Post by Oscar O'Grady on Dec 11, 2009 22:46:04 GMT -5
Full Name: Vanessa 'Nessa' O'Grady
Age: 58
Civilian or Special: Special
Brief Power Description: Nessa is a strong typhokinetic. She has the ability to generate and manipulate smoke, breathe in smokey atmospheres. By altering the molecular structure of individual air particles, on a large scale, she is able to create smoke.
In addition to creating it, she can draw all air-borne pollutants in the surrounding 10 - 12 feet to a concentrated cloud of potentially toxic smog and control it, where and how it moves and what shapes it is in.
Finally, she is able, having had a great deal of practice, to turn her body into smoke. She does this by, similar to the generation of smoke, altering the chemical structure of her own cells so that they become, effectively, living breathing smoke particles. She is able to transport limited clothing but it must be of natural fibres.
Brief Description of Character: Vanessa stands at a feisty 5'5. Her skin is sufficiently wrinkled, decades worth of smiles and frowns etched into her face. Nessa's silvery hair is cut short, for sake of ease and to keep it from her similarly grey eyes. The whites of her eyes and her teeth, are yellowed from years of smoking, as are the tips of her middle and index on her right hand.
Her stance is one of pride, strong expression fixed on her face, head raised, firm gaze. She is well-dressed but not over-the-top, preferring to wear natural materials as she can't alter man-made materials.
A proud family woman, looking after her daughter, and Oscar, is among Vanessa's top priorities. She is of a different school of thinking, from a time when manners and respect were as important in society as wealth, intellect or power. She has fixed ideas about how people ought to behave, especially young people.
Beneath the stern exterior, though, there lies a very dry sense of humour, a mischievous twinkle in her eye and a youthful love of chaos than belies her age.
Brief Description of History: Her parents moved to America in the 30s as immigrants. They set up a butcher's shop shortly before having Vanessa. Financially, they struggled through and Vanessa had a relatively happy childhood. Nessa helped around the shop, cleaning sides and serving customers while her father dealt with the meat.
One day, whilst out running errands for her mother, she bumped into a young man named Arthur O'Grady. There was a spark from the word go and Nessa was smitten. They courted and were soon engaged to be married. Vanessa moved in with Arthur and got a job working in a small off-Broadway theatre. It didn't pay well but it helped to keep a roof over their heads.
The next big event was the pitter-patter of tiny feet, when she fell pregnant with Aideen, Oscar's mother. When Aideen was born, Vanessa gave up work to be a full-time mum and to do her best to give Aideen a better childhood than she'd had.
Time passed and Aideen grew to a woman. Tragically, around the time of Aideen's pregnancy with Oscar, Arthur passed away, cause of death being attributed to carbon monoxide poisoning. Oscar was born and Nessa did her best to help Aideen support and raise the boy.
When the boy was ten, in the middle of the night, the Company broke into their apartment and abducted Nessa. She managed to escape, dissipating into smoke as she was loaded into a van, and went on the run for a couple of years. Eventually, as she grew older and less adept at being on the lam, she was bagged and tagged.
Currently lives in: She is currently being detained by the Company.
How do they know your character: She is Oscar's maternal grandmother.
Affiliated with: Neutral
Celebrity Claim: Walters, Julie
