kinley rose macalistair

the basics

full name ♦ Kinley Rose MacAlistair
nicknames ♦ Kin, Kay
age ♦ Sixteen
birthday ♦ July 23, 2002
occupation ♦ Student
school ♦ Primrose Academy
species ♦ Human
ability/power ♦ Aura Reading
how the ability works ♦
A passive ability that is active at all times, Aura Reading allows Kinley to see and interpret invisible fields of energy that surround a living thing. With this ability, Kinley can sense whether or not a person is lying to her with complete accuracy, regardless of how charming and deceptive they might happen to be. In addition to those who might try to be deceptive, she is able to detect the morality of a person, whether they err towards the edge of good or evil in the simplest of terms. This is an ability that guides her on the path of the people that she surrounds herself with.

Aside from being able to decipher truth from lies and the direction one’s moral compass points, Kinley is able to perceive those who have attempted a disguise, including being able to pick apart the aura of a shifter or skinwalker, even when they aren’t in their natural form. The energy of a person is so unique to them that it’s not something that can easily be altered. Perhaps the most advanced aspect of Aura Reading that Kinley is presently able to tap into is visual empathy. When in physical contact, this active ability can be used under a great deal of concentration, bringing forth images that are associated with emotions, scenes that have played out in the life of the person she is in contact with.


Further study of her ability has allowed her to work towards advancing from just reading auras to exploring the direct manipulation of them. Successful implementation of this would allow her to essentially control the ebb and flow of a person’s emotions. This serves the purpose of allowing her to calm the erratic mind or enrage the passive. Much of this aspect of her ability is untapped largely due to the inexperience of youth and a fear of just what she could do with it.

Because Kinley’s ability is constantly active, she doesn’t typically feel the strain of it as someone with a more focused ability would. However, too much exposure around living things tends to make her sensitive to light and emotionally drained. More often than not, she slips off somewhere quiet to recharge and even many of her studies are done in solitude because of how overwhelming everything can become. When tapping into the more intense aspects of her ability, Kinley is limited to physical contact and only for a few minutes at a time, if that. It will take her several hours to recharge after that and typically attempting use of her ability before that leaves her temporarily blinded from a visual overload.

gender ♦ Female
sexuality ♦ Heterosexual

the appearance

face claim ♦ Kiernan Shipka
height and weight ♦ 5’2 & 100lbs
identifying features ♦ Kinley has her ears pierced.
overall appearance ♦ Standing just over five feet, Kinley is someone that is unassuming, yet fierce in how she composes herself. Light brown to blonde hair and honey-colored eyes are always fashioned impeccably. Dresses and skirts tend to be typical for Kinley, though she isn’t completely opposed to a good pair of jeans. Everything that she wears fits her nicely, not necessarily tight to the skin, but not oversized either - unless you count a good hoodie. She has no preference between solids and patterns and instead finds that she dresses for what an occasion might call for. Her jeans, whether pants or shorts, are typically high waisted and accompanied with a tank or crop top. She does have other pairs that are pulled out when most other things are dirty. The amount of clothes that she owns is probably a little absurd, but it guarantees that she’s almost always got eyes on her.

the personality

likes ♦
Late mornings
Sour cream
Coffee
Her family, usually
Being independant
The universe
Mythology
Dancing/ballet

dislikes ♦
Being “babied”
Feeling isolated
Homework
Being shown up
Clicking pens
Loud music in the middle of the night
The way her brother treats girls
Chick flicks

strengths ♦
Confident
Intelligent
Thoughtful

weaknesses ♦
Temperamental
Insecure
Manipulative

dreams ♦ Kinley wants to step out from the shadow of her family name and make her own brand.
fears ♦ Kinley’s biggest fear is being buried alive.

overall personality ♦
Because Kinley has spent much of her life with some overprotective older siblings, she’s formed something of a rebellious streak and often goes against the grain. Breaking rules and getting away with it is something that she’s gotten rather adept at and guilt seems to be nonexistent. Between of those that would want to shelter her and her own desire to live, Kinley has forged a path of independence and rarely asks for help, even in situations when she might actually benefit from it. She’s stubborn to a fault and saying thank you is probably one of the hardest things for her to do - right up there with apologizing.

