Maria Memoir
Dec 21, 2013 20:46:40 GMT -5
Post by Maria Memoir on Dec 21, 2013 20:46:40 GMT -5
The Basics
Name: Maria, Nicole, Memoir
Nicknames: None
Age: 16
Orientation: Heterosexual
Desired Rank/Job: Student
Powers- Power Mimicry: The ability to mimic skills previously observed from others. Ever since she was 13 years of age, Maria discovered that she could use special abilities, but after three hours, she would forget how to use them. Even at this time, Maria hadn't had enough experience with how to deal with her strange power, and more often than not, would lose control of her abilities due to lack of practice. Lucky for her, the abilities never last long, and they certainly were never life threatening. They were just a little annoying, like Animation (or the ability to bring inanimate objects to life). Some experts in the school are capable of stopping her faster if they need to. People tell her that her eyes have a strange glimmer when it happens.
Play By: Danielle Bradbery
The Details
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Any Piercings? No
Any Tattoos? No
Any Scars? No
General Appearance: Maria can appear like a rather happy-go-lucky individual, but she is actually very observant. It's not easy to look past her pretty face, but if you look into her eyes, you can tell that there is an ability, and eagerness, to learn. Her size is rather normal for someone her age, but is somewhat on the shorter side at 4'9''. Her weight is very much normal at 85 lbs. Her skin is rather light-colored which means that if she is sunburned, she won't be able to hide it comfortably.
Her style of clothes are a large variety. She tends to wear outfits that match her mood. She wears generally cute outfits most of the time, like skirts and blouses, but she doesn't like to show any cleavage. She is very modest with her clothing. She sometimes puts too much thought on what she's going to wear and this causes her to waste some of her energy on her outfits, which lessens her ability to do good in school. If she's in a bad mood, she won't even try to find a good outfit, and she'll end up looking sloppy. However, in most cases, school always comes first and she'll just look decent enough.
Personality: As stated in the Appearance section, Maria is a very observant and studious individual. She does everything she possibly can to get good grades, follows all of the rules, and is a genral goody goody two shoes. She often has a hard time letting people do things they shouldn't and that causes people to get really annoyed with her. Her good observation causes her to notice things that she probably shouldn't and often keeps important information to herself unless she is pushed into telling.
Maria isn't a shy or quiet person. She enjoys life and relishes in every move, every breath, and every moment of it. She doesn't let the way people view her and her powers bother her. If she is upset, she can easily bounce back into a positive attitude. That being said, she isn't super hyperactive either. She is a rather calm individual who lets all of her friends show the moods of the atmosphere. She is also a peacemaker, and tends to only use her powers to break up fights, unless she absolutely has to use her ability. That being said, she isn't prone to always being calm. In some cases, she can unleash a large amount of happy energy, too. But her gift is observation, so she's more content just letting her friends show their bit of joy. She has a flute she likes to play sometimes. Weed the Turtle is Maria's best friend.
Maria is a very anxious person who can become rather fearful fairly quickly. She can also be very unreasonable because of her fearfulness, and she often times can't control that fear. She is a major perfectionist, and will often become too hard on herself if she fails at anything. She can become depressed, and sometimes hides herself in her room for several hours, crying herself to sleep. It could take her hours to get over things like this. She is extremely impatient with people who have a hard time learning.
Your Vices
Likes: Clothes, Flowers, Paintings, Friends, Learning, Teachers, Getting good grades, Playing her flute, Peace, Buttercup
Dislikes: Being late for school, Getting in trouble, Bad grades, Fights, Being confused, Dead plants, Losing control of her power
Strengths: Learning, Getting information, Great Memory, Playing the Flute, Writing, Fighting (to make peace)
Weaknesses: Dealing with confusion, Controlling her powers, Keeping her mouth shut, Butting out of problems, Technology, Drawing, Fighting (when backed into a corner)
Fears: Losing control of a dangerous ability, Getting suspended or expelled, or Losing friends
Secret: She once cheated on a history test, but you didn't hear me say that.
Family Ties
Father: Lucas Memoir
Mother: Lucille Memoir
Siblings: None
Any Other Important People: Maratha Memoir (Grandmother), and Weed the Turtle
History
Maria was born in New Jersey, but moved to North Carolina when she was just three years old. Her family left the city life to live in the mountainous forest that Maria had grown to love. The environment was not meant for technological appliances like cell phones and computers. They had some machines, like an oven and such, but she generally had a lack of experience with computers and such. She always went into the forest to view all of the wildlife that lived in the foliage and see the steady growth of a plant. At the age of ten, she tried to keep a sketch book of different things she saw, but she never was a great artist. So she decided to keep a journal of all the experiences she had in the forest. The journal was chock full of information and observations in the forest. Most kids would find her strange, and there was even a time when her parents were concerned about this odd behavior, but when they saw how much she enjoyed the forest despite that, they allowed her to enjoy herself.
