Estée Rose Bennett

[Estée Bennett]

NAME: Estée Rose Bennett
NICKNAME: Essie, Essie-Rose
AGE: 22
GENDER: Female
ORIENTATION: Bisexual
POSITION: College Student
FACE CLAIM: Natalie Dormer

POWER:

Life Absorption
Estée has the ability to absorb other people’s energy levels- as the name suggests- however only during times where Oxytocin is released within her body (i.e.- During Kissing, Sexual Intercourse, etc). Doctors and staff members at Bellefonte believe that her skin has the ability to absorb others energy because she has special organelles in her cells that allow her to transfer energy from one living being to another, much like how chloroplasts in plants can absorb sunlight and transfer it into energy. These special organelles are believed to have- as always in mutants- developed during puberty however their affect has only become noticeable since she has begun ‘testing the waters’ when it comes to romance.

Her power can be life threatening to those who are affected by it¹. Depending on the length of contact determines on how much energy is absorbed. For example, if Essie was to give you a quick kiss then you may only experience light headedness whereas if you were to kiss and touch Essie in a sexual way then you could find yourself comatose or even killed due to the extended period of skin contact. A victim will only feel the effects of Essie’s power after skin contact has been broken².

Limitations

Though Estée can control how much power she absorbs, she can only do this if she really concentrates and cannot do it for long periods of time due to the fact that romantic activities can be very distracting and so she can’t keep her mind focused on both of the tasks at hand; so her brain automatically turns the power back on when she is aroused, so to speak. She now only tends to leave a relationship after there has been a small incident involving her power since she does not want another Joshua on her hands. 

She can currently kiss people/lovers without absorbing any power but any further than kissing on the lips may result in the subject being affected.

1: Due to fact that Estée's power only works when Oxytoctin is released in her body, her power will not work on people she is not sexually attracted to. It is the reason why none of her family have been affected when they have kissed her/hugged her like families do- it may also be the reason why previous encounters with boys kissing her during her early Secondary School days would have not stimulated the power since Estée felt no romantic connection with the boys that would stupidly play kiss chase or try to kiss girls for the fun of it.

2: Estée's power will also not work/affect the other person if only the other person releases Oxytoctin; if someone kisses/touches Estée in a romantic way but she does not feel the same, then her power will not work because her own body is not releasing the chemicals. 

Side-Effects

One Side-Effect of Estée’s power is that she can’t really maintain a real relationship with someone because she fears she’ll hurt them and so often has short relationships with many people. Though this is more of a psychological side-effect, it is none the less a very hard hitting one since it effects how Estée appears towards people and how she even portrays herself. Many people believe she is attention seeking and a bit of a slut, though Estée is far from it; she is just not very confident when it comes to relationships with others due to her power.

When absorbing a 'normal' safe amount of another person energy (though she tries to avoid this) it leads to Estée having a sudden boost of energy, as if she has just drunk 3 cups of coffee and the caffeine boost has only just kicked in. Though this is not usually a problem, since she uses this sudden boost to go running or finish that last bit of work, it sometimes ends up giving her a sleepless night or two; which in comparison to the side effect mentioned below, is nothing. 

Another side effect of her power is that her body cannot often control the ‘life energy’ that she absorbs and so she can suffer from the following: increased heart rate, decreased blood pressure, nausea and vomiting. Also Estée suffers from Cardiac Arrhythmia due to the increase in energy in her system- however unlike the above side effects- this is a constant thing caused by her power.

A final, rather unfortunate, side effect that Estée may suffer is she may not be able to give birth to children (despite wanting children). Due to the high levels of Oxytocin released during childbirth, it is likely that she would absorb the energy from the unborn baby and almost certainly kill the child accidently. It is unknown if this would happen yet but it is highly likely unless Estée learns to fully control her power.


APPEARANCE SECTION:


Estée would not consider herself conventionally beautiful. She has a somewhat square looking face with a slight pointed jaw line, however her high and well defined cheek bones assures that she does not look like a man. Other feminine features Estée possess include soft, doe like blue eyes, a dainty thin nose- which is slightly up turned- and small delicate lips which (in Estée’s case) always appear like she’s pouting. To make herself appear more ‘desirable’ Estée fills in her barely-there-eyebrows and often wears Smokey eye makeup, paired with a nude lip.

