| Introduction
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xxxxxCautious but curious audiokinetic trying to figure out what convictions and community can look like, now. Is paying attention to everything, but only fifteen percent chance of speaking if not spoken to.
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| Description
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xxxxxEcho is 5'8" and, though she attained this height around two years ago, moves as though she is slightly surprised that she takes up space and trying not to. Her collarbone-length black hair is straight and thick, seen primarily as an obstacle to detangle or get out of her glasses (tortoiseshell acetate, but importantly, with nosepads). There is a tentative air about her expressions, but she smiles often, if not fully. While her build has softened from childhood athleticism, she retains muscle mostly in her thighs and glutes. She dresses simply, solid shirts and jeans most of the time.
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| Reputation
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xxxxxNew to Xavier's as of late February 2023, nothing much to speak of yet. Has probably loosened up the most in band.
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| History
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xxxxxEcho was born Clarissa Ziyin Lin on January 23, 2007 to Chinese immigrant parents. She had a classic sheltered middle-class life in the suburb of Eden Prairie, full of little activities (in order of longevity: piano, Chinese dance, Chinese school, even hockey) and the anxieties of growing up in a fairly white neighborhood and having a domineering and unsympathetic mother.
xxxxxPersistent tensions turned hard in middle school when academic expectations and Clarissa's desire to fit in increased. Her powers kicked in to cover up freezing during a piano recital, and at first, being a mutant seemed fun; a trick to read while "practicing", a sense of being, like in a favorite fantasy novel, someone else. She confided in six-years-younger sister Candace, who would always keep a secret for her, and then her best friend, who first floated the idea of the name "Echo", but never planned on telling her parents, until it started uncontrollably manifesting whenever she tried to prove something in an argument.
xxxxxUnfortunately, only the benign, silly uses were in her control. Home screaming matches faded, after an incident in which the volume of the replay shook the windows, into even more unnerving silence. During her freshman year of high school, the entire class started hearing their teachers' voices during tests, and Clarissa was accused of cheating and lost touch with her friends. Her parents pulled her out to online school and outsourced the problem to a private Catholic boarding school the next year, but Clarissa, despite desperately wanting to keep her head down, was even more stressed. She was quietly expelled from that school, too; her parents reached out to Xavier's after hearing that a couple well-known mutants were alumni. When it became clear that Xavier's could be a more permanent solution, her parents made it clear that though they would support her financially, they wanted her home as little as possible. Dropping the English name her parents gave her that she'd always hated anyway, she started attending Xavier's at the end of February, going by Echo.
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| Powers
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xxxxxEcho is an audiokinetic who can reproduce soundwaves (audible, 20 Hz to 20 kHz) which have reached her body; does so realistically. Can only cut out ambient noises if she was focused when she heard it. A useful memory aid, as long as she can remember that it happened (a bit of a circular problem). Passively, she has immunity to cochlear damage caused by audible soundwaves, and perfect pitch. Currently, her controlled powers are limited to reproducing things exactly as heard (in volume and direction relative to her) centered within a 10-foot radius from her, with or without the focus filter.
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| Skills
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xxxxxPiano (good, classically trained and decent at playing by ear); horn (decent for a high schooler); balance and body awareness (lots of childhood dance); skating (confident); Mandarin Chinese (conversational); baking (breadth but not depth)
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| Connections
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Friends
Foes
And everything in between
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| Trivia
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- Random facts you think are worth knowing about your character.
- And more random facts!
- And more.
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| Gallery
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| Ziyin "Echo" Lin
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| Codename
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None
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| Birthdate
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01/23/2007
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| Birthplace
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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| Species
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Mutant
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| Affiliation
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Xavier's School
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| Alignment
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None
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| Powers
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Perfect replay audiokinetic
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| Occupation
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Student
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| Registration Status
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Underage
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| Faceclaim
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None
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| RP Hooks
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| 1, 2, 3, 4 - Echo likes the music room and her powers go well with it. Can help you clean up your recordings and hear your errors. A future in conducting, if nudged.
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| I know nothing - Xavier's is a huge change for this pretty sheltered teen. More mutants, obviously; more people of color, more religions, more regional backgrounds. Would like to learn.
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| sugar, butter, flour - Likes to bake, will definitely offer you pieces of cake.
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