Thomas Hallowell

[Thomas Hallowell]

Thomas Hallowell

FACE CLAIM: Nicholas Hoult

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AGE: 18

GENDER: Male

ORIENTATION: Sexual

POSITION: Bellefonte High School Student

POWER: Empath

He can sense other people's deepest emotions, moods, fears, and hopes. He won't understand why, as he doesn't read minds, but he will know that it's there.

He can sense when people are using surface emotions to suppress deeper ones, but unless he focuses and is in close proximity to the person or touching them, he won't be able to tell the exact nature of the underlying emotion. If the underlying emotion is incredibly strong though, he'll have a better chance at figuring it out. It mainly depends on how deep its repressed/how pervasive it is/etc.

He literally feels a watered down version of whatever the other person is feeling, which is why it's so incredibly difficult for him to separate other people's emotions from his own. 

Even though what he feels is watered down, if the emotion is severe enough, he reacts to it as if it's own.

With more control, he'll be able to separate himself more fully from the emotions of other people and further mitigate his own reactions to his power.

He should also be able to mostly shut other people out eventually. His power's always on, so he won't be able to completely cut himself off, but he would at least be able to dull or lessen the initial impact of what other people are feeling with concentration on his own emotions.
 
LIMITATIONS:

The furthest away that he can sense an emotion is about ten feet or so. And even then, it had to be relatively strong for him to pick up on it.

He is currently incapable of shutting out or mitigating the impact of the stronger emotions people have on him.

He doesn't know why people have the emotions they do, he merely senses the emotions present at the time of his being around them.

He can't sense past emotions, or even the emotions you had that morning. His ability is strictly limited to the present.

SIDE-EFFECTS:

He's constantly aware of other people's emotions all the time and it becomes incredibly exhausting to be around people for more than a few hours at a time.

He hates crowds because all of the varying emotions become overwhelming, particularly if there are multiple people who are having strong emotions within his vicinity.

Strong emotions that overwhelm other people overwhelm him to almost the same degree. 

The concentration it takes to lessen the impact of other people's emotions is mentally and physically draining and can cause headaches.

It can be incredibly difficult for him to separate which emotions are his own and which are other people's.

If someone else is feeling intense emotional pain, to the point where it's physically affecting them, he'll be physically affected as well if he's close enough. This goes for other emotions as well, but pain is generally the least pleasant.
 

A counselor made his way over to his desk and sat down, eyeing the young troubled man in front of him. The young boy was 18, pale-skinned and blue-eyed… and for some reason, the young man’s expression made even the calm and collected counselor want to hit him. It was something about the young man’s facial features that just really stood out to the counselor as being punchable. Perhaps that was part of the reason why he got into so many fights? Something to take into account anyways.

“Well, Mr. Hallowell. I assume you know why you’re here?”

The young man shrugged carelessly, “Sure. I’m here because I’m such a model student.”

The counselor raised a brow at that, “While your grades have certainly improved since your arrival here, there’s still quite a bit of room for improvement, however that’s not why we’re talking right now.”

Thomas just sighed and looked at the ceiling, “Then I suppose I’m here about that kid… whose name I’ve forgotten completely?”

The counselor merely nodded, “Yes, Mr. Hallowell, that’s correct.”

“He was threatening me, counselor and I just felt so scared I had to lash out,” he replied with the sappiest voice he could muster.

The counselor ignored him, “For our first meeting, I would like to find out a bit about your family and your history, if you don’t mind.”

Thomas sighed and wondered how well his power would work on the counselor, but he had a feeling the school would find out so he merely answered with the most basic information he could offer, “My mom and dad both raised me to be the good little suburbanite that I am. And typical suburbanite boys often start fighting with their parents during the teenage years, so I played that part quite well. We don’t speak much nowadays either, you see. Me being the growing and independent young man that they wanted me to be doesn’t really allow for a close relationship with those precious individuals.”

The counselor nodded once more and continued, “Do you have any siblings?”

Thomas’ expression went cold, “No.”

The counselor paused at that, “Did you have siblings at any point in time?”

“I’d rather not say,” Thomas replied evenly.

Interesting. The counselor would definitely return to that later. However, knowing he wouldn’t get much more out of the young man right now, the counselor continued, “Did your manifestation affect your relationship with your parents?”

Thomas sighed, “Not a great deal, no.”

The counselor looked him in the eye, “Nonetheless, I would still like to know what happened.”

Thomas nodded, figuring there wasn’t any harm as the information wasn’t exactly a secret. “One day when I was just about to turn sixteen, I blew up in a rage, and I had no idea why. I mean, the shithead I’d run into was obnoxious, but it didn’t explain what would make me hate him so violently. I can’t tell you what the hell was going on with him either, but we both got into a nasty fight. Luckily a recruiter who could sense powers was nearby and found me within a few days of the incident. They explained what was going on and why I was feeling things that I didn’t understand and had no control over.”

The counselor nodded, “And how has Bellefonte been for you?”

Thomas shrugged, “Fine I guess. It’s an uppity school for ‘special’ kids to go to, so my parents should be happy. Regardless of that though, they’re both disappointed they have such an abnormal son despite their best efforts.”

The counselor sighed briefly before looking at the time, “Very well then. Thank you for your time, Mr. Hallowell. I expect you to be here next week as well.”

Thomas rolled his eyes, but he nodded, “I know.”



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