About Sedna: Inuit Goddess of the Ocean and the Queen of Adlivun (the Inuit underworld), so she's a two-fer! There are many variations of how Sedna came to be both, but they pretty much all end the same: she's hanging onto the side of a kayak for dear life and her father (the god Anguta) chops her fingers and hands off, forcing her to sink to the bottom of the ocean where there is Adlivun. Her fingers and hands become the mammals of the ocean, like whales and seals. She's a vengeful goddess and is known for having sea creatures comb her long, dark hair because she is without hands.
About Tourmaline: Nicknamed Mal, or in fewer cases Toto, this life's pretty much as sad as the one before it. And it's long. Without getting too wordy, I'll just say she has as many reasons to distrust men in this life as she did in her life before.
Mal's got dark hair, but she colors it blonde or light brown regularly. She's a bookworm and one of the younger people on campus. At this point, her intended major is marine biology and she wants to be a marine mammalogist (totally real, swears). She would be graduating from high school this spring, but got her GED early and decided to come for summer classes (wanted to get away from home), so she's totally new. She's not good at making friends and she will initially have a hard time getting to trust people, but Monte's full of good folk, so I'm not worried~ Other side notes: born in Kuala Lumpur and speaks some Malay, knows she's Sedna but won't say it outright, and likes taking pictures.
These are her powers: Element Manipulator: Able to move, bend, freeze, and heat all water within reach. She can only manipulate liquid that she touches. Water tends to steam if she’s angry and ice forms if she’s upset. For instance, if she cries, her tears sometime freeze on her cheeks.
Underwater Diver: Mal can remain underwater for upwards of an hour. She generally spends time at the bottom of the university pool. If her dorm had a tub, she’d spend her time there. People soon learn to leave her alone at the pool at the risk of her freezing it over.
Can You Hear Me Now?: Equally the Queen of Adlivun (Inuit underworld) as well as the goddess of the sea, Mal always hears the voices of those who have passed due to drowning or fatal incidents involving water. The voices don’t communicate with her; they speak of their regrets, their last moments of life, and their prayers. Mal can only shut their voices out when she’s underwater.
So I'm open for all kinds of lines! Adults she can learn to trust, people who get her, people who don't get her, guys she can eventually learn to count on, girls she can befriend, too. She's bi, but understandably leans towards females. Safer and all.