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〈 PLAYER INFO 〉
NAME: Lor
AGE: 30
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IM / EMAIL: sa22ybaskets @ gmail
PLURK: errorchord
RETURNING: Yes
〈 CHARACTER INFO 〉
CHARACTER NAME: Eleven
CHARACTER AGE: 13
SERIES: Stranger Things
CHRONOLOGY: 2x04
CLASS: Hero
HOUSING: Random
BACKGROUND: Here at the Stranger Things wiki; I'm happy to expand on anything if necessary. The season two section only goes up to episode four, but that's the canon point I'm taking her from anyway.
PERSONALITY:
When we first meet Eleven, she is so far removed from "normal" that her role in the story is almost that of an alien—a girl who was raised in a lab and has no idea what the world or people are like, or even what most basic words mean. We only get brief hints that maybe, if things had been different for her, she could have grown up a normal kid.
Well, as it happens, a lot can change in a year. Especially when you spend said year studying up on TV and your adoptive father figure gives you actual rules and a "word of the day." Eleven is still far from normal; the first twelve years of her life were virtually stolen from her, and a person doesn't recover from that trauma overnight, if ever. But now age thirteen, Eleven is much more confident in her place in the world, and she's really starting to grow into a person instead of just a weapon.
One thing that works in Eleven's favor is that she's quite observant and picks up on things easily, especially social things. We see her not know how to do something, like sweep a floor or use the recliner on a La-Z-Boy, or not understand what some bit of slang means—but if someone explains it to her or she sees them demonstrate, it's like she burns it into her brain, and the next time she needs to do it, she's a total pro. By season two, her vocabulary has grown considerably, and she has progressed from primarily one word answers to actually holding conversations with people. Her communication skills do regress when she's very upset, but even then she's not shy about getting her point across.
Eleven generally isn't shy at all. She's quiet and can come across as overly serious and can be unintentionally blunt (to the point of rudeness), but she's not socially anxious or afraid to go out into the world. She's confident enough to ask questions, to hitchhike, even to buy a bus ticket and travel alone. She's certainly come a long way from the nearly mute girl she was in season one.
While growing up in the lab and having no typical childhood experiences have made Eleven mature beyond her years in some respects, in others, she's still just… learning how to be a person. She can throw intense tantrums; at one point she screams, sobs, and proceeds to completely trash the cabin she's living in, all because Hopper takes away her TV access. (I mean, yes, okay, there were other reasons, too, but… the TV definitely causes the most destruction.) And though she certainly wants to avoid the people from Hawkins Lab, people she calls "the bad men," when it comes to dealing with other people in general, she's fearless to the point of almost being careless. She uses her powers in front of random people in town, hitches a ride with a truck driver, and later in the season takes a bus to Chicago by herself (conveniently neglecting to tell anyone where she's going). Having telekinetic powers and being able to physically defend herself with them makes her unafraid of things that might freak someone else out, like hitching a ride with a stranger who significantly outweighs them. While that lack of fear can be a good thing, it also makes her somewhat blind to the idea of consequences, and subsequently lash out when someone tries to control or parent her too much.
Finally: You miiight suspect that someone who grew up as a socially isolated human lab experiment would have some issues, and you'd be correct! Eleven has PTSD from her time in the lab, and from her time spent surviving in the woods post-season one. She's claustrophobic and likes to have a light on in her room. She has flashbacks from things as minor as seeing a can of Coke or a squirrel climbing a tree, and she tends to shut down when thinking about her time in Hawkins Lab. Despite this, though, it doesn't actually take a whole lot to earn her trust. She's still a kid, and some kind words or a snack go a long way toward making her feel safe around someone. Trust means so much to Eleven because she literally depends on other people to teach her how to live in the world. And because trust is such a big deal for her, she's willing to fight and even kill to protect the people she loves. Though she doesn't enjoy violence or revel in the fact that she's killed in the past, it's something she's very much willing to do if necessary. However, there are lines she won't cross—hurting children or animals (unless necessary for survival) is the biggest one.
POWER: As per canon, Eleven is only able to expend a certain amount of energy while using her powers. Using her powers at all causes her nose to bleed. If she expends too much energy, she’ll become physically weak to the point of collapse, her skin will become pale with visible veins, and she will bleed from her nose and ears.
