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BASICS

name
Niamh Fiona Nott (sometimes Emmerich, when needed)

alias
The Fantastic Flyin' Fiona (she did not pick this on her own, don't judge her)

division
Medical

occupation
Physio/Sports massage therapist

age & dob
35, Dec 25, Capricorn

pronouns
she/her

family
Berne Emmerich - Husband, definitely not originally for visa reasons
Cara Nott (Mother)
Callum Nott (Father)
Aidan Nott (Brother)
Eoin Nott (Brother)

CONCEPT

Trading trapeze for sprained ankles: less exciting, but way better benefits.

POWERS

memory wiping
Can effectively wipe any event from a person's memory. This is non-reversible, as far as she can tell, and only applies to actual memories, not facts people remember (like remembering your home address). To wipe these memories she does witness them, but depending on her focus it can be fairly indistinct or incredibly clear. Her required level of focus somewhat depends on the other person's focus - the less they engage with or actively remember the memory, generally the more Niamh needs to. The bare minimum someone needs to do to help her out, though, is to essentially help her 'find' the memory by bringing it up in their minds.

memory enhancement
Can bring any memory into starker clarity, as though a person is experiencing it for the first time. This can be done repeatedly for the same memory, if someone wanted, though, similar to the forgetting power, Niamh will have at worst a vague idea of the memory and, at best, just a clear a picture as the person whose memory it is. She cannot enhance a memory past what the person has observed, but it can help people pick out details that they didn't focus on (like particular colors or sounds). This is a much more active process because she is enhancing the memory, so the other person will generally feel like they are reliving the memory in the moment, with potentially more focused clarity on different aspects.

memory viewing
It's probably no surprise that Niamh can also view others' memories without altering them in any way. The other person may or may not engage with the memory as she does this; she has the ability to block them out from her observation, but generally she does not do this so that the other person is aware of what she is seeing. This ability sort of works with animals, but the memories are much fuzzier and harder to hold onto, and sometimes the effort gives Niamh a migraine. Similarly, she can project some of her memories into others' minds, but it is equally difficult, equally fuzzy, and equally as likely to give her a migraine.


All of Niamh's powers require physical contact to work and, while they don't require consent, it is incredibly difficult for her to sift through others' memories without their cooperation. She is incredibly averse to doing anything without agreement from the other person, though, since doing so is a huge invasion of privacy.

PERSONALITY

Everything about Niamh suggests calm - she carries herself with a controlled grace, her voice is soft and a little sing-songy, and she never looks agitated or bothered. This is generally fairly true of her; a child of the road, of having to take care of problems as they came, often without help, she's come to be relatively unfazed by most things in life. She also gives off the energy of someone who is very put together and very mature, even if she isn't always. She's the friend you turn to when a restaurant fucks up your order and you're too scared to tell the waiter. She's the person who will take control of a group trip anywhere, if no one else is stepping up to the task. A dedicated friend, she's happy to go to a surprising amount of trouble for you if you ask nicely.

Niamh loves to indulge, be it in food, drink, laughter. Life is too short to second guess yourself or stop yourself from having fun, and so she does her best to do things that make her happy, and encourages others to do the same. She is confident but not full of herself, a hard worker but not one to work herself into the ground, and is honest about her opinions and is happy to tell people what she thinks they're doing wrong but remains sympathetic to their struggles. She would probably make a great counselor, if she went to school for that. But alas, here she is, only able to give you unsanctioned stitches and help you rehabilitate your fucked up ankle.

Being that she grew up on the move and without much privacy, Niamh has next to no shame, especially in regards to her body, and generally has a fluid understanding of ownership. She shares objects and experiences widely, but only the ones that are her own to share. She understands that most people have firmer feelings on these things, and that's just fine by her, but if she's close with you she may occasionally forget to ask permission to borrow things and simply inform you she needs them. To her credit, she's generous with all she has, especially with affection.

