Okay- concepts, round 2. Concept 1 is mostly similar to the original pitch (nerdy latent telepath); Concept 2 has gone 'over the river and through the words' from student adventurer hunter/investigator hybrid to scholar.
Part of this is adjustment of worldview and, well, expectations maybe- I haven't been 15 in a VERY long time. Both are perhaps rather mature teenagers...
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>Natasha Miriam Grace Rabinowitz (better known as Tasha and formerly known as 'Natalie Robins') was born in Hollywood- both of her parents were in the entertainment industry and she was 'acting' before she was three. From age 5 to 9, she was one of the stars of 'Lady of the House' (think Two and a Half Men, only with a daughter)- but at 9 the voices in her head grew too loud to bear, and she dropped out of acting "For health reasons". Her parents tried everything, but her problems persisted- both 'hallucinations' and RSPK activity; over the years Tasha went through more than a dozen schools, a handful of institutions, and more "cures" and therapists than she can remember. Her parents finally divorced a year ago- her father remarried almost immediately, and still lives in LA; Tasha and her mother moved back east to be near other relatives (and a new round of treatment options). They moved to Belmont just a few weeks ago.
Tasha's mom has ALMOST run out of patience, and Tasha herself is looking for acceptance (and still, after all these years, for answers- like 'Why Me?'). She is bright, smart, and personable (though she is a bit nervous, and covers it with a Wednesday Addams veneer)- but also a hardcore nerd (mostly for books and comics- she says TV rots your brain, and certainly would NOT like to be identified as 'Natalie Robins'); she is also "accident prone" and still suffers from "seizures", though some of her medications seem to be helping.
In game terms, Tasha is a Creative, Smart 1, with future progression in Charismatic and Dedicated to Telepath. She is mostly focused on sensing and TK (within the limits of the short power list). Best stats are INT, WIS, CHA; best skills are Perform (Acting), Knowledge (Behavioral science), and Knowledge (pop culture). In story terms, she likely has Far Hand or Far Punch that target her or her immediate area unconsciously and some sort of Precognition/Sensitivity to Psychic Impressions that exists solely to push plot- these account for her seizures, hallucinations, and "accident-prone" nature. In addition, McLean Hospital is a world-famous psychiatric treatment and research facility- but maybe they also study psychic phenomena or similar activity (and her doctor is another psi, good or bad...)
Qoute: "I never got my letter from Hogwarts, or my call from Xavier's school- so I'm stuck here"
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[sblock= Concept 2; scholar-in-training]
>Shivani Singh is British-American- her father (was) British, and her mother is American. Her father was an archaelogist, and Shivani grew up traveling all around the globe. She is quite bright, and delved into scholarship from an early age. She is especially interested in history and architecture- and in mysterious or unexplained phenomena; an interest she shared with her father. Her died more than a year ago on a dig in sub-Saharan Africa, and Shivani inherited a trunk of his belongings (including some notebooks she has had no luck in translating). Shivani and her mother have only recently moved to the Boston area- they ended in Belmont at least partially for the schools (one of the best public high schools in the nation, and second-best in the state). Her mother works at the Draper Labs in Cambridge (on a DARPA-funded contract that may have something to do with GPS and Inertial navigation for something...)- she is almost never home. Shivani is quite smart, but a bit of a know-it-all; she is far more interested in going out to find out stuff than reading about it- she has skills in research but also in survival and exploration.
In Game terms, Shivani is a Student, Smart 1, with future progression split between Smart and Dedicated. She might remain mundane (Field Scientist? Investigator?), but if we don't have another candidate she could go for more exotic knowledge (Mage? Occultist?). Best stats are INT and WIS; best skills are Research and various Knowledges- also very high Navigate; she doesn't get lost easily (and is fond of 'exploring' new, even dangerous, places. Possible plot drivers are her father's notebooks (etc.) or other investigations- or maybe some of her father's associates (or is her father actually dead and not an evil mage/mummy/lich himself).
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