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Recollections: The Coven [COMPLETED]

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Maya was beyond pissed. She’d been angry before, but that Penny bitch had the gall to tell her that she had no right to go for Kimberley. Oh, how dare she want to go after the person who had <i>tried to fucking kill her</i>.

It didn’t even register with her exactly who was defending her, because for once her anger wasn’t directed at Emily at all. She was glad that someone saw what she did.

“Fuck off with your bullshit about being better than us! She didn’t just put the gun to my head she pulled the fucking trigger. I. Could. Be. Dead. So piss off, I’ll show you what I can- FUCK!”

Maya had been close to just blasting Penny, completely thrown off by the sudden swarm of birds in between them all. She waved her hands as if that would help getting supernatural birds away, lips twisting further downwards (impossibly so).

"Alright everyone, calm down here! This is not helping."

Helena

“Who are you to tell me to calm down?” Maya snapped, hands clenched into fists at her side. It was so hard not letting herself redirect it all at the agent… the only thing stopping her was the knowledge that if she attacked even one of them, their boss bitch would end her life. “Yeah, I have an objection. First of all, what the fuck are you all even doing here. Not that I ain’t delighted to see some of you, but really, what are you doing here?”

“Second, when have you ever done any shit that’s helped us? They’re going to handle Kimberley? Alright, I’m sure they will, because you don’t already have so much shit on your plate that you’re handling just great.”

She didn’t care how disrespectful she was being, the fact she was talking to someone who was technically a federal agent… Being told what to do rubbed her the wrong way, especially when she was already incredibly angry. She was in no mood to be told to back down.

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Isla stared at the ground, feeling numb. She wasn’t quite sure how to process this. This was the second time that someone she’d just met, someone that tried to help her and others, had died. The other had been much brutal, sure, but this one she maybe could have prevented.

Maybe.

She heard a sob from beside her, slowly turning her aching eyes to look at Mariah. She wasn’t taking it well. Who was? The others were shouting, a noise that crashed against her aching head, and she had no doubt that it was over this even if she couldn’t quite pay attention.

She wasn’t sure what to do, not really, so she cautiously raised a hand to pat Mariah’s shoulder. Was that comforting? She didn’t know, but it was all a bit shit, and it was the best she could offer.

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▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ "What does it matter if things are tough? As long as you have friends by your side and a bit of positivity, anything is possible!"	Rori Aherne ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ═══B A S I C O V E R V I E W═══ NAME: Rori Shea Aherne | NICKNAMES: RedRobin (Internet Handle) | AGE: 16 | ETHNICITY: Caucasian | PRONOUNS: They/Them | HEIGHT: 5’1” | WEIGHT: 85lb | ....................................................................................................

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▼ PHYSICAL APPEARANCE:

One of the things first noticed about Rori is their short height, below average in a way that means they often have to stand on their tiptoes to see over crowds. Along with this comes a very slight, almost underweight looking, frame. They have a naturally very high metabolism and lighter bones than the average human, as if their body was built in preparation for flight without them actually having wings. Rori is far from athletic but due to their metabolism, and general lack of eating, they don’t have to make much of an effort to stay as skinny as they are. However this means they come off as rather scrawny and often could be mistaken for as someone much younger. This isn’t helped by how flat their body is, with a general lack of curves and hips. They have a sizable chest but this is rarely noticeable due to the fact they almost always wear a binder. This gives them a very androgynous, if boyish, look. Rori has a fair few scars dotted about her body, especially along her arms. However these are barely noticeable on her already pale skin and are often covered by clothing or feathers.

Rori’s hair is short and incredibly scruffy, often just given one brush and then left to do whatever it wants to. It’s naturally an auburn red which they hate, but they’ve been unable to get their hands on any dye while at the academy. Rori is very pale, paler than the typical Caucasian due to their Irish blood and ginger hair. They have freckles that cover her face and body that comes with her complexion. Along with this is the inability to every tan in the sun, instead Rori will burn after a short time in it. They have large yellow-brown eyes, larger than normal and not quite human, set in her round face. Their face is soft and somewhat childish only further adding to the appearance that they’re younger than they are.

Due to their powers, Rori also has various non-human features. The first, and most obvious, unnatural thing about them is their eyes. These are a much more yellowish brown than found in humans (in fact neither of her parents have brown eyes) and are much more like that of a bird’s than a human. Due to this they have superior vision to humans, with the ability to see much further, but they also don’t have the same capability to move their eyes in their socket. This means they often have to move their head around to see to the side. Sometimes it is noticeable that they do not blink normally. Instead they have a third hidden eyelid, the nictitating membrane, that does it for them. More hidden are the feathers that cover a lot of their body. They are found on their top half, beginning as soft down feathers around their neck and lower arms. These are spaced out and still quite soft at the front of their body. However they turn into more proper feathers at their back, with full dense feathers that eventually thin out and become softer at their waistline. Their feathers are brown with a slight reddish, auburn hint. The feathers at their chest are more red than the other areas. Due to previous events these feathers have gotten densers and spread down their upper legs.

▼ ATTIRE:

Rori’s first go to when it comes to clothing is comfort. They tend to lean more towards baggy clothing or something that looks cute, which only adds to them looking younger than they are. Most often they’ll be found in baggy shirts, hoodies and sweaters. They quite like to wear dungarees of varying styles, in blues and greens, or looser fitted jeans. When it’s hot they’ll generally wear dungaree shorts that fall to their knees and never anything shorter, ensuring that their feathers are covered. They’re almost always found with long sleeves to cover these up if they're outside, and a scarf to cover the feathers at their neck. Even in the academy they like to cover them up and will only relax in the presence of close friends or alone. They tend to wear a mix of green, blue and brown but have never been one to be too concerned about what they’re wearing.

