Post by Temperance Summers on Feb 2, 2012 21:08:22 GMT -8
Temperance Zoey Summers
(So we've been outnumbered, raided and now cornered
It's hard to fight when the fight ain't fair
We're getting stronger now from things they never found
They might be bigger but we're faster and never scared)
Change, by Taylor Swift
Full Name: Temperance Zoey Summers
Nickname(s): Usually Tempy or Temp. Rarely anyone calls her Zoe.
Aliases: None
Physical Age: 17
Date of Birth: August 26
Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia
Character Race: Gifted
Ethnicity: Canadian, with a complex European background.
Occupation: Odd Jobs.
Marital/Relationship Status: Single
Hometown: Vancouver, British Columbia
Alignment: Good
Gender: Female
Height: 5’7
Weight: 120lbs
Body Build: She is quite athletic, and well toned.
Eyes: Vivid deep dark green eyes with a dash of ocean blue
Hair: Soft bright blond hair that falls above her elbows when it’s straighten. However, she has natural soft curls that need a lot of care and attention after a good nights sleep. She likes to leave her curly hair down most of the time, usually with a finishing touch from a hair accessory.
Sexuality: Straight
Personal Style: Usually it is the typical girly style, however, it usually depends on her mood that day. Some days she loves to wear skirts and dresses with high heels and flats. Other says she would wear jeans and runners, right down to Earth. The thing she loves the most about her style is the different hair accessories. Shiny headbands to butterfly clips to soft ribbons, you name it.
Distinguishing Features: None really, at least not yet.
Best Feature: Her kindness and intelligence.
Worst Feature: She's adorable, what bad things can you say?
Face Claim: Taylor Swift
Personality: Temperance is so unique it's hard to summarize her personality in two paragraphs. She is most defiantly strong willed and is someone who stands up for what she believes in. People thinks she is one of those preppy snobs but she is far from that. Temperance has a kind heart, she forgives people easily and she trusts people on a whim. It's hard to say if those traits are a weakness or a strength. For whatever she's doing Temperance puts in her best effort because if she fails she knows that she won't have any regrets. However, with that strong willed personality, Temperance won't give up until the last minute. She is usually a cheerful girl who always has a smile on her face, but there are days when everything goes wrong for her and she needs a good cry. She loves the saying, "Just smile and there is nothing you can't overcome!"
Music is a part of Temperance, it's something that represents the bond between her mother and her. Music helped her through the toughest times in her life and also helped her make some money at her odd jobs for the family. Generosity is also one of her traits, even though her family is poor she always helps the best she can for those less fortunate. She can't bear seeing people suffer and if she can help ease their suffering she will. Temperance is defiantly a leader, not a follower, when she sees something that needs changing she tries her best to change it. Lastly, Temperance is very hard working beyond belief. When she's given a task she will finish it no matter how hard it is. Temperance is a very easy person to get along with as long as you're taking advantage of her.
Weapon: Anything she can grab and hit you with that is within an arm's reach.
Talent(s): Her singing skills and her ability to play several musical instruments.
Flaw(s): She tends to trust people too easily.
Likes: (list 5-6)
- Cooking
- Learning
- Music
- Pretty clothing
- Shiny objects
Dislikes: (list 5-6)
- People who are rude or have bad manners.
- Seeing things go to waste
- Men who try to control her
- People who abuse their authority.
- Seeing her loved ones get hurt
Strengths: (list 5-6)
- She’s not afraid to stand up for what she believes in.
- Her intelligence
- She is kind to everyone.
- Her cleaning skills
- Her people skills
- She never gives up.
Weaknesses: (list 5-6)
- She doesn't have any self-defence skills to protect herself.
- She doesn't like to lose, so she'll try her best to accomplish her goal.
- She's scared easily. For example, she is scared of the dark.
- She trust people too easily without finding out more about them.
- Can't stand to see the people close to her get hurt.
