krista straub
WWW.â so the gods sank to human shape with longing
WWW.â so the gods sank to human shape with longing
{ AGE }
Twenty-eight
Twenty-eight
{ HEXCODE }
#9AA462
#9AA462
{ TAROT }
Strength
Strength
{ SEXUALITY }
Homosexual
Homosexual
appearance
5'11
174lbs
Dark Brown
Light Brown
Krista's appearance is generally very average to say the least. Neutral colors are what most often adorn her body, and she tends not to wear a significant amount of jewelry. One of the few accessories that she does wear include earrings, as she has a lot more piercings than one would expect of someone like her. Because of her taller than average height Krista often seems to slouch, especially in places she feels to be a little bit claustrophobic. Awkward maybe, but her height suits her well.
Her dark brown hair is often unkempt at worst, and at best it's in the form a simple bob cut, albeit a little bit messy and with a few split ends here and there. And her almond-shaped eyes, which are much darker than her hair, are most often framed by a pair of round glasses given Krista's poor vision, but perhaps if she finds the motivation to put them in, she can sometimes be seen wearing contacts in as an alternative.
Ultimately, for those who know her Krista is an unassuming and generally restrained person, which is very different from the long-hair-dyed-pink, loud and boisterous person that she used to be throughout highschool and the majority of college.
Her dark brown hair is often unkempt at worst, and at best it's in the form a simple bob cut, albeit a little bit messy and with a few split ends here and there. And her almond-shaped eyes, which are much darker than her hair, are most often framed by a pair of round glasses given Krista's poor vision, but perhaps if she finds the motivation to put them in, she can sometimes be seen wearing contacts in as an alternative.
Ultimately, for those who know her Krista is an unassuming and generally restrained person, which is very different from the long-hair-dyed-pink, loud and boisterous person that she used to be throughout highschool and the majority of college.
black coffee â tea â scented candles â perfume â cold
weather â night lights â long sleeves â turtlenecks â
tolerance â stuffed animals â bold people â night
weather â night lights â long sleeves â turtlenecks â
tolerance â stuffed animals â bold people â night
quirks
drawing on hands - Anytime she isn't doing something,
Krista can often be found drawing on her hands with
whatever type of writing utensil she has on hand. The
drawing are usually whatever doodle comes to mind.
fidgets with coins - Usually she'll have at least one ha-
nd flipping coins over her thumb, or maybe a hand in
one of her pockets that'll be jostling the coins around.
Since it's been a habit of her's for so long she's actually
able to do some pretty cool tricks with coins.
Krista can often be found drawing on her hands with
whatever type of writing utensil she has on hand. The
drawing are usually whatever doodle comes to mind.
fidgets with coins - Usually she'll have at least one ha-
nd flipping coins over her thumb, or maybe a hand in
one of her pockets that'll be jostling the coins around.
Since it's been a habit of her's for so long she's actually
able to do some pretty cool tricks with coins.
strengths
psychokinesis - More commonly known in comic books
and television shows as telekinesis, she has the abili-
ty to influence the physical world with her mind, the
most simple example of this includes lifting and mov-
ing objects, but it does get more complicated.
remote viewing - Related to clairvoyance, Krista has
the minor ability to describe or give details about a
target that is inaccessible to normal senses because
of being separated by distance and she is able to do
this without prior knowledge. This isn't limited only
to the physical dimension either.
wise - Krista is knowledgeable in a lot of stuff, even
outside the usual college education that she has. N-
ot only does she have knowledge about your average
scholarly topics, but she's also very street smart.
creatively inclined - Pretty much anything you could
consider to be creative, Krista is pretty decent at it
all. Although she tends to learn towards art and scul-
pting, she's not half bad at writing or playing instru-
ments either, and enjoys them both.
and television shows as telekinesis, she has the abili-
ty to influence the physical world with her mind, the
most simple example of this includes lifting and mov-
ing objects, but it does get more complicated.
remote viewing - Related to clairvoyance, Krista has
the minor ability to describe or give details about a
target that is inaccessible to normal senses because
of being separated by distance and she is able to do
this without prior knowledge. This isn't limited only
to the physical dimension either.
wise - Krista is knowledgeable in a lot of stuff, even
outside the usual college education that she has. N-
ot only does she have knowledge about your average
scholarly topics, but she's also very street smart.
creatively inclined - Pretty much anything you could
consider to be creative, Krista is pretty decent at it
all. Although she tends to learn towards art and scul-
pting, she's not half bad at writing or playing instru-
ments either, and enjoys them both.