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▼ PERSONALITY:

Rori is an incredibly bright and cheerful person, more often found with a grin on their lips than not. It’s rare to find them not smiling and they try to keep up even in the harder situations when it’s a facade. They find that smiling helps to cheer other people up and they try their hardest to do just that, along with having an astounding ability to make the best out of even the worst situation. However, their continual optimism and cheerfulness can get a bit annoying at points. This is balanced out by Rori’s natural friendliness and enjoyable company, even if they have a bad habit of never stopping talking when they start. Rori isn’t the most socially aware due to spending a lot of time alone in their youth but they’re slowly improving. They absolutely do not know when to shut up, and will just keep talking until someone tells them to.

A lot of their constant talking and cheer comes from Rori’s high energy. They are fairly hyperactive and have a difficult time concentrating on tasks they don’t enjoy and always seem to be bouncing with energy. It can make them exhausting to be around because they just don’t stop. Even on only a few hours sleep Rori will be bright and raring to go, they never seem to get tired. God forbid they have coffee, in which case they’ll actually be bouncing off the walls. Rori tends to stay away from caffeinated beverages thanks to this.

Contrary to their outwards personality, Rori isn’t always happy. Sure, they’re an optimist, but they’re nowhere near the cheerful persona they make themselves out to be. In many ways they use this and their naturally high energy to hide behind. They went through a lot during their younger years and it’s safe to say they didn’t come out unscarred emotionally. In fact Rori isn’t very emotional at all. They rarely feel strong emotions and are rather apathetic in the end, numb to both true happiness and sadness. They have some trust issues that come from both their parents and lack of stable support up until going into the academy program. Even if they make friends easily they are not quick to entirely trust someone and there are few they would actively turn to. They fear not being accepted by others as well, both due to their gender and power. They’re lack of emotions mean that they can have a hard time empathising with those who are being affected strongly by them, such as in grief. But this is all something they keep to themselves - after all, it’s easier just to pretend to be perfectly happy.

▼ SKILLS/TALENTS:

Rori’s main skills lie in their creativity. They’ve always had a love for it, and a large imagination which adds to this. They’re good at art, focusing primarily on watercolour and beginning to delve into digital now that they have the resources. Their art tends to be of a fantasy nature, combining elements of things they’ve seen with whatever they can think of with their imagination. Often it goes hand in hand with their creative writing, something they focus on less but still enjoys and is good at.

Along with this Rori has a natural talent for music. They’ve played the violin since a young age, and even a few years without it they’ve picked it up easily again. Along with this they play the piano and the flute, and pick up new instruments with relative ease. They have a good sense of rhythm and a good musical ear. They also compose music occasionally but it is not something they’ve delved into much.

Aside from their creativity, their main talents lie in friendliness. They’re very cheerful and easy to be around, generally excelling in social situations and making friends with relative ease. They also have some basic survival skills, but most of them are reliant on being in bird form.

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▼ BACKSTORY:

Rori was born the fourth child into a relatively large family, with two older sisters, an older brother and younger brother. Their parents were strict parents that brought up their children religiously, with opinions against a lot that they’d view as “strange and unacceptable.” This included being incredibly anti-deltahuman.

Unlike most of their siblings, Rori didn’t really believe what their parents did. They went along with it because they didn’t have much choice. This made them something of the black sheep of the family, with their general disinterest in going down any academic route their parents might want them to. They didn’t have much in common with their siblings, but got on relatively alright with them thanks to their friendly personality.

The person they were closest to was their older cousin Max, who was five years older than them. Even with the gap they were good friends and Max was someone that Rori looked up to. However their parent’s didn’t particularly approve of that part of the family for all that they grew up in the same area. As a result, there was a large fallout that resulted in Rori being cut off from seeing Max. Soon, their older cousin moved to a different city anyway.

Their life was relatively normal up until age eleven. It was at this point they became aware of their discomfort with their gender, and the body that came with it. They didn’t feel like a girl, or a boy, and through internet research discovered the existence of nonbinary genders. They settled on this and that they didn’t feel like either and was left with the decision on whether to tell their parents.

They decided they would, which backfired when their parents' reaction was negative and they were told to never speak of it again. This led to an incredibly unhappy period of their life when they were forced to go under their deadname and their parents tried to push them into things they deemed “girly” more than ever. They began to withdraw from the friends they had in school and instead moved online, where they could be themself, and found solace in music and the instruments they played.

A few years later they were exposed to Delta-Point Energy, likely due to contact with other Deltahumans (they can’t pinpoint the exact point this happened). Their ability developed slowly and naturally. It started with their eyesight improving, suddenly they could see much further than before. Then they couldn’t blink properly, couldn’t move their eyes. Then feathers began to form all across their body. These changes terrified Rori, who was only thirteen and had little idea of what was going on. They’d heard about Deltahumans, and had a pretty good idea that was what was happening, but didn’t know much beyond that. The panic over what was happening caused them to change entirely into a bird for the first time, resulting in an excruciating pain back.

They hid these changes as best they could, wearing scarves and long sleeves at all times. They knew their parents’ opinions and didn’t want to find out what would happen if they were discovered. They managed this for almost a year, practicing and using their bird form to get some kind of freedom. It was all going well until their parents walked in on them mid-change. The fear and disgust on their parents’ faces was enough to show their opinions, only added on by overheard private phone calls. The things they suggested be done were… difficult for a fourteen year old to deal with.

