Time to operate!
Name:
Valentine
Alias:
The Bloody Romantic
Age & Gender:
27 / Female
Mode:
Main Thread
Canon:
Personality:
Valentine is known to be a dangerous woman, easily betraying her allies in order to further her own ambitions. She's quick to kill and even apathetic to do so. As she was trained to be part of a former group of assassins focused on taking down the Skullgirl, she knows how to play well with others and use it to her advantage. Often, she finds herself in trouble because of her independent attitude, but when she does look up to someone that she could trust, her bond with that superior is unbreakable by her standards. Still, one would be mistaken to call Valentine a total cold-blooded assassin. She's also a little risque, being playful with her targets.
As cold as the ninja nurse may seem, she still has a heart underneath all of that biting ice. Because of her background as an actual nurse, she follows the Nightingale Pledge, a pledge for nurses to practice their profession carefully. Valentine ensures that she can get to rescuing units quickly without any collateral damage. Whenever she fails to protect someone, she gets emotional as it triggers her memories of Last Hope. With her experience, she knows how to hold back her emotions. But, there are moments where she slips and her cold facade fails. Regardless of whatever her mission is, she ensures that her allies won't be down when she's around.
Removing her cold-blooded assassin traits and trauma, she's a relatively normal lady. She works a third-shift job in the Anti-Skullgirl Labs as a medic on site along with being an on-field researcher for one of the scientists named Brain Drain. At the end of the day, she returns back to her apartment like any other working woman and watches some true crime shows like 'My Little Murder!', or 'Death by a Thousand Gals' if she's feeling spicy. Her diet consists of takeouts, salads, some wine, bread, chocolate, more wine, and some more chocolate. Surprisingly, she's still healthy, despite her very odd diet.
Biography:
She worked her way up within the ranks of the Anti-Skullgirl Labs, starting as a simple field medic. However, when she was put to the field, she was seen to excel in her combat capabilities. Because of this, the Last Hope group was formed. It was compromised of her and four other nurses who were also capable in combat, each given a name after a holiday based on their birthdays. They were Hallow, Patty, Easter, and Christmas; and each of them had a special medical tool that determined their fighting styles. Hallow focused on needles filled with toxic serums, Patty had a staff that was similar to an IV drip which was sharp on both ends, Easter used body bags that were nearly indestructible, Christmas had scalpels that were used similarly to throwing knives, and lastly, Valentine specialized in using her bone saw.
Unfortunately, after an encounter with the Skullgirl, it seemed like the Last Hope was defeated quickly. With her leader defeated and only her standing, Valentine decided to ally with the Skullgirl in order to save herself from death and find a way on how to defeat the Skullgirl. Because of this, her work performance started to dwindle as people wondered what happened to her. After her alliance with Brain Drain was revealed, a known scientist who has focused on creating destructive weapons against the Canopy Kingdom, Valentine was branded as a traitor and an order was placed to have her captured immediately from Princess Parasoul. All hope was not yet lost for Valentine as it seemed like a new opportunity opened up for her.
To correct her wrong-doings, she decided to try and pursue the Skullgirl to gain the Skullheart. After reflecting on her decision with Carol and her slow descent to evil, the nurse decided to attempt to correct her mistakes and redeem herself. She cut off her ties with Brain Drain and went against the orders of the Skullgirl, making her vulnerable as she had no allies on her side. Everyone was out for her head, but with luck and perseverance, she had somehow managed to defeat the Skullgirl. With her victory, the Skullheart was destroyed through a barrage of attacks that honored her fallen nurse comrades. After the defeat of the Skullgirl, she was still branded as a traitor, but her reputation around the ASG labs was restored. Now, she is currently assumed to be missing...
Abilities & Equipment:
Valentine is mainly known for her bone saw, but after the fall of Last Hope, she decided to incorporate the attacks of her fallen nurses into her fighting style. From piercing opponents with needles to locking opponents within body bags, she ensures that she stays alive by using medical tools in battle. Not only that, but she also happens to have a wide array of medical equipment on standby, even a whole mobile surgical stall. All of it is contained with a small bag that's behind her, modified so that she can easily access the items that she needs. As small as it may seem, it can almost fit anything.
She finesses her opponents like a ninja, faking out at times to deliver a paralyzing counterattack. She often dodges attacks by letting doubles of herself get hit and because of it, she gets enough time to deliver a needle to her opponent's eye or a moment to escape. Additionally, she moves at a speed faster than sound, almost cutting in time with one's heartbeat. Additionally, she was engineered to have some form of enhanced durability, being able to withstand more hits than any regular soldier. Her wounds can regenerate at a fast pace, as long as she has eaten some dark chocolate.
To emulate Skullgirls' way of dealing with flashy moves, Valentine has a number of Blockbusters and Special Moves that allow her to gain an upper advantage against the opponent. The more she hits in a fight, the more 'energy' she gains which fuels these moves. From performing an unblockable finisher to just launching a needle in the middle of an opponent's combo, she can do a variety of moves that showcase her nurse-ninja capabilities. The energy that she gains from fighting is capped at Level 5. Certain Blockbusters take a number of levels with Level 1 Blockbusters only taking 1 level of energy while Level 5 Blockbusters taking 5 levels of energy.