Terrigen: One Day

[Duvet de Mot]

“Picture your normal life. You wake up, go to your job or school, hang out with friends, come home, and go to bed. Rinse and repeat. Now, imagine this entire comfortable world torn to pieces by a single event: the Fall. This is the story of the Mists and the change they brought onto the people of planet Earth.”

They came in the dead of night without warning, silent as the dawn. Unassuming in form, the Mists crept upon the Earth’s face, transforming humanity while leaving the rest of the planet untouched. As quickly as they descended, the Mists vanished in the morn, leaving humanity to come to terms with its new, untested existence. Upon waking, those affected by the Mists where both amazed and horrified by their new abilities, the Mists having advanced approximately 2% of the human population to the next stage of evolution, a step that normally would have taken millions of more years to complete. The world instantly fractured as those with abilities fought for their lives against the fearful populace. The various governments around the Earth frantically attempted to regain control of the angered citizens who were unchanged and the dangerous Demi-Humans, calming them down over a period of months, thanks in a large part to the empathic Demi-Humans recruited by the governments.

After some sense of order reappeared, the UN passed the Super Human Enumeration and Abridgement Resolution, requiring all Demi-Humans across the Earth to register with the Demi-Human Registry. The Super Human Enumeration and Abridgement Resolution passed unanimously, and as a result, the Demi-Human Audit Agency was created to enforce the mandates of the resolution: namely, to investigate claims of illegal Demi-Human activity and non-registered individuals, and to bring to justice any Demi-Human who utilizes their powers without government approval. Over the next ten years, the persecution of Demi-Humans lost its outright malice and devolved into a basic racism as Demi-Humans fought to be accepted into society despite their second-class status. Now, ten years later, Demis are either continuing to carry on with their lives as though the Mists never descended, keeping their abilities hidden from their governments, or exposing themselves to the entire world for who they have become.

However, this is not a story of the UN, humanity, or the Agency. This is not a story of worldwide tragedy or the tale of a city in ruin. What is documented here is the tale of students in college during this time in human history. Parties, classes, friends, frenemies, and bouts of love and lust all packaged with super-powers. The Demi-Human students of William B. Travis University in Atascocita, Texas know these problems all too well, even as they attempt to be themselves away from the prying eyes of their judgmental peers.

That’s you: a Demi-Human attending WBTU and attempting to deal with the racism surrounding your abilities, or the consequences of not revealing your abilities to the authorities. You and your fellows have started a club for students concerned about the issues of Demi-Humanity; however, the Demi-Human Awareness Association is only a front for your real activities of escaping the world of the “normies” and banding together with other Demis in secret, sharing your abilities and your troubles. Now then, who are you?

[Duvet de Mot]

Demi-Human or Demi: Human changed by the Mists and given super-human abilities.

Human: Average human being unaffected by the Mists.

SHEAR: The law which requires all Demi-Humans to register themselves with their respective governments, bans the unapproved use of abilities, and which established the DHAA, or Demi-Human Audit Agency.

Demi-Human Audit Agency: The international agency which handles all cases regarding Demi-Human violations of SHEAR.

Mutant: A derogatory term for a Demi-Human used by Humans

Normie: A derogatory term for Humans used by Demi-Humans

Surge/Surging: An accidental use of a Demi-Human's abilities when in a heightened emotional state.

More to come on an "as needed" basis...

[Duvet de Mot]

Name: First and Last Name – Middle Name Optional

Demi-Human Registration Number: Their Demi-Human Registry-Provided ID Number

Age: Self-explanatory.

Occupation: - If they do not work, then state them as a “Student” and then their Major (i.e., Student: Engineering)

Powers: Their abilities as caused by the Mists. Nothing over-powered, but nothing too boring. Have fun with it.

Appearance: A description of their physical appearance. If the character has mutated in appearance by the Mists, please include the change, how they appeared before, and their opinion on the physical change. Keep in mind that mutations are extremely rare.