Standing at 5 foot 9 inches, Estée is a whole lot of legs and reminds many of those stereotypical pin up girls with hour glass bodies, long legs and large bust. Though Essie does have long legs, her body is less perfectly hourglass and more subtle feminine curves; she eats well and enjoys exercise so her stomach, arms and legs have a natural toned, if not muscular, look to them. She often holds a slight peachy tanned colour to her skin, but Estée can often appear pale skinned. Aside’s from taking care of her body, Estée takes great pride in her golden blonde hair which varies in length (depending on the time of year) from mid-point down her back to just above her shoulders.

MUST HAVE APPAREL:

Estée wears whatever is in fashion really though most of her fashion consists of baggy crop tops and tight fit jeans with sandals or boots (depending on the time of year) paired with a leather jacket and brown rucksack. Estée owns a lot of dresses for going out on dates/to clubs in which have been labelled “Risky” by others.

PERSONALITY SECTION:

Estée is a very confident person and will talk to strangers as she would talk to best friends- which sometimes make people feel uncomfortable- without hesitation; however this does not make her a friendly person. Yes, she can be nice to people but she is often very picky to who she graces her friendliness with; snobby, Estée judges books by their covers and often appears to think of herself as the best of the best- the point of which the whole universe revolves round but this is just a misjudgement…most of the time. If you do find yourself her friend, be warned. She puts the upmost trust in all her friends and if you were to betray it, then who knows what she might do to make your reputation suffer.

Often described by other college students as a party animal; though Estée will assure you she just loves social events. From themed-dress up parties to stereotypical house parties on campus, Estée loves to throw them all and invites everyone except to the ones that are more intimate affairs; she’s never offended if you don’t turn up, because she never remembers who she invited to the party. Of all the types of parties Estée throws, formal dinner parties are her favourite because they remind her of home life.

Though Estée may seem like an excitable, ditsy blonde- she is very much an embodiment of Elle Woods except she isn’t studying law, but accounting. Clever, Estée is one to get high grades without question and is always eager to do more work for extra credit; despite her active social life, Estée always makes an effort to make enough time for her studies and tries not to let her personal life get in the way of things. When she’s having a study session, don’t bother trying to contact her because she will either ignore you or (quite rudely) tell you to go away.

However under this beautiful, clever, fun loving shadow there is something a little more sinister. Estée can become very paranoid about what people think of her and her appearance; this is also accompanied by lack in self-confidence when she is in a relationship. Her paranoia about people’s opinions on her has led her to stop eating, which lead to a 3 year bout of anorexia-nervosa but she is now in remission for the illness; though her Doctor’s believe she could relapse. At the moment, Estée is controlling the urge to stop eating by exercising and eating a balanced diet which was given to her by a nutritionist.

EXTRA QUIRK:


Estée has two marks on her body- one being a birthmark which can be found just above her shoulder blade and can sometimes be seen when she wears shirts with low backs and the other being a small scar on her stomach when she had her appendix removed when she was a teenager.


FATHER: Michael Bennett
MOTHER: Renee Bennett
SIBLINGS: None
PET: Princess her pet cat and Atriums her horse
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: -
WORTHY MENTIONS: -


CHILDHOOD:

Estée Bennett was born in New York City on the 3rd of March, 1992 to Michael and Renee Bennett. Being their first, and only child, Estée was showered with gifts and spoilt from a very young age. By her 5th birthday she had two horses, Artimus and Venus, 3 designer dresses and a couple of pairs of designer shoes- her parents were both well off due to their high profile jobs in an accounting company- with about a hundred toys and such to accompany those gifts. Estée did not always ask for things when they went out shopping but when she saw something she wanted- she always got; 3 or 4 nanny’s quit after claiming that they could not control the child in public when she threw paddies about wanting something at the supermarket.

Wanting the best for their daughter, Renee and Michael sent Estée off to a boarding school in England when she was 7. Having spent her first few years of education in the USA, it was quite a culture shock for her and she had to come home early after her first term due to severe home sickness. Upon returning to England in the new term, Estée became more relaxed and enjoyed her first year at her new school so much that she nearly didn’t want to come home for summer.

Unfortunately, when Estée was 8 years old, her horse Venus had to be put down one summer when it broke its hind legs after trying to escape it’s paddock. Estée was devastated and refused to get a new horse because Venus could never be replaced in her eyes; so to console their devastated daughter, they bought her a ragdoll cat which she named Princess (or Prinnie for short). As a child, she entered many junior horse riding and cat breed competitions and won red ribbon’s in many of them.

ADOLESCENCE:

Estée’s teenager years ‘flew by’ according to her. The earlier years of her adolescence are ones she enjoys remembering. She was enjoying school, she won red ribbion’s in a national horse riding competition when she was 14 and over the summer of that same year she went to the hospital for the first time with a ruptured appendix. Though this was a scary, painful experience for her Estée still thinks it’s quite cool because she got to eat Ice Cream & Jelly when she was getting better; however the scar left by the operation caused the teenager to begin worrying about her appearance.

