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happy bonsai

PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2016 3:56 pm


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PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2016 10:29 am


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Name: Kasey Cortland
Alias: K.C.
Age: 12
Gender: female
Powers: Animal Telepathy
Aura: #DA4559, #E7C244, mid frequency

Appearance:

Pink-haired, freckled, and mocha-skinned. Her favorite colors are purple and green. She really likes patterned tights.

Personality:

  • "Hi, my name's Kasey! Ya wanna hang out or somethin'?"


Kasey is a very friendly and enthusiastic young girl with an insatiable interest in the people around her. There's hardly a shy bone in her body, and she'll often approach strangers with the intent to get to know them for no other reason than they're around. She likes to help people, and won't hesitate to lend a hand to someone in need. She likes to make friends, and does her best to benefit the lives of those around her in whatever way possible. She hates the feeling of isolation, and is especially keen on including everyone in her day-to-day routine, regardless of how she or anyone else feels about them.


  • "Hmm... I guess we'll just have to figure somethin' else out, huh?"


Kasey's sister has taught her the many benefits of being able to adapt easily to new situations, as well as shown her first-hand how much one can accomplish should they put enough effort and work into it. She rarely misses a beat when it comes to making mistakes or admitting defeat. She's eager to learn from every experience, and does her best to stay positive in even the worst of situations. She's very observant, and her intuition is one that more often than not will lead her in the right direction. She understands that life has a few bumps in the road every now and then, and she tries very hard to not let them deter her from continuing on the path she has chosen for herself.


  • "OH NO OH NO OH NO! Please don't tell anyone you saw that..."


Despite her generally easy-going demeanor, Kasey has recently obtained a bit of an... anxious side to her. She is very easily embarrassed and she doesn't particularly like being the center of attention. She has a very specific idea of what she should be in her mind, and hates to show anyone her weaknesses or flaws. She gets very worried about what people think of her and though she does her best to seem capable, calm, and collected at all times- there are moments when she falters.


History:

Kasey lives with her older sister, Melrose.

Melrose has been Kasey's caregiver for as long as she can remember, and they have a very close relationship.

Kasey and Mel's mother, Andrea, lost custody of Kasey when she was a mere infant. Mel stepped up and applied for adoption almost immediately following her mother's hearing.

Melrose went to Camp Majesco during her childhood as well. Because of her mother, she was unable to make it any further on the path to becoming a psychonaut and became a paramedic instead. When Casey began to display her own powers, Mel was ecstatic. Thus far, none of their other four half-siblings have developed the affinity.

For the longest time, Mel and the rest of her family had assumed that Kasey's animal telepathy was nothing more than her own extremely vivid imagination. And while she did- and still does- have quite a developed left brain, it was later understood that her mental conversations with the occasional pigeon or lizard that wandered through the streets of her city was 100% real and not at all imaginary. The lizards in their neighborhood liked to gossip, and just about all of what they said came to Kasey one way or another. When Kasey told her very adamantly exactly where she had gotten the information, her older sister realized the girl was endowed with animal telepathy.

Mel immediately sent word to the Camp, and a week later Kasey was on her way. She's extremely excited about being able to travel away from the city, and ready to experience all that the outside has to offer her.

happy bonsai


Mind Over Matter Staff
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 5:27 pm


Hey Bonsai!
We're so sorry for the delay in this critique. Kasey sounds like an absolute peach, but there's a couple things we were hoping you could expand on to help us understand her better!

- First off, there's just a couple of minor nitpicks: There is no "mid" or "medium" level for aura frequencies, it's either Low Frequency or High Frequency. Everyone's aura fluctuates day to day, hour to hour, depending on how they feel, but how is Kasey on an average, normal day? You list some anxiety directly in her personality, which makes me think she is a high frequency individual which is totally okay even if she is an otherwise personable and outgoing person!
- The other minor thing is that you list her as going to "Camp Majesco" which doesn't exist. The Academy is Majesco, but the Summer Camp is called Murmuring Pines. Though they are closely connected and share the same staff, the two names and places are not interchangeable.

The meat and potatoes concern Kasey's history and family.
- We aren't told what happened to cause Kasey's mother to lose custody and we need to know what this event was as it shaped how Kasey was raised and her entire family dynamic.
- Where is their father? Why wouldn't he have gotten custody instead of Mel? (Do they have other siblings too?) How old was Mel when she gained custody, because she would need to be at least 18 to legally obtain it in the US and if their mother lost custody when Kasey was an infant that means they have a pretty big age gap.

Overall, Kasey's history feels like it's being told from her sister's perspective. We're mostly getting Mel's take and feelings on the events that happen but we need to know about everything from Kasey's perspective.

Once these things are cleared up for us, Kasey should be good to go! Thank you so much for your patience.

happy bonsai
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