[Deb Barok]

Deborah Anastasia Barok
FACE CLAIM: Chloe Norgaard

♦ THE BASICS ♦

AGE: 20
GENDER: Female
ORIENTATION: Bisexual
POSITION: College Student

♦ THE ABILITY ♦

POWER: Pigmentation Manipulation - The ability to change an object’s natural color. For Deb specifically, she can only do this by touch. Once she is Deb can focus on altering the molecules of an object so that it changes color. She can either narrow her effect so that her fingers work similar to paintbrushes on a surface, or expand the effect to encompass a large area of an item.

LIMITATIONS:
Touch Based - Deb has to be touching an object in order for her to use her powers.

Organic Difficulty - While most materials aren’t too hard for Deb’s power to change, it requires more work for her to change organic material such as plants, animals, and especially humans. Don’t go to her expecting an instant tanning booth. Fur or hair, however, is still fairly easy for her.

Focus Required - Deb needs to focus on what she’s doing in order to get the color she wants. If she gets distracted, the color could warp or develop spots of different tones/colors.

Energy Limit - Most of the time Deb limits herself to smaller objects like hair or one article of clothing. Doing anything bigger or more numerous can take more energy out of her. The most she’d ever done was her entire Volkswagen Beetle, detailed inside and out. Afterwards she’d felt exhausted, had most of the color drained from her features, and a throbbing headache.

SIDE-EFFECTS:
Headaches - When overusing her ability, Deb will often experience headaches ranging from minor to migraine levels depending on how much she’s exerted herself.

Color Drain - In an ironic twist, if Deb really pushes herself the color will often drain from her features- including her clothes. This often leaves her as a dulled, ashen version of herself until she regains her strength.

Emotional Influence - In times of great emotion Deb’s powers will often activate regardless of her say: meaning that her clothes and hair can act as a “mood indicator.”

♦ THE FREEFORM ♦

I guess you could say becoming a mutant has been a big change for me.

I mean, it’s not like anyone really expects to be born a mutant. Except maybe those kids of the long-winded mutant families you hear about. Then it’s more of a potentially volatile waiting game for them. “Oh, Suzy accidentally set the drapes on fire! Finally!” That sort of thing.

Me? I was your average idiot kid. The kind who wanted to see how high you could launch while going over a speed bump on a bicycle. Which, for the record, is pretty high. I was a scrawny little thing born in Illinois, with my mother constantly worrying over whether or not I would break in half. Considering the bike thing among other crazy stunts I pulled, I don’t blame her.

I have a little sister too named Alex. She was only 3 years younger than me. To my mother’s regret I instantly took up the mantle of teaching Alex all about bad decisions. She still sports the second highest record in height for the speed bump jump. I’m so proud.

Honestly it’s a wonder my mom was able to deal with the two of us. Especially since I was the number one bad influence in my little sister’s life. Our dad was the one who couldn’t deal. Not full time anyways. When I was 9 my parents ended up getting a divorce. Sometimes I’d hear about how my classmates would “go to see” their dads or their moms on certain days. I never really understood that until I started doing it too.

We mainly stayed with my mom and went to visit my dad on certain weekends. This went on for a few years until my dad got a girlfriend. One that soon turned to fiancé and soon turned to wife 2 after that. When they had our step-brother Patrick, Alex and I stopped going. We weren’t thrown out of the house per say. More of a “gentle nudge” sort of thing.

Whatever. It didn’t make much of a difference to us. We spent more time with our mom anyways. Who I’ve really got to give credit to. Alex and I didn’t make things easy on her when we were growing up. Particularly when high school hit. We were already rambunctious pains in her behind, but add in hormones and puberty? We were grade A toothaches.

Me worse than Alex for sure. As though our teenage angst wasn’t enough, I had to go ahead and develop superpowers. I was 16 at the time, which was apparently older than most kids when they manifested. I honestly didn’t notice a change. Sure maybe a splotch of different color here and there. But then again you’re taking to someone who’d been obsessed with tie-dye and seen the wonders of bleach-on-fabric from an early age. I just thought people were clumsy.

The absolutely random strangers arriving to our doorstep some week and a half later? They were sure it was me doing it.

Mom was…less than happy about me being taken away. Probably about as much as Alex was. How do you expect a family to act when you’re basically abducting their kid? But since we really didn’t have a choice I went.

Bellefonte was fun actually. It was a school for kids with crazy abilities. Sure it was still school, unfortunately, but with a more than slightly quirky twist. I’ve seen people turn into chinchillas, light candles with their bare hands, basically waterbend, and hold an entire conversation with me using pure thought. “Crazy” doesn’t exactly cut it.

My power isn’t nearly as wild as the others I’ve seen. I get to change colors. Doesn’t exactly sound like a world saver, does it? Although from what I’ve seen that also means I don’t have to deal with nearly as many side effects as some of my fellow freaks. Or have to worry as much about accidental slip ups. What’s accidentally turning my shirt neon green to being stuck as a labrador retriever for a few hours?

I’m actually still there now. After high school I figured I might as well continue down the college line. Go for an art degree because hey, I can do some neat things with color. Probably also why I want to be a hair stylist. Dyeing hair has never been so easy.

Mom’s a lot less freaked out by the whole idea now anyways. Alex too. They even visit from time to time- Alex especially once she got her license. That and after she got her first taste of the scene at BA. Like I said, it’s got one hell of a quirk to the typical school scenario. I can’t help but love it.

♦ THE PLAYER ♦

USERNAME: Gorgon
AGE GROUP: 22
EXPERIENCE: 5 years
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