[Hope Smith]

WELCOME TO LOS EUROSIA,

Hope Summer Smith

"I poisoned myself again
Something in the orange tells me you're never coming home"

BASICS

NAME: Hope Summer Smith

AGE: 32

BIRTHDATE: July 9th (Cancer)

PRONOUNS: She/Her

SEXUALITY: Demisexual

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Single

OCCUPATION: Art Teacher

NEIGHBORHOOD: The Heights

MEMBER GROUP: Human

POWERS:

Psionic Blast (dormant): Though the gift has laid dormant in Hope for many years she does have the ability to tear a persons mind apart from the inside out. After making a mental link between another person she is able to do several things. Something as simple as erasing memories all the way to simply destroying different parts of the brain leading to death. While Hope does not need to touch or even make eye contact with someone to do this it can only be done to one person at a time as Hope is unable to make multiple mental links. The more damage Hope does to another the more of a backlash she can take herself. Given the link with their mind she would be able to feel a lot of their pain and emotions. This could lead to her own confusion which might make it harder to maintain the link or as extreme as a severe migraine, a bloody nose, or blood trickling from her ears.

THE LOOKS

HEIGHT: 5'7"

WEIGHT: 104lbs

HAIR COLOR: Brown

EYE COLOR: Brown

FACE CLAIM: Daisy Edgar-Jones

OVERALL APPEARANCE: For most of her life Hope has been described as very plain looking. She's never been described as ugly but never as truly beautiful either. Always how she has a beautiful personality or an infectious laugh. Hope is fairly tall and petite woman. Her brown hair goes just past her shoulders to match her dark brown eyes. She has a sharp and well pronounced jawline and nose with a small dimple in her chin but otherwise her features appear very soft. She's been known to add blonde or caramel highlights to her hair on occasion but not very often. Her fingers are long and slightly calloused and there's a gentle flow to her walk that often makes some people say it appears like she's floating. Though she won't often speak what's on her mind her facial expressions have been known to say volumes. Whether she's excited, angry, confused, or sad it's her expression that tends to betray her if she's not careful.

When it comes to clothing she tends to lean more towards skirts or dresses. Usually in bright or light colors like light blue, yellow, or white. Though there is still times she'll wear overalls or jeans, they just aren't her usual go to. When she's going out or painting she tends to wear her hair up just to keep it out of her face. She is often easy to miss. Hope blends in very well in a crowd. With her soft, quiet demeanor she goes unnoticed easily. Though when Hope really smiles all full of joy or laughs with abandon she's easy to pick out. Smile wide and all encompassing with wild and energetic laughter that shakes her whole being.

INSIDE

LIKES:
-Painting
-Camping
-Flowers, especially sunflowers and daisies
-Cooking and baking
-Sweets, especially icecream
-Sunbathing
-Tea and hot chocolate

DISLIKES:
-Small spaces
-Vodka
-Coffee
-Being woken up
-Being yelled at or spoken over
-Crying when she's angry
-Clowns

STRENGTHS:
Communication: This is and always has been something very important to Hope. She works hard to make sure there's no misunderstandings or things being taken out of context. Because of this Hope tries her best to listen to others and understand their point of view on things. As much as she tries to help them understand hers. She will often make sure to clarify things before letting herself get emotional about anything. Hope really does her best to remain cool and level headed through most problems. Not to say her temper can't get out of hand when she's pushed enough.

Helpful: Hope is a very caring individual with a big heart. Likely too big for her own good. She does a lot to help others. Whether that's providing a shoulder to cry on or offering to help someone move out of their house. She's always willing to be there for others without expectation of anything in return.

Desnsitized: Though she comes off as soft and dainty Hope has been through and seen enough in her life that there are few things now that phase her. She's able to laugh off most things that come her way and quick at rolling with the punches. It's also made her smart enough to not stick her nose in places it doesn't belong and not ask a lot of questions she likely wouldn't like the answer to.

WEAKNESSES:
Sensitive: Despite her best efforts to stay cool, calm, and collected Hope has a tendency to be emotional. Even if she doesn't always show it. She can become hurt and resentful or angry fairly quickly but she has a tendency to bottle it up instead of expressing it. Normally she only needs a moment to calm down but sometimes she will hold onto a feeling and let it fester inside her until it blows up.

Overly Independent: While Hope will be the first to admit there's nothing wrong in asking for help and always more than willing to offer that help to others she won't ask for it herself. She hates feeling weak and useless, doesn't like feeling like a burden, so she will often times carry loads far too heavy for one person to handle. She will always insist she can do something herself even if she's clearly struggling a lot. She'll work herself to the bone and lay on far more stress than she needs just so she doesn't have to ask for help.

Secretive: There are a lot of things that Hope never admits out loud, or will just straight up lie about. There are parts of her she won't even let her closest friends see or even a significant other. Not if she can help it. Because of this Hope has become an exceptional liar. This has also caused a lot of rocky issues in many of her relationships when it does become clear she's hiding something.

