Serena Varsair
Aug 3, 2015 23:41:50 GMT -5
Post by Serena Varsair on Aug 3, 2015 23:41:50 GMT -5
The Basics
Name: Serena Aurora Varsair
Nicknames: Seri ; Princess (Tease by people who know her middle name)
Age: 18 (December 21st, 1997)
Orientation: Heterosexual
Desired Rank/Job: Student (Hammel Class of 2017)
Powers: Enhanced Stamina/Endurance - Serena doesn't tire quickly or easily mentally or physically and has an overcharged metabolism. She's not a braniac but she has a greater than human average ability to focus; and she's not an athlete; but she has a greater than human stamina. If injured; she can recover faster than an average human; but can't heal quicker. (ie. If she falls off her bike and skins her knee; she doesn't hobble along for as long; but she still feels the pain of the scrape and the scrape takes the same length to heal as a normal human with her fitness). Her body and brain only needs about 4 hours of sleep per day.
Side effects include insomnia (both better and worse due to her powers, even if she is tired, if she has stress or other factors, those can sometimes cause her to be unable to sleep), an enormous appetite, random & uncontrollable bouts of aggressive behavior and an inability to gain muscle mass beyond basic physiological needs because of her overcharged metabolism. Exercise just burns her innate energy, any athletic muscles get broken down long before she'd gain them or their benefit.
Play By: Alexandria Morgan
The Details
Hair Color: Naturally is dark blonde with large streaks of silver. Dyes her hair to be all silver with some red streaks.
Eye Color: Medium Blue
Any Piercings? Standard Ear Piercings
Any Tattoos? None
Any Scars? Very small hairline ones on arms and legs from hiking injuries when younger
General Appearance: Just as anyone with hair color outside the norm, most eyes would be drawn to Serena's hair upon initial meeting.
Serena has very full and wavy silvery hair that is long enough to almost always be resting on her shoulders. Born with a silver streak of hair mixed in with dark blonde, she has since been diagnosed with premature greying. Deciding she liked the silver color of the streak more than the (currently) more dominant blonde, she decided to dye her hair all silver. After dyeing her hair red for a time, she has since enjoyed having little portions of her hair dyed red.
Very pronounced eyebrows line her strong but slightly thin eyes, and a smooth oval-like jaw-line marks her lower face, accentuated by medium-sized rose-colored lips. Her awkward teenage years didn't blemish her skin much for which she was thankful. Her eyes fared a little worse. Though a cute curved shape with vibrant blue irises, she was diagnosed at 8 with minor farsightedness. She must wear contacts or glasses when doing reading/typing but most other activities are fine.
She wears mild makeup; usually most of her focus is the right lipstick for the outfit. Other than that; just a bit of basic sprucing up and she considers herself ready to go.
For the rest of her body, the first notable feature is her height at 5' 9.5" she is around the height of the average guy and taller than the average girl. Her weight clocks in at about 130 most of the time, though if she doesn't eat enough to satisfy her calorie burning powers it can drop as low as 120. Very healthy and fit body, despite the fact she can't gain any athletic muscle. However, a downside to her powers can make her body look unattractively thin if she undereats for any more than a couple days. She has a normal tall frame with only a mild flare to her hips and long legs. Her chest is curvaceous and full and she usually uses a bra or shirt that would pronounce its appearance.
While her wardrobe mostly contains tight tops and fluttery shirts, she does know how to stay appropriate for the occasion. Her wardrobe mostly consists of tight jeans and reasonably short shorts; with a variety of tops (with a common theme of most exposing her stomach, some of her cleavage or both), but she does have just enough more regular dress for school occasions or messing around. She often likes wearing open vests and jackets and usually prefers wearing boots with very small heels to any other kind of footwear. She doesn't like high heels because they usually make her as tall or taller than most guys. And they are a bitch to walk in.
Personality:
Go. Go. Gogogogo. That is Serena Varsair. Serena wants to always be doing something. Whether it be killing a wild beast of darkness on her computer, or turning in an Essay in both English & Latin for extra credit because she didn't have any other homework that day, she needs something going on.
