is an alcoholic, lazy old man with a tendency for sleeping all day and night. He too has been ignoring Scout for a few years now, only speaking directly to her when in need of cash or something he is too lazy to receive.

- Ella Kims (Family Friend, 47) is the owner of the antique shop below the apartment and a close friend of Jen, though they have recently had a falling out due to the relapse. She treats Scout like her own daughter at times and seems to be the only one that Scout actually reaches out to in times of dire stress. Ella is a hard working and eccentric woman, with a harsh tongue and mischievous eyes. She is one of the only reasons why Scout is attending school.

Force-Field Generation and Manipulation

The ability to project powerful fields of manipulated energy.

After the odd eclipse, Scout gained the ability to form and manipulate force fields. With this power, she will be able to create shields to defend herself and her friends from any danger that comes there way. Though she is unskilled now, Scout will soon be able to move the shields around and strengthen them in both size and power. The fields themselves work as a solid type of matter on both sides, and appear as a pale, translucent blue sheen across the air. While Scout will usually spawn a mere wall across an open area, if she so happened to form a closed bubble or cube then those within will have a few moments of breathable air as the force fields are all airtight. They are mostly used to absorb and deflect attacks, but after training/getting used to her abilities Scout will also be able to use it offensively by forming fields around her fists and using them as an added weight to her punches.

- Concentration is required. Even if a shield is spawned by mere stress, it will fade within a few moments if Scout does not focus all her energy into it.
- If Scout is distracted or under intense stress she may be unable to throw up a field, or she may even trap herself in one until she calms down.
- Due to her being a new field-maker, her shields are weak and can be broken with enough force. Five-six shots from a police pistol could knock down a medium sized.
- If she over uses her power she gets intense migraines and bodily pains.
- As a result of her using her powers, Scout's skin is unusually charged and most who touch her get a small shock.
- Shields are airtight when enclosed and those within have a limited amount of oxygen within the bubble.

Richard Shannon King

Most call him King, though he'll go by anything other than Shannon.

07/23/97

18

Male

Bisexual

Handsome parents bear handsome children. King is attractive, and he is fully aware of this. Darling features, sweet and curling with mischief, set deep against his English-white skin, and wild blonde hair is usually swept up with impatient hands. He is lean and tall, the

King has a scar running up his left bicep, and his left ear is pierced. He rarely talks about his scar, and if pointed out he will quickly change topics or tell a blatant lie. His lower back and thighs are often covered in odd bruises and cuts, and if seen he simply says they were injuries from fights.

✔Nature
✔Music, especially rock, rap, and indie
✔Competition in all aspects
✔Partying
✔Flirting, he's a master of the art
✔Alcohol and smoking (without mummy's permission)
✔Animals, dogs especially
✘Crowds
✘Complete darkness
✘Losing
✘Showing intense emotions
✘Wishy-washy people
✘Thunder storms, especially when the power goes out
✘His parents

♞ Flirting. King is a master of making people fall for him, or, that's what he claims at least.
♞ Playing and writing music. He plays guitar, harp, and bass.
♞ Soccer. His parents signed him up years ago and he hasn't quit since.
♞ Flower stamping. It's his guilty pleasure.

♞ Biting his lip to the point of breaking skin.
♞ Picking fights, even if he isn't trying to.
♞ Tapping his foot, especially when writing music.

☠Thunder storms. They're much too loud and powerful.
☠All things that are creepy crawlers, especially spiders.
☠His parents. They're strict and could tear him apart easily.

King is as cliched as bullies come at first glance. Known to be an aggressive, beer-fueled and attention-seeking machine, he often struts around the streets of Verona with a face that just seems to scream "asshole". He is a shameless flirt, one who finds joy in seeing others squirm in pleasure, and due to this practice he has become a rather gifted communicator. Before receiving his gift, King considered himself to be bad at reading people. He never really got emotions, whether they were his own or someone else's, and due to this he often failed at taking others into consideration. King is honest to a fault and blunt as hell, especially when speaking to someone he loathes, though his rude (and often exaggerated) remarks are toned down in the presence of friends. He is needlessly spiteful, and can hold a grudge to the end of time if he so wishes. This trait was adopted by his pig-headed father, who is also the source of King's most deep rooted insecurities and fears.

Though King tries his best to appear strong and in control at all times, he is quite easily broken down by mentions of his home life or his hidden fears. King tries his best to bottle up him emotions, thinking that he'd be stronger if he showed nothing but a cocky smile and stormy eyes, but in the end he simply causes himself great mental strain. When in social situations, King tries his best to appear charismatic, though he often comes out sounding like a douche. The reason for this is because he strives to be seen and heard, even if he is viewed as a bad guy. He likes having eyes on him, and he'd do anything to not be forgotten. His home life has really shaped his personality in ways he may never change.

When it comes to smarts, King is surprisingly cunning in his own way. He has a sly way of thinking and often devises cruel or unusual plans in an effort to gain things he would want. Though he is considered a jock due to his love of soccer, King likes to think of himself more of a genuine planner and musician. He always takes a step back to think of a way around an issue, and he will never jump head first into a conflict unless he is truly angered. Though he often puts on a cool-guy act around acquaintances, King is much more lax and comfortable with his close friends. He cherishes those who look out for him above all else, and would gladly take a bullet for his dear friends if need be.Thanks to his new found abilities, he has been much more open about his feelings, though this has both good and bad consequences. While he has become much closer to those around him, he has also grown into a cynical, anxious person, one who often looks at a person's feelings before their true selves. Due to his original apathetic nature he is easily susceptible to other's emotions now, which causes a variety of mood swings if he is unable to block them out in time.

Other than that, King is a boozer and a shameless narcissist. He isn't afraid to compliment himself, and he often fixes his appearance in any reflective surface available. He has a soft spot for dogs and small children, and he is kind of an idiot when it comes to math and science.

Verona has always been King's home. His family had been very influential to the town's history despite hailing from across the sea, and even now his mother holds the position of mayor. Within this tiny town of course, is King's marble (well, brick) palace. The only issue within that big house of his would be his parents. Victoria and Henry King. Even at a young age they governed his life, told him what to do and what not to do. They were overbearing, but not in a loving way. Richard was forced into about five different sports by the time he was ten, and at least twelve hobbies filled his room with things he could care less for.

Basically, Richard was spoiled to the point of no return, and in turn forced to follow his parents' every whim. Even if he tried to talk back to them or say no, he would gifted with blatant abuse. Belts whipping across his back and arms, leaving him battered and bruised, but he merely thought of it as a just punishment. This, and of course his "need" to please his parents, was what drove him to reach for things that would otherwise be banned for him in his house, and this was also the cause of his intense need to win. His parents would never value him if he lost. No one would, right?

The King family lives in one of the bigger estates in the nicer side of Verona. Four cars line the driveway most of the days, and a large Rottweiler can often be seen prowling across the premise or barking from one of the big windows. King spends most of his days in his room or wandering around the lower floors, preparing for a party or a big game.

- Victoria Marie King (Mother, 43) is a well-known figure head in the Verona community. Why is she so well-known? Well, she's the mayor! Despite her generous and kind public appearance, Victoria is a rather emotionally-abusive mother to her son, and she will often put him down for doing the slightest thing wrong. Though she has never physically hurt him like King's father had, Victoria's words are venomous enough to form deep wounds into Richard's psyche. However, she often holds Henry back when things are getting particularly bad, and she will at times act as motherly as she can if Richard looks horribly down. In the end, she thinks her words will help Richard get strong and will help him stop his teenage-delinquent actions. Seemingly, she doesn't seem to be aware of how hurtful her words can be, but looking passed this clueless, abusive nature can reveal a trying mother with a wish to see her son grow up strong.

- Henry Richard King (Father, 49) is the head of the King family and works as an at home translator and writer. He has written a few well-known novels, mostly romances and mystery books, and spends most of his days in his office or with his wife. While in public he seems charismatic and kind, behind the scenes he is a man with a no anger management and an intense vendetta against his son. He at times gets so angry that he turns to violence, which explains the occasional bruises seen on Richard's back and the scar of his arm.

- Marie Rose King (Sister, 14) is Richard's favorite family member. Marie is a doting girl who knows how to stay out of her parents' way and she seems to adore her older brother. Richard spoils her like a princess, and would protect her with his life, though at times the two can get into bad fights. She is a rather smart, sweet girl and knows exactly how to avoid her vicious parents, unlike Richard.

- Knight (Rottweiler) is Richard's best friend next to Malcolm. The Rottweiler had been adopted about six years prior and has been the King family's protector and loving pet for tose years since. Luckily Henry seems to enjoy the dog's presence, and as such he has not ended up like Richards... Past pets.

Empathy

The ability to feel and manipulate others' emotions.

King is able to feel the emotions of other people. While this may be plenty useful later on, to the apathetic King it is anything but good. The emotions come to him in heavy waves and he at times has trouble controlling them. Likewise, if he were able to feel an emotion strongly enough, there is a possibility that he can effect others to feel the same thing he does, I.E. if King is full of rage someone nearby may become inexplicably angry. Being able to sense emotions may seem useless in a fight, but in reality it makes King a great (and slightly unstable) negotiator, who is able to sense someone's inner turmoil and use it against them if at all necessary. Though he is only able to sense and pass on his own emotions currently, eventuality King will be able to slightly alter the emotions of others. While it might not act as complete persuasion, enough sadness or anger could seriously falter someone's mental process in the end.

- Unable to control the intake or out tput of emotions.
- Often useless in fights in the beginning.
- Experiences intense headaches after using power.
- Unable to handle too many emotions, I.E he is unable to stand in a large crowd without breaking down.
- May accidentally act on his (or others') emotions.

Nina Jelen

None.

October 15, 1997.

17 going on 18

Female

Pansexual

Standing at five foot four, Nina doesn’t tend to stand out amongst a crowd of her peers. She has brown/auburn hair, which reaches to her mid back and is usually loosely braided. She tends to wear a lot of dark eyeliner, liking the smoky eye effect it gives. She is never seen without her red leather jacket, which she wears over all her clothing. Tends to like wearing darker colors, feeling comfortable blending into the shadows than standing out. She is rather thin, with a cheerleader sort of build, but was more into gymnastics as a child, giving her the lithe figure she has now as a young woman. She has a handmade friendship bracelet that she always wears on her left wrist. It was a gift from Tessa, one of her oldest friends that isn't related to her.

Two piercings in each of her earlobes. As well as a small tattoo along her spine, in the middle of her shoulder blades. Small red star.
Also has a small scar on her right hand from a childhood incident involving a knife.

✔Her red leather jacket
✔Her brother
✔Motorcycles (Really wants a Ninja Motorcycle.)
✔Heavy Metal/ Symphonic Metal
✔Cats
✔Cheese Pizza
✔Gymnastics
✔ Boys and Girls
✘School
✘How much her father works
✘People that make fun of her or her brother
✘Being poor
✘Her part-time job.
✘The snobby cheerleaders at school.
✘Mushrooms. (Shared with her twin.)
✘Coffee

Reading, practicing her (somewhat rusty) gymnastics, cooking.

Tugging at her piercings when nervous, hiding behind her brother when uncomfortable, kicking at the ground at random.

☠Losing her brother, never getting out of Verona, and giving birth.

Nina has always been the rather quiet child most of her life, preferring to keep behind her brother, and let him do most of the talking. It was found out quickly that she could speak her mind, having a quick tongue. (Possibly from her mother, as her father once told her.) She was quite good at making quick strikes with her words. However, she was very loyal to her friends and family, and would never tolerate an unkind word against them. Her best friend in the world is still her twin brother, Petyr.

She became a bit of an athlete as a child, getting into gymnastics at the local YMCA. She could never afford to go very far with those athletic pursuits, but continued to learn and practice where she could. She was very disappointed that the local high school had no gymnastics team, and when she tried out for Cheerleaders they sneered at her for her ‘outlandish’ style. This caused her to withdraw more, avoiding the party scene at school.

Nina’s story starts right at her birth. As her mother was giving birth to Nina and Petyr complications arose with the birth. The twins were born healthy, but their mother gave her life on the table, leaving the twins alone in the world with only each other and their father, Silvester. Silvester, not sure how to handle the children, and also due to the needs of raising two children, ended up working many hours as a lumberjack in Verona. This caused the twins to become reliant on each other, since they were mostly home alone most of the time. They both stepped up, learning how to take care of the house, and various chores. Nina discovered a love of cooking at young age, and took over those duties as they grew.

However, without a mother, Nina never really gained what one would call ‘womanly instincts.’ She had to learn much about growing up as a girl from either books, the internet or her best friends Tess and Jan's mother, Mrs. Gray. Her brother tried to help where he could, but there were areas they were both ignorant in.

