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[color=silver][sup][i]"When I came to Calder City, all I wanted to do was make art that could help people see the beauty around them, but now when I perform as Crystalline, they just ignore it and focus on me... which is quite the pickle..."[/i][/sup][/color][/CENTER]
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[sub][COLOR=darkgray](FC: Emily Rudd; Dialogue: [color=WHITE][b]5584AC[/b][/color])[/COLOR][/sub]
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[sub][COLOR=darkgray]Michelle Allison Tierney[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=darkgray]January 20[/COLOR]   [b]|[/b]   [COLOR=darkgray]31[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=darkgray]Single[/COLOR]   [b]|[/b]   [COLOR=darkgray]Female[/COLOR]   [b]|[/b]   [COLOR=darkgray]Pansexual[/COLOR][/sub]


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[sub][COLOR=darkgray]Height[/COLOR]   [b]|[/b]   [COLOR=darkgray]5'8"[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=darkgray]Hair Color[/COLOR]   [b]|[/b]   [COLOR=darkgray]Varies, but currently Brown[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=darkgray]Eye Color[/COLOR]   [b]|[/b]   [COLOR=darkgray]Blue[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=darkgray]Hometown[/COLOR]   [b]|[/b]   [COLOR=darkgray]Kamloops, BC, Canada[/COLOR][/sub][/center]
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[COLOR=DARKGRAY][indent]Michelle Tierney's story is almost too stereotypical for her upbringing. Born to a real estate agent and an arena maintenance worker in the heart of the BC interior, the young girl was immersed in the best of Canadian culture. Growing up around the rink as her father kept the Sandman Arena ice in immaculate form, it was natural for Michelle to have an affinity for frozen exploits. Unbeknownst to the local population, Paul Tierney was a super, and his daughter inherited his gifts, but wanted to take them to the next level.

The young woman was a star hockey player growing up, but was unable to parlay that into long term success after taking a crushing hit into the boards during her junior year at Minnesota. She swore there was super speed at play, but either way her shoulder and knee were so banged up she wasn't able to physically maintain the pace on the ice without tapping into the powers her father swore her to keep quiet about. Michelle quietly retired and started looking into acting as a way to get the fame she thought she deserved while hiding the powers she felt the world deserved to see.

She moved to Vancouver following graduation and landed a few minor roles in local TV productions before moving to Calder City five years ago to try her luck in a more vibrant setting. While she was unable to parlay her Canadian credits into something more substantial, she found a home on a stage in the West End as part of a regularly performing burlesque show under her stage name Crystalline. It isn't glamorous, but it helped pay part of the bills, with the other half coming from her barista duties during the daytime. Her reputation has been growing within the social scenes, hopefully leading to a brighter future in the city.

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[INDENT][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] A B I L I T I E S[/color]
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[COLOR=DARKGRAY][INDENT]Michelle, much like her father Paul, possesses cryomancy abilities. She has the ability to form ice crystals using moisture in the air around her and form it to her whim. Paul subtly used this ability to create the smoothest ice surface in Canada, as well as make sure his family enjoyed the full pleasures of Canada's winter wilderness, but was adamant that they didn't need to make a fuss about it so that people were coming to them for everything. Michelle doesn't subscribe to that theory and has been expanding her abilities while in Calder City.

She is able to control the temperature of liquids she touches in order to chill them, hence her iced mochas being the best ones on offer at AlleyCat Coffee House. She can shape frozen liquids with ease, forming perfect ice balls for drinks and perfect tiny blades when she's threatened. Her favorite trick to do is one she has perfected on stage. One of her fellow cast members will spray a gentle mist from an elevated position and Crystalline will harden the droplets in a flash, creating a surreal diamond-like shimmer to surround her as she's spinning and dancing, like a brilliant flurry. Michelle also has the ability to withstand frigid temperatures with ease, almost always seen in a pair of shorts and a tank top even in the coldest weather Calder City has to offer.

The problem for Michelle is that given her father's clamping down on the abilities the family was given, she has no idea what she can actually do with them. Can she make a frozen death ray that coats a city block? Can she bury an unsuspecting villain in a sudden avalanche? How quickly is she able to create an ice sculpture of Calder City Cougars star Brycen Daniels? These are limits she's never tested, and wants to push, but it's tough to do that without attracting unwanted attention.[/INDENT][/COLOR]

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[COLOR=DARKGRAY][INDENT]There are three personas to Michelle, that all show various facets of her personality. The Michelle that holds a senior server position at AlleyCat is a perfect example of Canadian politeness. She can tell by a glance what kind of drink or baked good a person usually needs, and is willing to offer a friendly ear for a moment or two while someone is chitchatting waiting for their order. She maintains a level of responsibility and a watchful eye over her co-workers to the point where she gets referred to as "Auntie Chelle" by some of the younger members of the team. She's not thrilled about that distinction, but she wears it all the same in the coffee shop confines.

The Crystalline persona is confident, sultry and demands to be the center of attention, all traits that Paul Tierney would have despised seeing his little girl portray out in public. When Michelle puts on that ice blue wig and dusts the rhinestones onto her face, any visage of submissive behavior takes a backseat to the woman who commands the room with a frozen fist. Crystalline doesn't fear anything or anyone, and does her best to project that value for people in the crowd that need a reason to believe. With all the attention some supers have been getting, she wonders if she should take her act to the next level, maybe doing an ice knife throwing routine with volunteers. She has no doubt she could make it work.

The woman that remains when both those identities are cast aside has some issues to work through. Michelle knows that she didn't capitalize on the gifts she had in the arena, nor in front of the camera, and she is a little neurotic about it now that she's crossed over the 30 threshold. She does her best to hide it on the rare occasions she goes out socially, but it eats at her and does color her actions even without the costumes she wears at both her jobs. Plus, being single, she worries that she's been too cold to those that might try to get to know her closely and thus she remains in her one-bedroom apartment with only her cat for company. Not that Snowflake isn't good company, but while Michelle is trying to piece together these psychological conundrums, the Ragdoll cat can only offer a stare that demands soft food, and that doesn't set the Canadian's mind at ease. 

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[COLOR=DARKGRAY][INDENT]Turning 30 puts some things in perspective, and it's finally convinced Michelle that hiding her abilities in the shadows are not the way to go to accomplish what she wants in life. Her father was adamant that relying on powers to get ahead in the world was no way to find satisfaction, but then what is? Michelle's done playing down her powers, and she wants to use them, get better with them. Get the fame that she knows she was destined to achieve before life waylaid her plans with various pitfalls. Maybe it's time for a third job to get her name on people's lips.

If Crystalline can wow the crowds at the theater, then surely she can do so in the streets of Calder City as well! Proving to herself and to her father that their cryomancy isn't something to be sheltering from the world is now a rising goal in her mind and she is certain she can handle the rising notoriety and pressure it would bring. It has to be better than what she's doing now. If she can't fully be herself in Kamloops or Vancouver, she sure as hell would do it in Calder City.

Secondary to those goals is the hope that Michelle can finally find her people, ones that don't need the barista or the burlesque personas to enjoy her company. While she has friends among her co-workers and fellow performers, they only see the versions of Michelle that suit those particular worlds. Ultimately what Michelle needs is someone who can help shoulder the load of what she's been carrying since the first time her father told her not to do anything that would bring attention onto the family, and help her take the next step in her evolution as a superhuman. [/INDENT][/COLOR][/cell][/row][/table][/COLOR][/INDENT]