Niamh tries her hardest not to gossip, but everyone has their vices, and she suffers from a love of talking a bit of gentle shit. This is mostly reserved to speaking with those closest to her, and is rarely in a group context, but like... did you see the huge fight that Rebecca and Silvia had last week? Yikes. In this vein she does her best to respect others' privacy with things they seem to want to keep to themselves, and she would never share any memories she witnessed with anyone else. That is definitely a step too far.

There's a moderate distrust of formal authority in her, leaving her in a slightly strange place when it comes to working for the government. That's part of the reason she views her job here as just a job, but she does recognize the helpfulness of IRIS and does not outright fight against authority. She just is always on the lookout for things to go south.

APPEARANCE

5'4" with the energy of someone much taller. Light blue eyes and dark brown hair which she prefers to wear down and somewhat straightened, though sometimes life necessitates a bun or a ponytail. She wears simple make-up outside of her preferred bold lip, generally only wears very delicate jewelry, and dresses rather nice, though it's almost all second hand or handmade clothing. She's got an image to project! Niamh has a gentle Irish accent thanks to both her father, mother, and portions of the circus sporting them, especially since they were the primary socialization she had growing up. She's also practiced at pulling out a Southern accent when it suits her, but it isn't her natural manner of speech.

HISTORY

When Callum Nott moved to the United States with his family as a child, he was none too pleased with his new lot in life. Georgia was hot and nothing like home, as far as he saw it, and he was already a problem child back in Ireland, so it's no surprise that this life change only amplified that. At 16 he ran away from home, sneaking into the caravan of a small circus that was moving through town. And that's where he met Cara Hayes, teenaged contortionist and distant relation of one of the originators of the circus, beautiful and Irish as well, though a few generations into being American. He fell in love immediately, but she did not. Still, it only took him a few years of him being besotted but not pushy for her feelings to change. They got married. They had children.

Niamh was a happy, curious, unafraid child that almost never cried and was just as content to be held by strangers as she was by her parents. From a young age she learned all sorts of skills because there were so many people to learn from, and so many things to learn - the entire circus was her family, and were happy to indulge in teaching her anything she asked about. At a rather young age her powers slowly filled in, something that was an open secret. They never registered her. Why would they?

As Niamh grew older she started to value practicality, which only added to her desire to add to her skillset, so she made sure to focus on schooling in between flying through the air and helping keep the circus running. She got her GED. She took night classes to become a physiotherapist, knowing it would be helpful for the other performers, and gave her a fallback if she did ever decide that she was done with her nomadic life. Although, honestly, she couldn't imagine that - she loved what she did and loved being with her family.

She met Berne, and if you ask her she'll tell you it was (platonic) love at first sight. Not only did he listen to her, but he was sweet and easy to work with. It was reassuring to have someone his size to deal with disputes, too, because as much as she wanted to pretend like she could always handle them, a girl her size wasn't always striking fear into the hearts of anyone. It was a no-brainer, then, to marry him when he needed a way to stay in the US. He was at home with her and her family, and anyway, they worked well together. Even if they had no romantic interest in each other at all. To keep things all neat and tidy she registered herself with IRIS when Berne did - how wild that they both got their powers around the same time!

They would have continued on like this forever, probably, if it weren't for a pesky, violent storm arriving and royally fucking up their circus when they passed a little too close to a Riftland. Niamh remains infinitely grateful that her immediate family made it out alive (though her father and her eldest brother were rather seriously injured), but the loss of others who were essentially extended family hurt. With her father and brother too injured to rekindle the circus after it had dispersed, and wanting to have a more stable job to hopefully help provide for them, Niamh and Berne found Enodia as good a plan as any other. It had health insurance and good pay. And after the horrible upheaval of the life she'd always known, a bit of stability sounded nice.

NOTES

🎟 Can sew and makes a lot of her (and Berne's) clothes
🎟 Can also kind of do a little bit of everything - small repairs, balance books, treat minor to moderate wounds. This comes from a practical place, and more complex things she leaves to experts if they're available.
🎟 Used to read tarot sometimes and is pretty good at it. Did occasionally use her powers to achieve this.

OOC

//RIN (She/her)// . //CENTRAL TZ// . //PB: KATIE MCGRATH// . //CONTACT: DROPBOX//

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