Clothing: What they normally wear during any given day.

Personality: Just a bit of background on how they usually act. You’re welcome, Ace.

Background: Their life before and after the Mists.

[Eva]

Name: Whitney Foster, nickname 'Faust'.

Demi-Human Registration Number: 55-690-1337

Age: 20

Occupation: Student- Psychobiology major and performance artist.

Powers: Whitney can see the near future of objects, places, and people that she focuses on. Currently she can only see at most two minutes into the future of her 'target'. Whitney's power has little day-to-day use, but as an upside it's hard to tell when she Surges, since she only looks somewhat zoned out when she's using her power. Whitney tries to practice her divination as often as possible, but she's still unable to break the two-minute mark.

Appearance: Whitney has blonde hair with dark brown layers underneath that reaches to her shoulders and is often tussled and intentionally unkempt looking. She's fairly short, standing at about 5'4 in height. Whitney is thin and doesn't have much in terms of curves or build. Her skin is lightly tanned and she usually wears piercings on her nose, lip, and ears. Whitney has a round face with a prominent nose and small lips. Her eyes are dark brown and oval-shaped. She also has a thin scar that traces from the top of her chin to the end of her earlobe.

Clothing: Whitney's usual day-to-day attire consists of a t-shirt, shredded jeans, a knit cap in bright colors, sandals, and sunglasses. She occasionally wears jewelry, such as hoop earrings and large pendants.

Personality: Whitney is difficult to be around due to her aggressiveness. She pursues her interests without regard for what others think, and tends to bulldoze people whenever they start conversations with her. Whitney's disposition is a mix between hostility and defensiveness- she always takes the comments of others as some kind of criticism towards her, and she always shoots back at perceived slights. Whitney thinks of herself as having a very sarcastic wit, and she's quick to use it on anyone, regardless of whether or not it's warranted.

That being said, Whitney is capable of friendliness- if she believes someone is not being critical of her, she drops her guard a little and speaks on a more even level. The easiest way to get into Whitney's good graces is to just agree with her, and even then she'll try to call out anyone she thinks is being inauthentic. If you can get on Whitney's good side, you'll have someone who is always willing to jump into the fray to stick up for you, though you might not always want her to.

Background: Whitney never actually knew her birth parents, as she was raised by an adopted family. She has pictures of them and she knows their names, but she doesn't consider them her real parents. The Fosters(an ironic name, which Whitney is quick to remind people of) always showered Whitney with attention, which made her very used to being the center of the world. Because she was always told how perfect she was, Whitney quickly became dismissive of people she thought of as 'lesser'.

By the time she was eleven years old, Whitney's extremely higher standards of others had already left her as something of a loner. Thus, she was quite unchanged socially when the Mists came and went. Because of her largely mental abilities, Whitney was left undiscovered for a few years. She tested her power in privacy, and as she became better at it little by little, she grew to be even more self-important. Her disdain for others increased, and she felt that the 'normies' in her school and family weren't advanced enough to understand her new found power.

As life went on and she eventually graduated high school, Whitney felt that she was ready to actively pursue her own path towards greatness. For her, college was only the first step of many to realizing what her powers could do. She moved from her little town in Texas to attend William B. Travis University, and with a few others became part of the Demi-Human Awareness Association.

[Chris]

Name: Luna Winchester

Demi-Human Registration Number: 22-666-1989

Age: 22

Occupation: Culinary Arts major and part-time waitress.

Powers: Luna has the power of fire. She can create a small spark on her fingertip, or form a small ball of fire in the palm of her hand. She can also control existing fire, making it grow bigger, move or extinguish it altogether. Whenever Luna gets angry or upset, she has a hard time controlling her power, thus causing surges to happen at the worst times. Because of her power, it's impossible for any kind of fire to harm Luna. However, she's extra sensitive to cold temperatures and when it's too cold, can not use her power at all.

