Maria Coleman

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Character Basics

.:Name of Character:. Maria Bethany Coleman
.:Species:. Mutant
.:Alias:. Rose Trillium
.:Year Born/Timeline:. First Class Timeline
.:Affiliation:. Undecided

Appearance

.:Physical Appearance:.
Maria has an average built body though, perhaps, a bit more on the slender and short side. She isn't particular muscular or very strong, physically at least, but can usually manage or find ways to lift what can be considered heavy things if necessary. Her eyes are between a light and medium shade of brown depending on the lighting rather inside a building or home, or if she's outside in the sun or if it's nighttime. Her hair is a bit similar to her eye color but a bit darker more a certain medium shade than anything. She tends either wear her down or up in some way rather it's a plain ponytail or a messy bun. She may wear light makeup but doesn't by any means go overboard with any of it. She does dress modestly, though, some of her clothing is a bit baggy particular shirts. She often wears jeans but on occasion may wear skirts or dresses.
.:Height:. 5'3''
.:Portrayed by:. Crystal Reed

Personality

.:Personality:.
Maria usually tries to be an optimistic person, though, there are times where she can be quite the opposite. Despite some prejudices she has noticed among people in general, particular toward mutants, it hasn't made her overly bitter. If anything the ordeal has made her more sympathetic even if she herself hasn't personally gone through the distastes of others since most people don't even know she has a secret talent as she likes to call it. But the few instances she has dealt with this has made her quite understanding of the subject. This, perhaps, has influenced her to at times have strong opinions and disagree with others, but she tends to keep her opinions to herself. This is more true if she thinks it'll cause any discord rather she's with friends or strangers.



She does generally try to be a kind and polite person something her mother raised her to be. And she is certainly a rather outgoing young lady and more likely to begin talking to others rather it's a simple inquire on the weather or just an introduction. Even with this as with every person she does have a not so kind side to her as well. It can take a lot to irritate her but if she is she does have her small ways to let that be known. And if something rubs against her the wrong way she can have a slight temper, though, she does try to keep her cool for the most part. She certainly would never want to hurt someone, physically or verbally, on purpose by any means, but that doesn't mean she may not says words she may regret later.
.:Powers/Abilities:.
Plant Control: Ability to manipulate and control plants. Currently, she only has about a fifteen foot radius of control of plants that are around her, though, with training she may be able to expand this. She is able to make plants grow in length and size. They will return to their orginal state if she steps to far from them or if she simply manipulates them to do so. If a plant is dead or too dehyrdated she can do very little and often, if dead at least, nothing at all with them. This does include dormant plants in the winter and plants without roots, such as those in bouquet for gifts, she can do nothing with them. She also can do very little with trees as they are very large and not as mobile and bendable as say flowers or vines.

History

.:Birthplace:. Macon, Georgia
.:Family:. Mother: Laura Coleman, Father: Christopher Coleman, Brother: Aaron Coleman
.:Occupation:. Florist
.:Current Location of Residence:. New York
.:History:.
Maria was born and raised, for most of her young childhood, in a fairly large city right in the middle of Georgia. She was a young child until the age of ten when her mother gave birth to a baby boy they named Aaron. Her mother took the traditional role of a housewife and stayed at home with her children and the family would be consider normal from the outside at least. Maria's father was a businessman and it was not uncommon for him to work long hours at the office. Though, he did make sure to take at least one weekend of the month where he could fully spend time with his family and at least two weeks in the summer for a vacation of sorts. They normally remained in their home state for these vacations but every now and then Maria's father would save up enough money to travel to other locations as well. Even staying with family on such occasions.

The family lived on the outskirts of the large city in a nice suburb and had a fairly decent sized backyard where her mother had planted a few flowers. It was in the backyard at a young age, before her brother's birth, that Maria discovered that she had a gift of sorts she was able to make the flowers grow a bit larger, though, she was quick to realize when she was to far away from them they regenerated back to their original state. Her mother would always tell her she had an over active imagination. At some point after this discovery the young girl pleaded with her mother to simply watch what she could do. Even with her mother seeing with her own eyes her ability she refused to believe her daughter could do such a thing and often scolded her and telling her to grow up. This was mostly out of a fear of the unknown and something she perceived as being impossible and to some extent frighten her. Her mother also told her to not tell her father about this matter much to the girl's chagrin she did as she was told.

As Maria became a teenager she often stayed away from home preferring to spend time with her friends rather than her mother and younger brother. She would also sneak out at night, not particular far sometimes just the backyard or a nearby park, and experiment with this ability she had. She had grown quite an interest in plants because of this and read up quite a bit on them from books she borrowed from the library, though she would read more than just about plants often fiction as well since reading is something she enjoys very much, even visiting a couple greenhouses on the weekends, well the weekends her father was busy. She tended to keep her secret talent a secret from post people she had learned early on that her friends simply would not tolerate her talent. The first and only friend she had told wanted nothing more to do with her essentially labeling her as a 'freak' because of what she could do.

Once she graduated high school she decided to attend college more with her father pressuring her than anything. He, naturally, wanted her to study business despite the fact she had no interest in it. She chose a college in New York having fond memories of a vacation she had with her family to New York City being one reason as well as being far from her family and hopefully able to somewhat choose what she did. She chose a smaller city than the Macon, but also one that was a reasonable drive the best known city in New York as she was use to having a large variety of stores and such and did not want to quite let that go. Her father gave her enough money to live in a fairly small apartment until she found a job but also wanted her to focus more on school than anything. She did often write to her younger brother ever so often as he was the one person she'd miss more than any other. The same went with a couple of her friends. 

After only two short years of college she decided to quit not finding it something she really enjoyed and she had found a part time job in the meantime. It was working as a florist that also had a greenhouse so she was able to easily work with something she enjoyed and with her secret talent as well. It was not long after this decision to quit that she began to hear news about mutants something that came to be a great surprise to herself. She hadn't been sure if there were others with abilities or talents like herself. Though, for the time being she is uncertain if she wants to seek them out or not. In a way she is still simply accepting the news allowing it to be absorb and simply needs time.

Sample Post

Maria hadn't really checked that morning to see what kind of weather to expect, but judging from the cloudy dark sky and the light breeze starting to form it was no doubt about to rain. A slight sigh escaped her lips as her hands played with her the strap of her purse on her shoulder not entirely wanting to get drenched. She had hoped for a nice day out but it was clear she'd either have to get soak taking a nice walk or head somewhere. Perhaps it would be a quick storm that seemed more appealing than anything to her at the moment. She tended to enjoy sunshine more than anything when it was cloudy, or gloomy she just wasn't as perky as she normally would be.

It always interested her how lively everything could become in the sunshine, well, as long as it wasn't too hot. Which living where she did was nothing like her hometown. It was a nice break to be in a cooler climate but at times it could feel too cold. One reason she tended to wear long pants or jeans. Today she had chosen to wear jeans and boots along with a comfy short sleeved purple shirt. She was more for comfort than anything her hair was also tossed almost carelessly into a bun on her head. It was her day off, after all, she could afford to relax even if she was simply walking around the city.

Her bright eyes scanned the surrounding buildings judging her choices. There was a cafe close it may be a good choice she'd keep it in mind. Her eyes scanned the others mostly small stores selling various things. Clothing, jewelry, and a few other stores that just didn't catch her attention at the moment. Though, it seemed her time was up feeling a few drops of rain her eyes focused on the cafe making her way through the street passing only a couple people as she rushed to the doors.  The moment she stepped into the warmed up cafe rain started pouring. A small smirk played on her lips seemed she had good timing for that one. 

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