Theme Song:
Lamentations of the Heart
PC
Name: Philli Tarkin (Or just Phil)
Age: 17 (12th grade)
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Bisexual (This might be a bit more fluid at times though)
Race: Philli is an Esper, an individual with extrasensory perception. Her abilities run in her family, and most of her family members each have a unique specialty. These supernatural abilities are some of the most common humans have, but due to centuries of persecution and genocides, Espers have been greatly decreased in number.
Appearance:
Philli is a what some might call average in many respects. Philli has a almond-coffee coloured complexion, though she spends little time outdoors during the day time. Phil has wavy shoulder-length umber coloured hair that is typically kept behind her head through use of a headband or in a bun. Phil is about 165 centimeters tall (About 5' 5"), just above average, and weighs about 70 kilograms (Around 155 lbs). Phil enjoys wearing plain-colour shirts from the grocery in her home town because they are comfortable and inexpensive and fit as long as they are in one piece. So, they usually have some lame joke or a picture of Bobb Ross with sparkly hair. As for pants, loose fitting jeans and sweatpants are often found on her person. Philli typically doesn't do much with makeup but is fond of black when she does. A little bit of pink or red if she can get away with it too. Phil, like most espers in her family through the centuries, has lavender-coloured eyes. They are sometimes hidden by Philli's illusions.
Magical Abilities:
Known Abilities:
-Abilities Philli knows she has
Telepathy:
Philli, like many of her family members, has various forms of telepathy. Philli is sensitive to the emotions of those nearby, able to hear particularly powerful thoughts and unified crowds, lucidity while dreaming, and Philli has, at times of extreme agitation, exerted telekinetic force on her surroundings, but at great cost. Using these abilities excessively exhausts Philli and causes temporary hemophilia. low blood sugar, and migraines.
Spiritual Awareness:
Philli is sensitive to the presence of magical beings as well as spirits. Extremely powerful minds are also noticeable to Philli.
Language-based Hypnosis:
Philli's most exceptional skill, and Philli's specialty as an Esper, is her ability to manipulate the minds of others. Philli is able to alter the minds and behaviors of those that can understand her. Any organism that can understand Philli's meanings may be susceptible to this ability. Primarily, Philli's ability works through speech, but Philli is also able to use signs or written word as long as she is nearby. Typically speaking, the more complex an organism is, the closer to human usually, the more easily Philli can communicate and thus manipulate it. Powerfully willfull minds are able to resist Philli. Philli, upon huge expenditure of energy, may end up hurting herself similarly to what may happen if she uses her other telepathic abilities.
Digital Interference:
Like most magical/supernatural beings, Espers like Philli often interfere with digital devices like cameras or computers. This is due to the electromagnetic emissions that allow Philli to interact with the minds of others. Magnetic metals and dense barriers are able to block Philli's abilities. Exceptionally powerful Espers may even become magnetic themselves.
Mental Resistance:
Through telepathic training and defense training, Philli has grown highly resistant to the telepathy of others and is able to block out the abilities of others. This could give Philli great willpower eventually.
Unknown Abilities:
-Abilities that Philli does not yet know she has
Full Telepathy:
Philli, if she practices, may be able to delve into minds with great clarity as well as to transmit her own thoughts to others. Philli does not yet have this mastery.
Complete Hypnosis:
Eventually, Philli might be able to completely control all sensory, mental, and brain functions of those around her, even without language-based prompting. Through sheer thought, Philli might be able to control others utterly.
Psychokinesis:
Through practice, Philli might be able to utilize greater psychokinetic abilities which include pyro, electro, and telekinesis among others. This would be extremely strenuous on Philli, and this activity would probably kill her outright if she were to attempt it at this time.
Personality:
Philli is a simple-loving girl who prefers practicality over troublesome, roundabout methods like her Esper forebears. Phil prefers to do things by the book, but Philli often tried to find simpler ways to get things done. Philli fears failure greatly, and she fears disappointing others and herself.
Even without her abilities, Philli had a steady B honour roll in her first school before finding herself where she is now. Granted, she did use her abilities at times for her own benefit. She wasn't too fond of the results though. She felt like using her abilities to benefit herself was cheating, but she has fewer qualms about using them for other purposes. Such as what, you ask? Buying illegal beverages from the local gas station for one, or getting a custodian to open a vending machine.
In a way, Philli could be considered a mild, but generally well-meaning, troublemaker, but one little stunt ended with her stuck in a school for demons after her mother found out, so let's just say that there have been mistakes made.
Backstory:
A majority Philli's family hails from west Asia, around the area of Iran and Iraq. But, Philli's ancestors immigrated west and eventually settled in the United States some time in the early 1950s. Over the following decades, Philli's family developed into what they are today. Philli's family has more or less ceased to be traditional, having greatly embraced the New World's customs and traditions. Philli's grandmother still wears a Hijab extensively, but Philli and her mother only do so on formal occasions, like family gatherings.
Philli's mother is a police officer in Philli's hometown and Philli's mother uses her natural telepathy (being able to sense intent, emotion, and fragments of thought) as a very strong investigative ability. Philli's father is not in the picture, but he was a European/American of some sort. Philli has never seen him, but Philli's mother probably remembers.
Philli grew up like most American children and got to see the world through only slightly lavender tinted lenses. Philli and her friends knew about Philli's abilities from a young age, despite Phil's mother's worries about them. Philli mostly used her abilities for fun rather than anything serious, but she did use them for a few elicit things, such as procuring things she should not have had. However, Philli tried to never go too far. She never cheated with her abilities, and she never tried to hurt anyone with them, but not everything goes as planned.
When Philli was seventeen, she had a boyfriend and was living the teenage dream. She had good grades and she was planning for college, but teenage drama being what it is, Philli's life was not perfect. Philli learned through the grapevine, and from her own eyes, what she thought was her boyfriend cheating on her and using her for her abilities. She was mistaken, but she only realized this after yelling at him to "F***ing die", accidentally using her powers in the phrase.
Philli's boyfriend than crashed his car into a concrete wall. Mortified, Philli nearly shut down as a result, but Philli's boyfriend was okay, if a little shaken. Philli thought her life ruined as her mother set Philli up for the school, thinking that it would be best for Philli. But, Philli's life was far from ruined. Her friends, and her boyfriend, managed to stick by her, despite her terrors. Even if she is in a new place with new people, she still has her friends back home to text.
Family:
Philli's family hails from around the area of Mesopotamia, around where Iraq is now. Philli's great grandmother and immediate family immigrated into the United States during the 1950s.
Mother:
Yasaman Tarkin
Yasaman is Philli's mother. Yasaman is a police officer in Philli's hometown. Yasaman has greatly adopted American culture, and Philli's upbringing shows it. Yasaman uses her own abilities, which is mostly empathic, to aid her work as a policewoman.
Other:
Why Strawberries? Is it possible that whenever she uses her abilities, it slightly messes with electronics nearby? Or perhaps even those she's not trying to effect might hear a whisper in the back of their heads, if they can be effected at all? Just a thought! Her abilities might be too god-moddy, so I tried to dampen it with the headaches, bleeding, and inability to function on some things, as well as the possible issue that she got herself into. If you want, I can change her ability to be less powerful too.
(What are the teacher's abilities or will that be shared in the RP?)