[April Leigh]

April May Leigh
FACE CLAIM: Dianna Agron

♦ THE BASICS ♦

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

♦ THE ABILITY ♦

POWER: Pyro Kinesis
April’s power allows her to generate flames across the entirety of her body, just an inch or so above the surface of her skin, while they are attached to her body she has the capability to control them to a degree, and form them into simple compacted shapes, like spheres. She can then release the flames into the environment, or throw them if they are shaped. However, Once released April can control the flame's density and shape to a degree, either increasing the size of the flames or putting them out.

April’s fire burns at a temperature of 1200 Degrees Celsius, about the same as most Methanol flames, and much like methanol flames April’s fire burns blue whilst it’s attached to her body. Since there is no fuel being burnt the flames attached to her body don’t give off smoke, at least until they make contact with something else flammable.

Secondary: Flame Resistant Phisyology
April’s body has properties akin to asbestos. (Minus the toxicity), she has more resistance to heat sources that are close to her, and her body is much harder to set on fire than a regular human being. She doesn’t burn nearly as easily, it either takes a much longer continues exposure, or an extreme, uncommon level of heat.

LIMITATIONS:
-April can only maintain her power for about a 20 minute period before it completely exhausts her, and the flames burn themselves out, needing at least a couple hours rest before she tries to produce flame again.
-April can only compact the flame attached to her body into small contained shapes, like spheres, cubes and the like. And none of these can be larger than a foot (Soccer)-ball.
--She can throw a fireball about 40 feet once it’s solidly formed, as they aren’t as aerodynamic as something like a tennis ball.
-April has no resistance to any other kinds of burns. E.g. Chemical, Electrical, radiation, cold, ect.
-April can only manipulate active bodies of fire for about 2 minutes at a time, and only a few times a day, 4-5 depending on how well rested she is.

SIDE-EFFECTS:
-April’s power actively burns calories when she uses it, as a result of this she has to take in an increased amount whenever she’s been making use of her flame generation.
-Using her power dehydrates her body at an increased rate, if she uses up her full duration more than once without supplanting the lost water with at least a litre more, she will likely pass out in short order.
-April feels the cold more than others, being very susceptible to powers which can lower the temperature to the extreme, she also finds it harder to generate flames in this condition. Her weakness to cold starts to kick in once it drops below 0 degrees Celsius (32F) she rapidly starts to drop her body temperature, and will quickly feel the effects of moderate hypothermia, even if she’s relatively well wrapped up. In these temperatures April has to wear heavy duty thermals to avoid poor health.
-While April has resistance to flames and heat themselves, she has zero protection against things they interact with, like smoke created when it connects with things other than herself, and is just as susceptible to these things as any regular human.
-Obviously fire consumes oxygen to burn, so obviously in low oxygen environments, this can be detrimental to April or people around her, if she’s consuming oxygen for her flames.
--April’s flame is a complete combustion similar to that of a methanol fire, produced from her own body, whilst she doesn’t produce Co2 outside of her body, the chemical reaction of activating her power causes her to produce more internal Co2. This extra Co2 is then breathed out normally, and as a result, as she approaches her time limit, she begins to feel the effects of Co2 poisoning.
-If April overuses pyrokinesis to control bodies of flame she starts to build a headache, leading to a migraine and eventually passing out.

♦ THE CHARACTER ♦

HEIGHT:  5’9”
HAIR COLOR: Blonde, about halfway down her shoulder blades. It’s mostly straight, with a tendency to form small curls, not so much that it ever really irritates her. She’ll sometimes curl it, or completely straighten it out if she’s going out on a very special occasion but most of the time she refrains from this as she actually quite likes her hair.
EYE COLOR: Hazel

MISC: Both of her ears have small sized piercings for relatively plain jewelry, a lower back tattoo, a couple of tattoos hidden from plain view, one on her lower back being a winged heart with the text "Leigh" popping out of the centre, and the other being a flame with a symbol inside of it which is on her right thigh. 

April’s wardrobe is quite large and varied. She owns dresses, skirts, jeans, skinny jeans and all kinds of items in between the two. She makes a habit of trying to dress differently every day of the week. And has a small sub section of wear for whenever she’s going out into town with her friends, picking up dates or otherwise.


