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User Name: Chibi-Speck
Full Name: Dagrun Solberg
Age: 18
Grade: Senior
House: Pavan
Race: Valkyrie
Sexuality: Eh…I’m not really sure. I’ve never really dated anyone, so…yeah. I suppose I’ll go both ways.
What brought you here? I was your average girl growing up, I had your quaint, picturesque house, a nice family, and a good group of friends from school. Well, not all of it was so nice. I started to get a lot of compliments at school, which I usually wouldn’t mind, but I started getting a lot of attention only because of my beauty. A lot of the boys would approach me and tell me how nice I looked, or how great the dress or something I was wearing was, or just how pretty I seemed to them. Most girls would relish in all that attention, but I didn’t because unless I was “pretty” no one would really pay much attention to me.
That’s where things at home started to get out of hand as well. I have two younger sisters who I adore, but the eldest of the two, Tekla, began to try to “be like me.” She wanted that attention, and she never believed me when I told her it was accidental that people just started to fawn over me. My close friends just thought it was a phase, you know, springtime love or whatever, but I found the sudden changes in people around me as odd. It seemed the only person I could really confide in was my grandmother. She just…got it. I would talk to her for hours about the sudden changes at school and with Tekla, and, I don’t know if it was a grandmotherly thing to say, but she told me the same thing happened to her when she was my age…I was 15 at the time.
After that, I decided I was going to be gutsy and voice my disdain for all the attention I was getting. I basically told everyone that approached me that if they were going to be around me, they needed to be around me for me, not because I was popular or because I was apparently gorgeous, but because I was a kind person, fun to be around, and was a good friend. Needless to say, I only kept a few close friends that year and I was losing my sunny outlook on everything, especially since ravens started to follow me in flocks whenever I walked outside.
One of these outdoor walks of mine was near some cliffs by the seaside. I usually took the time after school to go to the sea and contemplate things (deep, I know), but this day was different. As I was walking along, minding my own, a gigantic gust of wind came from out of nowhere and blew me off of my feet and over the cliff. As I fell to what I thought was my impending doom, I floated upwards back toward land. I had grown wings (not real ones, they’re more ghost-like than anything) and they carried me back to the path near my house.
As you would expect, I ran in and immediately told my mother what had just happened to me, even if she would think I was crazy. But, to my surprise, she told me that what had been going on recently was normal in our family, which was one of Viking heroes and Valkyries. Even though I wished she had told me sooner, I was happy to realize that everything wasn’t just in my head. So, at the end of the summer, I was sent to Aether where I wouldn’t be followed en mass and I wouldn’t be able to fall over anymore cliffs…..or be chased by more ravens or swans, and I’ve been here ever since.
What do you like? I have an odd love for chess and baking. I will most often bring cookies or sweets to class to share with my classmates. I love to read, but I will not obsess over the pages of books, I have other hobbies to attend to. Sunny days by the ocean lift my spirits, but I have still yet to get used to the heat that Aether comes in contact with. And if you see me around the halls, I will always be wearing a green embroidered scarf around my neck. No, I’m not cold; it belonged to that grandmother who was very close to me. Did I mention I like to hang around in cemeteries? I don’t know if it’s because I’m a Valkyrie or what-not, but I just find it fascinating.
Not so much... I could care less for the scientific subjects and I really don’t like being too loud (or people that are) or wearing revealing clothing. But, too loud on my standards is nearly deafening, so I usually don’t have a problem with most people here (except Ryder and Avila at curfew….). I’m not too fond of shallowness, either. I know a lot of people can’t help it sometimes, but I wish they would take the effort to see past trivial things and see the whole of a person. Oh, and I have a horrible fear of spiders. I will encounter them if I must, but just seeing them crawl makes me twitch. I am also afraid of ocean rocks. What do you mean that’s a weird fear? If you almost fell on them, you’d be afraid of them, too.
Powers: I can obviously fly and grant you entrance into Valhalla if you die, but who wants that? I have some wind abilities, but with those I can only cause breezes as of yet, but I will later be able to cause large gusts of wind whenever I walk into a room/place. I also have limited control over horses, swans, and ravens. Swans are the hardest, though. Once I tried to get a swan to come over to where I was standing, but ended up getting chased by the whole flock instead. Powers associated with sound are on my list of future gains, and once my powers are fully developed, I will be able to cause glass-breaking shrieks, impersonate/copy voices, and copy bird calls. As of now, all I’m able to do is a Xena war cry, which I suppose is impressive enough, but still.
 Chibi-Speck · Sat Aug 27, 2011 @ 10:54pm · 2 Comments |
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