- Frightened of thunder and heights
Powers: Temperance has a unique power, a power that comes in two parts. Although she doesn't have any offense or defence power, she is proud of her healing powers. The first part is healing, the transfer of energy, and how much energy Temperance has depends on her mood, amount of sleep and food shes consumed. You can say that she can have too much energy and she can't control her powers. For example, if she had an amazing sleep and she's full of energy once she wakes up she can't control all that energy within her so all the organisms around her get healed, like dead flowers coming alive. Also, her body heals itself if it is hurt.
The second part is a little harder for Temperance to master because it has to do with time. This is a different type of healing where she turns back time before the object or thing was damaged. This healing technique requires a lot of concentration and energy from Temperance. For example, if someone lost their arm, it's possible for Temperance to restore it back to its original condition so the person can have their arm back. However, most likely Temperance will faint afterwards and go into a deep sleep.
Other: For some odd reason Temperance has a way with animals, all animals. That includes lions, wolves, horses, right down to bees. She seems to understand how they feel, her kindness towards them is another factor.
Mother: Scarlett Lexi Summers. Age 39. Scarlett is an energetic person who is multi-talented. Her relationship with Temperance is quite strong. Scarlett was the who taught Temperance how to play different music instruments, how to sing, how to cook and many other talents. When Scarlett was pregnant she hoped so hard that it would be a girl, she brought all girl clothing, yup that's how much she wanted a girl. Luckily her wish came true.
Father: Leo Cameron Summers. Age 41. Leo is a protective fatherly type figure on the inside and there is no limit he wouldn't go to protect his family. Only a few people know that Leo is one of the most well trained assassin, nickname, Black Wolf" out there. Scarlett knows this dark secret, however, this is well kept from Temperance. His relationship with Temperance with stronger than steel, he will do anything to protect his precious daughter. In everyday life, Leo is quite clumsy and is a disaster in the kitchen, anything he makes tastes terrible.
Sibling(s): None.
Children: None
Others: Serian Bourn Dryden. Age 20. The Summers family adopted Serian 13 years ago. He was found injured in a forest during the winter with no place to go. Since then, Serian has repaid that kindness by protecting the family, repairing the house, and work at odd jobs with Temperance to bring money home for the family. Serian has known Temperance since her childhood and is very protective of her. He's a very skilled at martial arts and a skilled swordsman.
Yuu Sora. Age 19. Leo Summers encountered Yuu when he was out on a job. Yuu seemed lost with no place to go, a similar situation when the Summers adopted Serian. Leo decided to bring Yuu home until he could get back on his feet again. However, when Yuu asked Leo to train him to become an assian, Leo kicked Yuu out. For many nights and days Leo tuned out Yuu's cries until his daughter, Temperance, asked him innnocently to take Yuu back in. Leo with his hands tied took Yuu back in and trained Yuu on the condition that Yuu would always protect the Summers family, especially Temperance. Not long after Yuu decided to stay at one of Leo's safe house instead to continue his training.
History: Temperance was born on August 26, to Scarlett and Leo Summers. Ever since she was born, Temperance was always ill. During her childhood she always had to stay in bed and drink many different kind of bitter medicine. However, none of the medicine worked, so Temperance never had a playful childhood. Instead her mother taught Temperance to read, write and other literature aspects. When Temperance's fourth birthday rolled around, she was returning home with her parents from vacation when they encountered Serian. He was lying on the snow covered in bruises and blood with a wreaked carriage beside him. Serian was the name Scarlett gave him because he told them that he could remember anything. Seeing Serian with nowhere to go and Temperance affection to Serian, the Summers took Serian in, without questioning who he was or where he came from. From that moment on, Serian was a part of the Summers family and he vowed that he would repay their kindness. As time when by, Serian became a very important person to Temperance.
