You are the puzzle that I will never be able to solve and somehow, that's okay.
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9 yrs ago
I'm sorry... I can't keep going like this. I need solidity. Figure out what you want and why... and then talk to me. I will always love you. And yes. even she knows that.
9 yrs ago
I'm not asking you to forgive me. I'll never understand or forgive myself. And if I die, so help me, I'll laugh at myself for being an idiot. There's one thing I do know and that is that I love you.
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9 yrs ago
Kind of just came out to my family and Facebook that I'm getting a sex change... so yeah... dealing with that. Be back soon.
@Hillan A fantastic CS as always, Hill-Billy. Though I have one slight adjustment I'd like to ask of you. Since I want this to be centered more around a school feel, I'm wanting an age range between 15 - 22, him being 26 puts him a little higher than I would like for now. So yeah, hit that edit button, send me a bitch slap when you've finished and consider yourself accepted.
@Bangtan Girl Always welcoming new interest! On the subject of a brother and sister, for now (mostly because I don't have any prior experience with you and don't know how much you can handle yet) I'll be limiting you to one character but as the RP progresses and you continue to kick ass I'll allow you another. That being said, you can definitely make a sibling duo; you can include the other in the one's CS and then bring them in later if need be.
Hey guys, just letting you all know that I had initial plans to start the RP today since it was my day off but I got called in for a full shift so it will have to happen a little later. But this will give you guys time to work on your collabs with Vicier and Ghost Shadow :) So have fun and remember to let one of us know if you have any questions.
Abilities: -“Probability Manipulation”- Sebastian is able to innately manipulate the probability of events occurring within his line of sight, what was originally just thought to be a long running streak of immense good luck has been discovered by Sebastian to be the mutation he had developed at a young age. Sebastian has so far only used his mutation to create parlour tricks such as cards shuffling to where he needs them to be, coins will land on what he needs and occasionally cheating at poker. When necessary and under immense stress, Sebastian has been able to extend his manipulation to larger scale effects; an assailant tripped on his own feet, a car exploded, guns jamming and so forth. Though these require a high amount of concentration, Sebastian is quite happy to continue with his little tricks.
Skills: A charming, silver tongued speaker; Sebastian is a man that is always attempting to talk himself out of any and all harm that he finds himself in. Always placating people that fire up, Sebastian is the first to speak.
An adept gambler; Sebastain grew up with a con artist father, his idea of gambling is more sleight of hand than his own ‘luck’, as he called it.
Amateur magician.
Personality Traits: Sebastian is kind of a normal guy. Well about as normal as a guy that lives a lifestyle of constant alcohol and cigarettes with no consequences can live. He is a womanizer, always looking to get laid to varying levels of success.
Sebastian considers himself the closest thing to a gentleman that the little pit of hell he was brought up in. Always seemingly quick to trust; Sebastian is meticulous in the webs of lies and falsehoods he spins. He is always looking at a new bit of information to register and use as blackmail. Those that get past his quick talking, sarcastic shell find more sarcasm but also a profoundly loyal man that gives his all to those he calls friends. TL:DR He is a sarcastic asshole.
Backstory:
Sebastian was born to a con man that had since settled down and a woman who hadn’t realized her husband's shady past. Growing up quickly in a house of two alcoholics, Sebastian learned to fend off a thrown fist long before he understood why it was getting thrown. Despite this, Sebastian seemed to have an uncanny sense of luck when it came to his own endeavours as a child. He was luckily guessing correct answers while at school, knowing just when to step out of the way as a kid came careening past, his shuffles; which his dad showed him whilst sober, always managed to cut correctly even when knew he had fucked it up.
This streak of luck was noticed by his father and he began teaching him more about the art of the con. Fleecing, sleight of hand, you name it...Sebastian King was taught it at the age of 15. It wasn’t till a con had gone bad, that the luck Sebastian was so naturally hold of manifested itself stronger. A knife, a sliver of silver that cut towards him in the inky blackness of the alley. All Sebastian could think of was that he sure hoped the knife wielding thug tripped and knife came at a stop at his feet. Then, with a crack, the man stumbled...and the knife slid to Sebastian's feet. He picked up the knife, a cool smooth grin playing across the lips of the now reassured teen con artist.
