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[i]"Everyone loses themselves once or twice."[/i]
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[sub][color=coral]Sabrina Lydia Vanburen[/color]

[color=coral]She/Her[/color]   [b]|[/b]   [color=coral]29[/color]   [b]|[/b]   [color=coral]British & African-American[/color]   [b]|[/b]   [color=coral]6'4ft[/color]  [b]|[/b]   [color=coral]162lb[/color]      
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[color=coral]Skills & Talents[/color][/sub]
[i]"I can make you smile."[/i]
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[sub][color=Coral][b]Basketball  ⫻[/b][/color] Before Sabrina transitioned she joined her school's basketball team only because she wanted to hide it. She didn't realize that she would have so much fun doing it and it's something that she sticks to. Sabrina plays basketball every now and then.

[color=Coral][b]Fashion  ⫻[/b][/color] Sabrina has a master's in fashion design and has all sorts of experience designing clothes and picking just the right outfit.

[color=Coral][b]Dancing  ⫻[/b][/color] Sabrina took a few dance classes back in the day and despite her size her coordination and footwork is nothing to laugh at.[/sub][/hider]

[/cell][cell][sub][b][color=coral] Appearance[/color][/b][/sub]
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[i]"Whatever I wanted to be, I already am."[/i]

[indent]Sabrina immediately gives off wallflower vibes. She doesn't really raise her voice - which is a bit deep and husky - and usually keeps herself out of trouble. There's perhaps a touch of sadness in her eyes, a bit of tiredness. Sabrina's posture isn't exactly that great because she's hunched over most of the time and usually takes small steps. Usually, she gives off the aura of "keep your distance from me, please" and a person that's mindful of their environment. Sabrina is like the rabbit, gracefully hopping through the streets of Araminta... or where ever she is.

In terms of appearance, she's one gal that's hard to forget about once you see her. Primarily the fact that she's tall at six-four and has a very skinny build. She works out to stay skinny and nothing else, there's a bit of leg definition on her legs from running but that's it. Sabrina has some relatively broad shoulders that would belong on a man and sadly, her butt's flat. There's a bit of femininity to her body, and her 36B cup size definitely helps. 

Let me just address the elephant in the room and come out and say it: Sabrina is transgender. She transitioned at a later point in her life and James covered all of her surgery costs. She's had reassignment surgery and had a bit of facial feminization surgery to make it a bit more convincing. Sabrina doesn't want any more surgery and likes herself as she is, feeling like it's a slippery slope as is.

Now, Sabrina is a mixed-race gal, and that should be obvious on first glance. Her mother provided the African, and, obviously, her father provided the Caucasian. She's lighter skin, almost off-white, and her body is covered in brown freckles that she inherited from her mother. Sabrina's got thick lips and African hair texture. Speaking of her hair, her hair is a brown color and pretty thick... and she notably keeps it in two massive ponytails that go down to her knees. That's because her mother naturally grows a lot of hair and she passed that down to her. Usually, she keeps it in a very dramatic bun or ties it in a knot or two to shorten the length. And if you're wondering; yes, it's a bitch to maintain.

As for clothing, well, Sabrina is affixed to an Apparition that is literally comprised of clothes. She can take the shape of any form of clothing and it'd be a perfect fit for Sabrina. Usually, Sabrina is seen wearing fancy and elaborate outfits. She wears all sorts of clothing, but she likes light-pink and red color.[/indent]

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[i]"I'm thankful for everything he did, regardless of what I find out about him."[/i]

[INDENT][color=Coral][b]MAIN GOAL  ⫻[/b][/color] Sabrina guesses her main goal is to become a model, but deep down she wants to escape from her father's shadow and to that extent the Vanburen family's. All her life she was just known as one of his children and then the little publicity stunt. Sabrina wants to step out of that shadow and establish to the world that she is her own person and that she isn't some political statement.

[color=Coral][b]PHILOSOPHY  ⫻[/b][/color] Sabrina is a very spiritual person, despite the fact that she doesn't really believe in any religion (it's still a fun little hobby of hers to research them). She believes that everyone needs to explore their own spirituality and find a deeper meaning in things. Sabrina believes that there are so many layers to a person's soul that it's impossible to decipher in its entirety. The world is a big place, bigger than all of them, but to Sabrina, it's much smaller and less daunting if she connects to other people. Sabrina just loves to explore the symbolism and meanings of animals and even the most mundane things such as colors.

[color=Coral][b]SEXUALITY  ⫻[/b][/color] Sabrina is pansexual. Before she transitioned, Sabrina thought that she was attracted to just men but realized that she's attracted to people. All people regardless of what they identify as or even look. The idea of a relationship is kind of daunting to her because she has never been in a serious one... and wonders if she even wants one.

[color=Coral][b]FEARS  ⫻[/b][/color] Sabrina constantly fears the growing looming thought that society would reject her for what she is. Sabrina just desires the ability to step out of Vanburen's shadow, but when she gets down to it; they are what made her into what she is. And she will always find herself crawling back to them when she needs them the most.

[color=Coral][b]REPUTATION  ⫻[/b][/color] Sabrina's known in Araminta as that one child of James that transitioned. Her reputation varies as some people who are a bit more archaic see her rather poorly (and at worst, a freak). However, the newer more forward-thinking citizens of Araminta see her as brave, as a shining example... and that doesn't really make Sabrina think any better of them. Online Sabrina is seen a bit more positivity among the LGBT and other such people.

[color=Coral][b]THOUGHTS ABOUT FATHER  ⫻[/b][/color] Sabrina loves father unconditionally and with all of her heart. James accepted her with open arms and paid for [i]everything[/i] that she needed to be the best person that she wants to be. Sabrina is very taken back by his death... but she asserts that she's going to love him regardless of how many skeletons they find in his closet. 

