Gemma Dove

[Gemma Dove]

Gemma Lousia Dove
FACE CLAIM: Aly Michalka
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AGE: 17
GENDER: Female
ORIENTATION: Unsure
POSITION: Student/Head of the school newspaper

POWER: Pigmentation Manipulation
To place it in it’s simplest terms, Gemma can manipulate the pigments in her skin, hair, eyes, anything that makes up her appearance, and anything she touches, to shift colours and mimic the visuals of textures and fabrics. She can use this in the same manner as a chameleon, changing the colour genes within her skin and in items or people she touches, and with some level of concentration can make herself almost invisible; It acts more like tactical camouflage then full invisibility however.

LIMITATIONS:

• Gemma must be in physical contact with something in order to change it’s pigment, and must remain in contact with it in order to keep the pigmentation shift. As soon as she removes her touch, the subject’s colour will return to normal.
  
  

• Changing one colour is far simpler then an array of colours at once, and requires significantly more concentration. She can hold a basic colour shift for around two hours, but a more complicated shift (for example an all over change in order to camouflage herself) can only be held currently for around an hour. 

• If she intends to use her ability to camouflage herself and move around partly unseen, she must constantly shift her pigments and remain close to a wall or other large object. This requires a high level of concentration of her part, and is something she can only perform for around half an hour. 

• Gemma can only shift the pigmentation of herself (including her clothing) and that of one other person as long as she’s in skin to skin contact with them. This however halves her time being able to hold the colour shift steady.

• Gemma also finds it significantly easier to match a colour when she’s touching an object of the same colour. She can attempt to visually match it, but will struggle as opposed to touching the object.
  

SIDE-EFFECTS:

• Headaches and extreme migraines along with nosebleeds are some of the usual side effects Gemma suffers with, with the longer and more frequently she uses her ability resulting in more painful variants of these side effects. 

• Overuse may also cause her to faint, as the level of exhaustion it places on her increases the longer she holds it for along with how high the complexity of the colour shift is.

• If Gemma exceeds the general time frame for shifting her pigments on her own flesh, Gemma risks the colour shift sticking and her being unable to shift back or change it. The pigmentation shifted flesh will grow increasingly itchy and irritated, and will eventually fall away in the same manner as sunburnt skin, with new, normal coloured pigment skin underneath.
  
  
• Gemma’s ability reacts to a degree to extremes of her emotions, for example if she’s suddenly embarrassed she may shift to a very bright pink or deep red over the majority of her body, including her hair and eyes. This is something she struggles to prevent, but can easily shift back once it occurs.

HEIGHT: 5"3
HAIR COLOR: Blonde
EYE COLOR: Green

MISC: None 


PERSONALITY: 
Bright, bubbly and energetic, Gemma is as light hearted and friendly as they come. From a young age she looked up to her police officer older brother, Guylian Dove, and aspired to be something similar, something which made a positive impact on society. It takes a lot to bring this girl down, and often insults are met with playful and on occasion childish responses. She’s a dazzle of sunshine on a rainy day, and upon finding someone she believes she can honestly help, she’ll strive to do so, often going above and beyond in an effort to see someone smile. She’s confident, about herself and her skills, and is highly competitive. She’ll generally accept any challenge, and doesn’t take too kindly to being put down. She may not be easy to rile up, but manage to do so and she won’t think twice about giving it all she’s got in return. She’ll purposefully defend those she feels are too meek to defend themselves even if they don’t ask for her help; She’s fearless.

Gemma has quite high morals generally, and wants to become an either a reporter, investigative journalist or detective. She holds a strong belief in the power of the media, and that it can be used for good as opposed to a tool of intimation or fear. She’s spent most of her life trying to further her understanding of forensics and detective techniques, and when it comes to the story and the investigation she’s not past using unlawful methods in order for her to get the information she needs. She believes in the law, but also believes that if it’s for the greater good, she’ll happily defy rules and regulations; She’s the first to throw herself into the line of danger in order to protect others, regardless of who they are. She doesn’t believe she has enemies, and feels as though everyone is her friend, unless they purposefully choose not to be hers by their actions. If she becomes suspicious of you, she’ll put her all into making sure she finds out exactly what your motivations are.

Despite her investigative attitude, if she bonds to someone Gemma will struggle to accept that they’ve done any wrong, and will attempt to prove their innocence if confronted. She can come across as being naïve, and is often blind to the negatives of those she cares for. In her day to day life she may come across as ditzy and blissfully innocent; She may love social interaction and being the life of the party, but she hasn’t any romantic relationships under her belt.

SECRET(S): Gemma's first kiss was with Oliver King, when the pair were 11, before he manifested. 


FATHER: Richard Andrew Dove
MOTHER: Nina Alexandra Dove
SIBLINGS: Guylian Phoenix Dove, Ammy Mary Dove
WORTHY MENTIONS: Her best friends Oliver King and Sarah Howes

CHILDHOOD: 
Gemma was born as the third child to Nina and Richard Dove, a couple who spent most of their early life living a more bohemian lifestyle. By the time Gemma was born they’d grown out of it to some degree, opting to call her Gemma officially but nicknaming her “Gemstone” as opposed to the more creative names of her older siblings. Growing up she lived in a small town house, and had a pleasant and loving upbringing. Her siblings were overprotective of her, especially her older brother. She was sheltered from most of the world’s problems and brought up in a privileged environment, since her parents were finically in the higher brackets.