As a child, Estée recalls spending many weekends and evenings at a variety of parties held by her mama and friends. Though when she was a child she was put in care of the nanny when her mother held parties, when she got to 14 years old her mother began allowing her to attend these social events- even though she had to go to bed early at around 10-11pm. Estée loved dressing up and getting her hair all nicely done for these fabulous events.

It was during her later adolescence when problems began to arise. At 14, Estée began to have self-confidence issues with how people viewed her appearance, and so she began dieting; only eating gluten free and vegan meals that were offered at the boarding school she still attended. When she was at home over the Christmas holidays, her parents took notice of her eating habits but gave in to her wishes anyway thinking it was a just a stage.

On her return for the spring term, Estée stopped eating altogether eventually but teachers at the school noticed her lack in attendance to meals and stepped in. Diagnosed with Nervosa-Anorexia, Estée’s parents pulled their daughter out of school and checked her in at a special hospital to help her get better. By her 16th birthday, Estée was on the road of recovery and was finally discharged from the hospital and spent that summer at her parents’ house- eager to return to her boarding school after a year’s absence.

However, fate had different plans for her.

By this time, Estée’s power had manifested however she had shown no symptoms of being a mutant and therefore Bellefonte was not aware of it either. This all changed at one of Renee’s summer BBQ’s. Estée had always had a crush on the boy across the street, Joshua, and after having not seen him in a good few years- she was surprised to see him attending her mother’s end of summer BBQ and he was surprised to see her too. They ended up talking, about Estée’s health and how she was doing and how school was with him and what England was like (Joshua had been to the UK but Estée thought he was asking to spend more time with her).

By late afternoon, the two had moved inside to Estée’s front room and were chilling on the couch, flirting mainly. Estée watched him dreamily as he talked, she paid extreme attention to his lips until it happened. She made the first move, out of impulse mainly- teenage hormones speeding through her blood- but also out of lust.

She kissed him.

And he kissed her back.

After that, they pretty much kissed non-stop for a good five minutes. Their hearts were pumping, hormones were raging and new and strange sensations were happening in their bodies as they ran their hands over each other’s clothes- their lips always touching. Slightly out of breath, they both pulled out of the kiss breathless.

Estée smiled and said, quite out of breath “That…was…sure something”

Joshua did not reply.


To Estée’s horror, he had suddenly turned a pale colour- almost grey- and his head lolled forward and his eyes drooped as if he were tired; the young girl was confused but thought nothing of it, she just thought he was playing a game.

“Josh stop playing” she giggled, shaking him. His head just bobbed like a rag dolls. Frowning, she asked again “Josh…? Josh?!”

She kept shaking him, and shaking him but he would not respond. His body was cold and he was limp, his head fell back against the couch as Estée shook him in a desperate attempt to wake him. Wide eyed, fearful, Estée began to cry and scream for help. Her ‘help’s were a bit, muffled by her sobs and screaming but they were still heard by her father and another few members of the party. Upon rushing in, her father pulled Estée off Joshua’s cold limp body and held her close as other members of the party tried to revive Joshua.

“Josh?”

“Joshua, can you hear us”

“I don’t think he’s breathing!!”

“Quick!! Someone call an Ambulance!!”

As Estée watched the scene unfold in front of her tearful eyes, she asked herself What the hell is going on

***

A few days later, after hearing that Joshua was in a coma at the hospital, Estée found herself curled up on the couch watching one of the Disney Movies. She wasn’t paying much attention but her mother sat by her and comforted her daughter, both wrapped in a blanket with Princess strew across their laps. Their attention was both caught by a knock at the door. Estée froze, believing that it would be the neighbours coming to tell them that Joshua was dead, but when her father opened the door two suited people- a man and a woman- stood there. They smiled.

“Good Afternoon” spoke the man “Is this the Bennett residence?”

“Yes…” her father replied hesitantly

“Are you the father of Estée Rose Bennett?” The female asked

“Yes…” Her father said with an even more hesitant tone “Can I ask who you are and what you want?”

“We’re from Bellefonte Academy Sir,” one said “We’re here to talk about your daughter gif-“

“She already has a school and she will be returning come September, thank you but that’ll be all today…” her father said, going to close the door

“You do not understand Sir” the woman said slowly “You’re daughter has a ‘supernatural gift’ and we’d like to discuss this with you and your wife…”

“Who is it honey?” Renee asked, slipping off the couch and going to the front door

“Two people from some school…saying out daughter is some sort of superhero…”

Both of the people in suits laughed, the female speaking first “She is not a superhero…may we come in and explain further?”