Appearance: Luna has long, strawberry blonde hair that falls to her mid-back. She keeps her bangs long and parted to the left to fall over her left eye. Her bangs are also dyed pink and purple. Her eyes are a unique turquoise color that she inherited from her mother. Her eyes are her favorite feature, so she always highlights them with smokey make-up. Luna is a short girl, topping out at only five feet, two inches with soft, feminine curves. Her skin is a pale, ivory color that's almost flawless, except for a few scattered scars. Her face is heart-shaped, with full lips and a petite nose that's just slightly crooked. She has three tattoos; one on her inner right wrist of a black rose, one on her inner left wrist of her name, and one tattoo on the back of her neck which says "Timorem tuum verum occultare se" which is Latin and translates to "Fear is to hide your true self". She only has two piercings; her ears and the right side of her nose.

Clothing: Luna's favorite outfit consists of faded blue jeans and black t-shirts or tank tops. She's rarely seen in anything else, and has never been seen wearing any color other than black or occasionally blue or purple. Her favorite shoes to wear are a pair of stiletto boots that adds about three inches to her height, but sometimes she can be seen wearing a pair of tennis shoes or ankle boots. When it's cold she throws on her old, faded denim jacket. Luna always wears a lot of rings, at least one on each finger. She wears a thick, black bracelet on her left wrist with the letter "L" in purple script. Around her neck, Luna wears a choker with a black rose resting on the right side of her throat, and a locket that falls just below the hollow of her throat. Occasionally Luna will wear a bandanna over her hair.

Personality: For the most part, Luna is very reserved. She tends to keep to herself, and isn't usually the type to start a conversation. She's far from being shy, though. She's just a little. . . anti-social, perhaps is the right way to describe her. Once she warms up to someone, she can be very friendly and talkative. She's a sarcastic person, and is usually heard making dry, cynical comments. While Luna does tend to keep to herself, she has no problem speaking her mind when she has something to say.

Luna has a temper, but it's a mild one and is only seen when the right buttons are pressed. She's a very private person, and doesn't open up to others easily, instead preferring to keep them at arm's length. She has a trust issue, and never fully trusts anyone, having been burned too many times in the past. When she does allow herself to get close to someone, she becomes protective of them. Luna is, however, not a very forgiving person. If someone crosses her, she never forgets it, and usually wants some type of revenge for turning on her.

Background: Luna's life before the Mists was a pretty average one. She was born and raised in a little town located on the Ohio River in Kentucky. Her parents died in an accident when she was only five, so she has very little memories of them. Her material grandmother took her in and raised her from there. Her grandmother was a good woman, and raised Luna to the best of her abilities. However since her grandmother was elderly and suffered from health problems, most of the house work and earning money fell upon Luna. She worked various jobs, from cleaning fast food places to working in a local bookstore, to bring in whatever money she could to pay the bills and for the upkeep of their small two bedroom home.

Luna was 12 when the mists made their appearance and she developed her power. At first she kept this hidden, afraid of how people would treat her if they found out the truth. Keeping it hidden felt like a suffocating burden to her, because Luna was not one to hide anything about herself.

At the age of 18, Luna wanted to go to collage like everyone else at her school, but she decided instead to take a full time job and stay to take care of her grandmother, whose health had declined badly in the recent years. Just days after Luna turned 20, her grandmother passed away. Even though Luna had known it was coming, she was still extremely upset over the death, and this caused a surge of her power. The fire got out of control and Luna was unable to stop it from spreading and burning down her grandmother's home.

Because most of Luna's time was taken up with schoolwork and working, paired with her anti-social tendencies, Luna only had a small handful of people that she considered friends. Or so she'd thought. The people Luna had considered 'friends' turned on her the second that she confided in them about her power. Not only did they now consider her a 'freak of nature' but they also began to believe that Luna was responsible for her grandmother's death, despite the fact that they knew she had been ill for quite some time.