So they did some research, finding out where their cousin lived before packing a bag and running away. They only managed to grab a small amount of money, enough to get them to the next town over. From here they lived on the streets and in forests, travelling primarily in their bird form. Often they would spend days at a time as a bird, getting caught up in flocks of the same species as it was the closest to proper contact they could have. Eventually, after a couple of years, they made their way to Max by nothing short of a miracle (being a bird doesn’t come with inbuilt GPS).

First Max was shocked to have her younger cousin turn up out of the blue, literally changing from a bird in front of her. At this point Rori had spent so much time as a bird it was difficult to function as a human, but with the help of their cousin they got back on their feet (literally). But, unfortunately Max was a young adult working for FAMA… who really didn’t have the time to take in her teenage cousin. So she pulled a few strings and got Rori enrolled in Academy 003.

That’s how they ended up here, ready to start a hopefully fun new life.

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Type-Yellow

▼ POWER INFORMATION:

▼ Permanent Bird Features

Rori has a few birdlike features that remain even when they are in a humanoid form. Their eyes are more birdlike than most. This gives them a much better vision than normal people, meaning they can see longer distances and colours in the ultraviolet spectrum just as birds do. However with this they struggle to move their eyes and often have to move their head around to look in other directions. Along with this they have light down-like feathers covering a lot of their body - including along visible parts of their body like their arms and neck. This acts as an extra layer of clothes in terms of keeping them warm. Their bones are also lighter and stronger than most, like a bird’s, as if to allow for them to fly. However they have no way to fly as a human, so these just make them lighter than they look. It allows them to jump higher than the normal person but they weren’t quite blessed with wings as a human. They also have a very high metabolism as a result, being able to eat loads (and having to) without gaining weight.

▼Transformation

Rori can transform fully into a few forms of birds. As a bird they have all of the features of a bird and it is difficult to tell the difference between them and a normal bird. However they retain their intelligence and mind, mostly. This ability comes with all the features of the bird they turn into. They turn into a slightly smaller than average bird of the species with average capabilities, such as speed and strength.

▼ LIMITS:

Difficulty rolling their eyes due to them being like a bird’s and as a result has to move their head more. Their eyesight is better than normal humans but not quite as good as the best birds eyesight.

Rori is limited in the types of birds they can turn into. They can turn into any birds in the following categories:

Thrush
Hawks
Falcons (preference for Kestrels)
Hummingbirds
Tern
Owls

They can only do this comfortably four times per day, and more if they push themselves. They can’t talk as a bird even as they keep their intelligence, and are limited by… well, what a bird can do.

▼ WEAKNESSES:

If Rori looks into the far distance for too long they can strain their eyes, causing their vision to blur and giving them headaches or migraines if they do it too much. Their feathers cause them to overheat easily due to being an extra layer. They get incredibly exhausted and ravenous after changing from their bird form back to their human form. This can easily be solved by eating a lot of food and a long nap. However if they don't get this they are prone to collapse without warning or faint from the fatigue. Along with this they need to eat more than normal anyway.

The longer they stay in their bird form the more they take on the characteristics of the bird. It is likely that if they remained as a bird for a prolonged period of time they will forget who they are and how to turn back into a human. Then Rori would be permanently stuck in bird form. Rori also sometimes gets stuck mid-change which is incredibly painful and traumatic. It can take them hours to get out of this state. Along with this they are often left in pain after the change and feel like they have limbs that they no longer have (such as wings).

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▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ "What does it matter if things are tough? As long as you have friends by your side and a bit of positivity, anything is possible!"	Rori Aherne ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ═══B A S I C O V E R V I E W═══ NAME: Rori Shea Aherne | NICKNAMES: RedRobin (Internet Handle) | AGE: 16 | ETHNICITY: Caucasian | PRONOUNS: They/Them | HEIGHT: 5’1” | WEIGHT: 85lb | ....................................................................................................

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▼ PHYSICAL APPEARANCE:

One of the things first noticed about Rori is their short height, below average in a way that means they often have to stand on their tiptoes to see over crowds. Along with this comes a very slight, almost underweight looking, frame. They have a naturally very high metabolism and lighter bones than the average human, as if their body was built in preparation for flight without them actually having wings. Rori is far from athletic but due to their metabolism, and general lack of eating, they don’t have to make much of an effort to stay as skinny as they are. However this means they come off as rather scrawny and often could be mistaken for as someone much younger. This isn’t helped by how flat their body is, with a general lack of curves and hips. They have a sizable chest but this is rarely noticeable due to the fact they almost always wear a binder. This gives them a very androgynous, if boyish, look. Rori has a fair few scars dotted about her body, especially along her arms. However these are barely noticeable on her already pale skin and are often covered by clothing or feathers.

Rori’s hair is short and incredibly scruffy, often just given one brush and then left to do whatever it wants to. It’s naturally an auburn red which they hate, but they’ve been unable to get their hands on any dye while at the academy. Rori is very pale, paler than the typical Caucasian due to their Irish blood and ginger hair. They have freckles that cover her face and body that comes with her complexion. Along with this is the inability to every tan in the sun, instead Rori will burn after a short time in it. They have large yellow-brown eyes, larger than normal and not quite human, set in her round face. Their face is soft and somewhat childish only further adding to the appearance that they’re younger than they are.

