Sophia Anderson

[Sophia Anderson]

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Basics

NAME: Sophia Gabriella Anderson
NICKNAMES: Sophie, Soph
ORIENTATION: Heterosexual
DATE OF BIRTH: December 3rd, 1982
AGE: 29
GENDER: Female
OCCUPATION: Court Stenographer / Piano Teacher
HOMETOWN: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
CURRENT LOCATION: Transient
GROUP: Human - Psychic
PLAYER NAME: Gracey

Appearance

Celeb Claim: Jessica Alba
Hair: Dark Brown (almost Black), Mid-length and naturally wavy.
Eyes: Hazel
Complexion: Olive / Tanned
Body Type: Slim
Height: 5'7
Weight: 122lbs

Personal Style: Sophie stands at about 5'7 and weighs roughly around 120lbs. She has a fairly small frame which makes her appear smaller then she is. For her height, Sophie is a healthy weight but can often be perceived as a tad bit on the skinny side. She doesn't do a whole lot of exercise to maintain her physique and relies mostly on a balanced diet.

Being of Mexican ethnicity, Sophie is blessed with naturally tanned skin. Her olive complexion get's darker within the sun and much paler during colder weathers, but always seems to maintain it's somewhat healthy glow. She inherits her deep brown eyes and dark locks from her mother.

Her hair is often worn down, or up depending on what she can manage at any given time. Remarkably, one would not consider Sophie to be blind as she is extremely well presents and always looks her best. Over the years, she has perfected in learning techniques to make every day life easier which also applies to getting dressed, doing her hair and applying make-up, which she keeps fairly neutral.

When it comes to style, Sophie isn't very choosy. Of course, being blind makes dressing in the latest fashions that much more difficult. Thankfully, Sophie has a good group of friends who help her keep on top of things.

The brunette steers away from high heels, for the obvious of reasons. She does love to wear comfortable jeans and t-shirts but as a girly girl tends to also sway toward wearing dresses. Sophie absolutely loves getting dressed up, she likes bright colours, regardless of not being able to see them but is told that they suit her skin tone far better then dark and drab colours.

Personality

General Personality: Sophie is a very friendly and outgoing person. She is particularly witty at times often sarcastic, at the most inappropriate of times, but she finds humour calms a situation. She speaks her mind in most cases, however she often finds herself being incapable of telling the truth if she believes it may cause upset. Sophie consistently spares others feelings, finding herself unable to commit to complete honesty because of the fear she may truly upset another and in the process lose them.

She is a very warmhearted person. She rarely gets angry and when she does she has good reason. Sophie doesn’t show it, but she is very neurotic; a huge worrier in fact. She does try and look on the bright side but most of the time quietly expects a bad outcome. The thing with Sophie is that she doesn’t like people seeing that side of her. She believes it to be a personal sign of weakness. Of course, when others do it it’s acceptable, but for her to personally behave that way, she won’t have it.

She is very tolerant. You will rarely ever see Sophie angry, but when she is you will definitely know about it. Like most people she does get annoyed but it takes a lot more to push her to snap. If she is angered and finds it unnecessary to have an outburst, you will often find her handing out the silent treatment until she feels better or she will simply disappearing for a few hours to cool off. She isn’t the type to enjoy confrontation. She’s not spineless but often feels that confrontation isn’t required.

One thing that Sophie cannot stand is when people aren’t forced to face up to responsibilities. She has a strong sense of justice, and believes that if someone has done something they must pay for what they have done. As a result of feeling this way, Sophie is particularly vengeful, more so when someone she cares about has gotten hurt. Though, she herself we not in anyway go against her morales and harm another human being, she will ensure that they are forced to take responsibility for whatever damage they have caused. One way or another.

She can be dedicated, driven, spontaneous, or cautious—whatever the situation calls and allows for. Even if she is tremendously concerned, she never allows it to show. Sophie is a natural leader; she likes to take charge and has been known to 'mother' others that she comes across. Which, is funny considering Sophie is blind and some may consider that it is she who needs being taken care of.

Sophie is blind, sure and she knows and has accepted this. However, the woman handles her situation with such grace. She doesn't want nor need sympathy and would much prefer to be treated just like everyone else. Just because she's blind does not mean that she will live any less of a decent life then your average seeing person.

She's huge hearted and cares a lot for the well being of others. Sophie finds herself sometimes committing to situations that don’t necessarily apply to her. It’s one of those constant needs to nurture and protect others that often gets her into trouble.

Likes:

• Ballet; Sophie trained in Ballet from a young age and aspired to become a professional dancer before her accident.
  
• White Orchids
  
• Playing Piano; Though unable to see, she is able to recognise the sound. Sophie was taught to play the piano as a young child, and continued to play as a hobby. She works as a part time Piano teacher and has a great passion for music.
  
• Rain Storms; Sophie likes the sound of rain.
  
