Post by NICOLE HALES on Nov 7, 2012 21:39:16 GMT -5
| [atrb=cellSpacing,20,true][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 5px; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 5px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px; border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px; width: 445px, btable] NICOLE JACQUELINE HALES  Nickname(s): Although most people just calls her Nicole, she also answers to Cole and Jackie; a few who are familiar with her history address her as Valerie when in private. Age: Eighteen; Born on October thirty-first. Gender: Female Sexuality: Pansexual Character Type: Rogue Occupation: Part-time employee at a local boutique for small knick knacks that also sells flowers, but she also takes on odd jobs around the neighborhood; her real occupation being the informant and negotiator for the rogues. APPEARANCE Height: 5'5" Weight: 119 lbs picture When it comes to her looks, people often use adjectives like cute, pleasant, normal, average, words that might seem insulting to any other female but music to her ears because they are exactly what she is striving for. Her auburn locks falls reaching the small of her back with straight bangs that covering her finely shaped brows, a hairstyle that is fairly common amongst girls. The pair of crimson eyes may be of rare shade but can be easily brushed off as a light brown under the right lighting. Finely sculpted features inherited from her parents are always hidden under a negligible layer of make-up to help them stand out a little less. Of course, Nicole has developed a fitted, lean build from her years of physical training, however not to the extent of being muscular. As Nicole, she is often seen with a simple dress shirt (though she would much prefer black, the color just isn't matching for the whole innocent thing), a red skirt and a ribbon of matching color tied into a perfect bow around her neck. A pair of white gloves is always tucked inside her pocket in case of emergencies where human contact is required, to avoid herself from accidentally draining when she goes into a frenzy. She has a collection of gloves, actually, with varying style and material, from satin to leather, to suit the weather and occasion. In simple words, Nicole looks just like any other girl in her late teens, sometimes even mistaken for younger if you missed the malicious, icy gleam that flashes through her eyes from time to time. A pleasant smile is worn almost dutifully on her lips to complete her facade and only dropped when she is a hundred percent sure there is no audience around. PERSONALITY Positives: + resourceful + ambitious + intelligent + protective + punctual + tactical + patient + independent + eloquent + risk-taker Negatives: - apathetic - manipulative - hypocritical - unstable - sadistic - obsessive - passive aggressive - unethical - secretive - sarcastic EXTRAS Likes: + high tea + high places + red + flowers + italian cuisine + classical music + horror + moonlight + ancient cultures + gullibility Dislikes: - idiots - coffee - boredom - things getting out of her control - large crowds - noisy children - prying - blindly optimistic people - harsh sunlight - not getting what she wants Talents: + acting&make-up artist - Nicole is an experienced actress who can easily switch into a different set of personality and, with the help of a little bit of make up, a completely different person. + parkour - Initially started as a mere hobby, the skill quickly became a necessity in her line of work, allowing her to stay hidden and saving her life from angry guards and mobsters and some of the empowereds. + computer - Though Nicole is not a computer genius, she still holds enough knowledge on technology for her to efficiently get pass a great number of firewalls and hack into different computer systems. Its very handy when she needs to acquire certain information or get some fake id. + gardening - She finds the activity strangely meditating and at the same time ironic seeing that her ability takes away lives. + piano - She had been playing the instrument since a young age under the demands of her parents. Despite being a skilled pianist and a music lover, Nicole isn't particularly fond of playing in front of others since she prefers to keep her past hidden. COMBAT Strengths: + agile + high stamina + takes advantage of her environment Weaknesses: - lacks physical strength - doesn't handle surprises well - disregards her own safety if it means she'll reach her goal Power Strengths: + weakens opponent + self-healing by draining other life forms energy + can briefly control other's power while in contact with them Power Weaknesses: - can only be used under direct contact - enpowered human/magical being skilled in energy (non-elemental) manipulation may be able to slow down the flow of energy, or even reverse the absorption in extreme cases. - easy to lose control of if she's not concentrated. Just before she left the academy Nicole was forced to keep most of her skin covered just so she didn't accidentally harm anybody Power: The official title, Nicole