Post by AVEIRA STERLING on Jul 15, 2013 7:13:02 GMT -5
Full name: Aveira Steling
Nickname: TBA
Titles: Ms
DOB/Age: Nov. 20, 22 years old
Gender: Female
Freak type: Gifted, or Cursed depending on how you look at it
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Height: 5' 2"
Weight: 108
Appearance: The first thing most people notice about Aveira is her shock of white hair. Cut short to keep it out of the way, you'll never see her really bothering to do anything with the unruly white strands. Hell, she hardly even brushes it. Another benefit of short hair is fingers are normally all that's needed to keep it sane looking.
The next thing people notice is a toss-up. Some people notice the red eyes, others notice the scars. Her eyes of those of demons. Normally emotionless, as red as the blood in her veins, normally they alone are all she needs to intimidate and get her job done. Not that red eyes are a very special thing, many people in the circus have them.
What sets Averia apart are her scars. The movies where 'creations' kinda look like pieced-together ragdolls, that's Aveira. They were given to her to make her stronger, and in a way they have. She understands all kinds of pains first-hand. Burns, cuts, she has a scar for nearly every kind of injury somewhere on her body.
What most people don't notice is her body. Normally hidden beneath long sleeved shirts and pants, she keeps her body in peak physical condition. True that some of her scars limit movement, but she's never let that really stop her. The med wing has seen much of her and her attempts to test her limits.
Abilities: Aveira's gift is actually pretty easy to explain. Basically, she's a living lie detector.
Now to get into details. Aveira's skill may have just been lie detecting, but the people of her past drove the gift far above what it ever should have been. When in a group of people, Aveira is able to tell who she should trust. A liar gives her creeps, while a murderer...
But this is not the extent of her gift, not even close. Say she brushed against the murderer, the skin of her arm just happened to touch his for even just a second. Not only would she know instantly that he was a murderer, but she would go into a trance where she /sees/ the murder as clear as if she had held the blade or gun herself.
She can try to fight the trances, and she tries her damnedest, but she can not stop a trance from happening. The longer she fights it, the more distant she becomes. It's as if something is pulling at her mind, forcing her to leave her body whether she wants to or not.
When she comes out of a trance, normally Aveira doesn't know who she is. Every memory she's ever absorbed is suddenly present at once. With each time she falls into the trance, the harder it is for her to find herself again. When in this state she will cling to just about any memory of who she really is, repeating it out loud as if it somehow helps. The memories eventually settle, but in a way, a part of Aveira ever returns. Eventually she won't find herself again.
The thought scares her. Scares her more than any murderer ever could.
Weight: 108
Appearance: The first thing most people notice about Aveira is her shock of white hair. Cut short to keep it out of the way, you'll never see her really bothering to do anything with the unruly white strands. Hell, she hardly even brushes it. Another benefit of short hair is fingers are normally all that's needed to keep it sane looking.
The next thing people notice is a toss-up. Some people notice the red eyes, others notice the scars. Her eyes of those of demons. Normally emotionless, as red as the blood in her veins, normally they alone are all she needs to intimidate and get her job done. Not that red eyes are a very special thing, many people in the circus have them.
What sets Averia apart are her scars. The movies where 'creations' kinda look like pieced-together ragdolls, that's Aveira. They were given to her to make her stronger, and in a way they have. She understands all kinds of pains first-hand. Burns, cuts, she has a scar for nearly every kind of injury somewhere on her body.
What most people don't notice is her body. Normally hidden beneath long sleeved shirts and pants, she keeps her body in peak physical condition. True that some of her scars limit movement, but she's never let that really stop her. The med wing has seen much of her and her attempts to test her limits.
Abilities: Aveira's gift is actually pretty easy to explain. Basically, she's a living lie detector.
Now to get into details. Aveira's skill may have just been lie detecting, but the people of her past drove the gift far above what it ever should have been. When in a group of people, Aveira is able to tell who she should trust. A liar gives her creeps, while a murderer...
But this is not the extent of her gift, not even close. Say she brushed against the murderer, the skin of her arm just happened to touch his for even just a second. Not only would she know instantly that he was a murderer, but she would go into a trance where she /sees/ the murder as clear as if she had held the blade or gun herself.
She can try to fight the trances, and she tries her damnedest, but she can not stop a trance from happening. The longer she fights it, the more distant she becomes. It's as if something is pulling at her mind, forcing her to leave her body whether she wants to or not.
When she comes out of a trance, normally Aveira doesn't know who she is. Every memory she's ever absorbed is suddenly present at once. With each time she falls into the trance, the harder it is for her to find herself again. When in this state she will cling to just about any memory of who she really is, repeating it out loud as if it somehow helps. The memories eventually settle, but in a way, a part of Aveira ever returns. Eventually she won't find herself again.
The thought scares her. Scares her more than any murderer ever could.
~Song lyrics here~
Likes:
Solitude: Aveira enjoys being alone for one simple fact. If she's alone, she doesn't have to fear her gift. She does get lonely eventually however.
'Good' People: This is another given. While she may not hang around people very often, she does prefer the company of those she can trust.
The Outdoors: Most people don't go out as much as they probably should. That means the outdoors are safe for her.
