Post by Alyssa James on Mar 16, 2011 16:07:06 GMT -5
( NO ROOM FOR MY OBSESSION )
ALYSSA LYRA JAMES
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send her back across the sea.
[/b][/color][/center]send her back across the sea.
AGE AND EXPERIENCE • 19 years old ;; almost 7 years experience
WHERE DID YOU FIND US • an ad
CONTACTS • pm is fine
OTHER CHARACTERS • Not yet
ANYTHING ELSE • Hmmm...Nope.
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( ADJUSTS HIS GOGGLES )
as the fog begins to thicken.
[/b][/color][/center]as the fog begins to thicken.
NICKNAMES • Chief Master Sergeant Alyssa Lyra James of the United States Airforce ;; Lyssi ;; Lyss ;; Aly ;; Ly ;; James ;; Sarge
DATE OF BIRTH • December 2, 1983 (That's the date that's on the papers that she has in her possession)
OCCUPATION • Currently unemployed
MEMBER GROUP • Currently civilian, but wants to get back into Torchwood.
CANON OR ORIGINAL • Original
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( IRRESPECTIVE OF THE SUBJECT )
i will make it apply.
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EYES • Visible birthmark in one eye while the other is hazel.
METAL AND INK • One hole in each ear
HEIGHT AND WEIGHT • 5'8" ;; 115 lbs.
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES • The way that she holds herself and her eyes.
PLAYBY • Daniela Ruah
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( TELL ME THE LOCATION )
i will stand outside.
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DISLIKES • Girly girl clothes, high heels, the color pink, being helpless, being left behind, music that's autotuned, leaving people behind, overinflated egos, bullies, people abusing their power
STRENGTHS • Rapid healing factor, empathy, ability to read people, military training, her stubborness, her willingness to help someone, her willingness to give someone a chance, her willingness to listen to both sides of a story, her ability to both follow orders and think for herself, her independence, the fact that she isn't afraid to speak her mind
WEAKNESSES • Her stubborness, a good looking face, someone in danger, people that she considers her friends, her willingness to help someone, her willingness to give someone a chance, the fact that she isn't afraid to speak her mind, her hard head
FEARS • Losing anyone that she becomes close to, becoming close to someone, someone finding out where she's really from and thinking less of her for it, being helpless
PERSONALITY • Lyss is the type of person that could only be called enigmatic. Typically, she's carefree and fun, trying to have a smile of some sort for every person and species that she meets. She's extremely sharp and witty, usually coming up with some type of smart comment for almost every occasion. She flirts with just about everyone that she meets, even if they're taken. However, she would never go after someone that she knows is taken. She's simply not that type of girl.
She's also an extremely caring person. If she can tell that a person is in pain, she'd do anything to find out what's wrong and try to help them feel better. If someone is in danger, whether she knows them or not, she'll risk anything to help them. If she's part of a team, she's the type that believes in no man (or woman) left behind. She's extremely loyal and will do anything to help her friends.
Despite all of this, when she's all alone and she lets her walls fall, she can be an extremely dark person. She battles with a sense of being misplaced, a sense of drifting. There is a deep loneliness in her heart, almost as if it were a hole. This is probably why she's always in a fight or doing something that one could consider 'careless.'
She's also gifted with the ability to speak her mind without fear of consequences. If she feels that someone is out of line, she'll tell them without thought of the consequences for herself. She doesn't care who it is, whether its her commanding officer or someone on the street. If she has to face the consquences for telling someone what she feels is the truth, then so be it.
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( FORCE TOO MANY INTO MY HAND )
and i will not comprehend.
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SIBLINGS • She was an only child
SIGNIFICANT OTHERS • Currently, she has no one alive that is important to her.
HISTORY • A chilly winter's night, a lot of shouting and running about, a few tears, and a new life was brought into being. Alyssa Lyra James was born to parents who never expected this particular bundle of joy. However, this did not mean that she wasn't welcome. To the contrary, both of her parents were extremely doting, despite working for the top secret Torchwood.
Because of their desire not to have Lyss raised by a nanny, the child practically grew up in the Torchwood headquarters. She learned many, many things from a young age, a lot of which that most adults did not know. She proved to have a penchant for languages, both human and alien, a natural talent for hacking, and a photographic memory. The entire Torchwood crew became like a family to the child and she loved every single one of them.
One of the members that she was particularly close to gave her a bit of advice that she even sometimes quotes to this day. "Keep your head in the clouds and your feet firmly planted on the ground." It was a reminder to live her life, work to achieve her dreams, but remain firmly planted in reality, even if that reality is harsh. She was thirteen when she was given an internship of sorts to Torchwood, mainly being in charge of filing and helping with research. Lyssie proved herself to be extremely adept at this, quickly excelling and doing things on her own without having to be told. It was during this time that she fostered the independent spirit that she has today.
