Post by Reign Sawyer on Mar 1, 2017 1:19:47 GMT
Reign Maddox Sawyer
FACE CLAIM: Noel Fielding
♦ THE BASICS ♦
AGE: 32
GENDER: Male (ftm)
ORIENTATION: Pansexual
POSITION: College Student (Master's degree)♦ THE ABILITY ♦
POWER: Psychometry
Reign has the ability to see histories attached to objects by touching them. Depending on the emotions attached to them, Reign can see further into the history. For example, a beloved childhood toy or baby blanket would allow Reign to see more history of the item. An office pen that has no importance to anyone would hold almost no history, and Reign might only be able to see a few hours of history, maybe up to a few days.
History includes stuff that has happened to the item, or the person who owned the item if the item was involved in the incident-- a weapon would hold the memory and emotions of an attack or murder, a favourite item would be saturated with the owner's emotions and memories.
LIMITATIONS:
Reign can only see history in an object if there is something significant attached to the object, or if he touches it right after someone else used it, to a maximum of 3 hours after someone used it.
Old places can mess Reign up. Cemetaries, historically significant places, places of that nature, can have so much history, emotions, and memories attached to them that he can't block against it and will get overwhelmed. These types of places are the only outlier when it comes to Reign's power, since he doesn't have to touch anything to get hallucinations. However, since he gets hit with so much in those places, Reign rarely remembers anything he has seen besides the fact that he has blacked out.
Reign can't get specifics from handling objects. He can't hear voices or sounds. He only sees flashes, and they occur like strong hallucinations. Strong memories will sometimes yield recognizable faces, and clear actions. It takes a lot of time for Reign to sift through what he sees and understand what he's seen. If an object has a lot of history, the hallucination-like visions he receives will stack, like double exposure films and photographs. This can make what Reign sees very confusing and hard to decipher.
SIDE-EFFECTS:
Reign has terrible long-term memory. He has to keep journals to keep track of things. His short-term memory is excellent, however.
Due to his training as Bellefonte Academy when he was young, Reign can mentally block his power so that he doesn't get overwhelmed with emotions and memories every time he touches something. On days where he's feeling exhausted or overwhelmed already, he has to wear gloves or long sleeves to stop from touching people and things to protect himself.
If Reign allows himself to be overwhelmed, or uses his power too much, he can black out. He'll lose chunks of time, and won't be able to remember what he, or anyone else, did or said. After blacking out, Reign will feel foggy for at least a day, and his short-term memory won't kick back in until his head clears.♦ THE FREEFORM ♦
Reign twisted in the chair and draped one of his lanky legs over the arm of it. "Well, I'm currently doing my Master's degree," he said in a lilting, lazy voice. "I'm doing my Master's in painting. I did my undergrad already. Majored in visual arts, and I minored in theatre. I like performance art. Well, all art, really."
Reign motioned lazily at his outfit, a jacket that had been pieced together from other jackets. It was adorned with buttons advertising his staunchly liberal, well, more communist-anarcho leaning political views. "I sure look the part, don't I?" he said with a crooked grin.
His grin stayed as he continued explaining his history. "I manifested late, actually. Around 16. I started having these, like, hallucinations. They started being few and far between, but really vivid. The Bellefonte Recruiters came right away. I was already in high school at that point. My mutation isn't terribly hard to control. I finished my Bellefonte education at 18, and was able to move back home and decide where to go to college."
Reign kicked his foot that was over the chair arm a few times, looking at his boot, which was covered in sparkles. "I came out right before I left for school, too. I was born and assigned female at birth. But as you can see," he kicked his leg out and held out his opposite arm in a 'ta-daaa' motion. "I blossomed into a charming young man."
His happy-go-lucky demeanour faltered a little bit as he resumed his relaxed position. "I told my baby sister first," he said, eyes suddenly looking distance. "It was our secret for a bit. She had a big sister who was turning into a brother. With my mutation, I was like a super hero. But when I cut my hair and started dressing different, and changed my name... I had to tell Mom and Dad. Sawyer isn't even my original last name. But what's in a name?"
He fell quiet for a little while. "When I first came out, Mom and Dad didn't know what to do. They didn't handle it very well. And there was some other family... Well, tragedy, I guess. And around that time, I tried to tell them that I was starting hormones and had changed my name. Didn't go over great. They wanted to be a normal family. But, well. We aren't." He brushed his black bangs away from his face and laughed suddenly, detracting from the serious subject. "We're okay. They call every now and then. We talk. I don't think my mom always recognizes my voice. But that's fine."
Reign sat up properly in the chair. "That's my brief history. And then my portfolio is on this USB drive." He leaned forward and tapped on it, which was sitting in the middle of the table. "Which I'm going to submit to local and national galleries. Hopefully it gets picked up."
He glanced at his watch. "I gotta go to work soon, though. Do I need to schedule another student advising session with you?"♦ THE PLAYER ♦
USERNAME: Harvey
AGE GROUP: 23
EXPERIENCE: since the dawn of time
WHERE DID YOU FIND US? y'all know me haha
