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Mini-Application/Introduction

Full Name: Vera Emanuele Tomasi
Age: 24
Occupation: Hair stylist at The Cutting Edge salon
Status: Single
Affiliation: None
Power: Biological Manipulation
Favorite Color: Green
Preferred Type of Toothpaste: Whatever she can easily grab as she sashays down the toothpaste aisle.
PB: Lily Allen

Family: Frank Tomasi (father, 58), Lauren Tomasi (mother, 59), Mark Tomasi (brother, 27), Tish Tomasi (sister, 19; polymaniac)

Brief History:
By the time Vera was born, the Tomasi's already had an older son who was quite a handful. Even though they hoped that their daughter would turn out a bit tamer, they were soon to find out that they were to be disappointed. From the moment she could talk, it became clear that she had a big mouth and a penchant for being blunt. A few years later their last child, and second daughter, came into the picture. The three took to raising hell where ever they could; it seemed to be trait passed on through the family. Around the time she was in her junior year of high school, Frank got caught skimming funds off of the fronts he helped run, as well as a few other offenses that weren't looked upon nicely by his peers or the law. With the Italian-American family's connections to certain members of a certain organization, it was decided it would be best for the family to relocate. Vera came home one day to find her belongings packed, and the announcement that they were moving from Chicago to Isle of Palms, South Carolina.

Keeping up with her enrollment in private Catholic academies, she completed her high school years at an all-girls school on the main land. School was school, she managed to get by, but by now there was something else that fueled the middle Tomasi. During her freshman year of high school, she was introduced to the lovely little drug cocaine. She turned to smoking and snorting anything she could get her hands on. It really wasn't that hard, seeing as her older brother had many of the same vices, and before long she was passing her tricks of the trade to her younger sister. Even though she was more often than not found skeed up, she managed to get her degree in cosmetology at the local community college. A salon in Mount Pleasant, The Cutting Edge, hired her, not really caring about her nasty little habit.

Things were fair and well from then on it seemed. With Daddy's money she didn't have to worry about rent or the likes, and her own paycheck was usually spent on coke. That was until a night late last November... She'd just gotten off of work, had done a few lines, and was feeling rather good. It was just her luck that she got a nosebleed as she was getting onto the bridge back to the Isle. While she should have been paying attention to the Mini-Cooper in front of her, she was much more concerned with stanching the blood flow. While searching for a tissue, she rammed into the back of the car in front of her, forcing it into the median. The other driver was injured pretty badly, and required surgery, as well as a nice stay in the ICU; Vera walked away without a scratch.

She was arrested, and were it not for her father's lawyer - Hawthorne Lordes - she might not have gotten off so easily. She'd been charged with reckless endangerment, DWI and possession of narcotics. The threat of jail time loomed ahead, but her lawyer worked his magic. A stint in rehab, two years of probation and court-ordered NRA meetings was what she faced. Even though she wasn't happy about it, she couldn't help but be relieved that she wasn't going to be going to jail. Since getting out of rehab she's stayed clean, completely avoiding temptation.

Or at least she was until her younger sister - who had 'disappeared' in early 2008 - showed up on her doorstep one day. Not wanting to toss her out on her ear, or worse, send her to live back with their parents, she let Tish move in with her. It wasn't that much different - their interaction - besides the fact that she was know the 'responsible' one. She's dropped a few hints here and there that Tish possibly should get clean, but in the end knows that her sister is just as stubborn as she is. Besides she was one of the ones to get her into the lifestyle she had, who was she to suddenly turn heel and pull a maternal 180? Somewhere along the lines of all of this fun, she realized she had to ability to manipulate organic matter, including her own body. It became quite apparent that something was up when she woke up with pink hair one day, after having an extremely weird dream revolving around a bad dye job. She's not really sure what that's all about, but if nothing else it's interesting.

Brief Description of Power Capabilities:
Biological manipulation is the ability to change and command the structure of any organic matter. At the moment, Vera doesn't realize what she's capable of, but has the potential to both heal and harm others. From healing a paper cut, to stopping and reversing a heart attack or even the blood running through someone's circulatory system... there's quite a bit she hasn't figured out yet. She'd not used her powers for anything other than changing her hair colour, or getting rid of a pesky zit, but has wondered just what she can do.