Later that same year, (it's recorded in the journal) Maria's parents believed that Maria was a little too lonely in the forest, and that it would affect her social life. Of course, Maria wasn't too worried about it, but her folks decided that it would be best for her to get a pet. So a week before her eleventh birthday, her parents decided to surprise Maria with a pet. They decided to get a turtle since they don't move so fast, but none seemed all that intelligent because of their slow pace. They got her a turtle, but a Wood turtle specifically. Maria wasn't very worried about her birthday because she was too busy studying the forest.
When Maria first met the turtle she had no interest to interact with the reptile simply because it didn't have an intelligent appearance. However, eventually, he proved his intelligent when he pulled a weed carefully from a dying flower. At first, Maria didn't notice it, but eventually the slow moving dragged the weed back to his owner. He placed the weed on her lap, and she was shocked to see that he managed to get the weed out without harming the plant in the least. That was something that was hard for her at the time, so he really impressed her. She decided to name the reptile Weed in honor of his first intelligent accomplishment.
Three years later, Maria witnessed a strange person talking to a squirrel in the forest, and then looked at Buttercup in confusion. To her utter amazement, she could understand every word the little guy was saying! And Weed wasn't the only one. No, she could understand all of the animals. She was about to ask the man what was going on, but the man left, and she never saw him again. Weed suggested that Maria talked with the squirrel, but the bushy tailed rodent wasn't much help. With no where else to go to, she had to turn to books once again. At first she thought that she had received the ability to talk to animals. She put good use to it as well. She split up two bickering cats to prevent them from killing each other. However, after experimenting with the power for three hours, she couldn't understand a word Weed was saying anymore. How perplexing...
Three days later, Maria had witnessed someone manipulate electricity, so after a few moments, she was able to do the same thing. Unfortunately, her lack of control of it caused her to grab way too much attention. After nearly burning the entire forest to the ground and almost killing her parents, a group of strangers forced her power to stop. Before they could thank the strangers, however, she was forced away from her family, and told her family to pack her things for her. They insisted that Maria had no way of staying where she was safely. After several hours of staring at the damage she had caused the forest, her parents had no choice but to agree with them. Her mother packed her things as the strangers prevented Maria from witnessing another move. Once she was all ready to go, the strangers allowed them to say their goodbyes and she was taken to the Hammel Institute with Weed as her only companion...
Roleplay Example
In the calmness of the dark forest, the Pokemon all frolicked and played to their hearts content. Though the many trees always gave it a look as though it was night, it was actually 12 noon at this point. The rest of the world was at its brightest, and so was Ilex Forest, which wasn't much. None of the Pokemon living here could afford letting the dark stop them, so they learned to adapt to the darkness around them.
However, this was one of those rare times when a huge amount of light was omitted around in the forest. In most places, the light wouldn't even be notices, but in a place as dark as the Ilex Forest, it was blindingly bright. Out of that light came the traveler of time only known about in legends. This was Celebi. She didn't usually make her presence known unless there was an emergency, but she felt as though she should take a break every once and a while, and that's what she was doing now.
Flying around, Celebi waved hello to some of the Pokemon busying themselves with gathering food. She liked wild Pokemon because they treated her as if she were a normal Pokemon instead of an exceedingly rare Pokemon. She approached one of the trees and picked off one of her favorite berries and munched on it before squealing in joy. “Rrrrelebi!” The squeal became in an echo in the entire forest, and it was quite difficult for anyone in the forest not to hear it in the still forest. Even during her travel through time, it can be heard in this forest sometimes. One thing about it is that is somehow brought peace to the forest, like that cry alone could chase away any fears.
Unfortunately, she isn't totally independent, and there have been times where she couldn't protect herself, but she gave her all in protecting the forest as well as other places that required her assistance in Johto. She's never been required only to save Johto either, but this forest inclined her to stay and protect the most. No one would ever hope to find her anywhere more than in the Ilex Forest. The Pokemon lurking around in the forest all kept her entertained as they bickered and played. She, in fact, was much too preoccupied to notice that something, or someone, was watching her. Was it a friend, or foe? She was soon to find out, but on their terms, and not hers.
What About You?
Name: cynda1
Age: 18
Experience: 5 years
How Did You Find Us? Google
Ready To Play? Yes