On an evening out, she generally sticks to leggings and provocative tops, or jeans depending on which bar or club she’s going to.
PERSONALITY: April is a bit of handful for friends and family to deal with. She’s a very passionate, strong willed individual who believes in honesty and staying true to your feelings.



Due to her upbringing, she’s not afraid to be quite boisterous in social situations, being quite forthcoming with her opinion and never apologising for voicing something that needs to be said to somebody else.



April likes to see the beauty in other people, and isn’t afraid to comment on it, and pursue people that she takes a fancy too. Wanting everyone around her to have fun, whether that’s light hearted partying or hanging our getting a laugh with friends, or something considerably more competitive with them.


She has an innate desire to compete with others, and raise herself to new heights that is constantly pushing her, despite her urges to have fun. She’s not naïve or egotistical enough to believe that she IS better than everyone, or that she’s not got room for improvement, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t take pride in where she is now.


Though she is very flirtatious, April doesn’t tend to form lasting romantic bonds with others, feeling a distinct apprehension towards them.


April loves listening to music, flirting with pretty people and going out clubbing, or playing games like bowling, paintball and the like with friends. She makes a very conscious effort to try new things, and not many of them stick as hobbies.




SECRET(S): April has a fear that she will one day activate her mutation accidentally and cause problems for people around her, leading to injuries she doesn’t need on her conscience. On top of that,  she has some issues with commitment to other people, never having sustained a relationship beyond a couple of months.

♦ THE HISTORY ♦

April Leigh was born to Brooke and Johnathan Leigh in Portland, Oregon. Being the youngest of 7 siblings, as well as the only girl of the bunch. Her parents met on the police force in Portland, and her mother retired to raise the kids, having inherited a fairly large house from her Grandmother, whilst her father kept on working his way up the line, constantly trying to make time for his family.


Growing up with so many brothers gave April a strong drive to be the best, as well as having much more aggressive and blunt tendencies than other girls she grew. Her brothers, by in large ended up going into the same profession as their parents one by one, continuing a long running family tradition on their Father’s side of joining the force.


As she went into her teenage years, she both grew a little closer to her mother and became more aware of herself. By the time she was 14, 5 brothers were in various positions or in training, while the 6th, only being a year older than her was much more like April and her mother, ending up wanting to go to theater school instead. This prompted April to reconsider her options for the future, given that she'd always thought she'd end up joining the force like the rest of her family. 


At the age of 15 both her and one of her brother’s (Aged 16) manifested powers. April having discovered a high resistance to high temperatures and burning. This occurred when her and some friends were messing around after getting a few drinks in them at a campfire, them causing a larger fire by and April catching fire herself, yet not receiving any burns. Her brother manifested as a result of the shock of this and the both of them were picked up by recruiters within a week and sent off to the school to be taught proper control. 

April's brother eventually did gain control of his power, and graduated, going on to study theater, having had a relatively painless experience of high school. April on the other hand, had a much more harrowing experience when her powers were being diagnosed, having discovered her full pyrokinetic abilities in a flashy display of setting the room on fire with her trainer. Luckily, the academy had hired the right people for the job, and nobody was injured, but as April went through the next few years of high school she struggled with gaining control of her power, particularly with the habit of manifesting flames in particular surges of passion or anger. 

She did still manage to apply herself to her work and achieve top grades, maintaining a competitive streak and wanting to climb to the top. April graduated with what the school deemed was acceptable control of her powers, however she always felt a little bit nervous with them. Still very occasionally having minor incidents with her flames, though nothing that ever endangered anybody else. As a result of this she decided to go to college in the town the academy resided in, so that she could at the very least have a safety net if something went wrong. 

Still in Stagfort she studied at the College in the city, hoping to become an EMT once she graduated, whilst maybe partying around a little too much. 

♦ THE PLAYER ♦

USERNAME: Raz,
AGE GROUP: 20's
EXPERIENCE: 6 years I thiiiink. 
WHERE DID YOU FIND US? Mel kidnapped me, again. 

[★ MEL]

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