RICHARD JACQUES BELLAMY V

the basics

full name ♦ Richard Jacques Bellamy V
nicknames ♦ Rich, Dick (not by his friends but it's a little funny)
age ♦ twenty nine
birthday ♦ august 4th, 1989
occupation ♦ French teacher at Primrose
school ♦ Primrose Alum
species ♦ human
ability/power ♦ sensory manipulation
how the ability works ♦

Rich can make you see, hear, smell, taste, or feel (tactile, not emotional) whatever he wants... within reason. There are limitations. For example, he can't make you sense something you haven't experienced or have no understanding of. He can't make you hear a frequency your ears cannot pick up, or see a color that your eyes cannot see. He can strengthen your perception of something. For example, he can make you feel like you're on fire (even if you somehow haven't had the experience of being set on fire) if you have felt heat. If you have never been to Niagara Falls, but you would recognize everything in the scene (i.e. water, people, the sky etc.), he could make you see yourself there.

In short, he can make you sense what you are physically capable of sensing and understanding. 

Additionally, he cannot manipulate several people at once for long periods of time, nor can he manipulate several senses at once for long periods of time. The length of time depends on the number of people he's affecting and the amount of sensory information that he is creating. If he wanted to make one person smell something, he could probably keep it up for about a half hour before it started to affect him. If he wanted to make a whole room of people see rainforest surrounding them, five to ten minutes would probably be the maximum amount of time he could handle. 

The illusions are just that-- they're not physically there. They won't leave burn marks or cause physical damage directly. His ability is working in the target's brain, so it is certainly possible for stress to lead to a physical consequence (i.e. if you feel like you're on fire, even if you're not, your heart rate may increase). It would depend on the target's mental strength, pain tolerance, and other factors that would affect someone's mood or awareness.

Because the sensory information being taken in by targets is only an illusion, and usually only one sense at a time, people under Rich's manipulation are likely aware that they are being manipulated under certain circumstances. For example, if he wanted you to see a rainforest, he could project the image of a rainforest around you. You would look around and see a rainforest surrounding you. Since that's a powerful illusion, he probably couldn't also get you to feel the tall plants brushing up against you or the brush under your feet. He couldn't also get you to hear the wildlife or running water. You would probably feel very detached from it, almost as if you were standing in the center of a hologram. And so used in that way, the ability's purpose isn't particularly to mislead someone. Whereas making someone feel and see that they're holding an apple is something a bit more doable.

If used for too long or for too much, Rich's ability causes him to experience migraines and in extreme cases, to blackout. To use it at all, it requires a lot of concentration.

gender ♦ cis male
sexuality ♦ heterosexual

the appearance

face claim ♦ Hunter Parrish
height and weight ♦ 5'7" and 140 lbs
identifying features ♦n/a
overall appearance ♦

he always stands up straight with his head up. his light eyes often wear an expression that could cut through stone. he is usually wearing a button-down shirt with his blond hair neatly combed. 

the personality

likes ♦ his sister,  having sex (not with his sister), coffee, the color blue, being organized, nudes, eating healthy, exercise, hiking, traveling
dislikes ♦ his sister, peanuts (he's severely allergic), toilet paper rolls with the tail over the roll, pants that aren't hemmed properly, small dogs, young children
strengths ♦ intelligence, confidence, persistence
weaknesses ♦ arrogance, stubbornness, pride
dreams ♦ to become a published author
fears ♦ his sister getting sent to Monroeville
overall personality ♦

you're a beautiful young man, and you fucking know it. you use your looks to your advantage-- you don't really have another choice since it isn't your charming personality that's going to get you anywhere.

you are important, and you deserve respect. you've never let anyone walk over you though you look for opportunities to take advantage of others. it isn't something you do intentionally-- to help yourself is an ingrained skill you've displayed since birth. you put few people above yourself, and you believe there's nothing wrong with that. you have to look out for yourself because no one else is going to do it for you-- not with the necessary dedication and vigor.

you don't always get along with your family but you would kill for them all. you try to look out for your sister, but the two of you have such different opinions on everything that sometimes you can't even handle having a conversation with her. still, you love [name]. she pisses you the fuck off and sometimes you imagine her standing on the side of the road as a car rushes by and splashes her designer clothes with muddy water, but you love her. you know her well, and she knows you.

she knows that you're not shallow and selfish all the time. she knows that you're very allergic to peanuts. she knows that you can be caring and thoughtful and that you'll always stand up for your friends. she knows that you would never admit it to anyone, and she knows that there is sweetness behind your pride.

the history

father ♦ Richard Bellamy IV, 57, United States Department of State
mother ♦ Adeline Bellamy nee Devereaux, 52, French Heiress to Banking Fortune
siblings ♦ @rhian , twin sister
important people ♦ n/a
hometown ♦ Paris, France
overall history ♦

you have always had a lot to be proud of. you have a great memory and if you pay attention, you can recall many details about an incident no matter how small. your only academic downfall was math, but you got all those awful courses out of the way as quickly as you could. your workload was very history-focused, and that was how you liked it. you wanted to become a college professor one day, and you had plans to travel the world with your teaching. becoming successful wasn't difficult-- you're a walking world history textbook and you are fluent in four languages.

you were sixteen when you began to notice what you could do. initially, it only affected you. you would start to daydream in school and suddenly you weren't in school anymore-- you were at the beach or sitting in a park. you'd blink and return to your desk, having completely missed any sensory information provided by your physical location in the classroom. you told rhian about it only to find that she too was experiencing some strange phenomena. together, you figured out what was happening to you and began learning how to use it to work in your favor. primrose made you stronger and released you back into the world with much more control over and understanding of what you were... of what you are. 

you went to university enjoying every minute of it your parents expected perfect grades but the frat house was more your scene. you were the epitome of a frat boy, though it pissed you off when people had the nerve to tell you that. after all, frat boys are supposed to be stupid, and you're anything but. you spent a lot of time at school passing out, overwhelmed by intoxication. you didn't do it because you were stupid, though. you did it because there was nothing better than the haven that encased you each time you drank. you always felt isolated from most people, unable to form true bonds with anyone but your sister. your french accent thickened with each drink as if to remind you that you did not belong.

you lived a chaotic lifestyle and you were always surrounded by people, though you often felt alone. you're not a friendly person, and it caused you a lot of grief, though you didn't realize it. you can be fun to be around, and you can be ruthless. it all depends on who you're talking to. you graduated with degrees in linguistics and education although teaching in a typical school would never be enough after your taste of primrose. 

the role player

alias ♦ Jem
age ♦ 24
pronouns ♦ she | her(s)
code ♦ ADMIN EDIT
other characters ♦ Cameron Gallagher , Robbie Jude Lovelle , Elijah Noel Cartwright , Ezra John Davies