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Rebekah Green
A Djinn, then. She would have to do some research into that name as soon as she got the chance. Having accidentally become the master of such a powerful and unusual creature, she also seemed to have come into a lot of responsibility as well.
"I'm sure I'll get there in time" Rebekah replied as she continued walking. "But I must admit I'm a little confused about one thing. You said you name was 'The One, The Only', and yet talk about your people and their actions throughout history. So, is there just the one Djinn, or many, or are they just all you, somehow?"
Rebekah Green
Rebekah remained silent for a moment to consider that, and continued walking up the path, dragging her bag with and hand and holding the wooden thing (totem, she now realised) in the other.
Already, Toto had shown her that they were a shapeshifter, and told her enough to guess at the creature's nature. It sounded a little bit like a genie-in-a-bottle type deal, which she supposed could be pretty cool, if she held onto this totem. Genies, though, usually came with rules and, in the fairytales at least, often left their finders worse off than how they started. She would still have to be careful here.
"Alright Toto, I'm trying to get to know this place and the different kinds of people here, so I'd like to know about what are you, what you can do, how you got here. Is that specific enough?"
Rebekah Green
Well, that was creepy.
She had been right that this was no ordinary kitten, but the way it talked was still a shock. Were the two of them just vocal doppelgangers or had it actually stolen her voice? She thought that latter. Also, it was using oddly formal language for a (cat? person? being?) that was being so physically affectionate. Perhaps it was just a very polite kitten, and was showing that in human and cat terms at once.
Basically, she was lost for what to do with this thing, so she gave the only answer that came to mind. "Okay, Toto. Nice to meet you. Could you tell me a bit about yourself?"
Rebekah Green
Rebekah's first reaction to the strange smoke was to recoil from it, but she couldn't. It all happened so quickly that by the time she had gathered her wits to get away somehow, it was all over, and she was left staring down at a tiny kitten the same colour as the smoke.
It stared back and meowed at her, leaving Rebekah wondering what she was supposed to do about it. Clearly, it was connected to the smoke in some way, and probably the wooden thing as well. The real question was: what on earth is this thing? Was it some magical guardian of the campus, a shapeshifted fellow student, a stray pet with powers of its own? It was clearly more than it appeared, and that meant that she was to treat it with extreme caution.
It was a good first lesson for life at the Academy, and being super in general, that when dealing with magic, it was safest to assume that any unknown but powerful thing was dangerous, and treat it accordingly. There were many kinds of things in the arcane world, and Rebekah wasn't so arrogant as to think she knew them all. For most of her life, she had thought that she herself was pretty normal, and yet here she was, learning to fight crime by screwing with the laws of physics. This kitten could easily be the same if she treated it wrongly, and Rebekah knew all too well the consequences of sticking her nose and hands where they didn't belong. She didn't want another Power Surge on her hands, so decided to be as careful as possible.
"Hello, kitten" she said, feeling slightly self-conscious about standing in the middle of a path talking to an animal. "I'm Rebekah, and I'm kind of new here. What about you?"
Rebekah Green
After walking through the school gates and their very impressive and frankly, intimidating security, Rebekah Green was finally able to walk up the long path to the main area of the campus. She carried a backpack filled with her superhero gear, a rolling suitcase packed with everything else, and a heavy load of hopes and worries in her head.
Here she was, at a new school, in a new country, with entirely new people. She didn't know a soul here, except some of the staff, by reputation. On one hand, that wouldn't make things easy for her, trying to slot into a group of second-years who already knew each other so well. On the other, it might have been better that they didn't know her. This was to be a fresh start for Rebekah, away from her past mistakes. She had found her place to belong once before at Super School, so she should be able to do it again. Hopefully.
With a deep breath, Rebekah plowed on, but found a strange item under her feet. It was a conical piece of wood, carved with a pattern, but looking very old. Thinking to examine it further, she picked up the totem.
I think we'll just have to wait for real life to sort itself out on that one, but in the mean time you could throw up a hura post. One more each while we wait won't hurt anything, I think.
OK. Good to know you're still here.
Rebekah Green
The team bounced and swerved their way across town. It wasn't the most comfortable ride, but it was fast. Road rules seemed to be less relevant with a giant robot attacking. Still, the siren and lights on the car was enough to get them swift passage through the streets.
With Mako busy at the wheel, Rebekah was in the back seat checking over her equipment. All the buckles on her super suit and backpack were secured, her helmet on. She had her carbon shield out and grown to full size, and in her right hand she held her electrolaser pistol, connected back into its battery in the bottom of her pack by an insulated tube.
