Norah McKenzie
Feb 19, 2011 22:41:57 GMT -5
Post by Norah McKenzie on Feb 19, 2011 22:41:57 GMT -5
[/i][/size][/right]The Basics
Name: Norah Marie McKenzie
Nicknames: None
Age: Nineteen
Orientation: Heterosexual
Desired Rank/Job: Student
Powers: Telekinesis. Norah has the majority of control over her powers due to the fact she has been studying to control them for almost seven year now. She still experiences the headaches and migraines associated with telekinesis when she pushes herself too hard and occasionally when in a heightened sense of emotion, loses control entirely.
Play By: Jessie James
The Details
Hair Color: Dark Brown.
Eye Color: Jade Green.
Any Piercings? Ears and Belly Button.
Any Tattoos? None.
Any Scars? None.
General Appearance:
Norah stands at a rather average 5'6" tall, which is the average height for a woman. She used to be slightly plump, however is now very lean due to working out. She has shifted the majority of the weight but there are several places she feels that still need work such as her hips. Unfortunately, Norah is quite broad in that area and the fact of the matter is she'll never be a slim individual. Due to her earlier weight problems, she still retains reasonable sized breasts and slightly larger thighs than she'd like.
Her hair is very thick and uncontrollable, it's the bane of her life. It falls in thick, heavy, dark curls down to her shoulders. She normally just leaves it to do whatever it pleases and in general it looks messy. Her eyes are a piercing green color and are probably her most prominent and attractive feature. She has nice lips, if not a slightly small mouth for her face. Her nose is slightly large and has a slight bulb on the end. Her skin is a soft olive color and tans very easily.
Norah is very paranoid about how she looks so has quite a boring fashion sense. She often wears jeans or linen trousers and a brightly colored t-shirt. She mixes this with some chunky jewelry and sometimes a waistcoat to accentuate what she's wearing. She is a big fan of large, knitted sweaters.
She doesn't wear a lot of make up, light blush with a pale pink lipstick and some eye make-up. She fears that if she put on too much make up she'd look a bit slutty. She does however have a small obsession with eye-liner and mascara, this is probably because her eyes are her best feature.
Personality:
Your first impressions of Norah are often of someone very outgoing and confident, which is really not the case. Norah is quite insecure underneath everything and usually her arrogance and confidence is a cover to prevent people from seeing the real her. She is often described as being like a hard candy with a soft centre. Despite this, she is a very chatty individual and does like getting to know new people, despite her extreme paranoia that they actively dislike her. However, she can be quite judgemental, basing everything on first impressions and can sometimes come across as a bitch. Still, she does try her best to be fairly even.
Norah has a very bitchy sense of humour and is often quite sarcastic. In her opinion, her sense of humour is easy to understand but some people can't relate her snide remarks to humour. Her humour can be quite offensive and sometimes can be a little close to the bone, often making jokes at other people's expense. These jokes are often quite cutting but she doesn't actually mean it, in fact, if she discovered she'd actually offended someone she would be distraught. This however rapidly changes if she actively dislikes the person. Then she has no issue offending them. In addition, her humour can sometimes be a bit playful, she sees competition in everything and will gleefully take up a bet or a dare.
Norah is a very chatty individual and is a natural born leader, which she usually does without even realising. She will talk the ears off anyone who is willing to listen and absolutely loves to laugh. She is considered fun and bubbly when people get to know her and is quite loud and outspoken. A little bit too outspoken for some people, often sticking her foot in her mouth. She is very honest about her opinions, maybe overly so which can sometimes cause offense. She hates offending people and will be the first to apologise if she knows she's in the wrong. Despite this, she is very stubborn and if she feels she is in the right she will refuse to back down. This can sometimes lead to her being flatly unreasonable when she has her mind set on something.
When it comes to Norah's friends, she struggles with making initial friendships, mostly because she has many barriers and suffers from extreme paranoia. She has self esteem issues that run through to her core and is often worried her friends hate her. These things disappear with time and when she warms to someone she becomes very protective and treats them as family. She might have issues with them but if anyone says a bad word about anyone she cares about she will quickly jump to their defense. She is very delicate when people are upset and loves to defend the underdog. She loves her friends more than anything, however, if one crosses her path she will explode and put them in their place. She is a firm believe in giving a second chance, but if you cross that line a second time she will cut you out entirely.
In regards to the opposite sex, Norah is very naive when it comes to the rules of relationships. She hates the thought of giving out the impression that she might like someone. She instantly shuts down if someone shows interest in her, mostly due to fear and blind panic. She has been known to make a hasty exit to the bathroom when confronted with the situation and hide in there until she can find a suitable exit, bathroom window being a possible option. Still, underneath it all, she is searching for her knight in shining armour to sweep her off her feet, give her the perfect white wedding and run off into the sunset.
Norah suffers from severe spells of depression that can take over her and last several days. These bouts of depression bring on her biggest fear, which is of being alone. Loneliness terrifies her and she is scared that the rejection that she is so paranoid of will one day leave her without a friend. Fortunately, the depression lifts as quickly as it falls on her but can sometimes be replaced with fits of hyperactivity which can lead her to being irrational and rash.
Your Vices
Likes:
* The dark.
* Her friends.
* Cats.
