Cinder Kim

Name Cinder Kim

Gender Female

Homeworld Aperture Labs

Class Junior

Nut Not, maybe a bit allergic

Totem none

Smarts 5

Bod/Feet 2

RWP 3

Luck 4

Drive 2 (ride dragon 3)

Looks 5

Cool 5

Bonk 4

Powers Strong Vortal Senses, like her 'father' Teddie, Cinder is extremely sensitive to Vortal individuals and events. She focuses only on living creatures that have a Vortal presence, rather than the rare inorganic or location based Vortal power. She can spot an individual among hundreds at less than 200 meters, but also can spot that same person again from a distance over 10 miles away if she's gotten used to their aura. She has a way of discerning the subtleties of different powers, though only while they're being used or if they compose a great part of a person's aura.
Empathy, at times overpowered, Cinder is often swept up with a group if they're all of a similar emotion at the time. She likes to stay away from large groups for this reason, and prefers the neutrality of school or a mall, where people are essentially 'curious and happy' rather than a sports event where emotions tend to run very strong and aggressive. She is affected at less than 20 meters, or if there are more than 10 people of the same 'type' of emotion going on under 50 meters away from herself. But she can sense and discern each person's various moods more easily at a distance up to 200 meters, or in groups of less than 5. She can still sense individual emotions and whim in those larger groups, but she's described it as 'incredibly hot pepper sauce': there are many flavors that go into it, but overall it's just too much.
Emotion Control, all that said, one on one or with just a couple individuals nearby, Cinder is able to wholly manipulate a person's emotional state. For friends and Refugees of course she does this with permission and after explaining what she might be able to do. But she can turn this as an attack on Combine or other still-intelligent creatures, even including both Vortigaunts and Advisors which operate at a very high level of ability. She can turn anger into peace, confusion into confidence. She feels that while she's quite good at it, she could learn a lot from more experienced people doing it, to expand the realm of her 'to and from' emotion types beyond the basics.

Clusters Seek the Weary +2

Skills Psychology +2
Organizational Skills +2

Knacks Musical Genres To Suggest To Zheum +2

1 Earth/Alien Literature / Leland

2 Herbs and Veggies / Ihrinnah

3 Using Telepathy Politely / D'ouberville

4 Math, Just Math / Smith

5 Religion and Belief / Mehta

6 Advanced Relaxation Techniques / Neko

7 Mental Health Issues / Dreamwalker

8 Mental Healing / Retali8r

Pets ferrets and mice or rats seem to like her

Donor parent Teddy Kim

Siblings Steel

Story

Dragon

Name: Zheumtai Houten
Gender: Male
Size/Shoulder/Length: Small 6'9" s / 26' l / 40' ws
Colors: Body – black, Mks – gold, Fringe – white, Belly – white, Eyes – dk blue
Features: Winter Spirit deer dragon, four legs with 4-clawed feet; two feathered wings with added clawed fingers and wrist claw; furry hide with prominent neck, back, ankle and tail fluff; scaled belly; unique horn/antler arrangement, face is dished and angular with external furry ears and plenty of bling; tail is split at end with tufts; extraordinarily sparkly / shiny
Powers: Winged Flight, Speed - Zheum is zoomy! Either on the ground or in the air, he is quite speedy and slick. He can stop on a dime too, and seems to be in the right place just exactly at the right time thanks to his Danger Sense ability. He can come to the rescue without a hair out of place.
Verbal Speech, Sonic Wail, Musical Assist - Zheum's voice is amazing, he can speak numerous humanoid languages as well as communicate with any dragon regardless of breed. But he also has the ability to 'hum entire orchestras', creating subtle background music for every single moment of the day (unless he is asked to turn it off, which he will do immediately), and as a last resort will be able to cause a focused scream both loud and dangerous. He can aim that sonic wail, focus it down to a tiny beam, send it into either sub- or super-sonic frequencies, and usually breaks any glass or nearby eardrums with it. He much prefers to just hum thank you.
Light Magic - though he doesn't use this power very much, he can cast a delicate sparkling glow around himself or nearby areas, just enough to cause people to pause with delight. It's as if light is reflecting off of an invisible snowfall.
Heal Others only, Cause Cheer - Because he is paired up now with an Empath of such power, Zheum enjoys a position of trust and confidence. He can concentrate on healing a person or dragon's physical injuries while Cinder distracts them with happier thoughts. Or, if needed, they can gang up on a really bad case of the blues, he can add his ability to hers as well as then provide just the right dramatic musical cues...
Danger Sense - with an innate ability to just know where to be and what might happen there, this sense rarely applies to him directly, rather he extends his 'hearing' to friends and companions, groups, or people he thinks may be in danger. His speed then allows him to act on any issues, and usually winds up scooping up this person or that group to rush them to safety.
Parentage: Zenizap Houten (whorling) and Moyangulmandulda (S'onmul/Liaxeri)
Origin: ZeniMo breeding by me, abandoned / never put up by Astra (site?), Winter based giveaway
Other Info: Though he was abandoned, that's part and parcel for wintery types... Winter is dangerous, after all, for some unprotected folk. He seeks to protect now, and has his job set out for him because the world the Rookery is in is quite scary.