[color=Coral][b]FLAWS  ⫻[/b][/color] At her worst, Sabrina is very naive and it shows in her decision making. While she sees herself as an open-minded free thinker, she's very green in a lot of ways. She doesn't have a lot of experience dealing with situations that put pressure on her and she's quick to crack. And the result will end in her fleeing from the situation or exploding in rage towards the aggressor. Sabrina tries a bit too hard to ignore the ugly parts of life and focus on the good, even when it comes to people. Because of this, she's quick to trust people, far too quickly, which can be very dangerous. At the end of the day Sabrina is only [i]trying[/i] to do the right thing, even if it can cloud her judgment to doing the more aggressive, harsh things in life. 
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[sub][b][color=coral] Backstory[/color][/b][/sub]
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[i]"The caterpillar died and became the butterfly."[/i]

[indent]Sabrina Vanburen was born as Tyler Vanburen in Araminta... to his wife Willow Price, the daughter of a football star that hit it off with James. They married and had one child... Tyler Vanburen. The family was nice and snug under their father's care, as he provided everything for them. Although he would go on trips abruptly for months at a time, he made sure his children were happy, well-adjusted people. The family was close-knit and most of the time, the Vanburens only interacted with each other. But, the young Tyler already felt like an outcast among his peers growing up. 

It started as a fascination with femininity - the color pink, their clothes, and their toys. It started relatively harmless, but he felt like an alien in his skin. The Vanburens forced conventional gender norms on Tyler but he didn't exactly gel too well with it. The Vanburens had a lot of power and influence in the city of Araminta and, thus, that meant Tyler was sent to the best schools that Araminta had to offer. Of course, it was private intuitions and other such places. It was there that Tyler learned that these thoughts of his had to be... suppressed. Mainly because acting like a girl in public only meant that he was seen as some kind of a weirdo and ended with him being bullied. 

This was where Tyler put on the facade of being one hundred percent male and merely hiding his interests. Tyler started growing up to be fairly tall... and thus the most logical conclusion was for Tyler to join his school's basketball team. Sports wasn't exactly in his interests, but man, he sure found it [i]fun[/i]. Joining the school's basketball team he found himself getting closer to his fellow teammates and thus met a man that would change a huge chunk of his life: Zachery Gordan. Zachary and Tyler just vibed... they were both two shy rich kids that just got along. Throughout the months, they got along more and more... and eventually the two shared a kiss. This threw Tyler into disarray... was he just gay or something, or what? The one thing that he had to keep in mind was that he had to keep this a secret from the Vanburens and the school.

Unfortunately, life wasn't that simple when word got out... and it was relentless bullying and other such mean pranks. It was a huge weight on Tyler, but his only comfort was the Vanburens... and father. James Vanburen himself got involved and decided to take it up with the school and when that didn't work; Tyler was plucked out of the academy and sent to an international boarding school in France. Where Tyler was free to learn about himself as he chose and the one person that he made bonds with was a girl named Linda Liu. Now the Lius were a loose associate of the Vanburens, they attended each other's parties. Linda was Tyler's closet friend during his time in France... and eventually helped Tyler discover himself. 

Or more accurately, herself.

With the help of Lin, Tyler realized that he had gender dysphoria and everything that came with that. Tyler was profoundly uncomfortable in his skin and didn't like being something that he was, well, not. It was not possible, not even in the slightest, for Tyler to go on like this. Even if people were to hate him for this, make fun of him, he would still be in a better place than before. He began to buy female clothing and started using female pronouns as he demanded that people call him... Sabrina. And this was where Tyler Vanburen "died" and Sabrina Vanburen was born anew. Like a butterfly that broke free of its cocoon.

Going home for summer vacation was a doozy as they were expecting Tyler but got Sabrina instead. This was when she came out as transgendered and expected the worst, but with the feeling that, whatever happened, she would be happy with the choice. James Vanburen took her in with open arms, and so did the rest of the family. James paid for [i]everything[/i] that Sabrina wanted so that she would be happy... even if he didn't entirely understand it. James paid for Sabrina's Estrogen therapy and then paid for her surgery almost a year later. It was daunting going under for the first time, but Sabrina knew that she would be happy. 

And that she was officially Sabrina Vanburen, her name was legally changed to that and now she was a very happy woman. There were some comments from the general public that she was merely a "publicity stunt" but Sabrina didn't care even in the slightest. Sabrina had graduated from high school, but she didn't know what to do with her life afterward. Sabrina wanted to go into the fashion world, and not just that, she wanted to become a model. James would, naturally, pay for everything that she wanted so the world was her oyster. 

Eventually, Sabrina went into school for Fashion and intended to become a master's in it. She kept her past a secret as she lived a glorious life that was new and renewed. On the side, Sabrina found her true calling: being a model. The first thing that she did was try to get herself in shape... to mixed results but she wasn't some fat slob. It started as an amateur thing on the side but eventually became more and more of a free time consumer. It was to the point where Sabrina would pass out in class due to being so tired. 

Most of her work was posted on Instagram and other places where she gained a following, but it came out that she was transgendered. And that was when the hate comments started to the point where she had to disable them... however, she also gained a following in the LGBT community. So hey, at least it was something. Sabrina, after many painful and stressful years of college, earned her master's degree in fashion and entered the insane, insane, world of the fashion industry. As a stylist for a modeling company in LA, she came up with kooky outfits for these models. And it was a fun, stressful, time for Sabrina.

