Nosuchthing

Baybridge: Old Ghosts [COMPLETED]

Then, the smell of burnt food made the two boys turned their attention to the bacons in the pan.

"...Ah."

... ...

The twins sat down in the living room, the breakfast filled up the small coffee table in the middle (still edible, just slightly burnt).

@tsukune

What is this bullshit? Everyone knows bacon is best crispy!

Baybridge: Old Ghosts [COMPLETED]

@Nosuchthing Actually, I thought about it and her power isn't really that worse than the replicators (Especially since she only changes power once a week). Just run the powers by me and she is accepted.

@Mr Allen J

Woot woot.

And to everyone in general, specifically @Fernstone and @Mr Allen J, do we have specific ideas for Alice, Max and Cindy's relationship? Coworkers? Frequent partners? History with other metahumans?

And my IC post will be done by tomorrow.

Baybridge: Old Ghosts [COMPLETED]

Ellen Nile

Basic Information

Name:

Ellen Nile

Nickname/Alias/Etc:

Gender:

Female

Age:

16

Height:

5ft 5

Weight:

100 lbs

Home District:

Roseview – Academy 61

Appearance

Hair Color:

Black

Eye Color:

Hazel

Ethnicity:

Half Native American/Half Caucasian

Physical Appearance:

Ellen is a slightly gangly and awkward looking teenager, with the long and clumsy limbs that result from a recent growth spurt that she hasn't quite filled out yet. She has the kind of form that could have made her an excellent long distance runner, if her ability hadn't made such a thing so difficult as to be impossible. She has small breasts, disappointingly so in fact, and in her mind it is not made up for by her not unappealing backside, that is again small, but at least nicely rounded and filled out.

Though she gets her figure from her mother, the rest of her appearance is clearly inherited from her father. Despite how little she knows about him this is obvious thanks to the fact that he was Native America, Cherokee to be exact. The first thing that people notice are the tell-tale almond shaped eyes, hidden beneath heavily lidded eyes, they are hazel, and despite the fact that she perpetually looks half asleep, the eyes beneath the lids are bright and aware.

Her cheek bones are high, defined, and a classic feature that sets off the rest of her face. If her nose could be called one thing, other than an embarrassment, it is proud, protruding forth like an eagle, and a constant source of self-esteem issues. The whole thing is further spoiled by slight buck teeth, though the lips around them usually suffice to draw attention away.

Attire:

Ellen wishes she was like every other teenage girl, so she dresses like them, t-shirts, jeans, shorts when she thinks she can get away with it. Her feet can usually be found clad in a pair of battered converse or Superstar sneakers and she's usually carrying a fairly new Adidas rucksack.

Personality

Innate & Outward Personality:

Ellen hates her ability, when it first developed she was a freak, ostracised from her school and forced to leave those who had been her friends, and even those who remained so in order to join an Academy. She tries to keep a positive outlook on life, hard though it may be, she’s had to, with the frequent spanners her ability throws into her life, from abilities that give her crippling migraines, to ones that leave her without hands or even any real way of communicating.

Positivity aside, Ellen can be prone to dramatic mood swings, even more so than most teenage girls, one moment she could be her normal sarcastic self, the next she could be grim and brooding. Her Academy Counsellor thinks that perhaps her ability could be affecting her hormones more dramatically than puberty normally would. She is good at distracting herself, most people aren’t capable of staying awake and alert for all hours of the day and night, so she is just as happy in her own company as in that of others, though she will frequently play Xbox to the early hours of the morning, or finish a book less than a day after she bought it.

She’s not the best listener, or friend to be honest, but it’s not from any real mean spiritedness, just an occasional habit to drift of daydreaming or get distracted easily when really she should be paying attention to someone else’s problems. When she isn’t caught up in a bout of melancholy she’s generally of the opinion that worries are for other people, and just tries to enjoy what little she feels she still can outside of her ability, on the occasion that she gets a power she really feels she can show off, she will do so at every opportunity, too often has she been stuck with slimy skin or uncontrollable telepathy. Her ability has taught her to live in the present, and enjoy what she has as much as she can.

