★ VISUALS. ~5'6, slight and slender with long brown hair and brown eyes. Drea typically dresses in a smart-casual, blouse and dark pants or skirt, whilst casually she prefers a more floating dress. Her hair is generally worn down, though if she does tie it back it's in a single braid. ★ VOICE. Being Deaf, Drea doesn't typically speak and when she does doesn't have a regional accent. Her voice is quieter through uncertainty and self-consciousness, shorter phrases usually unless she's more comfortable. ★ SMELL. Drea prefers comforting scents that won't overwhelm her if she amplifies her senses, lighter scenes like rosemary or lemon island. ★ DEMEANOUR. Drea is incredibly quiet, often blending into her surroundings, wanting to be overlooked. She lacks confidence when alone or in unfamiliar situations, more open and relaxed with people she's comfortable with. ★ OTHER.
★ QUICK NOTES
★ born in California in 1994 (February 2, an Aquarius) ★ is the youngest of 6, born 10 years after her youngest sibling (accidental pregnancy) ★ often felt more raised by her siblings than her parents, very protected and supported by them ★ studied photography and photojournalism, focusing her art on real stories and communities, often posting on her blog
★ quiet and lacks confidence, prefers to blend into the background ★ enjoys reading though finds images more powerful than words ★ can play piano
★ born deaf, communicating in ASL (or text). Drea can lip read but it is imperfect depending on the speaker she's with ★ understands english and french (written only)
★ ABILITIES
★ GIFTED INDIVIDUAL. In Drea's world people began being born with different abilities, no one knowing how it started but as the decades passed it became more frequent. Drea's abilities manifested when she was a small child, Drea using them without realising, in the form of tactile psionics, relating deeply with her senses. ★ TELEKINETIC SENSES. Drea is able to enhance her own senses to perceive what is around her, e.g. see at greater distances (or better in lower light), have a stronger (more discerning) sense of small or feel touch stronger. She's also able to enhance other people's senses by touching them, though for both she muse be able to focus when doing so (continuously through it) and the senses revert when she loses contact with someone. The only exception to this is other people that are powered: the effects linger on other powers for a short period of time after Drea loses contact with them (between 30-60 minutes). Drea typically uses this on herself, finding it a very intimate thing, and tends to discuss it with someone else before using it on anyone else. ★ TACTILE TELEPATHY. Drea is able to communicate into someone's mind when touching them, however, her communication typically comes more in the sense of emotions or feelings than words. She's able to read how someone else feels, having to actively read them during contact, but also cannot read speech or hear thoughts. At her most focused, though with the potential of strain or a headache, Drea could read an image from someone, a memory or something attached to the emotions she feels, and could project something similar -- but only a snapshot, not a scene. ★ PROJECTED THERMOGRAPHY. An extension of her telepathy, Drea can imprint words or images onto a page, typically something that she's seen or a memory, like a snapshot of it. The more detailed the image the more difficult it becomes for her, a power that Drea is less skilled in using, finding that using it tends to give her a headache after it due to how much she needs to focus. If Drea is unable to focus or loses focus whilst projecting the image won't capture or will be incomplete.
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★ TLDR