Elanora Ann Brennan

[Elanora Brennan]

The Basics

Name: Elanora Ann Brennan
Nicknames: Nora, El
Age: 20, 19/07/1995
Orientation: Heterosexual
Desired Rank/Job: College Student
Powers: Meta Sensing 
Nora can sense the powers of other meta’s it is not something she can turn off and it can drive her insane most days. She often finds herself with headaches she can’t shake. When she is around too many her headaches can progress to migraines which can on occasion cause her to become violently ill.
She hasn't exactly measured her range as such but generally she can sense a Meta from around 40 meters away. Occasionally she can sense people further away but it is just a very faint feeling that she can never actually grasp fully until that person is within range. the closer someone is the better she can sense their power and the better she is able to ascertain what that power actually is. Even from her 40 meter range she can only know they are Meta they usually have to be within a 10 meter radius or closer for her to know details.
Play By: Susan Coffey

The Details

Hair Color: Red
Eye Color: Green
Any Piercings? 4 in each ear
Any Tattoos? None yet
Any Scars? a 5 inch scar down her left thigh, as a child she ended up with the broken end of a golf club scraping her thigh resulting in the scar
General Appearance:
Standing at 5’7” Nora tends to blend into the crowds height wise and while quite petite she is in no way athletic in build. She has some curves on her that show she doesn’t exercise much but still enjoys the occasional Donut. Her most striking feature is easily her hair. Vibrant red in colour it falls in curls to just past her shoulders, most of the time she has bangs though occasionally she will grow them out but they usually end up being cut back in again before they can really grow out.

When it comes to school work or artwork her green eyes are framed by red reading glasses due to her inability to see fine details when working up close. Nora most commonly sports Jeans and a t-shirt, if she is out and about you might see her sporting a motorbike helmet and jacket. Although she will occasionally dress up and wear a dress she is never fully comfortable in them and where possible will find alternative options when dressing up is required.

Personality: Growing up Nora was the life of the party, always laughing and playing and always included in school activities and games. However that changed when her power began to manifest and she moved to the Hammel Institute. Her power allowed her to sense who was a Meta Human and what their power was, however it isn’t something she can turn off and she found that being around them caused severe headaches, migraines and in extreme cases vomiting.

Once she realised what was happening and why she withdrew from society, locking herself away in her dorm room and only participating with the other students when she had too. This helped somewhat with her headaches though it did nothing for her social life. She turned to art as an escape she had always enjoyed drawing but now it had become more of a lifeline for her, a way to try and block out this power she couldn’t shut off.

Her new way of dealing with life has been a lonely one and now as she enters college still unable to completely tune her power out but trying as best she can, she is trying to get some of her social life back but she has forgotten how to be the life of the party and has become quiet and withdrawn.

Your Vices

Likes:
Art
Drawing
Motorbike riding
Coffee
Roses

Dislikes:
The sound of people chewing
Fake people
Bullies
Cockroaches
Cleaning

Strengths:
Art
Motorbike riding

Weaknesses:
Sports
Science
Socializing
Clumsy

Fears:
That her father will show up again some day
Cockroaches those things are nasty

Secret: 
Nora disowned her father at age 18 and changed her last name to legally match her Mothers, only a few people know since she practically made herself into the loner girl that most people gave up trying to get to know

Family Ties

Father: Steven Mills
Mother: Ann Brennan
Siblings: None
Any Other Important People: None

History

Nora grew up with her mum and dad in rural Australia, she loved growing up in the country where you learned to ride a motorbike almost before you learnt to walk. She was an outgoing little thing with a love for life and being outdoors, she was clumsy as all get out and always had been when it came to her own two feet. However she could throw a motorbike around with the best of the boys, most people might think she got that trait from her dad, and they would be wrong. Her mum was the motorbike nut, and she taught Nora everything she knew. Growing up in a small town meant you knew everyone and luckily for Nora she got on with almost everyone too.

When she was 12 her dad took off, apparently the country life wasn’t for him and he took off to be was some lady he met in the city. Nora didn’t like her but she tried to ignore those feelings in order to see her dad still. Not long after her powers started to manifest and she and her mum were approached by the Kocher haute école pour les surdoués or Kocher high school for the gifted for those of us like Nora who can only speak english. There were no such schools in Australia and although Switzerland was a beautiful place and the people who came seemed lovely neither Ann or Nora were ready to move there. After some research Ann contacted the Hammel Institute in America. Her brother had moved there when he was a young adult and she felt more comfortable moving her family somewhere near people she knew. So after discussions with both schools they packed up and moved to Vermont. While her mum set up a home there Nora was sent off to live at the institute.