After her grandmother's death and her friends' betrayal, Luna decided that she needed to get away, get a fresh start. And the best way she decided to do that, was to attend collage as she had wanted to when high school ended. She was accepted into the William B. Travis University in Atascocita, Texas and wasted no time in packing up what little she had left and moving there. Shortly after arriving, Luna joined the Demi-Human Awareness Association because she wanted to be around others like her. She's currently a sophomore because of her late entry into collage.

[Aubs]

OOC: obviously a work in progress (:

Name: Vincent Everett "Vinn."

Demi-Human Registration Number: Their Demi-Human Registry-Provided ID Number

Age: 22.

Occupation: - Barista -- Student (Environmental Studies)

Powers: Their abilities as caused by the Mists. Nothing over-powered, but nothing too boring. Have fun with it.

Appearance: [based on that of Samuel Larsen's likeness]





A description of their physical appearance. If the character has mutated in appearance by the Mists, please include the change, how they appeared before, and their opinion on the physical change. Keep in mind that mutations are extremely rare.

Clothing: What they normally wear during any given day.

Personality: Referred to on a daily basis as a "lackadaisical hippie," who needs to "get his life sorted out immediately", Vinn has almost always been that person who on paper has all the cards stacked in his favor but he just hasn't seemed to be able to win his hand. Or, people could even go as far as noting that maybe the young man is just a boy misunderstood, but either way he's most certainly not the average burnout. No matter how much potential other people would hear from him when he'd speak or see from him when he'd just enter the room, it all would go soon tumbling out the window with the shrug of a shoulder, an utterance or mumbling of some disgruntled sound effect before a single, nonchalant retort of "eh.." from him would causes people's opinions of him to change. Many people's second impression of Vincent would definitely be that he just doesn't care about things, which couldn't be the furthest from the truth. He cares, he just never actually knows where to align his opinions, for the lack of a better phrase. It's kind of funny actually, seeing him be able to preach on about world peace, the difference between global warming vs climate change, and religion upon many other various things before never giving his opinion of the issue. He can supply you the fact, give you good arguments, but that's pretty much all you'll get in that part of him.

One aspect to him that's sort of been his backbone nearly his entire life would be the fact that he's very social, almost boderline


Background: Their life before and after the Mists.

[Aubs]

Name: Shaun Mortimer Thanatos.

Demi-Human Registration Number: 49-004-4413-7.

Age: Twenty Six (26).

Occupation: - Street Performer -- Student (Pre-Med)

Powers: Invulnerability - has the ability to withstand damage from a number of potentially life threatening sources. After the mists, his skin went through a strengthening metamorphosis which has made it much more durable, but not completely impenetrable. He is able to eventually get hurt, it just takes a bit of time and amount of force to do it.

Rapid Cell Regeneration: A continuation of the power above, once he is hurt his body quickly rushes to recover from damage through something referred to as a healing factor. Fatal blows that would normally kill another human such as a bullet to the head and heart, being burned alive, electrocuted, ect goes almost unnoticed on Shaun as he is able to regenerate his cells at a faster pace than the normal person. He can lose limbs and grow them back, never age another day, break bones and move them back into place, but the one thing that would actually kill him dead would be decapitation or complications with brain disruption. A perfect example of such would be having a large object lodged into his brain, thus rendering it incapable of activity. General smaller objects though don't cancel out the regeneration.

Shaun's ability has gone rather well with him and has gotten him paid possibly more than he thought he would ever be. Once thought to possess immortality when he originally discovered his ability, he has done some extensive research -- though not to the point of knowing every living detail about what he's able to do. He has since then gone on to play up his power by becoming a public freak show street performer. Playing up to the fact that he can "kill" himself as many times as he wants, Shaun takes on the outrageous stunts to stun the crowd into amazement, fear, and intrigue, but for the twenty-six year old finding out he possessed such a magnificent power wasn't as easy as it might have been for other individuals.