At about age seven, she started learning gymnastics at the local YMCA, and made some friends that way. However, as she got older, and the money got tighter in the family, she had to give up the sport, and resorted to practicing at home alone. She grew more introverted, and angry. However, it wasn’t at any one in particular, just more the world. For taking away her mother. For leaving her feeling awkward all the time. For leaving her without many friends.

At fifteen, when they legally could, both she and her brother got part-time jobs working at the local coffee shop. After doing that for almost three years, she pretty much hates coffee in all shape and form at this point. However, it pays well, and at this point since she has been there three years, she gets tipped well by regulars. However, her dream is to go off to college somewhere better, and is working her butt off on trying to get scholarships to any college she can. However, she is unsure of what her brother wants, and would not so easily abandon him.

At fifteen Nina figured out that she liked people, and wasn’t limited to what was just in their pants. However, she keeps herself in the closet for now, not sure how her father or brother would respond. She is sure that Petyr would support her, but she still is a bit scare of how everyone in their small town would react.

Recently has been on no speaking terms with one of her friends, Tessa. After Janice was killed, Tessa started pulling away, and since a recent incident that happened before summer began, Tess has been seemingly ignoring the twins, and Nina's texts.

Silvester Jelen, Father. Age 47. Silvester raised his son and daughter the best he could on his own, however his work schedule was rather demanding and left the twins alone quite often. Nina does not see herself all that close to her father, but still loves him and would do anything for him.

Petyr Jelen, brother. Age 17. Nina’s best friend, and constant companion. They were born only seven minutes apart, but have not really separated from one another for very long. They always have each other’s backs, even if there are secrets they keep from each other. (Nina keeps her tattoo and love of girls quiet for now.)

Pyrokinesis

The ability to manipulate/ control fire. However, she can not set fires herself, just manipulate fire once it exists.

Nina can manipulate and control any fire that already exists. She can use this to help make a fire grow, move, or put it out if she so wanted. She can also make fire take any shape she wants, like a small flower, or a large dragon. However, trying to make a dragon larger than herself would go out of control quickly and make for a lot of wildfires.

If the fire is bigger than the size a fire in the fireplace, it can get out of her control easily. Prolonged use of her powers can result in nosebleeds and blackouts. (Sustained use over a period of a half-hour or more.)

Jade Taylor

Tay, J

December 2nd

16

Female

Still trying things out

All her life, Jade has always gotten compliments about her appearance. As a kid, she was told by her uncle’s “colleagues” that she was going to be a heartbreaker one day. As creepy as that was at the time, Jade didn’t know how right they were until she became a real heartbreaker. Be it her slim figure and tasteful bust or the long blonde hair(people love blondes, apparently), she turned a considerably amount of heads(some guys, some girls) as soon she came into her own(when her boobs came in). At the time, Jade didn’t know she would have that kind of hold on people. She was only thirteen at the time and she hadn’t grown into her body yet. However, once she reached a lovely height of sixty-eight inches, she became a literal blonde bombshell with quite the edge. Though, she does invoke some kind of sweetness with her greenish-blue eyes. They are further enhanced by the large amount of black eyeshadow she puts on every morning.

Heavily influenced by her Uncle Charlie and her love for the 60s,70s, and 80s, Jade embraces it to the fullest. Some may call her a rocker chick and some may call her a bad girl slut. Regardless of what they do call her, she isn’t afraid to flaunt what the good lord gave her(or in this case, Luci herself). She chooses to wear revealing clothing because it makes her feel sexy. No, it’s not that she’s an attention-whore(she is, but that’s not the reason). She wears it because it makes her feel good. When she feels good, everyone else will by extension. Most of her clothing, while mostly revealing, is almost always black and made of some kind of leather. It’s either mixed with wool and leather or pure leather itself. She fancies black because it’s part of her style. Though, that’s not the only color she wears. She has been known to wear white and red. Sometimes, you might even catch her in some kind of tie-dye shirts. However, that’s probably not going to happen often.

She has several pants of red and black, shirts of several bands, bras that are usually black and red, shoes, heels, boots, and socks that can range from heel height to her mid-thigh. She also has dresses, but they are a bit skin-tight. Some are black, some are red, some are white, and some are a mix of all three colors. There are also some that have wild cat prints, like leopards, lions, cheetahs, tigers, and much more. Some are low-cut and some are strapless. There are also some dresses that stop high-thigh. Most of her dresses are what prostitutes wear on the street — and Jade loves every one of them. Accessory-wise, Jade has several bracelets that are multi-colored and some that have spikes on them. J

Despite her age, Jade has a few tattoos and piercing. She has a tattoo of the pentagram on her right shoulder. She also has a tattoo of a black cross on her back, and one of her uncle’s birthday(6/6/82) on her inner-left wrist. She got them while in jail. As far as piercing go, Jade has a few on both of her ears, one on her lip and nose, one on both of her tits, and belly button. She often decorates them with black or red pieces of jewelry.

Jade has a bad reputation of getting into trouble. The whole town of Verona knows this. She just can‘t help it. The enticing nature of the opposite end of the law(or lack thereof) has always been where Jade found the most fun. Whether it‘s going to places where she knew she shouldn‘t go, like an adult club with a fake ID or simply causing some mayhem for the law enforcement. Wherever her desires lead her, Jade doesn‘t like to be a nice girl. She just doesn‘t know how to do that. She just doesn‘t get into trouble with the law enforcement. Jade has gotten into some trouble with parents of certain boys, wives of older men, girlfriends, fiancés because she has a tendency to go after men of any age. Jade is a trouble-maker through and through.

Added to her trouble-making and flirtatious ways, Jade also doesn’t have a filter for her mouth. She’ll say what she’s thinking at the moment that the thought enters her mind. Be it from her upbringing or simply her give-no-fucks attitude, Jade doesn’t really care about the personal feelings of others. She’ll say whatever she wants. That sometimes can be a good trait to have, but for Jade being the way that she is, it’s quite the opposite. When she’s speaking her mind about/towards someone, she is so brutally honest that it doesn’t really come off as being honest. It sounds like she’s ripping into them in a mean way. She doesn’t mean to(somewhat), but it always comes off that way and that’s simply something that Jade can’t control most of the time.

Jade is all about living for the moment. To hell with what will happen afterwards. She wants to enjoy the moment and for all that it has to offer. This is especially true when her and the group of friends she hangs out with do. They go on adventures. They laugh about it and just have a good time. Sometimes it involves some not-so-legal stuff and sometimes it’s just having a night on the town. Whatever it may be, Jade lives for it to the maximum.

Taking all of the aforementioned qualities aside, Jade has a soft spot in there. Underneath it all, Jade is a sweet soul. She may not show it most of the time, but it’s there. It shows when she’s singing. She has a passion for music and it’s the only thing about her that she doesn’t let most of everyone know about. It’s pretty much something that she has that she can call her own. Added to that, she has a deep protective instinct to those that she holds close to her. She will do anything for them. She loves them dear.

Jade was born and raised in Verona, Washington and she was a healthy baby. Unfortunately, that’s where her life took a deep dive downward.

About a couple of years into her life, barely old enough to know what was happening, Jade’s parents left her. There was no warning at all. All they did was leave her with her with her Uncle Charlie, whom of which wasn’t really the type to take on a parental role. However, he had no choice. His brother and sister-in-law left without time to explain why. Let’s face it, though; there’s not a valid and reasonable excuse to leave your infant child with a less-than ideal uncle. Jade’s Uncle Charlie was — and still is today — a motorcycle gang member. Despite that, he didn’t abandon Jade. He was the only person left in Verona that would give a shit about her.

And so began her life as the niece of a motorcycle gang member. Surprisingly, it was a decent life. Charlie came to be rather wealthy — well, not millionaire wealthy, but comfortable enough to buy a house. Sometime along her later childhood years, Jade came to know about what her Uncle Charlie did for a living and she didn’t really care. To her, he was dad. It didn’t matter what he did for a living and it didn’t matter how he got money. As long as he didn’t die, Jade considered it a successful career.

As she progressed into her teen years, Charlie became less present in Jade’s life. His recent promotion as the leader of the Vices of Verona made it as such. As a result, Jade began to form ties to the “bad” teens of Verona. These kids engaged in vandelism, drugs, sex, and of course, they listened to rock and roll. Having been raised by a biker, Jade pretty much felt homey with these types of kids. That wasn’t the extent of it, though. Jade often went after older men(from the ages of 19 to 34) — and this was before she hit sixteen.

Though Charlie was aware of what was happening and he tried to get through to her, he just couldn’t. It took a reality call by getting arrested for vandalism and destruction of property for Jade to get the message. She got six months in the County Jail. Sure Charlie could have pulled some strings to get her out, but he felt that this was the only way that she could come back to her old self, or at least calm down a bit. And it worked. When she got out(one month ago), Jade seemed to be less than what she was.

Until she wasn’t.

Just a week ago, Jade seemed to be back to her old tricks and then some. Guess a tiger can’t change its spots, now can it?

Jade lives with her Uncle Charlie in their little red, brick house. It may not look like much, but inside it’s surprisingly spacious. Definitely not bad for a house that was bought illegally. They live in one of the bad parts of Verona. It’s not necessarily the parts where all of the criminals hang out, but close enough. Granted, that’s where you’ll probably find Jade.

Charlie Jackson Taylor | 33 | Uncle | President of the Vices of Verona Motorcycle Gang
Having raised her since she was an infant, Charlie cares for Jade quite a bit. Even though his more recent responsibilities with the Vices has made him less present in her life, he still loves her a great deal. He wants her to be happy, but more importantly, safe. The two of them, even though not as much as before, are really close. They share a love for motorcycles, rock music, and smoking, which is what they would be caught talking about, sometimes hours on end.

Charlie has a strong presence within Verona, Washington. The Vices of Verona have been tied to many high-profile crime such as Drug Trafficking, Murder, Bribery, and Prostitution. More recently, however, they have been tied to the murder of a president of a rival gang, The Verona Sons. It is still all just speculation and theorizing by the Verona Police Department, but people say that Charlie was the one that did the hit.

Magma Manipulation

Jade has the ability to manipulate the molten rock beneath the Earth‘s surface.

Gerard Jones West

People either call him by his first or last name, sometimes 'Gest' which slightly irks him.

January 3rd 1998

17

Male

Heterosexual

One of the most notable feature of Gerard is his eyes, a stark sky blue that seems to pierce right through you. He stands at a little bit above average height with dark brown hair that can be seen in light. A lazy and bored look always seems present with his face as he nothing really ever happens in Verona, much to his dismay.

One of the most constant things about his clothing is his dark shaded beanie, he always seems to bring it whenever possible. Otherwise he just usually wears a jacket with a white inside topped with dark blue jeans.

Just wears some normal clip-like earings on both sides of his ears.

Astronomy - Star watching
Tree Climbing, taking in the surrounding environment
Martial Arts - Interesting, for him

Fixing his clothing whenever he thinks deeply
Yawning unintentionally when something bores him
Scratching the back of his neck whenever nervous

His shiftless and lazy attitude comes from the boring, everday life in Verona. But whenever something piques his interests and curiousity, little cans top him from sating said curiousity and will rush headlong into whatever- be it dangerous or not. Despite this, whenever he does get close to someone- he tends to and tease them to gauge a reaction- it's his way to show affection.

Known, or atleast competing, for the laziest title in Town, he has no qualms with the authorities unlike his peers, unless they go against what he wants to know to sate his curiousity. His tongue is also sharp, saying what he thinks at the moment and rarely holding back unless the situation calls for it. Usually out of curiousity or again, gauging their reactions.

While being lazy, he doesn't get behind his studies and tends to get to it. He also loves to stargaze, as it instills a sense of serenity and peace whenever he does it- getting fairly annoyed whenever someone disturbs this stillness. He is also fairly fit, being in martial arts for a few years- switching between a few every so often but mainly just Aikido. There's enough muggers and the like in Verona that he has to do it, and he has no qualms with it either.

Born to rather normal parents, James and Samantha West, in Verona. His upbringing was rather odd, his parents let him do whatever he wished as they were both out most of the time to earn a living as they weren't the wealthiest in town. This caused him to develop a self-dependent attitude, cooking, cleaning and the like all by himself, nurturing a bored outlook on life. Most of the time he would be out and about, looking for things that would relieve him of his boredom.

He didn't fully hate Verona, neither did he like it, the town was boring for his taste but a few interesting things did happen here and there that sated it enough once in a while. For example the whole murder debacle, Gerard was luckily not one of the victims, neither his parents. His life in Verona was uneventful unlike his peers who usually got into trouble, incarcerated or something else. He wasn't really into destroying his innards with booze or drugs, and he never really sought out trouble, only seeking out things that piqued his interests, which probably made him one of the most 'normal' if you could say that.

