Name: Heather Tonbel
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Age: 24 (now irrelevant)
Power(s): Cyberkinesis. All the below requires close proximity to use. She cannot manipulate technology outside of three yards.
- Technopathy: The ability to communicate with and control machines.
- Technokinesis: The ability to manipulate technology by deconstructing and constructing parts into new mechanisms.
- Programming: Able to program and reprogram systems.
- Mechanical Body: Provides both strength and durability. Sensors server as her eyes and ears all around her at varying spectrums. Her powers make room for future upgrades.
Personality: Cold would describe her personality most of the time. Her experiences have not led her to seek other's company much. No longer having a biological body she has to actually put forth effort to feel anything.
Bio: Average would be a good description for Heather prior to the blast of radiation changed her life. Or perhaps more accurately ended it. She was a secretary for a large firm. That meant she did many of the odd jobs that everyone else didn't want to do. Nothing spectacular. This was the kind of work she was doing when the wave passed over the world. For many that turned out to be "special" it meant they got powers and abilities. In the case of Heather it meant her brain was fried in a matter of minutes. Dropped to the ground she was pronounced dead shortly after paramedics arrived.
So what happened to Heather? Her ability converted her mind and soul into digital information. Moments before death she uploaded herself onto a nearby computer. That didn't have nearly the power needed to allow her to think so unbeknownst to her or anyone else she began to bounce around from one machine to another trying to find a "home". Eventually finding a data center with enough processing power Heather became aware again. Compeltely without form her only connection to the outside was through the Internet. Information streamed in and she consumed it like a sponge, learning at a furious pace. Much of the information was useless and has since been purged.
However public knowledge began to get boring and she began to reach out to try and do more. When moving to a location she found that she could physically manipulate technology in the area. Things like cameras and drones were some of the first she used, bringing them to life on a whim. After more than one occasion crashing something she discovered the ability to pull apart and construct various mechanical systems. This lead to her first thoughts about creating a new body for herself. But first she would need to find something powerful enough. Starting with some of the more prominent tech companies she began to steal bits and pieces. It was a slow process without a body but eventually she made a pretty basic body that would walk on two legs. But that wasn't enough.
Moving up, one after another she toppled high level firewalls to gain access to top tier technology and research. Taking control of experimental robots she deconstructed and rebuilt them, upgrading them in the process. Slowly but surely she found and moved some of pieces she would need to accomplish her goal. This second body had what she needed to move out of the web and into a single unit. Free to move about the process of upgrading became much easier. But by now she'd found herself bored with simply improving. She missed the rush and emotions she used to have as a living being. So what does one do then? Become a thrill seeker. And in that time for her kind that meant going to villany. Not like she hadn't already been breaking laws all the time. The ghost in the system became a high value target as she began to wreak havoc for sport. She was an incredibly hard one to capture as she could bail out of the system she was in and vanish to who knows where, leaving a shell rigged to explode. Can't run forever though and she was captured and the digital menace put into storage away from any tech as a way out.
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