[Jezebel Ivaskov]

Jezebel Mihaela Ivaskov
FACE CLAIM: Ryan Newman

♦ THE BASICS ♦

AGE: 16
GENDER: Female
ORIENTATION: Unsure
POSITION: High School Student

♦ THE ABILITY ♦

POWER: Plant Manipulation and Empathy - The ability to manipulate a plant’s movement and growth, as well as sense its general state of being. For Jezebel specifically, her powers focus on control of the individual cells making up the plantlife. Though easier if contact is established, she can focus to cause plants' cells to multiple so that they grows at an alarming rate, or reduce the cells so that they wither.

Her empathy isn’t so much “empathy” in the traditional sense as it is detection of the plant cells' health. If a plant is healthy, then she does not detect anything wrong and it comes off as “happy.” If it’s afflicted with a disease or not getting enough water, she can sense these irregularities and deficiencies and it comes off as “ill” or “unhappy."

LIMITATIONS:
Effective Range - Jezebel does not need to touch a plant in order to manipulate it, though that does make it easier for her to use her ability. The furthest her range has ever been able to extend has been 30 feet. However, the further away the organism is, the more focus it needs for her to actively manipulate it.

Living Organisms Only - Once a plant is completely dead, Jezebel’s powers have no effect on it. She cannot bring a plant to life or manipulate processed wood. If there is, however, still a portion of living cells left she can focus on those and multiply the healthy cells to create a new plant or restore the old one given time.

Plants Only - Jezebel’s powers, both manipulation and empathy, are limited only to plantlife.

Size Matters - Though her powers can affect vegetation of any size, it takes increasingly more energy and focus for Jezebel to control larger plants. A flower is much easier for her to manipulate than a tree would be.

Focus Required - Jezebel needs to focus on what she’s doing in order to successfully use her powers. If she gets distracted there is a chance the plant will grow erratically larger than intended, the cells will develop wrong and a tumor will form instead, or she could wither the plant away into nothing by destroying all the living cells.

Energy Limit - Most of the time Jezebel limits herself to influencing a few plants at a time. Anything more numerous than that takes more energy out of her to do. Additionally, larger plants require more energy. The most she’s ever done willfully has been on scale of a small garden, turning it into something of a tiny jungle. Afterwards she’d felt exhausted and collapsed on her feet to wake up to a migraine an hour later.

SIDE-EFFECTS:
Passive Sensing - Jezebel’s ability to sense the plantlife around her cannot be turned off. It is always active, extending to a radius of 30 feet from her- though it’s harder to sense plants near the edge of her range. These come off as a fuzzy sensation in the back of her mind more than anything.

Unspoken Attachment - Whereas Jezebel had originally been bothered by the constant sensation of the well-being of the vegetation around her, she has since grown accustom to it. To the point now where being taken away from any available greenery for a period of time leaves her agitated and anxious. On occasion these episodes, should they be prolonged, can lead to full blown panic attacks.

Pyrophobia - Because Jezebel can feel the slow death of the cells when plantlife is burning, she has developed an aversion bordering on downright fear to fire.

Headaches - When overusing her ability, Jezebel will often experience headaches ranging from minor to migraine levels depending on how much she’s exerted herself. In extreme cases she will even pass out.

Emotional Outburst - In times of great emotion Jezebel’s power will often lash out to the surrounding vegetation regardless of her say. This can result in a untamed mini-forest forming around her, or a disastrous crater of dead flora.

♦ THE FREEFORM ♦

It’s complicated.

I love my family, don’t get me wrong, but it’s definitely…that. Complicated.

For starters I never got to meet my mother. When I was born there were some complications with my birth that ended up taking her away from us. It was a loss that really effected the family. So when I got old enough to ask, I couldn’t help it. According to Luca and Lori she was just the best. I always liked hearing stories about her whenever anyone else was willing to talk. If I had one wish I would love to meet her.

The rest of my family was good too. I mean, we all have our faults but, well, they were my family. Growing up I was definitely closest to Luca and Lorena. Darius and Cristian weren’t around as much by that point, and Mariana had taken mom’s death…hard. But Luca and Lori were great. They’re still my best friends honestly. Nausicca, our housekeeper, was probably second to them. With the three of them I stayed out of trouble. Mostly. It’s not like I intentionally did anything bad! But I was just a kid! I got…curious.

Which was probably how I could tell things in the house weren’t, ah, perfect. I don’t expect any family is, but spending time with Luca and Lori all the time let me see a few things. I still love our father but he was definitely regimented in his ways. And apparently even stricter since mom was gone: particularly on Luca. We had a “reputation” we were all expected to live up to. Growing up that never really bothered me too much. I was still pretty young, so most of the pressure was off of me. But my brother was the last boy in the house so father was very insistent on him doing things a certain way. I’ll admit: I felt bad for him. I tried my best to stay upbeat for him- for all of us since mom was gone.

I was only five though when Luca manifested. All of the sudden, he was gone, and Lori wasn’t long after. Saying I was upset is an understatement. Even then I hated being apart from my siblings. To put it simply I turned into a brat. I insisted on seeing them as much as possible. I wanted to go with them to school despite the fact I hadn’t manifested yet- or even knew if I was going to. I’m not sure how Nausicca dealt with me. It certainly didn’t get any better when Luca left for the States.

Lori stayed behind with me, and I'll always be thankful for that, but it wasn’t the same. I wanted to see them both- to have my whole family home. So I tried keeping in contact with our brother as much as I could, but there was only so much I could do. In the end I spent more time with Lori, Nausicca and father. Though honestly it wasn’t so bad when I think about it. Different, perhaps, but not horrible. I ended up becoming closer to our father. Is my father a perfect man? No, not particularly. But I could see that there were reasons behind what he was doing- what he did. Not the best reasons, but they weren’t coming from a cruel place. It made things a little easier, and my time with him a lot better.

When I finally manifested, I think it also explained why he let me join the Luca in America. I was eleven when it happened. We had a few plants around our house. One day I just…knew how they were doing. I ended up telling Nausicca that a few of them needed more water. It was odd, but I didn’t think it was too strange. What really cemented it was when I woke up and my room had turned into a jungle. The poor little flower on my windowsill had completely redecorated the interior of my room. It took a while before I could get out even with Nausicca’s help. It was only two days later that recruiters showed up. Then I was off to America to see my brother. Honestly it surprised me how understanding father was about it. I think he knew how I felt even though I stayed happy around him.

Once I got to America, it was so exciting! Everything felt so new and different there. Plus it was wonderful to see my brother again. I didn’t realize how much I missed him.

But then we ended up back home.

I found out, and even understood why Luca wanted that. But that didn’t mean I was happy about it. Just as fast I was at St. Cadou. Which was alright, but not... There was something I loved about Bellefonte that Cadou was simply lacking. I think it was just how different Bellefonte was. Cadou simply felt like another version of home. While I didn’t mind that nearly as much as my siblings might've, I found I liked the difference far too much. And when Luca and father had a…disagreement, they finally did listen.

So after a few years, we finally returned to America- all three of us -where I wanted to finish off my schooling. I’m glad to be back, even if I hadn’t spent too much time there to begin with. Hopefully Luca and Lori will enjoy it as much as I hope to.

♦ THE PLAYER ♦

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