Leonard Wells And Clyde

[Leonard Wells and Clyde]

Leonard Wells And Clyde
FACE CLAIM: Elle Fanning and Robert Pattinson.

♦ THE BASICS ♦

AGE: Leonard is 11. / Clyde is 15.
GENDER: Both are cisgender males.
ORIENTATION: Leonard is bisexual (male-leaning). / Clyde is Heterosexual (but too scared to say no).
POSITION: Bellefonte Students.

♦ THE ABILITY ♦

LEONARD WELLS

POWER: Invisibility.
Leo’s hands and feet are almost always invisible, and he cannot yet make them visible, so he covers them. The invisibility as it is, is barely noticeable; he only feels it when he looks at what should be there but isn’t, and then it feels somewhat tingly and cold.
With the exception of his hands and feet, Leo can turn his whole body (but not what he’s wearing or holding) invisible for a few minutes at most. He concentrates hard, “picturing” each part turning invisible, and “melts” into invisibility.
This is actually done by manipulating the pigments in his system, and “encouraging” them to bend light around them. Adrenaline is also pumped through his system, making him somewhat unaware of how tired he gets while using his powers.
As long as he keeps his concentration, he can stay invisible (within reason).
Shortly before becoming visible, his body “flickers” into existence for a moment, letting him know he is almost “out of power”.

LIMITATIONS:
* Leo only has control for a limited time, and then he must rest after. He can use his power for longer, and/or multiple times in an emergency, but he will black out afterwards, and even after he wakes (which can take hours in some cases) he will be groggy and lethargic afterwards.
* Strong emotions will make him completely visible. This is especially effective if he’s embarrassed or angry. (The only exception to this rule is fight or flight mode – he will instinctively use his powers if he needs to)
* Leo cannot make anyone or anything other than himself invisible; the only exception to this is his underpants – luckily, and equally unexplainably, they turn invisible as he does.
* If he turns invisible within an hour of eating, his food is visible inside him. It slowly becomes invisible as he digests it. Interesting in science class, but not something he does if he can help it.

SIDE-EFFECTS:
As mentioned, Leo gets very tired after using his powers, and with prolonged use he runs the risk of blacking out. Another major side-effect is headaches: because he has to concentrate to turn invisible, it can really give him a splitting headache.
Another side-effect – less due to his powers and more due to his emotions – is embarrassment. He can become visible at any moment, and often at inopportune times.
Interestingly, Leo’s powers are as advanced as they are due to the limited pigments he has in his skin, eyes, and hair, resulting in pale skin, red hair, and red eyes.

CLYDE

POWER: Shapeshifting (bat)
As his power has just surfaced, Clyde doesn’t know how to control it, and he’s not even sure he truly has one.
Whenever he gets frightened (so all the time) he will transform into a bat. He knows how to get into the air, but not how to fly, and basically just flops around like a magikarp. Coincidentally, while in bat-form, this also describes how he “walks” if one can call it that.

LIMITATIONS:
* Despite his age, Clyde has only just learnt he even has this power, and cannot make it work.
* Unlike Leo, Clyde’s powers work with his clothing. This is unexplained but less awkward than the alternative.

SIDE-EFFECTS:
While in bat form, Clyde doesn’t think as a human does. Due to this, when he shapeshifts back, his thoughts are fuzzy, and he isn’t sure if he imagined what just happened.
His hearing has improved and his sight works better at night, but he has trouble seeing during the day.

