Post by .Emmi. on Apr 24, 2009 2:34:38 GMT -5
Name: Lily Ebony Towns
Nickname: Ebony
Age: 14
Birthday: August 17
Grade: 8th
Rank: student
Appearance: Standing around 4'7" Ebony looks as if she could be taken on by a hyperactive seven-year-old without any trouble at all. She's thin to the extreme, weighting only 68lbs but don't think she's in any way mentally weak - her intelligence and harsh view on the world have sharpened her to a fine and dangerous point. Her eyes are a disconcerting deep green looking only vaguely human and seem to stare right through you while her black hair falls to her waist, dead straight, shorter pieces faming her pale face and longer layers extending further. Thin dark brows arch over her eyes. In contrast her skin is death-like, almost white, and cold to the touch. Her hands and feet are tiny, like those of a small child’s and are nimble and quick, her feet over the floor of a stage and her fingers over the ebony and ivory of a piano.
Powers/Mutation: Ebony can hear the voices of the thoughts around her as well as the thoughts of other people, although she can never pinpoint exactly who they are. As well as this, Ebony can survive in extremely cold temperatures, down to around -20 degrees celcius but she cannot really function in temperatures above 30 degrees at all without feeling very tired and possibly fainting. With the cold temperatures comes a certain amount of control; Ebony can freeze liquids and lower the temperatues of another living thing but it takes a lot of energy. She is terrified of fire and, for some reason, the voices in her head are louder and harsher whenever she is around fire; she sees strange imaginings and the voices tell her to do things destructive like harm herself or others.
Personality: Ebony's personality is...confusing. Her public figure is one of almost utter silence although her expressions, when someone coaxes them out of her, are varied and stunning. She is a caring girl deep down, with a heart for those who haven’t the things she does but exposure to such well-off people almost from birth has left its mark. Even though she means well most of the time she does look down on people who aren’t perfect, everybody in her eyes. She is a complete perfectionist and expects the same from everyone else as well as more.
Ebony tends to stick out a little in both appearance and her silence but it doesn’t mean she’s never accepted. She’s always been with the ‘in crowd’ without trying because her stunning looks even from a young age drew in the well-off and popular girls. Guys have never really been a big part of her life; she thinks she’s not good enough for anyone and that she’ll never be loved...but that could change.
History: Ebony was born to her parents on August XVII in a private hospital in Warsaw, Poland. Her mother died in childbirth hours after Ebony’s entrance into the world and her father committed suicide on hearing this news. She was sent to live with her aunt and uncle who moved to New York City when she was three years old, bringing her and their other two newborn twin sons.
Growing up, Ebony was quiet but her stunning looks let her into so many tight circles. People assumed she was uncomfortable speaking English, regarding it as a second language and therefore harder. Truthfully, she was fluent in both English and Polish by age seven but was unwilling to communicate with those in her classes as they were far below her mental capacity or interest. Aside from almost always topping her grades, Ebony did piano lessons, violin lessons, rhythmic and artistic gymnastics and ballet outside school time from age three onwards. Due to the strain on her body she stayed very short and also was slender because of all the exercise she did each week. Her instructors and teachers pushed her hard because she was very good; she had natural flair as a performer and was very flexible. Her dance and gym coaches entered her into competitions and meets almost every month and encouraged her to watch her food carefully to make sure she didn’t gain any weight. However, she took this too far.
Food and weight became obsessions for this already-tiny eight-year-old girl; she was around 4’3” tall but only weight 67lbs. Still, she strove for better than this and got down to 60lbs by working harder and harder, skipping meals and blanket-banning all sweets, cakes, biscuits and chocolate from her diet. This wasn’t enough for her and throughout the next few years although she grew a little up to 4’6” she gained only 10lbs. At age eleven, Ebony once again weighed 67lbs and still kept up her ballet and gymnastics, having dropped piano and violin lessons; her piano-playing standard was already past the final grade. At school she felt awful all the time and passed out often. When the school nurse ventured to take her blood pressure she was horrified and Ebony was hospitalised. She ‘recovered’ mentally, she told everyone and gained weight so that she could get out of hospital. Age twelve, she weighed 73lbs and was still 4’6” but was discharged, promising [lying] to the hospital staff and her parents that she would eat. Since then her weight has gone up and down but she has kept this hidden from her family. At present she is fourteen, standing at 4’7” and weighing 68lbs.
When around eight years old she realised she could hear Voices. Not any voices but the ones of the people around her, their thoughts and feelings, as well as the voices of others she never has known. She eventually told her guardians and when Starr Academy offered her a place she accepted. All the other things she discovered about her power developed once she started at the school, where she has been ever since.