Due to their powers, Rori also has various non-human features. The first, and most obvious, unnatural thing about them is their eyes. These are a much more yellowish brown than found in humans (in fact neither of her parents have brown eyes) and are much more like that of a bird’s than a human. Due to this they have superior vision to humans, with the ability to see much further, but they also don’t have the same capability to move their eyes in their socket. This means they often have to move their head around to see to the side. Sometimes it is noticeable that they do not blink normally. Instead they have a third hidden eyelid, the nictitating membrane, that does it for them. More hidden are the feathers that cover a lot of their body. They are found on their top half, beginning as soft down feathers around their neck and lower arms. These are spaced out and still quite soft at the front of their body. However they turn into more proper feathers at their back, with full dense feathers that eventually thin out and become softer at their waistline. Their feathers are brown with a slight reddish, auburn hint. The feathers at their chest are more red than the other areas. Due to previous events these feathers have gotten densers and spread down their upper legs.

▼ ATTIRE:

Rori’s first go to when it comes to clothing is comfort. They tend to lean more towards baggy clothing or something that looks cute, which only adds to them looking younger than they are. Most often they’ll be found in baggy shirts, hoodies and sweaters. They quite like to wear dungarees of varying styles, in blues and greens, or looser fitted jeans. When it’s hot they’ll generally wear dungaree shorts that fall to their knees and never anything shorter, ensuring that their feathers are covered. They’re almost always found with long sleeves to cover these up if they're outside, and a scarf to cover the feathers at their neck. Even in the academy they like to cover them up and will only relax in the presence of close friends or alone. They tend to wear a mix of green, blue and brown but have never been one to be too concerned about what they’re wearing.

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▼ PERSONALITY:

Rori is an incredibly bright and cheerful person, more often found with a grin on their lips than not. It’s rare to find them not smiling and they try to keep up even in the harder situations when it’s a facade. They find that smiling helps to cheer other people up and they try their hardest to do just that, along with having an astounding ability to make the best out of even the worst situation. However, their continual optimism and cheerfulness can get a bit annoying at points. This is balanced out by Rori’s natural friendliness and enjoyable company, even if they have a bad habit of never stopping talking when they start. Rori isn’t the most socially aware due to spending a lot of time alone in their youth but they’re slowly improving. They absolutely do not know when to shut up, and will just keep talking until someone tells them to.

A lot of their constant talking and cheer comes from Rori’s high energy. They are fairly hyperactive and have a difficult time concentrating on tasks they don’t enjoy and always seem to be bouncing with energy. It can make them exhausting to be around because they just don’t stop. Even on only a few hours sleep Rori will be bright and raring to go, they never seem to get tired. God forbid they have coffee, in which case they’ll actually be bouncing off the walls. Rori tends to stay away from caffeinated beverages thanks to this.

Contrary to their outwards personality, Rori isn’t always happy. Sure, they’re an optimist, but they’re nowhere near the cheerful persona they make themselves out to be. In many ways they use this and their naturally high energy to hide behind. They went through a lot during their younger years and it’s safe to say they didn’t come out unscarred emotionally. In fact Rori isn’t very emotional at all. They rarely feel strong emotions and are rather apathetic in the end, numb to both true happiness and sadness. They have some trust issues that come from both their parents and lack of stable support up until going into the academy program. Even if they make friends easily they are not quick to entirely trust someone and there are few they would actively turn to. They fear not being accepted by others as well, both due to their gender and power. They’re lack of emotions mean that they can have a hard time empathising with those who are being affected strongly by them, such as in grief. But this is all something they keep to themselves - after all, it’s easier just to pretend to be perfectly happy.

▼ SKILLS/TALENTS:

Rori’s main skills lie in their creativity. They’ve always had a love for it, and a large imagination which adds to this. They’re good at art, focusing primarily on watercolour and beginning to delve into digital now that they have the resources. Their art tends to be of a fantasy nature, combining elements of things they’ve seen with whatever they can think of with their imagination. Often it goes hand in hand with their creative writing, something they focus on less but still enjoys and is good at.

Along with this Rori has a natural talent for music. They’ve played the violin since a young age, and even a few years without it they’ve picked it up easily again. Along with this they play the piano and the flute, and pick up new instruments with relative ease. They have a good sense of rhythm and a good musical ear. They also compose music occasionally but it is not something they’ve delved into much.

Aside from their creativity, their main talents lie in friendliness. They’re very cheerful and easy to be around, generally excelling in social situations and making friends with relative ease. They also have some basic survival skills, but most of them are reliant on being in bird form.

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▼ BACKSTORY:

Rori was born the fourth child into a relatively large family, with two older sisters, an older brother and younger brother. Their parents were strict parents that brought up their children religiously, with opinions against a lot that they’d view as “strange and unacceptable.” This included being incredibly anti-deltahuman.

Unlike most of their siblings, Rori didn’t really believe what their parents did. They went along with it because they didn’t have much choice. This made them something of the black sheep of the family, with their general disinterest in going down any academic route their parents might want them to. They didn’t have much in common with their siblings, but got on relatively alright with them thanks to their friendly personality.

The person they were closest to was their older cousin Max, who was five years older than them. Even with the gap they were good friends and Max was someone that Rori looked up to. However their parent’s didn’t particularly approve of that part of the family for all that they grew up in the same area. As a result, there was a large fallout that resulted in Rori being cut off from seeing Max. Soon, their older cousin moved to a different city anyway.

Their life was relatively normal up until age eleven. It was at this point they became aware of their discomfort with their gender, and the body that came with it. They didn’t feel like a girl, or a boy, and through internet research discovered the existence of nonbinary genders. They settled on this and that they didn’t feel like either and was left with the decision on whether to tell their parents.