believes, is called Life Force Absorption, but she likes to refer it as energy theft and found the name much more appropriate. All living organisms – plants, animals, humans, magical beings – have a certain amount of energy inside them that keeps them alive, and Nicole can absorb said energy through direct contact. While in contact Nicole can also use her target’s power, although she wouldn’t have much control over it if the power requires a practiced mind, and with the power she also mimics the target’s weakness as long as she is using it. The drained being will begin to feel tired, lightheaded, faint, even looses consciousness if enough power is absorbed. The energy can be restored naturally when the contact is broken. However the being has to have a life sources. For example a plant no longer attached to its roots will not be able to do so in contrast to a growing plant in the dirt. Theoretically speaking, her power can kill, but so far she had only successfully killed birds and bunnies and small creatures and plants. Nicole is hopeful, though, seeing her power is still maturing and developing. HISTORY Nicole Jacqueline Hales hasn’t always been her name. Just four years ago she was still Valerie Nightingale, another student at the Alinari Academy. She came from a long line of respected political figures in England, the only child in her generation that she knows of. Though of British blood, Valerie had been living in her family’s Chicago estate since the age of four with her mother’s younger sister, who was a college student at that time. Esther was the loving mother figure and big sister Valerie never had, caring for the little girl like she was her own child. The two were living happy, simple lives together until two burglars broke into their house one summer night when they were eating dinner. The door was kicked down and the girls were held by gunpoint in no time. Seeing the only person she cared for under a life threatening situation made the thirteen year old lose her mind, and at the same time triggered her long hidden powers. The man who hand his hand around her neck – a complete idiot for not wearing gloves - was drained unconscious within seconds, and before his partner could register what just transpired Valerie lunged her tiny body onto him, grabbing for his wrist to pry it off of her aunt. Her head was a mess, everything around her was a little blurry from shock and fear, but Valerie was aware that she was no longer being restricted and that she had to get Esther away from the bad man. With his energy slowing slipping from him, the burglar was stumbling backwards, along with the young woman in his arms and a little girl clinging to his body. The back of his legs hit the window sill, he gasped, reaching for the drapes in a vain attempt to save his own life but then momentum was too much. All three of them were falling out the window, but at the last moment Valerie felt a pair of hands pushing her back into the house. There was a loud thud as two bodies hit the ground three floors below them, followed by the screeching sound of police sirens. Uniformed men rushed into the condo with guns in their hands, but it was all too late, Valerie realized. It was all too late. A week later she was on the plane back to England. Valerie was forced to return to her homeland since she had no other guardian in America. She returned with a broken spirit, hoping to find some kind of comfort in the arms of her parents, only to be sent away again after three short but torturous months of judgment and discrimination, right after her fourteenth birthday. The Nightingales claimed that it was the best if she learns how to control her power in Alinari to avoid harming those around her, but Valerie knew it was just an excuse for them to rid of the freak of the family. ‘An abomination’, she heard them called her behind closed doors. How naive of her to think that a family of politicians would allow an empowered, an outcast of the mainstream society, to ruin their pristine reputation? In her three years of studying aboard, Valerie had received countless warnings and several suspensions for threatening and harming the lives of other students, until after her seventeenth birthday when she received the news of her parents’ death. They had died in a car accident, leaving her with a large amount of fortune. It wasn’t a surprise that she didn’t feel the tiniest bit of remorse hearing the news despite the soft sorrowful sobs that she gave out in the principal’s office. In all honesty, she was even a little giddy about it. She withdrew from the academy, saying that she had to sort out the fortune that her parents left behind, but no one had ever heard from her again. Several months later, the name Nicole Hales started popping up in the conversation of the locals, a little girl who lost her parents to a tragic accident that no one was really sure of the details, but couldn’t ask in fear of bringing up bad memories. MISCELLANEOUS Alias: pebble Other Characters: nope Faceclaim: IB, Eve; nicole hales |
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