It wasn’t long before the bubbly and happy easy-going child was replaced by a more subdued and loner version of herself. Being around all these Meta humans was draining on Nora as she couldn’t turn her power off, constantly sensing everyone she often had headaches and migraines, often vomiting when they got too bad. Nora withdrew from the world surrounding her, in effect she wasn’t well known at the school by anyone except the school nurses.

Nora immersed herself into her art and while it didn’t help her social standing any to shut herself away and sketch she did find it helped a little in clearing her mind and while unable to turn her ability off it did help in shutting out some of the noise as she liked to call it. Her dad became like a ghost in her life, he never bothered to contact her unless he needed to complain about how poorly his life was going. When she was 18 she finally put her foot down, in her mind she hadn’t truly had a father since he left, and he had become far more interested in his new life and family then his old anyway. She called him up on her 18th birthday and effectively told him to stay out of her life that she was done and after hanging up got her last name legally changed to her mothers.

Her next order of business was to purchase a 1985 550cc Suzuki and get her motorbike licence with the help of her mother. This allowed her further freedom to be able to visit her mum in Vermont as well as give her the ability to get a part time job and get away when things got to be too much for her. Usually she would escape to the lake and sit away from all the activities near the dock and sketch.

Now she is entering the University of Vermont and is determined to try and get some of her old self back, she is sick of wallowing in self-pity and hiding from the world to avoid headaches. However will she have any social skills left? Only time will tell.

Roleplay Example

It had been a tough week, Nora had ended up in the nurses office a grand total of 8 times in 5 days, she felt drained from all the headaches and migraines, and threw up twice this week, which admittedly was better than the previous week. It was finally the weekend and she didn’t have any classes to attend, yes she promised herself she would socialise more this year, yes it was already 2 weeks in and she hadn’t followed up on that one bit. However could you really blame her? She just needed to get away and she knew exactly how to do it. Armed with her Motorbike helmet and sketch pad she strode out toward the carpark where her 1985 Suzuki was waiting for her. She stashed the art supplies in the saddle back and geared up. Applying all the safety gear including riding jacket, helmet and gloves.

As always it took a few moments for the old bike to fire to life, and this morning was no exception. Turning the fuel tank to prime and flicking the choke on full she listened as it ticked pathetically not sounding like there was any life in the old girl. Sitting astride the bike she rocked it back and forth jostling the fuel tank until the engine roared to life.

Giving it a few good revs she sat idling in the parking space for a while longer until she was satisfied the bike wasn’t going to stall on her, then taking the choke off and flicking the fuel back to run she tore out of the parking space and headed for the lake where she hoped for some privacy.

The lake was packed as usual but she climbed off the bike removed and stowed away her gear pulling out the art supplies instead and headed for a shady tree away from all the fun. Settling down on the ground she placed her red reading glasses on and flipped open her sketchbook to a clean page. Then she sat eyes closed breathing deeply and trying to calm herself and block the outside influences so she could draw.

Unfortunately she could still sense every one of the Meta Humans that were out here today and she could already feel a pressure building behind her eyes because of it. One in particular seemed to be standing out and without opening her eyes she knew they were drawing closer to her.

What About You?

Name: Piffle
Age: 25
Experience: on and off for about 10 years haven't been on a site in about a year though
How Did You Find Us? Trolling different probaords I forget which one led me here
Ready To Play? Yes! No! Maybe! I don’t know! Can you repeat the question?

[Dryope *]

ALMOST!
Hey, Piffle, welcome to Hammel! There are just two minor edits that need to be made to your application before Nora can be accepted.

The first is related to her power. Please give a range within which it works. Obviously she's not going to be sensing every meta in the world, so what is her range?

The second is simply that Kocher has jurisdiction over Australia, and so she would initially be approached by their representatives rather than Hammel's. However, Nora is more than welcome to transfer, or if she has relatives in the states and her mother preferred to send her to Hammel for that reason. That's up to you, just make a note in the history section.

Once you've edited bump this thread and staff will take another look!

[Elanora Brennan]

edited, sorry its 5am here and I quickly changed it before heading to work so if anything still needs tweaking just let me know and I will fix it come 2pm when I finish and the brain is more active thanks

[Dryope *]

ACCEPTED!

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