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Steam Name: [LrG] Dalatrass Linron [Rv]
Age: 16
How long have you been Roleplaying? (can be any game): A year, more or less, hard to say, I've always enjoyed RP.
How long have you been playing Serious GMod RP?: Six months.
Character Section
Authorization(s):
-A degree in body language and Criminal Psychology from St. Andrews University.
Name: Dawn White
Age: 32 Years old.
Gender: Female
Affiliation: None
Write a detailed in-canon back-story how your character obtained these authorizations.
Dawn White, daughter of David White and Sarah Park, was born in the small Scottish town of St. Andrews in 1983. From an early age she was bright and perceptive, picking up on things easily. Throughout her childhood and early teen years Dawn was abused by her father, David White. David would also regularly assault his wife, Sarah, this lead to Sarah developing severe depression and after many years of domestic abuse, by the time Dawn was 14, Sarah killed David in his sleep, smothering him with a pillow. Sarah was arrested shortly after, she made no attempt hide what she had done. Dawn was put into care and Sarah was put on trial for murder. Sarah White pleaded guilty and was deemed insane by a crown court, it was around this time Dawn was 15 and became obsessed with the criminal mind, the way it functions, the boundaries that it oversteps to do unspeakable things and most crucially; the things the mind can let us see. Dawn had already had first hand experience with the criminal psyche; her father being abusive and her mother being clinically insane, this made Dawn strangely drawn to the subject as it seemed useful to know exactly what made people tick.
Eventually at the age of 17 in 1997 Dawn was adopted by a rather wealthy couple that had recently moved to St. Andrews, the family were very nice to Dawn and after hearing her story, and in 1998 even paid for a full degree in Body Language and Criminal Psychology at St. Andrews University; one of the best schools in the UK. She studied there on a four-year course and lived with her carers during that time seeing how they lived close-by, it was there in the university she met Professor.Hale an incredible man who became Dawn's mentor over time, he taught Dawn many things about the mindset of people and how everyone she will meet will be undergoing their own emotional conflicts and that it is shown in a variety of ways. Dawn would sometimes be tested by being sat in front of a group of professional actors and was told a key thing about the group, from there she was to find out which one of the group was in fact lying about the thing in question.
On her course Dawn learned a myriad of useful clues to give decipher a person's feelings and motives for example: a person who smiles using only mouth muscles and not a whole face action is usually faking the emotion and is not in fact happy or a guilty person may repeat part of the question in their answer, another example is the classic stance a liar will take; a sort of stiff posture with random episodes of fiddling and lack of eye contact, another good trick Dawn learnt was that liars sometimes mess up their sentences by adding or missing incorrect letters or grammar. Another useful tactic Dawn learnt from Hale was the hatred of silence liars sometimes show, constantly denying or speaking naturally by adding un-needed or irrelevant info, trying to weave out of the accusing silence. Using this degree she went onto become a Criminal Analyst in 2002, she worked as one until the Seven Hour War.
What will these authorizations give your character in regards to perks or defects?
Perks
-The ability to assess an individual's facial patterns and try to discern their thoughts or motives.
-A little more aware of the detail of a situation.
Defects
-Dawn will spend a lot of time focused on the small details and may lose track of the big picture, she may become distracted with tiny irrelevant things and lose track of the important things going on around her.
-Will not work at all for CCA units, their masked voices and helmets block almost every kind of "tell" the only way Dawn could know anything about the Unit's thought is by the Unit's sentence structure and shade of monotone.
-Will need to be tried again and again to make sure a person is in-fact hiding something.
-Has not been tried at all with Vortiguants, probably never will.
-Not always accurate fully, may require more physical approach to get answers.
What do you plan to do with these perks/defects?
I plan to use to enhance Dawn's ability to find Anti-Citizens and report them. This will not mean I walk up to somebody and instantly call CP, I will analyse the person, talk with them, walk with them, begin to uncover their motives and goals until Dawn is completely certain the suspect is committing Anti-Union activities. Dawn also intends to apply for the CCA very soon, this degree will greatly improve her ability to pick up on detainees during detainment and such.
Will anyone else need these auths? (If so, list OOC and IC name(s))
No, nobody else, it is for only one character: Dawn White.
Which server does this apply for?
City
Extra Notes (optional):
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