Hobbies/Interests:

Gaming
Reading

Skills/Talents:

Fast learner – Perhaps it is simply survival, or perhaps it is some strange quirk of her ability, but when you develop a different ability every week you learn to pick them up quickly, for fear of setting fire to your bedroom, as such Ellen can usually develop at least a beginners level of control in the first day, and moderate levels before she sleeps again.

Goals/Motivation

Ellen hates her ability, it is constantly robbing her of the normal life she once had, or still could have, every time she thinks she has a handle on the power it throws a curveball and she ends up as a creature with acid for skin. Right now she is caught up in the drama of High School life, and just wants to get the hell through the Academy.

History/Bio:

Ellen never knew her father, there is no great tragedy here, simply the eternal story of single mothers the world over. Neither her or her mother know where he is, what he does for a living, or anything more. She was the product of a brief, whirlwind romance, and her mother did not realise her pregnancy until long after the father had left her, but she never made an effort to get back in touch with him. Occasionally, when she has had a little too much wine, she will talk fondly of him, but she’s never really explained why she never sought to involve him in his daughter’s life.

She had a relatively average life for the first thirteen years, kindergarten, school, BFFs, her first crush, she was even doing well as an athlete, a potential rising star in the school’s track squad. And her life changed entirely when she developed abilities. She is hardly the only child who has had her entire existence spun on its head when she developed abilities, but Ellen has her life change every week, every time she developed new abilities she felt like it was happening all over again. By the time she realised that she wanted her ability suppressed it was too late, her brain had been permanently modified, and any attempt to suppress her ability led to far worse medical repercussions.

She was rapidly enrolled in an Academy, unfortunately it didn’t make things better. Kids are cruel, and kids with power aren’t much better. There are bullies in all walks of life, and with her unstable ability, Ellen was an easy target. After a few months she began to develop a knack for picking up her abilities quickly, and while she would never be as skilled as the other students, sometimes fortune would favour her with either an ability that was simply superior, or one that allowed her to get creative. She is now enrolled full time in the academy, no civilian household could possibly deal with the realities of her ability, she still visits her mother when she can, but spends most of her time at the Academy.

Relationships

Family:

Mother - Olivia Nile
Father – Unknown

Dynamics: (Relations with other characters - You don't have to put relation with family here.)

| Cindy Keagan |

| Bad | The DOVE assigned to her case | "Quote Here." |

Ellen appreciates that Cindy just wants the best for her, but really, she’d rather that she didn’t have to see DOVE quite so often. It’s just another demonstration of how her power is ruining her life. Most kids see DOVE once a year, at most, Ellen gets to see her every month, and every time she insists that Ellen should see someone for psychological help, which doesn’t raise Ellen’s estimations of her at all.

| Lihua Zhao |

| Neutral | Just another Instructor | "Quote Here." |

Lihua is an Instructor at the Academy, and while there are some who fly by under the radar, Lihua is not one of them. She’s got a reputation among the kids there as the one Instructor you do not cross. Ellen has never actually met her, although she’s seen her from a distance, and really doesn’t see what all the fuss is about, not that she’s ever acted out when she is about.

| Wendy Lucker |

| Good | Friendly Acquaintance | "Quote Here." |

They aren't friends, but their relationship could be stretched to friendly acquaintances. They often find themselves sharing the library, Ellen might not quite have the same obsessive love of books, but she enjoys reading more than most. They talk a lot, when they’re both alone in the library or pass each other in the corridors, about books mostly, and the conversations have never really run deep enough for them to be considered friends.

Abilities

Power Class:

Power

Power:

Ellen has an extremely unusual and unstable metahuman ability, one that is constantly changing. Ellen does not need to sleep as frequently as normal humans, in fact, only sleeping once a week, for between twelve and twenty-four hours. To call this sleep would perhaps be inaccurate, in fact it is closer to hibernation, or even metamorphosis. It is nigh on impossible to wake Ellen during this period of sleep, to do so can have unpredictable effects.

At the end of this period of hibernation, Ellen will awake with a different ability to the one she fell asleep with. She has no control over what ability she gets, and she has never developed the same ability more than once, though she can develop powers with similar qualities. These abilities could even include physical changes, though such a development will lead to a longer period of hibernation. Clearly this ability leads to a creative and quick-learning mind, and some quirk of her power means that she usually picks up the basics fairly quickly.

