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Post by Grayson Sawyer on Jul 24, 2014 15:34:24 GMT -6
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NAME: Grayson Sawyer
NICKNAME: Gray, but usually she doesn’t mind being called Grayson either.
AGE: 17 [17th May 1997]
GENDER: Female
ORIENTATION: Demisexual
POSITION: Student
FACE CLAIM: Anna Kendrick
POWER:
Osteokinesis - Spiked Bone Projectile
Grayson has the ability to manipulate the bones in her body to produce spiked projectiles that first came out because of heightened emotions. Due to her rigorous - and painful - training, her projectiles are more mentally controlled, whereby she doesn't have to control her emotions to keep the projectiles in control.
Her protrusions, made out of the bones her body's mutation naturally produces, are not retractable so she has to constantly produce them so they can fall out of her body to make way for new ones.
She has since learned how to throw her projectiles out like weapons, though her aim still needs to be worked on. They're deadly when thrown accurately at a heightened speed, which Grayson is still working on. But for now, because she doesn't aim to actually kill anybody, she has the painful task of letting them fall out of her skin like poop. Very painful arm poop.
Limitations
She can only produce up to ten projectiles at any time
They usually only come out from her forearm
They are no longer than the palm of her hand and no wider than a standard ruler
It only applies to herself. She can't manipulate someone else's bones
Side-Effects
It tears her skin and because it happens often, the skin on her forearm is horribly scarred
It itches
If not dispensed often, it could be rather painful for her because the bones keep growing
Early onset arthritis if not used often
If she takes out more than ten from either forearm, she will pass out
She has to go through milk like nobody's business. She hates milk
APPEARANCE SECTION: Grayson has a heart shaped face that houses quite a plain Jane look. Bright blue eyes are framed by neatly trimmed curved eyebrows, a thin sharp blunt-tipped nose and a full smile that when produced is quite bright. She avoids wearing makeup apart from the essential eyeliner and powder.
She has a weird hairline that she usually tries to hide by letting her medium-length wavy light brown hair loose. Her fringe usually parted to the side, she keeps it short and neat so it doesn’t show the weird hairline she’s quite self-conscious of.
Usually seen in an unbuttoned long-sleeved shirt over a plain or printed tee inside, coupled with ripped or washed jeans or sometimes a skirt, it could be said that she has a very simple, understated style. This is mostly to blend into the crowd better.
MUST HAVE APPAREL: A worn dark brown leather bracelet with frayed ends tied together.
PERSONALITY SECTION: Grayson can be seen as a quiet, bookish girl who gets mediocre grades and has little interests. To most of the people who know her though, they know that her introverted nature hides an inquisitive mind and a sweet persona. She likes to blend in and with her very short stature, that’s pretty guaranteed. She’s quite self-conscious about her height and would get very irritated if people comment on it. Especially people she didn’t personally know.
Most of her time is spent in her room either on the computer writing or in the music room with her violin. Though she has an exceptional voice, she is quite shy about showing it, which results in lonely times spent in the music room recording herself in the far corner of the room on her laptop.
She tries to be tough, considering that her powers make her want to scream every time they come out, but most of the time, she withdraws into herself whenever she has to use her abilities, which is commonly seen right after training.
But basically, she’s just a really quiet, bookish girl who hides in her room, afraid she might piss her pants if she interacts with attractive people.
EXTRA QUIRK: She likes to stalk the people she likes. Would literally hide behind bushes, stare at them from afar, talk to their pictures on her computer and squealing about to herself. She’s a little nuts, to be fair.
FATHER: Jake Sawyer
MOTHER: Colette Jelen nee Sawyer
SIBLINGS: Aaron Sawyer
PET: -
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: -
WORTHY MENTIONS: -
CHILDHOOD: Born to high school sweethearts Jake and Collette Sawyer, Grayson was a relatively healthy and happy baby. Her childhood was filled with love and attention for the first seven years until Aaron came along. Seven year old Grayson was very happy to have a baby brother, evident in a video where her parents revealed the gender of the baby. She did everything an expectant big sister would do in terms of welcoming the baby into their lives.
She helped her dad fix up the crib, buy cute little stuffed toys she thought her baby brother would like, and even tried to be helpful by naming him. When Aaron was born, she was even more excited than her parents and it was clear that she was going to love him for a very long time.
But the attention she had had for so many years started depleting when her parents inevitably paid more attention to her little brother. Seven year old Grayson didn’t understand why her dad wouldn’t pick her up anymore for Superman flying or why her mom wouldn’t sing lullabies to her anymore before going to sleep. She started throwing tantrums every now and again just to get back the attention she used to have before Aaron came to the picture.