Pets: a small black cat with white socks and yellow-green eyes named Król, which means 'King' in her mother tongue, Polish.
Nickname: Ebony
Age: 14
Birthday: August 17
Grade: 8th
Rank: student
Appearance: Standing around 4'7" Ebony looks as if she could be taken on by a hyperactive seven-year-old without any trouble at all. She's thin to the extreme, weighting only 68lbs but don't think she's in any way mentally weak - her intelligence and harsh view on the world have sharpened her to a fine and dangerous point. Her eyes are a disconcerting deep green looking only vaguely human and seem to stare right through you while her black hair falls to her waist, dead straight, shorter pieces faming her pale face and longer layers extending further. Thin dark brows arch over her eyes. In contrast her skin is death-like, almost white, and cold to the touch. Her hands and feet are tiny, like those of a small child’s and are nimble and quick, her feet over the floor of a stage and her fingers over the ebony and ivory of a piano.
Powers/Mutation: Ebony can hear the voices of the thoughts around her as well as the thoughts of other people, although she can never pinpoint exactly who they are. As well as this, Ebony can survive in extremely cold temperatures, down to around -20 degrees celcius but she cannot really function in temperatures above 30 degrees at all without feeling very tired and possibly fainting. With the cold temperatures comes a certain amount of control; Ebony can freeze liquids and lower the temperatues of another living thing but it takes a lot of energy. She is terrified of fire and, for some reason, the voices in her head are louder and harsher whenever she is around fire; she sees strange imaginings and the voices tell her to do things destructive like harm herself or others.
Personality: Ebony's personality is...confusing. Her public figure is one of almost utter silence although her expressions, when someone coaxes them out of her, are varied and stunning. She is a caring girl deep down, with a heart for those who haven’t the things she does but exposure to such well-off people almost from birth has left its mark. Even though she means well most of the time she does look down on people who aren’t perfect, everybody in her eyes. She is a complete perfectionist and expects the same from everyone else as well as more.
Ebony tends to stick out a little in both appearance and her silence but it doesn’t mean she’s never accepted. She’s always been with the ‘in crowd’ without trying because her stunning looks even from a young age drew in the well-off and popular girls. Guys have never really been a big part of her life; she thinks she’s not good enough for anyone and that she’ll never be loved...but that could change.
History: Ebony was born to her parents on August XVII in a private hospital in Warsaw, Poland. Her mother died in childbirth hours after Ebony’s entrance into the world and her father committed suicide on hearing this news. She was sent to live with her aunt and uncle who moved to New York City when she was three years old, bringing her and their other two newborn twin sons.
Growing up, Ebony was quiet but her stunning looks let her into so many tight circles. People assumed she was uncomfortable speaking English, regarding it as a second language and therefore harder. Truthfully, she was fluent in both English and Polish by age seven but was unwilling to communicate with those in her classes as they were far below her mental capacity or interest. Aside from almost always topping her grades, Ebony did piano lessons, violin lessons, rhythmic and artistic gymnastics and ballet outside school time from age three onwards. Due to the strain on her body she stayed very short and also was slender because of all the exercise she did each week. Her instructors and teachers pushed her hard because she was very good; she had natural flair as a performer and was very flexible. Her dance and gym coaches entered her into competitions and meets almost every month and encouraged her to watch her food carefully to make sure she didn’t gain any weight. However, she took this too far.
Food and weight became obsessions for this already-tiny eight-year-old girl; she was around 4’3” tall but only weight 67lbs. Still, she strove for better than this and got down to 60lbs by working harder and harder, skipping meals and blanket-banning all sweets, cakes, biscuits and chocolate from her diet. This wasn’t enough for her and throughout the next few years although she grew a little up to 4’6” she gained only 10lbs. At age eleven, Ebony once again weighed 67lbs and still kept up her ballet and gymnastics, having dropped piano and violin lessons; her piano-playing standard was already past the final grade. At school she felt awful all the time and passed out often. When the school nurse ventured to take her blood pressure she was horrified and Ebony was hospitalised. She ‘recovered’ mentally, she told everyone and gained weight so that she could get out of hospital. Age twelve, she weighed 73lbs and was still 4’6” but was discharged, promising [lying] to the hospital staff and her parents that she would eat. Since then her weight has gone up and down but she has kept this hidden from her family. At present she is fourteen, standing at 4’7” and weighing 68lbs.
When around eight years old she realised she could hear Voices. Not any voices but the ones of the people around her, their thoughts and feelings, as well as the voices of others she never has known. She eventually told her guardians and when Starr Academy offered her a place she accepted. All the other things she discovered about her power developed once she started at the school, where she has been ever since.
Pets: a small black cat with white socks and yellow-green eyes named Król, which means 'King' in her mother tongue, Polish.