* Guns.
* Arguments.
* Anything illegal.
* Alcohol.
* Explosions.
* Cannons.
* Pirates.
* Tea.
* Competition.
Dislikes:
* Birds.
* Spiders.
* Fast cars.
* Politics.
* Sports.
* Selfish people.
* Angsty teenagers.
* Losing.
* Rules.
Strengths:
* Handles situations well.
* Appears confident.
* Good liar.
* Independent.
* Reliable.
Weaknesses:
* Stubborn
* Naive
* Blind to reality.
Fears:
* Spiders
* Deep water.
* Wet plastic bags.
Secret:
Now, that would be telling!
Family Ties
Father: Euan McKenzie
Mother: Cara MacDonald
Siblings: None.
Any Other Important People: None.
History
It was in the Butterfly and Pig that Cara MacDonald met Euan McKenzie, a rather attractive oil rig worker who was back on leave for an extra two weeks due to his rig being shifted. He asked her out on a date and she agreed and soon their romance blossomed. She struggled at first with the fact that Euan would go offshore for weeks at a time and then return to his friends, rather than spending time with her.
They decided to separate after only a year and both moved on with their life. It was a month after the split which was fairly amicable that Cara discovered she was pregnant. Knowing that she hadn't been with anyone else and that the father was Euan, she confronted him, only for him and his entire family to turn on her.
Her own family followed suit, claiming she was too young and throwing her life away, but she carried on and gave birth to her daughter, Norah. Euan wasn't present at the birth, too busy drinking with his friends, but his mother and Cara's own mother were present. At first Euan was a little intimidated by his daughter but soon warmed to her. However, due to his desire to drink his wages and his time offshore, whenever Euan was present he replaced affection and love with money. Throwing cash at his daughter was his way of caring for her. A young Norah, although delighted with the presents, couldn't understand how her father wasn't there to hug her or kiss her goodnight and a distraught Cara tried to patch up their relationship.
It was when Norah was three years old, she was travelling in the back seat of a saloon car with two of her mothers friends either side of her and her mother and her latest fling in the front. The car overtook another car on a bridge but didn't see the oncoming taxi cab. The car swerved to avoid a collision and drove off the bridge and rolled down the grass verge, turning over several times. Norah inside, the only person without a safety belt due to the lack of issue of a middle safety belt in the rear of cars in the 1980s, was tossed around violently. An ambulance was called and Norah was rushed to hospital where it was discovered she had a broken leg and concussion. Despite a cast for 6 weeks, Norah was fine.
It was at the age of eleven that she began puberty. The relationship between Norah and her mother was very strained and fraught with arguments which culminated in very strange experiences for both. During heated exchanges between the two, lights attached to the ceiling would begin to swing violently, objects would shoot across the room and one occasion, a glass window shattered from the centre outwards. It was this that caught the attention of Hammel, who immediately contacted the family and Norah was moved from her family home.
Furious at Hammel, Norah instantly began to rebel against any form of authority she could. Believing that she was more than capable of living a normal life, Norah began to attempt to suppress her powers which would culminate in outbursts of telekinetic power, causing things to smash, move and shatter. It was only through the dedicated psychiatrists at Hammel that Norah began to learn to control her mood swings and anger issues and she slowly began to fit in at Hammel.
As time progressed, Norah began to think of her power as a competition and was determined to master it. Her power levels were fairly high but unfortunately this took toll on her body and the more time she spent practicising on lifting and moving heavier objects, the more she was prone to severe headaches, nausea, nosebleeds and large bouts of coma-like sleep for her body to recupirate. Still, Norah was determined not to allow her ability to defeat her and for several of her early years at Hammel, she pushed her mind, power and body to the limit.
Now, Norah is focusing on freeing herself from her life at Hammel and moving into Pilot Ridge where she plans to work for several years before applying to teach at Hammel, hoping to help the students like her teachers helped her.
Roleplay Example
It had took Norah a lot longer than normal to find the house, mostly because of her lack of navigational abilities and also because she was flying solo tonight. Vivy had told her that she was going to be at the party, but whether or not she was already there or not was the main issue. Still, Norah had left it as late as she possibly dared in the hopes that when she arrived, she'd wouldn't be standing alone like some social pariah.
Fixing the skirt on her costume, Norah felt a flicker of self-consciousness before her brass nature took over. Taking a deep and calming breath, she began the walk up to the front of the house. Once inside, her eyes took in the sights surrounding her, mostly the drunken debauchery and at once the tension inside her began to rise. Looking around helplessly for someone she knew, Norah began to feel slightly paranoid that people were judging her for being on her own. Deciding the best way to prevent this was to keep moving, she made her way through the masses of people, hunting for some kind of alcoholic beverage to soothe her highly strung nerves.
Finding a drink, Norah, albeit a little shakily took a few large gulps and felt the strong and rather disgusting alcohol coarse through her veins. Letting out a small sigh, she returned her attention to the people surrounding her. She hoped Vivy would be around somewhere, probably with Anne and Quinn. Realising that trying to recognise people you knew whilst they were in disguise wasn't the easiest of tasks, Norah concluded that once again, her best option would be to circulate.
Grabbing another drink, she downed her first one and took a few tentative steps into the wild. There must be someone in here I know...
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