On Christmas Eve, Sabrina went home with the rest of the Vanburen family to enjoy a nice time in the Vanburen estate before they went home. Tensions rose and eventually a fight broke out but Sabrina went back to her old room. She fell asleep and that morning, she found out that James... was dead. She was devastated by this. She took some time off, got her head straight... then buried James along with the rest of the Vanburens.
She got some time off to grieve and spent it in the Vanburen estate... and wandering it she got to learn about Jame's rather colorful collection. She was confused by the existence of them... magic and ghosts and shit aren't real, why is this locket talking?

Sabrina went outside to get some air when she saw a shirt flying through the air... and then it attached itself to her like some kind of parasite and understandably freaked out. However, it introduced herself... as Mary Roberts. And it introduced itself glowingly: like a total pretentious twat. Mary called herself the spirit of high fashion and wanted to find James for personal reasons. However, finding out that he was dead was not good with her plans, but she knew James personally... and latched onto his daughter. She saw Sabrina as a fellow connoisseur of high fashion and worthy of working with her.

Mary's ability was incredible... except not like shooting lasers or being supergirl. Sabrina made use of it as she practiced and made herself acquainted with an apparition from the God damn early nineteen-hundreds. Sabrina didn't feel the effects of the curse as she stuck around in the Vanburen estate...but she was the one there to coordinate her family coming home and heard all about the curse of the Vanburens.

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[i]"I could live without magic or any of this craziness."[/i]

[indent][color=Coral][b]TYPE  ⫻[/b][/color] Aberration (Affixed)

[color=Coral][b]ABSTRACTION  ⫻[/b][/color] [i]Clothing Manipulation,[/i] Sabrina is affixed to an Apparition that has the ability to manipulate clothing near limitlessly and even generate it.

[color=Coral][b]ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION  ⫻[/b][/color] Mary Roberts in her life was a red Adept that focused on the manipulation of fabrics and after her [i]very [/i]untimely death she returned as an Apparition. One with similar abilities that changed and altered in time, but remained as the manipulation of the materials clothing is comprised of. Mary Roberts is an apparition that inhabits clothing and thus has the ability to manipulate [i]herself[/i]. Her favorite thing to do is be the clothing for her current host that'll constantly shift depending on their form. And she and Sabrina are really close and thus she can more or less channel Mary Roberts power (Something like that, it's really confusing). This allows Sabrina to change her outfit on the fly.

Now to begin, Mary's ability at its basest is that she can telekinetically manipulate all fibers/fabrics (wool, silk, cotton, etc), denim, nylons, polyester, rayon, flannel, leather, feather down, linen, and spandex. Naturally, she can move large quantities of this along with the ability to more or less create all sorts of constructions out of it. It's limited only by the materials that she has on hand. This is fairly versatile... just not in a combat setting. She can create barriers, ropes to swing with, and a kickass wardrobe. This ability is naturally on the lower end of the scale, but it has a large amount of versatility... and can still take on the strongest Extra-Normals with a bit of versatility.

One aspect of Mary Roberts's abstraction is the ability to create fabric from her body, and also absorb this fabric. She can create several meters worth of cloth near instantly from her body, and it appears that Sabrina's outfit stretched. This ability mainly allows Sabrina to have an outfit for any situation, at any time. Most likely the most powerful aspect of Mary Roberts's abstraction is the ability to manipulate the tensile strength of clothes. Basically, tensile strength is how much stress a single thread can withstand before it snaps, Mary Roberts can adjust how much it takes before it snaps. She can, at most, give a single thread the tensile strength of diamonds, or she can make it shred like wet tissue paper.

[color=Coral][b]AURA-SENSING  ⫻[/b][/color] In life, Mary Roberts was a very egotistical and vain woman that took far too much pride in her handiwork as an Adept. Which is why she can sense the auras of any outfit or piece of clothing she creates while it's being worn. Now how far she can aura sense depends on how much of an outfit she created for a person, if it's just a shirt (or pants) then she can sense them in a fifteen-meter radius. If it's something insignificant like a hat or shoes then five meters. If it's a full outfit, on the other hand, she can sense them within a fifty-meter radius.

[color=Coral][b]LIMITS  ⫻[/b][/color] Emotional-Fields are a very difficult thing that hampers her ability... normally, Sabrina could use Mary to strangle anyone, but with the existence of the Extra-Normals, she has a hard time penetrating emotional fields. To make it short, she can't do anything like strangling someone with clothes ([s]Unless they're into that[/s]). Sabrina/Mary can manipulate large amounts of clothes at a time in an effective range of around fifteen meters, outside of that her abstraction is a bit harder to use. Mary Roberts can instantly create around six meters of cloths, but at the very most she can create around twenty-six meters. After she reached that limit she has to retract it and it'll take her a while to "replenish" her supply. Mary Roberts's ability to manipulate a clothing's tensile strength is temporary, and it will wear off after she stops applying the effect. How fast it wears off is dependant on how durable she makes it, if she gives it the tensile strength of diamonds it'll more or less instantly wear off. It's also a huge drain of her stamina and requires a lot of focus to maintain.

