Melissa Talmadge
From Recreating Eden
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[edit] Basic Character Information
Character Name: Melissa Talmadge
Character Journal: capturedworlds
Power: Empathic ability to see powers/abilities/read emotions/read the past of a place or person
Location: Corvallis
Affiliated with: Nathan Petrelli
Writer: Bria
[edit] Physical Description
Melissa is about 5'5, slender. She's a runner, and used to dance, though she hasn't done so since college. She has brown eyes and long dark brown hair that she usually wears pulled back, though if you coax her to put it down, she will. She thinks it's ridiculously impractical that way, but it is one of her few vanities. Quite pretty, but in a quiet way that doesn't immediately draw attention to it.
She doesn't usually dress to show off or attract attention, prefering comfortable clothes to fashionable ones. She's most likely to be found wearing cargo pants and a tank top, with a sweater if it's cold, and she always has her camera with her, with various accessories stuffed in her pockets. Like with her hair, she can be coaxed into dressing up and she cleans up very well, but it's hard to get her to do so without proper incentive.
[edit] Personality
Melissa is very pragmatic and no nonsense. She doesn't suffer fools gladly, and can get highly impatient when she thinks people are wasting her time. She's got a sweet side, but she's buried it and is generally reserved and a little prickly until you get to know her. She has always been very intense and focused on whatever she's doing. When she has a goal, she gives everything she has to it, and the idea of someone who always gives 110% applies perfectly to her. No case of "ooh shiny" for her and she can sometimes see it as a sign of weakness, which leads to underestimating more distracted types.
She used to play as hard as she worked, and might again if you could get her to switch her focus, but a lot of things she dismisses as frivolous and needs to remember what it means to have fun.
She is headstrong and reckless, not caring nearly enough for her own safety. Making the world, or the universe, a "better" place is her number one priority and she'll give up almost anything to do so.
[edit] History
[edit] Before the Virus
Melissa graduated from NYU with a double major in photography and journalism. Due to her ability to get at the heart of a shot, the clarity she brings to her work from the way she can slip out of time/space to take the shot from angles no one else can see, she never lacked for freelance work as a photojournalist.
[edit] After the Virus
[edit] In Game Developments
- Is second in command to Nathan Petrelli, along with Matt Parkman
- Is romantically involved with Nathan Petrelli and carrying his child.
[edit] Additional Information
[edit] Random Facts
- Grew up in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia, and despite being the daughter of a lawyer and a doctor, she still holds tight to some of the superstitions of her childhood home.
- Still has her accent.
- Has an ability to see things in a way that people don't, layers over layers of reality, seeing when things don't fit, or where they should fit. She isn't sure why or how to use it and is trying to figure that out.
- Likes scarves. And mittens.
- Is vegan. Might freak out at people wearing fur.
- Has a cat.
- Sometimes likes animals more than people.
- Used to do ballet, but hasn't danced in years.