Well, that is, until time froze around him while he was cascading through the woods, all the animals, falling leaves and even the light just... halted.

Almost everyone in town knew each other, this was the case for the West family, they are known as the rather mundane and down-to-earth kind of people. Which bored Gerard even further. The house was white and blue and stood on dirt, a fine garden grew by Gerard's mothers, which he sometimes tends to.

James West; Father; Age 42;
A fine accountant that demands him to be out the whole day to earn his wages for the family, usually a jokester when interacting with his family and likes to prank them. Not as strict as his wife, he lets Gerard go out and do whateevr as long as he's safe. Gerard is rather close to James moreso than his mother.

Samantha West; Mother; Age 35;
A strict, uncompromising teacher. Her students had caused her to grow this attitude, and Gerard sometimes wonders how she and his fun loving father ever got along. Tries to be sweet and caring to Gerard but sometimes cannot show it. Gerard is close to his mother, but not as close as he is to his father.

Chronokinesis, Time manipulation

Gerard has to manipulate time, though to a lesser degree as he's just beginning to grasp his power.

His powers are activated by a finger snap.

Reverb; If he focuses/concentrates on, let's say, a broken jug, and thinks of when it wasn't broken, the jug would be then 'fixed' or altered back to it's original condition before it was broken.

Time stop; For a short amount of time, around ten or so seconds, time will halt. Whoever Gerard touches in this timespan will also be able to move while everything is frozen in place.

Continued usage of his powers damages his health greatly, reuse of Reverb grants him migraines so he set a limit on how much he should do per day.

Time stop also, as powerful as it is, if used for more than ten seconds he will begin to start feeling heavy pressure in his head and in a matter of seconds have a blackout. After usage of time stop in less than ten seconds, he experiences fatigue and a splitting headache for a few hours and an occasional nosebleed.

There's a limited range in which, where Gerard is the center of his powers, spanning about half a yard. For reverb to work, he has to be next to the item.

Tessa Lynn Gray

T - Refuses to respond to it, she was given it by her twin sister.
Tess, Nina and Petyr started calling her this, she will answer to it but prefers Tessa.

January, 9th 1998

17

Female

Not sure

Tessa dyed her hair red, her mother was pissed. Honestly most things Tessa does these days pisses of her mother. The only thing they've agreed on is her hair length. She wears tons of little bracelets that she has made, some are old enough to have been made by Janice.

When it comes to clothing, Tessa likes comfy clothes with band names and jeans. She loves boots, and owns several different pairs ranging from the Uggs she and Janice bought matching pairs of, to a nice pair of Doc Martins she wears the most. She rarely wears a jacket or sweater, but always wears pants or long shorts.

Tessa tends to have paint stains on her jeans or shirt, and almost always has saw dust in her hair. This combination leads to her smelling of paint, turpentine and wood.

Scars: One big one on her right knee from a biking accident. Several on her thighs from cutting.
Tattoos: none. though she tends to draw her sister's name in sharpy on wrist
Piercings: Just one for each ear. Her mother won't allow any others

✔Watching the sun rise
✔Climbing trees
✔Reading obscure tidbits of information
✔Cats and Dogs
✔Playing guitar
✔Coffee and tea
✔Astrology and astronomy (she's got a few books on it)

✘Talking about her sister
✘Cooking
✘"crafts" Or people calling what she does "crafts"
✘People asking her what she wants to do when she grows up
✘Social Media
✘Soccer (It was her sister's thing)
✘Being alone

Drawing, building things with wood, playing guitar, painting

Taps her fingers counting to calm down. Pulls at the chain of her necklace. Reading the last message her sister sent her before she died, "Be there in five"

☠Dying alone
☠Closed spaces
☠Loosing her necklace

Tessa suffers from survivor's guilt. She blames herself for her sister's death. To Tessa, Janice was the epitome of perfection. A person she could never live up to the memory of and it drives her mad. Tessa is persistent when she decides to do something though.

Tessa had an easy early youth. Her family is semi-religious, her mother more so in the more recent years. Her and Janice were inseparable until they got into middle school. Things started to change. Janice who was more easy going made friends and became involved in sports, something Tessa was no good at. Tessa watched, and cheered on her sister as she became as famous as one can in their small town for soccer.

Then Janice died, murdered by the towns famous serial killer. Tessa's life fell apart. For a while it was nothing more than therapists and court rooms. She retreated and when she found her footing again, only very recently, she feared all those she had grown up and cared with were gone and didn't care about her anymore.

After her father moved out Tessa took over his workshop and uses it for all of her art stuff. Her mother doesn't usually bother her in there, but if she needs to she will. Her grandmother on the other hand has no such respect and if she needs something as simple as a glass of water she'll bother Tessa for it rather than get it herself. Gran believes Tessa is too introverted and is on a dangerous path that will lead to her suicide.

Tessa lives with her mother. After Janice died their parents divorced and her father moved out of the state. Tessa's paternal Grandmother lives down the street and spends most of her day time hours at their house. When Tessa wants to hide from it all she goes into her grandmother's attic.

Her mother's side is the Teddis Family, shared with Grant Wells. Her mother is 38 years old a full ten years younger than Amy Wells. Tessa enjoys having cousins, but she prefers spending family time with them at the Teddis house instead of at the Wells house.

Forgetful presence

People have a tendency to forget Tessa is in their presence

She can be in a room and people will basically ignore her if she so desires, this means she's basically invisible.

Doesn't work on cameras. She has to be focusing intensely on it, if something breaks her concentration she will be "seen" again.

Tessa was in her shop early in the morning after the night of the eclipse when her grandmother came in for one thing or another. At least she had warning with her high pitched calling. Tessa closed her eyes and just wished her grandmother wouldn't notice her, this was her normal response. When her grandmother stepped into the ship Tessa was ready to answer and do whatever it was her grandmother wanted her to, but her Gran didn't ask for anything. Instead she stood there for a moment and then walked out as if Tessa wasn't in the shop.

Everett Ulysses Wilcox

Everett's father Ulysses, had a wolf dog named Bandit who quickly formed a strong attachment to Everett. One was hardly seen without the other.

27th of June, 1997

18

Male

Heterosexual

Let's nasty with it.

Single? Feel free to Pm ideas

The Athlete

A ruggedly handsome face. Adorned with short dark hair and even darker eyes. His 5’11 frame is covered by a lean 200 pounds worth of muscle and organs. While heavy you would never expect it. Even upon close close inspection one would think he’d he was closer to 180 pounds. A lean athletic frame that is built more on running and endurance than it is through brute power.

Everett wears as simple of clothing as possible. Jeans, boots, and a t shirt. He understands place and time to look his best but he doesn't enjoy dressing up at all. Everett is not at all concerned with fashion, he makes just enough of an effort to be somewhat passable.

He has old University of Tennessee hat that has seen much better days. Its old, dirty and little ragged but he loves it dearly. If its not on his head or in his back pocket, something is very wrong.

✔Likes
✔Fighting.
✔Training.
✔Eating more than one person should.
✔Camping.
✔Being in the woods.
✔Shooting.
✔Riding his motorcycle.
✔ Playing any type of sports.

✘Dislikes.
✘Bullies
✘Ass monkeys that look down on people.
✘People feel the need to remind him he has an accent.
✘Being told to do anything rather than being asked.
✘Being confined.
✘People who need to be at the center of attention at all times.
✘ Social Media

Mix Martial Arts.
Singing almost decently.
Working on his motorcycle.
Hunting.
Working on cars and motorcycles.
Football

Drinking
Singing
Smoking
If he likes you, he has his own nickname for you.
Picking on or picking fights with bullies

☠ Being weak
☠ Not having any sort of control over his own life.
☠ The loss of his dog Dagnasty

Everett has a pretty obsessive personality. People are not often the subject of his obsessions but when something does. It's an itch he has to scratch. Fighting, Martial Arts and self defense has been the only constant thing he wants to keep learning about. A good example his obsession was a summer he read the complete works of Shakespeare. While he enjoyed it while it lasted he more than likely never revisit it.

While Everett is always willing to help people out but he has his limits. He will listen, console and give you a shoulder to cry on. All the while wearing a face that says I wanna be anywhere but here. Just because he willing too doesn't mean he wants to do it more than once. Once he has reached his limit, Everett will want nothing to do with the situation.

Intelligence is all relative. In Everett's case he is only as smart as he wants to be in any give subject. He's plenty smart enough to figure anything he wants to. The question is, does he really want too?

Overall Everett is a laid back, sweet person who wants to do the right thing and get along with everyone. His thoughts on right and wrong might be different but he really wants to do the right thing. As people get to know him they'll find a person that is slow to anger but will into rage when he gets there.

Nashville, Tennessee.

As a child, Everett's parents where hardly around. He was with Grandparents more often than not. His Grandparents were a different breed from a bygone era. They were old school rednecks who didn't have but worked for everything they had.

They ran a farm and as a child Everett was forced for tend the fields and tend the crops with them. Each and every day he was out there working as hard as he could.

The move to Washington wasn't as bad as it could have been. To more than a few he was some dumb hillbilly that was banging his cousins or whatever. Still even with that it wasn't as bad as if had moved to New York City.

He threw himself into sports as away of coping. He had always loved training and sparing but now he playes football. He excels at the game, playing a verity of positions in football and team captain.

His father and mother moved here to start a hunting lodge. Twenty miles outside of town, it was heaven on earth till the day came where they were both killed. It's long thought they were victims of the serial killer but it was never proven.

The lodge did wonderfully earning more money than most people thought possible. The city loved it as it helped with tourism coming in. While not rich the Wilcox family did pretty good for itself. With Everett and his Aunt Lou running it, it's only done better.

As a result of Everett's family dying, Aunt Lou came from Tennessee to watch over him and take care of the lodge. Everett and Aunt Lou have loving but combative relationship. Its uncommon to hear one threaten the other, it is an odd but deeply loving relationship.

Everett has a wolf dog hybrid. Its name is Leroy St. Germane Dagnasty or Dagnasty for short.

Dags is only three years old, yet he already very large. At five and half feet long and a 150 pounds, Dags is a beast of an animal. It's even more frightening to think he will only get bigger.

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None, both parents were killed.

Aunt Lou is not related to Everett. She's a very close family friend. Everett has always seen her as a motherly figure.

When there's decent weather or a wild hair hits.
BMW SR1000RR
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All other times.
1971 Dodge Little Red Express
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The ability to control light.

Everett can form and bend light to his will.

Light constructs
Everett has the ability form objects out of light. The exact limits of it are unknown but what he does know for a fact, is that the bigger the construct the more unstable it is. There is a massive hope that one done he will be able ride a mighty Unicorn named Rocinante

Light based attacks
Everett can use light form attacks of various shapes and/or intensities, either projected, used as a part of melee attacks

Darkness can cause withdrawal like effects. At first he'll just feel bad, but as time goes on he'll get worse. From just not feeling well to being lethargic to shivering and puking, if he goes more than a few days without sun light. Death is real possibility.

The strength of his powers and their ease of use is related to the amount of sun light. For example, on a cloudless summer day, he will be at his most powerful. But, by the same token, on a dark winters night with little too no light. He would be at his weakest. In that situation he might he able to use firelight or the like to keep him going, but he won't be anywhere near as effective.

Lights constructs and attack do require his up most attention. If he gets distracted his constructs will fade and his attacks could fade or worse, they could go haywire and destroy something or someone.

Alicia Marie Smith.

Most of her friends and family have called her that over the years and has gotten used to it, though she responds to either her full name or nickname.

September 29th, 1997

17

Female

Lesbian

Alicia stands at 5'6, she is a little bit on the short side, her hair is always well cared for, she has a very slender body nothing truly noticeable about her.. Alicia wears only a very small bit of makeup her clothing style in the summer she is usually seen in are simple tshirts, blouses, shorts or skirts she wears usually tennis shoes. During the colder months Alicia can usually be seen in a leather jacket, hoodie, sweatpants or long warm jeans.

A large scar going along her right arm, Alicia got it when she was five years old exploring the woods with some of her friends and her cousin, she slipped and fell, scraping her arm with a very sharp stick jutting out from the ground. There she had to go to the hospital and got stitches. Alicia also has her ears pierced, but no tattoos at all having a fear of needles.

What does your character like to do? At least three.

Plays with her hair, bites her nails when she is nervous, she also taps her foot when she gets impatient.

☠At least three fears.

