Aimee Seraphin CdR

Name: Aimee Seraphin

Age: 19

Birthday: May 18th

Species: Human Shapeshifter

Faction: Black

Voice: [link] (The part where she speaks starts at about 0:43)

Personality:
Aimee is very outgoing. She always tries to make people laugh, which is part of why she fell in love with the circus in the first place. She can be slightly obnoxious though. When she tries to make someone laugh, or even just amaze them, she can come off as a bit uppity. She gets anxious before shows because she is afraid that, after she transforms into someone, she won’t be the same. She feels like she will lose her identity. Maybe her face will change subtly every time she changes, until it isn’t hers anymore. Maybe any thoughts she has won’t be her own true thoughts. These ideas haunt her before a show, but once she turns into someone else, it’s easy to let those fears stay in her own skin. For that moment at least, she isn’t worried. Afterwards, when she realizes that she isn’t suck in the other person’s form, she relaxes. She doesn’t like showing her anxiety, though. Only someone that knows her very well would be able to tell if she was anxious. Contradictorily, she likes being at the center of things. She likes being around people and she is friendly with anyone. She likes being alone after a show, just so she can 'make sure she's still herself.' Though, she won't get angry if someone happens to follow/stumble upon her. When this happens, she can be found in the forest or in a secluded corner of the tent. However, she prefers to be in the forest because the only sound is that of the animals. There aren't the annoying noises of modern society and she feels like she can leave all of her worries out of the forest.

She seems to be awkward around shy people, but that's because she isn't sure what to do with them. She does still act nice to them and tries to get them to loosen up, but it seems more forced. On the other hand, when she is with other outgoing people, she seems to have the time of her life. She loves being able to talk and laugh with them. When she meets someone that is modest or humble, she tries to build them up. She wants to convince them of how great they are even if they don't see it themselves. If someone feels insecure about something, she tries to console them, to make them really believe in themselves.

On the other hand, she really doesn't like high and mighty people. Someone that thinks that they are the best, in her opinion, are trying to accommodate. And she feels that they are doing it wrong. She believes that everyone is just as good as everyone else. She wants to help make people believe that, no matter what they are into, they can do it if they really want to. All it takes is perseverance.

When she's with others, she tends to look like she's shining. She revels in the presence of others and loves being around them, especially when she can make them smile. To her, that's the best feeling in the world, knowing that she was the reason someone smiled. Even if she is around a person she thinks is mean or that she doesn't like, she naturally tries to make them smile.

History:
Aimee was born to a lower-middle-class family. Generations back on her father's side, there was shifter blood. This blood skipped generation to generation until Aimee got the lucky draw. Her parents held respectable jobs and, with their combined income, brought home enough to let them live comfortably. When she was 5, her parents had another daughter. The younger sister was very delicate and looked very frail. This led other kids to pick on her.

Despite how frail her little sister was, Aimee loved her right from the start. Aimee always found something to do with her. Whether it was making snacks or taking her to the park to play, Aimee always made time for Cheri. The sisters were nearly inseparable for the first 5 years of life. However, school forced Cheri to grow something of a backbone. Even if that meant just getting through a day of school without her older sister there to hold her hand.

Aimee was always a happy child. She always smiled at everything and kept a happy demeanor to keep her younger sister happy. She hated to see her little sister sad and always did her best to make her smile. Aimee even got in the habit of hiding her pain and sadness so that her sister wouldn’t see it.

When they were younger, Aimee was very protective of her sister. If she saw other kids picking on Cheri, she would shift into an adult and go over to remonstrate the kids for picking on such a small girl. Though, she made sure to shift in a hidden place so she wouldn't be spotted. However, she could only hold the form long enough to get the kids to leave. This put a considerable strain on her body but she was fine with it as long as her sister was safe.

On her younger sister’s birthday, Aimee snuck them into the Cirque des Reves. They had happened upon the Black Tent and Aimee saw other shifters. She fell in love with the circus from that moment. She was 13 by this point and not nearly old enough to leave her family. Not only that, she didn’t want to leave her 8 year old little sister alone. Though, by this point, she did know that she wanted to make others happy. She spent most of her time helping others. She would go to the cheapside to play with the children there. Most times, though, she stayed home and played with her sister.