Since then, Sebastian found others like him; discovering the existence of mutants via the men Charles, Erik and Logan. An invitation to join with them and learn about all he could do was ample enough reason for Sebastian to put on his cocksure smile and nod.
Other: Sebastian’s favorite card is the Ace of Hearts.
{ “If there is anything I've learned about life, it's that it goes on with or without you. Your relevance is meaningless unless you get into the picture." }
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[✯] Name:
Alexander Minksy
[✯] Alias:
N / A
[✯] Age:
20
[✯] Skills:
Alex is more or less the same as your average day young adult, with a dash of a little more responsibility which people wouldn't expect from this man. Being a fairly average in the area of academics while he was in high school from what it looked like to his peers, he aced every test with little problem but homework and similar things were left undone which balanced themselves out. As Alex spent more of his time being more involved in things like sports mostly with the jocks or participating in school plays occasionally with the quirky group. Excelling in sports during his years in school, with various athletic activities like wrestling, football, soccer and volleyball. In terms of combat, Alex may not have formally been trained in any fighting technique or style but he has been in his own pocketful of tustles and ruffles with others so he knows how to handle himself. Along with his time in high school as a wrestler, he incorporates what he remembers into his fighting when he can to take down his opponents. Using his youth and athleticism give him the edge in fighting, with his honed body and instincts from sports be used. He was accepted into many different schools despite applying for them as a non-athlete, and when he did apply as one his acceptance rate only increased from other universities as well.
Outside of activities that he did for school, he was a fairly competent pianist which he learned throughout his childhood and occasionally continued to play during his teenage years. However, due to his situation at home worsening he has been picking up a lot of slack for himself since then so that he can handle more important things. With advice from his dying mother, he began preparing himself to be the next man of the house should his father not come back and ready himself with the skills he would need. Learning and eventually becoming a talented cook for handling his own meals every day and his roommates back then. While also being financially savvy as he learned quickly how to count money or face being thrown out into the streets with a bonus of a shot of maturity to go along with it. Learning how to function like an adult a long time ago when the reality of life was approaching on the horizon before it came knocking on his door. Spreading his range of influence as well by connecting with a variety of people during school, he just barely made it through the initial worries of the Great Depression with a tight but manageable budget.
[✯] Powers:
Enhanced Intelligence
Alex's mutant powers are very simple to explain, it can all be summed up as the potential to become smarter than the limits of what mankind could ever achieve and even further which is the vast potential of his powers. It is not the most visible or noticeable of mutant powers as it can easily be missed but if one is looking with a fine comb it can be noticed. A more biological explanation would be that his mutant abilities allow his brain to more efficiently work at processing information, recording them and recalling them along with being able to comprehend multiple subjects at the same time with no loss in efficiency in any topics. After this part, his mutant powers delve into the stranger side of things as with his abilities he can begin tapping into controlling his own brain and in extension his body as well. With some control and concentration, he is capable of being able to numb or even entirely block out the pain from nerves if he wished or manually inducing an adrenaline rush in his body should the opportunity call for it. It can also be possible of slowing down the perception of time for himself by accelerating how fast he wishes his brain to receive information thus it down. However, due to the nature of his powers, a large amount of food is needed to sustain his brain or possibly risk the shutdown of his body through the lack of sustenance as he burns through much more energy than regular humans.
As his powers continue to develop his intelligence and self-awareness of his own body will grow to points where he reigns a large portion of his body freely. With the advancement in his powers, the control that he will have over his body will be significant as it will be possible for him to mentally control his cells for a variety of things. A few to list are such as regeneration through controlling himself at the cellular level and heal faster and even possibly shapeshift into a variety of appearances. Through this advance control of his own cells, the prolongment of life is possible to a possible indefinite amount of time from simply aging. However, outside of this bodily manipulation, his ability to intake and output knowledge would be intimidating, to say the least, but the amount of fuel to put into his body with the possibility of abilities would be notable to allow the body to function healthily. With the amount of substance increasing depending on how intense he uses his powers beyond normal.
[✯] Personality:
Cautious, Calculative, Willful, Sensible, Cunning, Fake, Intimidating, Friendly, and Intense
Alex's personality is a jumble of things as it will always be molding itself to fit into the cookie cutter tin that the situation presents itself. Shaping himself to fit what the other people expect and think of him, his personality is always changing from a group to group basis. It is what everyone does, but Alex just puts more thought into than most people would normally do. Being a popular jock with sports to being a surprisingly weird person for the quirky group or even being a surprisingly artistic person. His personality is always shifting to fit the situation as best as it can, making him unpredictable in the center of the storm that is Alex himself. With many sides of Alex that is revealed but never all at the same time, just a piece here or there to reveal a part of himself.