Extrovert doesn't begin to describe her. She loves people and interactions, so much so that it could almost could be considered an addiction. If she had to live without real life people interaction for more than a few days she might very well go crazy. She's friendly, outgoing, and loves to learn more about people. The more interesting the person is, the more she wants to talk to them. She is sympathetic to people being more introverted than her (re: most people), but she isn't very empathetic in general. A genuine difficulty to connect on a deep level is masked behind the constant closeness she tries to exhibit with people.
Despite her heavy goal focus, she is flexible. Since she nearly always has more time than goals, and she loves being around other people so much, she'll gladly spend a day at the mall with friends than home alone on her computer. Most days aren't quite at those extremes, though, and that's how she likes it.
She is a bit selfish in the sense that she always wants what is going on to benefit her, but that is counterbalanced a bit that she considers the happiness of people she likes to benefit her. She is sometimes too willing to help out people she knows to where she can over-task and overstress herself with help and favors. She also doesn't know how to de-stress other than by more physical activity and that often leads to her falling into some of the more aggressive releases of her power's abundant energy.
Confident in herself and always looking to boost the confidence of others, she reacts very harshly whenever someone tries to put down or negatively affect another person. She is fiercely loyal to a person when she decides that she will be their friend. The only drawback to that loyal nature is the fact that she decides she'll be almost anyone's friend often causing her to feel conflicted in fights or lead to her being too trusting of people. She also tends to ignore attempts to put her down because they don't seem relevant to her.
Of the big teenage vices, the only one Serena particularly participates in is sex. She sees it as physical action, completely separate from love, so she's a little promiscuous in that regard. But other "vices" such as drinking, smoking, and drugs are nothing to her. She doesn't do any of them, has no interest in doing any them, and consciously avoids being near them. If a friend drinks or smokes, she doesn't want to smell it, but won't do anything to them. Drugs are always reported once she knows the friend is safe. (She considers marijuana to be like drinking; it's the other stuff...y'know, that is definitely illegal...that she doesn't like)
Your Vices
Likes:
The Outdoors - Fresh air and lots of things to do
Tennis & (American) Football - Loves playing tennis and has intimate knowledge of (American) football.
Writing - A+s on essays (most of the time) and fantasy fiction writing in spare time
Video Games - Longer; more time-consuming ones are better
Boys - They tend to enjoy some combination of Outdoors, Sports, or Video Games, so she tends to enjoy them. Plus y'know, it helps if they are a good kisser.
Star Wars - Ever since seeing the movies, been attached to it all her life.
Strawberries - The best food in the universe, hands down.
Goals - Always something to be working toward
Dislikes:
Religious Anything - Don't care what you believe in, don't push it. Christmas is fun for the spirit though.
Deprecating Remarks - People have enough problems without you tearing them down
Aquatic Life - Sand and indoor pool do just fine, thanks.
Doing Nothing - There's always something to do...
Politics - Nothing is gonna change anyway, so I'll live for today
Love - I'll believe it when I feel it
Strengths:
Studying - Easy to focus, and plenty of time to do it
Multilingual - Fluent in English, French, Latin (doesn't speak it well); can understand German & Russian (more speech than written)
Great Memory - When you aren't distracted, it's surprising what you can remember
High Fitness - This body doesn't take care of itself...well, it kinda does...
Confidence - Right or wrong, it's gonna happen
Video Games - No, you should have more crit rating on that class, it doesn't use brutal strike...
Writing - Look, when your Dad is an English professor and makes you learn 3 languages by 12, you are gonna be writing a lot...
Weaknesses:
Patience - Look, it's done, can I go? Come on...
Aggression - Leave her alone or I will pull every hair from your beard with pliers, one at a time
Relaxing - But I could be raiding, or writing an essay..
Saying No to Requests for Help - But he asked so nicely for help on the Geography tests...what do you mean he's only interested in my geography?
