Every day by myself I'm breaking down
ALIAS
N/A
CLASSIFICATION
Shifter
POWER
Plant Morphing
AGE
17
Student
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Post by Nell Omix on Dec 6, 2020 17:15:34 GMT
The question as completely innocuous but it still made Nell briefly wince. It was a good question, why was she here? The reason still somewhat eluded her. Without needing to think about it she opened her violin's case, looking it over and ensuring it wasn't in need of any maintenance or repair. "I'm not sure if it was ever in control to begin with exactly, but I didn't damage anything, so I guess it was more of an issue with NYC public schools than anything. The people there were... normal, and I wasn't any more" Nell smiled sadly.
Taking a deep breath, bark crept up her hand as it held the violin, and where it touched the wood of the instrument it changed, becoming faintly red and slightly less course than it had been before, fingers touching the fingerboard tuned darker-hued. Nell opened her eyes and it slowly receded below her sleeves. "If.. if it's not too much to ask, what about you? why are you here?"
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Every day by myself I'm breaking down
ALIAS
N/A
CLASSIFICATION
Shifter
POWER
Plant Morphing
AGE
17
Student
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Post by Nell Omix on Oct 10, 2020 2:44:50 GMT
Well, it was good to have a name instead of thinking of her as 'that girl' at least, Nell supposed. After a rather long pause she caught herself and responded "I'm Nell. Good to meet you". She certainly meant it as well, while the whole conversation had been a minefield it had been quite interesting in many different ways for her, having never previously talked to any of the other students for more than a single sentences worth of conversation at a time. At Melody's defensive comment she shrugged "Well, that's a head start over anyone who's never played a instrument in their life, and there seem to be a shocking amount of them in every music class". Nell walked over to where the string instruments were being kept. Her own instrument was supposed to have been sent here for 'safekeeping' and indeed she found it rather quickly from it's case, a rather unremarkable one aside from a printed label reading N Omix.
Rebellious behavior was mostly foreign to her but one place she had always felt very strongly about was her name, for no reason she could articulate she had never liked her legal name, Naomi. Although the violin the case had come with had been accidently broken and replaced a few years back Nell had kept the case as a reminder of her parents finally conceding to her (or at least reaching a middle ground) on the topic, it had been mint as a reminder to herself that she could and had succeeded at things in the past. Not that she had figured out since then how she had managed to summon up enough courage to do so.
"So how long have you been here?" she asked when the silence finally got more uncomfortable than her discomfort with talking.
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Every day by myself I'm breaking down
ALIAS
N/A
CLASSIFICATION
Shifter
POWER
Plant Morphing
AGE
17
Student
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Sept 13, 2020 22:56:55 GMT
Post by Nell Omix on Sept 13, 2020 22:56:55 GMT
Nell winced at the girl's aggression, feeling a rising tension in herself, ears ringing with a high pitched whine growing in volume. She took a deep breath and shrugs "Ahh.. thank you I suppose". Nell found the other girl rather frightening but she still was more supportive than she'd had experience with in a while, and Nell wasn't quite sure what she ought to think about that or the situation, other than reminding herself not to apologize for apologizing which had been her first instinct. "You're right, no real point in apologizing for..." she gestured vaguely at her skin "..this". She was given the impression of having a conversation with a wildfire.
When the girl explained her question further Nell nodded timidly, not fully understanding but figuring that asking the girl questions was generally more trouble than it was worth. She had been generally aware that rebelliousness was a thing but Nell had never known anyone who actually showed it well enough to have any experience. She supposed she had 'volunteered', though the word seemed a little strong to be used to refer to going to a music class. "Yeah. I've played Violin most of my life, so I figure it would be nice to have a class I'm sure I won't have to worry about if I'm any good..." she shrugs.
