Jessie Barrow

[Jessie Barrow]

_{i n t r o d u c i n g . . .}

Jessica Lynne Barrow ///

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Full Name~ Jessica Lynne Barrow
Gender~ Female
Age~ 20
Birthdate~ January 16
Location~ Miami, Fla
Faction~ Villain
Celebrity Claim~ Rachel Hurd-Wood
Play anyone else?~ Several, most notably the Davis Brothers and Rhona Jameson

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_{m i n d . . .}

what's in my head?

/// SPECIAL ABILITY

Brain Wave Squelching is the ability to recognize, isolate, and stifle brain waves, causing the affected brain to cease functioning as normal. This is done through touch as she can sense her victim's brain waves by vibration through their skin, reading them (and even identifying them), and then sending out small vibrations through touch that can negate those brain waves. She can even single out specific patterns of brain waves and specifically suppress those patterns, negating the subject's ability to perform specific tasks such as speaking, seeing, or even using their powers.

Other applications of this ability include sensing thought patterns, not reading thoughts, but sensing patterns such as reliance on long term memory, racing thoughts, and whether the person is using the portions of the brain which control a power, allowing her to touch people and see if they have powers or not. Extreme applications of this ability can send her victim into a comatose state until the power wears off as it will irrevocably do.
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/// ABILITY LIMITS


To enact this ability, Jessie has to make physical contact with her target. Skin to skin contact isn't necessary, but simply brushing against a person's clothing isn't close enough. Laying her hand on their arm is sufficient, however. Also, this ability does not allow her to perform any mind reading, per say, although the knowledge of which portions of the brain are active and how active they are can key her in to some of her target's behavior. The sensory portion of this ability interacts off of the incredibly subtle vibrations caused by brain waves, so any excess outside vibrations can confuse this ability. Clubs with heavy music make this aspect close to useless, although she can still detect activity, although inexpertly. Also, since special abilities do cause areas of the human brain that are normally low vibration or dormant to become (more) active, this ability can be a way to tell if a person has an ability or not, although she cannot tell which ability the person possesses.

When negating brain wave activity, this ability allows Jessie to send out small, imperceptible, kinetic vibrations through her body and into the brain of the person affected which suppress the brain waves and cause information processed in the brain to not reach its destination. With this, she can temporarily shut off abilities, cause hearts to stop beating, cause a person to be temporarily be unable to remember information, and a myriad other things up to squelching all brain wave function, temporarily killing a person. However, these vibrations subside withing a minute or two of her touching a person, so all of these effects are incredibly temporary, and once the vibrations subside, the suppressed brain waves immediately return to functioning. However, if allowed prolonged contact, Jessie can cause sufficient damage to cause the portions of the brain that are suppressed to fall into enough disuse to begin to deteriorate, causing failures in important bodily systems, causing memory loss, or even destroying a person's ability to use their power.

Finally, the power only works to squelch brain waves. It cannot under any circumstances revert damage done, and the virility of the vibrations cannot be turned up or down to only “slightly” suppress brain waves. It is an all or nothing ability, and only the amount of time which Jessie is in contact with the person decides how much damage is done. As a side note, this ability is a voluntary action on Jessie's part. Not everyone she touches is affected by this ability as it is a conscious action to turn it on or off.
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/// PERSONALITY


The face that she presents to the world is a sweet, innocent, feminine and slightly shy girl who gets exuberantly happy about little things like peach smoothies, listens to underground music, and collects unicorn figurines. This version of Jessie is one who giggles at friends jokes and comes across as nerdy and quirky, but in a way that usually makes people like her rather than driving them away. She also doesn't appear overly bright, although not dumb, and a little flighty, but just enough to be endearing. In short, it is a carefully studied amalgam of the traits that would get her friends and allow people to trust her while still letting her operate in the fringes of her circles of friends so as not to draw attention to her crueler behaviors.

She seems to be completely comfortable letting other people talk over her, letting others get the spotlight while she cheers them on from the background, and seems to enjoy lending a helping hand and being a sympathetic shoulder to cry on. In reality, she enjoys being present at the vulnerable moments in people's lives, finding out their weaknesses and sculpting social groups from the inside. Jessie craves control, but doesn't seem to know how to channel it positively. A group of friends that includes her quickly breaks into warring factions with her as the go between, and over a short time even those factions dissolve because of her insidious lies and deceptions. The worst part is that few, if any, of those friends would even have a clue that she was responsible for the destruction.