Limits:

Though her potential repertoire of abilities seems to have virtually no limit, there is one quite specific one. Though she can develop abilities from Super-System, Cerebral, Elemental or even Other, she can never, and will never develop an ability with its roots in the power classification. This means she can never develop an ability that will boost or block abilities, that will replicate them, or manipulate them in any way.

The duration of her hibernation will also be directly linked to the ability that she develops. Any that leads to a change in her physical form will take longer, up to twenty four hours, and she will usually be ravenously hungry for some time afterwards.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

Ellen will have one set of abilities, or one ability, for a week, she may very well pick up how to use them quickly, but her talents will never match those of someone truly skilled with the ability they have, she is a quick study, but never a master. Also, while asleep Ellen is totally defenceless, she has no way of defending herself, and no way of surviving attack unless her metamorphosis has developed something that could protect her, such as armoured scales. Each ability will of course have its own weaknesses factored in.

Her power has also effected permanent changes in her brain chemistry, though her metahuman energy apparently sustains her throughout the week, without that energy she cannot sustain such a regime. And yet her brain won’t let her sleep. If Ellen were to wear a power suppressant collar she would still be unable to sleep more than once a week, but she would suffer the same levels of fatigue and exhaustion than any human would if they didn’t sleep for a week, leading to potentially serious health issues.

Finally, when she needs to sleep, she absolutely needs to, she can gain a little respite from copious quantities of caffeine, but can, and has, fallen asleep in awkward situations, only to remain asleep for the next day until her metamorphosis has concluded.

Current Abilities

Power:

Limits:

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

Past Abilities

Abilities possessed during the RP:
Power:

Tarsier Physiology – Ellen’s eyes are enormous, totally out of proportion to the rest of her body, and in fact the structure of her cranium has adjusted in order to compensate for the increased weight. Nearly the size of a grape fruit they grant her superb eyesight and far superior night vision to that of a human. Unfortunately she cannot move them in their sockets at all (that took some getting used to) her neck however, is far more flexible than normal, and not unlike an owl she can rotate her head up to 180 degrees.

Her fingers have also elongated, with slightly excessively proportioned knuckles, though they possess far more strength than their almost skeletal appearance would suggest. This change has also extended to her legs and feet, which are now dramatically elongated, enabling her to climb vertically and make leaps of up to twenty feet.

Limits:

Her eyes are fixed in her head, and that is a strange sensation for anyone accustomed to normal human vision, she still occasionally has to remind herself that she needs to turn her entire head in order to focus on things, which is distracting to say the least.
Her jump is far in excess of that of a normal human, but is nonetheless limited to twenty feet at maximum.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

While she is now far more skilled at climbing than she was, walking normally is far less comfortable than it would be thanks to the change in shape of her lower limbs. In addition, her eyes are far more sensitive to light, and she is therefore far more likely to be affected adversely by bright lights.

Power:

Light Manipulation – Ellen’s latest ability is considerably different to the last one, and allows her to fiddle with certain things considered inalienable by physics. She now possesses photokinesis, the power to manipulate light. She can perceive light on any spectrum, which led to a number of migraine headaches at the beginning of her current metamorphosis. Now she simply blocks out what she can, though occasionally some slips through, causing confusion or discomfort when she observes things humans are not meant to see.

This also allows her to create strange effects in their air, literally bending light, or even preventing it from entering an area entirely. Though her powers are limited by her understanding and complete lack of practice. In a small area about herself, perhaps twenty feet, she can block out all light, creating what appears to be a black orb. This doesn’t stop anything else, bullets can still enter the area, and since the orb is centred on her it is not impossible to hit her. She can also perform the opposite, and magnify light, concentrating it in an area with such blazing brilliance that in can scorch retinas and cause temporary blindness.

She can even, with considerable concentration, generate illusions, although not quite. By manipulating the direction light travels she can slightly adjust the apparent locations of people. For the most observant of people there will still remain a slight shimmer at the true location of the person, but they will appear to be stood instead a few feet to the side.

Limits:

She can only manipulate light within about twenty feet of herself, beyond that she has no power over it, though if she stopped light travelling through that radius, it would not simply continue its travel on the other side.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

As already mentioned Ellen can perceive light on every spectrum, but has limited tolerance for it, having only just about got the hang of blocking out everything but the normal visible spectrum, as such, flooding an area with a wide variety of differing spectrums can put her in considerable distress.