Though she didn’t grow outrightly resentful of her younger brother, she did grow a little more reserved, only playing with him when she was told. Her young mind understood that she still loved her brother but it was obvious to her that her parents didn’t love her anymore.
As she grew older, she grew a lot more reserved, keeping to herself most of the time, locking herself up in the room and only coming out for food. Little Aaron often wandered into her room, asking her to come out but she never did. She felt bad about it but she thought with all her little heart that her parents were happier just with Aaron around.
Until her eleventh birthday when her parents threw her a surprise birthday party. Everyone in the family came and for one whole day, she was showered with presents and love that the bright child that she was started to come back little by little. She still felt a little isolated from her parents but her father finally came to his senses and realised that she was acting the way she was because of them. That night, he came into her room and they talked. The topics spanned from school, to friends, to Aaron and also to mommy.
Jake apologised to Grayson for being negligent and explained that he had been awful to her and he and mommy hadn’t meant to be. Grayson was quick to accept it, not wanting to cause further rifts in the family. Colette took a longer time to realise but when she did, Grayson had already latched on to Jake and though she accepted her mother’s apology, their relationship didn’t seem to repair.
ADOLESCENCE: The rift between her and her mother grew subsequently larger as Grayson grew older. At thirteen years old, Grayson noticed that she was starting to change, a lot. Things were growing on her body and her face that she had only seen on TV. She wanted so badly to talk to her mother because she was a woman, which meant she knew more about these things than her father, a man, would. Her ego wouldn’t have it so she went to the doctor’s alone. What she found out was nothing short of a nightmare when the doctor showed her some pictures. It most certainly did not help when her arms started to itch before a searing pain overcame her as two bloody metal spikes started to come out.
What happened next was such a blur and she passed out in the middle of it, waking up to find herself staring at the recognisable lights of a hospital. She did not wake up to anybody familiar though. A man in a blue shirt and pants was checking the machine she was hooked up to and there was another man in a much more formal suit ensemble, sitting in the armchair near her bed.
Panic ran through the thirteen year old but she couldn’t even move because it was then that she realised she was strapped to the metal railings of the bed. A young woman then entered the room with a huge smile on her face. She introduced herself as Miss Montgomery and Grayson immediately felt calm. Calm enough to stop trashing in the bed, resisting the leather straps around her wrists. The man then introduced himself as Mr. Lassiter and he started to explain the things that she had blacked out for. Apparently she had been unconscious for three days and it was all due to her ability. And then Grayson tuned everything out because she was more focused on the fact that her forearms were bandaged.
She didn’t have time to react as she heard the familiar voice of her dad asking what was going in less than polite terms and again things became a blur when her arms started to itch and the searing pain came back. But this time, she didn’t black out. She was witness to the blood seeping through her bandage and two metal spikes tearing through. But she was calm, it was her mother who started to scream and panic.
It was a stressful day to say the least but in the end, it was obvious that the two strangers were there to take her away. Things were discussed among the adults and Grayson noted that her mother had calmed down and was nodding, along with her dad who seemed even calmer than her mother.
That night, her mother was the one who came to her room. Grayson was too tired to turn away from her when her forehead was touched. The apology that came this time was a lot more sincere and tears were involved. It wasn’t the bonding moment Grayson had hoped to have gotten years ago but it was a bonding moment nonetheless. Her mother told her that they were at least given one more night together but tomorrow, Grayson was to go with the nice people from earlier.
All four of the Sawyers ended up in the master bedroom, Sawyer and Aaron in the middle with their parents arms linked over them. Sawyer had never been more at peace than in that moment.
She didn’t kick up too much of a fuss the next morning when she started packing for ‘mountain weather’. Aaron tried to be helpful by giving her the very toys she had picked out for him before he was born.
The transition was a painful one. From training to figuring out how to make friends to ending up just being very alone in her room. She was made fun of for having stuffed toys at her age but worn and dirty as they were, it reminded her of home and she wasn’t about to get rid of it.
Her isolation led her to the music room, and then to the library, and eventually she found solace in her isolation, growing decidedly reclusive but at least this time, she felt like it was a choice. Bellefonte slowly became home too.
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USERNAME: I say, if it’s not obvious that I’m Nu by now, I’d be very very hurt
AGE GROUP: Older than some of you young whippersnappers *shakes cane at*
EXPERIENCE: Beauty and the Beast long.
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