I'm going to just post what I have so far.
Full Name: Ophelia Wynter Sfinkx
Nickname: Six, by the guards and by her own choice.
Age: 18
Date of birth: 07-05-2157
Sex: Female
Sexuality: Unlcear. Ophelia is only interested in seduction for achieving what she wants.
Ethnicity: Caucasian, German/English.
Gift: Electricity
Language: She was raised bilingual but prefers English, has a slight German accent.
Religion: Atheist. Ophelia does not believe in a God or a judgement day of any kind. In her opinion the ones with power are to be worshipped, if anyone.
Mother: Eliza Darlington
Father: Hannibal Heinrich Sfinckx
Siblings: One, her brother Bruno Kaspar Sfinckx, age of 27.
Height: 5’78 ft (1.76m)
Weight: 152 lbs (69kg)
Looks:
Ophelia is quite tall and slender, but she has very feminine curves; round hips and noticeable breasts, but a rather tiny bottom. Her eyes are a deep green colour, but they seem empty. They radiate no emotions and they show no sign of feelings. Her rosy, plump limps are an entirely different story, when it comes to that matter. Ophelia’s mouth often shows what she is thinking. When it’s a straight line, she is angry. When she pouts, she is sunken in thought or up to no good. A smile is a rarity, unless it’s a grin and then you can bet she’s got some devious scheme.
One of her most striking features is her lavender hair. It’s a soft, pastel colour that’s slightly darker at the roots and tips. With her delicate fingers she often makes intricate braids in it, and she will almost never let it down.
Ophelia has a delicate face, with soft cheek bones and a small chin. Her skin is very smooth and if she would allow one to touch her, she would feel as soft as a peach.
Likes: classical music, solitude, mirrors, the memory of peaches, fresh air, black and white movies, silk, lightbulbs, books.
Dislikes: long conversations, being outsmarted, chess games, candle light, having her picture taken, conformity.
Characteristics:
Ophelia is not one of the most kindhearted people you'll meet. She is terribly moody and she can swing from being extatic -for her terms- to far below freezing point in a matter of seconds. Upsetting Ophelia might not be a very wise thing to do as her bad moods last longer than the good ones and she's not likely to tell you what you've done wrong in her opinion. Silent treatment is one of her favourite ways to let someone know she's not happy with them. If she really wants to piss them off, she'll just hum to let them know she's hearing them but even more ignoring them.
If Ophelia is acting suddenly very nice towards someone they can bet their hat she's trying to get them to do something for her. The thing about Ophelia is that she can actually be quite charming. She wasn't brought up under a rock and certainly has a few ways of flirting her way into getting what she wants. She will not often do this, however, as it reminds her of her mother.
Ophelia is a person who prefers solitude, she doesn't like being around too much people at once and when a conversation is becoming too long for her liking she has no guilty feelings whatsoever at just walking away from them.
However, if Ophelia is passionate about something she will pour her soul into it -well she would if she had one- and she can get very caught up in what she's doing. There are few things in which she feels like she can really be herself, but she's not likely to practise them in public. She would absolutely hate exposing herself like that, which is why she doesn't even so much as talk about the things she loves. When it comes to passions, her lips are sealed.
Despite acting so cold and calculated, there is a very large side to Ophelia that nobody would expect when they see her in action or talk to her. The truth is that Ophelia is a very insecure person. Every sneer she gives or scheme she executes is a desperate attempt to protect and hide the little girl that was sent to prison by her very own mother. Ophelia believes that if she keeps her emotions locked in and others locked out they don't have the power to hurt her, and even if they manage to hurt her that it won't matter they did because they will never know about it.
To call Ophelia wicked trough and through would be a grave mistake. There are limits to her evilness. For instance, Ophelia would never knowingly have one of her plans inflicting physical injury upon another. She would never make anyone cry on purpose and even though she will never apologize for hurting someone, she might feel guilty about it.
Another thing she'll never admit is how much she craves someone that makes an effort to see past her facade and recognize the fact that she's just as broken as anyone else. She's much too proud to ever do so. Ophelia is the kind of person that would walk into the arms of death, no matter how fast her heart is racing out of fear, with her head held high. Unless she has the feeling she's in complete control she will not ask anyone for help. And even then asking might be not be the proper word to describe it. Commanding or tricking into would be better.
Getting to know Ophelia better might be a challenge, but it's probably worth the effort because if she'd ever decide to love someone and let them love her, there's not much she wouldn't do for that person.
Though be not mistaken, false threats are not her style. You'll get one fair warning before she undertakes action.
Family life and history:
Hannibal and Eliza were married at a very young age. Their ages were respectively 23 and 19.
Hannibal is the last descendant of an old aristocrat German family and his parents wanted him to marry a girl of equal status. Eliza was nothing of the sorts, being a foreign exchange student, but since Hannibal was head over heels for her, he had his mind set on marrying her. The two ran off together but before they reached the border, they were retrieved by Hannibal’s elder brother.
