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» PLAYER INFORMATION
Player NAME: Awbrey.
Current AGE: 23.
Personal JOURNAL: musically
IM & SERVICE: aim. ( dozensofthreads )
Player PLURK: notafuckingdamsel
Current CHARACTERS: not applicable.

» CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character NAME: Claire Bennet.
Canon & MEDIUM: Heroes, television show
Canon PULL-POINT: 4x18, "Brave New World" ; end of episode/end of series.
Character AGE: 18. Approximately. Seriously, her date of birth is a point of debate.
Character ABILITIES:

"I heal. It's like… what I do."

Claire has a power. To put it simply, she heals. She has rapid cellular regeneration. She heals instantly from any wound, cannot get sick at all, and the only way to kill her is by beheading her, a bullet straight to the back of her head, or by lodging something into the back of her neck at the base of her skull. At her canon point, she's been cracked open by Sylar; at some point when that was happening, she stopped being able to feel pain, so she has a lack of nerve endings at present, as well.

She's also known for being "the cheerleader". What this really means as far as a skill-set goes is the fact that she's pretty agile and flexible. She's good at a few gymnastic stunts that cheerleading sometimes entails. Everything else is pretty much covered by her history and personality sections!

Character HISTORY: specific link - Claire Bennet @ Heroes Wiki
Character PERSONALITY:

If you asked Claire Bennet to describe herself in one sentence, she'd probably look at you like you were out of your mind. It's kind of impossible. She's a very complicated individual with a lot of layers and facets deeper than what she chooses to show on the surface that can be a teensie bit difficult to get her to put on display. That's not to say that she's unlike other teenage girls who sometimes wear their emotions on their sleeves – she can be this way sometimes and she's done it plenty, but she's been through enough that she's recognized both her desire and ability to be a little bit more guarded than she was before she found out she was more than just an ordinary teenage girl.

Possibly the most noticeable surface layer of Claire's character is the fact that she's incredibly social and outgoing. She's spunky and friendly and has a lot of zest. Even with her life taking a three hundred and sixty degree spin on its heel, she still manages to come across as a really sweet person. This has been heightened by the fact that she's gotten in touch with the fact that she can't just be one of the popular kids anymore, because there's an aspect of her that puts her at eye level with the freaks. She doesn't usually treat someone with kindness for the sheer sake of doing so, usually it's laced with some level of self-serving purpose, but sometimes she's just plain old genuine and she can be a really kind girl.

Speaking of self-serving. Claire isn't self-serving to the degree where she's dangerously manipulative, but she is a very egocentric, selfish person. She finds ways to constantly make everything about her, her, her, and she can be bratty, petulant, and… kind of obnoxiously pouty if everything isn't going her way. She's used to being the oldest child and the only daughter, so she's always been daddy's little princess and the one to bond the most with her mom over girly stuff. She's a spotlight hog a lot of the time, even so much so that the baby of the family (Lyle) is overshadowed by her. All life clearly needs to be the Claire show. It's perpetuated by the fact that she winds up being someone special, of course; her ability humbles her to a degree, but it also really opens her eyes to the fact that she is special. She's not just some cheerleader. Her belief that Claire-spotlights must always be focused and present is only amplified by the fact that, apparently, saving her life is the most important key to saving the entire world.

But, her ability does also humble her. She realizes that she can't just be this normal girl anymore. She can't just bake cupcakes and go to pep rallies and run for insert-event-here-queen and chill out. Even without exposure, everything is different. She recognizes the fact that she's kind of a freak. As she grows, she even recognizes the fact that, because of her abilities, she can do things to help people.

Claire struggles with how she feels about people and how she handles trusting them. Noah is her hero, has always been, but after she finds out the truth about what he's been doing, what he's done to her family and friends… And this is the person that she's always trusted most in the world. She can't help the fact that her heart tells her to trust him still, even when her mind has doubts, but it's made her less trusting of people in general. It takes more work to get close to her, and she's more guarded with how open she is with her more vulnerable aspects and emotions. She's also become less honest through trying to keep her own secret, thereby becoming a huge hypocrite.