She heard Cassie indicate that they were almost there, and braced herself as the car swung around the final corner and came to a halt. As quickly as she could, Rebekah exited the vehicle and looked around at the scene before her.
Name: Rebekah Green
Allias: None as yet. She’s not a big fan of nicknames in general.
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Parents: Nobody important (abilities come from a more distant ancestor)
Appearance: Rebekah Green is most often seen around the academy wearing jeans and a t-shirt. It is simple, comfortable, practical clothing, which suits her just fine. She is a smidge above average height, with blue eyes, light skin and mid-length blonde hair she keeps tied back in a pony-tail. She sometimes wonders if her nose isn't a bit too long.
Personality: Rebekah is quiet and reserved in most situations, preferring to listen and observe than to speak. When she does speak, it is usually in direct answer to a problem that needs solving or to suggest an action. She doesn't do well with small-talk and doesn't share her emotions easily, except with those she is closest to and trusts without exception. On the other hand, she will happily go on and on about an interesting idea and enjoys being challenged in this way.
She tries to view the world as rationally as possible, and solve problems using logic and reason. She values knowledge and curiosity and holds tightly to the idea that the best superhero is not the one with the strongest power, but the one who knows when and how to apply their abilities to get the best result.
Her personality would be an I-N-T-J on the Myers Briggs Type Indicator.
Powers and Abilities: Rebekah can change the size of objects around her, growing or shrinking them into perfect scale replicas of themselves. The ability cannot be used on living beings. She is also able to teleport to anywhere she can see.
Bio: Rebekah comes from a family of non-supers, so far as she can tell. Her great-grandmother might have been where she got the magical genes, but the stories about her are pretty murky and often don't agree.
She grew up in New Zealand, in a smallish town near to a national park. Early on in life, she developed a love of books and reading, devouring both fact and fiction alike. A little later on, when she entered her teenage years, she continued with this, though the books gained a rival - the outdoors. Mountain biking, kayaking and walking all held strong appeal for her, leading to a few exciting trips to lakes, mountains and rivers.
Rebekah's powers first manifested shortly before her 16th birthday, while walking the last section of the Tongariro crossing. The school group were all tired, hungry, getting damp from the grey mist that had descended over the mountain, and generally ready for the day's exertion to be over. Coming over the last rise and getting a view of the shuttle waiting at the end of the track, Rebekah suddenly disappeared from among the group to find herself standing up against the white van's windows. Shocked at this sudden transition, she jumped, yelled and tripped over backwards. Her fall would have landed her head on a large rock, but it shrunk down to the size of a pebble underneath her, leading to a much more gentle landing. By the time the rest of the group had caught up, it became clear what had happened and Rebekah was outed as a superhuman.
After finishing school, Rebekah travelled to Super School, the equivalent institution to the Academy for superhumans from Oceania. The school is hidden away from the rest of the world on a small volcanic island out in the Pacific Ocean. Here, students are grouped into small teams with complementary abilities in order to teach teamwork and cooperation, emphasise that all abilities have a valuable place and, most importantly, give young supers a tight-knit group of friends to belong to and support each other from the start of their training.
This turned out really well for Rebekah, and, together with her team, she learned to control her powers and make use of them in a wide variety of situations. She particularly enjoyed lessons from Dr. Arcturus, a self-transmuting super-scientist. Thanks to his tutelage and their own hard work, the team was able to gain third place in Super School's Tournament of Heroes at the end of their first year.
Around half way into her second year, Rebekah had a day off from classes and was using the time to explore the wilder parts of the island. The volcano itself hadn't been active for a long time, but past activity had left a large network of tunnels and caves reaching beneath much of the island.
On this particular day, Rebekah was well into the cave system when she noticed something she hadn't before: a small gap in the rock, not much wider than her finger. Curiosity piqued, she entered the cave on the other side and followed it down for a long way. As she went, she began to see signs that these caves were not entirely natural - there were signs of human use. The caves ended in a vertical shaft, with a narrow steel ladder set into the bare rock. She followed it down, and found herself in a dim, square room. Set into the far wall was a single stasis tube with a man inside. He had electrodes strapped all over his body, over the remains of an old, torn super suit.
Naturally, she freed the trapped man. As he emerged from the tank and began to tear the wires away from his skin, the room's one lightbulb guttered out and arc of lightning leapt from his body, shattering the stasis tube. As more and more of the electrodes fell away, the lightning storm around the man grew stronger, until it seemed he was a living arc of electricity. A bolt jumped towards Rebekah, and she blacked out.
