⫷ ⫷ ⫷ Am I Dreaming? ⫸ ⫸ ⫸
『 THE BASICS 』
⇢ Name | Ira Krow
⇢ Nickname | N/A
⇢ Age | 15
⇢ Birthday | February 7th
⇢ Height | 5'8
⇢ Hair length & color | Right above shoulder length when dry, about shoulder length when wet (due to curls and waves); Brown
⇢ Eye color | Brown
⇢ Gender | Male
⇢ Power(s) | Ira has what he and others have taken to calling the power to create "illusions", though whether or not this serves as an accurate description is debatable. This power most often presents itself in the form of hallucination-like sensory experiences. Just what these sensory experiences may be varies from any given occurrence to another; Most often, they are visual, but can at times encompass one or more of the other senses. The most vivid of these often come about at night, when he is dreaming and unable to actively filter them in any way.
An overactive mind and overactive body go hand in hand, and Ira is also imbued with the ability to heal at a heightened rate. Whether this is a blessing or a curse is debatable, however, as while he may heal more quickly than the average individual, he also experiences the pain associated with an injury more intensely.
⇢ Power limit | While it's unlikely you'd ever hear him outrightly admit to it, Ira has very little control over his powers. On an average day, the best he can hope for is to suppress the so-called "illusions" he creates. When under stress, however, he often fails even at this. His attempts to create specific "illusions" are also, in general, futile.
His healing powers are not all-encompassing nor full-proof. They apply only to injuries in which bone or tissue needs to repair itself (such as cuts, broken bones, etc.) and seem to have little-to-no effect on illness. Like most, he is a frequent victim of the common cold, among other viruses. In addition, they are not instantaneous. For example, whereas a scraped knee may take 1-2 weeks to heal on the average individual, Ira would find the wound gone within a day or two. A broken bone that would normally take 6-8 weeks may repair itself within 1. Healing times vary based upon the exact nature and severity of the injury.
『 MY LIFE STORY 』
⇢ Biography / / The youngest of three children, Ira's mother died due to complications during childbirth. As Ira grew, so did his powers. At first, it was small things. His family would catch strange hazy sights out of the corner of their eyes, only to find them gone a moment later. At times, odd unintelligible sounds could be heard echoing throughout the house. These experiences, though certainly unsettling, could easily be dismissed as tricks of the eyes and ears; This wouldn't last.
By the time Ira was four, it was clear something was not quite right. Odd visions seemed to follow the boy around. In moments of extreme emotion, they would intensify in startling ways. To make matters worse, the family had begun to notice the child overreacted to the point of hysterics over small injuries, only for them to have disappeared by the next day.
Plagued by issues even before his wife's death, Ira's father's anger and anguish quickly developed into obsession as his son's special abilities became manifest. He began pushing the child to experiment with and learn to control them during every waking moment. Every failure, no matter how small, was unacceptable. Due to the difficult-to-control nature of Ira's powers, these failures were frequent and unceasing.
Homeschooled for obvious reasons, Ira's life quickly descended into an unending routine of sleep, eat, train, repeat. As his father continued to unravel, many of these "training sessions" devolved into what was essentially flat-out abuse - though Ira never viewed it this way, idolizing his father. Ever eager to please, he developed a competitive streak and a cocky attitude, always wanting to prove he was better than others; And, as such, worthy of praise and affection.
It wasn't until Ira was 13 years old that things would change. Having continued to steadily decline over the years, his father eventually began abusing his other children. As regular active members of society without their brother's miraculous healing powers, their mistreatment didn't go unnoticed and the state authorities were soon involved by concerned parties. Upon inspection of the home, Ira's father was deemed unfit and the children were slated to be put into the foster care system. Unable to control his feelings upon learning this, Ira unintentionally made his powers known and was instead sent to the orphanage for those who shared his unusual abilities.
Unaccustomed to life surrounded by so many others and still smarting from the loss of his family, he's proved to be somewhat difficult during his stay at the orphanage. While he's eager to be the top of his class and isn't a stranger to sucking up to adults, he can be confrontational and condescending towards the other children.
⇢ Themes / /
Hallucinating by Elohim
Poison by Cavetown
Dramaturgy by Eve
『 PREFERENCES 』
⇢ Loves / /
→ ✓ ✓ - His journal
→ ✓ ✓- Praise from adults
→ ✓ ✓- Sweaters
⇢ Fears / /
→ ▣ - Being a disappointment to his father
→ ▣- Failure
→ ▣- Embarrassing himself
→ ▣- Deep water
⇢ Dislikes / /
→ ✗ - Feeling inferior
→ ✗- Bubbly, upbeat people
→ ✗- Naps
→ ✗- Soda
→ ✗- Others talking about his family
『 THE PLAYER 』
⇢ Username: ठिक छैन is a gigantic nerd from Pennsylvania, USA. She loves learning languages, naps, obsessing over characters, doodling, and books about weird stuff like genetic mutations.