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Bio
BASICS
nameThomasin Hendricks
alias
Tom to friends, Tommy to no one ever
division
Research
occupation
Forensic Scientist & Toxicologist
age & dob
40, May 27, Gemini
pronouns
she/we
family
Parents, Walter and Jennifer Hendricks, retired
Brother, Jacob Hendricks, pharmacist
Ex-husband, Marcus
Ex-step-daughter, Hannah, 11
Aunt, Melissa Crawford
Cousin, Cole Crawford *
CONCEPT
You want something done right, do it yourself ... and yourself ... and yourselfPOWERS
Self-replicationThomasin can create up to four concurrent replications of herself.
- Replications are independent but psychically linked. There is not a distinction between 'original' and 'copies' -- they are all Thomasin.
- She can split into four or fewer versions, but she usually tops out at three; four can get exhausting. She needs to sleep and eat more than a normal person to make up for the extra strain her bodies take on.
- If one version of herself is injured, that injury carries through but diminishes when she recombines -- a gash gets less deep, etc. She does not know what will happen if one version of herself dies.
- She's practicing to split off a fifth version, but isn't there yet.
- Sometimes her different versions split apart in wildly different moods and mindsets, like they're fractured and not quite whole versions of herself.
- Her clothes replicate with her, as do items she is touching if they're of a small enough mass; if anything is damaged, the damage carries through upon recombination.
- The farthest apart she has been able to get from herself is somewhere around half a mile. If she pushes further than that, she gets debilitating migraines.
- She calls her splits 'Echoes'.
PERSONALITY
- Hyper-Focused
- Cynical
- Protective (arguably over-protective)
- Argumentative
- Practical
- Distrusting
- Skeptical
- Analytical
- Blunt
APPEARANCE
Thomasin stands about 5'4". She keeps her brown hair (tinged with outdated blonde) at shoulder length. When she feels like it, she'll style it with mild curls, but it just as often hangs neglected around her.She's known for her smile, but a scowl or furrowed brow is far more frequent.
HISTORY
Thomasin was the oldest child in a family that expected their children to succeed. The Hendricks parents were serious, accomplished, and never frivolous. ("You don't want to wind up like your aunt" was a common refrain growing up, and Thomasin learned from an early age that stability was real while happiness was fleeting.)She had big sister energy from the get go, making long lists of rules for tea parties and keeping her sibling and cousins in line when anyone got too rowdy. Of course she was on Student Council. Of course she kept her 4.0.
Young Thomasin thought she wanted to be a lawyer, but sometime late in high school she changed her mind. Her parents were surprised but not quite disappointed by the shift to forensic sciences; there would always be jobs in that field, and the pay and prestige were respectable enough. (It didn't have quite the same ring as Our Daughter the Lawyer, but it could make for fascinating anecdotes at dinner parties.)
Somewhere in her undergrad years, Thomasin got really active politically; rifts were new and scary things, and Thomasin had a lot of thoughts on the matter. As people began developing Liminal powers, she became an outspoke advocate for Liminal rights -- especially once her own cousin developed them. It was not always a popular stance, but Thomasin was never one to back down from a fight.
She wound up staying in Seattle after college and started her life in the crime lab. She assisted in various aspects of the forensic sciences before settling on toxicology, which she further studied in grad school. (She also found herself drawn to cases that involved Liminal individuals, fascinated by the ways their biologies might impact traditional scientific analysis but determined not to let any pre-conceived beliefs about them cloud her or anyone else's judgement.) Post graduate school, she was also called at times to testify in civil and criminal trials; she was direct, blunt, and among the least socially-awkward people in the lab.
It was in grad school that she met Marcus; he was not who she thought she was looking for, but she fell for him anyway, and hard. In the process, she became a step-mother -- something else she never envisioned for herself. It took a little while, but she eventually really bonded with Hannah.
Even for the Liminal advocacy of her younger years, developing her own powers in her mid-30s was Not Part Of The Plan. At first it made her miserable; she couldn't help but be curious and experiment, but she did not want this life for herself. It strained and eventually ended her marriage. (And truth be told, she misses Hannah more than she misses Marcus.)
Thomasin does not trust IRIS. She does not like the lack of Liminal leadership and disagrees with mandatory registration. Still, working at a real, funded Liminal lab offered her the chance to study herself and her new role in the world, and her divorce left her wanting to Start Over. Her cousin was already at Enodia, and it was as good as anywhere else.
(When he disappeared, it was a mystery -- or maybe even a crime -- she could not solve. It was not a good time.)
The blip was bad for Thomasin, who was split four ways and separated for far too long; she left Enodia and never planned to return. Except now her missing cousin is back, and she still needs answers.
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WRITING: I'm usually a gdocs girl but I can be flexible
BACKTAGGING: Sure
THREADHOPPING: No problem
PRIVATE FILTERS: All good but when you can, please also separately interact with me -- I'm happy to share but it's a bummer not to be able to interact on my own post too
SENSITIVE TOPICS: My biggest personal trigger is cars as weapons and/or sudden/'random' acts of mass violence. Sexual assault. Not interested in playing the various isms (sexism, racism, homophobia, etc.) I know my shit and I'll step away when I need to.
SMUT: Fade to black :)
CONFLICT: Honestly she's here for it.
VIOLENCE: She's not so here for this one, though. (hmu so we can chat it out!)
BADMOUTHING: If she can dish it out, she'll have to take it.