Her parents didn't know about her shifting abilities. She was too afraid to tell them. She thought that her parents would try to chase her off because of it. One day though, her little sister told her parents that Aimee changed into other people to help her. Her parents thought it was rather unorthodox, but they still loved her. They told her that it was weird, but she would forever be their little circus child. Her parents remark only furthered her want to work in the circus.

Puberty screwed with her shifting abilities. Once she hit puberty, she found that, sometimes, she would get stuck as someone else. It was during one of these shiftings, that a stranger saw her. Up until this point, no one knew of he abilities save for her family. But, once this person saw her, they had to leave.

Unfortunately, Cheri hadn't been there when her family made the decision to leave. Cheri had been on a play date with one of the few people her age that liked her. She was 10 at this point. On her way home, some of the townspeople had captured her. They beat her for being a witch. She was bloodied up and nearly beaten to death. The people wanted to make an example of her, so they hung her in the town square.

Aimee, in disguise of course, prowled the streets, looking for her sister. Well, she found Cheri. Though, the condition she found her baby sister in made her wish she hadn't found her. The family had lived in France for 15 years. But it was time to move. And quick.

They relocated to London, England. Aimee led a more reserved life here. She was still happy and smiling. But that was only because she knew that Cheri would have hated her otherwise. Still, she tried to find the happy things in life. She always looked for the ray of light in everything.

When she turned 19, she decided she couldn't stay at her home anymore. And she knew exactly the place to go. The last place where she and her sister had had good memories. She went to the Cirque des Reves, having wanted to work in the circus since she’d seen it years ago and, finally, she was able to do it. There is a slight problem, though. Her shifting still leaves her stuck sometimes. She will still shift, and she got good at hiding her feelings when she was younger, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t there. She’s still scared. She refuses to consciously show the anxiety, though.

Likes:
Happy People
Comforting others
Helping people
Bears
Coffee
The color green(her favorite color)
The forest
Bitter stuff
Coffee/Tea

Dislikes:
Being comforted/pitied
Showing weakness
Drunk people(she finds them obnoxious and unpredictable)
Squirrel(thinks they're annoying as all get out)
Being alone all the time
Not being in on the secrets
Sweets/candy (a piece or two of candy is tolerable but that's it)
Desperate people
Blood

Fun Facts:
She has some really diluted witch blood from many generations back. She was gifted with a single power from that blood. The power allows her to read the mind of the person she shifted into. But only that person.

She gets really anxious before a show because she thinks that, at the end, she won’t be able to change back into her own body or that she won’t have her own mind back. However, she doesn’t show the anxiety. It takes someone really close to her to be able to tell.

If she does get stuck in someone else's form, she has a nervous tick as an identifier. That is, when she gets nervous, she chews on her bottom lip. Most of the time, she doesn't even notice that she's doing it, but she can't stop it unless someone points it out to her.

The reason she hides after a show is so she can makes sure she's still herself. To a passerby, she would almost seem like a mental patient. Her eyes stare at a fixed point as she tries to think of things that define her.

When she really concentrates on something, a little v appears between her eyebrows and she sticks the tip of her tongue out.

The reason she gets stuck in someone's form is because she is tired or weak/sick, but it hasn't happened to her enough to notice the pattern. If she gets overly tired/weak or she has time to just chill and think about what defines her, she can turn back.

She's afraid of blood, though, per to usual for her, she is loathe to admit it. She will try to hide it as best she can.

The only time that she ever wears all the extra clothes, ie everything but her shorts, shirt and the scarf around her waist, is when she is doing a show. She finds the rest too uncomfortable to be wearing all the time.

Aimee speaks franglish(French and English mixed together). But, the more worried/surprised/excited/passionate she gets about something, the more French she speaks.

RP Methods: I prefer skype, simply because I’m more inclined to check up on skype, but I will do notes or another form of chat.