MAIN GOAL ⫻ The young Kaitlyn Liao is still discovering herself. She wants to keep to herself above all else, mainly due to the fact that she thinks all people should be the same way. This is why she keeps these grand goals of improving humanity to herself, however, she wishes to pursue her dream of becoming a Marine Biologist and discover all that she can about the Ocean. She wants to get her Masters so she can be the expert in the subject that she was always meant to be.

PHILOSOPHY ⫻ Live and let live. Katie believes that people should focus less on what other people are doing and focus more on what concerns them. That far too many people don't love themselves and focus too much on tearing each other down rather than building each other up. And for what? A small amount of satisfaction before you continue the vicious cycle? Kaitlyn desires to break out of this cycle of negativity and find new ways to love herself rather than hating other people.

SECRETS ⫻ Kaitlyn's main secret is the fact that she's bisexual and the fact that she spent the last two years in a same-sex relationship. She knows her mother would renounce her if she found out, and keeps any mention of it strictly off social media. Katie is also a very secretive person in general that makes what she does, where she came from, and where she is, private as possible.

SEXUALITY ⫻ Bisexual, or something, she's questioning it herself. Initially, Kaitlyn believed that she was a lesbian but she seems to be attracted to both sides. Kaitlyn has an affinity towards other females but she hasn't exactly been acting on it lately. She's getting over a rather nasty break up and she wants some time alone to heal before she starts anew. The girl is somewhat bashful and shy, and doesn't act on her sexuality.

FEARS ⫻ Katie fears her mother finding out about her sexuality and her secret relationship. Mainly because she hates disappointing her mother and she wouldn't approve of such a relationship.

REPUTATION ⫻ Because of her nature, Kaitlyn is relatively unknown throughout Araminta. If most people see her they probably wouldn't have a clue who she is. She likes it that way. However, she's been acting as a lifeguard at the local pool and a few people know her due to how diligent and professional she is for her age. At the University of Araminta, she's also a bit more well-known throughout her classes for being academic, kind, and reserved above all else. Kaitlyn has a growing social media presence, and while she isn't a model or even a verified account she has a lot of people following her adventures.

FLAWS ⫻ Kaitlyn has been repressing herself and her true feelings for a while. As a coping mechanism because she doesn't really like confrontation she usually lets things slide that she knows that she shouldn't. This causes her to bottle up things and it causes her to hold grudges against people. This can really be bad because eventually, eventually, she'll let all of those actions out in an explosive display and usually she ends up doing something that she regrets. Kaitlyn is very slow to anger but if you keep pressing her you'll also find that she's very hard to control. She even has a hard time controlling herself and, again, ends up doing something that she regrets. She's always afraid of doing the wrong thing at the wrong time, ruining it, and being scolded for it. Which is why Kaitlyn always ends up going with the "safe option" rather than striking out and risking it. This ends up costing her opportunity after opportunity to make herself happy. Even then Kaitlyn has the unfortunate habit of saying the wrong thing, at the wrong time. There's also that ever-present feeling that she's an outsider and that she doesn't belong to any particular group that she attaches herself to.

Kaitlyn Liao was the daughter of Meifeng Liao and Daniel Liao, a Chinese immigrant and a man born in the states that met in college and eloped. Meifeng got pregnant with Kaitlyn... and her twin brother Justin.

There was a stark difference between the two. The two were a pair of wild and rambunctious people that caused headaches for their mother, father, and all other blood relatives in the vicinity. However, Kaitlyn was the more wild and passionate of the two, far more emotional than even her hotblooded brother. But, other than that Katie's early life didn't have much of note, Meifeng was at home raising them while his father was making the money for them to live comfortably. This built up a deep innate connection between the twins and their mother, who imparted many of her ideas and philosophy upon the twins - though she was unhappy with staying home by herself. Their grandmother, Lihua Zhao, stepped in and offered to take some of the workloads off Meifeng so she could pursue a career in the Police Force. Their dual-earner family is what earned them a lot of money, and in turn, helped them live comfortably in Los Angeles.