In the most default state that Alex could possibly get is being an outgoing person naturally who likes to talk to people. Being very social, he talks with a certain appeal to it and always responds appropriately with a charming laugh for a cracked joke or an infectious smile for something else. It gives him the appearance of a confident person and an intimidating air around him yet still appealing for some reason. His nature which is almost considered joyful if not pleasant which is infectious to others, a flower almost to watch and smell but never to touch for its thorns.
[✯] Bio:
Born 1925
Alex was born into his family as the second born son, the youngest and the baby of his family with an older brother who was about a good five years older than him. Growing up in a relatively normal childhood he made friends, played around with the other children and went to school like any other kid. His absence of his father was notable for leaving to join the army to support the family, mainly for the medical bills that their mom had due to her medical condition. On occasion, however, Alex still saw him on his brief but enjoyable visits before going back. Still, it wasn't too bad being raised most of the time by his mother and his older brother, he still grew up to be a respectable boy who entered school as a charming boy. However, this shaky family structure would not last long as the Second World War began and his father joined many of the others that were in the front line. That was when the visits ended and the last time he saw his father, the letters soon would stop as well and when the two soldiers came to the door their mother ushered them to their two rooms while the three would talk. Sobbing could be heard from the other room, as his brother Joshua could be heard talking as well trying to comfort her.
After the visit, his mother began telling him that he will need to pick up some of the weight in the household now that their father was gone and he understood what he had to do. Along with further prompting with an ominous warning from his brother Joshua that Alex would need to prepare to become the next man in the household should anything happen to Joshua himself. He matured quickly as he began to pick up his academic grades and excel in school and even getting a job on the side like his brother to support the family as well. Everything then returned to an uneasy calm that left an awkward feeling around the house, but they all managed to get through it somehow.
It was during this period of stress that his mutant abilities subtly awoke themselves with seemingly no noticeable change from Alex. While it wasn't exactly a visible power, he began to simply notice himself paying attention to a variety of things more than ever before. Causing him to develop a sense of self-consciousness from the duties that were being carried on his back as he perceived the entirety of events in his life. Nervous breakdowns were a common event for Alex which he hid from his friends and especially his family as he planned vigorously for the future.
However, it still was not enough to support the treatments for their mother and living expenses as well with the money they were making at this rate. Despite the hard effort by his brother and himself, they couldn't make due from their meager wages and their sick mom not being able to anything but rest. So by the 2nd year in High School, his brother joined the army and began sending the money home despite the combined protest from Alex himself and his mother. Now it just his mother and Alex now living in the relatively empty house. The burden of the house now being carried on his back was immense as Alex would be the column that supports their life at home.
The pressure of juggling school, sports, and life at home took a toll on his mind as he slowly broke down with the onslaught of maturity hitting him, despite preparing for it. Stacked along with the deteriorating condition of his mother, the event horizon approached as soon she grew deathly ill. As on his senior year, it was the time that his mother finally let go and passed away at the start of the school year from her cancer that took her away. It was now just Alex alone at home, as his brother was still alive but on the front lines now fighting patriotically for their country than simply money. The money from his brother was directed to him now as he used it to support himself for a short time before he found two other roommates to pay a portion of money for the bills on the house. After sorting out various problems, life began aligning itself and the seas began to settle as Alex focused his resolve on graduating.
And so, Alex graduated with his classmates of the same year as he with a rough start to the year, he still had memories of school which would be cherished as he went into college. Earning a scholarship for being an athlete for a University, his tuition was covered for as long as he didn't mess anything up. Quickly starting college as soon as he could, it looked like everything would be but by uncanny coincidence. during his first few years of college, something shook the confines of his world again. A lecturer by the names of Charles Xavier tapped on the glass that would be better left undisturbed. Convincing him that he was indeed special as the scientist claimed that he was along with a few feats from the other, he reluctantly accepted his proposition.
