[color=fff79a][b]Name:[/b][/color] Aaron "Ronnie" Loche Jr.
[color=fff79a][b]Age:[/b][/color] 17

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[color=fff79a][b]Backstory:[/b][/color] As far as family life goes, Aaron got off easier than a lot of other people, but wasn't without his worries. His father, Aaron Loche, was a violent felon who'd split on his tenth birthday. Ronnie was often found himself as the object of his aggression, as his father believed Ronnie was a mistake. Early on, Ronnie developed a panic disorder and social anxiety. His father leaving was the best birthday gift Ronnie could ask for. Ronnie had yet to address the effects his father had on him, and Aaron Sr. lurks as a shadow in the back of his mind. Ronnie's older half-brother, Vincent, had been his role model, who'd taken his resentment for his father and used it to fuel his budding career as a policeman. After serving for four years, Vincent took a bullet to his knee in a gang raid, forcing him to retire young and giving him PTSD. Ronnie discovered his powers when he aided his brother with falling asleep and the frequent night terrors. As the years passed, Ronnie took care of the family with multiple part time jobs, while his brother Vincent went to college to pursue a safer dream. One year ago, Ronnie's mom was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer and declined chemo. Refusing to allow him to watch her wither away, she forced Ronnie to attend Skyline Academy. In the wake of her death, Ronnie struggles to return to school and maintain his formerly optimistic outlook.
[color=fff79a][b]Abilities/Weaknesses:[/b][/color] Somnokinesis
Ronnie has the ability to manipulate aspects of a person's sleep and consciousness.
•At a touch, Ronnie can make his target fall asleep. Ronnie can determine how long and how deep they sleep, and for the most part, does not force people to sleep. His powers also serve to wake people up.
•Ronnie can dreamwalk, but only if he is asleep. Dreamwalking allows him to be inside someone's dream, physically interact with the dreamscape and dreamer, and influence dreams. However, when he dreamwalks into another person's dream, he can't leave until the other person wakes up, and can feel any pain and sustains all damage in a dream. Damage done inside a dream does not apply to his awakened form, but carries into any other dreams he walks into. To heal himself, Ronnie must be healed by a healer in a dream, or go into a regenerative sleep. This can take a long time, depending on how injured he is. If Ronnie dies in a dream, he becomes physically unconscious and unresponsive until his dreamwalking form is healed to a stable state. Ronnie can't dreamwalk while awake, but can watch other people's dreams in his mind's eye. Ronnie is rarely able to influence dreams when awake.
•Ronnie is able to project the dreams he is in into the physical world. This is mentally exhausting to him.
[color=fff79a][b]Personality:[/b][/color] Ronnie tries to believe there is at least a little bit of good in every person, but time has worn down this childish faith. He truly does want to help people, but doesn't believe he can, often underestimating himself. He has a very dutiful attitude, so whenever he sets his mind on something, he rarely stops until he thinks he's accomplished what he was looking for. Ronnie is very adaptable, and agreeable to the point of being a doormat. Ronnie has a tendency to get lost in his thoughts, making him very absent-minded, a point of frustration to him and many others. He prefers to keep people at an arm's distance, rarely letting them into his personal life. He has an enigmatic, aloof air to him, almost cold at times. While he doesn't intend this, most of the time, he doesn't mind the isolation it sometimes fruits.
Lately, Ronnie has become very withdrawn due to his mother's death, and spends a lot of time in his head. Lately he's spent a lot of time dreamwalking into other people's dreams.