Post by Angela Knight on Jan 17, 2017 15:08:19 GMT
Angela Simone Knight
FACE CLAIM: Lily James
♦ THE BASICS ♦
AGE: 20 (March 3, 1996)
GENDER: Female
ORIENTATION: Heterosexual
POSITION: Bellefonte Academy Official (Recruiter & Security)♦ THE ABILITY ♦
POWER: Darkness Empowerment & Manipulation
Darkness Empowerment
Whenever Angela comes into contact with darkness, she becomes stronger and faster physically and mentally. She is quicker to react and has a higher stamina. She too is not easily affected by sickness like the common flu. You can say she feels more "alive" at night. She cannot turn it off.
Her senses - hearing, sight, taste, touch, smell - are also heightened. This makes her very much aware of her surroundings so low chances of creeping up to her at night.
On top of that, this ability enables Angela to use her power (darkness manipulation) longer without harsher side effects kicking in.
Darkness Manipulation
By manipulating darkness, Angela can shape it according to her liking. Shadow is considered a dark area where light is blocked by an object. Therefore, she can manipulate shadows too. She can cloud herself and others with the darkness. It would mostly feel like a blanket covering them.
She uses her mind to control it. Occasionally, she uses her hands but that is mostly for the sake of appearance. However, whenever she is feeling an emotion too strongly, subconsciously her shadow (and sometimes other shadows) would increase in size. Once her emotions are in check, it would recede back to its original size. Angela can get ticked off very easy so this happens more often than she cares to admit.
LIMITATIONS:
Darkness Empowerment
This power works best when she is in a total dark area. Dimly lit rooms work too but she is only empowered partially. Basically, the darker it is, the more empowered Angela is. It pretty much does not work in the day when the sun is out, unless she is in a dark room. It works at night, but not if she is in a brightly lit room.
She is stronger and faster but nothing too extreme. She would have strength to win an arm wrestle against a guy but not strong enough to lift a car. Though she is faster, but not as fast as what speedsters could do.
Just because Angela does not easily get sick, this does not mean she can heal quickly or posses any healing properties. If she were to get a cut, it does not heal immediately. She would still have to treat the wound like if she received it during the day.
Darkness Manipulation
She is unable to create it, being limited to manipulating only from natural and existing darkness.
Whatever shapes she creates with it cannot cause any harm and are unable to inflict pain. No matter how scary she makes it look, it cannot physically hurt anyone. Besides that, it only lasts for about 10-15 minutes during the day before it vanishes like smoke. At night however, thanks to her darkness empowerment, it would last triple the time.
Any light based powers, especially in the day, are highly effective against Angela's powers.
SIDE-EFFECTS:
Darkness Empowerment
In the day, Angela is quite weak. She feels more vulnerable and it does not take much to tire the girl out. She frequently gets headaches and experiences vertigo when exposed to light. It goes without saying she very much prefers to stay indoors especially when the sun is out.
Due to her powers, she is much more awake at night and experiences trouble falling and staying asleep. So she is nocturnal and a bit of an insomniac. This also causes her to be sleep deprived because in the day she would have to work. She rarely gets enough sleep, that is if she could even get any.
Darkness Manipulation
Overusing this power would exhaust her both physically and mentally. Especially if she over did it during the day, there is a high possibility of Angela fainting.♦ THE FREEFORM ♦Diary entries by AngelaMy name is Angela. I am four. This is my diary.
2000, Entry #1
Ms. Jane gave this to me. She said I should write in it. It was a present for making it through my first interview with a couple.
I was so excited. Happy! The other kids always said when couples come to meet you is a good thing. It's time to get ADUPTED. All you had to do was look cute and be nice. I am a girl so that was eaassyy!! I wore my favorite purple skirt with pretty flowers.
VERY PRETTY
I don't remember their names. It was something hard to pronounce and spell but they were really nice. They used simple words. Asked me what my hobby was. I said reading. They said it was very good. The lady never stopped smiling. I think they like me!2004, Entry #1095My name is Angela. I am eight years old and this is my diary.
I just finished another interview with another couple. I don't know how many it has been. Perhaps the third one this week? Like the previous ones, I doubt it went well. I mean I'm still here at the orphanage right.
I am feeling extremely tired. I don't know why I still agree to these interviews. After four years, how many more disappointing meetings can I take.Apparently I still can.
