Tessa Brands

[Tessa Brands]

Player Name: Z!
Contact Info: admins got it
Name: Tessa Brands
Alias): Tess
Codename: Peisinoe
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Type: Mutant
Affiliation: X-Men
Avatar and Picture:
Play-by: Hayley Williams
Family:

Brandon Brands (brother, 15)
Jillian Brands (mother)
Brian Brands (father)

General Appearance:

She isn't the tallest or widest woman in the world, standing at five feet two inches and weighing in at a hundred and ten pounds. This would categorize her under being petite but she thinks this is just fine.

Her eyes are a greenish hazel, a mixture of her mother’s and father’s eyes and they deepen and lighten depending on her mood or on what clothes she may be wearing. A speckle of freckles can be seen on her face across the bridge of her nose during the summer but they fade out during the fall and vanish in winter, not appearing again until the next late spring or summer.

Due to how important looks were to her mother, she was brought up learning to take care of her body, her build being a quite healthy one, lean and athletic with the exception of the extra padding on her budunkadunk, otherwise known as toosh, rump, bottom, booty, or rear. Her being proud of her body, she tends to show it off a little by half-shirts and things to show off her legs during the warmer seasons and snug, close-fitting clothing during the colder seasons… But even then, she likes to show a little tummy.

Tessa has three piercings on her body, one on each lobe of her ear and one on her belly button. The earrings and belly button ring usually adorn stones that match her outfits but if not, she picks ones that are silver. Once in a while, she gets little fake stones added to her nails to match the earrings and belly button ring but other than that, she just keeps them neatly shaped, not too long, and either painted to match her outfits or just a clear coat on the nails. Other jewelry that she can be found wearing often are braided bracelets, a silver ring with the design of a Celtic knot at it’s center, and a matching pendant shaped in a Celtic knot on a thin braided chain, her birthstone – an alexandrite – held in it’s core and peeking out between the spaces. The ring and necklace are almost never taken off, them having been a present to her by her now deceased grandmother.

Her birthmark is not anywhere very noticeable but lays at the back of her neck, a reddish mark the size of a dime and the shape of a leaf. It’s usually covered due to the fact she likes to wear her hair down but when she pulls her hair up in a ponytail or has it in a bun or other style where the hair is lifted up from the neck, it lays exposed.

Her hair is naturally red but she dyes it into bolder and brighter appearances. Usually these colors are oranges, reds, or fuchsia.

Personality:

Tessa is the type to like to have a lot of wriggle room when it comes to plans and dates. She's also an absolute mess when it's brought up that she needs to set some kind of schedule as she really doesn't like them. She's more of a "play it by ear" kind of person rather than jotting it all down in a calendar. She won't freak out as much if it's a verbal thing without much pressure.

She enjoys singing for a few different reasons. For one, she thinks it's cool that she could effect how so many people feel. Another, it's a fun thing to do that gives her money that she needs to keep up with rent wherever she is living. Because she really doesn't think it's any fun having to retreat back to her parents house or having to live off the streets.

Tessa is friendly enough, up until someone gives her a hard time. Though she tries to give them a chance to chill out, if they try to start a fight she won't just sit there and take it. She'll try to talk them out of it but if they insist or throw the first punch, it's on. She might be tiny but she knows how to be fierce.

Abilities:

She has the ability to pass subliminal messages through her voice. Currently, she has only come to the realization that she can effect people's moods with her songs but as time passes she will learn that she can give more direct messages or commands through her songs. Those with strong enough mentality will be unaffected or be able to shake out of it with enough will behind it.

History:

December seventeeth on a crisp cool winter night, Mayor Brian Brands and Officer Jillian Brands became parents of a seven pound nine ounce baby girl. Their little miracle, as the two of them had been trying to have a baby for five years without luck. It was like when they had stopped trying, they succeeded. Due to the way they felt about having children, she was treated like a little princess. They somehow managed to keep from crossing the line between keeping their daughter happy and spoiling her though. At least, in their opinion.

