[b]Name: [/b] Emmeline Clarke 
[b]Title: [/b] Lust
[b]Age: [/b] 18 
[b]Gender: [/b] Female 
[b]Appearance: [/b] [hider=Emmy][img=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v75/3monica6/MegurineLukafull504045_zpse04798ad.jpg][/hider]
[b]Personality: [/b] Armed with sweet, playful smiles and long lashes that bat just the right way, it's hard to see Emmy as anything but a sweetheart. She knows just what to say to brighten up your day, and has an infectious laugh that's sure to put a smile on your face. And what's more, she's just the right blend of innocent and impish, in the seductive-but-still-somehow-coy manner that seems to attract others a fair bit. People have been known to instinctively gravitate toward her, whether it's from an unexplainable desire to protect her and keep her unusually romantic notions of the world intact, or from a more primal desire. 

But just as a rose has its thorns, a closer look at Emmy reveals that she's not as harmless and innocent as she appears to be. No, far from it. In reality, Emmy is chiefly ruled by her uncontrollable urges. She prioritizes herself above all else and does what she wants, when she wants, consequences be damned. Others tend to initially misconstrue her self-centered impulses as some endearing quirk, but the longer they know her, the more they realize that it's not the case. Emmy also suffers from a severe case of monophobia. As a result, she has become dangerously dependent, actually unable to survive on her own. She cannot stand being alone, even for a brief moment. She'll go through a full-blown panic attack if she's ever alone. In fact, the main reason behind her saccharine façade is simply to ensure there will always be someone beside her to take care of her and keep her company

[b]Abilities: [/b] Having relied on others for anything and everything, Emmy hasn't many abilities to brag about. She didn't possess any valuable life skills and she absolutely won't last a day on her own. To remedy this, her previous gang trained her in the art of Aikido, which she surprisingly picked up fast. So while Emmy likes to make herself scarce during battles, preferring instead to beguile someone into fighting for her, she isn't left completely vulnerable. She also has her charms, if that counts for anything. Emmy has a way of drawing people's attention that's nearly foolproof.

[b]Power: [/b] In a way befitting her moniker, Emmy's abilities solely revolve around tactile sensations. It's a strange derivation of psychometry, infused with some matter of telepathy. When in direct contact with other beings, Emmy is able to read their thoughts and emotions. The connection only lasts as long as she is touching them, and she can only read what they are presently thinking and feeling. During prolonged contact and depending on how susceptible to suggestion the person is, Emmy might also be able to cast her influence on the person, in a manner similar to hypnosis. This works best if the person has willingly submitted to Emmy.

Her power works on nonliving entities as well, although with slightly different results. When touching objects, she is able to perceive any of its residual information. In most cases, it serves only for investigative purposes, such as learning who has used the object last and for what reason. But if she were to touch objects with deeper psychic imprints, which are often items that people have strong attachments for, she would be able to channel memories of its use. For instance, if she were to touch someone's favorite guitar, she would be able to channel its memories and be able to play as well as the guitar's owner. 

Of course, her abilities are not without its downsides. First and foremost, it's not something she can 'turn off.' Everything she touches gives her a barrage of information and it takes time for her to sort through them. It's also difficult for her to control what to retain, so any information she has one day may be completely gone the next. Because of the nature of her abilities, her dependence for contact is increased tenfold, to the point that it's almost crippling. Touching becomes something of sustenance to Emmy, and if she is deprived of skin-to-skin contact long enough, she would actually physically weaken. 

[b]How you joined the sinners: [/b] Emmy left her previous gang around the same time Sloth began forming her own. She thought it was destiny. Afraid and unwilling to be by herself, Emmy actively sought out Sloth, and worked hard to win her over. Every day, she would follow her around and keep her company, doing whatever she can to help her (although, often she just gave her more trouble). Emmy will never really know whether Sloth relented because she saw some use for her, or because she just wanted her to stop with her incessant pestering, but she eventually has become a full-fledged member of the Sinners, and she couldn't be happier.

[b]Personal Arc: [/b] Emmy was given up for adoption when she was nine, after her deluded mother was certain she was trying to steal her stepfather's attentions. Ever since, she has been hopping from one family to another, unable to stay with one without causing some sort of problem. It was a pattern: for the first few months, her new family would be utterly in love with her, but then slivers of her real self would show, until finally, she would cause strife between members of the family. It wasn't until eight years and eleven families later, when she turned seventeen (practically old enough to be considered a legal adult) that she was finally kicked out of the foster system.

Alone for the first time, a panic-stricken and desperate Emmy turned to the first person willing to take her in. It just so happened that this person was the leader of a gang, and he kindly took her under his wing. She became something of a prized possession to him, and he blatantly favored her over the rest of his members. Just as she thought she'd found a permanent home, she became a source of discord once again, when the members start getting jealous of the attentions given to the newbie. Emmy would end up leaving the gang after a year. 

(I was thinking it could be one of the gangs the Sinners will eventually fight? I imagined they would be this sort of Chess-themed gang for some reason.)