Pan Banks

[Pan Banks]

Pan 'Victoria' Normandy Banks
FACE CLAIM: Scarlett Johansson
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AGE: 26 [18th December]
GENDER: Female
ORIENTATION: Bisexual
POSITION: Musician 

POWER: Empathetic Voice
Pan can influence the emotions of others through the use of her voice, more specifically, her singing. The effects of her voice depend on her own tone and intent, and the two factors must co-exist. For example, if her tone is joyful but her intent is to sadden an audience, the effect will be nullified and vice-versa. The nature and lyrics of a song also affect her powers, as a song about killing rabbits and mass murder will surely have a negative psychological impact on a person, even if sung with a joyful tone and with a soothing intent. 

She cannot actively read the emotions of the people around her, Pan can only influence their emotions through her own desires. These influences are only temporary, typically lasting until the victim is touched by another external influence. So if she influenced someone to feel joy, and immediately after they witnessed their dog being hit by a bus, her abilities would be overcome by pain and sadness. Her singing is merely an outside influence, which can be overcome by stronger influences. It is however, powerful enough to override an individual's own emotions for a short amount of time.
Her abilities work on all sentient beings, including animals.  

To be able to use her abilities Pan must be able to sincerely empathize with those around her. She cannot simply sing and pretend to be angry in order for her audience to, in turn become aggressive. Her own emotions must be genuine in order to touch others. Similarly, once her song is over the connection between Pan and the audience is broken. She has no power to direct their emotions or how they will act while under their influence, only able to present the emotion in its purest form.

She does have the ability to simply sing normally without infusing her music with any emotions, but it is incredibly difficult, since she is naturally a very emotive person. Due to this, she sometimes accidentally induces emotions onto others that accidentally hear her sing. Her control over her own abilities still need work.

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After SPRITE occurred Pan received the ability to further influence people through her voice. She can still not force them to take action, but she can now further soothe people and lull them into a light sleep if she wills it. Once her singing stops the sleep remains natural state and can be broken as easily as any other sleep. 


LIMITATIONS:
- Her abilities can only be used through song, regular conversation will have no affect on others.
- Pan has no control over the actions of the people she influences, or the way in which they interpret her singing. 
- She cannot implant any actual ideas or orders into the minds of her listeners.
- Her power is over her own voice, she does not have any interaction with those around her. Those that hear it are affected, she cannot direct her power specifically onto simply one person. 
- Gagging Pan will neutralize her ability.
- People who cannot hear her sing or have their ears blocked are unaffected. 
- It is very hard for her to 'turn off' her ability 
- Pan must sincerely feel the emotions she wishes to impress on another for her ability to work

SIDE-EFFECTS:
- Projecting is emotionally draining for Pan, since her songs feed off her own emotions in order to touch people. 
- After a concert or a large length of time spent singing Pan is typically exhausted and has been known to simply fall unconscious with a nosebleed.
- If she sings too much Pan's voice suffers just as any other person's does, and she has the potential to strain or ruin her vocal cords. 
- Projecting emotions sometimes seems to lessen her own emotional capacity, so far this has only been for short periods of time.



"Good morning Melbourne and welcome to our weekly Sunrise! We'll get to our weather in just a moment, but first a special interview from our international guest Syrens."

-Applause. A few fans outside the studio start holding up signs against the window-

"Thanks Dave, Samantha, it's great being here today. Sorry I'm a bit late, your security had to give me a pat down because I tried to smuggle in some cap-guns I bought at the souvenir store."

-Syrens is sitting on the circular stage comfortably facing the panel of hosts. Every now and then she waves through the floor-to-ceiling windows behind them to the screams of fans. Her dyed red hair is pulled back in a messy twist, though the tips are still her natural 'Banks' blonde.-

"Did they take them? That's a shame, we could have used some trademark 'Syren Excitement' around here. I bet if we give it a week you'll even be surfing with sharks." 

"Only after my tour has finished, I hope. And don't worry, they forgot to check my bra"

-There is laughter as Pan pulls a small toy gun out of her bra and mock cocks it. The numerous leather and charm bracelets on her wrist jingle together.-

"Before we get to your exclusive performance today we did open a tweeting session for your fans, are you prepared to answer a few questions?"

"Of course! I always enjoy hearing the voices of those around me."

