Full Name: Emery Hollyn Clifton
Nicknames: N/A
Age: 17
Birthdate: Between May and July
Home Town: Memphis, Tennessee
Sexuality: Asexual
School: Arcana
Power: Clairsentience is the ability to learn someone’s history by touch. Many people would love to have such a power to learn all the dirty secrets that people keep in their closets, but once you step through that door of knowledge it’s a very dark place. The extent of my power is that I cannot stop the memories from flowing when I touch somebody. I guess that explains why I am asexual because I want a relationship where somebody willingly tells me all of their secrets before I touch them. I’m not saying that I am completely shut out on physical love, but touching somebody and seeing everything that they have done in their life is hard when you’ve built a relationship with somebody that is completely different from their past. My power is a little more under control lately where I can shut out the power for periods of time while touching somebody. It usually only last a thirty seconds or so, but that’s more than enough time for me. The freedom that those seconds provide me with is so relaxing.
Likes: I like my space because being in a crowded room can get pretty stressful when I’m too close to somebody to avoid their history. I like being able to love somebody without the sexual desire getting in the way. Once I control my power enough, I will of course be open to the idea of sex, but for now I rather not know everything about someone. I like taking late night strolls around campus. They give me an opportunity to enjoy the silence for once. I like staying up late to read. I like Greek Mythology . I know it is a random like, but Greek Mythology has also been an interest of mine. I’ve read many, many books from that time on the Gods and heroes that surrounded that era.
Dislikes: I dislike my power more than anything. I feel as if it is a curse. I can never get to know somebody because I already know them within a second. It’s really hard to open up to somebody when you already know all of their issues and yours just seem to be so small in comparison. I hate religion. If there was a god out there, why would he curse me with such a power? I dislike liars. After learning somebody’s past, you start to easily pick out the liars without even touching them. I dislike love. I feel that this is a feeling that I will never experience because I feel as if people avoid me due to my power, so why would anybody ever want to love me? Lastly, I dislike school. I know that I am new to this whole school thing, but still. How can they help me?
Fears: I fear that I will never be able to control my power and that I will constantly be flooded with the memories of people that I don’t know. How am I ever supposed to live my life when I am living in the past of everyone else’s?
Personality: It’s hard to have a great personality when your power has brought you down so much in your life. I have learned that with my power I have become very observant of the ones around me due to the fact that I know everything about them, even the dark points in their lives. I like to see how that effects them now, and if they even show their past in the present. Due to me constantly trying to see if this past comes through, I have become rather considerate to most without voicing this consideration aloud. I rather not have people knowing that I like them. It makes things so much easier. With this so called gift, I’ve grown so much more honest with everyone that walks through my life. If I can so easily see their secrets, I’m not too fond of keeping mine. I do admit I still have a few kept buried in, but those are for the ones that really matter. Even though there aren’t any at the moment, I still have hope that some will come into my life soon enough.
Now for the bad in my personality, I must admit that I am unforgiving. With those that know of my power, I expect complete honesty. If you are not honest with them from the get-go, then I will put you into the category of people I am careless about. I’m very guarded and secretive at times because I am so afraid to open up to somebody, who is not so willing to open up to me.
History: As most people with power, I come with many skeletons in my closet. Some of which I refuse to discuss about. My childhood was rather dark with the increased crime rate in Memphis. My mother was a rape victim, so it was lucky I even made it to nine months with her constant drug and alcohol abuse due to the accident. I blame this as the source of my ability. My mother’s dark past led me to the ability to know the dark in everyone else’s past. I don’t know my mother’s name or her rapist, but I do know that she didn’t love me enough. I was just a small baby in her womb, and she was already abusing me. I was born with the term addicted baby put into my medical history. If you do not know what that means, I will explain rather quickly. My mother did so many drugs while I was in her womb that I became addicted to them as well. It’s a very sad situation for a child to be born into. I was said to be in the hospital for months before they had weaned me off entirely.
I put in foster care almost immediately, and sadly, I was never adopted. I would say that at first they were the worst years of my life, but they soon grew worse with the development of my power. My administrator at the foster home was the first person I had ever touched and received feedback. He was an older gentleman, who had been having sex with several of the younger children in the foster home. The second person I touched and received feedback from was his wife, who knew what her husband was doing, but feared of what would happen if she voiced it. I guess now you see why the past of other’s constantly haunts me. After touching person after person, I started to realize the extent of my power. I blame myself for how uncontrolled my power is because at first I would just touch anybody to just know. I knew I didn’t have to know, but being so young I felt powerful; though at this point in my life, I feel completely weak and helpless. I soon reported the man and his wife to authorities, but nothing came out of it. I was just shipped off to another foster care.
It says I must explain how I decided to become good or bad, but I never really had the opportunity to take a step back and pick a side. I feel as though I am in neutral territory because I can never be good with the baggage I carry with me, but I refuse to be bad because of my own past. I can never be like my mother or my foster parents. I just now arrived at Arcana, so I guess you would say I am neither because I didn’t get the option of choosing between Arcana or Noctrem. I was just forced to go to this school after someone found out about my power. Now I am forced to live with others that have abilities like I do. As much fun as it sounds, it sounds like a complete nightmare to me.
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