Because of this, Claire has… relationship issues. She has feelings just like any other teenage girl, crushes just like any other teenage girl, but because of the nature of her life and the way things have changed from what she thought was real, it's harder for her to get close to people. This is especially true because of what happened with Brody. Boys aren't really in the forefront of her mind, even if she does notice them (as any hot-blooded teenage girl would). She's had bad experiences with them, and her life isn't simple enough to just giggle and paint nails and go to a drive-in movie anymore. She knows that getting into something involving feelings is dangerous for both herself, and whoever she might date. She also knows that not all boys are decent human beings because of that aforementioned Brody incident, which makes it further difficult for her. That doesn't stop her from feeling like she would be happier if she had a boyfriend, but there's that part of her that also is constantly telling her that she knows better. Her heart wins out over her mind sometimes, just like any other girl, but she does know that it's a risk. Being flirtatious is one thing, but actually getting close is another, and she realizes that.

Claire Bennet is not afraid to tell you what for. If she has a problem, she'll state it – loudly, and blatantly. She's an openly opinionated person, and she doesn't hesitate to let herself be heard. She's also incredibly stubborn. She fights back when she thinks something isn't being done right, and a lot of the time (because of her Magical "Claire Bennet Is a Perfect Sparkle Unicorn Princess" egocentrism), she simply thinks that anything not going her way is just that: not right. Claire's way or the highway; that goes for beliefs, too. If she thinks something and it's disagreed with, she'll argue herself blue in the face to get the point across that she really thinks the other person is in the wrong. Because of this attitude, and the fact that she's extremely headstrong, she tends to get herself into more trouble than she's already in simply by existing. She runs into things blind because she thinks she's a big tough grown-up superhero and it gets her noticed and puts her in danger, but when people try to warn her of that very thing, she just tells them they need to stop treating her like a child, or reacts even more rebelliously than her initial venture was in the first place.

More important than anything, perhaps, is the fact that Claire wants to find out who she really is. She has a desire to be true to herself, but at this point in her life, she's still in the figuring it out stage. She wants to figure out what part she has to play in life, where her puzzle piece fits in among all the other puzzle pieces; she just wants to know who she is and where she's meant to be. She wants to find her place in the world, where she belongs… It's a struggle for her, especially now that just being "the cheerleader" isn't enough. Just being a peppy girl in a cute uniform can't be all there is to it, now that she knows she's so much more than that. Over time, she's found more of her place than ever before, and in college and through her experiences with Gretchen and the things involving Samuel and the carnival, she's ready to stand up and expose herself for the sake of the world. She knows that she, and other specials, deserve to have a place in the world like everyone else. She knows there has to be a way for her to fit, and in her quest to figure out who the hell she is and where she belongs, she takes a stand to make it easier.

She really isn't a bad person, just… has an obnoxious personality type. She's headstrong and stubborn and bratty, and she tends to think (not that she's always wrong) that everything comes back to her. But deep down, she is a kind person, with good intentions the majority of the time. She really does want to help people, but she goes about it in wrong ways sometimes. A lot of that can be explained by the fact that, quite simply, she's still, very much, just a teenager. She likes to think she's adult and grown-up and mature, but deep down, even with all of the turmoil in her life, she's still very much a young, teenage girl. She has grown a lot in the recent months of her life, dealing with the rapidly changing environment she has to handle, but she's nowhere near as adult as she thinks she is. Still… She wants to do things for the sake of the greater good. She wants to be a hero. She wants to use her ability to help people. And she wants the world to change so that she doesn't have to hide it anymore. She's kind of fed up with constantly being told to keep her head down and not be herself, and sick of pretending. Even though it might not be her place, which ties into the whole obnoxious personality thing, she's done trying to hide that there are people with abilities.