When Temperance was six years old, Leo brought Yuu Sora home because the boy had no place to stay. A few weeks later Leo kicked Yuu out of the house. Temperance had no idea what was going on or why her father had kicked out a poor helpless person. Being only six, Temperance for fifteen night and days secretly brought food for the boy even though she was always quite sick. Finally, Temperance went to ask her father to take the boy back in, she thought that Serian could always use some male companion. For a few years, Temperance going to know Yuu better and began to call him So-kun but there was always a sad expression on his face behind the fake smile so when a bond began to develop, Yuu dissappeared one day. Temperance cried when he dissappeared but when ever she asked her parent about Yuu`s whereabouts, they told her that he had to go home. With the development in Temperance`s powers Yuu slowly began to slip out of Temperance`s mind. Maybe if there was fate they could meet again one day.
A few months after Temperance's seventh birthday, Scarlett attempted to brew some medicine for Temperance. Even though, some of Scarlett's cooking skills are amazing this time the medicine was a icy bluish, greenish color that was so thick it was hard for Temperance to sallow. Like magic, instantly Temperance wasn't ill anymore and she can go outside and play like a normal child. Scarlett was so happy she began to teach Temperance so many different things, from music to cooking to horseback riding. Leo nearly cried when he saw Temperance health improved. It was also around this time that whenever Temperance got hurt she noticed that the wound was gone within an instant. Then slowing Serian was asking why was flowers and trees blooming wherever Temperance sat. Scarlett was so happy that Temperance got such a wonder power, like an angel. Leo on the other hand, still scratches his head wonder if that medicine brew was the case of the powers.
Even though the Summers was a "noble" family and Temperance was given the title "Princess" or "My Lady," she grew up in a house that can fall over at any moment. Despite her family's high social status, her father's job brought in a little income and her and her mother got fired from every job she went to. The family is poor because they gave most of their belongs away to the poor and the needy. Temperance and Serian worked at several different trying to bring home as money as possible to support the family. Due to her circumstance, Temperance hates being poor. Without any servants, Temperance became very skilled at household chores, like needlework, cooking, cleaning etc. Traits very unusual for a lady with such a high social status. Temperance doesn't know how wealthy or powerful her family is from the mothers and fathers side and her parents never even gave a thought to tell her.
Temperance grew up with love all around her and she would do almost anything to earn a few extra dollars to bring back to her family. Sometimes she thinks it's unfair to Serian to be working at such poorly paid jobs and live such a hard life. So, she encourages him to follow his dream instead of serving her family, but each time he would say, "It's an honour to serve you, My Lady." She hopes one day she would live an easier life and restore what her home use to look like.
Role Play Sample:
Smoke filled the air as Temperance watched from her hard bed as her mother ransacked the kitchen. The air was bitter smelling and Temperance knew that she has to drink another foul smelling brew. She didn't mind as long that it would cure her. But they never did. Her mother's hair glowed from the morning sunshine that filled the kitchen. Serian was outside raking the leaves, spring was defiantly here she can smell it.
"Don't worry sweetie, Momma's going to make you this medicine and you're going to feel all better," Scarlett said with a reassuring voice as she dropped something brown in the mixture.
Temperance forced a smile while trying to calm the butterflies that were in her stomach. Vomit was making it way up to Temperance throat, but she quickly swallowed it back down. Her body grew cold again so she quickly pull the blanket back up to her chin.
Scarlett began to talk again, "This is going to be the best medicine you've ever ....."
BOOM!
The explosion was so loud the whole house shook. The explosion happened so suddenly Temperance didn't realize that she was crying until Serian rushed into the smoked filled room and carried her outside.
When everyone was safe Serien turned towards Scarlett and yelled. "What is the matter with you!!! She's just a baby what were you thinking?!"
"Your words..." Scarlett said sounded surprised because this was the first time Serian ever spoke to the Summers family.
When everyone calmed down and Leo made sure that the kitchen was fine, Scarlett got some of the surviving medicine and gave to Temperance, "Here, honey, drink this."
Temperance held the oddly coloured and foul smelling brew as all eyes watched her face. She slowly lifted the drink towards her face and drank.