Appearance:[based on that of Rick Genest's appearance] A real life freak show, Shaun had been known as a real life freak-show even prior to the mists taken place due to his skeleton-esque tattooed body. It covers up a good portion of it, taking up his entire head, arms, and torso section of his body, while only parts of his legs are covered with tattoos -- though it has been a work in progress to actually get everything covered eventually. Stats wise, he stands firm at five feet; ten inches with an average body frame. His body isn't athletic or toned, but rather one that never gains much weight due to high metabolism. Has his entire body, sans some portions of his legs, palms of hands and feet tattooed in the general theme of a skeleton. It has taken well over several years and quite a large collection of cash to get as much of his body covered and he's still in the process of doing so now. He also has parts of his face pierced, such as his two septum piercings in his nose as well as the bridge of his nose too. His tongue is split partially as well, but not completely. Most of the time, not many people can actually tell of the reptile tongue, but it is there and he'll gladly show you once asked.

Clothing: Shaun dresses in a confident, alterna-punk style that consists of many clothes that could either be seen on a rocker, biker, or a mosher. Typically speaking, his outfit on a daily basis consist of something like this / this: a graphic or solid colored tee, a studded biker vest, cargo army fatigues, and his signature combat boots that he will almost always be seen in. From time to time, given the event, Shaun does manage to dress up from suits, cardigans, and other items that people wouldn't associate with someone who looks like him. Something like this would be the perfect example of despite the initial doubt that people have when they see him, that he can pull off almost any article of clothing with his swagger. It's all about staying true to himself though, which is why he normally prefers to dress in his normal style. Initially, because of his look, many people are quite intimidated by him but once they get to know him they'll get to see that he is very much just the same as they are.

Personality: People are always going to place complete strangers in a box to judge them, it's human nature and with Shaun is no different. In fact, I'll have you know that because of his appearance alone many people generally are completely turned off by him and think he is some degenerate who isn't able to contribute to society. He's judged despite the people knowing how much of a wonderful, caring person he can be, or how fun loving he is whenever he's had a few drinks too many. Many will go on to doubt his usefulness and claim he doesn't deserve to live, but he doesn't take much offense to it -- even to the point of shrugging it off. He's all about just staying true to himself and being the man he wants to be.

Overall, there are two sides to Shaun Thanatos. One side of course is his performer side, which is more outrageous and willing to put himself out there for the whole world to see.. and then there's the more reserved, soft side of him that not many people are allowed the privilege to get to see. He is very much a living contradiction and his personality is definitely taking part in the characterization as well.

Cocky: "I find absolutely nothing wrong with being an arrogant bastard," Shaun is not afraid to let it be known that he has confidence. He's self assured to the point of it being a bit much. "Seriously though, it's not like there's fucking someone else on the planet who'll care more about yourself than you, so why not show the world how amazing you can be, you know?" When performing, Shaun takes more to this trait in order to come off as bold and unexpected.

Humble: Despite the trait above, behind closed doors Shaun is a man who almost comes off as being grateful of everything's he has been given in life. He goes as far as saying that the cockiness is for show, as to build up a persona the public could identify more with to compare to his bad-boy appearance. "You can't believe everything you see on the surface,"

Enthusiastic: The man is animated and constantly full of life. While performing, he captures the attention of his audience and holds on to it by being as exciting as humanly possible. "When I do my shows, it's all about becoming a "thing," being an obsession to the people and I feel like in order for me to get that I have to be a living novelty when in all honesty I'm really a.."

Loner: "... guy who would prefer to be as far away from people as possible." Despite coming off as a people person, seeming more lively than he definitely looks, there are times where Shaun can not stand to be around people. He separates himself away from society to get a peace of mind, to use the isolation to maintain his sanity.