» EXSILIUM INFORMATION
Chosen WEAPON: Bladed Elbow Tonfa!
Chosen SKILLSET: Claire is not a natural fighter or a fighter by nature, but she's learned a thing or two over the years. She could easily be taught a number of combat styles if she were to take on a teacher or actually putting forth the time and effort to learn. The only weapons she's ever seen using in canon are guns (she is armed with a knife once but never really uses it) and she's thrown a few punches and kicks in her time… So she's really got no fighting skills whatsoever but she'd be good at martial arts if she tried.

» SAMPLES
First PERSON:

{ in the form of a video post // written for previous roleplay }

{ The face that appears is both unhappy and confused. }

So what's the deal with this place? Is this your idea of some kind of sick joke or something?

{ This is the opposite of okay with her. }

Look, if this is some way to… stop me from telling the world what we really are, it's not going to work. It's too late. You know who I am, right? That you can't stop me from finally telling the world who I am? Or in general, for that matter?

{ Just in case you don't, witness a setting down of the device, and Claire climbing something high, jumping off, and not dying. She's bloodied, and picks up the device again, but she's healing in the process and it's visible. }

I'm Claire Bennet. And that was attempt number… I don't even know anymore. I've lost count. Now tell me who you are, what you want, and how to get out of here. Let me go.

Third PERSON:

Having a new life wasn't anything she'd ever really counted on. Finding out that she had a power, learning who she really was? It was a new life, all on its own. This witness protection thing wasn't the worst way things could have gone, but it wasn't ideal, either. She'd been forced to leave her friends from Odessa (however few remained, anyway), to change her name… It wasn't that she didn't understand why it was necessary. There were just parts of it that were completely unfair. Having to uproot everything just so her dad's mistakes and their problems wouldn't follow them… It screwed up her life, it screwed up her mom's, and Lyle's… Everything was a mess, and not fair. In any fashion.

She dealt with it in the best way she knew how to. She tried to be normal, tried to play it sweet, but all the while, her dad was still lying. Lies, on top of lies, on top of still more lies. Why she was even listening to what he had to say now was beyond her. But she still loved him. He was still her dad. Claire really did believe that he just wanted to keep them safe. She knew that his intentions were good. Or, at least, she thought they were. She had to trust him on that, at the very least. It was a little repressive sometimes, and there were moments when she seriously wished he would take a chill pill. She missed cheerleading and being able to have a normal social life. It sucked having to keep her head down and lay low. She felt even more out of place than she had after her social circle made the drastic shift it did back in Odessa.

Getting the car was a win out of the situation, at least. It felt like a consolation prize, but if they were going to give it to her for her birthday anyway, who was she to complain? It was just a struggle, that's all. She got the idea to just go ahead and do things her way, several times, and she'd gone ahead and joined the cheerleading squad just because she could. Claire was good with getting her father to let her have little indulgences by way of guilt.

Funny, the things a girl could start thinking about in the middle of a Macy's, standing and looking in the mirror at a dress she couldn't afford. It fit her perfectly. The color was everything she wanted it to be. Bright blue. It brought out her eyes, looked great with her hair… The only problem was that it was wildly out of their current budget (or the budget they allowed to be noticed, anyway), and that going to prom meant being at a huge public school function with a bunch of people. Even compared to already being on the squad, that was a little too flashy and out there. That's what her dad told her, anyway. He didn't want her to go to prom. The last time she'd gone to a school dance, someone died. They were kind of in hiding. He didn't want her taking any risks.

She took the dress back off and changed into her normal clothes, reluctant in returning it to the rack. This sucked. Royally. Maybe if she found a way to pay for it on her own, she could sneak off to the dance without her dad knowing. She really, really wanted to go. She'd only have one junior prom in her entire life, and she didn't want to miss it just because the Company was out to get her. The woman at the store asked her if she'd decided on a dress. She felt completely bummed to let the clerk know that she, in fact, didn't know if she could afford it, but she'd come back later; she knew it was a lie. Another lie, just like her last name, just like how quiet her life had to become in order for them to stay out of harm's way. Her dad called it living a life as normal as they could possibly have. Claire didn't think it was normal at all. It was too secretive to be normal.

Besides, who even got to decide what normal was anymore?

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