Kealey Quinn (July 2009)

KEALEY QUINN

HISTORY – It’s been an interesting year for Kealey Quinn. A native of Northern Ireland, Kealey came to New York City under orders from a higher power to find a way to use her talents to help. Except…by the time she made it to the states, the registration fiasco was over. Kealey decided to stay and got herself a job with the New York Public Library System working at the Main Branch. That’s when things really got interesting.

All manner of people visit the New York Public Libraries and Kealey very quickly started meeting people, people like her. For a mutant who’d grown up in rural Ireland in a convent, running into people like herself on a daily basis was a pleasant, and welcome surprise.

Through one such meeting, Kealey met Jacen and one thing led to another as they so often do. The timing wasn’t right, though, and the two parted ways. Kealey, always the Samaritan stumbled across the wrong assassin soon after and found herself the victim of a particularly vindictive stalker. The situation came to a head and Kealey turned to the only person she could think of to help and Jacen showed up just in time for an automatic weapons assault that culminated in Kealey’s apartment being burned to a crisp.

Always the gentleman, Jacen offered her a place to stay, and once again, one thing led to another. This time, the timing was right and many adventures have ensued, both inside and outside the apartment, including an impromptu trip to Florida and a camping trip turned tense hostage situation.

Kealey has recently been accepted to Fashion School and is pursuing a degree in design. She continues to work at the library and meet people like herself, still struggling with her slightly haunting past, and about to find out something that will rock her world.

POWERS - Kealey is a pretty good example of a classic empath. She can feel the emotions of anyone in her general vicinity. This is confusing for her because not only can she sense the feelings, they influence her own. Kealey is also able to control those emotions which are already present in a person. Basically, if someone is feeling it, she can amplify it or mute it.

POSTS TO SEE:

My Favoriate Thread Arc: I can’t just pick one of these…so I wrote a little summary and put all the links in there. >.<

In Mind The Gap Kealey takes the subway late at night and stumbles on a hit man at work. Needless to say, Roland is not impressed with her interference. Luckily a truly good Samaritan comes to her rescue. From that point, he takes Kealey to the Sanctuary where she runs into a couple of friends.

Roland decides it was a mistake to let Kealey walk away in the subway and decides to tie up a loose end in Three’s A Crowd and Kealey’s apartment gets torched. Jacen comes to the rescue and finds himself with a new roomate. One thing leads to another, and the arc sails to a blinding finish in, Viewing the Wreckage.

For anyone interested in more of Kealey’s (mis)adventures, here is her thread archive.