[color=Coral][b]WEAKNESSES  ⫻[/b][/color] There's not really a whole lot of weaknesses to her abstraction due to it's relatively low nature. Regardless of how much she changes the textile strength clothing can still be destroyed by fire and other corrosive materials. Of course, she can be destroyed by such things. Also getting clothes wet is not ideal as it makes manipulating clothes a lot heavier, which makes it difficult to manipulate.
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[i]"Let's go, I'm tired of this place."[/i]
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[i]"Where ever I need to go, I'll be there. Whoever needs to be stopped next... well you know."[/i]
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[sub][color=red]Justin Liao[/color]

[color=red]He/Him[/color]   [b]|[/b]   [color=red]19[/color]   [b]|[/b]   [color=red]Chinese[/color]   [b]|[/b]   [color=red]6'1ft[/color]  [b]|[/b]   [color=red]182lb[/color]      
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[i]"This ain't my first rodeo."[/i]
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[sub][color=red][b]Supernatural-Experience  ⫻[/b][/color] This ain't Justin's first rodeo. He was one of the few people there who helped defeat the Glutton (and gained friends along the way) and knows a lot about the world of the Extra-Normal. Not everything, but enough to put him above a novice.

[color=red][b]Kick-Boxing  ⫻[/b][/color] Justin took some Kick-Boxing courses when he was younger to help him defend himself from a group of bullies. He'd say that the training paid off because he's a competent fighter, able to use all of his skills to take down even the toughest of opponents. He's out of practice, though; due to not training or even practicing, and two; not fighting.

[color=red][b]Skateboarding  ⫻[/b][/color] One thing that Justin excelled at was skateboarding. Learning from a friend, he became an expert in it and could pull off some sick tricks. His balance and precision are also pretty good because of it.

[color=red][b]Cantonese  ⫻[/b][/color] Because Justin grew up in a primarily Chinese household, he learned how to speak their language - though it comes second to him, he can still maintain a conversation.[/sub][/hider]


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[i]"Pretty fly for an Asian guy."[/i]

[indent]Things changed a lot for the young Liao. Back in his yesteryears, Justin was a lot more loud, rowdy, and full of energy... and after the defeat of the Glutton and losing several of his friends he learned to slow down and take in the moment and assess things. And this shows with how Justin walks, he takes large steps but he always has his eye open, keeping them on every person that walks by. Usually, as he walks with his hands in his pockets, but he still has that devil-may-care attitude about him as he always has a smile on his face. Justin usually is friendly and has an open and outward demeanor about him and rarely if ever shouts. Fortunately, the young Liao doesn't draw a whole lot of attention to himself. Though he is a little bit tall at six-one, and that is only because he inherited his family's monstrous height (his grandmother was somehow [i]six-two[/i]). Which is surprising given that he's way higher than the height average for Chinese men. 

Even before Justin, unfortunately, encountered the Glutton, he put a lot of focus into his physical fitness and personal health. Before he tried to get big looking to attract the ladies, but now he focuses on developing practical lean muscle. This shows that he's not a bodybuilder but you can tell that he definitely lifts, but his legs and disproportionately muscular due to the fact that Justin never skips leg day. Also running from an Eldritch Abomination has taught him that he needs to get good at running. Due to this workout routine, you can tell that Justin ain't the kind of kid to laze around.

Justin is, in case you're blind, Chinese. He has an off-white skin tone with yellow overtones, and it's coated with scars and other marks from a lifetime of doing the wrong thing. Ironically enough, Justin never went through with getting a tattoo due to a fear of needles. Justin has two sigils: on his back behind his right shoulder is the [url=https://i.imgur.com/ZjzqD5o.png]sigil of a phoenix[/url]. On the back of both of his hands are the [url=https://img.favpng.com/2/11/23/computer-icons-diamond-symbol-logo-png-favpng-VZjyyMBvisrW8JyxHe47Zedkr.jpg]sigils of a diamond.[/url][/indent]

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[i]"Let's pretend that never happened."[/i]

[INDENT][color=red][b]MAIN GOAL  ⫻[/b][/color] Justin's primary goal is to honor his grandmother's last wishes and stop the illusive Thorton Walters. He loved his grandmother more than anything and now that he understands where she comes from and what she's done, he understands what he must do. He's going to do all he can to help the Vanburen family break their curse and stop Thorton Walters in the process. Afterward, he plans on getting his fucking degree.

[color=red][b]PHILOSOPHY  ⫻[/b][/color] Now, Justin knows that there are horrors and powers out there much, bigger and frightening than him. Shit that makes him an insect. Does that make him a nihilistic mess? Hell no! He knows those threats can be conquered with passion alone - he's seen it done himself! He believes that strength, passion, and love are everything and they'll conquer the coming storm. Besides, he defeated an eldritch God, the most powerful thing in the multiverse; anything else is going to be a cakewalk. He also believes in bloodlines and family names, so that puts makes him a bit sympathetic to the Vanburen family blight. However, he believes in nothing ventured, nothing gained... you can't get anything done without some risks. In the past, he was a lot more hot-blooded, aggressive, and headstrong but now he can stop and take a look at things.

[color=red][b]SEXUALITY  ⫻[/b][/color] Justin used to spend a lifetime not being sure of himself. Originally he thought that he was into women but he realized that it was his family making him think that he should be into women. Every time he touched a girl he felt something that couldn't exist. Eventually, Justin realized that he must be gay but was repressing it until he could no one do so. Justin's homosexual and proud of it, but he's still a bit unsure of how to proceed in this new world of his given that his whole life he was raised to romance women. He keeps it to himself, however, given that there are bigger and more important things right now than finding love and sex.

[color=red][b]FEARS  ⫻[/b][/color] Justin fears that his life will forever be a puppet at the hands of his grandmother's whims and wishes. He feels that he'll forever be facing whatever comes his way because he knows with the return of magic the world's a lot different... a lot more dangerous. He also fears that he'll never be able to continue the bloodline and the Zhao-Liao family name because of his sexuality but he'll find a way. Also Justin does [i]not[/i] like needles.

[color=red][b]REPUTATION  ⫻[/b][/color] Given that he's an outsider: none.