Alicia is the oddball in her family, she is very energetic and playful and is sometimes a prankster jumping out from corners to scare either her friends or family. Though she doesn't do anything beyond that or anything that would actually hurt anyone. Alicia is a very loyal friend however and tries her best to try and cheer her friends up whenever they do need it. Alicia's true passion is anything to do with art weather its music, art, drawing or even costume making which are things she likes to do when shes relaxing and not doing homework, studying or hanging out with friends.

One nigAlicia's parents first met while they were in high school and they were high school sweethearts who were always together and got along with one another very nicely, they even went to the same college together Alicia's mother went for a teaching career, while her father studied to become a lawyer. When they both graduated college they both got married, Alicia's mother wanted to move to a small town thinking that it would be a perfect place to start a family which they moved to Verona Washington. Alicia's mother got a job at Lincoln Memorial High, while her father worked at a local law firm in town.

Two years later Alicia's mother was pregnant with her first child Anthony, and a year later Alicia was born growing up in such a small town Alicia had a close tight knit group of friends. As she got older she got more into video games as well as watching and drawing anime Alicia has gone to a few gaming conventions as well as anime ones. She never got into any sports really except for volley ball which is the only sport she will actually play anything else she will refuse to do anything else. When Alicia turned seventeen her brother Anthony moved out to head to college, the two of them talk almost daily the two of them are very close. When Alicia came out to her parents they both accepted her for who she is and was glad that they accepted her no matter what Alicia works part time at Simone's Coffee after school and on weekends.

Alicia can affect any matter that is magnetic (iron, nickel, cobalt and their alloys, manipulating and controlling them as they will and indirectly use them to manipulate other things.

Alicia can control any metal that has magnetic properties, she can attract metal objects as well as repel them without having to use her hands.

Alicia just discovered her ability, and can only use it on smaller objects anything that is heavier then fifty pounds it will take a toll on her body.

Immanuelle Moon Dutoit

The common nickname that everyone refers to her as is simply "Moon".

October 31, 1999.

17.

Female.

Demisexual. She does not experience sexual attraction unless she forms a extremely strong emotional or romantic connection with someone first. The gender of the person isn't too important, though she does have a preference for guys.

No, but she will be for the right person.

Single.

AB-.

Moon is a girl often described as "exotic looking", with big eyes and somewhat thick straight eyebrows. With a father whose White-Jewish and a mother whose Black-French, Moon came out with a creamy complexion, that adequately compliments her curly-wavy black hair, generally kept down or tied into a high ponytail. She has a cute button nose and kissable full lips. She doesn't have a grand bust, but her tush is visibly above average, but her overall frame is relatively thin, but not too thin. Standing at 5'5, she is known for having really great abs.

Generally speaking, Moon wears darker earthy tones like blacks, tans, and browns. She often wears mesh clothes, vintage wear, or crop-tops that show off her tight abs and belly button. Earthstones, hipster, and other old-fashion jewelry can generally be seen on her, such as a feather earring, a necklace of stones and old knick-knacks, or a bottle-cap ring. She often wears colourful bead strands in her hair also.

She has a weird birthmark on the back of her neck, a tattoo of the phases of the moon down her back, a dreamcatcher tattoo on the back of her leg, henna tattooing on her left hand, and a nose piercing.

✔ Graveyards and Haunted Houses
✔ Thrillers, Horror, Witchcraft, and Magic
✔ Dreamcatchers
✔ Tattoos and Piercings
✔ French Food
✔ The Moon, The Stars, and Fireflies
✔ The First Snow
✔ Music by Imogen Heap
✔ Photography
✘ Feeling of sand between her toes
✘ Sweets
✘ Meat
✘ Cockroaches
✘ Misogynist
✘ Religious Freaks
✘ Politics

When Moon gets anxious about something, she has a habit of tapping her toes. Sometimes she fiddles her pencil between her fingertips and is known for biting and chewing on her pens and pencils when she's deep in thought or hard at work.

☠Crossing Bridges.
☠Losing her two brothers.
☠Cockroaches.

One of her strongest qualities is that she is extremely patient. It's rare that she gets flustered by time. She has an uncanny ability and willingness to suppress restlessness or annoyance when confronted with delay and therefore, has no qualms about taking things slow and steady. Moon isn't often in a rush, and because of this trait, she has a high tolerance for typically intolerable people, behavior, and situations. This patient trait may also be the reason why she is distinctly mature, sensible, motherly, and careful over the well-being of others, often looking out for them like a mother or a big sister. Though she isn't one to perpetuate conflict, she will not shy away from it if it is necessary, even if a pacifistic route is her preference. She monitors over others with a watchful eye and keen intuition. She often uses motherly terms of endearment when addressing others like love, or dear, or sweetie.

She has very few fears of anyone or anything, this is why she enjoys things that are generally seen as strange, scary, or creepy, like visiting graveyards, exploring a haunted house, or exploring an abandoned building. She feels drawn to the unknown and the unusual. Some see her as mysterious because of her inexplicable spaciness or tendency to drift off to things most people would turn away from. She'll try anything once, twice if she had a good time. And she trusts herself -- always has, always will. She has a soothing vitality and her intuition is remarkable, radiant and alive. She isn't one to conform to the judgments of others. Nor does she get involved in things unless she genuinely wants to. She is unnaturally perceptive, though many believe her to be rather bizarre because of her distinctively cryptic social skills. Moon has many old-fashion, retro, and hippie-like proclivities, which also makes her a bit strange and enigmatic.

She doesn't like having to conform to gender norms or expectations of being a female. In her eyes, women can be just as capable as their male counterparts. Moon doesn't appreciate gender inequalities and has a distinct dislike for misogynistic behavior or people who underestimate her for being a woman. This makes her somewhat of a feminist activist(for lack of better term). She's the type to partake in a pacifistic protest, camp out in a tree to keep it from being cut down , or raise money to "save" an endangered species of dolphins. The fact that she is incredibly patient and emotionally aware of those around her makes her really good at giving advice. As mentioned, she has a mature and motherly air about her that makes her seem comforting and draws others to her, despite her oddness. Blowing on a wound or a kiss goodnight fits her bill. She is a hopeless romantic and loves anything that's passionate and sincere and romanticized. She takes a non-judgmental and sympathetic approach to things.

Emotionally sensitive, and compassionate, she is the type who marvels at fireflies, starry nights, and scenic views. Her belief is that "Women are just as capable as Men". Although sensitive, she is still a very independent and capable young lady. While she won't initially turn away the assistance of others, she has this prideful sense of self-sustaining herself and "get hands on and do it yourself". Moon doesn't like to have to rely on others, but she will cast aside her pride in order to find success in her task at hand. However, her biggest flaw is that she can be incredibly unforgiving. She can hold a grudge like no tomorrow. In these instances where someone ends up black-listed or has crossed her, they are treated as though they don't even exist. As a side note, most are very fond of her french accent.

Montpellier, France.

Moon was born and raised for most of her life in Montpellier, France. Her mom was exceptionally beautiful, but often considered mentally convoluted and greedy. Her family was poor, and her mother worked as a fortuneteller for a hotel in Paris, which didn't bring in much income. People actually sometimes believed her fortunes cause she was clever and had a way with words. On one particular occasion, Moon's mother met a rich man who came to her for a fortune and she seduced him and pretended to be in love with him. A year later, he became her step-father, and they gave birth to her half-younger brother. Moon's older brother had moved to America for college, funded by their stepfather.

After their mother died a few years later, the stepfather remained loyal to them and was a wonderful father-figure that her own biological dad had never been. For a better education, she, her younger brother, and her step-dad moved to a small-town called Verona, escaping the noisy and fast paced life in France. Unfortunately, her stepfather's job required him to return to France. In order for Moon and her younger brother to be able to remain in Verona, their older brother moved out of his college dorm and moved in with them, opting to take his college courses online. Their stepfather sends money to them on a monthly basis to support them so they can live together and remain in Verona to complete their education. Moon and her brothers speak French and retain their romantic French accents, though they also speak English as well.

The combined Dutoit and Vaudaveaux families had a particularly interesting background. Its your slightly drama-esque poor woman meets rich man type story, where ultimately, the poor family benefits from the rich family. Though seemingly materialistic on the surface, there is a respect and love between the two that most won't ever experience.

-Fleur Vaudaveaux nee Dutoit (Mother, Deceased at age 40)
-Dion-Pierre Dutoit (Biological Father, 47)
-Laurent Vaudaveaux( Stepfather, 51)
-Marin Vaudaveaux (Younger Half-Brother, 13)
-Randolph Dutoit (Older Brother, 25)

Flight Aura

The ability to create an aura that allows her to lift off the ground and fly.

Moon's ability allows her to create a colourful iridescent aura around herself, allowing her to lift off the ground and fly. She can also project and extend this aura around others in her vicinity, allowing her to levitate them or allowing them to fly along side her.

Her aura doesn't seem to have any effect on inanimate/non-living objects. The more people Moon is flying with, the more strain she feels. At the moment, the aura can only extend a short distance from her, so others must remain relatively close to her in mid-flight or they will fall.

Noah Alejandro de Santiago

Just 'Noah', thank you very much.

November 18th.

18.

Male.

Heterosexual.

Yes.

Single.

O-.

Noah has sometimes been described as having a defined, but slightly feminine face, often accentuated by his long wavy black hair that hangs well down his back. On some occasions he ties it into a half-ponytail. Because of his years of ballet training, he has a slim, but toned body that stands at about 5'10". He has a normal sized-nose, full red lips, icy brown eyes, and thick straight eyebrows that give his resting face a natural icyness and standoffish countenance. He is often thought of to be gay because of his slightly effeminate features, many actually considering him to be pretty.

He often dresses in business casual attire or more elegant forms of clothes. Noah generally wears things like black turtlenecks and vest, lovely form-fitting sweaters or a simple white polo with a tie. Business casual pants and dress shoes generally round out his outfits. People are generally thrown off by his style because it doesn't fit his reputation.

Small silver hoop earring in each earlobe. No tattoos. Several self-induced scars along his wrists and forearms.

✔ Ballet Dance
✔ Shiny Objects
✔ Getting what he wants
✔ Gymnastics
✔ Luxury items and money
✔ Beauty
✔ His Hair
✔ Parkour
✔ Cheerleading
✘ Ugly things and people
✘ Annoying personalities
✘ Knock-Off items
✘ Meat
✘ Coffee
✘ Thrift Stores
✘ Politics
✘ His 3 older sisters

-Pushing his hair back when he's frustrated or annoyed.
-Staring when he's in deep thought.
-Tapping the side of his hip twice when he's about to start something important, like a ballet routine.

☠Being a loser.
☠Not being able to use his legs.
☠Losing his beauty.

Noah is an individual who exudes of elegance and grace. As a ballet dancer, his steps are light, as if he is walking on air, and his mannerisms are somewhat androgynous. He is the type of person who comes off as very chic, poised, and debonair. He often appears very sophisticated and traditional.
However, he is not as pleasant as most presume of him at first glance. He has a bit of reputation for misbehavior outside of school, from larceny to shoplifting(when he is feeling moody and bored), to manipulating others to get what he wants, even though he appears demure and calm. He is incredibly manipulative, usually using others to get what he desires. Noah almost always disregards the well-being of others unless it somehow benefits him and he hates when people disrupt him or get in his way. And when they do, he is incredibly cynical and hurtful. Because of this, he is hated or feared by many of his classmates, and has few real friends, though, he is admired at the same time because of his beauty. However, what follows admiration is also jealousy and despise. His melodic and clear voice is often combined with a tone of ambiguous malice and spite. When Noah speaks to people, it usually sounds as though he is belittling them nicely. Which of course, he probably is.

He is the type who will get revenge if you cross him. The guy is both devious and patient, so he is willing to do what he feels needs to get done, no matter how long it takes. To hell and back if necessary. Apathetic and unsympathetic, he cares little about other peoples feelings and aspirations. When he wants something, he goes after it through any means. Noah has this strange passive-aggressiveness about him, so many times when he insults people, he has a smile on his face, plays coy, and is saying it politely. He is quite smug and vain, and yearns for personal satisfaction. Incredibly prideful, to say the least, he is simultaneously unwavering, imperious, and iron-fisted. He likes things that are pleasing to the eye and beautiful, disdaining anything unattractive and generally referring to others as "Ugly Pigs".

He hates weak-willed and foolish individuals, though relishes off of being able to manipulate them so easily. Then again, he also gets personal satisfaction off of someone who he finds more of a challenge. Many feel nervous around him and don't know exactly how to approach him because of his dissonance. He is incredibly polarizing, either admired(for his appearance) or hated(for his personality), or a combination of both. His words come off as very demeaning and judgmental. And at other times, his words are flat and emotionless.

