Gender: Female
Age: 19
Grade: Senior
Hobbies and Interests: Music, art, Sci-fi/fantasy books and video games. Snakes, lizards, dragons, and dinosaurs
Gift: Reptilian Prowess
Power Details: Sydney has many reptilian-like features. Most of them are similar to that of a saltwater crocodile. She has tough, pale skin with light green scales on most of her back and sides. She has claws on her fingers, sharp teeth, a downward bite strength nearly equivalent to a saltwater crocodile, and well above average strength for someone who doesn't actively exercise. She has a tail that is thick enough to be swung with considerable force at the right angle, or more practically to help her swim up to around 10kph. Her reptilian strength also allows her to sprint short distances at nearly 25kph on land. Her beast-like strength and speed combined with her human legs allow her to jump around 4 meters high, and leap more than 10 meters at a full sprint. She has a very low metabolism and requires very little food compared to any regular human. Thanks to her crocodile-like heart, she can hold her breath underwater for nearly an hour, and still leap above the surface at high speed before catching her breath. She has exceptional night vision, and can see clearly underwater thanks to protective, transparent membranes she can close separately from her eyelids.
Limitations and Drawbacks: Sydney is cold-blooded. She raises her body temperature via sunlight and/or motion; otherwise, she will become increasingly sluggish as she loses heat. She usually wears 2 or 3 layers of clothing even in mild weather. On particularly blistering days, however, she becomes increasingly aggressive and impulsive, potentially leading to heat exhaustion or worse (though this hasn't been a problem since moving to Oregon). When she is cold, her personality begins to disappear, and she finds it difficult to maintain interest in her hobbies and relationships. Despite the short bursts of strength and speed she is capable of, she has a lower overall endurance than most humans. Running long distances or generally exerting herself will generally tire her out quicker than average.
Appearance: Sydney stands at 6'3" and weighs around 240 pounds; she is pale-skinned, broad-shouldered, and has an overall heavyset build. Her face is somewhat rounded with lazy-looking eyes and a resting frown. She also has light green scales showing on the sides of her head and neck. Her medium-length black hair is usually a frizzled mess. Her eyes are a greenish yellow with black slit pupils. Her teeth are pointed and thick. At the time of abduction, she was wearing a loose, grey hoodie over a black long-sleeve shirt and a white T-shirt. She had two pairs of black sweatpants, insulated socks over a pair of regular ones, and the composite-toe work boots she always wears.
Background:
- Sydney was born in 2002 to Charles and Olivia Stone in a suburban neighborhood near the southern coast of Florida as an only child. Her father had even more reptilian features than her, which is where she got hers from.
- Her odd features made other kids initially wary of her, but she more or less learned to fit in.
- She tried learning a few instruments when she was younger, but her claws made it difficult to play much of anything.
- She often does not register or express emotions in the same way that other people do, which can make her seem outwardly apathetic, even though she doesn't mean it most of the time.
- When Sydney was 13, her family's home was flooded and practically leveled when a vicious hurricane ravaged the area around the coast. They were forced to move in with her mother's family in Bend, Oregon.
- She was always miserable after moving to such a cold environment, she was in a near-constant "cold" state, in which she found it hard to stay interested in her hobbies, social life, or school work. One of her main goals in life is just to move to a warmer state, somehow.
- She loved swimming as a kid. Whether in the ocean or a public pool, she would constantly dive and disappear under the water long enough to worry her mother to death. After the hurricane, however, the water lost a lot of its appeal, and the colder weather meant there was rarely time for it anyway.
- She struggled to make any new friends in Oregon, and spent most of her free time alone, listening to music, drawing, reading, or playing video games. Most of the interaction she had with her peers was online, free of the troublesome social obligations that come with face-to-face interactions.
- After multiple attempts at other instruments, she decided to start learning to play the drums, and managed to work around her claws and make real progress. She eventually lost motivation to keep practicing, however.
- Her father, Charles, was equally miserable in Oregon, and tended to use alcohol as his main coping mechanism. This often ended badly for Sydney and her mother, as he had little self control while under the influence. He often became belligerent and verbally abusive towards both of them as he grew more inebriated.
- She was held back as a Junior, as her performance had gradually been decreasing since freshman year, with only just enough improvement the next year to finally move up a grade. She's on track to only just barely graduate this year.
- Her mother and father legally separated a little over a year ago following a particularly violent outburst from her father. After drinking an amount of liquor that would kill most humans, Charles got physically abusive towards Olivia, and ended up in a full-blown fight with Sydney. Olivia managed to get both of them to stop before either was severely wounded, and from there they stopped living in the same house with him. She later took him to court and gained full custody of her daughter. Neither of them have been in contact with him since.
Other Skills: Woodworking