She grew up close to her siblings, looking up to them with admiration. She was taught the same manners and respect for social connotations and law as her siblings were, but she took to it with a far more upbeat and lighthearted attitude. She saw the importance of it, but didn’t quite see why it had to be such a serious subject. While she was close to her siblings, Gemma also grew close to their family friends, the King family and the Howes family, and specifically to Oliver King and Sarah Howes. The Kings and the Howes were their neighbours, and the trio were almost never apart as children, on playdates every other day. This friendship grew and strengthened significantly, even as Oliver began to showcase a far greater intelligence at a high speed, this didn’t phase Gemma and seemingly didn’t phase Sarah. 


ADOLESCENCE:
Gemma’s light hearted and bright personality made education easier for her socially, and she had a far less cruel time then her older brother did. She flourished, although education wise she didn’t excel as much as her brother did. She remained fiercely loyal to Oliver, despite noticing the increasing pressure on the boy and his attitude shifting to a far more cynical one. When he came into his mutation, Gemma was happy for him but secretly apprehensive; Her brother was a mutant, and had been shipped off to another school when he’d manifested. Much to Gemma’s upset, one of her best friends was taken from her.
Gemma kept in contact with Oliver, sending him letters and gifts, but part of her was hoping that she was also carrying the mutant gene and would be able to join him at Bellefonte; Guylian didn’t come into his until he was 14, and so the youngest Dove impatiently waited with the small hope she would come into hers at a later date.
She continued on with her education, growing steadily more passionate about the media and law as she watched the excelling career of her older brother and sister.

At 11, a few months after Oliver’s transferral to Bellefonte, Gemma was attending a police ball, her family been invited by her brother, when the son of one of the other policemen asked her to dance in front of her family. She was so embarrassed she flushed pink... All over; Her hair, eyes, and even her dress shifted to the same shade. 
A few days later, she discovered that Sarah had also manifested, and since her brother contacted the Academy the very next day after the ball regarding her own recent mutation,  Guylian rang up the Academy again to inform them about Sarah and the pair were taken to Bellefonte Academy together before a week was through by a recruiter. 

Upon her arrival to Bellefonte, Gemma immediately sought out Oliver, and was beyond happy to be reunited with her friend. The trio were together again, and it was as if the three had never been apart.
She settled into the school effortlessly, finding the new environment and exploring her new abilities a thrilling experience. She fully embraced being a mutant, and immediately joined the Academy’s newspaper, working her way up to being the head reporter.
At 16 her brother was shot while on duty, an event which shook Gemma; She was beyond thankful when he decided to return to the Academy as a teacher, and saddened when he eventually opted to return to the force back in New York. Seeing how he struggled through his ordeal yet still remained steadfast to his morals and sense of duty installed an even greater desire for Gemma to follow a similar path. This was when she decided to open up her student detective services through the Academy’s newspaper.



SAMPLE: *Gestures to fast array of posts on the site and to Guylian Dove's profile* 

USERNAME: Gas! ^-^

AGE GROUP: Twenties!

EXPERIENCE: A long time.

WHERE DID YOU FIND US? Mel dragged me back here! <3 Love you waifu. 

[Mel *]

You know what to do!

[Gemma Dove]

NAME: Gemma Louisa Dove
NICKNAME: Gem, Gemstone
AGE: 20
ORIENTATION: Bisexual
POSITION: College Student, Investigative Journalist

POWER: Gemma's power was largely unaffected by the SPRITE, although her ability to maintain colour shifts has increased slightly. Her ability to hold one pigment change is now up to three hours, and a complicated pigment change can be held for around one hour and 45 minutes. It also takes less concentration. 


The reveal of mutants to the world was throughly embraced by Gemma. She has no qualms of wearing what she is on her sleeve, and despite her parents' pleas to return home where they believed she was safer, Gemma opted to stay at Bellefonte and continue with her study.
As the world adjusted to this sudden and abrupt change, the school and various students and staff alike endured both ridicule, fear and admiration from the public; Gemma saw this, and made it her goal to try and get the world to see mutants in a positive light. She wrote a number of pieces of the subject of mutants, specifically those having just gone through their powers triggering, wanting to try and portray the "human" side to her kind; These pieces were at first merely published in the Academy's newspaper, but as demand for news and articles about mutants increased Gemma managed to get a number of her articles published in a number of high end magazines and newspapers.
She continued with her studies, choosing to stay at the Academy to continue with college, taking a course in Journalism. She applied for and gained a place as an intern at Kalispell's newspaper, finally being offered a formal position later that year. Her open attitude about her mutant status has caused her to suffer with the occasional cruel comment or gesture, but she doesn't allow this to bother her.


Gemma has remained uncertain of Drew Conner and his activities, and while to a point agrees with many of his opinions on mutant rights, she doesn't agree with the way he's gone about it. His steadily growing security firm is making Kalispell uneasy, and Gemma
is eager to discover exactly how far Drew Conner intends to go; She feels he's a ticking time bomb, and wants to expose the extent of this before he does something that could endanger Kalispell.
She was present at the assassination attempt on his life, as she was documenting the Pro Mutant rally for the newspaper, and was one of those injured. Gemma was caught in the crossfire, and suffered a bullet to the stomach. She endured a few weeks in hospital, but recovered quickly, although the incident left her with a scar.
Soon after leaving hospital the effects of the SPRITE began, and although Gemma thankfully got through it relitively well she was saddened by those that didn't, and wrote a number of pieces on the personal effect it had on both mutants and those that both feared and admired them. These were published in Kalispell's newspaper, and earned her a Young Journalist of The Year award.

As of now, Gemma is continuing with her college course and working at the newspaper. She lives in Kalispell in a small apartment within walking distance of her workplace. 
Despite all Gemma has gone through, she's remained upbeat, light hearted and her usual sunny self. She's retained her strong moral views, and still firmly believes that the media can be used as a weapon for good.