[color=red][b]THOUGHTS ABOUT FATHER  ⫻[/b][/color] Justin never met the guy! But he heard a lot of good things about him from his grandmother and her recollections. And his grandmother [i]rarely[/i] slung praises. So that must mean he's something.

[color=red][b]FLAWS  ⫻[/b][/color]  Justin has made strides in acting without thinking, however, he still makes actions without considering how people feel about them or how they affect other people. He still has a hard time grasping that even the smallest actions have consequences and some people might not see them the way he does. Justin, as a trait that's passed down his family, is prideful and overconfident in his abilities - believing that because he conquered a supernatural God that he's seen worse. That he can handle anything less [i]real[/i] easily - and sometimes lords that over other people who haven't. He also [i]really[/i] hates things being out of his control... his grandmother's death was the biggest thing on his mind, and he beats himself up for not being there to stop it. This leads to Justin being very prideful, and has a hard time asking for help - he wants to handle everything himself

Also, he's haunted by some of the memories he's received from his grandmother's abstraction. 
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[sub][b][color=red] Backstory[/color][/b][/sub]
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[i]"I wish I could have been there to save her..."[/i]

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Justin'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, stepped in and offered to take some of the workloads off Meifeng so she could pursue a career as a forensic scientist. Their dual-earner family is what earned them a lot of money, and in turn, helped them live comfortably in Los Angeles. 

Though the absence of his mother didn't impact him that much, what did was his first bullies at a young age. Just a group of young thugs that thought it'd be funny to pick on Justin. It started light, then it got more intense as Justin let it continue. Eventually, it got violent, and Justin came home bruised and battered, as the teachers didn't seem to care. Well, Meifeng caught wind of it and was having none of it. She decided to sign Justin up for martial arts lessons - specifically Kick-Boxing. After a few months, Justin felt a lot more confident in himself and stood up to the bullies. It ended with some broken noses and teeth, but it also ended. 

This earned the attention of Lihua Zhao... whom he had a relationship he'd call "weird". He enjoyed driving his grandmother up the wall and Lihua returned the favor. By screwing with him in her way, but he loved her nonetheless. She tried to discipline him but she was... unused to raising boys. What she was used to was girls, and his sister, Kaitlyn, got most of the attention. Now, the two of them were the shadows of each other: Kaitlyn was wild and emotional. A force to be reckoned with when combined with Justin. Their relationship was great, they screwed with their grandmother, got into trouble, and had fun. But, once she got of age her grandmother started grooming her. Teaching her all sorts of lessons on "nobility" and being ladylike... and this put a wedge between Justin and Kaitlyn. As she was getting all the attention of their beloved grandmother and she changed a lot too.

Which caused him to go to other places for companionship. Justin's confidence helped him make a scene for himself, and find people like him. He made a friend or two in the skater scene, and after a lot of fumbling, and falling on his ass, became a confident skateboarder (The coordination training from Kick-Boxing helped). Falling into the skating scene meant he fell into the punk crowd. The kind of kids that liked to smoke (both tobacco and weed). It leads him to become, in his own words, "an impetuous shithead." His behavior took a nosedive as he also became wild and disrespectful. Which wasn't going to fly in the Liao household. Meifeng took all sorts of measures to discipline Justin, but nothing short of drastic measures did anything to curb this ill behavior.

After getting through school and graduation through sheer dumb luck, Justin didn't have any real commitments, so Meifeng sent him to stay with his Grandmother in Farmer Hill. A little shithole of a town in the middle of nowhere, Montana: perfect for somebody who doesn't like to be bothered. Of course, Lihua appreciated Justin's company... while Justin hated the town. He hated everything about it. From its location to the people in it. He wanted to get the hell out of there, but Meifeng didn't want to send him home until he learned how to act. Lihua made sure to discipline the child and give him a bit more perspective on life.

It took him a while, but Justin adjusted to life in this backwater shithole of a town and was humbled over time (after many ass whoopings). Eventually, he came to like it over time, after making a few friends in the town, he decided to change. To try to become the best person he can be because of life's short. He decided to try to attend college, and get started on his education. His first attempt was to get into a college in Los Angeles that failed horribly and his mother got him into Grand Ridge. He was salty as any human being could be but accepted that this town would never let him go no matter how hard he tried. 

He aimed towards a master's degree in psychology, because of his interest in how the human mind worked (and because he wanted to have something to brag about). He bounced back and forth between school, hanging out with friends, and his grandmother's house... until one day he came home from class, and saw a bunch of police outside his grandmother's house... carrying out a body in a black bag. Justin was immediately filled with dread, and he asked a cop what had happened, only for his suspicions to be confirmed: Lihua was dead. They said that somebody had broken in and killed her, but stole absolutely nothing. They said that they had no idea what could have happened to her, and absolutely no leads. Which was, from the way Justin interpreted it, their way of saying they were completely useless. The Liao family was devastated by Lihua's death, and they all had no idea how to cope with it. 

But, Justin wouldn't let it go. Even as the months passed, and he ended up getting a dorm in Grand Ridge, the haunting sight of what happened to his grandmother made it hard to focus. He felt that this was his higher calling in life: figuring out the mystery of his grandmother. He made a lot of friends in Farmer Hill... but the town got weird after a camping trip. Well, it started with the dickweed of the town, Scott Reese, hulking out and going on a rampage and ended with a godlike eye in the sky knocking them out. 

