Valentia de la Torres
Dec 22, 2012 0:20:25 GMT -5
Post by Valentia de la Torres on Dec 22, 2012 0:20:25 GMT -5
The easy S T U F F . . .Name: Valentia de la Torres
Nickname: Vera, Vel, Oryol [By her trainer only]
Age: Thirty-Two
Member Group: Trainer
Power(s): Ergokinesis - The ability to manipulate alternate forms of energy. Rather than strictly focusing on electrical currents from lightening or appliances, ergokinetics hone their skills on the physical electrons and static of the body. Simply put, the electrical currents of the mind and muscle movements. Valentia can mentally alter these paths; heightening or tragically slowing the electronic movement in order to warp or block signals from the mind to the movement. This can be referenced with knowledge of chakra points; corresponding to the vital points in the human body and altering the signal from that point for a short period of time. The ability is heightened when in physical contact with the person in question. Understanding this ability has come from extensive study and knowledge of the human form. Still, its side effects include severe muscle cramps; altering ergokinetic energy in a person's body often ricochet's to a lesser extent back onto her, and extensive use has the user suffer from exhaustion.
Play By: Cote de PabloLet it F L O W . . .
[Odarennyi Institute: Age 12]
My name is Valentia de la Torres. I'm twelve years old. My psychologist told me I have to start writing down things that happened. Things that I guess mean a lot to me. From what I know, I was born in Muravlenko, Russia to a Chilean woman and no one knows who my father is. She gave me away, and I was put in the foster system for years. I had a lot of different parents. I went back and forth a lot, but I don't know why. I'm here because something happened. People kept telling me I was a meta-human and that I had to go live at an institute. That's fine, because I didn't like my current parents anyway. I only recently came to the Odarennyi Institute, so that's about it for now.
[Odarennyi Institute: Age 12]
Today I met my trainer. Manya Orlov. I've heard from other people that she isn't the kind of person to mess with. I've also heard the training is intense. I'm... A little worried for my own safety.
I only saw her for a second or so. She was walking along the line of students and she stopped at me. Her eyes narrowed on me, and I can't explain it... I suddenly felt cold. I think I must have shied away from her because she reached out and grabbed my chin in her hand, pulled me closer and told me never to do that again.
I don't even know what I did?
[Odarennyi Institute: Age 15]
I absolutely hate her. I'm writing this because I need to remember it for the future.
Training in the extension between the physical and the mental first of all makes no sense at all. The mind tells the body what to do and the body just does it. I understand that, but when she starts talking about chakra and the electron currents and all that I get lost again. And today I finally told her; "I have no idea what you're talking about."
And so she runs over, lifts my arm and knocks against my side four times. Then my arm is dead. She says; "Now come at me." So my arm is out of use and I only have the other. I run at her, trying to remember all the excessive combat training and find the idiotic points she keeps talking about. She circles around my side and hits underneath my arm again. Now both my arms are useless!
"Now what, Valentia?" She asked me, with that painfully stupid deadpanned expression and cocky tone. "You haven't got your arms. Now what."
So I run at her, and somehow she ends up dropping me down onto the floor in five seconds flat and without arms I can't get up or help myself. "You are now useless." She says, and she grabbed me by the front of my shirt to pull me up to stand again.
"And you are also dead. So try again."
[Odarennyi Institute: Age 17]
I think I understand it all now. The connection between mind and body. Manya says it is an ongoing process, one that involves copious research and that I can never falter from this regime or I will lose touch with what I understand. I used to slack, and she used to always know. Since committing to my readings and training in tandem with each other, I think I finally understand. The Chakra. The techniques. The skill of Ergokinesis. It has nothing to do with shooting lightening bolts at anything that moves; draining my electron reserves for the sake of taking an electrical shot at someone. But supplementing these reserves and using them wisely. Not always reforming to the ability... I think I understand it now.
[Odarennyi Institute: Age 18]
The Odarennyi Institute graduation process was not what I expected. A very low key ceremony in which my previous adoptive parents could not attend. I approached my trainer and together we discussed my future beyond the institute. The conversation ended under the instruction that I commit and serve my time in the Russian military now to see where it takes me. Excited; I enlisted under her supervision and will go when and as I am told.
