Delilah Faith Matthews (Seraphim) FINISHED!!

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The Basics

Name:Delilah Faith Matthews (Lila)
Codename:Seraphim
Type of Character: Original
Species: Mutant
Play-by or Voice Actor: Allison Harvard
Age:18
Gender:F
Sexual Preference:prefers men
Height:5'11
Weight:125

Faction: Neutral
School Year:senior
Occupation:

Tough break Scott, doing the school play with pale gloomy and grumpy over there.
The Details

Body Type: Model-esque and thin. Lila is very tall with long wavy blond hair that she straightens (she gets irritated if her hair curls up after she's worked t straight) and luminous blue eyes. They perhaps are her most remarkable and memorable feature. She has large white feathered wings that retract into her back, but is painful when they do, and they do not completely disappear into her back, still leaving a slight slope to her shoulders.

Wardrobe: tends to dress simply, but attractive. Does not like to cover her wings. She favors Jeans and halter tops or anything backless to sweaters and skirts, and can be seen trying to copy fashion models from magazines, but with her meager wardrobe she usually comes across subtly elegant as opposed to fashionably fabulous.

Costume: Lila wears a white leather skin suit armored and backless to give her room for her wings and to fly.

Posture: Lila tends to stand ramrod straight because her wings when extended are very heavy, and when retracted the bones from them force her back to stay straight. She can not bend at the waist without extending her wings. She often twirls her hair when she is nervous, or bites her nails. Her unusually wide and expressive eyes tend to give away her emotions.

Personality: Shy and sweet, Lila is the girl next door. She is blissfully unaware of how attractive she is to the opposite sex, and tends to dress fairly casually without realizing that even this can be sexy. Lila is a fan of jokes, and can be hysterically dry witted when she wants. She is also incredibly innocent, bordering closely on naieve. Often, people can take advantage of that innocence and her good heart, as well as her abilities.

Lila has a crippling fear of closed, dark places, and to a lesser extent sex in general. When she was abducted, she barely remembers what happened to her, especially since her mind has repressed the memories to the point of flashback and nightmares in her sleep. Because of this, Lila is very slow to make the first move in making friends or relationships. She feels she is damaged and would not be good enough for someone else to care about.

A lot of this stems from the knowledge that her parents are out there somewhere they just didn't want her. Lila knows her powers are useful, but she is a bit afraid of them as well because of how strong it can be. She frightened herself by almost killing her kidnapper, and then even more by reviving Sister Mary Agethena. Her powers cost her her family, and in a sense she feels resentful of them, but at the same time Lila also feels her gifts are just that-- gifts given by God for her to use to help others and protect those who can't protect themselves.

Turn Ons:Music, dancing, small furry animals, sunshine, reading, being outdoors

Turn Offs: Mean people, gangs, anti-mutants, small confined spaces, the dark, thunderstorms.

Worst Secret: Lila once reversed her healing ability and nearly killed a man

Character Goals:To become a full fledged Doctor and X-Man
**Two year Goal - Graduate college and get into med school
**Five year Goal - start her residency

So... got any cool powers?
Powers and Abilities

Genetic Mutation: Angelic Wings: Lila has large retractable white feathered wings that sprout from her shoulder blades and brush the backs of her heels. They are made of hollow bones that allow for her to fly at high speeds. She can retract her wings into her back, but not completely. it is incredibly painful for her to do this, and when she does she is unable to bend at the waist for her wings have compressed to that part of her body. The ends of her wings still protrude, giving a slight slope to her shoulders and shedding feathers.

Healing Light: Lila has the ability to heal almost any internal or external injury by touch. When she does this, her hands glow with a golden light that travels up her entire body, converting her whole form into a humanoid shaped being of pure bright white light. While in this form, Lila takes the injury into herself and exchanges the life energy to heal the injury. She reverts back to humanoid form when her body heals itself from the taken injury. This can take several seconds or several hours depending on the injury, and sometimes has the effect of Lila rendering herself unconscious and wandering on the psychic plane. She is unable now to heal herself in the same fashion that she heals others, but she may learn to do that with time and training.

Light Manipulation:Lila can bend light around herself to make her appear invisible, as long as she is stationary. Once she moves, the light ripples and reveals her hiding spot. She can also fire blasts of searing light and concussive light in a fight. For some reason, even in total darkness, she appears to be lit by tv camera lights. She can even remove the light from an opponent's eyes, forcing them to "Dwell in darkness" and temporarily rendering them blind.

Weaknesses: Not much for stealth with always being lit and her wings shedding feathers. Her claustrophobia is crippling, and in a small dark space Lila can and will freeze solid.

Learned Abilities: Flying, dancing, plays the harp and piano, sings well
Resources:Med kit, small gold and ruby necklace that never leaves her neck, baby basket she was found in

Education: straight A student, taking AP and College courses in her senior year.

So why not tell them the Truth Charles?
The History

Delilah Faith Matthews was found abandoned on the steps of the Sisters of Mercy Catholic Church in Manhatten, NY. Around her neck was a gold and ruby pendant, and a note was in the basket saying her name was Delilah and she was a mutant. Her mother could not keep her because of who she and her father were, please find her a good home.

The sisters gave her the middle name of Faith, because her parents had had such faith to leave the child in their care, and gave her the last name of Matthews, after the gospel lesson for that Sunday, Matthew 7:1 "Judge not lest ye be judged". Lila lived with the sisters in the convent until she was old enough for school, and they had a collection taken up among the sisterhood and the congregation to finance her education. Scholarships were hunted down and secured to send her to boarding school.

For a while, this was a blessing. but when Lila turned 12 and her wings sprouted, she was terrified of what was happening to her. She spent the night in the bathroom, scratching her back raw and bleeding with a metal file. The nurse found her after one of the girls reported her crying and bleeding. Her English professor was her strongest supporter, as well as her counselor and confidant. After extensive examination, the nurse and headmaster decided it was best for Lila to return to the convent, and they expelled her.

The sisters did everything they could to help Lila, including binding her wings until she learned to retract them on her own into her back. It is quite painful for her, and she doesn't like doing it to this day. Lila stayed with them, until she was 16 and abducted by her old English professor, who by now had become obsessed with her. He kept her captive somewhere she only recalls as small and dark until her light powers activated. Blinding him and reversing her healing ability that she was not aware of yet, Lila fought her way out and flew back to the convent in a panic. Sister Mary Agethena was so frightened by her reappearance that her old heart gave out, and she had an attack. Lila tried to revive her with CPR, but when her hands touched the old nun's chest they glowed gold, then her entire body turned into white light, and Sister sat up with a jolt, proclaiming a miracle. The sisters dubbed Lila their Seraphim, a guardian angel.

Knowing she could not stay with them forever, the sisters have sought the attention of the Xavier Institute as well as the Mass Academy to see where Lila would best fit in.

All schools have tests.
Sample Post

See T.Cass

The Player

Your Name: Sandy/Boom
RP Experience:too much
How did you find us?:a miracle!

The End