[ application | sirenspull ]
Player Information
Name: Kerry
Age: 21
AIM SN: fontcroire
email: fontcroire @ gmail.com
Have you played in an LJ based game before? I'm currently in Port!
Currrently Played Characters: Helen Magnus
Character Information
General
Canon Source: Firefly
Canon Format: TV Show
Character's Name: River Tam
Character's Age: 16
What form will your character's NV take? The form of an Encyclopedia - like a kindle, except altered to be able to send and receive messages.
Abilities
Character's Canon Abilities: River is a psychic ninja - she is a child prodigy, talented in anything which she attempts, and is athletically gifted. After attending "The Academy", River displays telepathic abilities, can see the future and sense emotions and feelings. She's also very combat capable, skilled in kung-fu and kickboxing and was trained (with the use of hidden coded messages) to be an assassin.
Weapons: She is a weapon. But re: actual weapons, she carries none.
History/Personality/Plans/etc.
Character History: River Tam @ wikia
Point in Canon: Mid-Serenity
Character Personality: River's personality from one day to the next, even from one moment, depends on numerous things - including any Alliance presence, danger that she may fear or sense or nightmares which can bring about a psychotic episode. After attending The Academy, which was thought to be a school for the gifted, River's brain was experimented on in order to make her the perfect assassin, unlocking parts of the brain which were unused, creating new neurological pathways and tapping into psychic abilities. These experiments were the cause of River's psychotic episodes - by damaging her amygdala, as well as mentally scaring her in fear, River is capable of feeling everything at once - from herself as well as others. Due to the damage she is incapable of shutting this off and the intense feelings started a descent into insanity.
In a calm moment, River is a pleasant girl, thoughtful, sweet and has a smart sense of humour. From a child River has always been intelligent - whilst her brother was smart she was gifted, making him seem like the idiot child. River's gifts allowed her to do anything that she wanted, her mind being capable of accessing and doing anything which she tried. River is also very athletically skilled and is a talented dancer, capable of picking up a dance just by watching it for seconds. Though River is friendly and found to be pleasant, she's also been described as 'not quite right' due to her psychotic episodes and is a little feared due to her unpredictability.
River has a tendency to make 'odd' or inappropriate comments - the logic in them is sound to River but they don't entirely make sense. As a child River gave intellectual and logical answers to arguments or as solutions, something which she is still doing now though the meaning is a little more confused. These comments go so far as to stretch to her actions as well, making her unpredictable but also violent, an example being when she slashed Jayne's chest as he "looked better in red". River is deeply intuitive and combines both her intelligence with her feelings to allow things to follow in a logical path. River's cryptic speech is very meaningful and though it may not outwardly seem so, on the inside it is much deeper. Her genius, as well as her trained assassin skills, make her even more dangerous - this example being something small, as had she actually wished to cause harm no one would have been able to have stopped her.
When suffering from a mental outbreak, the most common of these being when River wakes up from a nightmare or during the presence of the Alliance, River is often very child like and only her brother, Simon, is capable of calming her. Often after, and very quickly too, River will return to her 'normal' state, casually throwing him a caustic remark. River's love for Simon is very grounding for her, capable of helping her to retain as much normalcy as she can. It is likely that if Simon were not with River that the results of her insanity, or even with River herself, would be more severe. The friendships that River has formed aboard Serenity are also very important for her, allowing her to reclaim some of what she's lost in herself whilst helping to stabilise her, lessening the effects of the trauma that she's sustained.
Along with River's altered mentality, The Academy's experimentation caused other effects in River. As well as being deeply intuitive in herself, River is also capable of sensing the feelings of others, as well as displaying telepathic prowess. There have also been moments where River has been able to see or foretell the future, warning the crew of Serenity of impending danger or events - particularly in the case of Reavers. Though River has no control over these abilities, it is possible that over time she will be capable of refining them. Though she will never be able to control her emotions, possibly not even be able to control sensing the emotions of others, she may be able to develop a better grasp over her forewarning and telepathy. Her abilities are powerful, allowing her to locate her way through unknown buildings and can locate or feel things from a distance. It is possible that River's abilities also stretch further as she remarks to Jayne that, "I can kill you with my brain".
