Carol Cowett

[Carol Cowett]

CAROL COWETT



"'Curiosity killed the cat, Satisfaction brought it back.'"


`I WOKE UP AND WISHED
THAT I WAS DEAD,
»basics

fullname || Carol Anne Cowett
nicknames || Carol
age || 20(hits 21 soon)
gender || Female
orientation || Heterosexual
category || Stitcher
occupation || Is currently in school(night classes) to become a pediatric nurse. Works at a child care center to pay for school and rent.
power || Carol is a fairly gifted healer. She has devoted much of her life to delveloping her skills. She can heal without touch but it takes a lot out of her so she tries not to. For the most part she heals by focusing her power through her hands. She has never intentionally caused injury with her power. One downside to her gift is that she feels the pain of the wounds she heals. She has nearly died once because of this.

She has developed a time delay on her abilities to help hide them. This just makes it so that instead of healing injuries instantly she can just sort of speed up the process if she chooses.

`THE WHOLE WORLD IS MOVING
AND I'M STANDING STILL,
»appearance

face claim || Myself
height/weight || 5'8" / 145 lbs
distinguishing features || Her eyes sometimes appear yellow.
brief description || Carol is a lively woman who has a deep love of life. She knows that she has to keep her ability a secret but still tries her best to have an active life. There is something about her bright smile that tend to make people feel more comfortable, which is useful for her chosen occupation.

She wears her hair loose a good deal of the time and it is a deep brown color with just a hint of red to it. It tends to be just the littlest bit wavy, more so towards the ends and is one of her vanities. She takes special care of it so it is always shiny and soft.

Her other point of vanity is her skin which is very pale by nature. Though she spends a good deal of time outside she takes great care to protect it from the sun with strong sunblocks and lotions.

Her eyes have the capability to give away that there is something a bit 'extra' about her. They are normally a sort of pale green with just a tint of yellow to them. When she is tired or has been using her powers too much the yellow in them gets stronger and brighter, becoming a bright lemon yellow when she has really expended herself.

Heightwise is about average and she is fairly fit from swimming and chasing around hyperactive toddlers at work. She doesn't look like she works out every day but she does look like she could handle a little manual labor if needed.

She tends to dress very brightly, with a particular fondness for red. She tends to either wear jeans with slightly dressy tops or cute little dresses. She has a secret love of pajamas and those are her dress of choice when spending the day at home.

`AND EVERYTHING I SAID I'D DO
MAKE THE WORLD BRAND NEW
AND TAKE THE TIME FOR YOU,
»personality

likes ||
-- Food of all sorts
-- Trying new things
-- Children
-- Dogs and Cats
-- Swimming
-- Arguing
-- Being outside
-- Thundersrorms
-- Snow
dislikes ||
-- Bullies
-- Spiders and most bugs
-- Tofu
-- Fighting/Violence
-- Heights
-- Betting
-- Drinking
strengths ||
-- Cooking: She has always loved messing around in the kitchen trying new recipes and has become a fairly good cook in the process.
-- Socialness: People tend to be drawn to her cheery personality and her openness. She is good at getting people to relax and open up.
weaknesses ||
-- Too Trusting: She believes in the good in people very much and this has led to her being betrayed and disappointed more than once.
-- Relationships: She has a lot of male friends but when it comes to dating she is totally hopeless. She is completely oblivious to the signs that show someone is attracted to her and when she does start feeling close to someone in a romantic way she gets scared and runs away.
-- Stubborn: Once she gets something into her mind it is very difficult to get her to believe otherwise.
-- Curiosity: She can't stand a mystery and often ends up making a fool of herself when she's trying to figure one out.
aspirations || She wants to become a pediatric nurse and use her gift to help children. She also dreams of creating a place where gifted children who have lost their families to the Division can be safe and raised by people who can understand their gifts.
secrets ||
-- She killed somone once when she was very young. When her parents were killed by a Division one memeber who was after her she lost control of her powers and killed him with them.
-- She can heal injuries without losing hardly any energy, but has to do with with a kiss. She is horribly embarassed about this and will only do it in the direst of situations.
fears ||
-- Hurting someone with her powers.
-- That she will end up alone, without ever having a family of her own.
-- Division One finding her.
quirks/habits ||
-- Carol tends to chew on her bottom lip with nervous or lying.
-- She hums old commercial jingles when she is concentrating.
-- She digs her nails into her palms when she is angry or afraid. (She has permanently on her palm from this.)
overall ||
Carol is a very upbeat person. She loves being active and having fun. She is a bit of a worrier though, always trying to make sure everyone around her is happy and having fun. She doesn't like being alone very often and a dachshund and two cats at home.