OVERALL PERSONALITY:
Hope is a deeply caring, loving, and fun person to be around. She's like a light at the end of a dark tunnel. Like a warm fire on a cold night. Hope comes off as fun loving and free spirited. She's kind and easy to get along with as Hope generally tries to avoid conflict any chance she can get. She's always willing to lend out a helping hand where she can. Whether that's someone she just met or someone she's known for ten years. She's a very good listener and likes being there for her friends to vent to. Whether it's excitement, anger, or sadness. When it does come to conflicts Hope tries her best to remain calm. She doesn't like fights or arguments and will usually try to resolve issues quickly. She works hard to keep good communication and understand others feelings and views as well as her own.

However, she does also have a tendency to bottle up her emotions. Out of her desire for things to not get out of hand she will keep her feelings to herself until they fester and grow out of control. Which can often make things blow further out of proportion than they needed to. She also has a tendency to cry when she doesn't mean to. When she's deeply sad, angry, or exceptionally happy she has will often burst into tears as much as she'd prefer not to. Still, she does her best to not get overly emotional. Hope also struggles with being stubbornly independent. She doesn't like being reliant on others, even as she preaches it's okay to ask for help. She will stack stress on herself and burn the candle at both ends until she is entirely burnt out. Hope always insists she can do things on her own because she doesn't want to burdens others with helping her.

Underneath her sweet and wholesome exterior lies something much darker in Hope. Memories she'd rather not think about. Things that she's seen or done. Her past has made her guarded and secretive. While also making her far more desensitized than she seems to be. Hope can lie through her teeth with a smile on her face. Cry on cue if it means getting out of a situation she'd rather not be in. Even some of her deepest relationships have only scratched the surface of who Hope is.

BACKGROUND

HOMETOWN: Thibadoux, Louisiana

FAMILY:
Jerimiah Smith | 55 | Father | Human | Alive
Elizabeth Smith | 50 | Adoptive Mother | Human | Alive
Kathrine Beckette | 53 | Biological Mother | Gifted | Presumed Dead
Mitchel Smith | 37 | Half Brother | Human | Alive
Paul Smith | 35 | Half Brother | Human | Alive
Brandon Smith | 33 | Half Brother | Human | Alive

PETS: A golden retriever named Handsome and a Munchkin cat named Mochi

HISTORY:
TW: Mentions of murder and child abuse

Hope is the youngest and only daughter to Jerimiah Smith. The result of a risky and heated affair he'd been having with his secretary while his wife was pregnant with their youngest son. Hope was never given the chance to know her biological mother. As a child she was told the woman abandoned her and Elizabeth was merciful enough to adopt her as her own. Though she never treated Hope as such. It was clear she resented her husbands daughter. And Jerimiah seemed uninterested in her for the most part. Hope often neglected, verbally abused by both Elizabeth and her half brothers. She would be locked in closets for punishment for breaking arbitrary rules only assigned to her. Her brothers were allowed to attack, berate, and antagonize her as much as they wanted but Hope would be punished for defending herself.

When she was seven years old Hope found out that her father worked for a hateful organization. They were called the Council. A group of humans who despised those with Gifts. Who would track, hunt down, and kill anyone that showed even the slightest signs of being Gifted. She and her brothers were trained to become Hunters like their mother and father. When Hope showed how well she shined in her tracking and sharp shooting abilities suddenly her father became much more interested in her growth. He showered her with love and affection and encouragement which only fueled Hope's need to do better. To be better.

It also fueled an early hatred for Gifted people. While not as physically strong as her brothers Hope was one of the best trackers of the Council at only ten years old. By sixteen she'd killed more Gifted than both of her eldest brothers combined. Starting a sibling rivalry with Brandon of who was better between them. Who was the fastest killer. The most efficient. However, Hope started to lose steam, motivation. Especially when she fell in love with a young man named Patrick.

Patrick was kind, he was loving. He showed her patience and joy and a happiness she'd never experienced before. Never once expecting anymore from her than to simply be who she was. They'd started out as middle school bestfriends and over the years Hope grew more and more attached to him. At twenty three they moved in together and a year after that Hope discovered the man of her dreams was Gifted. Her life shattered around her. Hope knew she should hate him. Should have killed him right then and there in their kitchen. She'd never told him about her family, about what they did. She'd never allowed him to meet them in all the years they'd known each other and been together.

All of her training fought inside her with the simple pain of how much she loved him. That night as they went to bed together she left. Leaving behind everything that was her in that apartment. Her clothes, her jewelry, the love of her life. With not even so much as a letter to explain why she simply left. Fearful if her family discovered what Patrick was that they'd kill him. That they'd make her kill him. For years she traveled in an attempt to hide from Patrick and her family. Hope changed her number, sold her car, cut out and removed the tracking device that the Council had implanted in her neck as a child. She wanted to leave that life in the dust.

She bought a van and traveled the country for a while. Living out of her van and in tents for a good portion of her life as she rethought everything that was taught to her growing up. Before she settled in los Eurosia. Opening her own art studio and renting out a new apartment for her and her pets. It had been almost a decade now since she left behind her family and Patrick.

THE PLAYER

NAME: Cat

AGE: 26

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