Post by raineabaya on Apr 20, 2011 10:49:09 GMT -5
Raine Catherine Pereña Abaya
intelligent. stubborn. fierce.
intelligent. stubborn. fierce.
BACK TO BASICS ' '
Full Name: Raine Catherine Pereña Abaya
Significance of Name: Raine is a variant of Raina, Rani (Hebrew, Sanskrit) and Regina (Latin), and its meaning is "she is singing; queen". Raine loves singing and has astounding leadership skills. Her middle name, Catherine, is of Greek origin, meaning "pure". From "katharos". The name may also have been derived from Hecate, the name of the Greek goddess of magic. Another possible source is Greek "aikia" meaning "torture". Raine wouldn't be called pure, seeing as she is much of a troublemaker, loves taking risks, and loves having fun, however, she is able to differentiate right from wrong quite well, and most of the time, she knows what is expected of her to do. She isn't one to torture though.
Nickname(s): Rainy, Kat, Kate, Katie, Cathy, Rina
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Orientation: Heterosexual
Grade: Sophomore
Celeb you're using: AnnaSophia Robb
Deity: Metis - Greek
Title of your deity: titan goddess of good counsel, advise, planning, cunning, craftiness, and wisdom; oceanide; Mother of Athena
STRIKE A POSE ' '
Physical Appearance:Raine is one of those girls who have mixed blood. She is of British, French, Hungarian, Spanish, American, and Filipino descent.
Raine stands tall at 5 foot 9 and a half. Raine also has her mother's hair, which is long and blond, with loose curls. She sticks with a simple lemon scented shampoo, because she doesn't like to get all picky with beauty products (she's got a fear that it will change her for the worst). She usually keeps it all tied up in a ponytail, because it's easiest to manage that way, and it stays out of her face. Never know when you'll need to fight. She has large gray eyes, buzzing at such an intensity that they could slap you from across a room -- they're hard to miss, but they also have a little glint in them that shows humour and a playful side. Though Raine grew up fast and never really seemed like a child, she has freckles that bring out some kind of innocence in her. She also has slightly tan skin because of all the time she had spent outdoors.
No matter how untouchable Raine may seem, she has a rather low self esteem, and while she has always been told she is pretty, but she has trouble believing it.
LET'S GET TO KNOW YOU BETTER ' '
Personality Description: Raine is a genuine and sweet girl, though most people think otherwise. She comes from a well to do family and most people expect her to be snobbish and bratty. Once people get to know her, she surprises them with her liberal ideas and idealistic views.
Raine is highly opinionated, and very vocal, she will go so far as to have a whole debate in her head. She loves to dream up people, events, situations, plotting out what people would say and how they would react if she were to say a certain thing. She is very bubbly and energetic, which can sometimes be off-putting to people. She can be very pessimistic though. She has always been a very good judge of character and will either like you or not. And if Raine dislikes you then she dislikes you, and there is no way to change that.
To sum it all up, Raine is annoyingly stubborn, hopelessly romantic, incredibly imaginative, a bit over-emotional, super social, seriously opinionated, highly intelligent, horrifyingly violent, happily bubbly, hyper-actively energetic, hurtfully tactless, smart-arsedly sarcastic, dryly witty, and a total tomboy. Practically the only girly thing about her is her interest in fashion and boys. She has complete disregard for the rules and most of the time lazes around, but she is a very bright girl and gets straight-As nonetheless.
Likes:
- stargazing
- painting
- writing
- singing
- photography
- blowing bubbles
- autumn
- trees
- unusual creatures
- Reading
- Archery
- Swimming
- Surfing
Dislikes:
- Tsunamis
- Piranhas
- Strawberries
- Cherries
- licorice
- dresses
- perfectly clean stuff
- annoying bugs
- mosquitoes
- people who kiss ass
- people who cake their faces in make up
- people who act stupid so guys notice them
- Needy/Clingy people
Strengths:
- Academics
- Athletics
- Her Power
- Her ability to actually understand people
- Her ability to have fun
Weaknesses:
- she has a temper
- she can be very loud
- she is very impulsive
- she can be quite temperamental
- she can never say no to a dare
Fears: Spiders, being left out, Failure, getting lost, drowning
Goal: She wants to be a psychiatrist in the future. She's just scared that people wouldn't think she's promising enough to be one, because when she was in middle school, she was a cheerleader and apparently, cheerleaders-Head Cheerleaders, more so- can only be models and actresses.
Power/Ability: Raine's power is Intuitive Aptitude. Intuition is a rather general term for the innate capability to have skills or develop them without study or practice. A person with this ability can find himself faced with a problem and suddenly have the insight to solve it, or performing tasks and knowing just how to do it perfectly. People with this ability can also discern strengths and weaknesses in plans or the weakest points in people or structures.
If she concentrates hard enough, she could see the dynamics and connections between the larger pieces of the world in a way that is very hard to define. Aside from understanding how the pieces of a clock work, she could understand if the clock itself is slow or fast or if the man who made it was careless or dedicated. If she is to put her mind to it, she could see the world in abstract realities that transcend the human ability to observe.