Currently None Will eventually have some specs fashioned for him to help with his headaches Eventual costume
Abilities:
Falcon Vision
Alan has the ability to instinctively sense how people and objects relate to him, manifesting as a colored glow much like an aura that makes it easy for him to see. Red indicates someone he deems as a threat, or if blood has been spilled. Blue indicates someone Alan sees as an ally; someone he can trust. White indicates sources where Alan can get information he is currently seeking or a good place for him to hide for a few moments if the need should ever arise. Though Alan has only just started "seeing" the world this way, he still has yet to understand what any of the colors mean and is unable to concentrate on them long enough to even know if what he is seeing is actually there or some sort of hallucination, leaving him with a migrane-level headache. Though as he exercises his abilities, Alan will be able to turn this ability on and off, understand their meaning and be able to use them to their full potential.
These colors are prone to change, however, as situations and Alan's personal bias towards what is going on also changes, therefore someone he sees as an ally could potentially turn to someone he sees as a threat, and so on.
Eventually, this power will "evolve" into a more advanced outlook for Alan to understand, making each of his senses more sensitive. This will allow Alan to be able to detect the heartbeat of a concentrated individual in a specific perimeter to him and even be able to forsee a gold path that the person he is concentrating on will be taking up to fifty yards at a time. With this, Alan will also be able to inversely "see" where they have been. This is particularly helpful when tailing someone or detecting the path an enemy would take in order to set up a trap or lay an ambush, or to check out an area they have been to search for items or information needed. At his full potential Alan will be able to pick up cold trails or locate disguised enemies (including shape shifters) which appear red to him, however with this more heightened ability, it causes Alan to concentrate harder and scrutinize people individually rather than in a crowd, once more leaving him with a blinding headache that can last for hours at a time.
In a more bizarre turn of events, this ability will also grant Alan the unwanted ability to peer into the memories of a person dying should he be touching them during their time of death, even if it is by his own hand.
Flight
Though not developed yet, Alan will eventually have the ability to fly, once his wings break through. This will allow him to soar the skies at the height most birds can and maneuver through the air with the greatest of ease. The wings will allow him to gain elevation, dive-bomb, glide, descend and so on. The wings themselves are very fragile and susceptible to damage if ever in close-range combat. It is because of this that Alan will have to learn how to retract the wings back into his body, if not just for the sake of looking normal again.
Skills
Alan's bones are a lot less dense than normal bones. They are extremely porous and the larger, thicker bones even have a sort of hollowness to them. This makes Alan much lighter than how he looks, allowing him to jump higher and further than the average human, making vaulting over objects and climbing a cinch for the youth. His years as an acrobatic performer helped to fine-tune these skills so that he is able to use them to precision - able to jump from one object to another with varying size and stability.
His acrobatic skills also gave him the art of timing, able to calculate jumps and honed his reflexes into something superior to avoid injury. Tightrope walking and the trapeze being his two main events, he learned these very quickly and has only gotten better and more fluid in his movements as a performer.
Personality Traits
Alan has a very positive outlook on life and is generally a very easy-going kind of guy. Having been subjected to a rather poor lifestyle, constantly surrounded by the smell of shit and sweaty bodies, Alan has always taken the little things in life for full value. The smell of a flower, the feeling of a gentle breeze rolling over his skin, the soft touch of a woman...
Most of his (male) companions in the circus poke a bit of fun at him for being overly sensitive, but Alan's thick skin and playful personality doesn't take their teasing negatively, though in the more quiet times in his life, he does wonder if perhaps they might be right.
He's got a very adventurous spirit about him, always wanting to make each show he does different and more exciting and while it can be dangerous, Alan finds that he practically craves the adrenaline rush he gets at the very idea that injury could very much be a thing. This makes him a bit reckless at times though at face-value, Alan tends to be more calm and calculated on the outside.
Position in School:
Student
Backstory:
Alan was born and raised into a family deep into the traveling circus business, and was raised in the carny lifestyle. As a kid, Alan was tasked with caring and cleaning up after the animals though eventually worked his way up to aerial acrobatics. His parents were amazed at just how natural Alan acted when it came to heights. Even when the trapeze artists tried to discourage the young boy from the dangerous act by having him join them in practice, including jumps (with a safety net), twists, grabs and so on, Alan only grew to love the sport even more. So in the air he stayed and as he grew older, became one of the most famous aerial acrobats.