River is also stronger than she appears, also due to The Academy. As The Academy trained her to be an assassin, River possesses a high level of skill in bother Kung-Fu and kickboxing, heightened by her love of dance and athletic ability. She is also capable of taking down multiple targets in great numbers and can come out of these counters unscathed. Her training has made her proficient in hand-to-hand combat as well as in the use of weaponry, particularly knifes or guns (with the aid of her psychic abilities also).
Character Plans: I don't really have too many other than hoarding some CR with Simon Tam. I think with all the powers in Port and some of the people there it could possibly help her with her own a little - her abilities are very untrained - she hears everything and cannot stop it. She also won't have to run any longer, but the place isn't any more safe.
Appearance/PB: Summer Glau ( icons )
Writing Samples
First Person Sample [ video ]
[ There's a scream when the NV activates, a very panicked, female scream. If you know enough to tell that voice also happens to belong to a young girl. As for what the video shows? Little. It's dark and is laid on the floor near to the girl - who hasn't seemed to have noticed it thus far ]
N-no. Don't want to sleep. Don't want to be gone, can't make me.
[ If you were able to see anything you'd see that the young girl is curled into a ball, arms resting over her face, muffling her words slightly ]
Didn't mean to. Wasn't my fault, didn't want to hurt them. Don't make me go.
[ It's then when something clicks. Messages, feelings that she'd not listened to and then the lack of Serenity's distinctive hum. The confused babbling stops for a moment, but when the girls speaks again the panic to her tone has increased ]
Simon?
Simon?
No. No!
Gone. Not our place, thrown out to the wolves. Can't stay here. It's so loud, everything's so loud, can't make it stop.
Simon!
[ That final word turns to a pained cry. Lost. Alone. And surrounded by monsters. And then, when you think it's quiet, there's another scream. Louder. Panicked. Not panicked but afraid ]
Third Person Sample She was surrounded, or rather had been.
Name: Kerry
Age: 21
AIM SN: fontcroire
email: fontcroire @ gmail.com
Have you played in an LJ based game before? I'm currently in Port!
Currrently Played Characters: Helen Magnus
Character Information
General
Canon Source: Firefly
Canon Format: TV Show
Character's Name: River Tam
Character's Age: 16
What form will your character's NV take? The form of an Encyclopedia - like a kindle, except altered to be able to send and receive messages.
Abilities
Character's Canon Abilities: River is a psychic ninja - she is a child prodigy, talented in anything which she attempts, and is athletically gifted. After attending "The Academy", River displays telepathic abilities, can see the future and sense emotions and feelings. She's also very combat capable, skilled in kung-fu and kickboxing and was trained (with the use of hidden coded messages) to be an assassin.
Weapons: She is a weapon. But re: actual weapons, she carries none.
History/Personality/Plans/etc.
Character History: River Tam @ wikia
Point in Canon: Mid-Serenity
Character Personality: River's personality from one day to the next, even from one moment, depends on numerous things - including any Alliance presence, danger that she may fear or sense or nightmares which can bring about a psychotic episode. After attending The Academy, which was thought to be a school for the gifted, River's brain was experimented on in order to make her the perfect assassin, unlocking parts of the brain which were unused, creating new neurological pathways and tapping into psychic abilities. These experiments were the cause of River's psychotic episodes - by damaging her amygdala, as well as mentally scaring her in fear, River is capable of feeling everything at once - from herself as well as others. Due to the damage she is incapable of shutting this off and the intense feelings started a descent into insanity.
In a calm moment, River is a pleasant girl, thoughtful, sweet and has a smart sense of humour. From a child River has always been intelligent - whilst her brother was smart she was gifted, making him seem like the idiot child. River's gifts allowed her to do anything that she wanted, her mind being capable of accessing and doing anything which she tried. River is also very athletically skilled and is a talented dancer, capable of picking up a dance just by watching it for seconds. Though River is friendly and found to be pleasant, she's also been described as 'not quite right' due to her psychotic episodes and is a little feared due to her unpredictability.
