||Josephine Cook||
"Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety"
|| Full Name || Josephine Cook
|| Age ||
16
|| Gender ||
Female
|| Sexuality ||
Heterosexual
|| Face Claim ||
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|| Hair Color || Brown
|| Eye Color || Brown
|| Skin Tone || Pale
|| Height || 5'5
|| Weight || 130
|| Appearance || She is fairly plain, with no features that are any different than normal- Brown eyes and hair, pale skin that won't tan for its life, and not-short-not-tall hight. Forgettable, aside from the looks in her eyes.
|| Personality ||
Josephine is strict. Simple as that. She did grow up with three little brothers, of course, so its understandable she would be beyond her years when it comes to strictness. She still likes to have fun from time to time, of course, but she understands that schooling, cleaning, and chores come before that. She likes to have people obey her, and things to go her way. Simply put, her mentality is "My Way or the Highway". Because of this, she has always been a bit of a loner due to her bossy attitude and her dislike of people. It's not that she hates them really, as she would love to be each and every one of their friends, but she dislikes the problems hanging out with people arise. She can't control people (Well, due to her power, she could if she wanted to, but that would require a large amount of energy), and that is a problem for her. Though, if you looked passed her hard exterior, she is a loving girl. She would lay her life down to protect someone she loves, and won't hesitate to go without for the sake of others. If she has to go without food for her brothers, so be it. She will survive, and even if she won't, they will. It's better that way. Outwardly, she is very, well, quietly loud. She never says a word to many people, but she is a strong force in any conversation. She has eyes that say she knows every secret you've ever told, every sin you've committed. And when she does say something, that perception of her is magnified. She is intelligent and involved in activities, but always a hovering cloud over the people she must interact with. However, behind her uncaring facade and even behind her kind selfless insides, she burns. If you make her angry, she will get back at you. She holds grudges and never forgets them. But if you don't cross her, she will be the sweetest she can be (that is, if you befriend her. Otherwise, she's just kind of there)
|| Likes ||
"Control. It is everything. If you don't have it, then you are lost,"
"Steak"
Winning
The color red
Her power
Animals
Her family's zoo
Being by herself
|| Dislikes ||
Not being in control of everything
Most people "There are too many variables with them"
Cars "They are loud and annoying. I'll take a bike any day"
Dirty places
The 'school' she was sent to
|| Weakness ||
-She isn't exactly the best hand-to-hand fighter and really the only way she could win a fight is if animals under her control win it for her.
-She would die for anyone she loved
|| God's Blessing ||
Peitharkhia was the Greek goddess of obedience to command. She is not mentioned much in mythology beyond the quote "Peitharkhia (Obedience) is the mother of Success and wife of safety"
|| God's Blessing ||
Josephine can make things, mostly animals but sometimes humans, obey her command. Given they are living and conscious, of course. The time she can control something sort of depends on it's mind. If it's a well-developed one (like that of a human) then she may be able to control them for a minute or two before the pain that comes along with using her power (a headache afterwards, but searing pain the entire time she is controlling them, the strength of the pain depending on the level of development of the creature). A less-developed animal like a cat or lion she can control for about an hour, tops, but even that is very painful.
|| Skills ||
-She is astoundingly smart and quick-witted
-Cooking
-Cleaning
-Swimming. Her family went on yearly trips to the ocean each year and she just loves the feel of water.
|| Biography ||
Josephine was born in the city of Paris-- well, on the outskirts of it at least. Her mother and father were the curators of a zoo, one that was very popular. When she was born, her parents noticed a small birthmark on the back of her neck in the shape of a boar. They thought it was odd, but passed it off as a coincidence. Sadly, it was not just that. As she grew into a blossoming young lady, she began to exhibit powers she shouldn't have. She was smart and cunning in ways that were far beyond her years, and she showed no fear when caring for the animals in the zoo, like she knew they wouldn't hurt her. Of course, her parents didn't know she was positive that they wouldn't.
When Josephine was a little girl, of only about eight, she began to hear a voice in her head. It was calming but strict, and it told her it was the voice of a goddess. She believed it, of course, as she was only eight. Still, when she voice told her to walk into the lion's den she became a little frightened. But then, she couldn't help herself. She walked into the lion's den like the voice told her (and by this time the voice had a name- Peitharkhia, which she later found out was the Greek goddess of obedience) and followed the command of the voice, petting the fur of one of the female lionesses. She stared into it's eyes and Josephine began to see a glowing on it's fur that seemed to be coming from her forehead (it in fact was, but she didn't know that at the time) and she began to feel power over the creature, like it was connected to her. She told it to sit, and it did, and she told it to growl, and it did. It obeyed her every command. She loved that power. Still, it came with a price, and after she forced the lioness to obey her she was very dizzy. The voice in her head told her to leave and lie down, and she did.
As the years passed, she became better at the control of her power. She discovered that she didn't have to be near the animal to control it, she only had to look at it and concentrate-- it's easier if she looks it in the eyes, but it can work if she isn't. Controlling animals would only leave her with a small headache, after a while. Still, she knew she could never show her power in public, as as long as an animal was under her command a glowing mark would appear on her forehead. By the time she was 14, she discovered a new power of hers. Power over people. She can't control a person for very long without long-lasting affect (Peitharkhia says it's because of their more developed minds, and after so many years Peitharkhia has become her guiding light when it comes to her power and her sole confidant), but for a moment she can control someone if she concentrates. Afterwards, however, she is left with a searing pain in her head and horrible vertigo.
When Josephine turned 16, however, her life took a turn for the worse. Her parents got a letter from America that said she had been accepted into a prestigious school, free of charge. Of course they took the opportunity, and off she went. Nevermind that she only knew some English at the time (thankfully, she has gotten better, but she still gets confused from time to time). Turns out, though, it was never really a school. It was a testing facility. But the American scientists were stupid, in her opinion, to try and control her. In her mind, she only controls, while others obey. She was chosen by the goddess of obedience, after all. None of them. One day, three months in, she escaped with ten others. Now she just wants to either get out or take her residual anger out on her captors. That is, if they survive the woods.
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[color=]"Control over life makes it easy to live"[/color]