Dark: Now this is definitely something that he can say goes along with his look. Shaun will always be a very grim individual and this will never change. He is, of course, an atheist which is bound to rub people the wrong way but he never judges and doesn't expect people to agree with his views. He loves everything to deal with the more immoral part of life.

Shaun wants to amaze and astound the world, but that isn't to go without saying that he also prefer to live as close to a normal life as he can. His friendship is everlasting, but because he doesn't get close to many people there aren't over than a couple of people he is proud enough to call friend. As stated above and throughout his life, he's about always staying true to himself. There's something about beauty always being a perceptive thing and with Shaun you will find that statement to be very much true. His whole look is an acquired taste that some will love, others will hate, but he feels that as long as he himself is able to continue to love himself then that's the only important thing.

Background: Their life before and after the Mists.

[NicoJoe]

Name: Micah Stevenson
Demi-Human Registration Number: 10-023-1990

Age: 19

Occupation: - Student- Political Science/ part time pizza delivery boy.

Powers: Teleportation. His ability allows him to move his body up 20 feet instantly. He simply thinks of where he would rather be and he’s there, no puffs of smoke needed. He refers to his teleportations as “blinks”. However, when his emotions run high there are two consequences. The distance of his blinks increase to upwards of a mile, but his aim is totally off and he could end up somewhere completely foreign to him. Surges like that have gotten him into dangerous situations from time to time (like inside a burning building) so he does his best to keep his emotions in check.

Appearance: Micah’s skin is dark; very dark. You know that stereotype about how if you turn the lights out in a room full of black guys, all you’ll see is smiles? That’s Micah! His black hair is almost indistinguishable in color from his skin and is cut short but not short enough to negate his curls. In stark contrast from his dark features, his eyes are a bright emerald color and draw most of the attention of the people around him. He has a wide, flat nose and large lips that purse when he isn’t showing off his charming (albeit kind of dingy) smile, though that isn’t often.
Micah has an average body type, just hitting 6 feet tall and ringing in at 160. He keeps himself in shape playing for the WBTU basketball team, though the team is absolutely terrible.

Clothing: Micah’s style of dress isn’t anything eye catching or unique, just a clean and well put together look. On most days, he’ll be seen wearing a T-shirt (usually with a funny saying or graphic on it) and a pair of slim legged jeans in a variety of colors and finished off with one of his dozens of pairs of sneakers. He also wears glasses; electric blue wayfarers.

Personality: Fun loving, to put it simply. Micah is always to life of any party, quick with a joke and always dancing. He has been known to talk to any and every one and can find a way to relate to the most obscure character. He truly is one of the least judgmental people you’ll meet and thus doesn’t use terms like “Normie” finding them very offensive. He is also very dedicated to anything he puts his mind to and works harder than anyone you’ll ever meet to reach his ambitious goals which include a career in politics.
Even though he is a good leader that can sometimes lead to him being very bossy and arrogant thinking his way is the only way. He can at times be difficult to work with due to his degree of arrogance. Micah also takes on a lot making him very busy and sometimes burns him out, causing him to be irritable and uncharacteristically impatient.

Background: Before The Mists came Micah was, like the rest of the Demi Humans, was just a normal boy living in an Upper Class Suburb in DC. His father was a congressmen and worked the long hours one would expect that entails so Micah rarely saw him after his election and, as a result, spent a great deal of time with his mother. Micah loved his mother very much, more than a boy his age usually did. They would spend long days together, reading to each other and playing games and doing whatever they wanted. She was, in the young boy’s eyes, the most perfect mother anyone could ever have.