River has a tendency to make 'odd' or inappropriate comments - the logic in them is sound to River but they don't entirely make sense. As a child River gave intellectual and logical answers to arguments or as solutions, something which she is still doing now though the meaning is a little more confused. These comments go so far as to stretch to her actions as well, making her unpredictable but also violent, an example being when she slashed Jayne's chest as he "looked better in red". River is deeply intuitive and combines both her intelligence with her feelings to allow things to follow in a logical path. River's cryptic speech is very meaningful and though it may not outwardly seem so, on the inside it is much deeper. Her genius, as well as her trained assassin skills, make her even more dangerous - this example being something small, as had she actually wished to cause harm no one would have been able to have stopped her.
When suffering from a mental outbreak, the most common of these being when River wakes up from a nightmare or during the presence of the Alliance, River is often very child like and only her brother, Simon, is capable of calming her. Often after, and very quickly too, River will return to her 'normal' state, casually throwing him a caustic remark. River's love for Simon is very grounding for her, capable of helping her to retain as much normalcy as she can. It is likely that if Simon were not with River that the results of her insanity, or even with River herself, would be more severe. The friendships that River has formed aboard Serenity are also very important for her, allowing her to reclaim some of what she's lost in herself whilst helping to stabilise her, lessening the effects of the trauma that she's sustained.
Along with River's altered mentality, The Academy's experimentation caused other effects in River. As well as being deeply intuitive in herself, River is also capable of sensing the feelings of others, as well as displaying telepathic prowess. There have also been moments where River has been able to see or foretell the future, warning the crew of Serenity of impending danger or events - particularly in the case of Reavers. Though River has no control over these abilities, it is possible that over time she will be capable of refining them. Though she will never be able to control her emotions, possibly not even be able to control sensing the emotions of others, she may be able to develop a better grasp over her forewarning and telepathy. Her abilities are powerful, allowing her to locate her way through unknown buildings and can locate or feel things from a distance. It is possible that River's abilities also stretch further as she remarks to Jayne that, "I can kill you with my brain".
River is also stronger than she appears, also due to The Academy. As The Academy trained her to be an assassin, River possesses a high level of skill in bother Kung-Fu and kickboxing, heightened by her love of dance and athletic ability. She is also capable of taking down multiple targets in great numbers and can come out of these counters unscathed. Her training has made her proficient in hand-to-hand combat as well as in the use of weaponry, particularly knifes or guns (with the aid of her psychic abilities also).
Character Plans: I don't really have too many other than hoarding some CR with Simon Tam. I think with all the powers in Port and some of the people there it could possibly help her with her own a little - her abilities are very untrained - she hears everything and cannot stop it. She also won't have to run any longer, but the place isn't any more safe.
Appearance/PB: Summer Glau ( icons )
Writing Samples
First Person Sample [ video ]
[ There's a scream when the NV activates, a very panicked, female scream. If you know enough to tell that voice also happens to belong to a young girl. As for what the video shows? Little. It's dark and is laid on the floor near to the girl - who hasn't seemed to have noticed it thus far ]
N-no. Don't want to sleep. Don't want to be gone, can't make me.
[ If you were able to see anything you'd see that the young girl is curled into a ball, arms resting over her face, muffling her words slightly ]
Didn't mean to. Wasn't my fault, didn't want to hurt them. Don't make me go.
[ It's then when something clicks. Messages, feelings that she'd not listened to and then the lack of Serenity's distinctive hum. The confused babbling stops for a moment, but when the girls speaks again the panic to her tone has increased ]
Simon?
Simon?
No. No!
Gone. Not our place, thrown out to the wolves. Can't stay here. It's so loud, everything's so loud, can't make it stop.
Simon!
[ That final word turns to a pained cry. Lost. Alone. And surrounded by monsters. And then, when you think it's quiet, there's another scream. Louder. Panicked. Not panicked but afraid ]
Third Person Sample She was surrounded, or rather had been.