Post by SILVERSUGAR on Jan 9, 2010 22:17:06 GMT -5
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Name: Elle Kites
Nickname: Mewt (It is indeed a play on the word ‘mute’.)
Birth Place: Washington
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Age: 15
Birthday: July 5th
¡D E S C R I P T I O N!
Eye Color: Crystalline Blue
Hair Color: White (almost always dyed blue or black bi-weekly.)
Height: 5’6’’
Weight: 139lbs
Distinctive Marks / Scars: Not often visible, Elle has a small scar on her right thigh from when a boy pushed her off the swing in first grade and broke her leg.
Tattoos / Piercings: Ears pierced once, small nose ring in left nostril.
As much as Elle would like to be identified by her pretty face and full lips, it’s not what people remember her by... Elle has albinism and thus has rather unique looks. Her shoulder length fly-away hair is naturally white and her skin is rather pale, almost sickly looking on certain days. The most remarkable feature of her condition is her eyes, of course, they are crystalline blue.
Being that Elle’s skin and eyes are particularly sensitive to sun, she often wears lots of sunscreen and protective clothing as well as a pair of sunglasses when outside. She has had several surgeries on her eyes in order to correct poor vision, but still needs contact lenses in order to see distance as well as to aid in reading. She also has a pair of glasses for emergencies (like whenever she loses a lens) but she loathes the way they put pressure on her nose and would rather squint like an idiot than wear them.
Elle's choice in clothing sways drastically from day-to-day. Sometimes she will wear almost entirely all black (a mock-Gothic Lolita style) which is very bold considering it makes her look almost dead, especially when she wears a shade of black or blue lipstick. Or she'll stun with a very feminine and awing arraignment of skirt/top combinations. She sometimes wears the "less flashy" prom dresses out or modifies them into strange skirts or tops thanks to her mother who owns a small used clothing store and often she turns over anything that can't sell to Elle.
Occasionally, Elle will wear a "normal" outfit of jeans and a nice patterned top, but then she'll go and wear fancy sparkly high-heals with them. She's a bit eccentric when it comes to clothing, because it takes attention away from her albinism.
¡G E N E R A L!
Main Language: English, ASL (American Sign Language)
Occupation: Full-time high school student she already has some plans for community college, and already works part-time, under the table, at an office supply store (she also helps her mother out at the clothing store if needed).
Class: Green
Year Attending: 10th grade, new this year.
¡P E R S O N A L I T Y!
Personality Description: Elle is very quiet. In fact some might go as far as to call her mute (her friends at school actually the name “Mewt” use that in place of her name at times, Elle doesn't really care). She hasn’t really spoken at all in the last four years. Her parents think it is because of the traumatic death of her brother, and that she is mimicking his lack of speech because of his deafness.
Oftentimes the people in her high school automatically assume she is deaf because she will use a loose sign-language in front of them. Normally though Elle communicates by way of a note-pad or by taking yes or no questions. Her teachers have learned to put up with this, although it is always amusing when substitutes come along…
The one place she lets her “voice” out is online she loves chatting with people because she can both be more like herself and be another person at the same time.
Elle, while good young woman, has a darker side. She means well, but sometimes she has a vicious temper...
Likes: The Internet, "movies/video games" (lit. Messing with people by using her powers to make them see or do funny things.) sleeping, fast food, boys (although she doesn't like to admit it), and snakes.
Dislikes: The fact her brother is gone, anyone who mocks her, people who lie habitually, vegetables, overly "girly" girls (attitude wise).
Hobbies: Using her powers on people, music, avoiding school work like the plague.
Fears: Death, losing control, and rodents.
¡S I G H T!
Ability: Elle is primarily an illusionist although it has the potential to become something more, much more. Elle can bend the world to her whim with a single word. She has the ability to create, manipulate, the perception of others much like hallucinations or visions. They are adept enough to easily fool all five senses. If her emotions become strong or out of control she does have the ability to truly create or destroy things by that will. And as such she is terrified about losing control over herself and her ability—but not to the point that she stops using it. Her powers, although they are becoming easier to control, are still quite draining to her. She often gets symptoms of dehydration or dizziness (lit. vertigo) when performing too long.
Strengths and Weaknesses: Due to the fact her ability works with her voice, she is unable to communicate with mere words anymore for fear what she says will do something to the world around her by accident. Limited to the range the sound of her voice will carry. When used against people or animals the ‘magic’ affects the nervous system and all five senses. Those with higher mental capacity might not always be affected and can sometimes see through her illusions but may struggle if she has enough power to change things for real.
Other Abilities: None.
¡H I S T O R Y!
Elle was born three months prematurely, which is in part responsible for her unique appearance. Her parents, while loving and supportive of their children, probably shouldn’t have been encouraged to have any to begin with due to their genetics.
The youngest child, Elle was adored by her brother, Eren, who was eleven years her elder. Due to the fact both of her parents were usually working the two spent a lot of time together and were very close. Eren was born normal looking, but suffered from a condition, which rendered him deaf, like their father. So Elle grew up learning sign language in addition to English. In grade school she was always treated with respect from teachers, but was often the butt of jokes and ridicule from her ignorant classmates. Fortunately, Elle had her older brother to lean on for support. The two were very close. Middle school was looking to be just as miserable as her previous schooling, but Elle had no idea just how miserable life could be...
When Elle was ten years old, her brother 22 (and living in his own apartment at that time) she insisted he come by and take her shopping as it was close to her birthday. On his way over his car was struck by an eighteen wheeler and flattened like a pancake… He was taken to the Hospital in critical condition.
This was when Elle discovered her abilities… Distraught that Eren was in a coma, and that her parents kept saying over and over that he would be alright Elle screamed that she knew he was dying. Although she did not intend it, and it was only spoken out of grief for her beloved brother’s injuries, her words made it so all the same… She knows this for she felt it happen and watched her brother seize and pass before her very eyes. The doctors, as well as her parents, did not believe her cries of “it is all my fault” and think it was all due to the accident and think the girl was blaming herself as the only way to cope for the loss. Elle stopped speaking shortly after that. Only doing so when it was of benefit to her in order to train and use her powers, and struggles every day to control it.
