Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2022 14:27:49 GMT -5
OSHA AMILA MOORE
19 / STUDENT ATHLETE / GIFTED / UNLABELLED / APPLICATION
- - ABOUT
Osh (soft “O” like in “upon”) has absolutely no idea she is gifted. Or that that’s even a thing. Superpowers are fictional, afterall, right? And her own are subtle enough, allowing her to quickly and easily learn most anything but not granting her any individually actually supernatural capacities, not to raise any red flags. No, Osh doesn’t think she has “abilities” in that way, just considers herself a dedicated, hard-working/studying, versatile, go-getter and quick learner… and, as a result, often thinks of other people as slow or lazy because in her experience? Its really just not that hard! “It” being… pretty much anything. Life basically.
Judginess and impatience with others aside, Osh is generally-speaking good people. She has a samaritan streak, chose to study to be a doctor for a reason, and is community-minded enough that she has a hard time passing by anyone in need… even when the smart thing to do probably would be to. She’s eager to help where she can and her range of skillsets means there’s a lot of places where she really can. Car having trouble? Dress needs tailoring? Need someone to have your back in a fight? Help studying? Osh has got you!
Unlike most accused of it by the bitter and jealous; Osh really is living life on easy mode. But she doesn’t know it. Which has made her confident perhaps to a fault in most areas of life. Unafraid of rejection, considering it to surely have nothing to do with her even when it happens, Osh will go after anyone, romantically or platonically, or anything that she wants with the attitude that she’ll probably get it and if not then it was due to circumstances beyond her control that say nothing about her. She can be reckless: physically, socially, and emotionally. This strong, carefree, attitude can of course be attractive in some circumstances but it can also get her into trouble or scare others off or even engender resentments.
- - PLATONIC
Outgoing and sociable, Osh is unafraid of making new connections. She’s helpful, more than willing to go out of her way for others just on principle. And, by and large, she’s actually a really good friend. Like most aspects of her life, this comes down at least in part to the gifts she doesn’t know she has. Osh intuits complex systems and people are the most complex of all… just not to her. Honestly, she doesn’t get social faux pas or unintended slights. How hard is it to pay attention to tone and body language, to pick up a little damn subtext? So Osh is really good at getting the gist quickly of how people want, need, and/or expect to be treated. What their triggers are, what they like and how they like it, what buttons not to press, etc… you just have to have a thick enough skin to deal with how casually, dismissively, and thoughtlessly critical she can be if you’re not as quick to read things.
- - ANTAGONISTIC
Osh can be judgmental af and a bit harsh and impatient, more than enough to turn plenty of people off out the gate especially given she’s not really worried about people liking her in the first place. That samaritan streak can also make as many enemies as it can friends, sticking her nose where others might feel it really doesn’t belong. She’s a jock with a real shot at olympic dreams if she ever wanted to pursue them and a straight A pre-med student with a bunch of hobbies and activities on the side that she’s really good at; so it’s not impossible for someone to be intimidated by or jealous of Osh, in particular given her rather unapologetic nature and casual treatment of everything as something anyone could do if they were just willing to show up for it the way she does. And then, of course, there’s the gifted angle. She might not know she is one but if anyone else ever put that together that would obviously draw some targets on her back that Osh isn’t even aware exist to watch out for.
- - ROMANTIC
Though she likes flirting, Osh isn’t really “a flirt”. Its not something she does without intent or unless she’s looking to build it into something more. That said, the girl is absolutely and unapologetically unafraid to go after what she wants and put herself out there. And if you don’t reciprocate? No harm, no foul, obviously you’ve got something else going on that has nothing whatsoever to do with her or you’d jump at the opportunity… right? If you do however… be prepared for a rollercoaster of highs and lows. When Osh is with someone, if she’s with you she’s with you... but only when she’s with you. She can be attentive, romantic, considerate, perceptive, intuitive and make a partner feel like a perfect match and the center of her world in that moment. But you’ll never be her top priority. She has a million passions and activities that your relationship will have to be scheduled around and Osh isn’t a fan of labels or indefinite commitments; you’ll be more likely to be “someone she’s talking to” or “someone she’s seeing” or “someone she’s got something going on with” before ever being anything as official as a boyfriend or girlfriend.
- - PLOT HOOKS
- Gifts & Gifted ~ By all rights, Osh’s ability to understand how things work should let her understand her own abilities. However, much like how she can’t intuit a car’s workings without taking a peek under the hood; she’s currently operating with some critical missing data. Namely, Osh has no idea gifts are even a thing, its still just in the realm of scifi to her. She needs to encounter someone with a gift so obviously superhuman for her to accept the reality of them in order for things to finally click for her own self-understanding. Be warned though; she’ll be a skeptic at first and reach for any other explanation for how your character can do whatever they can do.
- Hunters & Blackstorm ~ It would be interesting if someone somehow managed to put the pieces together before Osh and at least suspect she was gifted before she even found out such a thing existed. It would definitely add some crazy drama if she found herself with someone trying to hunt her down or recruit her for reasons she genuinely believes to be crazy and not at all real.
- Jack of All Trades ~ Osh can do almost anything, understand how almost anything works, with cursory exposure. So there’s a million opportunities for her to help people out using what should be specialized skills. The most obvious, with a mechanic dad and seamstress mom, are anyone needing work on their car or clothes tailored or anything like that. But she could legitimately sit down and understand a code by looking at it and help someone with something techy or anything else too. In my headcanon, she’s also a fantastic cook as a result of her gifts so that could certainly come into play.
- Parkour ~ So Osh makes parkour videos, has monetized feeds on a couple platforms even as some personal income that doesn’t rely on parental support or student aid. Someone could follow her, be a fan, or alternately she could run into someone while creating content by doing crazy things like rooftop runs around town etc.
- Anything & Everything ~ I’m super open to all sorts of plot hooks and can usually come up with something that makes sense IC to involve my charrie in whatever so plz feel free to hmu with literally any ideas whatsoever!
- Edit: Gymnastics! ~ Somehow I spaced this when first writing this plotter but yes! Osh is also on the SC Gymnastics team! And she's good, like Olympic contender good, so there's that potential hook too! Fans, recruiters, fellow athletes, whatever!