The man she had freed was Power Surge, an insane villain who had been captured a century ago, but in order to keep him contained, it had been necessary to continuously draw off the electricity from his body. In order to kill two birds with one stone, the founders of Super School had decided to use him as the power source for their island.
Now freed, he blasted his way up and out of the mountain, and began to attack the school, which was reeling from the sudden blackout of all of their equipment. Power surge caused a great deal of destruction before Dr. Arcturus rallied a gang of students to defeat the villain, though the professor was badly wounded in the process.
In the wake of all this, Rebekah Green was found to be responsible for unleashing Power Surge upon the school. Since her actions had been very ill-advised but not ultimately malicious, she was spared the usual penalties for freeing a supervillain and causing widespread destruction.
Still, many students had been hurt or had property destroyed in the attack, and teenagers are rarely so kind and forgiving. Rebekah was bullied mercilessly in the days after the attack, and for this reason and others it was decided that she would be expelled from Super School for tampering with its power source. She would, however, be afforded the opportunity to apply to a different institution to continue training as a superhero.
This led her to a move across the world, and to the Academy of Heroes and Villains, where she will be starting at the beginning of the new year.
Other Skills: Rebekah has some pretty good skills in the outdoors, and has good fitness and endurance to go with them. She is reasonably proficient in self-defence, but unlike some of her fellow students, her talent is nothing special.
Where she does excel physically is in her reflexes and reactions, based on her senses which are pretty sharp as well, when she cares to pay attention.
Rebekah has always enjoyed school and done well in her non-super education, so she has a solid grounding in a number of subject areas, particularly the sciences.
Weaknesses: Rebekah can get hurt just as easily as a normal human being. Her abilities don’t give her any extra toughness, strength, resistances, healing, or anything like that. Her teleportation is only within her line of sight, which limits its usefulness when it’s dark or her vision is otherwise obscured. She can take one other person with her or an equivalent amount of material, but no more.
She really beats herself up over the Power Surge incident. It was a big hit to her confidence and she really misses the close friends she made at Super School.
She wishes she could play a musical instrument, but has never learned.
Other: Rebekah’s name is Rebekah, and she would prefer it if others didn’t insist on shortening it to Bekky, Bekka, Bex or any other variation they might come up with. It’s a perfectly good name already, and it doesn’t need shortening, thank you very much! This is something of a pet peeve for her.
Allias: None as yet. She’s not a big fan of nicknames in general.
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Parents: Nobody important (abilities come from a more distant ancestor)
Appearance: Rebekah Green is most often seen around the academy wearing jeans and a t-shirt. It is simple, comfortable, practical clothing, which suits her just fine. She is a smidge above average height, with blue eyes, light skin and mid-length blonde hair she keeps tied back in a pony-tail. She sometimes wonders if her nose isn't a bit too long.
Personality: Rebekah is quiet and reserved in most situations, preferring to listen and observe than to speak. When she does speak, it is usually in direct answer to a problem that needs solving or to suggest an action. She doesn't do well with small-talk and doesn't share her emotions easily, except with those she is closest to and trusts without exception. On the other hand, she will happily go on and on about an interesting idea and enjoys being challenged in this way.
She tries to view the world as rationally as possible, and solve problems using logic and reason. She values knowledge and curiosity and holds tightly to the idea that the best superhero is not the one with the strongest power, but the one who knows when and how to apply their abilities to get the best result.
Her personality would be an I-N-T-J on the Myers Briggs Type Indicator.
Powers and Abilities: Rebekah can change the size of objects around her, growing or shrinking them into perfect scale replicas of themselves. The ability cannot be used on living beings. She is also able to teleport to anywhere she can see.
Bio: Rebekah comes from a family of non-supers, so far as she can tell. Her great-grandmother might have been where she got the magical genes, but the stories about her are pretty murky and often don't agree.
She grew up in New Zealand, in a smallish town near to a national park. Early on in life, she developed a love of books and reading, devouring both fact and fiction alike. A little later on, when she entered her teenage years, she continued with this, though the books gained a rival - the outdoors. Mountain biking, kayaking and walking all held strong appeal for her, leading to a few exciting trips to lakes, mountains and rivers.