They decided they would, which backfired when their parents' reaction was negative and they were told to never speak of it again. This led to an incredibly unhappy period of their life when they were forced to go under their deadname and their parents tried to push them into things they deemed “girly” more than ever. They began to withdraw from the friends they had in school and instead moved online, where they could be themself, and found solace in music and the instruments they played.

A few years later they were exposed to Delta-Point Energy, likely due to contact with other Deltahumans (they can’t pinpoint the exact point this happened). Their ability developed slowly and naturally. It started with their eyesight improving, suddenly they could see much further than before. Then they couldn’t blink properly, couldn’t move their eyes. Then feathers began to form all across their body. These changes terrified Rori, who was only thirteen and had little idea of what was going on. They’d heard about Deltahumans, and had a pretty good idea that was what was happening, but didn’t know much beyond that. The panic over what was happening caused them to change entirely into a bird for the first time, resulting in an excruciating pain back.

They hid these changes as best they could, wearing scarves and long sleeves at all times. They knew their parents’ opinions and didn’t want to find out what would happen if they were discovered. They managed this for almost a year, practicing and using their bird form to get some kind of freedom. It was all going well until their parents walked in on them mid-change. The fear and disgust on their parents’ faces was enough to show their opinions, only added on by overheard private phone calls. The things they suggested be done were… difficult for a fourteen year old to deal with.

So they did some research, finding out where their cousin lived before packing a bag and running away. They only managed to grab a small amount of money, enough to get them to the next town over. From here they lived on the streets and in forests, travelling primarily in their bird form. Often they would spend days at a time as a bird, getting caught up in flocks of the same species as it was the closest to proper contact they could have. Eventually, after a couple of years, they made their way to Max by nothing short of a miracle (being a bird doesn’t come with inbuilt GPS).

First Max was shocked to have her younger cousin turn up out of the blue, literally changing from a bird in front of her. At this point Rori had spent so much time as a bird it was difficult to function as a human, but with the help of their cousin they got back on their feet (literally). But, unfortunately Max was a young adult working for FAMA… who really didn’t have the time to take in her teenage cousin. So she pulled a few strings and got Rori enrolled in Academy 003.

That’s how they ended up here, ready to start a hopefully fun new life.

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▼ CLASSIFICATION:

Type-Yellow

▼ POWER INFORMATION:

▼ Permanent Bird Features

Rori has a few birdlike features that remain even when they are in a humanoid form. Their eyes are more birdlike than most. This gives them a much better vision than normal people, meaning they can see longer distances and colours in the ultraviolet spectrum just as birds do. However with this they struggle to move their eyes and often have to move their head around to look in other directions. Along with this they have light down-like feathers covering a lot of their body - including along visible parts of their body like their arms and neck. This acts as an extra layer of clothes in terms of keeping them warm. Their bones are also lighter and stronger than most, like a bird’s, as if to allow for them to fly. However they have no way to fly as a human, so these just make them lighter than they look. It allows them to jump higher than the normal person but they weren’t quite blessed with wings as a human. They also have a very high metabolism as a result, being able to eat loads (and having to) without gaining weight.

▼Transformation

Rori can transform fully into a few forms of birds. As a bird they have all of the features of a bird and it is difficult to tell the difference between them and a normal bird. However they retain their intelligence and mind, mostly. This ability comes with all the features of the bird they turn into. They turn into a slightly smaller than average bird of the species with average capabilities, such as speed and strength.

▼ LIMITS:

Difficulty rolling their eyes due to them being like a bird’s and as a result has to move their head more. Their eyesight is better than normal humans but not quite as good as the best birds eyesight.

Rori is limited in the types of birds they can turn into. They can turn into any birds in the following categories:

Thrush
Hawks
Falcons (preference for Kestrels)
Hummingbirds
Tern
Owls

They can only do this comfortably four times per day, and more if they push themselves. They can’t talk as a bird even as they keep their intelligence, and are limited by… well, what a bird can do.

▼ WEAKNESSES:

If Rori looks into the far distance for too long they can strain their eyes, causing their vision to blur and giving them headaches or migraines if they do it too much. Their feathers cause them to overheat easily due to being an extra layer. They get incredibly exhausted and ravenous after changing from their bird form back to their human form. This can easily be solved by eating a lot of food and a long nap. However if they don't get this they are prone to collapse without warning or faint from the fatigue. Along with this they need to eat more than normal anyway.

The longer they stay in their bird form the more they take on the characteristics of the bird. It is likely that if they remained as a bird for a prolonged period of time they will forget who they are and how to turn back into a human. Then Rori would be permanently stuck in bird form. Rori also sometimes gets stuck mid-change which is incredibly painful and traumatic. It can take them hours to get out of this state. Along with this they are often left in pain after the change and feel like they have limbs that they no longer have (such as wings).

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Born Roisin Aherne, but they hate that name.

Recollections: The Coven [COMPLETED]

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Isla was fairly certain she’d missed something big. Or a lot of big things. For a start, her head was absolutely pounding and her legs barely worked. Having absolutely no shame at this point, she’d parked her ass right down on the ground in the parking lot they’d all gathered in.

Along with that, everyone else seemed absolutely pissed. Definitely not the time to ask what had happened while she’d been drugged up.

“For once, I agree with Emily,” Maya spoke up from where she leaned against her own car, eyes sharp with anger over the whole affair (and getting cockblocked). “Why the fuck did we think trusting some outsider was a good idea? The hell was someone going to just give us useful information? And why the fuck are you still here?”

She turned to Penny with a brandished finger, eyes blazing with anger. “For all we know she was feeding that bitch information the whole time!”