When Eliza realised that Hannibal was not going to get any of his parents’ money if he married her, Eliza took off, leaving Hannibal heartbroken. A few months later, she returned, her belly larger than when she left. It turned out Eliza was pregnant, and the two were forced into matrimony.
Four months later, the baby was born and Hannibal fell into disgrace with his family even more than he already had, as it turned out the baby was not his. This wasn’t hard to tell because the boy had a dark skin and frizzy hair. Yet Hannibal chose to forgive his wife and raise the baby as his own.
Despite her shallow character, Eliza turned out to be a devoted mother. She doted on her baby boy and tried to give him his every heart’s desire. But this drove another wedge between Hannibal and Eliza, because as much as Hannibal tried to teach his son good values and morality, Eliza would undo it every time by giving in to the boy’s wishes. They had a huge row and Eliza threatened to leave Hannibal. Despite all that had happened, the man still felt something for his wife, even if he wasn’t sure if it still could be called love. He asked her what the hell she wanted from him, and finally he learnt his wife’s hidden desire: a daughter.
But since Eliza had suffered complications during giving birth to Bruno, she was not physically able to carry another child. For a moment it seemed that Hannibal would see his family fall apart right in front of his eyes, but then he found out about an on-going science project. He took an interest in it and it wasn’t long before they were accepted into the programme. One year later, they adopted a beautiful baby girl with Lavender hair and eyes as green as gemstones. They called her Ophelia, and for a while it seemed as if Eliza had changed for the better. But soon enough she started to spoil the baby rotten, just as she’d done with Bruno. This time, though, Hannibal would not have it. He started to keep Ophelia away from her mother as subtly as he possibly could and tried to raise her better than Bruno had been. Of course Eliza would not stand down so easily, but as the years passed this turned against her. As Ophelia grew older, she became aware of her mother’s superficial character and her materialistic behaviour. The child looked at her father and saw a loving, patient, perhaps somewhat naïve man. The more she pondered this, the more she grew to loathe her mother and her brother as well. She started to spend more and more time with her father, who taught her to play the harp, and to play chess. At the age of five, Ophelia had turned her back to her mother and brother completely. She would not speak to them, she would pretend not to hear them and she would tell her classmates they were dead and she had only her father.
About a year later, when she turned six, Ophelia started to notice she had an ability none of her family members seemed to have. She could put out a light by touching it, and she would feel the light flowing through her body. She also became aware that the thunderstorms that roared when she was angry weren’t a coincidence. She managed to hide her gift and it’s side effects, and confided it to nobody, not even her father. Of course, as the other Beauties showed theirs, Eliza decided that even though Ophelia hadn’t shown any signs of it, she was to be sent away too. Ophelia had a strong feeling that her mother had finally found a way to take revenge.
Something changed in Ophelia when she was put in the prison. She kept to herself and developed an impenetrable wall around her heart. Nobody was to ever betray her again like her family had.
Two objects:
- A harp
- A reading light, so she can read her books at night.
Full Name: Stormcloud Dancer Quebodeaux
Nickname: Storm
Age: 23
Date of birth: 04-08-2152
Sex: Male
Sexuality: Straight
Ethnicity: Causasian, American.
Language: Cajun American, Patois and some actual French.
Religion: Catholic, although he doesn’t actively and blindly believe like most of his parish members. He doesn’t take the Bible literally and for him science begins where God steps out and vice versa.
Mother: Deenah “Star” York
Father: Jean Philippe Quebodeaux
Siblings: Rainforest Singer Quebodeaux, Rain for short. Rain is 18.
Height: 6.2 ft (1.87 m)
Weight: 163 lbs (74 kg)
Looks:
With his length and weight, Storm is a rather tall and slim guy. However, he’s not skinny. He’s quite muscular, but not beefy.
When one looks at Storm’s face there are quite a few remarkable features to be noticed. For starters; he has eyes that seem as if the look into your very core. Their colour is hard to describe but if you had to really pick one grey would probably be the closest. Storm has a small nose and rather plump lips.
He has a very angular face, with distinguished cheekbone and a sharp jawline and chin. These are even brought out more when he ties his hair back.
Another thing that makes Storm appearance hard to forget is his hairstyle. He’s kept it in dreadlocks for as long as he can remember and by now he’s really gotten the hang of it of making it look as less shabby as possible.
Despite his alternative sense of fashion, Storm always takes care of himself. He shaves whenever necessary and refuses to wear dirty clothes. If he gets as much as a smidge on them, he’ll change them.
Storm has quite a few tattoos, on his chest he has the words; we are what we are. On right arm he has a rather gothic looking cross, and on the left arm he’s got a magnifying glass. They represent the two constants in his life: God and science. On his back, there are two eyes, just for the fun of it and on his ankle he has anchor, to keep him grounded. Another sign of his humor is the pair of lips he’s got, on his hip. He’s not afraid of needles at all, seeing as he’s got a nose ring and a nipple piercing as well.
