laura swindells of sanctuary 097 (p)

age. sixteen
gender. female
rank. level 2 patient

appearance. laura is of medium height with a petite physique. she has wavy, short blonde hair, clear skin, sparkling green eyes, and a delicate figure. she typically dresses somewhat conservatively but comfortably so.
accessories and scars. laura wears golden metal gloves during roaming hours that weaken her opinokinesis. she also has a few burns on her body from practicing powers with an old friend who manipulated fire.

personality. laura has a tendency to be stubborn and has the type of temper that can flare up somewhat quickly and cool down within the next minute. she can be kind and she's always been on the athletic side, to the point where she actually liked working out and training. laura does not like very many people, seeing most of them as nuisances. she believes that people in general were clueless and that they just got in the way. however, she is polite around new people for the most part, and was sure to make some friends so she wasn't too lonely. inside, she's sort of a nervous wreck because of the weight on her shoulders she holds with her powers.
other.
- asexual
- certified jock ;)

powers.
invisibility. laura can render herself unseen by the naked eye and move through an environment without being observed. she can choose to become completely invisible to all around her, or she can let certain people see her. her body becomes a shadow for the first seconds before she goes invisible. every time she uses her invisibility a part of her body becomes weaker, and for a few minutes after returning back to a solid form, she can go blind. she can still be detected by senses that don't depend on vision such as smell, hearing, and touch.
koniokinesis. laura can manipulate dust particles to her will, as well as create them from her hands. she can use this power from a variety of sources, such as from soil, pollution, air conditioning and heat systems, plant pollen, and human and animal hair and fibers. she has practiced with this power and knows many techniques, such as matter surfing by levitating on dust, using her invisibility to mimic dust itself, induce temporary blindness with dust in an opponent's eyes, and granulation to turn objects into dust and back again.
opinokinesis. laura can manipulate her physical senses as well as that of others. she can freely enhance, reduce, or remove her senses temporarily, including her sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste, balance, pain, etc. however, trying to manipulate others' senses is much harder. she can make them feel something that isn't really there, or cause and remove sensory ailments. using this power on others can cause seizures. 
illnesses. epilepsy

past. laura was born with epilepsy to two early helpers of the first sanctuaries. as she grew up, she was forcefully brought to give her input on different buildings, her parents wanting a child's vision to help it become a welcoming environment. the first patients were being brought in when she was ten years old, and she befriended a girl with pyrokinesis. she would practice her powers on her all the time. her parents warned her to be careful around the patients, and she was as much as she could. she was home schooled so this girl at the sanctuary was one of the only friends she ever had. they would sneak around a lot to see what the scientists were up to, and late one night before her friends curfew, laura couldn't see anything and tripped into a vat of something sticky and dusty. she felt absolutely nothing, in a way as if all of her senses had been stripped from her body. a scientist found her and immediately ran tests, and found out she had powers. her parents sent her to sanctuary 097 when she was thirteen, saying it was for her own good to stay there and be away from her friend, who had died in sanctuary 038's famous power outage. laura spent a lot of time in the batting cage, releasing her anger. there, she met another girl named krysten, and they became good friends. they usually hang out in the batting cage or gym, either working out or just messing around with their powers.