“Hey, Penny wouldn’t do that,” Isla piped up in her defence, as if doing that in the face of someone blinded by rage was a smart thing. “She-”

Thankfully for Isla, and for Maya not getting arrested for destruction of property and murder via soundblasts, the very feds Madison was giving up about turned up. Maya turned her furious gaze towards them, narrowing at the sad expressions they all wore. What the fuck. Whatever they had to say wasn’t going to be good news.

"I regret to inform you that Claudette, she… She didn't make it."

Leon

It took a moment for the news to set in. Isla stared up with wide eyes… confused about how it had even come to that. Fuck, if only she hadn’t drank that drugged cola then maybe she could have teleported them out before shit happened… and saved their leader. Former leader. She wasn’t exactly sad, she didn’t know the girl, but she felt a sinking guilt over it.

“She- fuck- are you kidding me?” Maya gritted her teeth, fist clenching at her side. She spun around and kicked her car, hard. It didn’t make a single dent, because she was weak as shit, but it hurt her foot. Which just seemed to fuel her anger more as she turned back around. “Did no one help her? How the fuck did she… What the fuck! What’s the point in trying to solve our problems if we all end up fucking dead?!”

She hadn’t even been particularly close to Claudette, but it was too much. Their numbers were reducing too quickly. And fuck, if anyone deserved to die it wasn’t Claudette. She’d been trying for all the Maya had rolled her eyes at it. Fuck.

“We can’t just let them get away with this. We’re not going to get any fucking cures from them, so we might as well just destroy them.”

It was an incredibly idiotic thing to say in front of the DENS, nevermind as an idea, but Maya’s mind was entirely clouded by a boiling rage she’d felt since having a gun held to her head. They couldn’t just go back to Tampa empty handed and pretend everything was fine, until the next one of them was murdered.

“Kimberley too.”

Recollections: The Coven [COMPLETED]

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Maya was pretty certain Trevor was more terrified than her.

Which was great, because she was the one with the gun to her head. She was completely and utterly fucked. Might as well just accept this was the end and go out dramatically-

Her eyes widened as glowing green tethers cut the pistol into pieces. Before Kimberley could do anything Maya slammed her with the directed sound blast she’d been preparing to use, using the backwards momentum to get her the fuck away from her.

She turned to her saviour with a thank you that promptly died on her lips. She couldn’t quite hear the words Emily said but she was getting good enough at lip reading by now to get the general gist of it… And it was Emily. It was going to be something absolutely bullshit.

“Oh fuck you,” she retorted, far too loudly for the lack of crowd (it wasn’t her fault she basically couldn’t hear). “I didn’t need your help.”

Untrue, but she would rather take a bullet to the head than be saved be her. It would be far better than having to look at her smug face another fucking minute. She was also really regretting leaving her heels somewhere to the side, because they would have been perfect to throw right at Emily.

“Don’t expect a thank you, either, because you’re not getting it.”

She turned away with a scoff, considering sound blasting Kimberley again for the sake of it but deciding against it. Trevor was there, he was technically an agent, he could handcuff her up or some shit.

Recollections: The Coven [COMPLETED]

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Things really didn’t go as Maya planned.

She must have gotten too used to idiotic enemies, because she absoolutely did not expect to get body slammed into the ground. And not in a sexy way at all. Normally Maya was all here for someone being on top of her but not in this situation. There was something distinctively terrifying about having a gun pointed at her head.

Likely the high risk of her death.

She went absolutely still, even as her mind went a mile a minute. There was no way for her to use her abstraction. As much as a sound blast might knock back Kimberley it would probably also end up with a bullet in her brain. For once she didn’t just use it right away, or struggle.

She really, really didn’t want to die.

Looking at Trevor, she was fairly certain he wasn’t going to be able to help without her getting shot. Fuck. This was just meant to be a meeting, and then it had turned into her getting hooked up, but of fucking course it ended up with a gun to her head.

“What do you want?” She asked, mostly to stall her inevitable death as opposed to wanting an answer.

She was ready to sound blast at any moment if she was given even the slightest chance to.

Recollections: The Coven [COMPLETED]

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It was going so well.

Trevor had grabbed her chin, and it was a bit clumsy, but Maya didn’t care. She closed her eyes as Trevor moved towards her, thank fuck, they were finally going to kiss it had only been far too long of dancing around each other.

A gunshot rang in her ears and she cursed loudly, spinning around to face whoever had interrupted her finally getting somewhere. She was going to give them a taste of a blast of sound-

“What the fuck?!” she practically yelled, eyes wide at the sight of Kimberley of all people running up the stairs. She didn’t get a chance to think, consider any other options, as Trevor grabbed her and got her out of the way.

She appreciated it, because getting crushed to death by club goers seemed a terrible way to go, and running in heels was an absolute nightmare even when being dragged away from someone. But as soon as the fighting broke out she was ready to join. She gritted her teeth and narrowed her eyes while trying to figure out what to do, and half listening to the one sided DENs conversation she was getting through Trevor.

“The fuck is going on?” she asked, as if he’d have any more idea than her.

As much as she was still pissed at being left outside, she couldn’t just abandon her sisters. She cursed and bent down to pull off her heels, wincing at the thought of probably getting numerous diseases from the floor but also not at all fond of using her abstraction while wearing them. It already threw her back enough.

Her head snapped up, preparing to make a run for the stairs to go up and help everyone. As she discarded her heels, Kimberley came running down the stairs as fast as she’d gone up.

Like hell was Maya letting her get away.

“She’s come back down,” she gritted out, which was all she said before clenching her fists and starting to push through the thinning crowd.