• Guacamole
  

Dislikes:

• Drum & Bass; It's just noise to her.
  
• Lavender; The smell makes her queasy.
  
• Dark Chocolate
  
• Patronisation; Just because she's blind doesn't mean she's stupid or incapable. If she needs help, she'll ask for it.
  
• Coffee; She hates the taste and loathes the smell.
  

Strengths:

• Confident; She is confident in herself and taking on situations that life throws at her.
  
• Determined; She is not easily deterred, regardless of the challenges she comes up against.
  
• Optimistic; She tries to shed light on situations to make them less stressful.
  
• Witty; She has a rather quick and inventive sense of humour.
  
• Enhanced Sense; Being blind has given Sophie the chance to depend on her other senses. She can hear things that most others would miss or pay little attention to. She has a remarkable sense of smell. Sophie is skilled to establish what her food contains by simply tasting and she's able to distinguish a persons features and how they look simply by touch.
  

Weaknesses:

• Selflessnes;, she gets wrapped up in other people that she often messes up because her mind is elsewhere
  
• Defiant; if Sophie sets her mind to do something she will do it despite what others have to say.
  
• Blind; Sophie is blind and has been since her late teens, early 20's. Though she does not let her 'disability' get the better of her. Sophie finds that it does come with a vast amount of difficulties. She tries to live normally, but she knows that she can't.
  
• Scatterbrained; Sophie can be forgetful sometimes.
  
• Sarcasm; Sometimes Sophie uses sarcasm to get herself out of awkward situations. If she feels backed into a corner, sarcasm quickly becomes her new best friend.
  

Powers, Abilities, Skills

Psychic Resonance

Through her ability, Sophie is able to read people’s auras and receive inklings as to the person’s true nature.

Furthermore, Sophie is able to use her ability to read people’s auras to “see” in a sense. Through this, Sophie is able to see a person’s aura, which in turn partially illuminates their entire being. These auras in turn give off psychic energy that travels in the immediate vicinity of the subject. When this energy strikes an object it illuminates it briefly, thus allowing Sophie to see her environment.

She cannot see intricate details, but she is able to see enough to give her an edge over most others. Furthermore, if Sophie were to be alone she obviously generates her own aura, thus generating her own source of psychic energy, effectively allowing her to never truly be fully without sight.

Additionally, Sophie is able to utilize her ability to receive premonitions of things that are going to happen. These premonitions occur when Sophie touches a person and their aura is strong enough that it resonates within her, allowing her to deeply connect with the individual. This can also occur when Sophie touches an object and the strong remnants of a person’s aura are still found upon the item.

• Fluent Spanish and Portuguese
  
• Typing; Despite being blind Sophie is an extremely skilled typist. Though Sophie does have a special computer of her own, she is able to use every day computers due to her memorising where all the specific keys are on a (QWERTY) board.
  
• Piano; As a child Sophie was taught to play piano by her grandmother. She kept this up as she aged and became skilled enough to be able to continue her talent after her accident. Sophie part time teaches children to play the Piano.
  
• Communication; Sophie is a confident young woman. Her confidence shows in the way that she presents herself to others, admittedly this can come as quite a surprise because others assume she may be somewhat insecure. Sophie is not only a good speaker, but a great listener when it comes to others.
  

Limits and Flaws:

Psychic Resonance

Sophie's ability has it's up and downs. Where she is able to 'see' auras, she is unable to depict specific features and details. For example, if Sophie was to 'see' someone committing a crime via her premonitions, she would not see the persons face or location but simply their aura. This makes things difficult for her, because she is unable to identify people by their facial features and only from basic bone structure and aura. Causing her to have a minimal idea of what the person looks like or where that person is.

• Blindness; Sophie is blind and though she herself does not consider it to be a flaw, it is. When Sophie was in her early 20's she was involved in a serious road accident that left her with severe head trauma. Damage was done to her corneas during the collision when her eyes were target to broken glass and debris. Unfortunately, the damage could not be repaired and she was left blind.
  
• Ornithophobia; Though Sophie can no longer see them, it doesn't mean that her fear has been eradicated. Sophie is petrified of birds, most specifically Pigeons. She's had a phobia since she was small.
  

History

Sophia was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico on December 3rd, 1982 to Rosalind Galvez and George Anderson. Sophia is the middle child of three girls; Monica (18), Sophia and Juliana (37).

Living in Mexico was very brief for Sophia, she actually can't really remember much of living there because her family moved when she was a few months old. Sophia's father was born and raised in Queens, New York and had met her mother during a summer with family in Mexico. Her parents were in their teens when they met and married after a year of dating, the following year they welcomed their first child; Juliana.

Moving to the states was far more beneficial for their children as Sophia's mother, Rosalind believed that the children would gain a better education. For the first year of Sophia's life, she lived with her parents and grandparents (her fathers parents) until her mother and father earned enough money to buy a place of their own. Since, George was an only child and from a wealthy background, he was offered assistance which meant that Sophia and her sister had a pretty comfortable life.