Though she might be someone who does things to benefit her, she is also someone that cares about other people in her own way. She is secretive about the way in which she helps others, making her actions seem unintentional even if they were part of a plan. Beneath a confident, take charge attitude, Kinley is actually quite insecure. She often criticizes her own appearance and questions things that she has done or will do to the extent of driving herself insane. She is someone that thinks her family hung the moon, but is not so naive as to believe that they can do no wrong. However, someone had best be operating on a wing and a prayer if they talk shit about them in front of her.

the history

father ♦ Cian MacAlistair, 56, owner of MacAlistair Industries, the number one distributor of Scottish whisky, ale, and scotch in the United Kingdom, marriage was arranged to ensure purity in supernatural ability and wealth
mother ♦ Lilli MacAlistair, 56, housewife, marriage was arranged to ensure purity in supernatural ability and wealth
siblings ♦
Lennox MacAlistair , 19, Primrose, Brother
___, 19, Primrose, Brother
___, 19, Primrose, Sister
important people ♦ A few cousins, but nothing to note.
hometown ♦ Edinburgh, Scotland

overall history ♦
Kinley is the fourth born child to the MacAlistair clan. Three years prior to her own birth, Cian and Lilli welcomed triplets into the world. Why they thought having another child after that was a good idea is beyond many of the people that they talked to, but it suited them just fine - and it came to be something that Kinley would be grateful for because otherwise she wouldn’t have been there. Being the youngest of four children was as much of a blessing as it was a curse. Her parents knew all the tricks that kids would use to get away with things because they had already experienced it. At the same time, being the youngest meant that Kinley could bat her eyes and whatever she wanted would be put before her. That was the perk of being the baby of the family.

Traveling around Europe was something that became second-nature to Kinley. Her father was constantly on the move due to business and his family always came along for the ride. There seemed to rarely be a moment when they were in the same place for any length of time. It fed Kinley’s desire to see the world, but it also created a desire to find some place that she could truly all home without having to worry about where she would wake up next. Out of all of her siblings, she perhaps became the closest with Lennox. He was her big brother and the oldest of the children. She found herself looking up to him and he looked out for her just the same. It wasn’t until he came into his ability in Fiji that lead to Spain that she really had an understanding of what it meant to be a MacAlistair. The trip to Spain to pick up Lennox was the quickest that they had ever left a place behind, but shortly after that, the triplets were sent to Primrose and Kinley was left alone. What she didn’t know, however, was that her own ability had been manifested for a few years at that point and it was only growing stronger.

Around the age of eleven, Kinley started to feel exhausted all of the time. Her parents became concerned that it was related to her physical well-being and sought out the best doctors in every possible field, getting second, third, and sometimes fourth opinions. The doctors were puzzled, though. Every test that they ran on her came back negative. She was as healthy as a horse, so to speak. Psychologists simply said that it was puberty taking effect, but no one seemed to truly be content with that answer. It wasn’t until she started relaying information that she couldn’t have possibly known that her parents realized her exhaustion and irritability was due to her ability manifesting.

Kinley entered Primrose Academy early, finally alongside her siblings. It was there that a Power Detector was able to inform the family that Kinley had an advanced form of Aura Reading. It was uncommon and would take years to master, if not a lifetime. However, they offered her a place in the school and a way to both harness and train her ability. The transition was made easier because of the companionship of her brothers and sister, but as time went on, she came to realize that she couldn’t rely on them forever. Kinley began to grow into her own, forging a path and a name for herself within the Academy. Though she didn’t practice the same things that her brother did - not that he would let her if she wanted to - Kin managed to carry an air of superiority to herself in the halls and yet another side of herself is visible when not in the presence of her classmates. Only sixteen, Kin is still trying to find herself and still have fun along the way.

the role player

alias ♦ Sammi
age ♦ 26
pronouns ♦ she/her
code ♦ ADMIN EDIT
other characters ♦ so many