If she could reach her, the first thing she was doing was sound blasting her till she couldn’t walk.

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Isla had zero clue what was going on. Honestly, she had no idea where she was or who she was. Everything was swimming, multiplying in a haze of colours that had her eyes hurting. Her throat was so dry from lack of water but she’d managed to misplace her drink. Not that she could really tell where her hands were.

Loud bangs rang in her ears, ricocheting around her mind and causing her head to pound. She slapped hands over her ears and blinked onto the floor, crouching down to protect herself from the shooting colours and loud sounds all around her.

Everything was merged into one now, a mix of reality and weirdness that she couldn’t tell apart from each other. Her drugged mind only had one thought: to get out.

She blinked again, towards the black gap that seemed like a way out, wincing as she slammed right into a fucking wall. This knocked her right back on her ass, head spinning and more giggles spilling from her lips. Wow, this was kinda fun! It was like a crazy obstacle course of flying colours and morphed, terrifying looking people.

Purple sigils glowed around her beanie, shining far too bright in her eyes, as she blinked around the room like crazy to try and avoid perceived threats both real and not. By some miracle she blinked just out of the room before she collapsed from exhaustion.

A light hand tapped on her shoulder, and blearily looked up to see a familiar face peering down at her through the blurs of colours. The fuck? Even in her drug addled mind she knew that she shouldn’t be here. Automatically Isla scrunched up her nose…

… but no nose boop came. Instead the girl just smiled and handed her some weird container. Was it tea? She tilted her head in confusion. “Wha? 'Dessa?”

When there was no response she just shrugged and chugged it. It tasted like nothing to her slightly numb tongue and did basically nothing. She went up to ask Odessa what the fuck she’d just drank.

But she was gone, all that was left was blurring colours and her mind growing increasingly fuzzy.

Recollections: The Coven [COMPLETED]

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Maya pushed off the wall when Trevor finally emerged from the bathroom with a warm, if coy, smile.

“Well, my sisters abandoned me to wait outside, so I decided to have some fun here. I wasn’t going to-”

She was cut off from what was going to be a lengthy rant ripping into the other coven members for daring to force her to wait outside a perfectly good club when Trevor grabbed her hand. And she totally did not blush. It was awkward how he asked her to dance, but it was cute and she wasn’t exactly going to say no to the guy she’d been intensively hitting on for weeks.

“Sure, let’s dance,” she said as she let him drag her back properly into the club. She used the crush of bodies around them, people dancing or ogling at the strippers, to press closer to Trevor. She wouldn’t want to lose him, right?

“So,” she started when they found a place in the club, moving her hand out of his so that she could drape her arms over his shoulders (which she could easily do wearing heels). “What are you doing in Miami?”

It was pretty suspicious he was in the same club the coven’s meeting was in, and he was definitely there on DENs duty, but Maya also didn’t really care. If it gave her a chance to get somewhere with him? Well, that was all that mattered.

“Not that I’m bothered at all, if you’re here to keep an eye on us,” she smirked, lowering her voice slightly. “I’m just glad to see you.”

Laying it on thick. It was bound to work, right?

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Isla had already taken a large gulp of the coke she’d gotten when she noticed Madison shaking her head at her. Oh, fuck, she probably shouldn’t have drank that… but she was fucking parched from the heat in this place, she wasn’t used to it. And she’d watched them pour the drink the whole time. There was absolutely no way they’d managed to slip something in there.

Right?

She managed to listen to what was being said, only zoning out the normal Isla amount, for a few minutes afterwards. See, everything was fine, nothing to-

Wait, since when were there two Madisons? She turned to look at the girl with wide, completely out of it eyes. The screaming going on didn’t quite reach her ears as she looked around the constantly shifting room.

Fuck, the tiny functioning part of her brain thought. Why didn’t they just give her a sleeping drug?

This was much worse. The whole room was swaying with weird colours, people were multiplying and her head felt like it was buzzing. Or maybe there were bees in the room? She would not be surprised after everything she’d seen. She narrowed her eyes and started looking around constantly, as if she was looking for something. The constant movement had her vision blurring even further.

Her eyes landed on the woman holding up a gun… all three of her. Was it even a gun? Looked pretty fake. It was almost like a cowboy in some kind of old movie she’d watched.

Isla burst out laughing, a sudden giggling fit overcoming her. It was just two ridiculous, having those three comical looking cowboys (cowgirls?) pointing a massive gun at them. The more she looked the more said cowgirls looked more and more like someone right out of a movie. She doubled over in laughter.

"Is everyone a cowboy in this part of the world?" she muttered, voice much louder to everyone else than it sounded to her ears.

Fuck, this was too much. She snorted, mouth suddenly dry as she felt more and more out of it. Not really noticing what she was doing, giggling finally subsiding, she took another drink.

Recollections: The Coven [COMPLETED]

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Maya was not particularly happy.

When she’d turned up to the club just like organised, that last thing she’d expected was to be told to stay outside. Not even to come in and not go to the meeting, oh no, outside the club. Because leaving a barely above 5 foot, fairly slim and pretty girl outside of a shady club was an absolutely great idea. Especially when wearing a lowcut dress that was somehow more covering than what half the other girls were wearing. The high heels she was wearing weren’t the easiest to walk in, but at least it made her not quite so tiny.

It had only taken a few minutes after the rest of the coven left her for a scummy guy or two to approach. Thankfully a sharp glare and middle finger had sent them on their way, inside the club. Maya didn’t wait much longer before going inside.