Though both of her parents were in public service ina way, Tessa never seemed to grasp the desire to go into politics or law. From a young age, she had more interest in music. Her love for it really rooted into her after the first school play she was involved in and she decided then and there at the age of seven, that she was going to be a singer. Though it was half expected for her to grow out of it as many children say they want to be this and that when they grow up, when she seemed to be really persuing it her parents encouraged her and supported her.

At the age of fourteen things went from good and getting there, to great and SO there. More people suddenly seemed to come to the gigs she sang in and call for more songs to be performed. She had always been a good singer when she had gone public, due to years of voice lessons. But Tess (after getting over her excitement over popularity) realized there was something different. It was as if the people listening to her songs, were feeling the mood of the said song. After some experimentation, it was impossible for her to overlook it.

Though she had realized that she may very well be influencing peoples emotions, she didn't tell anyone. But, not too long after, it became apparent that she hadn't needed to tell anyone. While she was in the sound proofed basement practicing for her next gig and for an audition to a talent agency, she had an unexpected visitor. Her basement door was opened, her father calling her up so she could meet this visitor and turning off her music, she complied.

This visitor was a follicly challenged man with as much wisdom in his eyes as there was shine on his scalp. Professor Charles Xavier. He had spoken to her parents for a while before she had been called up and then had wanted to speak to her. Giving them a moment, her parents left the room somewhat excited over the concept of their daughter having been considered to be enrolled into a school for the gifted. While they were out of the room, the bald man went to easing into the conversation the topic of her unusual effect on the people who heard her singing.

At first, Tessa almost freaked out, wondering how obvious it was, but he calmed her by telling her the reason behind why he had been able to notice. On being given the offer to go with him, Tessa took a long moment to consider then with an unusual level of calm determination for someone her age, she told him that she would have to take a rain check. She expressed that she was still learning herself and that she needed to be able to do that for herself by herself like other everyday teenagers. After telling her that the doors would always be open, he accepted her answer rather than trying to force the issue.

Tessa was discovered in the music industry at the age of sixteen but it wasn't because of her popularity with the fans she had built up in her town and neighboring cities. Well, not completely. The thing that really had her getting snatched up by a producer and record dealer was an incident that managed to get on the news. There had been a person threatening to commit suicide by jumping from a building. Tess had managed to sing him down the non splattering gore kind of way.

Though she had managed to get her songs published and distributed, Tessa wasn't able to go on any tours until she was eighteen due to her parents wanting her to have some semblance of a normal life and normal schooling while she was their responsability. Once she was eighteen, it was all up to her and though she didn't want to miss out on her younger brother's life, she felt like spreading some positive feelings around. Get people out of slumps and such. Needs of the many and all. Though she went on tour, she always came back to visit so she managed to juggle the two lives.

Recently though, with the new law passing in a few of the states where Mutants have to register and all, she was brought to think over Xavier's words back when he had come to her home those years ago. After witnessing a couple of the "demonstrations" from the FOH members, it pushed her decision to take up his offer. She went into temporary "retirement" from her career and her "education" in Xavier's Institute.

Other:

Peisinoe is the name of one of the Sirens of Greek Mythology. The name means "mind persuader" which ended up being a more fitting code-name than Tessa had originally thought it would be.

Sample RP:

She walked up to the gates of the Xavier Institute for the Gifted, with a single duffel over her shoulder and an umbrella over her head. Her outfit was simple enough and her shoes practical for the weather. Why did she have only a duffel over her shoulder and no other luggage? Well, that was because the rest of her things were going to be arriving in a day or so and these things she had right now were her essentials.

"Well, this is it I guess." She commented to herself with a smirk as she began to walk through the now opening gates.

It had been what, seven years since she'd met the super-bald Professor Xavier? Crap, did he hear that thought? Crap, did he hear that thought about him hearing that thought? Oh this was just going to be special. Tessa laughed at herself and shook her head as she approached the building.