The nickname "Horus" was given to him by his fellow trapeze group, joking about how he was a "God" of aerial acrobatics, and eventually fashioned him a skin-tight jumpsuit with the emblem of a falcon in the middle. Alan went with the jest, finding the humor in it himself and found himself rather liking the nickname.
As he grew from a youth into a man, strange things began to happen. So strange, in fact, during the middle of a show, Alan's vision blurred for a few moments as he was jumping from one trapeze to another, and then suddenly there were flashes of colors he didn't quite understand. His partner that was supposed to catch him turned blue, there was a glint of gold in his peripheral vision, the crowd became a muddied mess of blue. He could hear heartbeats, hundreds at a time. It all happened in a split second, but it was enough to throw him off balance in his jump and ended up missing his partners hands, falling into the safety net below. That in itself had been humiliating, and after trying to explain what had happened to his friends and parents, they shrugged it off as some sort of "you need more sleep."
But the colors kept coming after that. It was only every once in a while, mostly in the most inconvenient of times. Though, having grown up with contortionists, the bearded lady, men who stab themselves with needles and swords without shedding blood, fire-eaters and clowns, Alan then just decided that what he was going through was normal for the circus life, no longer wanting to make a big deal about it. Unfortunately, it was hindering his work as an acrobat.
He was about ready to ask his parents if he could take a break from his duties for a while when a man approached him, claiming to know how he was feeling. The man introduced himself as Charles Xavier and after a bit of convincing to hear the man out, Charles explained to Alan that though he was already different by living with circus people, he was even more different, classifying him as a mutant. Charles then further demonstrated his own mutant powers by speaking into Alan's head through telepathy - something he had never encountered before even in the circus. It was impossible to pin it as some sort of street-show that he had been accustomed to. After getting his attention, Charles then explained to him a school that he and two other mutants were building up for people like him; to not only provide education but knowledge and understanding of the powers they had been gifted with. Figuring it was the only way he was going to get answers, Alan decided to leave his family and friends behind to embark on a new journey - a life outside the circus tent and smelly, crowded trailers.
Other:
When his abilities start up randomly, or he tries to use them, Alan is almost always overcome by a searing headache that forces his body to shut down. This most often leaves him breathless and in agony, but is able to sleep it off after a few hours or take some pain medication (though this method rarely works) but there have been instances where the pain has reduced him to sudden blackouts that can last up to thirty minutes.
Alan also has random spurts of pain that shoot through his back. Believing it to be some injury related to his career as an acrobat, he doesn't give it much thought though plans on seeing a physician about it in the near future if it persists.
He also smokes occasionally. The carny life has exposed him to tobacco products quite early and took up the habit when he was only sixteen years old. He's far from a pack a day kind of guy, but after a good, long, hard day, he likes to wind down with a good smoke and simply relax both his mind and body.
Appearance: Darlene appears to be a regular young woman. She has shoulder length blonde hair, dark blue eyes, and fair skin. She stands at 5'7'' and weighs 120 lbs.
Ability Information
Abilities: Emotion Inducement/Emotional Energy Manipulation
Darlene has the unique gift of being able to induce emotions in others. She uses a form of influence that, from what we gather, by just thinking it, but we also feel her gaze plays into that effect. The target goes through the emotion Darlene warrants and, depending on her choice, it can overtake them or it can be a brief period of time. These emotions range from anger to sadness, from self-doubt to love.
Darlene is also able to manipulate the emotional energy from others. From studying her, we can deduce that she absorbs the emotional energy and transfers it into her own choosing. A brief demonstration showed she is able to form small spheres of emotional energy that she is able to throw, she can form a shield to protect herself, and she can form a beam. We imagine she is able to do more with her powers, but may need the guidance and practice. It should also be noted that, depending on the emotion, the color of her power changes. We only saw two, anger and sadness. Anger was red and sadness was blue. We'll need more tests to determine what other emotions' colors would be.
Skills: Darlene has no formal combat training and it is our recommendation she learn to defend herself. However, Darlene does posess a high intellect that surpasses many others in her class. She excels in a variety of subjects, such as math, science, and history. She has done very well in school, so well to garner attention from her professors and got offers from a few universities hoping she would attend. It is unclear what her interest would have been.
Darlene is also a skilled gymnast, having taken many courses growing up and was on her schools gymnastics team. She has helped the team win many championships. She has great balance and mobility.
