[Aryana "Rya" Darcy]

Aryana "Rya" Darcy

FACE CLAIM: Magdalena Zalejska

♦ THE BASICS ♦

AGE: Twenty-One (November 21st, 1996)

GENDER: Female
ORIENTATION: Bisexual
POSITION: University Student

♦ THE ABILITY ♦

POWER: Hydrokinesis (Water Manipulation)
As the name suggests, Rya is able to manipulate water to the best of her ability. This does mean that she can suspend, carry, form, bend, and throw the liquid in a multitude of different ways. She is also able to pull it from different sources, including the air. 



LIMITATIONS:

First and foremost, Rya is able to manipulate water and water only. This means that while she is able to manipulate H₂0, she cannot with any other liquefied substance. The denser the water, the more difficult it is to manipulate. She can not make the substance from something that is not there, despite the appearance of such when she pulls from the moisture in the air. She is not able to manipulate water into it's different forms, with the exception of water vapor, meaning that while she may be able to pull the moisture, she can not turn liquid into gas or ice.



SIDE-EFFECTS:

The primary side effect - muscle fatigue - is dependent on the extent of her use. The denser the water, for instance, the more energy and strain on her muscles. It may seem less physical of an element, but the weight of it all takes its toll. 

♦ THE CHARACTER ♦

HEIGHT: 5'4" (162.5 CM)
HAIR COLOR: Naturally a dark brown, but has been dyed to be more mouse-to ash- brown

EYE COLOR: Heterochromatic, though the primary color is blue. The upper left portion of her right eye is a light brown. 



MISC: In reference to tattoos, Rya has two. The first is a small cursive script saying "power to you." The second is a line of symbols on the inside of her right arm. 



PERSONALITY:  Rya is far more complex than what she'd lead to believe. On the outside, she's crude, unapologetic, confrontational, and generally just a difficult person to get to know and be around unless you, too, have a similar personality. Should a person delve deeper, they'll find a girl who is simplistic in nature, preferring comfort and basic necessities to overindulgence and opulence. She certainly does not lack conviction, and walks through life allowing no one to sway her. The world, she believes, offers all that a person needs. Money can only go so far and create a sense of false happiness. Her art reflects this mentality, with landscapes and nature the focal point of most of her pieces. 

That doesn't mean, however, that she isn't the girl she puts up as a front. She is promiscuous (though that particular term connotes a negativity that she doesn't identify with), and she can give a sailor a run for his money when it comes to vocabulary. Rya isn't particularly gentle in nature - her favorite pastime is boxing, after all - and she isn't the easiest to get along with.

Her method of dealing with difficult things comes in two forms: she either tackles them head on, or she seethes until she explodes. The difference comes in the type of problem presented. Does it require a more emotional reaction? If so, she shuts it out. Does it require more superficial means? Then she'll tackle it in whichever way she sees fit.





SECRET(S): Though she is significantly less angry than what she once was, Rya is the way she is as a reaction to a traumatic betrayal when she was young. 

She is terrified of falling in love. 

♦ THE HISTORY ♦

Rya, born Aryana Darcy, grew up in a modest apartment in the outskirts of London, England. Her mother, a secretary for a law firm in the city, met and fell in love with an aspiring tattoo artist from the north of England. Within two years, the conservative woman and liberal man married. A year later, Rya was born. 

Her story didn't really start until she turned 13. Up until that point, Rya had been a normal, happy-go-lucky child with little care in the world. Conflict between her parents rarely occurred in front of her, so in her mind, everything was perfect. At 13, upon coming home from school with headphones in her ears, she went immediately to the shower as she usually did. Her parents usually worked around the time she came home, so she certainly didn't expect to see her father in the shower with another woman. 

What happened next is a bit of a blur. Somehow all the water that flowed out of the shower head went everywhere. It soaked her clothes and surprised her father and his lover. He scrambled for a towel but Rya was already gone, soaking clothes and all. 

They came a week later, and when they did, she didn't say goodbye to her father. She couldn't look her mother in the eye. She left to St. Bethany, and acted out almost immediately after. For the first few months, Rya's anger created conflict among her peers, and she went in and out of disciplinary reform programs at the school. She did well enough in school, though, passing with B's and the occasional C. The only classes she ever did exceptionally well at were her training courses and any art courses. By her final year, she was known for sleeping around, fighting, and generally being a detestable human being. 

It wasn't until she graduated that she decided to attend the University attached to the US school in Stagfort, Oregon. The coastal town made it an ideal location, and the emphasis on nature in the state only furthered her desire to get away from what she knew in England, including her family. She packed up, and in the fall semester of 2014, started at Bellfonte. She continued on her training path, and delved further into her passions as a person. She's currently in her junior year.

♦ THE PLAYER ♦

USERNAME: Ais

AGE GROUP: Early Twenties

EXPERIENCE: For about 10 years?

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