Rebekah's powers first manifested shortly before her 16th birthday, while walking the last section of the Tongariro crossing. The school group were all tired, hungry, getting damp from the grey mist that had descended over the mountain, and generally ready for the day's exertion to be over. Coming over the last rise and getting a view of the shuttle waiting at the end of the track, Rebekah suddenly disappeared from among the group to find herself standing up against the white van's windows. Shocked at this sudden transition, she jumped, yelled and tripped over backwards. Her fall would have landed her head on a large rock, but it shrunk down to the size of a pebble underneath her, leading to a much more gentle landing. By the time the rest of the group had caught up, it became clear what had happened and Rebekah was outed as a superhuman.
After finishing school, Rebekah travelled to Super School, the equivalent institution to the Academy for superhumans from Oceania. The school is hidden away from the rest of the world on a small volcanic island out in the Pacific Ocean. Here, students are grouped into small teams with complementary abilities in order to teach teamwork and cooperation, emphasise that all abilities have a valuable place and, most importantly, give young supers a tight-knit group of friends to belong to and support each other from the start of their training.
This turned out really well for Rebekah, and, together with her team, she learned to control her powers and make use of them in a wide variety of situations. She particularly enjoyed lessons from Dr. Arcturus, a self-transmuting super-scientist. Thanks to his tutelage and their own hard work, the team was able to gain third place in Super School's Tournament of Heroes at the end of their first year.
Around half way into her second year, Rebekah had a day off from classes and was using the time to explore the wilder parts of the island. The volcano itself hadn't been active for a long time, but past activity had left a large network of tunnels and caves reaching beneath much of the island.
On this particular day, Rebekah was well into the cave system when she noticed something she hadn't before: a small gap in the rock, not much wider than her finger. Curiosity piqued, she entered the cave on the other side and followed it down for a long way. As she went, she began to see signs that these caves were not entirely natural - there were signs of human use. The caves ended in a vertical shaft, with a narrow steel ladder set into the bare rock. She followed it down, and found herself in a dim, square room. Set into the far wall was a single stasis tube with a man inside. He had electrodes strapped all over his body, over the remains of an old, torn super suit.
Naturally, she freed the trapped man. As he emerged from the tank and began to tear the wires away from his skin, the room's one lightbulb guttered out and arc of lightning leapt from his body, shattering the stasis tube. As more and more of the electrodes fell away, the lightning storm around the man grew stronger, until it seemed he was a living arc of electricity. A bolt jumped towards Rebekah, and she blacked out.
The man she had freed was Power Surge, an insane villain who had been captured a century ago, but in order to keep him contained, it had been necessary to continuously draw off the electricity from his body. In order to kill two birds with one stone, the founders of Super School had decided to use him as the power source for their island.
Now freed, he blasted his way up and out of the mountain, and began to attack the school, which was reeling from the sudden blackout of all of their equipment. Power surge caused a great deal of destruction before Dr. Arcturus rallied a gang of students to defeat the villain, though the professor was badly wounded in the process.
In the wake of all this, Rebekah Green was found to be responsible for unleashing Power Surge upon the school. Since her actions had been very ill-advised but not ultimately malicious, she was spared the usual penalties for freeing a supervillain and causing widespread destruction.
Still, many students had been hurt or had property destroyed in the attack, and teenagers are rarely so kind and forgiving. Rebekah was bullied mercilessly in the days after the attack, and for this reason and others it was decided that she would be expelled from Super School for tampering with its power source. She would, however, be afforded the opportunity to apply to a different institution to continue training as a superhero.
This led her to a move across the world, and to the Academy of Heroes and Villains, where she will be starting at the beginning of the new year.
Other Skills: Rebekah has some pretty good skills in the outdoors, and has good fitness and endurance to go with them. She is reasonably proficient in self-defence, but unlike some of her fellow students, her talent is nothing special.
Where she does excel physically is in her reflexes and reactions, based on her senses which are pretty sharp as well, when she cares to pay attention.
Rebekah has always enjoyed school and done well in her non-super education, so she has a solid grounding in a number of subject areas, particularly the sciences.
Weaknesses: Rebekah can get hurt just as easily as a normal human being. Her abilities don’t give her any extra toughness, strength, resistances, healing, or anything like that. Her teleportation is only within her line of sight, which limits its usefulness when it’s dark or her vision is otherwise obscured. She can take one other person with her or an equivalent amount of material, but no more.
She really beats herself up over the Power Surge incident. It was a big hit to her confidence and she really misses the close friends she made at Super School.
She wishes she could play a musical instrument, but has never learned.
Other: Rebekah’s name is Rebekah, and she would prefer it if others didn’t insist on shortening it to Bekky, Bekka, Bex or any other variation they might come up with. It’s a perfectly good name already, and it doesn’t need shortening, thank you very much! This is something of a pet peeve for her.
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