Is there room for a couple more characters in this? Cause I'd love to get in on this while it's fresh.
Name: Daisy “Daze” Bartolo
Alias: Roadkill
Age: 20
Gender: Female
((Sexuality: Bisexual ))
Appearance: Powers: Daisy was born with several opossum-like traits, such as ears, fangs, large dilated black eyes, and a long, fully functional tail, which can lift and grasp things. Her hands and feet are somewhat similar to an opossum as well, with non-retractable claws and opposable thumbs on each of her feet, which supply her better balance and grip.
Also like an opossum, Daisy is able to see well in low lighting, has heightened hearing/smell, and is immune to rattlesnake, copperhead, and cottonmouth venom, and resistant to many other types of poison. As a bonus, she is surprisingly flexible and nimble, which is mostly due to her small stature.
And, of course, she is also able to “play dead”, like an opossum does. It is involuntary as well, meaning that she’ll play dead any time she’s startled/scared, almost like fainting. She’s pretty vulnerable in this state, as it can last between one to four hours, depending on how startled she is.
She’s taken a few kick boxing classes and is pretty decent when it comes to simple self-defense. She has also done a bit of mental training to help her control the impulse to play dead when she’s startled—mostly through breathing techniques and practice handling jump scares and stressful situations. She can usually feel when her body wants to play dead, and if she calms herself down enough beforehand, then it won’t happen.
Bio: Daisy was born in Connecticut, to a single mother in a very large but close niche family. Despite her deformities, Daisy was always loved by her family and raised to be proud and happy for being different. Thanks to the strong support at home, Daisy managed to attend public school without too much trouble, dodging bullies where she could, and ignoring others when she couldn’t. It wasn’t until around her senior year of high school that her parents pressed for her to take a few self-defense classes, worrying about her safety as an adult mutant.
After graduating high school, Daisy decided that her next step would be to attend college, and she spent about a couple of years working towards that goal. With the help of her family and two full-time jobs, she actually managed to scrape just enough together to attend the Grind, which had always been her dream school. Her goal is to go into physical therapy, and she has a deep passion for dance and music that she wants to somehow bring into play. What she is most excited for, however, is the chance to meet other mutants.
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Name: Julian “Jules” Rockwell
Alias: Wrecking Ball
Age: 19
Gender: Female
((Sexuality: Homosexual ))
Appearance: Powers: Invulnerability. Essentially, Jules is invulnerable and near indestructible against any sort of physical attack on her body. Got a gun? Good luck. Flamethrower? Not a sweat (ha). She is even immune to most types of radiation and high-impact attacks. Because she cannot be physically damaged (easily) she usually doesn’t feel pain. Her mutation does not affect her physical strength, so she is only as strong as she works to be.
She has taken a few basic self-defense classes and somewhat knows how to handle herself. Because of her mutation though, she tends to make reckless decisions in believe that she cannot be harmed. It’s usually true, but can sometimes get her into even messier situations.
Weaknesses: Mental attacks or illusion, as well as anything that might cut off oxygen to her system. Certain air-born poisons might also slow her down, but for only as long as it takes for her body to metabolize them. Her mutation, for some reason, is accompanied by a very fast metabolism, so she requires a lot more nutrients and protein than the average person.
Right now, if too much pressure placed on her body, say from being crushed or attacked continuously for long periods of time, she will begin to feel it and take damage. It’s usually only minimal, such as a bruise or a light sprain in place of what should have been shattered bones, but with her reckless behavior, the damage can easily pile up. This can also be improved upon with practice and endurance training, which she plans to work on.
Bio: Jules was the youngest of four in a well-known politician’s family living in a nicer part of New York. Most of her childhood was spent with maids or nannies, and very little of it with her actual parents, making her relationship with them shallow at best. Despite not always seeing eye to eye with them, she did her best to stay out of trouble and did well in both academics and family matters.
About a month after her 16th birthday, their house was broken into by burglars, which resulted in the whole family being held at gunpoint. It was only a small slip up that caused it, really. The burglars obviously weren’t really in it to hurt anybody, but one Jules’ mother was panicking and they just didn’t have a steady trigger finger. In the end, one of the men directed his gun towards Jules, and her mother moved in the way of the shot, which should have gone through both of them. The burglars didn’t stick around long enough after to realize exactly who had died, but Jules’ family did. Her father was the most at odds with it, shocked at his wife’s useless sacrifice, and angry at his daughter for surviving and being a mutant.
After the incident, things mostly went back to normal, except for the increase in distance that seemed to place itself between Jules and her family. Her father especially became colder towards her, even going as far as to exclude her from publicity events that he otherwise brought her siblings to. Eventually, events all boiled up to her being asked to move out after high school graduation. With just a few bags and a checking account with about $10,000 in savings, Jules’ father essentially said “see ya” and cut all ties to her.
About a year later, after adjusting to a small apartment and a part time job, Jules began to think about attending college. She’d always been smart, and easily earned herself a nice sized scholarship to the Grind. Her current goal is law, but eventually, she wants to enter into politics. She holds a faint grudge against her father, but has otherwise moved on and tries to forget about her previous life.
