xxxJ O S E P H I N E x J A I Y E N
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- wolf alice
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n i c k n a m e s x // x josie [everyone] + junebug [close friends]
a g e x // xtwenty-five
g e n d e r x // xcis female
s e x u a l i t y x // xbisexual
o r i g i n x // xkanchanaburi, thailand 1994
r o l e x // xguardian of the fifth circle
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w e i g h t x // x52 kg
h a i r x // xCut in a long bob, Josie's hair is a rather dark brown, soft and easily styled with a bit of gel to keep wisps out of her face. It's been in pretty much the same style for the past five years, and she's not thinking of changing it anytime soon.
e y e s x // xJosie's eyes are hazel, shifting from brown in the center of the iris to a deep green ring. Though she's often ready with a smile, her eyes are the real indicator of her inner thoughts, much less friendly than Josie herself appears to be.
o d d i t i e s x // xShe doesn't have any significant markings aside from her pierced ears.
a p p e a r a n c e x // xJosie's a practical, streetwise-looking sort of girl at first glance, her wardrobe a variety of graphic tees, jackets, and sneakers. She's got a sort of poise that makes the style hers, looking absolutely comfortable in her own body no matter what she's wearing. She does seem easily susceptible to cold, though, wearing large coats even into early May, her hands thrust deep into the pockets.
She's certainly pretty by any standards, but there's a sort of closed-off quality to her face, visible in the flash of her eyes or the slow way she strokes her familiar. Any random student could say sure, they know of Josie, but whether they really know her is another matter entirely.
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I N G E N I U M
xxxxxxxxxxxx⢠x a b i l i t y x ⢠x \ É - Ë b i - l É - t Ä \ x â˘
h y d r o k i n e s i s x // x Under the guardian's influence, Josie is able to manipulate water as long as a source is available to her. She can isolate and move water droplets individually or as a group, and can even draw it out of the moisture in the air if she wants to. At present she is unable to control her ability for too long, thoughâany longer than a few minutes and she'll lose control, and everything falls to the floor.
N O T A
xxxxxxxxxxxx⢠x f a m i l i a r x ⢠x \ f É - Ë m i l - y É r \ x â˘
b e l l a m y x // x A small stoat with soft brown fur; he's rather shy and prefers not to reveal himself to company. An agile, secretive little thing, he likes to amuse himself by creeping through the shadows and pouncing on Josie's feet. He's usually perched on her left shoulder or curled up in a coat pocket.
F O R T I T U D O
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c h a r i s m a t i c x // x One of the more popular students in the Academy, Josie has a natural charm for getting people to like her, slipping into a well-liked persona like a second skin.
l a n g u a g e s x // x Being of half Thai and half American descent, Josie has a knack for multiculturalism. Outside of English and Thai, she's also fairly proficient in Italian and French, and is currently working on her Bahasa Melayu.
c o n t r o l l e d x // x Given Josie's inner natureâespecially of lateâit's imperative that she knows how to keep herself in check, no matter how strong her emotion is.
I N F I R M I T A T E
xxxxxxxxxxxx⢠x w e a k n e s s x ⢠x \ Ë w Ä k - n É s \ x â˘
f a m i l y x // x Josie's family are the traditional kind, and while she loves them dearly she feels the pressure of their expectations weighing her down. It's a suffocating feeling, one she doesn't deal with well. At least the Academy offers a place for her to be away from them, to grow on her own.
t e m p e r x // x Since she was young, Josie's had a short fuse, and only through great practice did she eventually learn to control it. She's never been known to be particularly explosive among her peers, but that doesn't mean she doesn't feel the old flare in her chest, the one that makes her curl her hands into fists and clench her teeth until she's managed to get it back under control.
l o n e l i n e s s x // x It's hard when no one really knows what you're thinking. It's easy for Josie to smile and play the part, but she has few real friends, and she longs to be known for who she really is instead of the person she's pretended to be for so long.