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Every day by myself I'm breaking down
ALIAS
N/A
CLASSIFICATION
Shifter
POWER
Plant Morphing
AGE
17
Student
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Sept 3, 2020 15:30:28 GMT
Post by Nell Omix on Sept 3, 2020 15:30:28 GMT
As the younger girl's eyes seemed to drill into her Nell's body tensed up as far as it could. There didn't seem to be anything malicious about the inspection but it was rather unnerving, it gave her the feeling of being inches away from a roaring fire. From how close the pair were now Nell's skin patches were visibly a layer of relatively smooth bark, it was somewhat thicker than the surrounding area making it look from a distance like a layer covering it, but it wasn't; the bark was embedded into her body, perfectly integrated with the skin around it.
Nell pulled herself back a step, but the feeling of heat seemed to already be lowering. She concentrated, closing her eyes tightly, and he patches of bark receded down her neck and below her shirt's collar. With a calmness in her voice that was evidently rather forced she said "Sorry about that. I can't get rid of it completely but I can reduce the size of the effect and move it to a different area, but it doesn't feel that different from normal to me so I often don't notice when it shifts" in fact Nell was rather of the opinion she had gotten off terribly as metahumans went; though undoubtedly a pessimistic viewpoint it was certainly troublesome to have abilities that she couldn't fully turn off.
Now that she had a little space Nell started looking around the room before turning back at the question, a confused expression on her face. "Rope me into this? Nobody tried to or needed to, who's the 'they' in this case?"
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Every day by myself I'm breaking down
ALIAS
N/A
CLASSIFICATION
Shifter
POWER
Plant Morphing
AGE
17
Student
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Post by Nell Omix on Sept 1, 2020 0:58:11 GMT
Nell blushed deeply, giving a very guilty smile. She unconsciously tensed as the other student approached her, for somebody who seemed to be younger than her it was far more than physical height that made her feel smaller than the golden-eyed girl. Nell was used to this sort of feeling, though usually less intense than this, it was rather a natural consequence of her unconfidence that she had very little presence or force of personality, there might not have been anything all that frightening about the situation but it wasn't hard to scare her.
As Nell tensed the small patches on her skin shifted; shrinking too nothing replaced by regular skin and reappearing in different shapes a few inches away, though she didn't notice anything happening. The bright eyed girl clearly had been somewhat disturbed by her entrance which just made the entire thing more uncomfortable, and not knowing what else to do she gave an expression than was passable as a smile though it also was passable as a panic attack. It was in fact both, Nell had certainly interacted with people before but somehow it never really got any easier.
Nodding slowly Nell said "Yeah, I'm new here" she adds "Since you can tell I'm guessing you aren't considering you can tell." her olive green eyes darted around the room before coming to a rest on the other girl's own. She'd swear those eyes were a sharper and brighter shade of amber than they had been a few moments ago. "I'm sorry, wasn't paying attention to the time and for a moment I thought I was late instead of early..."
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Every day by myself I'm breaking down
ALIAS
N/A
CLASSIFICATION
Shifter
POWER
Plant Morphing
AGE
17
Student
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Aug 27, 2020 21:26:48 GMT
Post by Nell Omix on Aug 27, 2020 21:26:48 GMT
Nell was quite new as an EMBA student and it still felt odd and uncomfortable to her. In fact that was a relatively accurate assessment of how her life had felt for a long while but she thought it was a bit too melodramatic to say that, even to herself. However there were a few things that were familiar and comforting and music was one of the first that came to mind. Nell had been playing violin for about a decade at this point so when she noticed it was one of the instruments the music class offered she had signed up for it in a heartbeat.
It took a few wrong turns but Nell managed too find the Music room, only to realize she was early. It had been too long for her since she had played, it always made her feel far calmer while she was able to focus entirely on music instead of anyone else around her. She had been rather eager to be able to again that she had not looked carefully at the time. There did seem to be somebody inside however so she slowly opened the door, looking in to find a girl seemingly a little younger than her, though she had never been good at guessing ages to begin with and teenagers were especially variable.