So Estée’s parents let the two strangers in and went into the dining room to talk. At first, they did not bring Estée in with them but after about 15 minutes her mother came and fetched her; Estée sat with her parents at the table and the two suited people explained who they were and why they were here. They explained they were officials from a school for the gifted name Bellefonte in a town named Kalispell, Montana and that by ‘gifted’ they meant people born with powers- mutants.

At first Estée was confused why they wanted her, when they went onto explain the incident with Joshua. Much to Estée’s dismay, they told her that she was a mutant and most likely had the power of life absorption which had for some reason affected Joshua.

“Oh” was all Estée could manage to say.

They then explained that they were here to enrol her in their school so that she could learn how to control her gift and find out more about her unique power. After a little more persuasion, mainly saying they had not option, her parent’s reluctantly agreed and begun filling out the form for the two officials. The next thing Estée knew was she was in her parent’s car, making the long drive to this forgotten town named Kalispell to begin her new school life at Bellefonte. As Estée looked out the window, she couldn’t help but feel a guilt hovering over her after what happened to Joshua.

ADULTHOOD:

6 years on and Estée has made her home at Bellefonte- only returning home for the summer and Christmas holidays. Her first few years of Bellefonte had, actually, felt like a fresh start to her and she began working her way to recovering fully from anorexia nervosa by attending group meetings in the local town and visiting a nutritionist/doctor regularly. She began to focus hard on her studies so that when she graduated into Bellefonte’s college, she could studying accounting- just like her mother and father- and she still continues to study hard. Moving up to college, meant that Estée could begin doing that one thing she always wanted to do- throw her own parties.

Asides from college life, Estée has re-found her love for horse riding. Having had her parents transfer her horse Artimums to Bellefonte’s stables, Estée has found herself spending many Saturday and Sunday mornings riding him across the wild footpaths of Montana. When she’s not in her bedroom, the library or at the gym in town friends and flatmates have struggled to find her because she’s been out in the wilderness on her horse.

Though college has been a great experience, it has thrown her some curve balls so to speak. A new school meant that there were new guys who took Estée’s fancy; and there were several occasions where boys fainted from exhaustion after kissing session with Estée only to be healed by the healers in the Hospital Wing. After the first few boys, who had left on their own accord, many people thought Estée was just ‘sleeping around’ due to the fact that one week she’d begin dating one guy, dump him before they could get to the kissing stage and then the next week she’d be dating someone else.

This is a slight exaggeration but it was essentially how Estée’s relationships played out nowadays- she was afraid of hurting them like she’d hurt Joshua, and so before things could get intimate Estée left. Not just for their sake, but hers as well.


SAMPLE:


"Alright," Beau said with a smile.

Charlotte dropped her hand to her side, eager to listen to whatever Beau was going to instruct her to do next. She followed his hand as he pointed to the bowls on the side which were filled with either flour and spices or a mix of egg and milk. Charlotte paid close attention to what he was saying to her, she'd hate to mess up.

"...though you probly wanna" he paused, looking over to where Charlotte had been looking moments earlier. "Guessin' that you probly don't need ta wash up or nothin', but give 'em a rinse, jus' in case some soap or somethin' is clingin'"

He gestured to her hands before turning back to his work station and demonstrating what to do- as he placed the chicken into the flour, a fair amount poofed into the air and even more fell from the chicken when he lifted it out again. Looks like I'm going to get a bit messy... Charlotte thought to herself.

"Okay" she nodded, before tying her hair back- so's not to get any in the food- and walking to the nearest hand washing sink.

She scrubbed her hands until she believed they were clean- it was what she was taught in food tech at school- of whatever she had touched in the dish sink. As she dried her hands on the towel, Charlotte felt like she should start up a more open conversation; pausing, she breathed in to think of what to say next.

"So...Beau" she spoke as she threw the paper towel into the trash. Walking over to the work station, Charlotte hesitantly began to coat the chicken in the milk & egg bath like Beau had showed her.

"What's your ...gift?" Charlotte never knew what to call it- sometimes to her it was gift, sometimes it was a curse- but she believed it was Gods will all the same. She finished up with one piece of chicken and moved onto the next "I saw your hand turn invisible earlier but you seemed kinda...surprised..."

Charlotte looked at him as she tossed and turned the chicken in the bath so that it was completely covered- trying not to get the mixture everywhere. – from this site, Charlotte.

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