Fears:
Aggression - The powers can sometimes make her irritable or aggressive, especially if they keep her from sleeping for too long
Being Alone - She can't stand not having interaction
Aquatic Life - Fish, sharks, even dolphins, anything from the oceans or rivers just gross out or frighten her; she doesn't want to see or eat it, not at all
Secret:
She is constantly going and going not just because of her powers and her interests. She is secretly hoping and searching for what she wants to do in life. For how goal-oriented she is, she has no real long term plan, and she doesn't know what to do or where she'll go after she graduates...she doesn't even know what she can give the world.
Family Ties
Father: Dr. Kellan Richards Sr. (Step-Father); Adrian Varsair (Father; Deceased)
Mother: Victoria Varsair Richards
Siblings: Harry Richards (Half-Brother), Kellan Richards Jr. (Step-Brother)
Any Other Important People: Alexander Varsair (Cousin), Louis Varsair (Uncle)
History
Serena Aurora Varsair was born on December 21st 1997 to Adrian Varsair, a French businessman, and Victoria Varsair, an American theater dancer part of a Broadway cast at the time. Her parents met while she was performing in a show in Paris. She was born with a silver streak through her short, blonde baby hair, an uncommon birth mark.
Old enough to remember her father, but too young to have many memories of him, Adrian Varsair passed away in a boating accident. Until Victoria could get resettled as a dancer, Adrian's brother, Louis Varsair, a lawyer in New York City, took in Serena and Victoria for a time in the USA. During this time, Serena had the benefit of growing up for the next few years with her older cousin, Alexander, who became a life long friend. He was also the person who introduced her to Star Wars, which she became enamored with. She was so wrapped up in starting school, learning about Star Wars, and hanging out with Alex, that she didn't notice that her mother was being courted by an English Professor from Harvard...Dr. Kellan Richards Sr. And she was five, it's not like she'd really notice anyway.
In May 2004, Dr. Kellan Richards Sr. and Victoria Varsair got married, and between them, they now had two kids, Serena, and Dr. Richards' son from a previous marriage, Kellan Jr. Serena and Kellan didn't get along at all. Serena didn't understand at her age that Kellan hated the divorce of his parents and was taking it out by being rude and a bit rough with Serena. But none of that mattered to her when on a family hiking trip in the Rocky Mountains, Kellan pushed Serena down a hill, causing her to slip and fall through thorned bushes and over a few sharp rocks. Though she hated him for awhile, Kellen legitmately felt bad about it and apologized to her and tried to make it up to her how he could.
Even at a young age, Serena was a curious and extroverted little girl. She could speak English well for her age and knew some French. At the age of 7, Dr. Richards began impressing his English knowledge upon the curious girl. In a strict regiment that she didn't mind following, though got tired of at times, she learned French and Latin alongside her learning of English. By 12 she was fluent in all three, though she rarely spoke Latin, mostly only writing it.
Around the time she was 9, she had already gotten diagnosed with farsightedness and started using glasses. A few months after she turned 10, her mother and Dr. Richards had a son together, a half-brother to Serena, named Harold, though they always called him Harry (making Serena wonder why name him Harold in the first place). Harry was a sweet child, and Serena loved having him around and helping to take care of him. Kellen was a bit jealous, and things were not helped when he was told by his father that he was going to a boarding school to up his undisciplined and poor grades. This left Serena, age 11, and baby Harry alone. During these young years, Serena (and sometimes Harry) would visit her Uncle Louis and cousin Alex for short vacations and the like. Serena always enjoyed New York City and its bustle and activity much more than Massachusetts' calmer atmosphere. (Boston aside)
And then a big announcement came when she was 13. Serena's Varsair grandparents, who lived in France for their whole lives, had passed away. And in their will, they left the old family home to Serena, because she was Adrian's daughter. It wasn't a huge house, but it was in a nice area of France. After the family went to visit the house, Dr. Richards revealed that he was taking a leave of absence to spend more time with his family, and after asking Serena if it was okay (since it was her house, even though Victoria technically owned it in her stead until she was older), it was decided that the family would move in and spend some time in France.