At her core, Jessie is a very lonely girl who just wants the approval of others. However, life has hardened her, and she's figured out that the only way to get what she wants is to take it. Somewhere along the way, she's developed a sadistic streak and likes the power she gets from toying with people and takes opportunity to do that whenever she can. However, at heart, she's a survivalist, and has carefully crafted the personality which she presents to the world, playing that part so well that almost nobody can tell that it masks a deeply troubled girl underneath. This is so that she can keep operating as is without having to face the backlash of her actions. She will always have an out and always have someone to blame.
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Likes~

• Leading people on
  
• Peach Smoothies
  
• Alternative music
  
• Tiramisu
  
• Video games
  
• Rats
  
• Being in control
  
• Fantasy books, movies, and games
  
• Unicorns
  

Dislikes~

• Bossy people
  
• Overly “gangsta” people
  
• Rap/popular music
  
• Being ignored
  
• The smell of ammonia
  
• Altruism
  
• Shoes with heels
  
• Long fingernails
  
• Airplanes
  

Strengths~

• Puts on a good charade of being sweet
  
• Natural actress
  
• Can cry at will
  
• Motivated/Determined
  
• Can muscle past her fears
  
• Mutable morals
  

Weaknesses~

• Can be petulant
  
• Selfish
  
• Deceitful
  
• Kleptomaniac
  
• Judgmental/tends to mentally lump people into groups
  
• Vindictive
  

Skills~

• Can beat your ass at video games
  
• Practiced at creating elaborate untruths and making them seem plausible
  
• Decent handywoman
  
• Stealth/moving quietly/hiding
  
• Hiding small objects on her body/palming objects
  
• Some schooling in psychology/sociology
  

Hobbies~

• Going to concerts
  
• Videogames
  
• Dancing
  
• Playing D&D
  

Habits~

• Taps pencils of her fingers against things absentmindedly
  
• Carries a taser in her purse
  
• Eats Tic-Tacs like they're going out of style
  
• Wears hoodies with the hood up regardless of weather
  
• Chews on her lower lip when thinking
  

Flaws~

• Compulsive liar
  
• Farsighted (wears contacts)
  
• Allergic to Penicillin
  
• Slight stutter when nervous
  
• Asthma (carries inhaler)
  

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_{b o d y . . .}

caught in your sights . . .

Age~ 20
Celebrity Claim~ Rachel Hurd-Wood
Sexual Preference~ Lesbian
Ethnicity~ Irish, Welsh, German
Hair~ Red
Eyes~ Green

/// APPEARANCE


Jessie stands about five feet four inches tall with only slightly dyed red hair that reaches past her shoulders and green eyes. Her skin is pale, with a slight smattering of freckles across her nose if she's been out in the sun too much, and she tends to burn rather than tan. She has full lips and a slightly upturned nose. When she smiles, she tends to look down bashfully, usually covering her mouth with her hand, and tends to seemingly hide behind her hair which is usually left free flowing and pulled a little in front of her face.

Her clothing is pretty typical for a young person, mainly consisting of jeans, t-shirts, hoodies, and her ever present, red Converse. She does have a penchant for hoodies, and if she doesn't have one on, she will have one in her car or book bag. When wearing hoodies, Jessie almost always pulls the hood up, mostly for security reasons—she feels more comfortable and less conspicuous. Most of her clothes fall into more trendy and alternative styles, and her shirts are usually either obscure or nostalgic pop culture references or have the names of nearly unheard of bands on them. She hates wearing heels, and won't be caught dead wearing them, and, although she has a few, floor length hippie skirts, she generally doesn't wear dresses.

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_{s p i r i t . . .}

this is where i come from . . .

Faction~ Villain
Birthplace~ Stevensburg, Pennsylvania
Mother~ Linda Barrow

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Docility Inducing

Father~ George Barrow
Siblings~ Peter Barrow
Spouse~ N/A
Children~ N/A
Other Family~ Assorted aunts, uncles, and cousins

/// HISTORY


(An informative account of the events leading up to the present)


/// ANYTHING ELSE?


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_{c r e d e n t i a l s . . .}

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/// PLAYER INFORMATION

Name or Alias~ Dave, Bob
CBox Name~ Banalitybob
Contact Info~ [e-mail]
Age~ 22
Years of RP Experience~ 10ish
How Did You Find Us? Wouldn't you like to know?

/// SAMPLE RP

(A half-page or more audition of your character)

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