In spite of his pride, Noah is shown to be pragmatic and determined, willing to cast aside pride and using whatever means necessary in order to secure victory. When first meeting him, he is cold and rather ruthless, just gazing upon his glassy empty eyes can send shivers down ones spine. He knows what to do to bring weak targets down, especially when those targets have a very low self-esteem. While very harsh and not very willing to tolerate failures, he isn't completely heartless, and cares a great deal about those who he manages to care about, such as his VERY-VERY small social circle. He loathes people who are emotional, sensitive, or become overly attached. He has a knack for belittling and objectifying people when they annoy him.

Miami, Florida.

Growing up, Noah had always been very clingy, needy, meek, and extremely shy. As a child, he would often cling to his mother when they were out in public or cry if people were looking at him for too long. His grandmother was Jewish and his grandfather was Brazilian. His parents immigrated from Brazil and had him a few years later in Miami, Florida. His sweet parents had noticed that as he got older, he became very vain, spoiled, and uncaring about others. So much so that refused to go to his own grandfather's funeral because, according to him, he simply "didn't feel like it". His sprouting misbehavior could in part be blamed on his parents, who spoiled him(since he was the youngest) and often were so busy with work that they didn't have much time to spend with him--so busy in fact, that he and his family were relocated to Verona when he was still a young boy because of his father's job.

He was often raised by his 3 older sisters in their place, which turned out to strain his relationship with them because they hated his vain, cold, and insensitive personality. And in return, they mistreated him poorly, often neglecting him, teasing him, and forcing him to do things he didn't want to do. It was during this time that he start cutting himself to deal with the pain of his tormenting older sisters. His sisters have since moved away, but he really just wants to leave his family, leave Verona, and start a new life of his own.

The Santiago's are Latin-American's of Jewish Heritage. Noah's grandmother was a Jew from Israel who worked for the United Nations. She married Noah's Brazilian grandfather when she went to Brazil for humanitarian work. Noah's parents are immigrants from Brazil, who first settled in Miami Florida(where he was born), and then moved to Verona when he was a young child because his father's job needed to relocate him. The Santiago's are of no special or unique status and pride themselves on being an average middle-class family who are equally as proud of being American as they are Jewish. They celebrate Hanukkah and participate in Jewish customs. Noah can speak Portuguese-Spanish and English fluently, and can speak very very little Hebrew. His eldest sister and mother both speak Hebrew fluently.

Astral Projection

The ability to project his mind into an astral form outside his body.

Noah's special power allows him to astral project, essentially granting him the ability to project his consciousness from body in an astral form. He can project his astral form to any location he desires and it can be corporeal or incorporeal at will, allowing him to interact with people and objects or simply pass through them. Noah's astral form does not feel pain and any injuries it incurs, his physical body does not. Additionally, his astral form can float, hover, and fly, though is bound to staying in close proximity to solid surfaces, like the ground or walls. When he astral projects he leaves his body in an unconscious/trance-like state until he returns back to it.

The most obvious drawback is that when he astral projects, his body falls into a sleep/trance-like state and stays that way until he returns back to it. Because it takes a lot of energy to maintain two corporeal selves, Noah often feels disoriented and fatigued when he wakes up from using his power. This strain on his mind and body is why, for now, he can only maintain his astral form for short periods of time.

Noah seems to find his power more of a burden, because when he has a strong desire to be somewhere or to be with someone, he sometimes accidentally astral projects to them or that place against his own will, as if his inner desires take over and manifest themselves in his astral form. This is true when he is feeling a strong need to be at two places at once or during slumber, when he sometimes astral projects subconsciously during his sleep. Additionally, when he is suppressing really heavy feelings and emotions, his inner desires sometimes trigger an accidental astral projection against his will, with his astral form mimicking the emotions he was suppressing while conscious.

Olivia Rose Johnson

Livvie

December 24th, 1998

17

Female

Bisexual (Leaning more towards guys)

Not one to be seen without a smile, Olivia possesses a heart-shaped face with a cute button nose and a set of beautiful almond shaped eyes. Her eyes, which are by far her most striking feature are a gorgeous shade of ash grey and her thin lips, which accentuates her small mouth a healthy pink. They rest easily on her face, supple and intuitive, ready to spread into a smile at a moment's notice.

Her ivory complexion is fair, with subtle golden undertones. Her hair is a lovely shade of honey blonde extending down to her chest. She usually wears it tied up in a ponytail or worn loose as she feels like it. Olivia stands at 5'3" and weighs around 108lbs. Her petite body is lithe and athletic yet still managing to possess a small amount of curves. Apart from the simple black eyeliner and the occasional lip gloss, she does not have a habit of putting on much make-up, if at all.

Apparel wise, Olivia loves dresses and skirts. She can often be seen in brightly-coloured sun dresses or simple t-shirts and floral skirts of varying length. The lengths differ as per her mood and they can range from knee length skater skirts to ankle length skirts. For the top, she tends to stick to tank tops and t-shirts, with the occasional crop top added in the mix. The colours she loves belong to the brighter portion of the colour spectrum, including but not limiting to colours like, white, red, orange and yellow. As for footwear, she does not ever wear heels, having a fond distaste for them, and tend to only wear slippers, sandals or shoes.

Olivia does not have any scars, tattoos, and the only piercings she has are the ones on her ears.

✔ Sports -Namely Gymnastics
✔ Photography (Not exactly on an expert level)
✔ Reading Novels - Especially Romance
✔ Video Games (RPGs and FPSes)
✔ Hot Chocolate
✔ Cocoa - Anything Chocolate!
✔ Food - Especially fried food!
✔ Comic Books (Batman is her favourite)
✔ Classical Music/Musical Instruments
✔ Hanging out with her friends

✘ Boring things/activities
✘ Pessimists
✘ Excessive violence & gore
✘ Show-offs
✘ Bugs
✘ Uptight people
✘ Nagging
✘ Close-minded people
✘ Hot areas/Warm temperatures

♣ Singing when she’s alone
♣ Aerobatics
♣ Yoga
♣ Video Games
♣ Playing her Oboe

♞ Being too shy.
♞ Humming and singing to herself.
♞ Blushes when she gets too nervous or embarrassed.
♞ Daydreams way too much.

☠ Drowning
☠ Losing someone important
☠ Being alone forever
☠ Snakes/Bugs

Despite appearing radiant and exuberant, Olivia is actually a rather bashful individual. She is energetic and passionate for what she loves and believes in. The sparkle that always seems to be present in her eyes, along with her adorable laughter is known to be rather infectious, spreading warmth and happiness to those around her. Sweet and innocent, she can be quite the naive girl, unexposed to the darker side of life. Extremely polite and kind, she is known to go out of her way to help out people or animals in danger.

She tends to get really nervous when around other people, especially strangers or people she really likes. When nervousness strikes her, blushing is a common occurrence, something she tends to get teased about often. She can be quite reserved but she has been working on that, and is alot more open than she has been in a long time. When she speaks, she is witty and intelligent, being a lover of knowledge and discovery. She also daydreams way too much, more often than not, building castles in the air.

When it comes to romance, Olivia is by no means any good in the field. Being naturally bashful does not help things, but she has opened alot more these recent years and has now done more than her fair share of flirting and is bi-curious, although she is more attracted to guys. A sucker for romance, she is a big fan of the whole love and affection thing between a couple and will go all out for the person she loves and considers her other half. Leagues better when compared to her childhood, she has opened up alot more and tries to engage herself more often in social activities and conversations.

Olivia was born in a medium-wealth family to rather normal parents, James and Anna Johnson in Verona. Her parents were out working most of the time trying their best to live a living like most of the townspeople were, living the young girl all herself as an only child. Being painfully shy when she was younger did not help things, and she spent most of her time alone with her own toys or books.

She even created an imaginary friend to talk and play, naming him Jack. As she grew up, she not only grew more independent and also less shy, however the bashfulness was still ever-present. She learnt to cook and clean, all by herself, eventually out-growing the notion of an imaginary friend. Her parents were concerned about the mental and emotional well-being of their only child and noticed how bored she often was. They decided to introduce her to sports, namely gymnastics and aerobatics.

Olivia took the gymnastics like a duck takes to water. It began to occupy almost all of the time she previously had nothing to do with, occupying most of her childhood. She grew to be really lithe and athletic, as the sport was incredibly physically demanding.

But it didn't matter, she had found something she loved with a passion. Her parents were equally glad and grateful and slowly tried to coax out of her reserved state, and she slowly became less and less bashful over the years, and although it has decreased significantly, the shyness has never quite left her, being a part of her personality. Along the way, the inquisitive girl picked up music as well, finding an interest in the playing of musical instruments, namely the Oboe. Gymnastics and Music went hand-in-hand for her, her passions and interests inter-linked as far as she was concerned.

As Verona was too small a town to get proper gymnastics training, those especially gifted with the sport could apply to train as reserves alongside the Olympic team. Olivia was especially lucky as she had been given an opportunity to be selected and flown to Colorado Springs, where the United States Olympic Training Center was. It was there that she specialized in vault and floor gymnastics.

Back home, with the local high school not having a gymnastics team, she had opted to go with the volleyball team, but gymnastics was never far from her mind as she practiced the sport daily, in the hopes of one day, representing the country. It wasn't that far-fetched and a small town girl could always use some hope.

The Johnson family is just one of the average families in Verona. Generally accepting and friendly with all their neighbours, they do not tend to have much enemies, if at all. The neighbours and fellow townspeople do congratulate her parents when Olivia wins in one of the local gymnastics competitions. Olivia lives with parents James and Anna in medium sized two-storey house in a residential area not far from the town's grocery store. It has enough space for a small garden and a parking lot for a single vehicle.

Mother- Anna Johnson
A hard-working mother who has a job in the post office. She is kind, caring and loving, all the qualities one would want in a mother. Prone to being overly talkative, over-protective and naggy, these are just some of the qualities that Olivia dislikes of her mother.

Father - James Johnson
A passionate middle-aged man, James is equally hard-working as the rest of his family, having a job in the local radio station. He is a fun-loving man who loves to crack jokes, as well as those of the lame variety often making Olivia cringe at the lameness of his jokes. She was not spared from his dad jokes as well.

Aerokinesis

Olivia is able to create, shape and manipulate air and gases in the atmosphere.

She is able to create/generate/increase, shape and manipulate air and all forms of wind from tornadoes, hurricanes, vertical drafts, micro-bursts and other devastating forms of wind. Naturally, she can also create those of the less extreme air/wind variety. She is also able to control and manipulate the air around objects. Also able to control the air/wind to propel her forward or upward, assisting her in actions like jumps or leaps, allowing her to perform aerobatic manoeuvres easily and effortlessly. She can turn the air into tools, objects, weapons and other items, create semi-living constructs and/or create structures/buildings of varying permanence. Since air cannot be seen by conventional methods, neither can the attacks and derivatives formed by/from it, making it an invisible and versatile weapon that is very difficult to block and dodge. Also for fun stuff like fooling around.

Using her powers excessively exacts a toll on her, exhausting and sapping her strength the more she uses it, fatiguing her. Using it above the recommended levels induces headaches and may even induce nausea. If she ignores these symptoms and persist, it can lead to a temporary blackout.

Petyr Silvich Jelen

"Pete": Hates it. When asked why, his response is "It's a bastardization of a completely different name that happens to sound like mine. Don't call me it."

October 15th, 1997

17

Male

Heterosexual

Petyr stands at 5'10", a little taller than his sister, but roughly average height for his age. He has dark brown hair that curls naturally around his head when it's long enough, and try as he might he can never seem to keep it in any kind of styling for long. He shaves regularly, but likes to keep a light amount of facial hair. In addition, he's a complete beanpole; very skinny, but not unhealthily so. He typically wears dark colors, lots of blacks, and enjoys wearing a button-up shirt over a plain t-shirt with cargo pants.

None

✔ Rock & Roll
✔ His sister
✔ Winter weather
✔ Pepperoni pizza
✔ Lord of the Rings
✔ His drum kit
✔ Blondes

✘ People who try to bully his sister
✘ Tattoos (not people who have them, the things themselves)
✘ Mornings
✘ The neighborhood Noise Curfew
✘ Small Town USA
✘ Never having known his mom
✘ Mushrooms (same as his sister)

Playing the drums, Listening to music, Reading

Tapping rhythmically on things, squatting when in deep thought, & walking backwards when conversing with someone while moving

☠Losing more of his family
☠Rejection & Failure
☠Dying

The best way to describe Petyr is to compare him to the snowy days he enjoys so much. On the surface, he usually seems very peaceful and collected, but that is because he's very good at hiding his internal struggles under a blanket of serenity. The actuality of it is that Petyr is a bit of an anxious mess, always worrying that he might not measure up in whatever way. When he puts his mind to it though, he does everything he can to pull through for the people he cares about.