That was when he got close to the town misfit, Claire O'Sullivan, as he was dragged along by the support group from A to B... where they found out the real problem was this ancient thing known as the Glutton. They battled the thing where ever they could and Justin fought his hardest to avenge all the people who were killed by it. After it was defeated the deceased were resurrected and Justin talked with his ghostly grandmother who told him [i]everything[/i]. Along with giving him her Abstraction and some resolution about who killed her. And his task: Defeating Thornton Walters. He was unsure of his task, but she shunted him to Araminta, Pennsylvania, and told him to go find a man named James Vanburen.

Cool.

He managed to get in contact with the Vanburen Family and agreed to help them with their little plight. Justin would love to help anyway.[/indent]


[sub][b] [color=red]Abstraction[/color][/b][/sub]
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[i]"I'm who I should be. Are you who you should be?"[/i]

[indent][color=red][b]TYPE  ⫻[/b][/color] Awakened

[hider=Pyro-Telekinesis - His abstraction]
[color=red][b]ABSTRACTION  ⫻[/b][/color] Pyro-Telekinesis, a telekinetic ability that shrouds whatever Justin manipulates in a fiery aura.

[color=red][b]ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION  ⫻[/b][/color] Justin underwent a second Awakening during a battle with the Hound and realizing the true nature of his original abstraction (which were two out of control flaming beasts he could summon). After his epiphany about how his abstraction works, he unlocked his true power: Pyro-telekinesis, a very destructive but powerful form of telekinesis. It functions like regular telekinesis: he can lift objects that are up to nine hundred pounds in a twelve-meter radius and move them any way he can think of. He can move it, twist it, and even do some stuff like crush it with telekinetic force and twist it. However, whatever he uses his ability is covered in a wreath of fire until he releases his control of it - in which the fire immediately disappears. This has the nasty habit of destroying objects that he controls but this is quite dangerous of ability and is versatile... just not as versatile as regular telekinesis. Justin also has access to a form of flight by using the telekinesis on himself - this a technique that Justin uses a lot, possibly more than his regular ability. He's capable of near limitless movement options as he can move much like he manipulates objects. Whenever he uses his ability he also glows with an aura of fire. Justin, seemingly, has an aura of protection around himself that shields him from all fires and he can probably take a lava bath. He can extend this aura to whatever he's touching - which is how his clothes don't burst into flames or he can protect other people.

[color=red][b]AURA SENSING  ⫻[/b][/color] The aura sensing for Justin's own abstraction is a strange one. Now while most other telekinetics or elementals can sense their own elemental in a way, he can sense what's two meters [i]outside[/i] of his control. When an object enters his range, the aura fades away and he can use it.

[color=red][b]LIMITS  ⫻[/b][/color] Justin can't directly use his abstraction on other Extra-Normal beings. So he can't do anything like bend someone like a pretzel or stop their heart telekinetically (though you'd also get your heart cooked). He has a wide degree of control but can only control stuff in about a ten-meter radius, which isn't that far. He can lift up to nine hundred pounds but not for long. Think of it like this: you may be able to lift two hundred pounds but be able to do it for a while. Lifting heavier objects takes a lot more energy out of him and its not as precise as his regular telekinesis. He'll strain himself in the process and it's like a muscle the more he uses it the more tired Justin will get. Justin can manipulate up to ten objects at a time, but again, nine hundred pound limit and he finds it easier to manipulate fewer objects. In addition, he can't influence gases or liquids - and has a hard time manipulating less solid materials like clothes, etc, etc. Also, any objects he manipulates aren't, you know, immune to fire.

[color=red][b]WEAKNESSES  ⫻[/b][/color] Now, while Justin's abstraction is more or less a more offensive form of telekinesis with fire. Which is the problem, he has a harder time using his abstraction outside of fights. The fire is destructive and can and will destroy what he uses it on and can spread. Now, let me get to the weaknesses of the abstraction: first and foremost if the fire around an object he's using is extinguished then he won't be able to use it. It can be by water, lack of oxygen, etc... and that means he can't use his abstraction where there's no air. Speaking of air, the abstraction burns up air pretty fast with all the spontaneous fire creation - which isn't a problem outdoors. Indoors and in close spaces is where it becomes a problem. Smoke is also, I imagine, a problem given that his abstraction is setting stuff on fire. Also, the abstraction can also create massive fires that Justin can't easily extinguish. Also, Justin gets headaches, nosebleeds, yadda yadda yadda.[/hider]


[hider=Stone-Effigy - Lihua's abstraction]

[color=red][b]ABSTRACTION  ⫻[/b][/color] Stone-Effigy, his grandmother's abstraction, the ability to create replicas of her hands, face and... other features she found desirable out any stone surface in the environment.

[color=red][b]ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION  ⫻[/b][/color] Lihua Zhao was a very vain woman, but she desired to build something new... while also treating herself as the All-Verse's most beautiful woman. Lihua's abstraction reflects her vanity and to use it, Justin has to be vain, prideful, and haughty himself. Aaaaaaand that's not something Justin can channel because Lihua pretty much treated herself as a queen while Justin has a hard time wrapping his head around it. So, to get to the point, Lihua could create her best features out of stone in the environment. These were her hands, face, and... other body parts, but she mainly uses her hands due to their versatility and the limits on her abstraction. She could create dozens upon dozens of hands and, strangely enough, these hands can extend and stretch far beyond how they logically should, if Lihua willed it.

This seemed to come with a weird spatial warping or stone generating ability as she can create hands with more stone than she logically should (for example, she created about a few hundred pounds of stone out of what Justin suspected was about a stone tile about an inch thick). 