And then The Mists came. And Micah changed just like so many others. And so did his mother. To this day, Micah can’t explain the change he saw in her once she learned her son was one of the affected. She grew cold toward him, hired a nanny to take over with rearing him and barely said a word to him. This went on for years and in no way improved (if anything it got worse) as he grew and became a man and a full-fledged Demi-Human. Micah soon began to hate his life and he longed for the connection he once had with his mother. He couldn’t believe she had shunned him like so many other people in the world were doing to him. During his junior year of high school, he hit the breaking point. He, along with a few other Demis from his school, were hand cuffed, blindfolded, stripped naked and a group of kids spray painted slurs all over their bodies. They were then tossed into the center of the gym during a pep rally. Every one of those Demis experienced a surge that day. Luckily for Micah, his power took him far away from the damage but for the kids left in that gym it meant carnage. 300 students died that day while Micah attempted to break his handcuffs in the center of a field somewhere. The other Demis were rounded up by the DHAA and taken somewhere that Micah never learned of. Since he wasn’t there when DHAA arrived, he was spared but the incident stuck with him. What those student had done, the way he had been treated like less than an animal, as if they didn’t matter in the least. He didn’t want to live that way anymore; he didn’t want to be nothing… Killing himself seemed the only option so he planned to but just before he could pull the trigger, his Father, of all people, stopped him. To make a long story bearably long, his father tried to help him, to show him there were better ways. He convinced Micah that the way to change people was the change the system in which they lived. And so he decided to follow in his father’s footsteps by becoming a politician and fight for the rights of his people. He ended up at WBTU right out of high school and joined the Demi-Human Awareness Association basically on the first day

[Duvet de Mot]

Name: Amber Elizabeth Hall

Demi-Human Registration Number: 09-446-8393

Age: 21

Occupation: - Student: Marketing/Communication

Powers: Amber has the ability to instantaneously mimic the physical traits of others (including abilities) by adopting them into her own genetic code. This ability is normally slow-acting and take anywhere from two to twelve months to achieve the desired effect; however, if Amber surges, the changes are both extremely painful and quick to occur, rewriting her entire biology in minutes. Unlike other Demi-Humans, not all of Amber's surges are accidental. If she so desires, Amber can force the quick-acting form of her ability, but the pain involved can force Amber unconscious. As her ability rewrites her genetic code, Amber must be in contact with the individual she wishes to mimic.

Appearance:


Standing at 5'7" and weighing no more than 135lbs, Amber is the physical ideal of the society around her. Her skin is a fair peach without being considered pale and is free from all blemishes and scars, giving her an unnaturally perfect complexion. Amber's golden blonde hair reaches just below her shoulders and has a natural shine to it that is almost textbook lustrous. As for her eyes, Amber's eyes are an enchanting emerald green which are the only piece of John she has left in her life; if Amber were to over-write her ocular genetic code, her true self would be completely lost to her new persona. Amber's face is thin and model-esque: sleek and sophisticated. But this is not to take away from the rest of her appearance. Amber's legs make up about 40% of her overall height, while her waist-to-hip ratio is approximately 0.6, giving her a curvaceous hourglass figure befitting her social role with a waist measuring 25 inches around. Given the natural athleticism and metabolic traits which she has absorbed, Amber only needs to run four times a week to keep up her athletic appearance and washboard stomach.

Clothing: Although Amber acts as a near perfect sorority girl in appearance and actions, she refuses to dress up in university shirts, yoga pants (or Nike shorts), and tennis shoes like the majority of sorority members on campus do; instead, Amber takes great care in her clothing choices, using her parents' monetary resources to their fullest. During any day of the week, one could find Amber dressed to the nines in high heels and only the most tasteful of upper crust clothing accessible to a southern Texan. Amber's clothing choices are her way of exceeding the expectations placed upon her and becoming more than she is expected to be, no matter how less of herself it makes her in the process. Generally, Amber leaves her hair down, almost never putting it up in a bun or pony tail.

