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- Female
- Genres
- magical, romance, adventure, action, vampire, mythical, heroic, apocalyptic, historical, pirates, superhero, damsel-in-distress
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| NAME: |
Emma Heleen Naaktgeboren
| ALIAS(ES): |
Em
| PLACE OF BIRTH: |
Ikazia Ziekenhuis, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, NL
| NATIONALITY: |
Dutch
| D.O.B. |
Nov/17/1995
| AGE: |
18
| SEX: |
Female
| SEXUALITY: |
Heterosexual
| HEIGHT: |
175cm
| BUILD: |
Slim
| WEIGHT: |
56kg
| EYES: |
Light Blue
| HAIR: |
Blonde, golden
| H-CLASS: |
Saturn -
| ABILITIES: |
Borrowing items from a different time or space.
Ever wondered where your phone suddenly went even though you swore it was 'right there' a minute ago, or how you can't find that one favorite CD even though you're quite certain you brought it home after that party? Only to find it right in that spot where you looked ten times a short while later? Or better yet, searching for that eraser, and after ten minutes of looking you find it right in your own hand? Then it's probably Emma's fault.
When Emma concentrates on retrieving a certain item from a time or location, the item vanishes temporarily from that spot and appears in Emma's hands. She can then use it as she wishes till she sends it back or it fades after a while.
| LIMITATIONS: |
Duration
Everything she borrows from a different time or space will fade and disappear after a certain amount of time has passed. How quickly depends on the size of the object. Larger objects range between five to fifty minutes, while simple small items can range up to being in her possession for a few hours or a full day. That however is very rare.
Timeline
Items from the past or future are more difficult to summon. Objects brought in from a different time period do not fade faster than similar objects from the current flow of time.
Size
Larger items are more difficult to borrow. Not only do they fade faster, they also cost more energy to collect.
Location
In order to collect something from a location or time, she has to (roughly) know where the item was put. For small stuff like desk items it's enough to focus on a desk and collect from there. More complex and larger items and past/future items need a more specific focus point. If she were to want to borrow Hitler's gun she would have to know exactly where it was, when it was.
Also, if an item is in the same room as where she is, she can not summon it to her hands. For that she will have to get up, and walk.
Space-Time Continuum
The same object can never exist in the same room at the same time. If she was borrowing someone's phone from the past, and the person walks in with their phone, the phone she is holding will disappear instantly.
This also means she can not borrow an item that someone is holding right then and there in the same room.
| WEAKNESSES: |
Due to the amount of borrowing she does and can do, she constantly forgets to bring her own items, forgets where she puts them, or what really is hers to begin with.
Physically it's quite straining to reach into a different location or time in order to take something. If she over exerts herself the item will not only not appear, but she could pass out as well. Chances are she could die from it, just as over exertion on sports could kill a person given the right circumstances.
She can't send items to a different time or location, unless she is releasing an item back to where it came from.
The effects of the borrowed item do stay when the item has faded/sent back. (e.g.: bullet hole (and bullet if that wasn't borrowed too), cleaned wounds, etc)
| APPLICATIONS: |
In a fighting situation Emma will be able to collect whatever she things will be of use. Guns, knives, bandages. She does have to keep in mind that things will eventually disappear again, so in the case of bandages, that it will only be considered a temporary fix till actual bandages are brought in.
In class she's the go-to person for forgotten equipment. Need a pen? A new shirt till at least the end of class? A deck of cards to play poker that can disappear the moment a teacher walks in? Just ask Emma.
Even though she doesn't cheat, in theory she could borrow the answers for a test, if she knew where they were kept. That however is a rule of ethics she will not break.
Another application of her power she will not use is borrowing money, buying something, and letting the money fade after leaving. A strong moral code makes for her not doing things like that.
Due to her powers' nature, she tends to be more support than offense in a team. Providing backup and materials whenever needed.
Also, as she can repeatedly summon the same item if it fades (unless she is too tired) Emma makes for an excellent flow of (temporary!) supplies.
(If for example Emma borrows a bandaid from the first aid kit, and the bandaid disappears after a time, the bandaid will appear back in its place as it was when she borrowed it. This is due to her not being able to send anything into a different location or time.) -
| HISTORY |
Born in the fall, Emma was the only child Rick and Anne Naaktgeboren had. They were a moderate, average family living in the southern part of Rotterdam for a few years, then moving to the northern part.
She was raised as a Christian, but in a community that didn't go all 'Hypes are the spawn of evil' like most other congregations did. Sure, there weren't many Hypes in that church, but she could name two that had been a part for as long as Emma could remember. She herself however didn't directly have contact with them.
Most of the rest of Emma's childhood was calm, uneventful. Both parents had a job, her mother worked part-time so she wouldn't come home to an empty house after school, went through school like everyone else following the 'basic-VMBO-MBO' route. Or well, she would have gone that way.
Emma had been a bit of a late bloomer in terms of appearance, but once she did, she was a full bloomer. With that however, her powers awakened and she discovered she was part of the Hype people as well.