It all happened so fast. One minute, Maria Jelen was on the delivery table having her baby boy coaxed out of her and into the world. Seven minutes after that, his sister followed. And then the problems happened. The monitors went crazy as the newly made mother began to struggle. The doctors cleared the babies and her husband to try and save her, but they would ultimately fail. Such was the first of many rough times that would eventually come upon the Jelen family.

Petyr and Nina's father was forced to take more hours at work to support his family as a single dad, leaving the twins very much in charge of themselves. They came to lean on one another, even more so than most siblings, as they grew up. Nina would let Petyr take the lead most of the time, and he would happily take it in his youth, but as he grew older her deference to and reliance on him would make him come to grips with the idea that he was the acting man of the house while their father was away. From there, the worrying started. What if he messed up? What if Nina or dad needed him to come through, and he couldn't? It was maddening, and it probably would have driven him into depression if he hadn't found a love for music.

Ever since he was 10, Petyr had loved the sound of rock and roll. Particularly the drums, how they resounded throughout an entire song. When he was 13, he decided he wanted his own kit. Knowing that his father couldn't afford it, Petyr took to taking small chores around town for small change; mow a lawn for $5, paint a wall for $7, but he really hit in the winter months when he would shovel snowy driveways for $10 each. Slowly but surely, he saved every penny he could make until he could afford a secondhand kit in decent condition. And then he practiced, at least as much as he could between school and the noise curfew. He would have joined a band at school, but there was no way to do that and hold his part-time job at the coffee shop, so he settled for continuing to practice at home. He isn't sure what he wants to do with his life, but he's fairly certain sticking with Nina will be part of whatever it ends up being.

Silvester Jelen, Father. Age 47. Silvester raised his son and daughter the best he could on his own, however his world schedule was rather demanding and left the twins alone quite often. Petyr is closer to him than Nina is, but not by much.

Nina Jelen, sister. Age 17. Petyr’s best friend, and constant companion. They were born only seven minutes apart, but have not really separated from one another for very long. They always have each other’s backs, even if there are secrets they keep from each other (Petyr mainly keeps his deeper insecurities from her).

Cryogenesis

Petyr can create ice, snow, and freezing temperatures around him at will.

Ice Petyr creates will melt at normal speed unless he constantly supplies it with cold, and warmer areas will require more energy to use his ability. Prolonged use can result in a sharp drop in his body temperature, and if invoked too much will result in hypothermia.

Katalina Rose Hargrave

Kata. She likes this nickname because it was given to her by good friends and only they really call her that. Only her grandmother calls her Rose, insisting that Kata’s first name isn’t a good one. Katalina hates being called Rose.

June 21st, 1998

17

Female

Lesbian and proud baby!

Katalina has red hair that reaches to just below her shoulder blades, that she usually lets loose. It has a mind of its own, and tends to be more on the curly side. She has freckles all over her face and body from spending so much time in the sun, either from swimming or just being outside walking around. She stands at five foot seven, being more on the tall side, and has brown eyes that tend to look off towards nothingness. Kata likes dressing in various things, bouncing around from frilly girly dresses, to just simple jeans and an old t-shirt. She describes her style as ‘comfy’.

Katalina only has the two piercings, one in each ear. She has a scar along her left leg from an incident involving a rock while swimming when she was about 9.

✔Girls
✔Coffee
✔Swimming
✔The Ocean
✔Video Games
✔Cooking
✔Cats
✔Comic books
✘Gay bashers
✘Not being able to swim
✘Bullies
✘Dogs (One attacked her as a kid.)
✘Tomatoes
✘Sunburns
✘Drugs

Swim, play video games, cooking.

Twirls a strand of hair around her finger when nervous, drinks her hot coffee through straws, talks to herself aloud when thinking

☠Death, being beaten up for being gay, not being allowed to swim.

Katalina is of a playful nature, much like the sea otters that inhabit the ocean she loves so much. She has a quick set of humor and usually is good with the comebacks. She is athletic when it comes to swimming, being on a swim team pretty much year round. She was scouted for the Olympics at one point. She is a very outgoing person, who tries to make friends with whomever she can. She is also very smart, routinely making the honor roll at school. However, Katalina does tend to be a bit on the negative side when drugs are involved, being very judgmental towards those that would abuse them. She also hates driving, for some reason, and prefers to either be drove/ walk everywhere. She is also horribly klutzy outside of water, and is known to trip over literally nothing while walking.

Katalina is also known for being very out of the closest with her sexuality, and does not hide the fact that she likes girls. This has caused her to come into conflict with some people that are not so approving. However, she takes many of the insults in stride, ‘like water off a duck’s back.’

Katalina was born into the Hargrave family of Verona, the local groceries. She was the first and only child to her parents, so they spoiled her as much as they could, while balancing it out with an appreciation for what she had, while others did not have the same comfort she did.

Her parents signed Kata up for swim lessons at a young age and she took to them like a fish in water. She excelled at it, and soon was swimming as much as she could. She joined the local swim team and pretty much did that as her sport for years. Her skills got her scouted for the Olympics, but she turned down the opportunity. As much as she loved swimming and competing, she never really wanted to make it a career.

As she grew older, Katalina realized that she was not into guys like many of her female classmates, finding her eyes drawn to those same classmates. She soon came out as gay to her parents, and while they struggled a bit at first, they soon came to love and accept their daughter. They proudly hang a rainbow flag from their store in support.

Katalina took up cooking in high school, enjoying it immensely. She also took up playing video games at night, when she had time.

The Hargraves are the owners/ operators of one of Verona’s local groceries. They always have the freshest produce, and even fresher meat. (Some provided by the Wilcox’s.) They are known for being honest, and fair with their prices.

Katalina lives in a lovely two story house, that while she doesn’t see as extravagant, others might.

Molly Hargave: Mother, age 45. Molly is a very lovely woman who helps run the local grocers. Very friendly and open, and accepts many of Kata’s friends as her adopted children.

Henry Hargave: Father, age 47. Henry, while a man of few words, is a very nice man, who always makes sure his customers walk away happy.

Bast: Cat, age 2. Bast is Katalina’s lovely two year old female cat.

Hydrokinesis.

The ability to manipulate and move water.

What it says on the tin. Katalina can manipulate and move water. This does include making it so she has an air bubble underwater so she can stay under for longer periods of time. She can use water to ‘wear’ things down, but this is rather time consuming, and honestly, water whips are more fun!

Prolonged use of her power will give her nosebleeds and headaches. Too much will cause blackouts. She can not automatically breath water, despite what some may think. She can still drown. If there is no water for her to manipulate, she is powerless. She can not manipulate humans using the water inside them. (Not that’d she want to. Ew.) Her power does make her more weak to lightning and electricity.

Austin Doyle Williams

Barry Allen, Ollie (for some reason)

March 25th, 1998

17

Male

Bisexual

| Height 6'2" | Weight 185 lbs | Hair Colour Brown | Eye Colour Green |
Overheight for his age, Austin is the tallest of the bunch when it comes to 17 year olds, but nowhere near the muscliest. He tends to look quite lanky, while still retaining good strength and stamina, and is most of the time underestimated in an arm wrestling match or a race. He wears baggy jeans and t-shirts, and a hoodie if it's cold. He's rarely seen wearing smart clothes, and is completely out of place in a suit. He's considered childish for his age, with him wearing quite a lot of "nerdy" clothes. They're still awesome to him, though, and thinks it cool to be a kid at heart. Oh, and he's British.


T-Shirts
Ollie takes preference to plain crew neck t-shirts, in a range of exciting colours, from white to cream, and even brown to pink. He also sometimes wears logoed t-shirts, and occasionally wears a certain Flash shirt just to creep people out. Another logoed t-shirt of his is a smoky Superman shirt.

Button-up Shirts
Even though he's out of place in a suit doesn't mean he's out of place in a button-up shirt. However, he's limited to 3 (a man can't look good in everything) - a dark grey long-sleeved button-up, a purplish-red short-sleeved button-up, and a plaid red and black button-up with roll-up sleeves.

Hats
Since he's so weird, Ollie likes wearing hats all year round, every season. Obviously, not every day. However, he does have a certain grey beanie he wears mainly during summer. Other hats include a Joker snapback, a Superman snapback, a Flash baseball cap and a black flatcap.

Austin has a scar that goes from the middle of his spine and runs down to the top of his tailbone, exactly 15cm in length. He got it in a childhood accident where a nail was sticking out of the fence and he jumped down on top of it.

✔ His family
✔ Friends
✔ Supernatural
✔ The Flash
✔ Comics
✔ Archery
✔ Dr Pepper
✔ Doctor Who
✔ Videogames

✘ Show offs
✘ Egotistic twats
✘ People who stereotype everything
✘ Justin Bieber (don't we all)
✘ Americans who think British people like tea and crumpets
✘ Americans' bastardization of the English language
✘ Crazy ex girlfriends
✘ Dumb jockey meatheads

☺ Parkour (still in the works)
☺ Skateboarding
☺ Photography
☺ Gymnastics
☺ Running

⚠ Licking his lips
⚠ Putting salt on everything
⚠ Laughing randomly
⚠ Staring into the distance
⚠ Calling everyone moose, squirrel, waffle or potato.

☠ Anything to do with death
☠ The end of the world
☠ Everyone around him dying
☠ Heights

Let me just say this - Austin is batshit crazy. He's quirky, charismatic, and has a smile plastered on his face all day, everyday (although, Mondays can occasionally be an exception. And mornings). It may seem annoying at first, but it grows on you. In Austin's words, "YOU CAN NEVER ESCAPE ME MUAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA!". Also, it kinda rubs off on you. Sooner or later you'll be referencing Supernatural, The Big Bang Theory, Doctor Who and calling everyone waffle. Or potato.

However, on the inside, Austin is vulnerable, alone, and affected by the growing distance between him and his family. He daren't say anything to anyone, incase it were used against him, and despite that it seems like he's your friend, he'll push those who get too close away. There are only a select few who have gained his timid trust, and around them his paranoia seems to fade, and, even if it's just for a moment, he seems to feel true, full-on happiness.

Austin was a lucky kid. He lived with his parents all throughout his life (and continues to do so now), and has quite the happy family. For the first fifteen years of his life, he lived in Britain, with his mother, father, and brother. His brother defended him when he went into high school, being the winner of most fights directed at Austin. That's when their parents told them the news. They wouldn't be going to Year 10 at their current school - they were moving to America. The worst country in the world, in Austin's opinion. Horrible accents, vacuum packed hot dogs, crap tasting chocolate... it was hell!

And so, they moved. And that's how he ended up in this dump. Verona, Washington - home to... to... home to nothing. And to make it worse, his familiy's attitude completely changed. His mother started to become obsessed with her writing, his father barely home, and his brother just UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH. He's been here for two years now, and hasn't had much in the terms of excitement other than the stories of the serial killer, who was caught an entire year before he came. Though, after the eclipse, things are gonna get a lot more exciting... when he discovers his power, that is.

Austin's family live in a sizeable two-story house, built 5 years ago. It's got quite a lot of space, and his mother definitely aims to keep the place tidy. The Williams family aren't much for rumours or reputation in the town, and live quite peacefully.

Super Speed

Barry motherfuckin' Allen, bro!

Grant Jackson Wells

TBD

July 3rd, 1998

17

Male

Generally heterosexual, but recently Grant has been showing bi-curious-like interests.

With skin moderately tanned and his complexion fair, Grant has a rather average-esque physical appearance. His height is a little above average for a boy his age. With it being five-foot-nine and his weight coming barely past one-hundred-and-fity-five pounds, he doesn‘t really have a muscular or even athletic build. It would be same to assume that Grant has more of a lean body type rather than anything athletic. His hair, when brushed goes past his ears and seems to stop around the neck length. In some lighting, it can appear reddish-brown. However, when in natural lighting, it appears to be a mildly-dark brown. His eyes are often confused for brown with a hint of green. Actually, they are a hazel color.

Grant really isn‘t one to dress really exotically or have any flashy shirts. Truth be told, he entire attire is rather simple. He has a collection of sweater vests, button-up shirts, t-shirts, and jeans of several make and colors. Shoes-wise, there is a variety. He has some that are meant for walking and some that are meant for formal events. Usually, he tends to wear semi-formal, walking shoes. Yes, actually, that would be a great way to describe his entire attire: Semi-formal and semi-casual.

No one really knows this, but Grant has a scar on his back. It‘s pretty large and he doesn‘t really like to talk about it. His father gave it to him on one, cold night. As for any piercings on his body, Grant doesn‘t have any. One, his father forbids it, and two, he doesn‘t really like needles.