However, Katie was close to her grandmother who taught her, in time, that she as a woman needed to be calmer and more reserved. That she needed the discipline that her brother lacked - but she told her that her mother was the same way. She first and foremost taught her everything that she needed to learn when she became a mother herself. Mostly how to lead, how to defuse situations, also things like how to cook, and also trying to teach her some discipline and controlling her emotions. Along with teaching Kaitlyn how to be strong, self-reliant, and above all else. At the cost of making her like an old lady. This meant that Kaitlyn fulfilled the role of calming her more hotblooded brother.

Speaking of which, the two were almost diametrically opposed to one another. Justin was more of a hot-blooded rebel growing up and Kaitlyn was more orderly. Most of their time together was Justin trying his best to drag Kaitlyn into bad decisions in order to get her to "loosen up" and usually got them in trouble. Sometimes it ended up with Kaitlyn in the back of a police car going home to a very pissed off Meifeng. However, Kaitlyn felt like it was her duty to stop Justin from doing stupid stuff for fun and Justin thought that his twin sister acted like a grandmother. And growing up they drifted apart, just a bit, due to their drastically different personalities. It started with talking to each other less and it pretty ended with them, hardly, if ever, interacting unless they were stuck together. However, they still were able to treat each other civily.

Though, there was one passion in particular with Kaitlyn; the ocean. It started out when she was young but she really loved the beach and playing in the water. It was so calming and relaxing to her and fun, and as she aged she learned more and more about the ocean and the little critters inside of it. When she was stressed she would always think about the ocean and she even downloaded the sound of waves crashing against the shore that she uses to calm herself. Kaitlyn wanted to learn more.

However, growing up under Meifeng's parenting was tough. The woman was strict and hardly accepted fairly, especially not from her daughter. Around this time, Kaitlyn had packed on a lot of baby fat and Meifeng didn't exactly approve of it. She tried to force Kaitlyn into getting exercise by signing her up for the swim class (might as well work with her rather than against it). It didn't work as Kaitlyn seemed to not take the idea that there was something wrong with her too well. Eventually, Meifeng gave up and let Kaitlyn do her own thing but this created a rift between them that's not easy to mend.

Kaitlyn loved the ocean more than anything and she wanted to explore it, learn the animals that are in the ocean, and make breakthroughs as a scientist. Which lead to Kaitlyn taking up Marine Biology and going to the illustrious University of Araminta, where her twin-brother got sent to live with their grandmother in Farmer Hill and eventually go to a school local to the town. Being away from her family caused a huge shift in her life as she tried to get her master's degree. Kaitlyn realized something inside of her, the fact that she was more sexual than she let on. This didn't mean that she slept around, she realized that she was more attracted to people than she thought. And in time, she soon realized that it wasn't just boys she liked.

Though the girl was in no rush to get into a relationship. She merely stayed focus on getting her degree and like most cliche college-aged kids she got a job at a local coffee shop not too far away from the university. At most, her side hobby was chronicling her adventures (I.E going to the river and taking pictures of it and places she eats) on Instagram. Things changed when she ran into a girl named Amelia Dallon... it was a strange experience as the girl was seemingly at her coffee shop every day, then she found out that she was at the university too. Eventually, they started hanging out and became friends, and eventually, Amelia dropped the question. It was strange for Kaitie, but she decided to try it out. The two went out on a few dates and had all types of fun and eventually decided to become a couple. And things were happy for the next two years.

All good things come to an end. It all started a few months before the start of the story when Justin called her all frantic explaining to her that her grandmother was murdered by something. This caused grief like no other in Kaitlyn as she became withdrawn from her social circle, classes, and eventually Amelia. After her grandmother's funeral, Kaitlyn took some time to herself. However, this didn't sit too well with Amelia as she felt like she was being neglected and ignored - mixed with the fact that she felt like Kaitlyn was ashamed of her (Which wasn't wrong). Amelia kept trying to get close to Kaitlyn while she pushed her away.