Telekinesis: Eleven has the ability to move things with her mind. The bigger the object, the more effort it takes her to move it, and the less time she's able to focus on it. Switching off a fan and making a model Millennium Falcon hover in the air are no trouble for her at all, but stuff like tossing a large van into the air or pulling a train car can be much more draining.
• Bio manipulation: As part of her telekinetic powers, she’s able to manipulate people as well as objects. In canon we see her throw someone through the air, break multiple bones, strangle a guy, and she also causes a boy to pee his pants, presumably by... squeezing his bladder? ANYWAY...
Astral projection: When Eleven concentrates, she’s able to project her consciousness to other places. When she’s concentrating normally, she see and hear others in, say, the same building, but if she blindfolds herself and has some kind of static sound to concentrate on, she can see people farther away. If submerged in a sensory deprivation tank, she can access other continents, even other dimensions. (Highly unlikely to happen on this big a level in MoM, as she doesn’t like to do this.) Visiting someone in this way won't make them aware of her unless she somehow projects her voice, which leads me to...
• Voice projection: While using her astral projection power, Eleven can project any voices she hears onto any nearby speakers, like a walkie talkie or loudspeaker, so that others can hear what she’s hearing. She could also use this to communicate with someone from a distance via projecting her own voice onto a radio or television.
〈 CHARACTER SAMPLES 〉
COMMUNITY POST (VOICE) SAMPLE:
[ When the feed clicks on, at first the only thing visible is a swatch of plaid, zoomed in close enough to be blurry. A second later, the person filming zooms out enough to reveal a skinny girl with short, curly hair and a serious expression, staring unblinking into the camera. ]
Hello. [ Her voice is quiet, cautious, and she sounds a bit like she's reading a prepared script and not totally confident in it, but she's soldiering on anyway. ]
My name is Eleven. [ A short pause—she knows it's not a normal name—before she continues. ] I was here before. Twenty four days. Then I went home. 327 days. Now I have questions. [ Very, very important questions. ] Is there school? And… are there Eggos? [ Very important questions, y'all. And with that, not bothering to give a farewell, she reaches out and turns off the video feed. ]
LOGS POST (PROSE) SAMPLE: TDM!
FINAL NOTES:
NAME: Lor
AGE: 30
JOURNAL:
damselfliesIM / EMAIL: sa22ybaskets @ gmail
PLURK: errorchord
RETURNING: Yes
〈 CHARACTER INFO 〉
CHARACTER NAME: Eleven
CHARACTER AGE: 13
SERIES: Stranger Things
CHRONOLOGY: 2x04
CLASS: Hero
HOUSING: Random
BACKGROUND: Here at the Stranger Things wiki; I'm happy to expand on anything if necessary. The season two section only goes up to episode four, but that's the canon point I'm taking her from anyway.
PERSONALITY:
When we first meet Eleven, she is so far removed from "normal" that her role in the story is almost that of an alien—a girl who was raised in a lab and has no idea what the world or people are like, or even what most basic words mean. We only get brief hints that maybe, if things had been different for her, she could have grown up a normal kid.
Well, as it happens, a lot can change in a year. Especially when you spend said year studying up on TV and your adoptive father figure gives you actual rules and a "word of the day." Eleven is still far from normal; the first twelve years of her life were virtually stolen from her, and a person doesn't recover from that trauma overnight, if ever. But now age thirteen, Eleven is much more confident in her place in the world, and she's really starting to grow into a person instead of just a weapon.
One thing that works in Eleven's favor is that she's quite observant and picks up on things easily, especially social things. We see her not know how to do something, like sweep a floor or use the recliner on a La-Z-Boy, or not understand what some bit of slang means—but if someone explains it to her or she sees them demonstrate, it's like she burns it into her brain, and the next time she needs to do it, she's a total pro. By season two, her vocabulary has grown considerably, and she has progressed from primarily one word answers to actually holding conversations with people. Her communication skills do regress when she's very upset, but even then she's not shy about getting her point across.
Eleven generally isn't shy at all. She's quiet and can come across as overly serious and can be unintentionally blunt (to the point of rudeness), but she's not socially anxious or afraid to go out into the world. She's confident enough to ask questions, to hitchhike, even to buy a bus ticket and travel alone. She's certainly come a long way from the nearly mute girl she was in season one.