Though Grant does speak, it is not careful consideration for not only his own sake, but for the sake of the person that he is going to share his words with. This stems from both his ability to craft words into deep and meaningful thoughts and his tendency to be minimal with his vocal expressions.

Grant has been told that he’s a great listener. Some people think that it comes second nature to him. He doesn’t understand what they mean exactly, but he can’t deny that there’s some truth to that. He’s also been told that, because he is a great listener, that is makes him more compassionate and caring, which there is some merit to that. Being caring and compassionate sometimes means that one has to listen carefully, which Grant does always. He tries to make sure to be keen to everything he hears, paying attention to every little detail, and then, when he’s heard it all, he will establish his own opinion and speak. This could come in the form of hearing someone’s side of a two-side story, or comforting his friends when they are upset. Quite frankly, Grant is a natural listener and a comforting soul. If a family member or a friend, or pretty much anyone, is upset, he will try his best to at least see what he can do to help them. Often, this doesn‘t always work out, but he tries his best to make sure that he at least knows that he gave it a shot.

Despite all of the positives about Grant about how he’s a great listener and a caring, comforting friend, people who don’t know him don’t see him as that way. To those that just meet him, they think he’s quiet and one of those types that are a bit creepy. It’s not that he looks as such, but he normally doesn’t talk to people. If anything, they’re the one who usually make the effort to talk to him first. Only when he’s pressured enough does Grant actually take the Avenger initiative to speak to someone. This could just be his effort to break past that shyness about him or maybe a girl he might like. It could really be a number of things. It just depends on Grant, to be quite honest.

For people that know Grant — and that meaning, they really know him — they would instantly spot when he’s not himself. Sure, he’s quiet, and that may be off-putting to people who don’t know him, but for his closest friends, they would know when something is wrong. It’s not in the way he’ll talk, because he hardly does that(the exception being for a good reason). No, what they’ll notice is that he’ll seem moody. There might be an instance where he will snap at someone. He’ll apologize almost immediately afterwards, but that’s how someone would know that he’s not himself. He’ll be in a more agitated state, be irritable to the little things, and on occasion, quite emotional to certain subjects or topics.

Pressure. That‘s one way to describe Grant‘s life from the day he could walk and form words, all the way to the month of September of 2015. His father has always put heaviy pressure on his children and his youngest is no exception to this. If anything, this makes Grant even more suspect to his father‘s expectations. They are high and as such, Grant usually feels stressed out more than ever when he‘s home. It has been so when he was growing up. Bringing home anything lower than a 95 percentile average always got Grant the belt and a lecture.

Even though the pressure and stress was on Grant to not become a failure to the esteemed Wells name, sometimes he didn‘t perform to the standards his father set. It was because of that exact reason Grant‘s father sometimes beat him. All of the kids got it, but among the five Wells children, Grant got it the worst. Sometimes the beatings would go for hours on end. The most common method was a belt. For some reason, Wesley preferred to use his trademark, black leather belt. Usually, it didn‘t hurt as bad as Grant thought it would, but one night when Grant was thirteen, his father beat him harder than ever. It was so bad that Grant had to go to the emergency room. While getting examined by the doctors, it was revealed that several lacerations were left on his back. One was so bad, and so deep that it not only required several dozen stitches to close it, but even after it healed, it left a large scar behind it. There were no charges filed due to the influence that Wesley had over Verona Hospital.

So, due to nothing happening, Grant kept on getting the beatings when he didn’t perform well. He couldn’t leave, nor could his mother or any of his siblings. They had nowhere to go, so they stayed, biding time for something to happen. Until then, they just do their best not to piss him off or upset him. Grant just prays that something could happen to him so that it would allow him to leave and take his family with him.

All they need is something — and that was about to happen, but Grant had no idea how bad it really was going to get.

The Wells name is rather infamous around the small town of Verona. They are known predominantly for Jack Wells, the patriarch of the Wells family. Having struck lucky back in the 50s and 60s, Jack Wells established a rich fortune through shady business practices. Due to this, the Wells family became quite wealthy for generations to come. They have held homes spanning into the dozens in not only states, but homes. Their latest purchase was one of the most expensive estates in Verona, Washington. It’s a large estate/house that rests comfortably on the nice side of Verona. It sits in the same neighborhood as the Kings.

The Wells Family Vehicles:

• Jack and Ellen are driven around in a Black 2015 Lincoln Town Car
• Wesley drives a Red 2015 Audi RS 7
• Amy, though she doesn't go to a lot of places, drives a Silver 2014 Mercedes Benze SL550 Convertible
• Thomas, though he has enough for a luxury car, prefers the classics. As such, he drives a Black and white, 1969 Chevrolet Camaro
• Adam and Ava, though they drive the same kind of car, they are both different colors. Adam drives a Green 2005 Honda Accord Sedan, while Ava drives a Blue 2005 Honda Accord Sedan

Jack Wells | Grandfather | 89

In his prime, Jack Wells was a ruthless son of a bitch. Often known for never taking no for an answer, Jack often played hot potato with the law. He never got caught, which meant all of the money he made — legal or otherwise — stayed within the Wells family. Either it made its way into Kaman Islands bank accounts, Swiss Bank Acconts, or his own, it’s safe to say that Jack — along with the rest of the Wells family — are incredibly wealthy.

But all of that was before he got grandchildren. Oh, how the light in his eyes shined like a brilliant star in the midnight sky. He changed his ways and decided that any money he had, be it legal or not, would go to them(of course, they would be set in a trust fund, monitored and managed by his only child, Wesley). Jack loves his grandchildren to death. Despite his son’s own attitude and bad habits, Jack treats them all with love and equality. He won’t admit it, but Grant is his favorite simply because he is the only son not to be tainted by the money, or his father’s sins.

Ellen Wells(formally West) | Grandmother | 80
There’s not much to really say about Ellen Wells. She grew up with Jack when they were kids. They married when they were eighteen, and surprisingly, have been together ever since. Unlike Jack, however, she did not do anything illegal throughout her life. She mostly stayed home taking care of Wesley until he was old enough to take part in what his father did for a living. And, like Jack, she also melted when she got grandchildren. She feels blessed that she has five wonderful grandchildren. All of them have received more than enough attention from her over the years. Grant is rather fond of his grandmother. She is kind to him and loving, unlike his father.

Wesley Keith Wells | Father | 60
Like father like son, right? Well, that’s how it is for Jack and Wesley. Though he ended up not choosing Jack’s line of work, but he’s equally as ruthless and equally as rich(okay, maybe not equally). Being one of the top doctors that Washington State has ever known, he’s in high demand. He specializes in Neurosurgery. He mostly takes the big bucks clients, usually millionaire and people similar.

Having all of that money and being quite successful in his career, Wesley holds a certain expectation for all of his kids. Most of them have went on to pursue careers that satisfied him, while two of them are still trying to get their feet off the ground. For Grant, Wesley seems to put all of the pressure on him since he’s the youngest. Added to that, Grant is also the only one still in high school. Because of that, Grant always feels the pressure from his father. Often, Wesley is on his ass, making sure his studies come before anything else. It shouldn’t be surprising that Grant’s father doesn’t approve of Wesley’s interest in art. He wants his son to be like his oldest siblings and pursue a career in law or medicine. Grant never speaks up to his father because he’s afraid that he’ll get another beating like the one he got when he was 13 years old, so he just keeps his mouth shut.

Amy Wells(formally Teddis) | Mother | 48
A Verona native, Amy comes from a family of seven siblings and a lot of uncles and aunts. Her family has had roots in Verona for a long time(probably since it was founded). Her family, the Teddis family, has been extremely close with the Wells family. Her father and Wesley’s father were frequent business partners — and good friends. So, it shouldn’t be a surprise that they grew up with each other. It also shouldn’t be surprising that they would eventually fall in love and get married. It wouldn’t be long until they settled in a nice home and started their family. Five kids they had and Grant their last. For a career, Amy’s family has a butcher shop called Teddis’ Meats. It has been one of the crown staples for fresh meat for Verona for fifty years. Amy worked there until she got married. It was handed to her sister, Anna.

For the past thirty years or so, Amy has been a housewife to five wonderful children, raising them to the best of her ability. She likes to think that they got their sweet souls from her loving, motherly nature. Though a few of them turned out to be like her…troubled husband, there are a couple that turned out to be sweet hearts, namely Grant and DanI. The both of them are disappointments to Wesley, but not to Amy. She loves them both, especially her baby. She was one of the few who were there for him after the beating he got early in his teenhood. She promised that it would never happen again and Amy made good on that promise. Even though a few slaps happened, nothing major like the scar on Grant’s back happened ever again.

Thomas Franklin Wells | Older Brother | 27
Not only is Thomas the oldest of the Wells siblings, but he’s by far the most favorite of Wesley simply because of his career choice. He followed Wesley in the path of becoming a doctor. Like Wesley, Thomas’ specialized field is Neurosurgery. Though not as gifted as Wesley is, Thomas has proved himself to be a rather capable doctor, bringing more than enough money for the Wells name. It’s safe to say that he’s the crown jewel of the Wells’ family.

To Grant, Thomas is like an idol — a person whom in which he looks up to more than anything. Despite that, there’s also a hint of jealousy between the two of them. Thomas is Wesley’ favorite, that is no secret. He’s always getting praise by Wesley, and as such, Grant often finds himself becoming jealous of his oldest brother because he wish that Wesley would give him that same kind of praise. However, despite that, Grant loves him oldest brother and the feeling is mutual. Often, Thomas gives Grant advice about a lot of things, but most of it seems to be about girls and speaking up more. Though he hates being told to “speak up”, he does appreciate the advice and he knows his brother means well.

Danielle Ashley Wells |Older Sister | 25
Like Grant, Danielle is somewhat a disappointment to the Wells household. She has yet to pick a field of study, which one could imagine was to the vast disappointment of Wesley. He employs a high expectation for his kids and Dani didn’t reach it.

For a job, she works as the Assistant Manager for Simoné’s Coffee Café. Not exactly up to par with what Wesley would want. Oh well, at least Grant isn’t alone in being ridiculed daily by their father. As a result, the two of them are rather close. Something about misery loves company or whatever. To her mother, she can do no wrong. She is proud of her daughter and what she has accomplished. Dani knows that her mother knows that she will eventually be able to do her father proud…one day.

Adam Brandon Wells| Older Brother | 22
Ava Brianna Wells |Older Sister | 22
Twins Adam and Ava, dress the same and act the same. They drive the same car and they go to the same college. Everything they do is always with each other. The only moments that they seem to be without each other is during those few moments when they are asleep and showering(and when partaking in their personal lives). They are pursuing a field in psychology, which fits since there is so much wrong with them, but no one judges them…in the family.

To Grant, they are a bit eccentric, but they’re also his loving siblings. In his mind, they are what makes the Wells household fun. Their odd ways certainly bring a special kind of charm to the dinner table. When they’re around, the pressure from their father is somewhat lifted, if only for just a little bit.

Attraction and Repulsion Field

Grant has the ability to push and pull objects and/or people towards him.

Sienna Hartwell

Sie. That's just it, really. Sienna takes offence at the lack of creativity.

12 Janurary 1997

18

Female

Pansexual

Sienna is rather short; only around 5'2". She has a curvy body and usually wears some make-up to emphasise her big grin and dark brown eyes. Her hairstyle changes from time to time, but the most dramatic changes are in her clothing; Sienna picks out very vibrant and unique outfits to wear, spanning from smooth, refined black dresses to hoodies and jogging trousers.

Sienna wears large hoop ear-rings. She has a small scar on her waist from a bad accident falling off her bike as a child, and a tattoo on the small of her back of the Gemini zodiac sign.

✔Family
✔Food
✔The outdoors
✔Large crowds
✔Fire, flames
✔Rain and thunderstorms
✔Winter
✔Fashion
✔Night-time
✘Boredom
✘Big cities
✘Getting up early
✘Drugs and alcohol
✘Curfew

Fashion: Sienna is particularly fond of creating her own outfits out of a mixture of charity-shop clothes and hand-me-down jewellery. She takes a lot of pride in the diversity of her wardrobe.

Cooking: Sienna enjoys cooking her own meals, finding it to be quite a relaxing and useful skill to have. Still, she can cause a kitchen catastrophe if she gets distracted, simply leaving whatever she is cooking on the stove.

Talking before thinking: All of the time. She has the decency to at least lower her voice, but she's a very chatty person in general.

Showing off: If there's any word to describe Sienna, it's extravagant. Her ego knows no bounds and she flaunts her assets whenever she has the possibility to do so.