Nell blushed almost purple as the other girl turned to her. Though clothing covered most of her skin there were several visible bits on her neck and a small one at the edge of her forehead where there were light brown patches running along her skin, made of a smooth and thin layer of bark instead of skin. "Oh.." Nell stuttered "I'm sorry, are you sing the room? I was going to wait in here for class to start but I'd rather not like... disturb you"
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Every day by myself I'm breaking down
ALIAS
N/A
CLASSIFICATION
Shifter
POWER
Plant Morphing
AGE
17
Student
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Jun 23, 2020 17:49:36 GMT
Post by Nell Omix on Jun 23, 2020 17:49:36 GMT
[nospaces] [attr="class","hopelove"]  | | [attr="class","hopelovename"] [attr="class","hopelovename2"]Naomi Omix [attr="class","hopelovelyric"] | I must confess that[break]I feel like a monster |
[attr="class","hopeloveleft"]ALIAS // Nell [attr="class","hopeloveleft"]AGE // Seventeen [attr="class","hopeloveleft"]GENDER // Female [attr="class","hopeloveleft"]GROUP // Student |
[attr="class","hopelovetitle"]APPEARANCE [attr="class","hopelovetop"][attr="class","hopelovesub"]HAIR // Brown[break]EYES // Green[break]SKIN // Fair [break][break]ATTIRE[break][break]Nell prefers not to draw huge amounts of attention, generally wearing clothing that is fairly plain, generally going for sheer practicality above all else. She does however have a strong aversion to short sleeves because more exposed skin means her power’s effects are more obvious. She does admittedly sometimes have to break this rule if she’s going to be exercising.[break][break]GENERAL[break][break]Nell has a fairly slight and thin build and slightly above shoulder length hair. Though she tries her best to conceal these, small areas of skin often turn into tree bark without her noticing or trying to do it for minutes at a time. Though certainly attractive, this tends to be made less obvious by her tendency to always look scared of nothing in particular. [attr="class","hopelovetitle"]PERSONALITY [attr="class","hopelovetop"]Nell is generally a very quiet and withdrawn girl, it's not that she doesn’t like other people (though it may seem that way at times), rather she takes time to trust people, and even once she does she really doesn’t know how to maintain positive relationships. She tends to figure that people don’t particularly care if she’s around no matter whether or not that is true.[break][break]Beyond all this, Nell is a rather clever and perceptive person with a passion for music, having played the violin since she was seven. [attr="class","hopelovetitle"]HISTORY [attr="class","hopelovetop"]Naomi Omix (preferring to go by the name Nell) is the daughter of engineer Lisa Omix and fencing instructor Abraham Omix, having lived in Rochester, NY for most of her life. While merely somewhat distant parents for most of her life, they both became violently metaphobic in the aftermath of the Event, despite the fact that their daughter had developed powers during it.[break][break]Cycling through living with various other family members she eventually ended up with one who was sympathetic enough to try enrolling her into the EMBA due to her constant issues at normal schools. She’s currently trying to just get through school while trying to figure out what to do with her life. [attr="class","hopelovetitle"]POWER [attr="class","hopelovetop"][attr="class","hopelovesub"]Plant Morphing[break][break]Nell’s power is that she can morph large or small areas of her body into various plant parts, such as strengthening her defenses by turning her skin into bark or covering it in thorns, as well as more situational uses like producing sap or vines.[break][break] LIMITS[break][break]Shifting parts of her body may take a few seconds to complete, and can only be held for an hour at most. Each use has some limitations of its own- such as that while tree bark is stronger than human skin it is still entirely damageable.[break][break]WEAKNESSES[break][break]First and foremost, her abilities follow conservation of mass and she can only create a plant part by temporarily replacing some of her normal body with it, also the parts are similar to regular plant matter in that they are not very flexible (especially bark) and burn easily. Finally, she doesn’t have the ability to fully shut off this ability in the sense that small areas of her skin often shift into bark and back without her even noticing, making her powers rather impossible to disguise.[break][break] [attr="class","hopelovebot1"]PLAYED BY Kileskus [attr="class","hopelovebot2"] Astrid Berges Frisbey as Nell Omix PHARAOH LEAP. 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