Potential Abilities

1. Superhuman Regeneration.
2. Slug physiology.
3. Superhuman Strength.
4. Telepathy.
5. Hydrokinesis.
6. Pyrokinesis.
7. Aerokinesis.
8. Terrakinesis.
9. Energy Projection.
10. Superhuman Speed.
11. Omnilingualism.
12. Spider physiology.
13. Sound manipulation.
14. Dimensional storage.
15. Intangibility.
16. Flight.
17. Telekinesis.
18. Metallokinesis.
19. Astral Projection.
20. Technopathy.
21. Florakinesis.
22. Osteokinesis.
23. Healing (of others)
24. Density manipulation.
25. Energy absorption.
26. Normal human.
27. Portal generation.
28. Cat Physiology.
29. Electrokinesis
30. Empathy.
31. Atomic Transmutation.
32. Self-duplication.
33. To be continued…

Other:

• Thanks to the nature of her ability, Ellen has to be reassessed every week at the Academy, in order for them to monitor her progress with her ability. She also has far more frequent meetings with a DOVE agents than most metahumans, usually once every month or two.

Baybridge: Old Ghosts [COMPLETED]

Right, here is my kiddie. I've found a randomiser that can share tickets, so it can help me flex my creative muscles with regards to the powers a little. I will also be adding to the power list as the RP continues, but right now I need a break from writing characters, and to start work on my IC post :D.

Ellen Nile

Basic Information

Name:

Ellen Nile

Nickname/Alias/Etc:

Gender:

Female

Age:

16

Height:

5ft 5

Weight:

100 lbs

Home District:

Roseview – Academy 61

Appearance

Hair Color:

Black

Eye Color:

Hazel

Ethnicity:

Half Native American/Half Caucasian

Physical Appearance:

Ellen is a slightly gangly and awkward looking teenager, with the long and clumsy limbs that result from a recent growth spurt that she hasn't quite filled out yet. She has the kind of form that could have made her an excellent long distance runner, if her ability hadn't made such a thing so difficult as to be impossible. She has small breasts, disappointingly so in fact, and in her mind it is not made up for by her not unappealing backside, that is again small, but at least nicely rounded and filled out.

Though she gets her figure from her mother, the rest of her appearance is clearly inherited from her father. Despite how little she knows about him this is obvious thanks to the fact that he was Native America, Cherokee to be exact. The first thing that people notice are the tell-tale almond shaped eyes, hidden beneath heavily lidded eyes, they are hazel, and despite the fact that she perpetually looks half asleep, the eyes beneath the lids are bright and aware.

Her cheek bones are high, defined, and a classic feature that sets off the rest of her face. If her nose could be called one thing, other than an embarrassment, it is proud, protruding forth like an eagle, and a constant source of self-esteem issues. The whole thing is further spoiled by slight buck teeth, though the lips around them usually suffice to draw attention away.

Attire:

Ellen wishes she was like every other teenage girl, so she dresses like them, t-shirts, jeans, shorts when she thinks she can get away with it. Her feet can usually be found clad in a pair of battered converse or Superstar sneakers and she's usually carrying a fairly new Adidas rucksack.

Personality

Innate & Outward Personality:

Ellen hates her ability, when it first developed she was a freak, ostracised from her school and forced to leave those who had been her friends, and even those who remained so in order to join an Academy. She tries to keep a positive outlook on life, hard though it may be, she’s had to, with the frequent spanners her ability throws into her life, from abilities that give her crippling migraines, to ones that leave her without hands or even any real way of communicating.

Positivity aside, Ellen can be prone to dramatic mood swings, even more so than most teenage girls, one moment she could be her normal sarcastic self, the next she could be grim and brooding. Her Academy Counsellor thinks that perhaps her ability could be affecting her hormones more dramatically than puberty normally would. She is good at distracting herself, most people aren’t capable of staying awake and alert for all hours of the day and night, so she is just as happy in her own company as in that of others, though she will frequently play Xbox to the early hours of the morning, or finish a book less than a day after she bought it.