Getting Distracted: Sienna has the attention span of a small child. Anything can completely captivate her attention for the best part of 15 minutes until the dreaded boredom seeps in and she has to seek new entertainment.

☠Heights.
☠Drowning.
☠

Sienna is the epitome of self-confidence. She speaks loudly, gesticulates flamboyantly, and has a very loud and emotive voice which never ceases to resound cheerfully around the room in which she is present in. Not only is she confident but also incredibly welcoming, as if she is aware of how her overbearingly energetic attitude can startle the unwary.

Be warned, however, that as friendly as Sienna can be she is also very sharp-tongued and will not hesitate to shout down anyone who offends her. Her brutal honesty and vicious remarks are more than enough to hold her own, though if that does not work she has no quarrels with a good, sharp backhand to prove her point.

Sienna's mother died of leukaemia when Sienna was three, and her father, unable to support the family in a period of intense grief, had given up Sienna for adoption. Sienna consequently grew up in a small orphanage in Washington. Nevertheless, her optimism started to shine through when she was a child and she grew a rough skin to bullying and insults - not like it was a profound issue for the little tyke, but growing up surrounded by a group of abandoned children does give way to a large host of jabs about dead or absent parents. One of the main things Sienna prided herself over, was her ability to remain open-minded, even at such a young age. It was why she was so readily adopted by her foster parents at the age of 12, and moved to Verona.

The initial settling-down process was tough. Sienna had just left her 'family' for her new parents, and being the first and only child meant she had nobody to play with. The rural town did not have the charm and vivacity that Sienna thrived upon in the orphanage and with only 1 school to go to, Sienna's blunt attitude and sharp tongue alienated herself from making quite a few friends. Still, she worked hard to achieve her grades and recently finished High School. With no university to go to (Jacob and Chris could not afford to pay tuition fees, and Sienna was more partial to getting a job instead of a degree) Sienna took up a part-time job as a waitress in the Diner on weekends.

When she found out about her power, the first thing she did was show her parents and share the excitement with them both. Jacob and Chris had no idea how or why it worked but decided to keep Sienna indoors until they figured out a way to smuggle her away from the prying eyes that small town communities tended to have. Word got out, however, that many other teenagers went through the same process and developed all sorts of different abilities. Reluctantly, Jacob allowed Sienna outdoors, but Chris is still against the notion and ensures that the real Sienna always carries his 10mm pistol in her handbag.

Sienna currently lives with her two fathers, Jacob Hartwell and Chris Remsworth. She lives near the centre of town in a semi-detached house.

Cloning

Create physically identical copies of yourself at will.

Sienna can make up to 10 clones, wearing the outfit in which they are 'created'. They walk, talk and act exactly like Sienna. The clones are independent from Sienna and are not able to share any telepathic link; only the original can order the other clones, which will unquestionably obey the order.

Sienna can only make 10 clones of herself at any given time. These clones last 24 hours on their own, and have a range of existence approximately the same size as Verona. As they reach the extent of their time/space limit, they will start to weaken drastically and eventually dissipate into small particles of light. Any injury inflicted on a clone will be inflicted on the original and all other clones. If one clone is killed, the rest will feel their pain but will not die.

Foxtrot Olivier Sinclair

Fox
Foxy

March 19th, 1997

18

Male

Homosexual as fuCK

A sweet child.

That's Foxtrot in a nutshell. He looks like he'd be a sweet boy, the kind old grannies used to dote on at the super market. Where aunts pinched his cheeks and uncles rustled his hair. For the most part, Fox felt an indifference to the attention; it neither harmed nor aided him. But, at an older age, he did realize he'd taken their kindness for granted. Though, Fox never really did grow out of his 'sweet child' stage and maybe he's more of a pretty boy than he'd like to admit.

Pretty boy seems to be a good estimate, though. Of course, Fox likes to carry himself in less of an arrogant, confident manner. Subconsciously, Fox walks with a heavy cadence. His posture is much to be desired (looking 5'7" when he's actually 5'9") and, though his physique is above average, a quick look would immediately color him scrawny. Especially since Fox is keen on wearing sweaters and coats and as many layers as possible in order to protect himself. He wears his clothes like armor and keeps his charming smile and twinkling doe brown eyes as a visor.

Left side of his neck, just below his ear, reads a scripture, "Those who were rebuilding the wall and those who carried burdens took their load with one hand doing the work and the other holding a weapon," in Hebrew.

☠Abrupt and very loud noises (including Thunderstorms)
☠Kind of abandonment issues (explained in his history)
☠Coming out of one his portals into a universe where earth's past had been completely changed into a dystopian future (super specific)

"A crown of marigold sits atop my head as I survey the glory of my kingdom built upon sand."

In all the history of the world, it is the people who try the hardest to be nice who have the need for goodness in their hearts. Who stare at the void in themselves and wait for it to stare back. Fox embodies this craving intently—a man who wishes nothing but the goodness in his heart to be true. Walking with a burden upon one's shoulders, an Atlas for the weight of a tragedy, often clouds self-judgement.

And the question evident always becomes: how can a broken man be a good one?

Picking up the pieces left in the wake of an accident often becomes the goal in life and purpose is dashed away to be replaced with fixing. Because what does fixing do other than to highlight the cracks in a chassis. And then people will look and think, "That man is but part of who he used to be; he is not worth noting." Fixed things cannot come out renewed, merely an iteration of what used to be.

And the art of Kintsugi means a societal death wish. When, in fact, it belies a moral to the story. The mistakes we make are beautiful. Our flaws, the cracks that line our porcelain, our ivory, our ebony features seem a liability. When, in fact, glued back together, they create something far better than what used to be.

But Fox remains young, ignorant of the shiny grace between the stitches in his flesh. And the flaws hush him, draw him away from the people around him. Further into himself, Fox values introspection over peer evaluation. He prefers the quiet to the churning din of a crowd of people talking at once. He approaches the situation with the future in mind, analytic and logical until the problem reveals its solution. He sees the slights against him and doesn't think of forgiveness, but evenness. A balance of the scales until things return to normal.

People, outside of himself, are just a condition and their rage and their hurt and the pain they inflict upon others is just a symptom. People can be beasts. Afraid of what comes and what may come. Frightened by the consequences rather than the actions themselves and Fox supposes that's him. Supposes that his need to rebalance the scales actually tips them further. Or that his foresight reduces him to paranoia and anxiety. Maybe evading the individuals that yearn your company leaves both parties bitter and wanting and lost. But he looks at his mother and thinks, that's what happens when you love someone too much. When you divide your love into sums and give it away uncaring, that leaves you open to failing them and them failing you. And what has he done? Failed his mother and let her love for him burn to pieces.

Burn in a sea of wilting poppies.

"Am I troubled?" Fox turns, his eyes on the windows of a blue car.

"You're broken," his father whispers in his ear.

Foxtrot, a dance. His parents' dance.

Marie Orville married Thomas Sinclair due merely to pregnancy. Her one and only child, she'd determined, wouldn't be born into the world without a father. Thomas agreed. They danced, eight months pregnant, to a simple and very slowed foxtrot. However, whether due to Marie's excitement or anxiety, her water broke on their wooden dance floor and she was rushed straight to the hospital. The birth of her only son came too quickly, and too painless, for the drugs of the time to have reduced her to feeling little but a pinprick in her labor. However, even as a premature baby, her son came out as healthy as he could be.

The name on the tip of her tongue came fast: Foxtrot.

Thomas gave her the oddest of looks, but acquiesced, no less. She was the mother after all, it was her decision.

In the town of Hildale, Utah, the Sinclair family raised Foxtrot on quiet ideals and lack of strife. Things, for the most part, remained free of turmoil, though religious ignorance could attest to that. Thomas did his best to raise his child under rather stringent Mormon views, of which his mother had second guesses toward. Fox, unlike many Mormon boys his age, was gladly exposed via his mother, who did her best to subtly teach him that there was more to life than die hard religion. That, though Fox remained much like other kids in public, sowed a small seed of dissent and the older Fox got, the more he questioned his faith and the faith of other people.

And that, honestly is how Fox's life goes.

Well, mostly.

They hit a bump not a few years ago. More like a brick wall, rather than a bump. A bump one can traverse, rustled, but okay for the most part. No, this felt more like slamming into something solid and stopping completely. The world went on, but the Sinclairs never quite caught up.

At the age of 7, Foxtrot lost his father.

A convention was being held in Utah's capital, something his father usually disregarded. Having a small child gave a reasonable excuse, that surpassed 'lacking in faith' and most people didn't question much. The Sinclairs were a harmless family. Unfortunately, this time they didn't have much to go on, as the church provided transportation for the reasonably young and Fox climbed aboard the bus with a broad smile. For a child who, more or less went with whatever he'd learned, the convention seemed sub par. Too much noise and the words jumbled into each other and eventually, like any child, Fox wandered off.

However, the end of the religious gathering marked freedom and Fox boarded the bus with more enthusiasm than he did coming. The trip back remained mild until they'd hit the halfway point and the rolling clouds over the hills puffed and blackened the sky until lightning ripped the clouds in half and rain hammered down. For a bus, not too much, though the majority of the children inside screamed and hollered for their parents. For the vehicles following, it didn't bode well.

On the interstate, a record total number of car accidents tallied that day with the winds having reached record highs and the rain pounded the asphalt without relent. The only accident that occurred for the trip of church goers happened to Marie and Thomas, smack dab in front of the bus. Unable to stop properly, the bus collided with the small vehicle and sent it skirting off the edge of the road. Racked with fear, Fox didn't realize the impending doom that his family would suffer and when the bus driver pulled over and looked directly at him, he still had no idea.

It wasn't until they pulled his mother out broken and bleeding, sobbing for the man under the wreckage, that it hit Fox. And suddenly the thunder and the lightning that stifled him, the loud crash that had him scurrying under the seat, that meant nothing. The moment the ambulance came, the moment the police piled around the section of road and the rain died down to a reasonable patter, and he, as well as all the other children, were checked for serious injuries, did Fox realize what had happened.

Someone pointed to him not long after, and he was whisked away by a uniform and a pair of lights to sit in a police car with a lady he didn't know. He told her what he could for a seven year old, that grandad and grandma lived far, far away and that mommy's parents lived in the dirt with God. No one would come, that's all he knew, and so, with as much pity as the officer could muster, she staid with him in the waiting room at the state hospital for word on his mother. Apparently his father 'died on impact' and he wasn't allowed to see him.

His mother came out the next day, or at least, he was allowed to see her. Marie, unable to move most of her face, and both her arms could only hum Fox a quiet song and allowed him to rest with her. He didn't move much, and when it came time to go home, he did what he could for her with the rest of the community. The days were filled with people in the house, which he didn't mind much, but for a child picking up his own pieces, it didn't leave a lot of room for him to grief. And maybe that's different for children, but Fox could only ever look at his mother for an example. For a kid, death struck him harder than most. It wasn't the realization that dad wouldn't ever come home, but that mother would suffer for it. Maybe that would come later. Maybe he'd realize a lot more things sooner, but now all he could think of was how empty his mother looked when she did her best to smile.

From this point on, Foxtrot dealt with varying issues that popped up. He'd run into mental health problems, mainly dealing with abandonment and anxiety. From a very young age, Fox stopped attending church, began branching out into various other things. He looked into other religions, saw things that seemed nice, familiar, gave him hope. And thus began his chase for some kind of closure, some kind of God out there to tell him what happened to his family meant something more than just tragedy. It became taking care of his mother whenever she'd relapse and he'd find her staring blankly at a wall with half her face dropping. She tried her best to keep her son faithful, maybe to cling on to whatever her husband wanted out of the actual book of Mormon. Unfortunately, with her lapse in cognitive thought once in a while and pounding headaches when stress shot high, that didn't work for Marie very well.

Thus, Fox drowned most his time in academics, finding a nice place in Utah's less than Mormon group of students and excelling at what he put his mind to. Not necessarily a straight A student, but Fox kept up with the more work load oriented, college go-getters. He didn't do it for the same thing, but at least it meant something to him. Not valedictorian material, more like a decent college student and an excellent high school kid.

It wasn't until recently that his life uprooted and his mother saw it first hand. First hand being, "holy shit what the hell did my son just do to the cat," and then literally pushing him into his room to get packed. They left Hildale posthaste once Marie found a nice, secluded little town in the Washington pine forests. Verona. Cute name. Sounded a lot like Romeo and Juliet. Marie made sure to slap the shit out of her son for the ceaseless references and puns on the way there.

Marie Orville Sinclair - Mother (43); worked as a secretary for a police department; currently interviewing for a job as a secretary for Verona's elementary school.

Dimension Manipulation

The ability to rip open a dimensions for varying uses, mostly travel.