Full Name:
Cataline Gale
Nickname:
She, being quite informal much of the time, prefers either Cat or Caty. She dislikes it when people call her from her proper name as it makes her feel old - especially when the fact that she decided to quit the completely fun life early to become a scientist.
Age:
24. Ah, the wonders of being Perfected make it difficult to determine age.
Gender:
Female.
Role:
Scientist, which means that she works on collecting data on the Complications, especially to deal with their emotions, in order to develop a new version of the virus which will work on everyone. She can also do a little bit of interrogating, mostly because her ease with the Complications allows her to get more information than others. Or so sheâd like to think.
Appearance:
Cataline used to possess boring brown hair, and equally boring eyes. It makes sense that when given choices for her Perfection, she decided to take the chance and become someone with a striking appearance. Yes, she possesses flawless skin, large eyes, and height, but sheâs attempted to allow her playful personality to shine through all of her choices. This look, however, is slightly new. Sheâs always liked pink hair, but has experimented with various shades and styles. Her green eyes are also quite a new change. The appearance that she wore before this one was that of long, flowing pink hair, and blue eyes, with an air of teasing nonchalance.
But itâs now thatâs important. Her messy locks fall right before her shoulder, and her eyes are the particular shade of green that reminds her of spring. Cat has an air of playful enjoyment of life, and can be seen with a large smile on her face much of the time. Her hands are small and dainty, as the only labor sheâs ever done in her life is writing. She likes casual clothing, but due to her job, is most commonly seen in the white lab coat that forms her normal working wear. However, when possible, she would much more likely prefer to be in her casual wear - which is most likely a dress and a pair of flats. She likes wearing darker colors like brown for the sole purpose making her hair and eyes take prominence. Cat shows her emotions on her face most of the time, with her thinner eyebrows, mouth, and eyes moving almost constantly.
Personality:
Cataline, to the surface, is almost the same as she was before she had received the antidote for the virus. She appears to remain mostly happy with her life, and on her off-days, she enjoys going back to her party life in the past. Cat also likes teasing other people, mostly because she finds it funny. She isnât afraid of getting into someoneâs face to take them out of their comfort zone - especially when itâs for the sake of having fun. She seems to not understand the idea of authority, and will treat almost everyone like her equal, and ignores their irritation when it occurs.
Cat has almost an obsession with the idea of emotions, the stronger, the better. In that way, she enjoys provoking people to see the whole range of their emotions, positive or negative. Because they are irregularities in that they are able to feel even negative feelings, she finds them the perfect test subjects without the blandness that comes with the virus. She would prefer not to think back to those days - as now she finds that the mild, but happy emotions are disgusting her.
But in a way, she knows that itâs important that people stay happy for the good of her world, and therefore, doesnât see her test subjects at anything other than that. While she may retain her usual nature in their direction, she simply wants to have the chance to see their emotions - all of them, even the positive ones. Since the majority of them wear petulant frowns and other negative emotions, she revels in making them glad - someone whoâs perpetually upset seems to be just as boring. Cat would rather not be alone, and prefers to be in the action almost all of the time. Thereâs a certain boredom that comes with being alone - as thereâs no way that she can observe her own emotions. She likes to talk with people, and is usually the one that initiates the conversations, especially when sheâs bored. She has a certain love for nicknames, and usually doesnât call people by her real name.
She seems to be quite open with her history and beliefs, and will speak out for what she believes in. However, there is a side of her that doesnât quite care what others think or feel. Sheâs selfish in that she believes that sheâs the only one that really matters in the world. After all, if they donât amuse her, she canât see them as equals. Cataline possesses very little empathy, and looks at emotions through a more objective way - she canât relate to the Complicationsâ pain at all.
Cat likes to play with words, and enjoys describing things. When writing notes to herself about the data that she collects, she commonly uses figurative language. She has a love for using her gift with words to make fun of other people - especially if they have some sort of reaction to it. On that note, she usually has a teasing tone in her voice, and her eyes seem to be permanently amused. She has a certain pride that comes with being a scientist. While she wonât admit it, she has always wanted to be the scientist in order to maintain the order that their society needs to survive. In that way, sheâll have the most grudging respect for her co-workers, but none of that shows by her actions. Cat would do anything to be sure that she could keep this job - plus, she doesnât want to have the virus again and go back to her bland state, as she was in the past.
Power:
She wanted to be able to mess around with the emotions of people close to her - but it was decided that such a skill was a danger to her society. Taking this in stride, she chose her second-most wanted power. The power to change her voice at will - hey, it was funny listening to her talk in a high voice. However, later deciding that it wasnât exactly what she wanted, she took the chance to change it when entering Complications.
Within reason, she can monitor conversations that are taking place at a further distance. To do so, she must first be within touching distance of a pipe, hopefully full of water. Then, she can make her mind travel for a few meters through the pipe to eavesdrop on other conversations - after all, people are more likely to show their emotions when theyâre not aware that theyâre being monitored. It, however, has quite a few drawbacks. While listening, she loses track of what sheâs really doing, and will, most of the time, be seen frozen next to her source. Cat cannot move while doing so, and itâs always a pain to stretch out sore muscles afterwards. Water pipes are also difficult to access, and everything that she hears contains the whispering sound of the water itself, making some words difficult to hear. Also - should the person in question move out of her range, she can do little but return to her body. If she tries to stay listening for more than 10 or so minutes for each foray out of her body, she can only remember what goes on during the last 10 minutes.
Likes:
Teasing People
Watching their reactions
Cats
Candy
Having fun
Being a scientist
Nicknames
Talking
Dislikes:
Being alone
Dull, apathetic people - and people with the virus
Boredom
Silence
Her past self
Fears:
Her greatest fear is returning to her life before she received the antidote. The idea that she, too, will be stuffed back into the box when she has just been able to enjoy life without it. Sheâs also afraid of fire and heights, but as it rarely comes up, it doesnât quite show most of the time. Itâs not the heights that terrify her though - itâs the idea of falling from them. Cat also dislikes forgetting details, as she could never remember what she had done the past week when she hadnât yet received the antidote for the virus.
History:
Cat highly dislikes talking about it, but she was a normal citizen in their world. With both parents alive, a glassworker father and a reporter for a mother, she was Perfected at the age of 16, and moved into the party life of the average person. There, however, she had a certain boredom that came with the happy partying life. She enjoyed it, yes, but she felt as though there was something empty about her life. Even then, she took a certain amount of enjoyment in teasing people and making them laugh - and for her stint with the virus, she was happy. However, to the surprise of everyone that knew her, she decided that she wanted to be a scientist early and was accepted into Complications. There, she realized the emotions of people, and became almost obsessed with observing the entire range, from fear, anger to complete elation. Catâs happy to be where she is right now, despite her dodging around the reason why she decided to join - she always replies with a joke.