She’s not the best listener, or friend to be honest, but it’s not from any real mean spiritedness, just an occasional habit to drift of daydreaming or get distracted easily when really she should be paying attention to someone else’s problems. When she isn’t caught up in a bout of melancholy she’s generally of the opinion that worries are for other people, and just tries to enjoy what little she feels she still can outside of her ability, on the occasion that she gets a power she really feels she can show off, she will do so at every opportunity, too often has she been stuck with slimy skin or uncontrollable telepathy. Her ability has taught her to live in the present, and enjoy what she has as much as she can.

Hobbies/Interests:

Gaming
Reading

Skills/Talents:

Fast learner – Perhaps it is simply survival, or perhaps it is some strange quirk of her ability, but when you develop a different ability every week you learn to pick them up quickly, for fear of setting fire to your bedroom, as such Ellen can usually develop at least a beginners level of control in the first day, and moderate levels before she sleeps again.

Goals/Motivation

Ellen hates her ability, it is constantly robbing her of the normal life she once had, or still could have, every time she thinks she has a handle on the power it throws a curveball and she ends up as a creature with acid for skin. Right now she is caught up in the drama of High School life, and just wants to get the hell through the Academy.

History/Bio:

Ellen never knew her father, there is no great tragedy here, simply the eternal story of single mothers the world over. Neither her or her mother know where he is, what he does for a living, or anything more. She was the product of a brief, whirlwind romance, and her mother did not realise her pregnancy until long after the father had left her, but she never made an effort to get back in touch with him. Occasionally, when she has had a little too much wine, she will talk fondly of him, but she’s never really explained why she never sought to involve him in his daughter’s life.

She had a relatively average life for the first thirteen years, kindergarten, school, BFFs, her first crush, she was even doing well as an athlete, a potential rising star in the school’s track squad. And her life changed entirely when she developed abilities. She is hardly the only child who has had her entire existence spun on its head when she developed abilities, but Ellen has her life change every week, every time she developed new abilities she felt like it was happening all over again. By the time she realised that she wanted her ability suppressed it was too late, her brain had been permanently modified, and any attempt to suppress her ability led to far worse medical repercussions.

She was rapidly enrolled in an Academy, unfortunately it didn’t make things better. Kids are cruel, and kids with power aren’t much better. There are bullies in all walks of life, and with her unstable ability, Ellen was an easy target. After a few months she began to develop a knack for picking up her abilities quickly, and while she would never be as skilled as the other students, sometimes fortune would favour her with either an ability that was simply superior, or one that allowed her to get creative. She is now enrolled full time in the academy, no civilian household could possibly deal with the realities of her ability, she still visits her mother when she can, but spends most of her time at the Academy.

Relationships

Family:

Mother - Olivia Nile
Father – Unknown

Dynamics: (Relations with other characters - You don't have to put relation with family here.)

| Name Here |

| {Impression (Good/Bad/Neutral} | {Relationship (Friend, Rival, Crush, etc)} | "Quote Here." |

[Description of Relationship]

Abilities

Power Class:

Power

Power:

Ellen has an extremely unusual and unstable metahuman ability, one that is constantly changing. Ellen does not need to sleep as frequently as normal humans, in fact, only sleeping once a week, for between twelve and twenty-four hours. To call this sleep would perhaps be inaccurate, in fact it is closer to hibernation, or even metamorphosis. It is nigh on impossible to wake Ellen during this period of sleep, to do so can have unpredictable effects.

At the end of this period of hibernation, Ellen will awake with a different ability to the one she fell asleep with. She has no control over what ability she gets, and she has never developed the same ability more than once, though she can develop powers with similar qualities. These abilities could even include physical changes, though such a development will lead to a longer period of hibernation. Clearly this ability leads to a creative and quick-learning mind, and some quirk of her power means that she usually picks up the basics fairly quickly.

Limits:

Though her potential repertoire of abilities seems to have virtually no limit, there is one quite specific one. Though she can develop abilities from Super-System, Cerebral, Elemental or even Other, she can never, and will never develop an ability with its roots in the power classification. This means she can never develop an ability that will boost or block abilities, that will replicate them, or manipulate them in any way.

The duration of her hibernation will also be directly linked to the ability that she develops. Any that leads to a change in her physical form will take longer, up to twenty four hours, and she will usually be ravenously hungry for some time afterwards.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

Ellen will have one set of abilities, or one ability, for a week, she may very well pick up how to use them quickly, but her talents will never match those of someone truly skilled with the ability they have, she is a quick study, but never a master. Also, while asleep Ellen is totally defenceless, she has no way of defending herself, and no way of surviving attack unless her metamorphosis has developed something that could protect her, such as armoured scales. Each ability will of course have its own weaknesses factored in.