-Pan pulls her knees up and sits on the wooden chair cross-legged, leaning forward intensely. Her knees poke through the tears in her skinny jeans-

"Alright, 'MermaidBaby41' would like to know 'How did you choose the name 'Syrens' for your performance? xoxo' "

"Well, Sirens are creatures that lured sailors to their deaths with their hypnotic voices and beautiful appearance. As a kid I loved fairy tales like that, I even named myself after Petar Pan once I was legal. It was something to look up to."

"Alright well, SurfingDiorama has jumped onto the tail-end of that question and wants to know 'Does your name have any connections to your abilities'?"

-Pan laughs and nods cheerfully-

"The irony wasn't lost on me, so yeah, I definitely think it had something to do with it. But I wasn't out to imply I was a demented sea witch either."

"That's right, sometimes I completely forget you're a mutant. If I remember correctly when mutants were revealed you were at the forefront of celebrity revelations, being one of the first to step forward. "

"That's right. No sense hiding it, you know? It's part of who I am."

"Too true, but 'AttractiveBirdDoctor' wants to know 'Isn't using this mutation of yours cheating?'

"Cheating? It's who I am, I don't think living my own life can be considered cheating. If I was doing it for the money, sure, but it's something deeper than that y'know? I use my talents to help people feel something special, and they choose to come and watch me sing."

"I certainly think you're right, and I'm sure your thousands of fans agree. You've only just arrived in Australia but all of your concerts are sold out, isn't that right?"

"And oh my god you don't know how much of an honor that is. I literally couldn't calm down the night I heard the news. It's been my dream to return here and sing for you guys, ever since I left to begin my music career."

"Interviews say you consider your home to be Australia, but you were born in Kalispell, Montana and grew up there."

"It's kind of a personal matter, but I ran away from home when I was sixteen and moved to Australia. I managed to get by alright with the money I had saved up, until someone noticed my singing talent and helped me make it big."

"You moved away from home so young? What about school? That can't have been easy."

"Oh, I think I might have had an easier time teaching myself lion taming! But it was what I needed to do at the time. I was enrolled at the illustrious Bellefonte Academy, I simply pulled out and re-enrolled a the Australian academy after moving."

"Bellefonte Academy? That's a school that's been all over the news lately, even here. RoboticMelon asks 'Hey Syren, I'm fifteen and I secretly wish every night to wake up a mutant just like you. How did you know you were one?' What an interesting question, RoboticMelon."

"Well RoboticMelon, it's gotta be in your genes. My abilities showed up by themselves when I was your age. I think I'd watched Pokemon a few too many times and tried to make my sister fall asleep by singing, just like Jigglypuff did. As I was singing, and seeing that it wasn't working, I grew sadder and sadder. When my baby sister burst into tears I figured there was something there. My whole family was kind of known for its 'mutant' thing so I jumped right on it, just in case it wasn't a fluke. A few weeks later I found myself at Bellefonte."

"You've clearly  got guts and enthusiasm. A lot of teenagers see you as an inspiration. That must seem like a burden for someone so free-spirited."

"It's heavy, but it's not a burden. I look out at their faces and I see my own baby sister, and if my music can touch them, then I'm doing something right."

-Cheers start up again from outside as Pan gets to her feet and straightens her mini leather jacket-

"You're an inspiration Syrens, Australia is going to love you. What are your plans after this tour has ended?"

"I've decided to return to Kalispell for a while, see the family again, it's been way too long. There's something about small towns, I just love them. Now, that's enough small talk, let's get this volume cranking!"

-With an exuberant smile Pan pulls on a guitar and starts playing, filling the studio with a wild, cheerful atmosphere-

SAMPLE:

USERNAME: Trick

AGE GROUP: 19

EXPERIENCE: 6 years

WHERE DID YOU FIND US? Mordor

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[Pan Banks]

NAME: Pan Normandy Banks
NICKNAME: N/A
AGE: 26
ORIENTATION: Bisexual
POSITION: Musician

POWER: N/A


Nothing grand has happened to Pan. She briefly departed Kalispell for five charity concerts around the country-side. The concerts sold out of course and Pan donated all of the proceeds to various mutants-rights groups around the world. Missing home, she returned to Kalispell shortly afterwards.

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