However, this abstraction has not properly attuned itself to Justin and it still operates on "factory settings" as I should say. When Justin uses it, however, what he creates are copies of his grandmother's hands and features - not his own. These hands are controlled by thought, so whatever he commands them to do, he will. Though, he finds it easier for the more dramatic usages if he does hand movements. So Justin can only create about a dozen hands about his size and can't even go beyond that. Besides, Justin can also create an effigy of Lihua face which does everything his face does (and he can even talk through it!) but he rarely uses this due to its... uncomfortable nature. There's also the fact that he can also create a Stone-Effigy out of Lihua's [i]other[/i] body parts but they're [i]even more uncomfortable[/i]. Not to mention kinda creepy, and useless. Mostly creepy.

Naturally, being made out of stone and all that jazz these hands are way stronger than people - they can probably crush somebody real easily. They're also as durable as the surface they are created on so take that as you will. These hands will persist long as Justin focuses but once he stops the hands will recede into the ground. 

[color=red][b]AURA SENSING  ⫻[/b][/color] Now, Lihua's aura reading isn't that strong... or useful at all. She can sense the auras of her children and grandchildren in a ninety-meter range. 

[color=red][b]LIMITS  ⫻[/b][/color] Justin can't use his ability that effectively on extra-normal beings, which sucks given that his grasp on the abstraction is already trash. He has a harder time holding them down and his strikes are less effective. When Lihua used this ability, it was probably the strongest abstraction in all of Farmer Hill (which probably reflected her perceived "inner-strength") but Justin has a hard time using it and finds that his arms crumble real quick. He'll have to try hard to keep them going but this can be straining on Justin. Due to the fact that they'll crumble, they're less durable than regular stone and will crumble a lot easier. Now, while this may be a weakness; but he'll overcome it in time so it's a limit. Now the main problem he has with the abstraction is probably range... he's limited to creating hands in about two meters radius around him where his grandmother could create these hands as far as the eye can see. Now the big limit is the space on the surface of the stone... so say if he was limited to a tile that was a foot-by-foot, he can only create as many hands as would logically fit on the surface. Strangely enough, he can stretch these hands to be about twelve feet long. Justin also needs pure stone to utilize his abstraction properly and stone that is mixed with other materials makes it difficult for him to create his hands [i]and[/i] keep them maintained. Which really sucks.

[color=red][b]WEAKNESSES  ⫻[/b][/color] Lihua Zhao was a woman without weakness! 

Well, that's what she liked to boast but her abstraction has a wide range of drawbacks. For starters, if the stone hands were destroyed somehow that part of Justin's hands would be rendered slack for awhile. Now, whenever Justin uses his abstraction he begins to feel the weight of the stone bearing down on him. This means he'll be slowed down while he's using the Stone-Effigy and will have a harder time doing all those fancy maneuvers. Now, whenever Justin uses his abstraction cracks will form on his skin which will bleed and could get infected if he's not careful. Also, there are some aspects of this abstraction that makes him [i]really[/i] uncomfortable.[/hider]


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[sup][b] [color=red]Other[/color][/b][/sup]
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[i]"If that thing comes back, I'll just shove it back right where it came from."[/i]
[indent]Justin carries around a bunch of steel bearing balls to supplement his ability. Justin is trying to break his smoking habit... by switching to using Juul's.[/INDENT][/hider]


[hider=Sabrina's Relationships][table][row][/row][row][cell][h1][color=darkgray]Ezra[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Vanburen[/color][/h1][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/nggAO5Q.png[/img]

[color=coral][sup][i]"I believe Ezra and I are on two different wavelengths... two that cannot meet or intersect even in the slightest."[/i][/sup][/color]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]To say the least, Ezra and Sabrina don't see eye to eye and most likely never will. The two barely interacted with each other and that was just [i]barely[/i] because Ezra was far older than her [i]and[/i] the two only interacted during the summer. They had two different upbringings at that, with Ezra being made into the prodigal "second-coming" of James while Sabrina was off discovering herself in boarding school. Sabrina understands that James had a plan for him and he obviously knows best, but she acknowledges that maybe it might be best if Ezra steps back. The family business in Sabrina's eyes was redundant because each of the Vanburens is going their own way in life and barely require James' assistance (Even if Sabrina enjoys that fancy apartment he pays for in LA). Though, she mostly puts on the smiles for Ezra to hide her hidden resent of the older brother, as he treats her as if she is nothing more than a naive idiot. Sabrina can barely stomach his overtly negative and cynical attitude either and in her eyes, he will [i][b]never[/b][/i] come close to being like James.[/cell][/row][row][cell][h1][color=gold]Oscar[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Vanburen[/color][/h1][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/5KPxQfd.png[/img]

[color=coral][sup][i]"The two of us are similar in ways I doubt he'd think of. Ozz is probably too busy sticking his face in a book or something."[/i][/sup][/color]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]Their strange status as sibling-cousins aside, Sabrina always thought highly of Oscar, seeing him as the smartest and most compassionate of the Vanburens - the closet to James. Though, she admits that his pursuits of knowledge have been taking him... very strange places as of late. While the rest of the Vanburens are fine with magic, Sabrina is the only one that seems to be the least bit [i]cautious[/i] about it all. Sabrina is afraid that magic may be closer to an abyss than anything and is afraid just [i]what[/i] will come from it. Nonetheless, Sabrina fondly remembers going to Oscar about anything she needed in school and was certain that she wouldn't be where she'd be today without the prodigal son. Though, she admits that it took her a bit of time to get over the shock of the argument he got into with James the day before he died. That was [i]not[/i] a memory that she wanted to be her last of James.[/cell][/row][row][cell][h2][color=c4df9b]Alexander[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Karamazov [/color][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/HJlmPxP.png[/img]

