'L'acoustique est absolument phénoménale ici'
C'était la chose principale à laquelle Brett Faulkner avait pensé avant que les choses ne deviennent sombres. Elle avait été, comme elle l'a fait si souvent, assise dans un théâtre vide, en train de jouer du bec à la main, et les yeux prenant dans l'environnement. Bien que dans ce cas, ses yeux se concentraient sur une femme bien habillée dans la scène centrale, aboyant les ordres sur scène et mettant les designers comme un contremaître sur un chantier aboyant les ordres sur les ouvriers. Cette femme était Eliza Faulkner, star de la scène et un jour de l'écran, même si certains savent qu'elle était connue sous le nom de 'The Furie', puis The Fury en raison de son caractère; mais pour Brett, elle était mère. Brett avait accompagné Eliza à diverses répétitions et préparatifs, et celui-ci n'était pas différent. Comment Brett pourrait-il se sentir à l'aise avec les théâtres, la scène, les lumières clignotantes?
C'est ces clignotants qui l'ont fait. Plus brillant que clignotant, alors que Brett regardait autour de lui, harmonisant les cris de la mère perfectionniste, ses yeux croisaient des chemins avec une lumière lumineuse au-dessus. Trop brillant. Le flash était la dernière chose qu'il s'est souvenu de voir avant que tout ne s'assombrisse.
Il faisait encore nuit, mais c'était probablement parce que ses yeux étaient fermés. Mais pas ses oreilles, non, pas celles-là, comme elle entendait des conversations. Elle s'ouvrit lentement les yeux sur une scène floue. Ce n'était pas le théâtre de New York. C'était beaucoup moins élégant. Beaucoup de... pire. Comme c'était piéton, où que ce soit. La première chose que Brett a fait était de brosser les brins de cheveux blond platine de son visage; et ses cheveux étaient non kempt, comme si les choses ne pouvaient pas empirer. Au moins sa tenue était en tact, d'après ce que les mains pouvaient dire. Toujours les mêmes talons noirs, la même jupe design qui coûtait des chiffres à trois chiffres haut de gamme, et sa blouse était encore assez intacte.
En fait, si ce n'était pas pour les cheveux, Brett supposerait que rien ne s'était terriblement mal passé, qu'elle s'était simplement endormie. Mais ce sont les voix, les voix qui l'ont alertée du fait qu'elle n'était pas seule, qu'elle était entourée par d'autres dans une situation similaire de confusion et de désarroi général.
Le problème maintenant était ce que ces voix disaient. Qu'est-ce que c'était ces horribles... puns? On pourrait les appeler des jeux de mots? Elle a écouté, secouant la tête avec chaque nouvel ajout au mélange jusqu'à ce que son point de rupture ait été atteint et une horrible réalisation l'a frappée. Une prise de conscience qu'elle devait s'exclamer en criant.
"Oh mon Dieu, je suis choquée par les voleurs."
Ça n'expliquait pas ce qui s'était passé, mais ça l'a fait se sentir mieux. C'est ce qui comptait le plus.
Real Name: Brett Faulkner
Superhero Alias: Prima Donna
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Appearance: Ah, Brett, always on the cutting edge of each new trend, every school has that person who fancies themselves a bit of a runway model, always wearing designer clothing and generally wanting to capture the attention of a room. Brett, even when wearing casual clothing, does so to make a fashion statement above anything else. At just under six feet, Brett is tall and with a slender build; her hair is a striking platinum blonde that, in certain light, almost appears to be white in color. Her eyes, a deep green, are expressive, befitting one with a penchant for the theatrical.
Power Set: Sonokinesis
-Brett can, using her own voice, create and manipulate sound waves via the medium of song. She cannot manipulate sound from any other source other than her own voice and as of yet she has not found a way to tap into her power by any other method than song. At present, her sonokinetic abilities allow her to 'sing' out physical bolts and blasts of sound that sharply effect the eardrums; these manifest in the shape of circular rings that expand or contract depending on the note being sung. She can let loose a continued stream of sound in a sort of razor-sound wind that lasts for as long as she can hold a note; the sound waves used in this attack appear to be sharp, razor-like vibration blades and have the same feeling when they connect. Further abilities are yet unknown, but sonokinesis is a very flexible thing.