The day that she lost her parents was the day after her fifteenth birthday. In fact, it was the day that she lost her entire world. At approximately 9:15 am, December 3, 2015, in Parallel Earth, an explosion happened in the Torchwood headquarters. Lyssie's parents, and the people that she considered her family was lost that day. However, shortly after the explosion, a tear in the divide between Parallel Earth and this Earth opened up, causing the young girl to accidentally be sucked through.
She found herself in Cardiff, Wales, in the year 1997. At first, she was confused on how she got there, but then quickly realized what had happened. Not sure if there was a Torchwood in this Earth and if there were, how tolerant they would be of her, she quickly vanished from the scene. She was now faced with the dilemma of starting all over in a new Earth with only the clothes on her back and two laptops that her parents had given her to save shortly before the explosion.
Soon, she managed to find a way to America from a very nice old lady who took her on as a cook. Even though she didn't really know how to cook, like all things, she managed to learn this fairly quickly. She began considering the old woman the grandmother that she never had, willing to do anything for her. The old lady gave her food, a place to sleep, clothes on her back, and an identity in this world. When the old lady died, Lyss enrolled in the military, Air Force.
She threw herself into her career of choice, enjoying the rush that it gave her. Her skills in languages, hacking, and her love of flying caused her to advance at a steady pace up until her honorable discharge in 2009. For a couple of years, she bounced around trying to find something to do that would get her heart pumping. She was a stunt woman for a short while there, until that got boring.
It was during this time that she found that she had gained an ability through one of the accidents that had happened in Torchwood shortly before the explosion. She has a rapid healing factor, much like Wolverine's. Although she's not Immortal, she's pretty close to it. She's wary about having something, such as a blade, shoved through her chest. She's not sure how rapidly she would recover from something like that.
Recently, she has moved back to London in an attempt to find and join Torchwood. She feels as if this would be the answer to everything. Find Torchwood, feel like she belongs again.
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( PUT ON YOUR GLOVES )
they may protect you.
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ROLEPLAY SAMPLE • Tap, tap, tap...
That sound was getting under her skin, the sound of a fake nail tapping impatiently against a counter. It made her cringe, filled her with the desire to go over there and....Nope. She wasn't going to do it. She was going to sit right here, keep her big mouth shut, and wait for her chips. Yes, that was the correct course of action, the one that wouldn't get her in trouble.
The waitress dropped her chips off without another word and Alyssa gave the harried looking woman a small smile. No matter how she felt, she always tried to have a smile for everyone whom she met. It was in her nature, something that she had picked up while fighting in the war. If she smiled, then everyone else felt just a little bit better, even if the world was falling down around their ears. At least, that's what she'd been told in the Air Force. It was a habit that was near impossible to kick now.
Tap, tap, tap...
She slowly lifted her mismatched eyes and glared at the offending woman. Her jaw tightened as she fought with the natural impulse to simply get up and give that overly impatient woman a good dressing down. No matter how much the woman deserved it, she refused to do it. Lyss had to keep reminding herself that she was no longer in the military, no longer in charge of anyone, and that it would be best to curb her tongue.
Finally, she was unable to handle it anymore. She left her half eaten plate of chips on the table, gave the waitress a good tip, stuffed her hands in her pockets, and headed out. She eyed her bike for a moment before deciding to disregard it for her own two feet.
Lyss kept the straight back stature that she had picked up in the military. Unconciously, her eyes were constantly scanning for the slightest sign of any kind of threat. It was a habit of her's, another thing that she was never quite able to shake from her tenure in the armed forces.
Why had she come back to Cardiff? Was it because she missed the sound of the Welsh accents? The beauty of its sparkling buildings? The bay that yawned before her?
No, she knew the reason. This was where it had all started for her. She had fallen through a rip in two universes caused by an explosion on her end. Pure chance and sheer dumb luck had saved her from the same fate as her parents and the others that she considered to be her family. She had unwillingly been sucked through not only a rip in the universes, but a rift through time itself and discarded in some town that she wasn't familiar with in a year that she most definitely wasn't familiar with.
Now, she was back in Cardiff and, to her surprise, she had subconciously been pulled to the place that she had 'landed' at. A frown crossed Lyss's features as she slipped her hands into the pocket of her black leather jacket. Mismatched eyes stared out at the sparkling bay, both seeing it and not seeing it.
What would have happened if she'd simply stuck around? Who would she have met? What would her life be like now? Those questions and more were whirling around in her mind as she stood, wrapped in what she thought to be solitude. For the first time in a very long time, she wasn't as aware of her surroundings as normal. She was too far into her own mind, distracted by her own questions.
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