Practically, this intuition gives her an exceptional understanding of human beings. She may not be able to discern the secrets of biology with a glance, but she can read the tiniest changes in body language, facial expression, or vocal intonation. She doesn't always know what has triggered the knowledge that just appears in her head; she simply knows if one person is angry or happy or content or frustrated. Entering a room floods her intuitive sense with a basic understanding of the social dynamics--who hates whom, where the leaders and followers are. Her powers make people's subconscious reactions to things very clear to her. She understands them, not as a matter of thought but as a matter of reflex.
Her powers have only one mode: passive and ongoing. She cannot focus her attention on any one particular aspect or target. Instead, she remains an observer only, taking in everything there is to take in around her. Luckily for her, her understanding is limited to what she is currently seeing; otherwise, the constant stream of knowledge around her would prove unbearable. However, it is also a key weakness; if Raine cannot see it, she cannot understand it. There is also no real potential for deception of her gift, though she can certainly misinterpret the intuition she feels. Along with that comes the burden of seeing everything as it really is, with no polite veils to cover it all.
Most of the time though, she only uses this power, to- Well, no. She isn't really in control of it yet. She didn't even notice she had powers at first, she just thought she knew how to do these things or answer these problems. But now that you think of it, how else would a seven-year-old learn how to do calculus?
WELCOME TO MY LIFE ' '
Place of Origin: Stratford-upon-Avon, England
History:
Raine was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, a market town and civil parish in south Warwickshire, England to Maximillian Abaya, a Filipino-French attorney, and Metis, a Greek Titan Goddess. Raine has quite a large and branched-out family and is of mixed blood. Her races derange from Jamaican to Irish; Icelandic to Greek. The Abaya family enjoyed being in Stratford-upon-Avon. They loved the weather, the scenic spots, and the hospitality the natives had shown. However, the summer before Raine entered middle school, the family had to move to another country when both her parents got job opportunities.
They moved to Los Angeles, California in the United States of America where they had lots of relatives and wouldn't have trouble fitting in. At first, of course Raine was a bit reluctant on having to leave her friends and the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, but she actually loved Los Angeles. She loved the abundance of trees and the fast freeways they would drive through. In school, she was very bright. She would see the Math problems on her paper and she'd just know immediately how to answer them.
At first, Raine was classified as a bit of a geek. But once when they had a gymnastics session for their Physical Education class and her teacher saw her aptitude for it, the coach just immediately signed her up for the Cheerleading squad. Of course, the coach just demonstrates a move and she'd be able to repeat it just as good. Or perhaps more perfect, if she'd use her abstract insight on it. Soon after, she became Head Cheerleader. Most of the student body expected her to change completely and start hanging out with the 'in' crowd in school. But she didn't really like being the center of attention. She still sat at her old table in the Cafeteria and had the same friends. She'd get judged by this, obviously, but she didn't really care.
When she was in the eighth grade, she graduated as a sort of back-to-back champion. She led her Cheerleading Squad to the Nationals where they won third time in a row, and she graduated as valedictorian, for the reason which Raine didn't really understand since she didn't pay attention to the rules and the teachers. Much less even study for anything. Pantheon found her a week later, perched on top of a tree, reading while munching on an apple. Raine was shocked on how Pantheon found her. She thought she hid her secret pretty well. That she was the titan of wisdom, skill, and craft; the mother of Athena. Nobody would ever think that a pranking cheerleader would turn out to be the titan of wisdom in disguise, would they? She didn't even want to go at first. She didn't want to leave the vicinity of the place. She thought it was enough for people to keep moving her from place to place just when a new chapter of her life is about to start. She gave in in the end though, in hopes to control her powers more and meet more people like her.
CONNECTION TO THE MYTH ' '
- Both are cunning.
- Both are skillfull.
- Both are intelligent.
(( I'm sorry if these are so few and not specific, I couldn't find many references about Metis.))
ROLEPLAYING SAMPLE ' '
((Since I can copy-paste from other RPGs, that means this can be not related to this plot whatsoever, right? If it's not allowed, just tell me... But in the mean time...))
Nika took a swig of butterbeer she stole from the kitchens and climbed up the stairs to the Astronomy tower, glaring at everyone who stood in her way. She wasn't having a particularly good day. She and Gemma ran into a Seventh year that morning who was nothing but trouble. The seventh year smoked, swore, and even had a go at her mother. Pissed off so much, she didn't even bother going to a single class that day. But of course, she couldn't hide behind her bed's drapery forever.
She decided to go to the Astronomy tower to stargaze, one of the few things that really calmed her down. She saw two Gryffindor upperclassmen there but didn't really care; It wasn't as if she had ever spoken to them anyway to ever have had problems.
She leaned on the wall of the tower, the same wall on which the telescopes leaned for support, and proceeded on sitting on it, too engulfed in the stars' beauty for her to even bother caring if she was in danger of a free-fall. The thought that the stars she saw were the very same stars her mum looked at made her feel happy. The thought that she could tell stars everything and they would never rat her out made her feel whole. To put it simply, she loved stargazing. She envied those students whose dormitories actually had windows to gaze at the stars for, much less a whole tower to themselves. Another reason she wanted to be either a Ravenclaw or a Gryffindor at first, aside from their not caring about blood statuses and that she loved the two houses' house colors.
BEHIND THE SCENE ' '
Your name: Bri
Age: 19
How long have you been RPing? 5 years
Where/How did you find us? rpg directory