-Brett can also project her voice, as in she can be in one room and be heard in a room down the hall as if she were standing in it. Her range, at present, is limited to having to be on the same floor or level of whatever room she is standing on. This doesn't mean that she can attack when projecting her voice.
-Brett has been learning to replicate voices, but as of present the most she can do is foreign accents and various celebrity impersonations. But they do sound good and are a good conversation piece.
Other Skills: Brett is a wonderful cook, or at least that's what she has been told by those she has cooked a meal for; but seeing as she wanted, or perhaps still wants, to own a fine dining restaurant perhaps it's not just simple complimentary phrases. While not especially good at more...hands on techniques, such as martial arts or melee combat, Brett is positively gifted in the art of social interaction and quick thinking since improvisation is a crucial part of any interaction with humans.
And this is less a skill and more a...quirk, but Brett can name every winner of the 'Best Musical' Tony Award and can do so by year. It's wonderful at parties with high class citizens.
Weaknesses: As her power requires her own voice, she cannot use outside sources of sound and any obstacle that impairs her vocal ability, be it a sore throat or even duct tape over her mouth, will render her quite harmless, or at least far, far less effective. Brett is, to put it as nicely as possible, a bit of a diva and will thus be less likely to want to do anything too...difficult and even when she does decide to 'help out' she desires nothing more than to be the center of attention, for better or for worse, and that has and can bite her in the ass. Of course, there's an emotional weakness of a fear of loneliness and unacceptance, but that's something she buries deep down.
Personality: There's a reason why Brett's alias is 'Prima Donna' and it isn't just because of her fondness and appreciation for operas and live musical theater; it's because she's quite taken with herself and her ego and constantly parades around as if she is the queen of the castle. Sure, she's sociable, but more often than not the people she interacts with would just as rather cut her out of a conversation completely or else not bother speaking with her in the first place. Not even Brett knows if she has friends, she's never really had to question it and she's far too socially conscious to ask that out loud.
In Brett's mind, all the world's a stage and she is the lead role, whether others know this or not. As such, other people are but characters in her mind, and she's certainly not above using socially approved tactics such as persuasion, flirtation, or little white lies to get ahead. Sound is not the only thing she can manipulate.
Backstory: Brett grew up without a father, he didn't run out or leave her mother pregnant at the altar or anything, he passed away in childbirth. In that he was in a fatal accident when he was driving to the hospital to be there for the birth. The accident was a side effect of two supers having it out in public, an innocent bystander just in the wrong place at the wrong time. If Brett holds that against powereds, she hasn't said so. Her mother was not always there in the developmental years as she was on tour with various Broadway performances. Always the lead role, her mother, and it wasn't until her pre-teen years when Brett learned that her mother's power was in manipulating others with her voice; she was able to make them feel things about her, hypnotize them, provided they weren't super as well.
Brett wondered if she took after her mother. Having been involved in singing from a young age, starting with church choir and moving on to school choirs and auditions, Brett worried that she was manipulating others - this was, of course, before she found much less sinister ways of doing so. But she found out that her power was a bit more...destructive than that when, in the middle of a choir recital, she accidentally caused the stage lights to shatter when she hit her high note.
When her powers came through her mother was so pleased. They would take over the entertainment world as a mother-daughter duo. The Sound and The Fury! While Brett was also excited at the prospect, she did start to wonder what intentions, if any, her mother had. As such, she fought hard to put those motherly plans on hold in order for her to properly learn to use her ability at Herculean Academy. Mother agreed, but was disappointed at first, and Brett still thinks her mother was at some point trying to use her manipulation thing on her.
Still, Brett does think sharing the stage with her mother could be a good path, but not necessarily the one she truly wants. And isn't that one reason for schooling? To figure out what one wants to do? It is for Brett. Among other, personal, less scrupulous reasons.
Other: Her 'Unofficial Theme Song'
Brett tends to only listen to Broadawy numbers
Her superhero name started because of an insult she thought was a compliment.