judgement â desserts â ignorance â disorganization â messes â bad smells â low quality food â hot weather bragging â arrogance â bright lights â face tattoos
fears
losing her abilities - Her psychokinesis and remote viewing are practically pieces of who she is as a person at this point. She wouldn't exactly handle it well if she ever lost the ability for whatever reason.
helpless - Krista has been taking care of herself, and others, for her entire life. She understands that sometimes it's simply necessary to depend on someone, but she never wants to be so weak and defenseless that she can't even help herself anymore.
helpless - Krista has been taking care of herself, and others, for her entire life. She understands that sometimes it's simply necessary to depend on someone, but she never wants to be so weak and defenseless that she can't even help herself anymore.
weaknesses
softhearted - Generally speaking, Krista finds it hard to ever truly hate someone or to be unforgiving. She's very merciful and understanding, which has been taken advantage of more than once.
concentrating - Her mind is usually focusing on doing various different tasks at once, especially given the help of her psychokinesis. She finds it hard to sit down and concentrate on doing one thing for a prolonged period of time, and often gets distracted.
relaxing - Krista is always trying to help someone, clean up around the house, or do anything that still needs to be done. Rarely does she ever give herself any time to relax, and she often finds it impossible to do so when she could spend her time doing more useful things.
absent-minded - Her mind is often preoccupied with so many different train of thoughts, some of those thoughts get a little lost and miss their ride. Because of this, she often has a multitude of sticky notes posted everywhere so that it's increasingly hard for her to forget something of importance.
concentrating - Her mind is usually focusing on doing various different tasks at once, especially given the help of her psychokinesis. She finds it hard to sit down and concentrate on doing one thing for a prolonged period of time, and often gets distracted.
relaxing - Krista is always trying to help someone, clean up around the house, or do anything that still needs to be done. Rarely does she ever give herself any time to relax, and she often finds it impossible to do so when she could spend her time doing more useful things.
absent-minded - Her mind is often preoccupied with so many different train of thoughts, some of those thoughts get a little lost and miss their ride. Because of this, she often has a multitude of sticky notes posted everywhere so that it's increasingly hard for her to forget something of importance.
personality
{ Adaptable | Yielding | Mellow | Reserved | Self-Sacrificing | Dependable }
Generally speaking, Krista has a live and let live attitude about everything in life. She prefers not to fret over why others do the things they do and simply lets it be so long as no one is being hurt in the process, and she hopes that others show her the same understanding in return.
However, this easygoing and genial attitude of hers is also why she tends to be rather unassertive and more inclined to let others win in arguments should they occur. Usually, it's not something that's worth the trouble, and she'll always be the first to "admit" that the other person is right rather than let an argument carry on and cause unnecessary tension in her life and their. But even Krista has her limits, and pushed close enough to the edge there are times where the more authoritarian side of her rears its head and pushes back. It's not often that it happens, and she would much prefer to keep it that way. When she was younger she was a lot less willing to back down, and she would let the tension its course, until either she simply stopped talking to that person or they apologized first, but after a while of examining whether or not that actually helps anything, she's found that it's simply not worth it.
Considering how much of her life has been spent caring for others, making sure that they were well tended too, that they were as comfortable as possible, it's no surprise that Krista puts herself on the very bottom of her priority list. She cares little for her own health, physically or mentally, if there's someone else who's in a worse state than she is and she's in a position to help them. Often, she runs herself ragged and doesn't even notice it until she passes out from exhaustion or something of that effect.
And then she proceeds to get up and do it all over again, too set in her way of life that she doesn't see why or how she could live any other way. But at it's core this behavior arises from the simple want to help others in anyway that she can, even if she has to put herself to the side to do it.
However, this easygoing and genial attitude of hers is also why she tends to be rather unassertive and more inclined to let others win in arguments should they occur. Usually, it's not something that's worth the trouble, and she'll always be the first to "admit" that the other person is right rather than let an argument carry on and cause unnecessary tension in her life and their. But even Krista has her limits, and pushed close enough to the edge there are times where the more authoritarian side of her rears its head and pushes back. It's not often that it happens, and she would much prefer to keep it that way. When she was younger she was a lot less willing to back down, and she would let the tension its course, until either she simply stopped talking to that person or they apologized first, but after a while of examining whether or not that actually helps anything, she's found that it's simply not worth it.
Considering how much of her life has been spent caring for others, making sure that they were well tended too, that they were as comfortable as possible, it's no surprise that Krista puts herself on the very bottom of her priority list. She cares little for her own health, physically or mentally, if there's someone else who's in a worse state than she is and she's in a position to help them. Often, she runs herself ragged and doesn't even notice it until she passes out from exhaustion or something of that effect.