Personal Information
Personality: Darlene is by all accounts an outgoing, confident young woman. She is well-liked by others and no one has a bad word to say about her (though with Darlene's gifts, this may need to be explored a bit more). She is friendly and caring towards others, but she does have a vain side and likes to keep up her appearance. She doesn't like to remain quiet, often voices her opinions, and is behind women getting equal rights to their male counterparts. She is often looked down upon for her gender, but she believes she can keep up in a man's world if given the opportunity to do so.
Backstory: Darlene is the youngest of her family. With 3 older brothers, she ended up being her father's light and he doted on her. Darlene wanted for nothing growing up. Even as a child, she was adventurous and wanted to play with her brothers whenever they went outside or wanted to ride their bikes, but her father and mother told her she had to play inside. Darlene would occasionally sneak out to play with the other kids in the neighborhood and quickly became friends with her next door neighbor, Molly. The two hung out for years and the families became close as a result.
It wasn't until she was 12 years old that Darlene's powers started to manifest. Unaware of this fact, an argument with Molly set the events in motion. Darlene managed to get Molly so angry that she "exploded" in anger to the point that no one could calm her down. Anger turned to hysteria and Molly had to be taken to the hospital, where she eventually was calmed down. Darlene didn't put two and two together until she tried the same thing with her youngest older brother, who she managed to make extremely sad with nothing but her own thought.
Darlene didn't quite know what to do, so she kept her powers hidden and tried to go through life as normal as possible. In times of great duress, however, she unwillingly unleashed her powers on others, such as when she was bullied when she was 13 and caused her attackers to run screaming in fear over nothing. Darlene decided that her gifts were trouble if not controlled, so she practiced controlling her own emotions and quickly adapted to controlling others. She did this throughout school, allowing some leeway, but for the most part she used her gifts sparingly.
It wasn't until she was almost into her senior year that she got the call from an unknown man, telling her he knew about her gifts and offered her a place to practice them and use them for something greater than she could have anticipated. Both excited and afraid at this idea, she accepted the help. She lied to her parents and said she got paid term at a prestigious boarding school that would continue her studies and allow her the freedom to go on from there. Her parents were afraid, but she quickly calmed them down and they allowed her to attend. They packed up her things and whisked her away to her new home. They parted ways at the stop the man on the phone told her to come to. Her future was about to start.
Other Information
*Darlene has a huge crush on Cary Grant *Darlene is able to swim *Darlene may have excelled in her studies, but one subject she could never seem to do well in was art. She passed due to participation and her efforts (and maybe a little swaying of the teacher)
Name: Syleste Astrea Nioré. Alias: Morpheus (after the Greek God of dreams and sleep). Gender: Female. Occupation: Student; Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters. Place Of Origin: Tampa Army Base; Florida, USA. Age: Eighteen Years Old. Date Of Birth: 17th of August.
Appearance - Eighteen Years Old:
Costume:
~Relationship Information~
Relationship Status: Single. Sexuality: Hetrosexual/ Straight. Partner: None. Father: Mitchell Connor Nioré. Mother: Elaine Louise Nioré. Siblings: None. Pet/s: A gift for her thirteenth birthday from the men under her father’s command, Syleste now both owns and cares for a beautiful golden Labrador which she calls Ce-Jay; and while having been with her since a pup, and having supposed to be trained to help her in her everyday life, the dog (more or less) is useless at his job. Other: None.
"A friend is someone who knows everything about you… the good, the bad… but they still choose to love you." ~ Syleste Astrea Nioré.
Sweet and charming, Syleste is an extremely loving and kind-hearted young woman who does her best to care for all those who are lucky enough to find themselves her friends, the dreamy-eyed girl showing her love and affection to all those close to her. Overly curious and full of life she tends to find herself, more often than not, walking into some sort of danger or trouble, the bubbly teenager never showing any signs that she's willing to let her disability get in the way of her living the life she wants to. Though coming off sometimes as shy at first when a situation seems to overwhelm her (large crowds of people surrounding her, loads of information being given to her, ect.), once she has had time to adjust Syleste has no issues putting herself out there for others to see, the girl never truly having an issue whenever it came to making friends.