M E T U M
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d i s h o n o u r x // x She's the first in her family to be part of the New England coven, and while she's determined to do her best, Josie is secretly terrified she'll fuck up and disappoint her parents. She's not one accustomed to failure, and there's so much at stake now that she's made it so far.
b e i n g x f o u n d x o u t x // x She's worked a great deal to learn to compose herself and present a smiling, perfect front to everyone, she certainly can't be found out for the angry, jealous person she really is.
n e e d l e s x // x Everyone has their own irrational fears, and Josie's is needles. She can't stand the thought of getting her blood drawn, or even getting a tattoo. The difficult time she had with piercing her ears was bad enough.
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P E R S O N A L I T A T E
xxxxxxxxxxxx⢠x charismatic x ⢠x accomplished x ⢠x adaptable x ⢠x fearful x â˘
Josie'll be damned if she's just a friendly face, though. She's worked hard her whole life to be among successful people, and the New England coven is no exception. She's articulate in multiple languages and a pretty good student in most of her classes, if she does say so herself; she can even hold her own in intelligent conversations, whether she's talking about the witching world or the human world. Her parents have always pushed her to be the best she can be, and she's determined not to let them down.
Still, that's not all she's cracked up to be. Beneath the veneer, Josie hides a small, angry person, the person she knows she's doomed to really be her whole life. Ever since she was young, she's struggled with anger management issues, her temper a force of nature she's worked to control for years. She only learned to control her outbursts when she was older, right before anyone at the Academy figured out the kind of person she really was. Desperate to reset her image and gain the social status she never had before then, Josie learned quickly how to fit in with others, how to be the perfect girl everyone would like. And she's been mostly successful so far. While Josie's friendly enough to the common crowd, there's a certain clench to her jaw her close friends learn to recogniseâthe one that says she's had enough of pretending to be the bubbly girl most think her to be. Sometimes she just can't help the old anger that rises up inside her, and though she squeezes her fists so tight her nails bite into the flesh of her palms, she won't let her persona slip. She can't let anyone learn who she used to beâbecause after all, she's Josie Jaiyen, the belle of the Academy. Or is she?
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Josie came out swinging. Right from the start, both Sakchai and Margaery wanted the best for her, so like any ambitious parent, they focused all their energy on her and pushed her to be the best, to be better than she could be. Margaery always bragged how Josie was ahead of her peersâshe had begun speaking in full sentences before she turned three, and was effectively bilingual by five, learned to swim at six, was solving advanced math problems by eightâthe list went on and on. There was no doubt the Jaiyens were proud of their daughter's achievements, and they showed no sign in slowing her education any time soon.
But, like any child, Josie began to feel the stress early. Sharing in her mother's drive for perfection, she would find herself experiencing outbursts whenever things didn't go her way. Failures were first met with crying fits, and when Josie was a little older, old enough to understand her own emotions, with temper tantrums. At first Margaery found it just amusing - a child with a temper, enough to be feisty, certainly enough to develop a personality of her own. No child of hers would be content to fit the mold, and Josie was definitely not content by any means.
Yet as Josie continued to move through life and showed no signs of abating, Margaery began to worry. Once she was grown enough to cause some trouble with her tantrums, it became a problem for the Jaiyens. Josie went through years of counselling, years of breathing exercises, in-two-three out-two-three, and eventually she learned to pause before letting her anger sweep through her, trashing everything on its path out of her system. By then she was almost out of her teens, and well on her way into the New England coven. (Despite her outbursts, she had still been a stellar student, acing her way through school.)
And now she was ready to be a new kind of person. She wanted to be a likable, social Josie. So that was who she became.
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"She's sweet, definitely curious but I wouldn't count that as a bad thing. Some people might, though."
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"I guess he's a nice person. People seem to like him."
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"He doesn't fool me, he's really a huge softie."
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"There's something about him that's incredibly familiar, but I'm sure we've never met."
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"I am curious about him, but isn't everyone else?"
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"He's really not one for talking. I don't think I even know how old he is."
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"Somehow I can't help but think she doesn't like me very much."
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"We get along fine, I might even say we're similar in some aspects?"
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"Oh, he's such a nice boy. He gets along with everyone so easily."
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"Surely everyone's heard the stories about what she did... I'm normally not one to gossip but she's not the best person to associate with."
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