While growing up in the lab and having no typical childhood experiences have made Eleven mature beyond her years in some respects, in others, she's still just… learning how to be a person. She can throw intense tantrums; at one point she screams, sobs, and proceeds to completely trash the cabin she's living in, all because Hopper takes away her TV access. (I mean, yes, okay, there were other reasons, too, but… the TV definitely causes the most destruction.) And though she certainly wants to avoid the people from Hawkins Lab, people she calls "the bad men," when it comes to dealing with other people in general, she's fearless to the point of almost being careless. She uses her powers in front of random people in town, hitches a ride with a truck driver, and later in the season takes a bus to Chicago by herself (conveniently neglecting to tell anyone where she's going). Having telekinetic powers and being able to physically defend herself with them makes her unafraid of things that might freak someone else out, like hitching a ride with a stranger who significantly outweighs them. While that lack of fear can be a good thing, it also makes her somewhat blind to the idea of consequences, and subsequently lash out when someone tries to control or parent her too much.
Finally: You miiight suspect that someone who grew up as a socially isolated human lab experiment would have some issues, and you'd be correct! Eleven has PTSD from her time in the lab, and from her time spent surviving in the woods post-season one. She's claustrophobic and likes to have a light on in her room. She has flashbacks from things as minor as seeing a can of Coke or a squirrel climbing a tree, and she tends to shut down when thinking about her time in Hawkins Lab. Despite this, though, it doesn't actually take a whole lot to earn her trust. She's still a kid, and some kind words or a snack go a long way toward making her feel safe around someone. Trust means so much to Eleven because she literally depends on other people to teach her how to live in the world. And because trust is such a big deal for her, she's willing to fight and even kill to protect the people she loves. Though she doesn't enjoy violence or revel in the fact that she's killed in the past, it's something she's very much willing to do if necessary. However, there are lines she won't cross—hurting children or animals (unless necessary for survival) is the biggest one.
POWER: As per canon, Eleven is only able to expend a certain amount of energy while using her powers. Using her powers at all causes her nose to bleed. If she expends too much energy, she’ll become physically weak to the point of collapse, her skin will become pale with visible veins, and she will bleed from her nose and ears.
Telekinesis: Eleven has the ability to move things with her mind. The bigger the object, the more effort it takes her to move it, and the less time she's able to focus on it. Switching off a fan and making a model Millennium Falcon hover in the air are no trouble for her at all, but stuff like tossing a large van into the air or pulling a train car can be much more draining.
• Bio manipulation: As part of her telekinetic powers, she’s able to manipulate people as well as objects. In canon we see her throw someone through the air, break multiple bones, strangle a guy, and she also causes a boy to pee his pants, presumably by... squeezing his bladder? ANYWAY...
Astral projection: When Eleven concentrates, she’s able to project her consciousness to other places. When she’s concentrating normally, she see and hear others in, say, the same building, but if she blindfolds herself and has some kind of static sound to concentrate on, she can see people farther away. If submerged in a sensory deprivation tank, she can access other continents, even other dimensions. (Highly unlikely to happen on this big a level in MoM, as she doesn’t like to do this.) Visiting someone in this way won't make them aware of her unless she somehow projects her voice, which leads me to...
• Voice projection: While using her astral projection power, Eleven can project any voices she hears onto any nearby speakers, like a walkie talkie or loudspeaker, so that others can hear what she’s hearing. She could also use this to communicate with someone from a distance via projecting her own voice onto a radio or television.
〈 CHARACTER SAMPLES 〉
COMMUNITY POST (VOICE) SAMPLE:
[ When the feed clicks on, at first the only thing visible is a swatch of plaid, zoomed in close enough to be blurry. A second later, the person filming zooms out enough to reveal a skinny girl with short, curly hair and a serious expression, staring unblinking into the camera. ]
Hello. [ Her voice is quiet, cautious, and she sounds a bit like she's reading a prepared script and not totally confident in it, but she's soldiering on anyway. ]
My name is Eleven. [ A short pause—she knows it's not a normal name—before she continues. ] I was here before. Twenty four days. Then I went home. 327 days. Now I have questions. [ Very, very important questions. ] Is there school? And… are there Eggos? [ Very important questions, y'all. And with that, not bothering to give a farewell, she reaches out and turns off the video feed. ]
LOGS POST (PROSE) SAMPLE: TDM!
FINAL NOTES: