{"People treat books like they treat each other: with judgment and ridicule until they peel back the cover”}
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Jacquelyn Vivlion Rusa
|{Nickname}|
Jackie. Nobody really calls her Jaquelyn unless you want to annoy her.
|{Age}|
23
|{Nationality}|
Atlantian
|{Sexuality}|
Straight/Heterosexual
|{Occupation}|
Library Owner
|{Group}|
Orphic, although she is not against the Alterists. Anyone is welcome in her library,
but for publicity's sake, she says she only offers service to Orphic people.
The first thing you might notice when you stumble upon this petite librarian is her fluffy mane of blonde curls that give of a very lion-like vibe. She used to to try and mange her natural curls but alas, the beast must be set free. Other than her golden locks, one might notice how incredibly short she is. Standing at just barely five foot (152.4 cm), most people tend to look past her or mistake her for a little kid. She has fairly boring blue-green eyes that sparkle when she is reading a good book. Her thing lips are usually pressed into a wry grin and her ears and nose match her smallish face. She has several piercings that line up her ear that in some odd way like classy on her rather than punk or alternative. She is in no way curvy, with a cute little butt (sadly) proportional breasts that match her small figure. Her legs are normally bruised in odd places due to her clumsiness and she has a strange moon shaped birthmark on her lower back but other than that, she has few blemishes. Genetics treated her well and gave her acne-free soft skin.
|{Power}|
Jackie's powers are a little odd because although she is Orphic, she doesn't drain easily. Because her power naturally happens in short bursts, she doesn't get drained unless she is doing in constantly all day. And while working in a library, using her power doesn't happen that often. By touching someone or prolonged eye contact she can read a person's mind. However, she can only see what they are thinking right at that moment. And people's thoughts tend to be sporadic and a little hard to understand: flashes of words, thoughts, images, memories, places, people. It all flashes into Jackie's mind for a couple seconds before this mental bond is broken. Her mind naturally does this as a form of defense against it's draining aspect. Through these sporadic thoughts, Jackie has found a way to cut out the 'useless' thoughts and focus on what is important: What do they want? Why are they here? What do they think of her? She uses this to her advantage when helping people find books because more times that not, they don't even know what they are looking for or what they want. It also helps her to determine if someone is coming into her library for malicious reasons: steal ancient books, important Orphic ritual books, etc. Her power also always her to send short telepathic blurbs. Because this doesn't push into someone's mind, it requires little energy. Unfortunately, she can't know anyone's response to her telepathic messages
|{Likes}|
Reading
Singing
Writing
The smell of books
books
Flowers
The color of peaches
The museum
Rock Music
food
|{Dislikes}|
cleaning
being told she's short
being told she looks like a lion
people who underestimate her
people who don't accept each other
being alone
feeling left out
|{Hobbies || Talents}|
Reading (anything)
Writing (freelance writing)
Singing (anytime all the time)
Drawing (just a few simple sketches)
Dancing (although she isn't amazing)
|{Fears || Weaknesses}|
Being alone
Afraid that there will be a leak in their underwater city
Drowning (ironic huh?)
Being forgotten
She's tiny and easily overtaken
|{Secrets}|
She has yet to know the real extend of her mental powers, as she has never wanted to make herself pass out. She may be able to control minds or look into people's memories.
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Jackie is a bit of a fiery outspoken person who you might least expect to be the owner of a library. her sharp tongue and easily angered self sometimes gets in the way of her making friends. Her quirky and flamboyant attitude sometimes also sets her apart from others, and she feels a bit forgotten. She doesn't like to be underestimated or jokes about, because although she may be tiny, her kicks are lethal. She loves reading, often dozing off late at night with a face in a book. However, many things interest her and sometimes that fiery personality turns into a sparkle when she is focused on something that she loves. She shows a lot of respect for her elders, however, and makes a point of putting them first. Behind her dry sense of humor and sarcastic remarks, she is actually very self conscious and upset with the way people view her- like a little girl often mistaken for 16 instead of 23. Sometimes a spark of sadness over the loss of her family will twist up through her gut and swallow her whole, but then she will swallow the sadness and turn it into determination. She avoids talking about her family at all costs and because of this she may come across as dismissive or mean. She has a spitfire no-nonsense personality that reeks of confidence. What she lacks in height she makes up in her big personality. Some might call her a bitch, but she laughs at the comments. She has a very hard time making friends and has extreme commitment issues. She's waiting for someone to look past her sly grins and multiple eye rolls to see the real her- the one who is sad and afraid and lonely. She is far from depressed, but she fears the demons that claimed her father. Instead of mourning over the memories of her mother her father gave to her, she clings to them desperately. She writes down all she remembers of her mother and father and keeps them close to her heart. SHe keeps her mother's and father's wedding rings on a chain around her neck so she never forgets them. They give her confidence. ANd sometimes she can hear them whispering in her head or visiting her dreams.
Jackie never knew her mother because she died during childbirth. Instead she grew up with her book loving father who owned the library. She grew up reading books side by side with her father, whom she adored. Her father was a gentle man who taught Jackie himself. When she came into her powers, he taught her how to control them so she wouldn't drain herself, as she had similar mental powers to him. She looked nothing like her father but was nearly the spitting image of her mother, which might have been why her father loved Jackie so fondly. She practically grew up in the library which was why she knew her way around it so well, as it was enormous. Several ladders were put in place because of her very short mother, which then came in use for Jackie herself. Jackie, however, had her heart set on on performing at the Cabaret, instead of picking up the 'family business' of running the library. However, her father started showing severe sings of depression. He started coming into work less, making Jackie take more shifts and know how to fully run the library. She would find him crying at night and when she would go into his room to comfort him, he'd quickly wipe the tears away and deny it. Jackie talked to a doctor to see if anything could be done to help. He prescribed pills but her father did not take them. One day he committed suicide in a devastating way. He grabbed Jackie's hand, and used his mental abilities to show her all of his memories of her mother, refusing to let go until he had passed out unconscious on the floor, in a coma. Two days later, he passed away. Jackie couldn't help but feel responsible for his death, because she was the reason her mother was not here. He left the library to her in his will, and at only 23 she took full ownership of it, giving up her singing and dancing dreams. Occasionally, you can find her singing to herself or dancing to her own beat when no one is around. All alone, she fears she will never find love.
|{Theme Song}
Therapy by All TIme Low
"I think that keeping this up could be dangerous
I'm flesh and bone, I'm a rolling stone,
And the experts say I'm delirious.
GIve me therapy.
I'm a walking travesty but I'm smiling at everything."
|{Face Claim}
Annasophia Robb
Character Dialogue || #FF8080
