- Aug 6, 2014
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Allan Richard Manuel + + +
- Nickname: A.R.
Age:212223 (2016)
Birthday: June 22
Gender: Male
Preference: Biromantic/Asexual
Species: Human (Psychic)
Category: Student
Class: College
Degree: Undergraduate : Bachelor of Arts
Major: Fine Arts
Year Level: 3rd Year
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Appearance + + +
- Allan has the looks of a typical South-East Asian with a mix of some Hispanic ancestry. His complexion is a little tan and somewhat dry-looking, he stands at about 5'11. His build is a bit lanky but since he had played some sports during his teens, his body does have some muscle mass. His bright brown eyes are dulled down from lack of sleep, dark rings under it, sometimes making his normally gentle expression seem just outright exhausted. On his head rests his messy, short, dark hair which he tries to keep down by combing it with his hands often.
For people who have a particular appreciation for the Hispanic-Asian look, Allan could be considered attractive or charming if one looks beyond his tired out appearance. (Unless someone finds that look attractive as well.) He smiles quite often, a rather sweet and almost innocent smile. The kind of smile who's never seen anything bad happen.
He doesn't like wearing too much but he is not very used to the cool weather so he sometimes needs an extra layer during the colder nights in the island. Often enough, he wears a shirt with a sweater vest on top of it, plain jeans and sneakers. During school days, you can see him with his backpack slung over his shoulder with a small teddy bear key chain hanging on its side and his sketchpad on the other hand.
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Personality + + +
- Allan is considered to by shy and almost timid. He is very careful with his words and often opts to speak with an inside voice. While he's normally cheerful around people, he tends to shy away in huge crowds, backing out further to the outer rim of the large group. He doesn't seem to be quite happy with making friends as it gives him bad vibes — sometimes fearing the separation if time comes that they will visit in his dreams soon after.
He's a bit of a nervous wreck — while he doesn't get startled so easily, his reactions are rather worrisome. While Allan seems to have things together, he almost always worries about the little things and may just be prone to panic. He's a very sensitive person. Traumatized by his own visions, there are a number of things that can trigger bad memories and send him into a panic attack. While he is capable of recovering on his own, it would always take a while for him to get himself together.
Another side of him is that his dreams are both his prison and his kingdom. On the nights he doesn't have a premonition, he enjoys lucid dreaming. Faced with the fact he can't control reality, he takes the chance to manipulate everything to his will in dreams. But as far as it goes, his little God complex is only caged there.
Allan is a simple kind of guy. He appreciates a lot of things, from the aesthetic to the conceptual. He doesn't particularly like to make art despite the major that he chose but he is very comfortable with it. At least until his painting goes dark and abstract. Allan is the kind of guy who enjoys good quality food (in other words, fine dining) and a good round of sports, though he would often choose basketball over other sports. He enjoys peace, especially when he is surrounded by nature, which is why his favorite place in the whole school is around the garden.
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Powers + + +
- Premonitory Dreams — Allan is a clairvoyant and is capable of premonition through his dreams. His dreams are often channeled to his art and while they often come out to be a little abstract or otherwise symbolic, an interpreter can be able to decode it and prove its accuracy. Half of his paintings were made during a trance in the middle of the night. So far, his predictions have always been premonitions for the bad things that will happen.
Discovered when he was 8, he only gains a full understanding of his ability when he was 17. It's possible for him to be able to put himself in some sort of trance and induce the dreams on his own will but so far he is still learning that. He is also learning how to lucid dream so he can actually get some sleep. From all the time he's had his abilities, his predictions seem to be limited to negativity.
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Biography + + +
- Allan was born into a normal, modern-day family in the northern part of the Philippines. He had mostly grown up in Manila with his parents and his grandmother and lived a fairly normal life, even after the discovery of his ability. His power was kept in hush whispers among family and only his close friends. Allan grew up a normal kid in a normal neighborhood. He was smart, talented and well-liked by people he would meet but he was also subjected to bullying during his elementary days due to his shyness and being soft-spoken. There was nothing special about his childhood that would make him stand out among other students of Starlight.
When he was 8, his parents awoke in the middle of the night to find him painting on his wall, seemingly in a daze. His grandmother, a known dream weaver from their ancestral group during her time, decoded this painting to be a prediction for a bad storm and it was later proved to be true. Because his grandmother believed it to be the same ability as herself (prediction of bad weather, good harvest, epidemic outbreak or any other large-scale events), his ability was not addressed properly.
He was 17, he had predicted deaths among teachers in his school and this was only the start of things. As time passed, his dreams would start appearing to him clearer and would deprive him of sleep because of their dark nature. While he kept this a secret for a while, it was only a matter of time until he had enough and approached his friends and later his parents. But after that was only more years of nightmares and sleepless nights to follow. While it did take a number of long talks, his parents agreed to send him off to Starlight Academy when they received a note for Allan.
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Additional Information + + +
- His actual nickname from friends and family is "A.R." but he prefers to be called "Allan" as it sounds too homey for him to be called the former.
- While Allan normally speaks English with a neutral accent, he accidentally slips to his native accent when he's really nervous.
- His parents died in an accident they were involved in. It was actually his grandmother who sent him to the academy when he recovered; the trauma has caused him to forget the incident and he still thinks they're still contacting him.