Furthermore... She has finally taken to calling me Oryol. I am unsure of why, or what it means. But it carries a sense of accomplishment.
And it's significantly better than being called worthless. I do not miss that nickname.
[Unknown Location, Russia: Age 18]
Training is intense. Much more grueling than what I received at the Odarennyi Institute.
I love it.
[Unknown Location, Russia: Age 19]
For obvious reasons, I cannot detail the intricate workings of this position and job. And in truth, it doesn't require a journal entry because I know I will never forget any of it.
This is exactly what we should have been doing. I have been hearing about the other meta-human schools and their methods of training and I cannot understand why someone would waste their time at the limit of control. There is so much more to be learned when pushed. I would want a trainer like the one I received. And I would want to be that trainer for someone else.
[Cairo, Egypt: Age 22]
My time in this service has taught me a valuable lesson. What they are doing in the Odarennyi Institute is what everyone should be striving towards. Not just teaching control; control can be gained within years if the student works hard enough. But taking the movement one step further. This does not mean becoming live wire weapons for people to use, it means becoming aware enough of the need for our own defense. Being unaccepted by society as we are in the world means that should society turn on us, we should be ready to turn back. There are so many intricate abilities in this universe; I myself am fortunate enough to carry one such strength, and these abilities are being wasted by those who only seek control for their students. Manya's beliefs and training methods are harsh, but realistic and dare I say: Right.
[Unknown Location; Libya: Age 24]
I am now following in Manya's very capable footsteps. My application for Trainer status has been approved, and while I continue to serve my stance in the military it is thrilling to have young lives to mold in my hands. I feel as if this is my purpose, and this is all I want to do with my life.
[Odarennyi Institute: Age 26]
Years ago I wrote an entry where I claimed to understand it all. It has almost been ten years, and upon reading back on it I realise that I was still wrong. It is not about using one skill or the other. The connection between mind and body needs to evolve; mind is the ability of Ergokinesis and body is the physical manifestation of strength and training. It is not one or the other. It is both in tandem, working and training to become the ultimate form of strength.
How naive I was to believe otherwise. No wonder Manya laughed at me so frequently.
[Odarennyi Institute: Age 28]
Manya has... Disappeared. Her orders are not something I can articulate here, but she left and her reporting date has been changed from the thirteenth to undetermined. I have not heard from her in any capacity...
[Moscow, Russia: Age 28]
I have been given a week of leave from the Odarennyi Institute and the military. I declined the offer but they insisted I take the time. So I have finally traveled to visit my adoptive parents and spend time with them. They have another daughter. She is wonderful. A little shy of me and somewhat confused, but I believe she is adopted too so she understands the process. Still, after a day or so she seemed to warm to the idea of an older sister and has taken to showing me around the city.
For a moment, when she holds my hand and guides me around the streets I already know, my mind is taken away from Manya. It is a relief not to think of her, as the ache rarely subsides and I feel as though it never will.
[Odarennyi Institute: Age 29]
Today I received a letter for my birthday. I... Do not understand. Unsigned and unprinted; hand written with a request to burn directly after reading. All it said was that what I was doing was wrong, and that I needed to move on from such a sheltered facility. Something about it being imperative to find another place that requires more assistance. I do not remember, as I burned it after reading it.
I'm such an idiot. Why did I actually burn it?
[Pilot Ridge, Vermont: Age 32]
I flew across again to see my friends. She said she graduated from the Hammel Institute, and I got a very significant explanation to how things are run there. She joked that I should transfer my Trainer status to there and move, as if somehow my skills would be useful there.
I hate to admit this, but time at the Odarennyi Institute has become too painful to express. The halls remind me far too much of her.
[Odarennyi Institute: Age 32]
My request for transfer has been approved. I arrive at the Hammel Institute as soon as possible
I called Anastasia, and she seemed very pleased with this news.Behind the M A S K . . .Name: Ed
Age: 21
RP Experience: A long ass time
How did you find us?: I don't even remember anymoreShow your S K I L L S . . .+ See Calliope Gallo