They always seem nice and loving and interested in you at first but once they leave the room to "talk to Ms. Jane", I've figured out that's mostly code for "oh no, we don't want you. Sorry."
Oh, someone's coming.
- - - - - - - - - -
I knew it. They didn't want me. They didn't want me.
They. Didn't. Want. Me. =(
Ms. Jane says it isn't my fault. But that was what she said after every single time. After every single couple that left without taking me.
So maybe it is my fault.2007, Entry #2191My name is Angela. I am eleven years oldI CAN'T FREAKING BELIEVE THIS.
After failing yet another interview, the next day the same couple interviewed Chloe and they wanted her! HER!
We've been together since like forever. I don't know why she even agreed to it in the first place! We're best friends - OR SO I THOUGHT - and if one rejects one of us, we hate them. WE! BOTH! AAAAHHHH I AM SO ANGRY! UPSET! FRUSTRATED!
So much for staying with each other. That was stupid. Why do I even bother thinking she would be there for me. Relying on her was a stupid thing to do. Trusting her was stupid. People leaving is just stupid. STUPID.2007, Entry #2192I'm scared. Terrified. I haven't written anything since Chloe got adopted and that was over a week ago. The day she left...I was just reading under the tree. Then those OBNOXIOUS yet to hit puberty boys came over.
They knew how close Chloe and I were. And they were throwing it at my face. She got adopted and not me. Not me. Not Angela. They kept saying it. Over and over again. Of course I grew tired of it. Of course the fact stung. It hurt that Chloe now was probably having fun watching tv with her new "family" - without me.
At one point I think I screamed at the boys too. Maybe even threw some insults just to hurt them back. Then...they ran away. At first I thought it was because I finally got to them. I wish I did. But when I turned behind, I don't know how but...my shadow grew as big as the tree. I'm not that big so that wascreepy ridiculousweird.
I tried running away, but you can never run away from your shadow. This wasn't Peter Pan.
Ms. Jane found me then. The boys must have called her. She made me stay in my room most days. I could even have my meals in my room.
Then today I find out that I'll finally be leaving the orphanage. I won't be going back to a home though. Apparently I'll be going to some special school???2013, A phone call"Angela! I'm so glad you called," replied Ms. Jane from the end of the line. "How are you my dear?"
"I'm...I called because I wanted to tell you I've graduated," she said. She was seventeen and a high school graduate. Time sure flew quickly. Most days she spent training her powers and before she knew it, her years at Bellefonte went by like a blink of an eye.
"Congratulations! I'm so proud of you dear." Ms. Jane did sound genuinely proud. Angela smiled at that. "So tell me, what are your plans after this?"
Ah, the infamous question. She knew she was bound to answer those. "Well, I'm going to continue college here. There's more I want to learn about my abilities. Oh and attend some recruiting classes too. I'm thinking of you know...heading in that direction." The girl pretty much had the next four years of her life planned out. That was a good plan. Being a recruiter might be exciting. She told Ms. Jane more about it and they carried on talking, touching on topics like other possibilities out there and her studies in general.
"I remember the first time I told you about your first adoption interview. You remember that?" Ms. Jane brought up after a while. It took Angela by surprise. Why was she bringing it up? Angela did not like much to revisit her past.
"You were so happy and excited. So much joy!" She had an inkling where this would go... "I hope you had not lost-" There it was.
"No, of course not!" she interrupted. She was partially lying. The girl still had that little spark and joy, but it was so easily squashed. It did not take much for her mood to take a 180 degree turn nowadays. On top of that, darkness itself even empowers her. Literally. Angela kept quiet though, not wanting to mention this. Let Ms. Jane think what she thought.
"I know how your childhood, and your time here hasn't-"
"Look, Ms. Jane. I'm alright. Terrific even." Every word was dripping with sarcasm and she was not even trying to hide it. They both knew it. "The past...whatever. It doesn't bother me anymore, okay?" Liar. "Moving forward and all those positive stuff right."
"Oh..." Silence. "That's good to hear, Angela."
Angela can sound really optimistic but deep down, she was the opposite. She was not open to every possibility. She learnt that would usually lead to disappointments, something Angela had grown tired of. Occasionally she can be in a good mood, but it might not last long. Patience was not her forte.♦ THE PLAYER ♦
USERNAME: R e d O r a n g e
AGE GROUP: 3 more months till I "adult"
EXPERIENCE: o.o
WHERE DID YOU FIND US? Oh you know~~
