Anita Dinah Wiley
Oct 16, 2013 15:06:13 GMT -5
Post by Anita Wiley on Oct 16, 2013 15:06:13 GMT -5
The Basics
Name: Anita Dinah Wiley
Nicknames: Annie
Age: 17
Orientation: Heterosexual
Desired Rank/Job: Student
Powers: Biological Manipulation - Ability to change the biology of what she touches. Anita uses it to heal humans. Disadvantages/side-effects: Absorbs the "patient's" injuries. She's trying to learn how to control this transfer. Also, fatigue and occasional blackouts occur after healing significant injuries.
Play By: Karen Gillan
The Details
Hair Color: Red
Eye Color: Hazel
Any Piercings? No.
Any Tattoos? No.
Any Scars? Two, one on her ankle, from a dog bite and one across her left fingers, both caused by healing others and absorbing their injuries.
General Appearance: Anita's flaming red hair flows just past her shoulders, curling at the ends and contrasts with her porcelain white, freckled skin. Her eyes are big and hazel, framed by thick, black eyelashes. Her face still appears to have retained some baby fat, a feature which becomes prominent when she laughs.
She is shorter than average, with legs shorter than her torso. Her small frame, paired with her big eyes gives the impression of fragility and innocence. She likes to wear light-colored blouses made from gauzy materials and leather pants or jeans. Usually she wears boots with thick soles and only wears high heels on special occasions.
Due to her unimposing height, she usually tries to compensate by walking with her back straight, head high and shoulders back.
Personality: Anita has her feet firmly on the ground and her head on her shoulders. She is often calculated and logical, but, like any other teenager, has her moments of recklessness. She enjoys being around people and loves big crowds, but instead of being in the limelight, she prefers to lose herself among people. She often has mood swings, and she changes her tone and demeanor in an instant depending on the person or topic presented to her. She tries to never lose her temper in public and to always be composed, but it's still a work in progress.
When it comes to schoolwork, she is rarely unfocused but often just lazy, but oftentimes her competitive side pokes its head and helps her out. She is sometimes insecure and seeks out approval from those around her, which is mostly why she likes to make up interesting little facts about herself.
She gets shy when put in the center of attention and even shier if she likes someone. However, every little insecurity she feels disappears when someone gets physically hurt, feeling instantly protective of the patient. Even if she's been trying to hide her abilities in the short time it took the recruiter to find her, she's found that it is difficult for her to help herself.
Your Vices
Likes:
-cats
-swimming&hiking
-scented candles
-winter, cold weather
-theme parks
Dislikes:
-clutter
-the hot pink color
-the heat of summer
-the sound of cracking knuckles
Strengths:
-can hold her breath and stay underwater for extended periods of time
-organizing
-love of learning
-open-mindedness
-kindness
Weaknesses:
-demands too much of herself and other people
-temperamental
-spiteful
-takes herself too seriously
-clueless when it comes to romantic issues
Fears:
-heights
-snakes
-losing people's respect
-having to carry a conversation with someone she doesn't know too well
-speaking in front of a crowd
Secret:
She has tons of comic books at home, drawn by her, in which she is the main character who finds out she's magic.
Family Ties
Father: Carl Thane Wiley
Mother:Teresa Nina Wiley (née Garnett)
Siblings:younger sister Jessica
Any Other Important People:Her childhood best friend Amanda, who she first healed and a ginger cat named Maya and a Russian Blue cat named Mia
History
Anita grew up in Belton, Texas with two parents and a younger sister named Jessica. Her family life has been pretty normal and quiet, with family gatherings, game nights and theme parks. She and her sister visited their grandparents regularly while they were alive and, of course, had arguments on a daily basis.
As a child, in primary school, Anita was more on the chubby side and, because of that and her red hair, she has been the subject of many taunts and bullying. Even if she had support from her friend Amanda, her family did not know about any of it and, eventually, those years of being pushed around resulted in her reserved nature and fear of the spotlight.
However, her misadventures at school did not last for long, as she was discovered by a recruiter at the age of 12, several days after she healed Amanda for the first time. It had happened when they were in the streets, playing one summer evening. They were throwing a ball around when a neighbor walked past them walking her rather aggressive dog. As the noisy girls laughed and ran around, the dog snapped and snatched the leash from its owner's hand and ran straight towards Amanda, biting her hard on the ankles. Soon after that, more neighbors came out of their houses, alarmed by her wailing, and bared witness to Anita's healing powers for the first time. Of course, everybody got even more worked up when they saw the miracle and, when the ambulance finally came, there was no injury to stitch. That night, Anita found a ragged new scar on her own ankle.
In the next days, the girls experimented with Anita's newly-found power, making small cuts on Amanda's arms for her to heal. It didn't take long for a stranger to come up to their doorstep, though, and have a long talk with Anita and her family, explaining the reason for which she had to be taken away. Her parents were of course reluctant to give up their eldest daughter to a stranger, though they couldn't contradict the evidences. They've remained in touch ever since.
The first thing that went through Anita's mind when she was caught up with information about the Institute and the training program was that she wouldn't have many opportunities to use her power. How many people get injured everyday anyway? She was wrong, of course, these weren't normal circumstances. Many students need assistance after training sessions and Anita has been helping out around campus and practicing. She has begun to figure out how to eradicate more complicated injuries, such as bone fractures and she is learning how to heal diseases. However, she tries to keep away from those for now as she hasn't learned how to block the transfer of the wounds onto herself completely yet.
Socially, Annie's been more open to new people and experiences since she moved into Hammel. She finally found a place where she feels she belongs, with people similar to her. She still doesn't advertise herself and doesn't particularly like being the center of attention but it doesn't bug her as much as before. She has significantly more friends compared to the only one at home and she manages to keep her fretting to a minimum when talking to guys. Healing people requires human contact and that has helped her deal with her social issues over these years.
Roleplay Example
Even if it was still fairly early in the day, Izzie felt like she could barely keep herself upright as she dragged her feet into the potions class. She had slept in and missed most of the time allotted for breakfast so she had to eat very little in order to not be late to her first class. A few hours later and her stomach protested in full force, her back ached more and more from sitting and lugging around her leather messenger bag and her eyes couldn't stop blinking. She felt like nothing could bring her spirits and energy back, not even her favourite subject.
Fortunately, she was wrong. As soon as she entered the chamber and caught sight of her cauldron, she began reanimating a bit. And when Professor Blackwell announced that they would be learning how to make a cure for hangovers, she cheered up considerably. She hung her bag on a hanger and pulled her hair back in a ponytail as neatly as she could, which was not much since she hadn't had time to tame it that morning. The first thing that crossed her mind when she heard that this particular potion is an invention of the professor's was the thick notebook she carried around in her bag with her own experimental potions. However, out of over fifteen ideas that came to her mind this year, she only managed to complete one so far. And probably not even that.
She quickly scanned the ingredients list and went to the shelves to grab them. She was excited and also beginning to relax, her moves becoming mechanical as she set back into the routine. But she was at the same time anxious because she felt she was in no physical state for potion making. As she was thinking that, she reached for the jar of flobberworms but her hand slipped on a bit flobberworm mucus and lost its grip, the jar whooshing towards the floor as Izzie began shielding her face in anticipation of glass breaking.
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