She is very open with her happiness and other good emotions but does her level best to keep other from knowing if she is feeling sad or angry or upset. The only person she has every really let see her get any of those things is her grandfather who passed away about three months ago..

She is very good at keeping her powers a secret. Though people know she is a handy person to go to if they have some injury they think that she uses herbal remedies and stuff like that.

She puts herself out there a lot but most people don't realize how much of herself she is really holding back. She keeps a lot of her inner workings a secret from people.

`I JUST GOT LOST AND
SLEPT RIGHT THROUGH THE DAWN,
»history

mother || Anabelle(deceased)
father || Joseph(deceased)
siblings || None
other family || Wesley Smith(Grandfather/deceased)
backstory ||
Carol was born to a young, happy couple. Her powers were genetic from her mother's side. Her mother was also a Shadow and worked in a plant nursery. Her father knew about his wife's skills but had none of his own. He worked as a bookkeeper.

When Carol was about seven, before she had really discovered her abilities, her family was attacked by a member of Division One who had been tracking her mother and her for a while. There was a fight and her parents were killed. When the man came for her the next thing she knew her grandfather was there and taking her away while the Division man was lying dead on the floor next to her parents.

She found out later that her powers had basically acted on pure instinct and killed the man, probably by stopping his heart. For a long time she wouldn't talk and would barely eat. It seemed like she had lost the will to live. But with her grandfather's loving care she eventually recovered.

She decided that she would never hurt anyone every again and devoted herself to learning to use her powers to help people. Her grandfather, a shadow like her mother, used his skills to keep them both hidden. Since then there have been no signs that the Division has any knowledge of her existance.

She worked as a baby sitter to earn money through high school and discovered that she really loved children. That and her gift made it see obvious that pediatric medicine would be the path for her. She decided to be a nurse instead of a doctor because she flet that it would be too hard to hide her gift if she was a doctor.

Her experience as a child made her realize just how preciosu life is and she always reminds herself to remember to life it as fully as possible. It also is the root of her dream of establishing a safe place for other gifted children who've lost their families.

She is two years into her nursing degree with a emphasis on pediatric medicine. Witht he recent death of her grandfather she worries that the loss of his skill at hiding them may mean that the Division will now be able to find her and fears what will happen when they do.

`I THOUGHT OF YOU AND WHERE YOU'D GONE
AND THE WORLD SPINS MADLY ON...,
»ooc

name/alias || Anne
age || 20
experience || Off and On for a long long time now.
who's the fairest of them all? || (admin edit)
anything else? || Cheese.
roleplay sample ||

Carol was fiddling with the small tear shaped peridot she wore around her neck. Her eyes, identical in shade to the clear gem, moved over the crowded great hall of Hogwarts. Her mind raced with a million thoughts, not the least of which was the sheer oddness of suddenly being plucked from her somewhat normal life into one filled with magic.

She was trying to take in all the details as she stood with the other first years waiting to be sorted. She knew her sister's would want to know everything. Looking at the magnificence of the place she could imagine one of her mother's fantasy novels taking place there. How strange to be living a tale that could have been one of her beloved mother's stories.

She shifted slightly to the left to place herself slightly between the timid looking girl in front of her and the group of rowdy boys sitting at the table next to them that was all decorated in green. Even if it was just in her own head, placing herself in a protective stance relaxed her, making her feel more at home in the role she often played with her small sisters.

Her pale fingers turned the peridot one way then the other over and over again as she waited for her name to be called. She tried to remember what little her father had been able to tell her about her family history with this Hogwarts place. There hadn't seemed to be a single house or whatever they were called that had been predominant in the line. Of course he could be wrong seeing as how she was the first to get the letter in about three generations.

The light made the gem her fingers worried sparkle and shine with increasing speed as it came closer and closer to her turn. The girl in front of her was up now and she found her stomach churning.

She closed her eyes, fingers moving even faster now as the voice called out.

"Carol Latimer"

Opening her eyes, lowering her hands, and squaring her shoulders Carol walked up to take the next step in this new adventure.

[Admin !]

Accepted!