Although a kind and graceful soul, Syleste is also known for being stubborn when it comes to something that she truly believes in, choosing to stand up for it rather than backing down once she has already made up her mind, usually making it near impossible to convince her otherwise. Quite mature and oddly grown-up for her age thanks to living her whole life with her disability, Syleste often does all she can not to be, or to be considered a "burden" to all those who are around her, the young woman doing everything she can and more to help out (cleaning, cooking, ect.), even sometimes choosing to put her own needs aside in favor of others, no matter how difficult the task may seem for her; the girl trying her best at everything and anything that she seems to set her mind to.
Coming across at times as being quietly confident and extremely calm, she sometimes tends to pull away from the company of others becoming very reserved and thoughtful, choosing instead to lose herself within her own mind and in her own little world. Unnaturally bright and unique in her own way, Syleste has the aptitude for thinking outside of the box on general occasion, always coming up with strange ideas that would normally otherwise be considered near impossible to pull off, though with the young woman's odd way of using her intelligence she is known for being able to twist them to the point of making it all work out.
Skills: Thanks to her disability, Syleste's other senses (hearing, smell, taste and touch) have become slightly more enhanced than that of a normal person, adding to her skills and talents when it comes to music, such as singing and playing piano. Syleste is also quite skilled when it comes to reading anything in braille, whether it be music sheets, books, or class notes.
The Adaptable Brain At birth, the portion of the brain that deal with vision, hearing, and all other senses are connected. As a sighted child continues to grow up, these connections begin to separate themselves from one another, until eventually independent centers in the brain control each of the different senses that a person can use. In a blind infant however, these connections might remain intact, and the job of processing sound might be shared by both the visual cortex, as well as the auditory processing centers. If a person loses his/ her sight during childhood or adulthood, the connections might have already been separated because myelin (the fatty sheath surrounding affected nerves) develops rapidly in the very young.
Neuro-Imaging Research into blindness has found that while regions in the brain that deal with vision are smaller in blind individuals than in that of those who still have their sight, other non-visual areas are increasingly larger. Looking into the brain's potential to adapt after blindness, researchers have found that blindness causes structural changes in the brain, indicating that the brain may reorganize itself functionally in order to adapt to a loss in sensory input; the area's in the brain dealing with memory, hearing, and other senses becoming enlarged in an attempt to compensate for the fact that the person can no longer see.
Echolocation A blind person can become quite adept at using echolocation (identifying an object by the sound or echo that it makes) while moving through the world around him/ her. Children or babies that are born blind use extra hand movements as they crawl, slapping the floor around them to create a kind of auditory and sensory feedback. The use of reflected sound by blind children helps them to explore and manipulate aspects of the sound world, other visually impaired individuals may make clicking noises to note the changes in sound as the distance between them and different obstacles shift; this can also be seen in animals such as dolphins and bats.
Using Touch To Explore The World The largest area of the brain's surface is devoted to the hand and the sense of touch, the skin being the largest organ of the body allows us to use this sense to the fullest, and the blind child is a "sensation" of information. Many blind individuals can feel changes in temperature as they near a window, wall, and other objects, relying on their enhanced sense of touch to help them explore the world around them.
A Deeper Vision Before the invention of non-invasive neuro-imaging, people could only speculate and look on in awe at the increased abilities that those who were blind seemed to posses. The well-known painter, Pablo Picasso explored the nature of blindness during his "Blue Period", some claiming that he was able to find an intensity of other senses in his depiction of the blind. Researchers state that what you lose in one place, you gain elsewhere, reinforcing the idea that other senses are not only affected but also enhanced by blindness.
Biography: Blind from birth and constantly being moved around from place to place due to her fathers position in the army, Syleste was always a curious and outgoing young child, her mother (mostly having to raise her on her own) always did her best to keep her close by her side, however it never seemed to stop her from always managing to find her way into trouble. Growing into a beautiful young teenager and quickly coming to the realization that she didn't want to rely or be a burden on her mother, she tried her best, taking on more of the responsibilities at home and allowing her mother a break from stressing over her daughters care and well-being. Receiving the news early about his deployment, Syleste sat back, doing all she could to help around the home as her father said goodbye, kissing her on the forehead before the General left to be shipped out to where the war effort needed him most.
