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Cycling Trips

During her time in Scotland Eleanor took up cycling as a form of relaxation. She loved getting out of the town and explore the scenery that filled her with new energy and motivation. During the summer she and a few friends she had made used to take their bikes out for camping trips on the weekend.

Swimming

Eleanor was always drawn to water – so much in fact that her parents suspected that her ability from the C-Gene might have something to do with the element. She was one of the fastest to learn how to swim in her class and could hold her breath longer than the others. During high school she often met friends to go swim with them and even thought about taking it up competitively. Now she mostly goes by herself either before or after work.

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Axel sat there staring at his computer screen, trying to figure out the right words to write for his psychology class. Of all classes, he took these the most serious as they fueled his graduation and helped him unlock the human mind. And, even though many of the citizens of Crowns had special abilities, studies shown that not one mind was any different than a regular human. Only their physical genetic makeup was radically different. He twirled in his head and poked his head out his door to see if Sage was around. Hoping she wasn’t, he sat there in complete concentration, trying to figure out his name sake. Never once did he ever think about where his name came from. Just accepted it as who he was and moved on with his life. He didn’t have time to look at his name when other people intrigued him so much more.

Turning back to the computer, he pulled up a web browser and quickly searched the meaning of his name. Regardless of where the idea his parents got, he wanted to know what it meant. Chuckling, he found the meaning of the word in six different languages, all pointing to the phrase ‘Father of peace’. Leaning back in his chair, Axel was not the one to want peace but a little chaos in the midst of the calm. Maybe his parents liked the name from some old friend they knew. After searching up his last name, Axel couldn’t help but laugh at the name as it meant ‘goblin’ in German. It was interesting how that name came about and why it was his last name.

He leaned back in his chair once more and stared blankly back at the screen. Maybe the point of the lesson wasn’t to ever figure out where you came from or what came with the name. But, more what you did with the name you have. Of course, now when people hear the name Axel they will think of him. Funny how names seep into the mind and are connected to such a simple concept or idea, or in this case, a personality. As he wrote, most of his words were just that, making a name for himself with the name he had. When the assignment asked to give a brief statement of whether he liked his name or not, he simply put…

‘ I’m proud of my name because of the name I made it. No one else could’ve done that but me. Why else would I love a name like this. It’s mind and everyone knows it. ‘

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2008 - Eleanor ( noun. | EH-LUH-NOR ) - The Disappointment, The Failure

”Eleanor get down here this minute.” The familiar screeching of her mother’s voice echoed up the stairs where the young woman was pretending that the music from her headphones made it inaudible. But even the high notes of Avril Lavigne weren’t enough to drown out the incoming disaster. Why was it that her parents only ever called for her when she was in trouble lately? “Shut up, mum. I’m coming.” The brunette didn’t dare shout it back. Her fingernails pushed into the flesh of her hands and left half-moon shapes when she stretched them out again along with a breath.

2011 - Ela ( noun. | EH-LAH ) - The Friend, The Familiar

“What do I call you then?” Mischief was sparking in the boys eyes as he leaned back on the sofa. He didn’t to mind her harsh remark that he shouldn’t call her by her given name. Despite herself she found it endearing. “Ela.” Not pronounced like Ella with the l’s lolling on your tongue but instead with the emphasis on the E.

2012 - Cadet Harper ( noun. | /kəˈdet/ HAR-PUR ) - The Trainee, The Rookie

Eleanor wasn’t usually nervous but when she stood in front of the senior man in uniform who had the front desk she had to pull herself together to not break into a sweat or let her eyes drift wildly through the precinct. "Cadet Harper, is it?” “Yes, sir.” Don't fidget. Be calm and cool. She repeated those words in her head as if they were prayer. It was the first day of her internship and she was going to make a solid, reliable and approachable impression. There was no doubt in Eleanor's mind about it despite her nerves. She even managed a smile when the desk sergeant asked her a few more questions before ordering a young officer to take her under his wing for the week.

2015 - Eleanor Harper ( noun. | /ˈɒfɪsər/ EH-LUH-NOR HAR-PUR ) - The Person, The Independent

“Crowns Police Station, Officer Eleanor Harper, how can I direct your call?” Having the front desk on a full moon night both amused and annoyed the brunette. Some of the calls that would get in as the clock ticked closer and past midnight made her day by being absolutely hilarious – the kind of call that you couldn’t wait to tell the morning shift. Yet on some nights the only calls that came in were of drunken teenagers that found it fun to make a prank call to the police about the werewolves they had seen or other myths of the night. Eleanor huffed when she remembered that a werewolf sighting might not be as far off in a town like Crowns. “No, we don’t sell vacuum cleaners, ma’am. We’re the police.”

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A Names meaning.

Filling out some paperwork, Clooney signed his name.

Clooney Conall. He looked at the names as he put the pen down.

Clooney from Gaelic, meaning quick witted, and Conall meaning strong wolf, he like those they were what he had wanted to be at the time. He knew what they meant because he had looked up the meanings, when he had chosen what his name would be. He legally changed them when he started a career as a model.

the common last name was O’conall but he had left out the O’ because that in Ireland means son of, and he refused to have any connection to his father. and he hated his original name...to many memories and all of them sour.

He shook his head and shuffled the papers together, paperclip them together.

“Alroight Now a trip to t’e post office, and Oi’m done for the day.”

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