Post by Nick Black on Oct 11, 2009 23:22:55 GMT -5
Celeb Claim: Whitney Houston
This application refers to the character Joan Black of this universe and alternativley the Joan Black from the 913 universe of Eclipse. All facts that are the same shall be written in the normal color and all which are exclusive to the 913 Joan Black will be written as such.
Name: Joan Black
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Birthday: November 21
Place of Birth:Kingston, Jamaica
Sexual Orientation: Hetero
Current Location: Atlanta, GA / Miami, FL
Faction: AuraFiz / Neutral
Alignment: Neutral Good
Occupation: Secretary / None
Significant Other: Michael Black / Michael Black (913)
Children: Nick Black / Nick Black (913)
Other Relatives: none
Who are your character(s)? Nick Black
Personality:
Joan Black is a strong independent woman. She very rarely takes no for an answer and is always sure to display her opinion, however rash or even rude it may be. She is afraid of no person or for that matter what people may think of her, if she has something to say she is damn well going to say it (sometimes to the chagrin of those around her.) She prefers to prove she can do things on her own and prove that she can indeed function without the help of anyone. Of course she acknowledges her need for others and her love of them, she just likes to let people know she has an opinion and she can flaunt it any which way she likes.
She believes strongly in always doing the right thing ans trying to better oneself in life. Though she isn't the best at displaying her feelings (often through sarcasm and a bounty of yelling) she does indeed care for those close to her. She only wanted what's best for her family and will go to any lengths to make them happy. She won't show her soft side at any given time but in time those who know her well will see it. Underneath her rough exterior she is a real softy, and a caring person.
Appearance
Joan is an attractive woman for her age. She still displays soem qualities of youth though she knows that ship has ling winse sailed. She dies her hair a dark, golden brown which she either keeps curly or straight at any given time. She has large expressive eyes, and a wide smile, quite pelasing when she does show it.
She is a sort of caramel complexion and fit for a woman her age (years of tae-bo will do that for you.) She is not nccesarily athletic but she does manage to keep her form. She adheres to all the amenities to look good, so with that comes a good manicure/pedicure, and makeup. She prefers to use as little as possible, instead flaunting asort of natural beauty.
Her choice in clothing varies but she of course does like to dress nicely. Her wardrobe conists of a variety of colors and styles but she makes apaprent her preference to the colors white and black. She will wear some browns as well but no bright, neon clothing. She likes to be simple, elegant, and perhaps even turning a few heads.
Powers/Abilities:
Trans-Dimensional Duplication -
Joan has the ability to summon alternate versions of herself from neighboring dimensions. These clones think and act for themselves and will have the base personality of Joan Black. They come from nearby dimensions, worlds that do not differ extremely from eachother. These clones are for all purposes other human beings and she shares no psychic connection or any sort of inhuman connection other that them being her from parrelel worlds. They must be issued instructions and in some cases convinced to help.
Joan has the ability to summon alternate versions of herself from time, 5 minutes in the past or future . These clones think and act for themselves and will have the base personality of Joan Black. They are effectivley taken out of the time stream and placed in the one she is in, though not fully understood it is understood to create paradoxes. These clones are for all purposes other human beings and she shares no psychic connection or any sort of inhuman connection other that them being her from different time. They must be issued instructions and in some cases convinced to help.
Power Limits:
These alternate versions of Joan are essentially the same as her aside from a few differences. Differences might include appearance, slight personality changes, and in some extreme cases different powers. The clones clones can last for up to two hours and she may have as many as 5 at one time. If a clone is killed they are dead in their own dimension and they're body is transported back to their dimension.
These alternate versions of Joan are essentially the same as her, often exactly the same as her. Differences might include slight changes in appearance. The clones clones can last for up to two hours and she may have as many as 5 at one time. If a clone is killed they are considered dead and dissapear. It is isn't understood how exactly that works regarding the time line.
Brief Character History:
Joan Black was born in Kingston, Jamaica. She grew up ina rather strict household that emphasized the values of hard work and ethics. Those whos trayed from the path were quickly led back on with a stern beating, as her two brothers often learned. Joan on the other hand was somewhat a angelic daughter always listening to mother and father and doing what she was told. She was happy and picked up many of her current personality traits from her own mother. She ended up graduating from high school (or rather the Jamaican equivalent) and from there wasn't quite sure what to do.
She worked in her parents cafe for some time before finally deciding on what to do. She moved to America, more specifically New York city. She quickly made friends and adapated to more mainstream American society. In actuality it wasn't all too different but it was the slight things which truly made her a part of the culture. It was in new York that she met Michael Black, the man with whom she would fall in love and marry. It was ona snowy night in November that the two of them concieved their son and none months later, he was born.
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After giving birth their child Nicholas had a bad reaction to the silver nitrate put on his eyes. As a result he was born blind. he resulting lawsuit gave the family enough money to move to Atlanta , GA. In Georgia Michael, a risk analysist for a small company was tipped off to work at AuraFiz. He snatched up the opportunity and soon the family was moving up the socio-economic ladder.
When Nick was 6 years old joan discovered her ability. She was curious about it and never told anybody. She would use it for various occurences when she needed a few extra hands around the house, she always managed to convince her clones to assist. One day though Joan was dealing with the circuit breaker after the lights went out. She recieved a massive shock and unwittingly summoned forth a clone. This one was just scared but didn't dissapear after the normal 2 hour limit. For fear of her 6 year old son seeing two mothers she hid away the cline trying to figure soemthing out but later when she went for again, she was gone. Joan figured the limit was probably alittle later due to the shock but all the same never used her powers again.
Joan for the first few years doted on her son, she was always so careful with him, especially considering he was blind. It wasn't until he was well into middle school that she decided to stop playing house mother and get a job of her own. She found work at AuraFiz as well as a secretary.
Pretty soon the family was moved to Miami to a new facility. Joan did take a liking to living in Miami but she was just happy to be with her family. Soon Nick was going off to college and with a sort of bittersweet happiness she watched her baby bird leave the nest. Now she is living with her husband in Atlanta, working as a secretary and just living the good life.
When Joan Black ave birth to their child Nicholas it was the happiest day of their lives. Unfortunatley not all was well. Michael was strugglign to find a good job, his work in risk analysis often overshadowed by even bigger companies. The family was forced to live in teh ghettos of Queens, a sordid expierience for the young couple and their baby boy.
Michael tried hard to find good jobs and make money to keep his family happy but it seemed as if nothing ever worked out. Joan gathered what money she could working in restaurants and the like but it was never enough. The hard life put a strain on the couple's relationship but they perservered.
One day when Joan was home tending to her seven year old son Nick. His father was at work and she was spending the day with ehr son. It was a rainy, thundery day, and lightening crashed all around. All of a sudden though she felt as if she wasbeing sucked through a pipe. She found herself in a garage with a woman who looked exactly like her.
The other Joan tried to explain what had happened but hid her away when her husband came home, who incidently looked exactly like her own Michael. It was in the room she was hidden that Joan tapped into her own power summonign force a temporal duplicate. It was too much for her and she fled, wishing to wake up from the crazy dream. It's been 11 years, and she still hasn't woken up.