Personality: In public, Amber is a carefree party girl who adheres to "Greek Life" standards, fitting in almost too perfectly with the stereotype of the blonde sorority girl. Amber plays this role well, drinking and partying heavily, while leaping from relationship to relationship. She purposefully plays the blonde airhead to get by; however, under this well-created facade is a calculating ice queen attempting to escape from a past of tragic circumstances. In private or around a group of individuals she feels comfortable with, Amber become cold and reserved for the most part, but given the right circumstances, she will explode with outbursts of emotion. Anger, resentment, sorrow, and self-loathing are just boiling beneath the surface of her cold, judgmental glare. In truth, Amber feels most free when she is by herself. She doesn't need to guard herself from other people's judgments and has no need to be someone she isn't. Thus, she spends as much time alone as possible listening to music, writing in her diary, or looking through old photo albums.

Background: Born into a moderately wealthy family as the daughter of a restaurant tycoon and his stay at home wife, Amber was given everything she desired from an early age. Growing up as a country girl in Bay City, Texas, Amber learned how to ride a horse before she could shoot a rifle, though she did learn how to shoot a rifle before she learned her multiplication tables. Amber allows herself to forget what she looked like during the years before she changed, preferring to keep those photos locked away back at home; however, as a young girl, Amber was pudgier and more homely than most girls, causing her to be constantly tormented by the "popular" girls. Living in a small town, she stayed in school with her tormentors from first grade until the day her powers first manifested in middle school. While the world had gone into an uproar with the occurrence of the Fall and the bullies of Amber's childhood had found new, super-powered targets for their teasing, Amber stayed in the background unaware that she had become a Demi-Human, herself.

However, all good things must come to an end, and so at the middle school dance in her 8th grade year, Amber found herself face to face with her old tormentor, Sarah, and an exact copy of the dress she had decided to wear. Sarah demanded she either take the dress off or go home, but Amber had found her fight in the time she'd been without bullies and refused. The catfight which ensued triggered Amber's abilities and caused her to surge, her entire biology rewriting to incorporate the most major points of Sarah's physical appearance: blonde hair, blue eye, early development, high metabolism, and easily toned musculature. While still very much herself, Amber rose off of the floor to find her new body and predictably, panicked. Following this incident, both girls claimed the other was a Demi-Human, as Amber had no idea she had caused her own change, but following an investigation by the DHAA, a few segments of Amber's genetic structure were recognized as Demi-Human traits. Thus, Amber was relegated to a second-class citizen status. Her parents moved away from Bay City to Grandview, Texas, and Amber started a new life at the top of the food chain at her new high school.

Slowly but surely, she began to understand her ability, and Amber began assimilating all of the non-facial attributes of others that she found most appealing. To those around her, Amber was merely toning up or gaining all the right weight in all the right places, given the gradual nature of the change. In her senior year, Amber met John. The two hit it off right away and soon fell very much in love, as the story always goes. The night of their senior prom, Amber decided it was time to share the truth of her abilities with John, so after they had left the dance, Amber directed John to park out in their favorite field. They climbed into the back of the truck to stare at the stars, as they often did, but as they lay there, Amber broke down crying, confessing the fact that she was a Demi-Human to her boyfriend, as well as the truth of her appearance. While shocked at first, John quickly comforted the sobbing Amber and promised to always be there for her so long as she swore to stay just as she was in that moment. That night, in John's arms, Amber's world stood still and she was at peace for the first time in years; however, it would not last.

Within the week, John had gone forever, killed by a drunk driver on his way to Amber's house. As she kneeled by his bedside in the hospital, Amber forced herself to surge, taking on John's emerald eyes; John passed away minutes later. In a fit of rage and distress, Amber grabbed the hand of one of John's nurses and surged again, stealing a number of the woman's facial features. This marked the last time Amber would truly be herself. Distraught with her inability to return to her original appearance, Amber suffered from a psychological schism, repressing her true self and emotions by covering them with a new personality which would conform to others' expectations of herself.

Over the next three years of college, Amber constantly worked to fit in and become what everyone expected her to be, taking the best genes from those around her and incorporating them into her own biology. Now, in her senior year, Amber has joined the newly founded Demi-Human Awareness Association for reasons known only to her.