STORM, MELISSA LIA

[marci5]

* melissa l. storm ,

* start with basics ,
[ I'M SWIMMING IN THE SMOKE OF BRIDGES I HAVE BURNED ]

FULL NAME Melissa Lia Storm II

NICKNAMES Lissa, Lissa-lia, lili

DATE OF BIRTH Oct, 8, 1994.

AGE Sixteen

GRADE/YEAR Junior

ELEMENT Thunder

SEXUALITY Trying to pretend she's not Homosexual

MARITAL STATUS Single

* into the mirror ,
[ AGAINST MY WILL I STAND BESIDE MY OWN REFLECTION ]

CELEBRITY CLAIM Ariana Grande

EYE COLOUR Rich Brown

HAIR COLOUR Varies from black to red

HEIGHT & WEIGHT 5'0” & 106lb

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES Between her shoulderblades | On her left wrist

CLOTHING STYLE Preppy, quirky, and rather hard to explain or predict.

* deeper than skin ,
[ TAKE EVERYTHING FROM THE INSIDE & THROW IT ALL AWAY ]

POSITIVE TRAITS

• Energetic – There is rarely a time when she is not moving and getting into things, learning things, watching things, doing things. She has enough fuel to make up several people.
  
• Kind – Lissa was always the first person to help others in her family
  
• Gentle – She has a masseuse's touch, people have told her. It is natural for her to handling things or people lightly, be it physically or emotionally
  
• Patient – She loves listening to people, even if what they are saying is stupid
  
• Curious – Always learning things, she is.
  

NEGATIVE TRAITS

• Conflicted – Lissa lies to herself all the time, and it can cause he to clam up at random times, or do stupid things to prove the lies are true—which usually ends in disaster.
  
• Ditzy – She's...uh....a blond who just happens to have dark hair.
  
• Timid – Not shy, but easily frightened. Many things scare her, especially when those things come in the form of other people's powers.
  
• Vengeful – Though normally upbeat and happy, if someone does something to her she will never forget it, and she will never let it go. She'll bring her friends into it, she will do anything in her power to get back at the other person in the long term.
  
• Liar – She lies a lot, especially to herself.
  

LIKES

• Markers
  
• Art
  
• Reptiles
  
• Horseback riding
  
• Cheering people up
  
• Sign language
  

DISLIKES

• Animals with fur – excepting horses
  
• People who judge
  
• Being threatened
  
• Being afraid
  
• Silence
  
• Using her power
  

STRENGTHS

• Gentle touch – Though she's never had any training, Lissa has always had a knack for massaging headaches and backaches away.
  
• Knows sign language
  
• Powerful will
  

WEAKNESSES

• Allergic to almost every furry creature ever domesticated.
  
• At war with herself
  
• Lacks a bit of common sense
  

FEARS

• An irrational fear of everyone in water and earth
  
• Being what her family despises/being judged
  
• Losing her sight
  

BEST MEMORY The day her brother finally had a breakthrough with sign language. She saw a real smile on him for the first time in a year.

WORST MEMORY The weeks of uncertainty as to whether her brother would live or not.

LONG-TERM GOAL To find herself

* past reflections ,
[ SOMETIMES I REMEMBER THE DARKNESS OF MY PAST ]

MOTHER Melissa Suzanne Storm (50), Horse breeder.

FATHER Andrew David Storm (49), Owner of Storm Stables.

SIBLINGS David Lucas Storm (16), Twin brother/mute.

OTHER N/A

HISTORY Lissa grew up one of two children in a wealthy family. Her father's family owned the stables affiliated with a very successful horse racing track, and her mother worked to become a breeder of beautiful horse stock. Both of Lissa's parents reveled in the chances they had to get down and dirty with their animals, and they was how they met. Her father brought her mother up to the high society ranks, bringing her to parties and eventually gaining her enough standing with the rest of his family that he was allowed to propose. He did, and she accepted, and they are happily married to this day.

Lissa's father's family, aptly named the Storms, were elementals with a great tendency toward thunder. Almost every Storm child would end up not only an elemental, but a thunder elemental. Usually this meant that they had to marry carefully, but Melissa was sweet and charming, and perfect for forwarding the family business. Though she had no elemental gene that they were aware of, she was quickly made a welcome part of the family. They lived as most high society people, going to galas and throwing parties, and making very sound business plans to keep the wealthy family afloat. Then, they had twins—a boy and a girl.

Melissa Storm II and David Storm were inseperable from birth. They did everything together, always knew what the other was thinking, always supported the other. For the first ten years of their lives, there was no real difference to be seen between them, other than that one of male and the other was female. Then David and his mother were attacked while out one evening. They were on their way home, not too far away, when a desperate man attempted an armed robbery. It failed, but a single, near-fatal slash with a knife left David mute. He nearly died just from the wound, but lots of money and refusal to let their son die allowed the parents to work toward his recovery. Whether from the trauma, or from the injury, David never spoke again.

Then it became apparent that Lissa was the outgoing one, and David was the introvert. He gained anger issues and even tried to commit suicide one or twice, unable to imagine a world where he'd never be able to speak again. But Lissa was always there, talking him down, being his saving grace, taking the brunt of his silent anger as she tried to help him through this. Eventually, she had the idea of helping him to learn sign language—he had tried before, but he didn't want to put effort into it.

When they were eleven, she sat down with him for their first joint lesson. She learned it more quickly than he did, which allowed her to help him all the more. She was sure of herself as she helped him to get better and better at it, and within six months they were speed talking to each other with their hands under their parent's noses, causing chaos together as they had when they were younger. Lissa swore to him that she'd never be far away.

The winter after she'd turned thirteen, she gained her powers. As her family had expected, the girl was a thunder, and she proudly took her spot as the next in the Storm line. David hoped, but he did not get any power, and thus Lissa had to leave him and go to the academy when she was fourteen.

It was about that point that she really started to realize things about herself—bad things. She couldn't look at women without admiring them, and she had a hard time feeling as giggly about the guys as her fellow freshmen did. She tried to ignore it, doing what the other did, getting boyfriends and flirting a lot, but something was never right. Eventually she got desperate, so at the beginning of her sophomore she got herself laid. It was the worst night of her life, and she seriously wishes it had never happened. But she couldn't tell the truth to herself, much less to anyone else, even David. Her family had a deep-seated hatred for gays, and they would never allow her to live her life that way. So here she is, trying to change herself and live her life the way they would want her to.

* puppet on a string ,
[ SOMETHING INSIDE ME THAT PULLS BENEATH THE SURFACE ]

YOUR NAME Marci

YOUR AGE Over thirteen

RP EXPERIENCE Eight years, boo ya

HOW'D YOU FIND US? Um...that thing... that's on all my other apps

SECRET WORD I know it.

RP SAMPLE

See anything by any of mah other caracters.

[TAYLOR THE CANADIAN]

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* accepted ,

WELCOME___TO THE ACADEMY !

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