She honestly didn’t give a fuck that she’d been told to ‘keep watch’ outside. She wasn’t going to stand there and wait for someone to try something with her, and she’d much rather have some fun inside. It wasn’t like she could ruin the meeting by just going and enjoying herself.

Even if the club was a massive rip off.

Inside was a whole lot better than waiting outside. There was music, there were incredibly attractive women dancing on stage and most importantly there was alcohol. She made a beeline straight for the bar, leaning against it as she ordered the strongest drink they had on the menu. It tasted vile and burned going down her throat, but a large drink and she was already feeling a little buzzed.

Perfect.

She slipped into the crowd easily, moving between people without much of an aim. She tilted her head when she thought she caught someone familiar heading away from outside the VIP section, quickly honing in on and following him. A light smirk crossed her lips as she got closer and confirmed that it was, in fact, exactly who she thought it was. She hadn’t expected to see Trevor here, but it was a pleasant surprise (especially when she’d basically been abandoned).

And then he went into the bathroom, completely cutting her off from actually approaching him. Because Maya would lower herself to a lot of things but following someone into the Men’s bathroom wasn’t one of them (in this case). She sighed, moving to lean against a nearby wall and sip her drink.

He’d have to come out eventually. And it wasn’t like she had anything better to do than wait, for him and the coven both.

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Clubbing was not something Isla had done in quite a while. Nevermind meeting shady organisations in one. When she’d last been to clubs was when she was eighteen and much more… hot topic goth. Now, of course, she was very much the opposite. That meant she had no idea what was worn to clubs.

It seemed, looking at the others, that she’d entirely missed the mark with her oversized, neon green sweater that covered her shorts and made her even more blinding than normal and clashed with her beanie. Well, it wasn’t like Isla was one to care about what people thought of her looks. She followed the others inside, grumbling as she handed over 25 (stolen) dollars. That was money she planned to use to buy snacks for the journey back, damnit!

She stayed silent as they entered, even as she almost picked up one of the potted plants on the way in… only to stop herself because she didn’t want to fuck everything up for them. She was a little bit smarter than that (just).

On the other hand, she couldn’t help but gape at the women dancing on stage. She’d never been to a club like this before… Did Glasgow even have them? Definitely not like this, they were much grimier.

The VIP lounge was even fancier. Fuck, she could definitely get into club going again if they were all like this.

“Oh, I’ll take a drink,” she piped up with a smile, moving over to the bar. “Just a coke, please.”

For all her feigned naivety, Isla kept an eye on the girl that was pouring her drink. She didn’t know much about the situation but she wasn’t going to trust them not to put some kind of drug in it. Only when she was fairly certain that wasn’t the case, trying to subtly sniff it as if it would help and she hadn’t watched the time, did she take a sip and go to sit down.

By some miracle, for Isla, she stayed quiet as their leader guy did the talking. Honestly, she wasn’t even sure why she was here. So she was just going to try and listen and be ready to teleport them all out if shit went downhill.

Recollections: The Coven [COMPLETED]

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“You’re right, she’ll ditch as soon as she has a cure,” Maya waved her hand, pushing up her sunglasses onto her head so she could see slightly. Though it showed off the dark bags under her eyes that makeup couldn’t quite hide. “I’m definitely not doing it for her, I’m doing it so that I- well, we, don’t get our asses eaten by a murderous cannibal. I couldn’t care less about anything else.”

Also, as Madison said, it was an all-expenses-paid trip to Miami. Why would she not go? She hadn’t actually been to Miami before, what with the whole studying thing and having her parents on her ass about good grades.

"Do you want to go clothes shopping for when we hit up the clubs?"

Madison

“Yes,” Maya replied instantly, drinking the last bit of her coffee and standing. “Might as well look as good as I can for my one time clubbing in Miami.”

And she’d totally forgotten to pack clothes that she’d wear to a club, thanks to frantically getting ready the day before (and regretting not moving into the beach house like everyone else).

“There’s certainly no lack of options,” she said as she looked around. “We could spend all day looking.”

She then indicated for Madison to leave the way because if she was honest, most of her clothes came from back in Korea so she had no idea what brands were good here.

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Everything that Emily said went completely over Isla’s head, which was fine. It didn’t sound important anyway and sounded kind accusatory towards Penny, which wasn’t okay? Penny was one of the few (two) people in this trip that Isla wasn’t incredibly wary of. And from what she remembered, Penny hadn’t been in any way trying to kill her. But whatever.

“I’ll have mixed berries,” she piped up with a grin at the fact she didn’t have to worry about using the whole five dollars she’d stolen off some poor, unsuspecting but rich looking dude in the hotel (he’d just left them out, how could she not?). She then practically skipped over to the pointed out bench. She didn’t bother to sit down, instead standing and half vibrating half bouncing while she waited for Penny to return with their smoothies.

“Thanks, Penny!” she grinned widely as she took her smoothie, taking a large gulp of it. “Wow, it’s good! Don’t think I’ve had a smoothie in years… we don’t tend to eat fruit in Glasgow.”

"What other kinda Miami stuff you wanna do? I'm free all day or whateva. Might go perform tonight tho. Wanna go try some fried gator?"

Mariah

“I dunno, I’m happy with anything!” Isla replied thoughtfully, which looked like someone going through a million thoughts at once. “Doesn’t Miami have like good clubs? I swear I heard that somewhere… Oh can I watch you perform if you do? That would be cool! And is gator short for alligator cause I am totally down for trying that, yes please.”

If there was one thing Isla had no fear of, it was food. She could eat anything and probably enjoy it (even if it killed her).

“Food first, then shopping, then whatever! I’m sure being here will take up so much time anyway!”