[color=coral][sup][i]"I have a hard time calling him one of us and I doubt that'll change anytime soon."[/i][/sup][/color]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]Alexander was one of those distant family members that she had heard James mention a few times but never actually met. They only met a few weeks ago when all the Vanburens were forced back to the manor because of the curse and it's [i]very[/i] apparent that he doesn't want anything to do with them. All attempts at getting to know him have been rebuffed one way or another and she can't for the life of him call him a Vanburen. Sabrina can't trust anyone that doesn't love James the same way he did. She will keep her eye on him but, for the most part, keeps her distance.[/cell][/row][row][cell][h1][color=CE6857]Georgie[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Vanburen[/color][/h1][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/xHE6lm1.png[/img]

[color=coral][sup][i]"Despite putting up walls, I know she's my Georgie despite it all."[/i][/sup][/color]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]Georgie is likely in her top three siblings... even though it not being "right" to put her siblings on a leaderboard as if they are merely competitors for her affection. Sabrina remembers Georgie as a little kid that always wanted a bit of attention, which she believed to be because of how often the women changed in James' life - Sabrina's no psychologist, unfortunately. Nonetheless, Georgie was the one key that helped Sabrina discover herself and found herself playing with Georgie's toys with her in a state in her life where somebody would find that unacceptable or strange. They spent a considerable time apart and, like the rest of the Vanburens, they realized that they had drifted apart and she had become aloof. Sabrina tried to find the cause of it all but she, unfortunately, was rebuffed yet again (another facet of her life it seems). Georgie seems to be more concerned with logic and intelligence and has lost her manners - but Sabrina makes sure to try to temper out her newfound attitude whenever she can.[/cell][/row][row][cell][h1][color=SteelBlue]Shane[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Vanburen[/color][/h1][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/7ZKRsJ9.png[/img]

[color=coral][sup][i]"The number one in my eyes, I can't begin to thank him."[/i][/sup][/color]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]There were a time in Sabrina's life where she was bullied for her... interests. There was also [i]many[/i] times where Shane would come home bloody from a fistfight fighting those bullies. Despite her urging for him to stop because it was insane, he kept going and kept fighting. That behavior was a bit extreme for Sabrina, who, at that time was content with ignoring her bullies but she's thankful for it nonetheless. Shane holds a special place in her heart for helping her for all these years but she noticed that he fell on some hard times. There was a time where Sabrina was ecstatic that he was becoming a police officer, not for the money but because he wanted to help people (that was right, right?). Now, Shane has fallen into alcoholism and depression and Sabrina just doesn't know why... she will try to comfort him.[/cell][/row][row][cell][h1][color=cc1b1e]Junior[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Vanburen[/color][/h1][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/51yGY4G.png[/img]

[color=coral][sup][i]"It's a good thing Fortnite's a thing to keep him occupied..."[/i][/sup][/color]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]Junior was cute when he was just a little baby, and Sabrina played with him in his infant state when she could. However, all the Vanburens left and went their separate ways to go to school, but returning to the manor... yeah, she did not approve of how he turned out. It all seems like a constant desperate bid for attention, but Sabrina doesn't have the time or place to ask - now she kind of wished she became a psychologist because of how many problems the Vanburens have. The girl just sucks up his behavior, but she found herself [i]snapping[/i] at the child when he veered a bit too much into her past pre-transition.[/cell][/row][row][cell][h1][color=MediumSlateBlue]Trisha[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Vanbuen[/color][/h1][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/5bK6i4q.png[/img]

[color=coral][sup][i]"Maybe in a different life, we could be friends? Maybe."[/i][/sup][/color]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]One of the few Vanburens that Sabrina dislikes, Trisha is... complicated in her eyes. There's a part of Sabrina that acknowledges that maybe the cards she's been dealt was shitty, but another part of her feels as if a lot of Trisha's problems were her own. Unfortunately, the two aren't close and Sabrina doubts that they ever will be. The girl lashes out at even the slightest provocation and is quick to point the finger... Sabrina stays out of her way because she doesn't want to be the next victim.[/cell][/row][row][cell][h1][color=804061]Arabelle Matthews[/color][/h1][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/yUIbvdB.png[/img]

[color=coral][sup][i]"I feel like she deserves better, yes."[/i][/sup][/color]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]Sabrina and Arabelle never quite interacted for the most part, mainly because the latter kept distance from the former. Sabrina remembers her mother quite fondly, being one of the family nanies when she was a youngin' and being supportive of her transition. Despite it all, Sabrina treated Arabelle with all the respect that she could when they did interact.[/cell][/row][row][cell][h1][color=479268]Aileen[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Vanburen[/color][/h1][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/wTdlJVp.png[/img]

[color=coral][sup][i]"I believe her, she has that look in her eyes."[/i][/sup][/color]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]Yet [i]another[/i] sister that Sabrina was unaware of (she wonders if all the Vanburens made it to Araminta, honestly). Her story checked out for the most part and Sabrina believes her even if some of the other Vanburens are skeptical. Sabrina is trying to get to know Aileen because she seems to have a similar outlook to her own - kind, caring, and forgiving, just the way that James would have wanted her. Sabrina is still trying to get to know Aileen despite all of this craziness.[/cell][/row][row][cell][h2][color=white]Raymond[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Vanburen[/color][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/PMt0Iku.png[/img]

[color=coral][sup][i]"Mr. Film maker should try and talk to us more."[/i][/sup][/color]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]Sabrina is truly neutral about Raymond... he seems to be quite distant from the rest of the Vanburens. Even as they grew up around the same time, he seemed to be one his own wavelength. Sabrina doesn't really like how he seems to be ashamed of their name... there's that lingering thought that it has something to do with her transitioning.[/cell][/row][/table][/hider]