Animals: They make her feel better and her powers don't work on them. Of course she likes animals
Darkness: This one is not as easy to explain. You would think she should be terrified of the night, since that's when most of the horrible sins are committed, but she finds comfort in it's darkness. It's almost like a child's blanket. A murderer won't hurt the child if their under the blanket, and Aveira feels the darkness will protect her rather than hurt her.
The Ringmaster's Office: Though she doesn't go there often, the Ringmaster's office is Aveira's favorite part of the circus. She feels like it is the only place she can ever really relax, since the Ringmaster alone is exempt from her abilities.
Dislikes:
Physical Contact: With anyone, under any circumstance. She will start screaming before the nightmares even begin.
Crowded Places: Again, see the first dislike.
Sweets: They just taste too sweet, you know? Nothing in the world should be that good.
Rain: She just doesn't like rain, doesn't like getting wet.
Mud: Same as rain, except that it's messier.
Strengths:
She knows who she can trust and who she can't.
She tends to understand the new family members better than most, because of what she's gone through.
Weaknesses:
She can't bring herself to touch anyone, meaning she's missing an important human bond.
Though she has trained her body to become strong, the tortures she was forced through have permanently damaged her heart. If she pushes herself too far, she tends to pass out.
Last but not least, the scars themselves. Some are rather new, and even the old ones will sometimes break when put under certain stresses.
Fears:
As said before, she is terrified of being touched or touching someone.
The other thing she is completly terrified of is water. Rain, fine. A little puddle, fine. But she will not, will NOT, go swimming.
Detailed personality: Because of Aveira's gift and past, it's hard to get to know the girl. If she can help it, she actually tries to avoid most people. When a simple brush of the shoulders can send her into a traumatic vision, why would she want to get close to anyone. So she tries to keep to herself and her duties.
But every once in awhile, someone manages to get past her defense. These people truly are something special. Maybe she's already seen their sins, maybe they did something particularly kind, but somehow they managed to get her attention. It's something that, once they have it, they never really lose it. Aveira really and truly tries to connect with these rare people, and sometimes even seems to cling to them. She'll still seem distant sometimes, but the faint smile and her red eyes lighting up in something almost like happiness is always rewarding.
And then there are /those/ people. Those people who piss her off. While she tries not to hold grudges in her professional life, those who've managed to piss her off do tend to get in more trouble than those who don't. Physical fights are also avoided, so she won't set off her gift, but she will exchange blows when she absolutely has to.
~Song lyrics here~
Beliefs: Aveira knows that some kind of higher power must exist, but she's not quite sure who or what it is.
As for physical things, Aveira is not exactly kind towards humans. Not that she's kind to really anyone.
Birthplace: She doesn't honestly know.
Relationship status: Taken, by a certain little vampire.
History: Her history is not one she willing shares, and not one most people want to hear. How to begin? With her birth of course. She wasn't born in the normal sense, at least not the way most expect. Yes, a male and a female, blah blah blah, but that wasn't all. When she was still in the womb, she was injected with a chemical that changed her entire genetic code. It was this chemical that gave her her albino appearance, and her powers.
When she was born, she was instantly taken away from her mother and father. Instead, she was given to the people who had injected her, the religious fanatics. She was born to be the scapegoat basically. She was meant to take the world's sins and make them pure for her brother to lead to heaven. To make sure she could handle this burden, she was put through every form of pain imaginable and given her characteristic scars.
She was raised by those men and woman for almost all of her life. Only a few years ago was she saved by the Circo. For quite some time after being saved, Aveira wouldn't leave the Ringmaster's side. But as she grew to know the Circo, and the people within it, she slowly began reach out. Now she's the head of security and has found someone that she seems to really care for. Her mind is a still little twisted, and she still finds it hard to be dependent on people, but she's still learning just like everyone else.
As for physical things, Aveira is not exactly kind towards humans. Not that she's kind to really anyone.
Birthplace: She doesn't honestly know.
Relationship status: Taken, by a certain little vampire.
History: Her history is not one she willing shares, and not one most people want to hear. How to begin? With her birth of course. She wasn't born in the normal sense, at least not the way most expect. Yes, a male and a female, blah blah blah, but that wasn't all. When she was still in the womb, she was injected with a chemical that changed her entire genetic code. It was this chemical that gave her her albino appearance, and her powers.
When she was born, she was instantly taken away from her mother and father. Instead, she was given to the people who had injected her, the religious fanatics. She was born to be the scapegoat basically. She was meant to take the world's sins and make them pure for her brother to lead to heaven. To make sure she could handle this burden, she was put through every form of pain imaginable and given her characteristic scars.
She was raised by those men and woman for almost all of her life. Only a few years ago was she saved by the Circo. For quite some time after being saved, Aveira wouldn't leave the Ringmaster's side. But as she grew to know the Circo, and the people within it, she slowly began reach out. Now she's the head of security and has found someone that she seems to really care for. Her mind is a still little twisted, and she still finds it hard to be dependent on people, but she's still learning just like everyone else.
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Job: Aveira is head of security.
Circus role: She searches out people who belong in the circus, she is often on guard shifts, and she always checks out the areas the circo will be performing before they show up.
Anything else you want to share: She has a brother, but as of currently he has yet to show up. He is meant to be the savior, for those she has 'cleansed' to rally around.
Notes: Thanks to redege and j00nk1m110 for Aveira's avatar and signature.