Despite the openness that the church and their parents had about the new species, Emma was afraid that if she became one, the people around her would treat her differently. So she hid her powers, and avoided using them for as long as she could. It didn't really last long.
Two years ago she was caught using her ability, an item she had summoned fading out of her hands right in the presence of her parents.
Of course they were shocked, and they fell silent, but the damage was far less bad than Emma had initially thought. They didn't kick her out, disown her, call her a spawn of evil, or go announce it to all kinds of people. Instead they simply said that keeping her powers hidden would only increase her chances of getting caught by others, and it wouldn't be good for her to hide who she really was.
So together they found the contact details of the school, told her friends she was going to study abroad instead of learning to become a secretary at the MBO level.
As far as she is aware, her friends still don't know she has the ability to 'borrow' items.
Right now she's starting her second year. -
As the sun was at its peak in the sky, Emma walked out of the building, sporting the school's standard uniform, with a skirt. With the sun so warm it was madness to be walking around in a pair of pants. She had her coat draped over one shoulder, holding it by the nape of the neck, while her other hand held on to a clearly fading book.
Feeling how the weight in her other hand was getting lighter and lighter, Emma looked down. Oh right! The book would go back to the library any moment now. Where had that book come from again? She still had to read the last few chapters, so she had to remember. Darn it, she couldn't even remember which row it had been in, let alone the shelf and where in that row it was. Great, that's what you get for having a strainer of a memory, or whatever the English equivalent of that saying was. Writing down the title of the book on the back of her hand with a pen she borrowed from the teacher's desk, she sent the book back to where it belonged. She'd just have to go and find it in the library now.
Turning on her heels Emma waded her way through the mass of people to head to the general direction of the library.
"Em!" A voice called out. Turning her head to where the call came from she spotted a girl coming her way. What was that person's name again… Oh right, Rika.
"Hey Rika." Emma said to the girl. Just as she was about to ask how she was doing, Rika blurted out her question.
"Could you summon something for me?" Right. She could have known. She wasn't considered the… oh what was that word again in English. She knew the Dutch term, 'uitgifte post'. She wasn't considered the 'trading post' for nothing? nah didn't sound right. Either way; "What is it you need?" She asked.
"There's this guy I want to ask out, but I seriously look like a train wreck." Emma disagreed on that part, that was not the look of a train wreck. "So could you maybe get me my make up? It's on the-"
"Nightstand next to your bed, I know, you've requested this one before." She said with a smile and focussed her energy on creating a rift through space, and pulling the bag of make-up items into her hands. It had barely fully materialized, when Rika snatched it out of Emma's hands and darted off.
"You're welcome." She mumbled before continuing her way to her library destination. -
*Emma hasn't told anyone the translation of her last name. In the Netherlands Naaktgeboren is a fairly common name, but it literally means 'Naked born'. Not really something you'd share with people unless you're drunk.
*Due to having lived in the Netherlands, and only having had the basic minimum of English that was taught in middle/high school, she speaks with a Dutch accent, and often forgets the correct translation of the word.
*It has happened at times that she accidentally spoke Dutch to someone, instead of English.
*Kind of a scatter brain, and has a difficulty in figuring out what she wants to say at times. This isn't just because of the constant translation issues though.
*Is a bit of a girly girl.
*Hates mornings. Definitely a night owl. -
(Can be subjected to change over time due to developments in the roleplay.)
| Kendall, Victoria | Kind/Neutral | Friendly - Gotta work on becoming friends |
Victo- I mean Tory is a nice enough person, but we haven't really had any in-depth conversations or so, but I don't dislike her. I guess we could be friends, but as I said we haven't really talked much heart to heart. Not really sure what to talk about when I'm with her. I know the boys seem to have a thing going for her. Or at least one of them does. Actually, when do you define when someone is or isn't your friend yet? We're definitely not enemies, as far as I'm aware.
| Knight, David | Positive | Friends - Good friends maybe |
He's cool. He's younger than I am, even though he started the same year as I did. Fun to be around I would say, easy to befriend. He's funny, and kind. Great person to hang around with and a really cool power I would say. I have no idea what kind of person Hunter'll be, but of the guys, David so far is definitely the nicest to be around. Kind of like feeling at home, but different... Oh how do you say that. Meh, I'm just rambling stuff now aren't I.
| Ripole, Minavita | Positive | Friendly - Kind of a mixed feeling |
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| Roth, Aiden | Positive/Neutral | Friendly - Could be worse |
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| Vostrum, Erika | Positive | Friendly - Hopefully a friend |
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| Welles, Hunter | Neutrally positive | Friendly - Still trying to figure it out |
I wish I could say more about my relation towards Hunter, but he's kind of the new guy this year, like David and I were last year, so I don't really know him well. He seems like a nice enough fellow, kinda really distant to most people, but considering his powers, I wouldn't blame him. I sure hope I won't be too much of a bother to him, considering I think in a different language and have to translate the whole time. And that I'm constantly thinking of locations and items, that probably won't really be very good either. I'll just have to be careful I guess, for his sake. Especially since I'm not sure if he's made any friends in the group yet.
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