Closing off slightly to those who had accepted her for who she was, she began to spend more time within her family home, the young woman spending most of her time either working on the music her father had loved to hear her play or spending her time reading alone in her room. Feeling sick from missing her father for as long as she had, Syleste separated herself from her mother choosing instead to retire early rather than staying up in her company, slipping into a slumber unlike any other that she had experienced before, she found herself standing conscious in a world she had never seen before, the very confused and slightly fearful figure of her father standing with her. Realizing what his daughter had managed to do, her father quickly sent word back home informing her mother as to just how special their daughter truly was, and how she would have to take extra care with her from now on, being sure to take her special needs into consideration.
Slowly opening back up over time after getting to see her father throughout the night in her dreams, Syleste began to become the confident and sweet young lady her parents had always wanted her to become, however her mother's fear of others bullying her daughter for her disability, mixed with her fear of those finding out just how different she was soon became a reality as the young girl continued to bloom. Trying to get through each and every day without too much trouble, the bubbly young teenager could often be found sitting on her own reading or studying, though with her curiosity for life playing on her mind she never ceased to find a way to try and satisfy the need to explore much to her overly-cautious mother's disgust.
Receiving a phone call from a man saying that he could help out, Syleste's mother quickly realized that it wasn't going to be easy to keep their daughter safe, and for her to stay within the family home, her mother quickly jumping at the chance of being able to supply her with the hope of a safe and semi-normal life. Packing up all her possessions, the two of them worked together with the help of the man who had given them the offer, the two of them saying goodbye at the train station, the young girl set on her way to a place where she thought she would have a better chance at life with people who would finally accept her for who she was.
Dream walking/ manipulation - Syleste has the unique ability to enter a world she knows as "The Dream World", allowing her to slip in and out of the dreams of others, as well as allowing her to summon others into her own dreams. Along with this form of power, Syleste has also been able to master the ability to manipulate the dreams she see's around her, allowing her to bring both the sweetest of dreams to a person, as well as the most terrible of nightmares. Although with her gift also comes a terrible danger. While moving about the Dream World should a person, including herself get hurt, their injuries would transfer through the dreams before transferring to that persons physical body making this a dangerous form of magic that she very rarely chooses to use.
*This particular ability (mostly) only happens to work if the person contacting/ or being contacted by Syleste, is in the same country as she is in, it does not work across oceans; the only exception to this being if she has a strong bond with the person being contacted/ contacting her.
Sleep Manipulation - Along with her ability to manipulate and walk through the dream realm, Syleste also has the power to manipulate sleep within both herself and others around her, allowing her to not only induce and extract sleep from a person but to also manipulate and enhance all aspects of sleep itself.
*Though unaware of this particular ability, once Syleste is able access and use her sleep manipulation powers to their fullest extent, she will be able to use:
Sleep Manipulation - Once unlocked with the rest of her potential, Syleste will be able to manipulate the sleep patterns of a person, as well as be able to choose how long they are able to sleep for and how deep a sleep the person is having.
Inducing Sleep - Once unlocked with the rest of her potential, Syleste's abilities are strong enough to induce instantaneous sleep on biotic subjects, even to the extent that she could potentially be able to induce perpetual insomnia or push a person into a coma.
Extracting Sleep - Once unlocked with the rest of her potential, Syleste will be able to reduce and or remove a person's need for sleep all together, causing them to become dreadfully tired at all times, she will also have the power to awaken any sleeping person regardless of the circumstances.
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Other: Though she may seem confident and semi-competent when it comes to things she sets her mind to, Syleste has a fear of swimming and is terrified at the very thought of deep water, along with this fear she is also scared of being left alone, and being treated differently due to her disability.
While quite talented in both singing and playing the piano, Syleste has found that she is more confident with her skills when she is on her own or with someone she is extremely close to, the young girl too shy and embarrassed to show her musical talents to others.
Understanding that people can become quite uncomfortable with her disability, Syleste keeps a bit of light blue and black material with her which she uses to hide her eyes from view, not wanting others to have to deal with the strange look of her eyes.
Lyrics: I’m not yours, and you’re not mine, But we can sit and pass the time. No fighting wars, no ringing chimes, We’re just feeling fine. This is where we’re s’posed to be, Sitting by the broken tree. No tragedy, no poetry, Just staring at the sky.
I could wait a thousand hours, Stay the same in sun and showers, Pick apart a hundred flowers, Just to be quiet.
Tell me when you feel ready, I’m the one, there’s not too many, Hold my hand to keep me steady, Just to be quiet, With you…
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