And then she proceeds to get up and do it all over again, too set in her way of life that she doesn't see why or how she could live any other way. But at it's core this behavior arises from the simple want to help others in anyway that she can, even if she has to put herself to the side to do it.
background
Krista's psychokinesis was not something that was easily hidden. Or rather, it wasn't hidden at all because whenever she had a tantrum as a child some item would always find a way to go flying across the room without ever being touched, much to the annoyance of her mother, who would have to replace yet another vase. Besides child proofing the house in rather unconventional ways, and dutifully explaining to her daughter that she couldn't just start causing things to levitate while she had guests over, Katherine Straub, Krista's mother, pretty much did the best that a single mother could do in raising Krista. And as she grew older Krista did eventually learn how to have conscious control over her powers, and now could start using them in ways that would create less of a mess for her mother. They also proved to be a great way to entertain babies, which is something Krista would soon found out when her mother had her younger sister, Silvia.
They were a small but happy family, and with everyday Krista was gaining more control over her abilities and doing things she never thought possible with them. It was fun to say the least, and even if it wasn't a gift she could share with everyone, she was glad to at least share it with her family. However, it was ten years after having Silvia that her mother was diagnosed with stage three uterine cancer, and Krista's whole role in life shifted from that point. Now, her time was taken by taking care of her mother, sister and making sure she was still making high marks in school as well. And rarely would she ever complain about it, not even to some of her best friends. But she had also started showing signs of a different ability than the one she was used to, one that allowed her to know what was going on at any location no matter how far away it might've been. It was certainly cool, even if she couldn't control it as well as she wanted to, yet. When her mother was eventually declared cancer free, Krista was probably the most relieved out of all of them.
It was also during this time that she was pretty much going through every phase imaginable. Teenage years were pretty much prime time for experimenting with everything possible before having to go to college and deciding what you wanted to do with your life, and Krista took full advantage of that, dyed hair, tattoos, and also piercings involved, some of these things happening with or without her mother knowing. At one point she did actually have a tongue piercing, but it wasn't much later until she decided to let it close up. Krista in general was a much "louder" person who's presence demanded the attention of those around her, and it's pretty safe to say that since then she's mellowed out a lot and is now comfortable with blending into the background.
After she had finished college was when she had learned of the Delancey House for Gifted Woman through a certain, more superstitious circle of friends that she hung out with, and had also decided to go there on what could only be described as a whim. Initially she was skeptical about the house and the people that inhabited it as well, but after finding out that it was the real deal she was probably a little more excited than she should've been. Krista decided that she would stay there as long as they would have here, and has been at the home for roughly six years since she moved in when she was around the age of twenty-two.
They were a small but happy family, and with everyday Krista was gaining more control over her abilities and doing things she never thought possible with them. It was fun to say the least, and even if it wasn't a gift she could share with everyone, she was glad to at least share it with her family. However, it was ten years after having Silvia that her mother was diagnosed with stage three uterine cancer, and Krista's whole role in life shifted from that point. Now, her time was taken by taking care of her mother, sister and making sure she was still making high marks in school as well. And rarely would she ever complain about it, not even to some of her best friends. But she had also started showing signs of a different ability than the one she was used to, one that allowed her to know what was going on at any location no matter how far away it might've been. It was certainly cool, even if she couldn't control it as well as she wanted to, yet. When her mother was eventually declared cancer free, Krista was probably the most relieved out of all of them.
It was also during this time that she was pretty much going through every phase imaginable. Teenage years were pretty much prime time for experimenting with everything possible before having to go to college and deciding what you wanted to do with your life, and Krista took full advantage of that, dyed hair, tattoos, and also piercings involved, some of these things happening with or without her mother knowing. At one point she did actually have a tongue piercing, but it wasn't much later until she decided to let it close up. Krista in general was a much "louder" person who's presence demanded the attention of those around her, and it's pretty safe to say that since then she's mellowed out a lot and is now comfortable with blending into the background.
After she had finished college was when she had learned of the Delancey House for Gifted Woman through a certain, more superstitious circle of friends that she hung out with, and had also decided to go there on what could only be described as a whim. Initially she was skeptical about the house and the people that inhabited it as well, but after finding out that it was the real deal she was probably a little more excited than she should've been. Krista decided that she would stay there as long as they would have here, and has been at the home for roughly six years since she moved in when she was around the age of twenty-two.
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