Unlike Juliana, Sophia seemed to be quite bubbly and out going where as Juliana was shy and introverted. School was something that Sophia loved, she never missed a day and was always happy to sit and get her head buried into a book. When Sophie was 11 her mother gave birth to another daughter, Monica. Sophie was glad to welcome another sibling, but Juliana appeared to cut herself off from the new born. This was mostly due to the fact that Juliana had become pregnant at 16 years old, and had given her child, Misty away.

The birth of Monica prompted Juliana to seek out Misty and eventually she was reunited with her daughter. She soon moved out of the family home and went about making a life for her and her baby. Sophie tended to stay at home for a lot longer then anticipated. She was still living with her parents at the age of 21, but attending college and working toward a career. Though Sophie had always aspired to be a dancer, since taking ballet at a young age..she also wanted to be a teacher.

Unfortunately at the age of 22, she found that her life took a turn for the worse. Sophie was with some friends on a night out, they were headed into town to see a gig when a car collided with her vehicle. Sophie was found unconscious and when she came to...everything had changed. The accident had sadly cost Sophie her sight. She was blind. When the vehicles collided, her side was hit and the car was sent rolling, during which a lot of debris and dirt had gotten into her eyes and damaged the corneas.

It was difficult, very much so at first. She had to practically learn to live again, in a completely different lifestyle to which she was used to and it also made her realise how much people took for granted. Where this event would weaken others, it only seemed to make Sophie stronger who was determine to work hard and achieve goals. Though, her goals had now changed, Sophie still wanted to better herself and live her life rather then merely exist in it.

Being blind was tough, but it came with some perks. Her other senses heightened, the small things she took for granted before appeared to now be the things she depended on. Their was a slight bump in the road when Sophie began experiencing some strange events where Sophie at first believed that her sight may have been returning.

Her blindness didn't just give her a new outlook on life, but had appeared to trigger some kind of supernatural ability. Sophie was a psychic.

RP Sample

Sophia was enjoying a quiet afternoon out. Summer was vast approaching, you could tell by the warmth in the air and how several days had passed with no rain to speak of. Sophia loved the warm weather, but faced with the decision over that and rain she'd have chosen a downpour. She absolutely loved storms, she wasn't sure why but she just seemed to enjoy how the rain sounded. Of course, being without sight meant that she couldn't view rain or sunshine but she could still enjoy it.

She was wearing a floral print dress and flat shoes, often steering away from heels if she could because even now after all of these years she still found them confusing. You see, being blind, you had to consider your surroundings more and by not being on level ground she could mishap and her other senses could become flawed. For instance, she could often tell when a vehicle was approaching because the way the ground felt..however, in heels this would be hard to determine and sure sound was a dead give away but with those new cars that ran on battery often made very little to no noise at all.

Sophia relied on her surroundings and her stick. She knew that the stick in hand was a sight for sore eyes, funny because when people saw the stick they seemed to avoid her as if it was somehow plagued. She found that others handled her blindness far worse then she did and she got it everywhere. People would avoid her in the street, when it came to paying for things with her card people would often shy away from asking her to put her pin in and even trips out shopping were difficult..for others, not for her. You see, Sophie had embraced her 'disability' if anything she classed it as anything but a disability.

She was blind, but she wouldn't be labelled incapable. She was very much capable of doing anything she wanted, as much as sighted people could and hell, even if she knew she couldn't she'd still give it a damn good go.

The brunette made her way quietly down the street, enjoying the sounds she was met with. She had her hand bag over her left shoulder, her stick in her right which lightly tapped along the paving in front of her. She used the stick to guide her and make her aware of level differences, such as meeting a curbside or steps of some kind. She came to a level crossing, being aware by the sound and the change in sound where the stick met the dried paint out front.

Sophie stopped. She could hear people around her, left and right and some behind whilst the vehicles whizzed in front of her. She brushed her hair from her face, dark long wavy locks and slightly adjusted the shades on her face to fit more comfortably. Remaining in her spot, she waited for the light to indicate. She couldn't see it, but again relied on sound around her to inform her. With the stick out in front, she stood firmly waiting.

The lights changed, but Sophie didn't move. Something was coming. Sadly, the guy beside her hadn't realised and turned to step out. He'd been talking on his phone, clearly not paying attention and thus was about to step out in front of a truck. Sophie heard it coming, he could have seen it coming had he not been engrossed by his phone call. With one swift movement, Sophie flicked her stick out catching the man in the knees, alerting him with just enough time for him to narrowly avoid the truck that came whizzing passed him.

Sophie smirked slightly to herself, before stepping out with everyone else and began to cross the road. Who said that being blind was a hindrance? for Sophie is was anything but.

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