Not long after moving in, Serena noticed some weird changes. Namely, that she hadn't felt tired recently, often having late nights while still getting up fairly early in the morning. Over the next week, Serena noticed she almost always had a huge amount of energy. She didn't need as much sleep, as much rest, and she was much, much hungrier.
Worried that her daughter could be sick, with her overeating and under-sleeping (and a couple of insomniac nights followed by irritable days), Victoria took Serena to a doctor. Here blood work revealed she was a meta-human and the family was soon contacted by a representative for Kocher High School for the Gifted (located in Switzerland). After it was explained to her mother that Serena was a meta-human, she spent one more week with her family in France before moving to the Kocher school.
The rest of the years were a blur for Serena. She learned many things, some she never thought she would, and she gained greater control over her powers. She had learned to understand Russian and German and could speak some of both, but not well. (And Russian writing she deemed impossible.) She learned that Kellen Jr. had been doing well in school and had finally earned his father's admiration. Harry was growing up to be a pretty smart kid, and her parents were doing okay. She missed them, but always visited them when on vacations.
In 2015, her mother got a part in a current Broadway musical, and Dr. Richards had decided to start teaching again, so the family moved back to the United States. So as not be far from her family, Serena decided to transfer to Hammel Institute to be in the USA with her family. It also allowed her to spend time again with her Uncle Louis and cousin Alex.
Roleplay Example
She knew it was coming. The cynical remarks that he always gave her about that kind of thing. Serena pushed her ass into the hotel room door to close it. A cell phone rested on her ear pressed against it with her shoulder. With a pizza box in one hand and her wallet in the other, she kicked off her shoes and headed for the table. "Sorry, he was cute, I couldn't help it."
The voice of her cousin, Alexander, while not condemning her, clearly wasn't supporting her either, "You don't even know the guy, he delivered a pizza."
"So? He's working to pay off college, it's not like he was some greasy old guy." He had in fact been a blonde 6'0" college cutie with just a hint of a beard and a shirt that was practically bursting off.
"No, it's a greasy young guy. Just...just use a condom, Princess."
Serena set the pizza box and wallet down. Serena was in the middle of transferring to Hammel Institute from Kocher in Switzerland. But since it was still a few days before she need to be at the Institute, she decided to visit her Uncle Louis and her cousin Alexander in New York City. She'd spend a few days with them then they'd take her up to Vermont.
"Got a few in my purse just in case." While she actually did, she was just teasing him. It had just been harmless flirting.
"Way more than I wanted to know."
"You brought it up." He went silent at that, and she could hear the faintest bit of swearing on his end.
With a laugh, she grabbed the cell phone and flipped open the box containing a devastatingly good looking pizza. Cheese tearing apart and tomato sauce dripping onto the box as she pulled a piece from it; she grabbed her notepad and got back to writing things she need to do once she was at the Institute.
"Oh, I'm getting a new computer, Alex. Wanted to start fresh at the new school. Any recommendations."
"I think you can handle it on your own, Serena."
"Aaaah, but I like your advice..."
"Fine, we'll look at it when you are over tomorrow."
"Yay!"
She quickly check-marked the spot on the list next to 'Determine new computer with Alex's help'.
"So, are we gonna watch the original Star Wars trilogy tomorrow?" Alex asked, though he already knew the answer. "Of course! Is Uncle Louis gonna watch with us?"
"Sadly, no, he'll be at work all day tomorrow, I'll be picking you up."
Serena sighed and began on her third piece of pizza. She ate quickly when she was alone. Alex was playing something, so the moments of silence were becoming more frequent.
"Okay, I'll see you at 10." Serena said, about to say good bye. With a grin, she added, "Now I need to get out the fun lingerie for later." Yeah, it bugged him, but oh was it fun to tease him. In reality she was just going to put on some comfy pajamas to try and watch TV in the hope that she'd actually get an hour or two of sleep before she saw them tomorrow.
"Too much information, way too much. Good night, Princess."
"Good night, Alex."
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