♦ THE FREEFORM ♦

The first of the boys to enter the orphanage was Leonard Wells. Aged just five and a half, the young Brooklyn boy was found wandering the streets a long way from his hometown. He explained that he had gotten separated from his babysitter, and his family was on vacation. Many attempts were made to contact his family, but none ever proved fruitful, and he was eventually taken in at the age of six.
Less than six months later, the orphanage took in a second child, a ten year old by the name of Clyde, just Clyde. He never spoke, and on the rare occasions that anyone could get a word out of him, it was obvious that English wasn’t his first language. Before long, it was noted that he had an allergy to the sun; this, along with his strong Transylvanian accent and dark hair, ended up landing him the nickname “vampire” by some of the meaner kids. This, strangely enough, was how the boys met.
Leo had seen Clyde around, but the city kid never really bothered to take notice of the quiet boy until he watched some of the older kids forcing Clyde outside. The poor boy began to break out into hives, and Leo stepped in to protect him. The end result: Leonard was punished for fighting, and the boys became friends.
By the time he was eight, Leo had decided he would grow up and become a scientist. Ultimately, he wanted to find a cure to Clyde’s Erythropoietic Protoporphyria (sun allergy). Clyde, meanwhile, stuck with Leo like glue. Anything Leo wanted to do, he agreed to go with; even if it probably wasn’t something they were allowed to be doing. As a result, most of their free time consisted of the two being in trouble… again.
Despite their closeness, Leo could be somewhat oblivious to Clyde’s problems, and Clyde himself didn’t like to trouble Leo with his problems, despite how often Leo would tell him it was alright. By age twelve, Clyde started to starve himself. It took Leo almost a week to notice, and when he did, he took it upon himself to watch what Clyde ate. Despite Leo’s best efforts, Clyde still resisted most foods – an unusual thing for someone who was usually so obedient – and Leo soon found out why; food was the only thing Clyde felt like he had control over. In the end, Leo backed down, but only after making Clyde super-pinkie-promise that he would eat something at every meal, and tell Leo if something was going on.
Time continued on, and Leo became a star student in science. He was even allowed in the science lab after class at times, for supervised experiments. As usual, Clyde stayed at the back of the room, watching from afar. He still spoke very little, but around Leo he was able to relax, and sometimes the two would stay up after curfew, sneaking out of their rooms and climbing the drain pipe up to the roof. Clyde often asked what if they got hurt, but they never did.
By the time Clyde turned fifteen, he was getting dizzy spells quite often. Taking notice for once and worried this may be due to Clyde’s condition, the orphanage staff made an appointment to see a doctor. Leo put up such a fight about going with Clyde they made a rare exception, and Leo went with his friend. Clyde was quickly diagnosed with anaemia (low on iron). He was given iron supplements as a countermeasure.
A few months later, Leo was working unsupervised in the science lab. He had been doing tests with color pigments, and something went wrong. As a result, his hands and feet became invisible. Understandably, the boys freaked out, and Leo disposed of the evidence. The next few weeks were the worst; Leo knew his hands were there, but he couldn’t see them and often had trouble doing things he had previously found easy. He couldn’t understand it; by all accounts, what had happened to him shouldn’t even be possible! It wasn’t until almost a fortnight later that he even considered a viable reason his hands were invisible.
Leo had come across a book on mutations, and how humans with certain mutations in their DNA could essentially develop “superpowers”. The book was extremely outdated, but it was enough. Leo tried everything he could to control his invisibility “issue”, and finally, almost a month after his hands became invisible, he managed to figure out how to use his powers… by becoming completely invisible. It was barely a ten second use of his powers, but it was enough to terrify him and cause Clyde to pass out.
The next day Clyde overheard people talking about taking Leo away. When he told Leo, the latter told him not to worry; they weren’t exactly the most adoptable children, after all. To his surprise, that was exactly what was happening. The people tried to explain what was happening, but Leo flatly refused to leave without Clyde. After a short discussion, it was agreed that the two boys would come with them.
To everyone’s surprise, being at a new place, surrounded by strangers, in the middle of a sunny day, was just the trigger Clyde needed to set off his own powers; he had the ability to transform into a bat. He didn’t calm down until he was alone in his room with Leo. Upon transforming back, Clyde became confused and disorientated. His memories, at best, were fuzzy, and he had no clue where he was.
The boys were given a week to get used to their surroundings before classes began.

♦ THE PLAYER ♦

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