Likes: Science, body art, riddles, history, social contact, tea, tofu.
Dislikes: ignorance, shallowness, meat, people with no self-respect.
Characteristics:
Even though Storm is a rather quiet and peaceful person, there are certain urges he finds hard to supress. First of all there’s his never ending curiosity. Curiosity is what killed the cat, but quite frankly it may be the death of Storm too one day. He gets fascinated by things he doesn’t know or doesn’t understand and simply will not rest until he’s learnt everything there is to know about him.
In this trait his perseverance also shows. Once Storm sets his mind to something he’s prepared to most anything to achieve the goal he’s set for himself.
This is not always a task that’s easily to complete since Storm, ever since he’s been a child, has high standards for himself, be it for different reasons from time to time. Failure is a word that's not in his dictionary and he takes this even outside himself. When Storm sees someone struggling with something, anything he will push them and encourage them untill they finish what they were trying to do, and when they have; he'll praise them into heaven because Storm is a heavy believer in positive re-enforcement as he thinks criticism will only stop someone from growing and actually learning something. He'd rather learn from his own mistakes than from someone else's.
Something Storm has inherrited from his mother is his complete and utter respect for nature. He's a strict vegetarian and regards his body as a temple. Unlike his mother he's never smoked or drank so much as one drop of alcohol. He believes a healthy mind can only thrive in a healthy body.
Storm is not one to easily lose his temper, he doesn't let his emotions get the best of him and tries to always think before action. Something that does upset him, however, is injustice. This one of the reason why he has accepted the job of assistant scientist in the prison; he wants to try and make the life of the gifted as good as possible. It pains him to see him wearing their gloves and he'll rack his brain over every prophecy he gets his hands on.
The one thing Storm enjoys above all is laughter, so you'll often hear him cracking a joke, especially if someone needs cheering up. Storm's glass is always half full and he'll try to make the best of every day. He knows there's things he can't change but that doesn't stop him from trying.
Even though Storm will attempt to love anyone who's open for it, his sympathy is not without limits. There's only so much he can forgive and once you've fallen out of grace with him there's nothing you can do to let him allow you back in his life. For all his positive thinking, he can be quite sober too.
Family life and History:
Dina York was a young woman from Brooklynn who did not at all feel at place there. One could've called her quite the hippie without being wrong. When she was 21 she started travelling through America untill it lead her to a small town in Louisiana. Even though people were far too narrow minded for her, she enjoyed being in it's nature and stuck around for a while. It wasn't too long untill she met Jean Philippe, a young deputy sheriff. She was instantly smitten, but had to wait three months before the poor soul had the nerve to ask her out. Their first date wasn't a succes, as Jean Philippe tried to cook for Dina but ended up setting his house on fire instead. Something good did come out of that as the fire brigade came, Jean Philippe gave Dina his sweater to keep her warm after she'd been hit by a ray of water. Things went quite quickly from then on. Only six months later they moved in together and a year after that Storm was born. Jean Philippe had heavily protested against naming his son Stormcloud Dancer but when Dina explained that it was her honouring nature, he was so endeared by it he couldn't refuse.
Both parents doted on their firstborn and took him out for picknicks from the moment he could walk.
When Storm was three years old, he almost drowned in a river as he had run off and fell into it before either Dina or Jean Philippe could catch up with him. When they took of his clothes to keep him from getting too cold, a little frog fell out of it and Storm was immediately interested in the weird little creature. Without knowing he had taken his first steps into his scientific career.
Two years later his sister was born. Much to Jean Philippe's dismay both mother and son decided on the perfect name for her. Storm was very taken by the little girl and helped his mother taking care of her as much as he could.
In high school Storm discovered he had a knack for physics and quickly skipped to the advanced classes. At home he read as many books on the subject as possible and quite often handed in extra assignments to get him extra credits. he figured that if he liked doing it; then why not earn some extra points with it?
Up untill today he still holds the school record for the highest test score on the subject.
College was harder for Storm, not because the matter was harder, but because people expected him to socialize more. He still preferred to stay in every weekend and study in stead of going out.
Fresh out of college, Storm still has never had a girlfriend. He's decided for himself that unlike his mother who lost her virginty at the age of sixteen, he wants to wait for the girl he wants to spend his life with. Of course he's not a friar, and not oblivious to flirting. He's gone a couple of bases but has never done the actual deed itself.
He's had some minor crushes but not one relationship he found worth of commitment.
[ bericht aangepast op 5 sep 2013 - 13:59 ]
I've no idea of the future, but I can see the past quite well. And the present, if the weather's clear.
Dubhaile
(or writingboard in this case actually)
