Drifters RP (it has a name now- spread the word!)
Name: Halsey Emex (Halsey Mellers/Shamral Emex).
Age: 22
Species: Iscali
Height: 5'7
Build: Tallish and thin
Hair: Brown, loose below-shoulder-length waves with bangs
Eyes: Dark gray-blue
Skin tone: Light
Gender: Female
Intelligence: High
Appearance: Halsey has chocolate-colored wavy hair, dark blue eyes, and is fairly tall and thin. She looks about fifteen or sixteen, which is a source of some minor aggravations; everyone who meets her assumes she's a teenager, so befriending people is kind of hard, and getting into a nightclub can be a major production.
I actually decided how she looked by playing around with The Sims 2, rather than having a pre-existing mental picture (...can't get TS2-dependent...), because I had no idea what she looked like beforehand.
Clothing: Halsey isn't obsessed with fashion, but she does follow it to some extent. At the moment, her favored outfit is a belted black minidress over a pair of white tights and a red turtleneck sweater; it's accompanied by a pair of gray almost-knee-height boots. She does own a few differently-colored pieces of this outfit, but is far more likely to just wear somehting else than one of them. Specifically, her other favorite clothes are a midnight-blue tank top, a silvery gray skirt, a pair of blue-camoflage jeans, and a 'smart sweater' that can change color via remote control (which, itself, is tiny enough to stick in her pocket).
Personality: Halsey's standout trait is her energy level; she's always on the move and never seems to tire. Unfortunately, she's also easily bored, and bounces off the walls when she
is bored. She's spunky and outspoken, but has trouble keeping her mouth shut (back when she was in school, this frequently brought her to the principal's office) and doesn't take condescension very well.
She also has an overactive imagination and a tendency to daydream, or think up new ideas when she should be concentrating on something else; this was why Halsey nearly flunked seventh grade. She also likes to play video games, swim, and absorb useless (sometimes not so useless) information.
Halsey's symbiont is named Emex; Shamral Emex, to be precise. He's quite laid-back and easygoing, but makes a lot of horrible puns and can be very annoying sometimes. However, he also functions as her 'voice of reason', usually having to step in, metaphorically speaking, and keep her from doing something stupid.
Background: Halsey had a fairly normal childhood, save for a few weird experiences (it's a long story, but it involves out-of-body experiences, precognitive dreams, and an outdated math textbook). She was born and lived her formative years on Iscal, her species' homeworld; her mother was also in the IIA (Iscali Interstellar Agency; they're, essentially, the Iscali equivalent of Starfleet), and that was most likely the reason why she eventually decided to join.
Abilities: Halsey is pretty normal for an Iscali. However, the species as a whole has several 'powers' in comparison to the average human.
-Improved hearing, thanks to their large ears.
-Some relatively non-impressive psionic abilities: both humanoids and symbionts can send thoughts to and from each other's minds, first of all. Standard, but weak, telepathy (mostly overhearing surface thoughts) is quite common, occuring in around 40% of the population. Psychokinesis (shiny new term) is uncommon, but present and only unusual enough to get a second glance (or, possibly, a short stare) if you saw someone using it on the street.
(Anyone with even weak psychic sensitivity, regardless of species, can usually detect when an Iscalid's using their psionic skills.)
Halsey herself is psychokinetic, but it's not totally under control (things fly around, or break, when she gets overemotional) and too weak to lift anything heavier than around 70 pounds or outside her range of vision (consciously; emotion-based, uncontrolled PK has been known to manifest behind but still close to her).
Random Facts:
Halsey is usually the one in control of her shared body, but if she starts making atrocious puns, Emex is the guilty party.
Halsey is fairly thin, but she can't take the credit- she just has a fast metabolism, which also accounts for her endless energy and the amount of food (both healthy and junk-y) that she eats.
Pre-Halsey, Emex had three hosts: Tamsyne Miraro, Melstrom Allerty, and Saprica Veli