Eventually, Kaitlyn gave into Amelia and went out to a date at a nice restaurant. It was awkward as Kaitlyn felt that the magic between them was dying and ultimately chose to break it off. However, Amelia didn't take that too well and as Katie tried to walk away she grabbed her. She cried her heart out about how she loved Katie and how it couldn't end like this and it got mad creepy for Kaitlyn. Eventually, a fight broke out between the two as Kaitlyn tried to fight her ex off, and in the middle of the struggle both Amelia and Kaitlyn Awakened. Amelia has pushed away from Kaitlyn with a sudden wave and couldn't get close to her. All while Kaitlyn hauled ass back to her dorm.

This was strange as her Awakening unlocked an abstraction relating to the ocean. It felt like the ocean was at her very fingertips as she can bring it to hers. It was a beautiful experience that was unlike any other. However, Kaitlyn tried to move on with her life.

This was around the time her brother called her...

TYPE ⫻ Awakened.

ABSTRACTION ⫻ Thalassomancery, Kaitlyn can summon the ocean and control it with a snap of her fingers.

ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION ⫻ Kaitlyn's ability is mainly rooted in her love of the ocean and her inner calmness and peaceful nature. Her abstraction is a strange mixture of ocean manipulation and water generation as she can summon water from the ocean and manipulate it. It functions not too much differently from hydromancy, she can summon water from the ocean in a fifteen-meter radius and telekinetically manipulate it. She can notably summon the water in the form of a water spout, whirlpool, tidal wave, etc, etc - and even in the shape of animals. However, she summons it she can telekinetically manipulate it through a per. Kaitlyn's water manipulation isn't quite like regular elemental abilities in the way that she has precise control. This ability is raw, destructive, wild... and she's not capable of finer techniques like functional telekinesis. Think of it less like controlling water and more of violently pushing water around. Kaitlyn can use this to create violent tidal waves with a snap of her fingers, but she can also create whirlpools, tornados, etc etc. Thus, Kaitlyn has a large amount of offensive, defensive, and even mobility options. At will, she can dispel it.

This ability comes with a few sub-abilities that Kaitlyn finds useful. For starters, Kaitlyn can walk on water and she can use this ability to perform feats such as riding waves. This is normally subconsciously on at all times but she can disable it at will and swim. Kaitlyn can, for whatever reason, breath indefinitely while submerged in the ocean. This ability functions by teleporting air from a multitude of different dimensions into her lungs so she will never find herself without breath.

AURA SENSING ⫻ Kaitlyn's aura sensing allows her to see the auras of what is soaked or submerged in water up to thirty meters away. She can tell which is what by the intensity of its aura as soaked objects have a less intense aura while what is submerged down.

LIMITS ⫻ Emotional-Fields inhibit Kaitlyn's ability somewhat... she can't summon water inside of someone's body or instantly drown them in water. Of course, she can still summon water around them and attack them but she can't force it down someone's throat. Kaitlyn can summon water anywhere in a fifteen-meter radius, which isn't that far of a range. Kaitlyn can summon enough water to fill up a moderately sized river and she can dispel it at will. She also can only manipulate ocean water... and since she's nowhere near an ocean she can only manipulate the water that she is summoning. Mixing ocean water with regular water will not bode well for her. Also, she lacks precise control over the water and it's more of a raw uncontrollable force that is prone to collateral damage.

WEAKNESSES ⫻ Kaitlyn's abstraction comes with two weaknesses. First summoning water cools her body down, and the bigger the summon the more her body will cool down. Small effects won't have any noticeable effects but the more dramatic summons will cause one hell of a chill. If she cuts loose she'll come out of the engagement with hypothermia or may even freeze herself to death. The abstraction also causes an uncomfortable feeling of cold water on her body that gets worse the more she uses it. Along with the loss of breath as if she was drowning in the water as if she's being submerged. Kaitlyn's abstraction also dehydrates her body as if she just consumed food rich in sodium, so she has to constantly hydrate to keep using her abstraction because it'll completely cut off if she does.