Her power has also effected permanent changes in her brain chemistry, though her metahuman energy apparently sustains her throughout the week, without that energy she cannot sustain such a regime. And yet her brain won’t let her sleep. If Ellen were to wear a power suppressant collar she would still be unable to sleep more than once a week, but she would suffer the same levels of fatigue and exhaustion than any human would if they didn’t sleep for a week, leading to potentially serious health issues.

Finally, when she needs to sleep, she absolutely needs to, she can gain a little respite from copious quantities of caffeine, but can, and has, fallen asleep in awkward situations, only to remain asleep for the next day until her metamorphosis has concluded.

Current Abilities

Power:

Tarsier Physiology – Ellen’s eyes are enormous, totally out of proportion to the rest of her body, and in fact the structure of her cranium has adjusted in order to compensate for the increased weight. Nearly the size of a grape fruit they grant her superb eyesight and far superior night vision to that of a human. Unfortunately she cannot move them in their sockets at all (that took some getting used to) her neck however, is far more flexible than normal, and not unlike an owl she can rotate her head up to 180 degrees.

Her fingers have also elongated, with slightly excessively proportioned knuckles, though they possess far more strength than their almost skeletal appearance would suggest. This change has also extended to her legs and feet, which are now dramatically elongated, enabling her to climb vertically and make leaps of up to twenty feet.

Limits:

Her eyes are fixed in her head, and that is a strange sensation for anyone accustomed to normal human vision, she still occasionally has to remind herself that she needs to turn her entire head in order to focus on things, which is distracting to say the least.
Her jump is far in excess of that of a normal human, but is nonetheless limited to twenty feet at maximum.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

While she is now far more skilled at climbing than she was, walking normally is far less comfortable than it would be thanks to the change in shape of her lower limbs. In addition, her eyes are far more sensitive to light, and she is therefore far more likely to be affected adversely by bright lights.

Past Abilities

Abilities possessed during the RP:

Potential Abilities

1. Superhuman Regeneration.
2. Slug physiology.
3. Superhuman Strength.
4. Telepathy.
5. Hydrokinesis.
6. Pyrokinesis.
7. Aerokinesis.
8. Terrakinesis.
9. Energy Projection.
10. Superhuman Speed.
11. Omnilingualism.
12. Spider physiology.
13. Sound manipulation.
14. Dimensional storage.
15. Intangibility.
16. Flight.
17. Telekinesis.
18. Metallokinesis.
19. Astral Projection.
20. Technopathy.
21. Florakinesis.
22. Osteokinesis.
23. Healing (of others)
24. Density manipulation.
25. Energy absorption.
26. Normal human.
27. Portal generation.
28. Cat Physiology.
29. Electrokinesis
30. Empathy.
31. Atomic Transmutation.
32. Self-duplication.
33. To be continued…

Other:

• Thanks to the nature of her ability, Ellen has to be reassessed every week at the Academy, in order for them to monitor her progress with her ability. She also has far more frequent meetings with a DOVE agents than most metahumans, usually once every month or two.

Baybridge: Old Ghosts [COMPLETED]

Ok, not sure if I've just missed it or something, but is there an Academy in Baybridge? I'm thinking it would make sense if it's a large conurbation of metahumans, but just checking :D

Baybridge: Old Ghosts [COMPLETED]

I will hopefully finish my Academy student sometime tomorrow, but I am at work early tomorrow. So I bid thee all good night!

XD

Baybridge: Old Ghosts [COMPLETED]

Matthew Drake

Basic Information

Name:

Matthew Drake

Nickname/Alias/Etc:

Gender:

Male

Age:

38

Height:

6 ft

Weight:

200lbs

Home District:

Appearance

Hair Color:

Brown

Eye Color:

Brown

Ethnicity:

Caucasian

Physical Appearance:

Casually, almost disarmingly good looking, Matthew has aged well, he is in his late thirties, but could be mistaken for a man in his late twenties, with natural, thick hair, and a relatively unlined face. He is clearly trim and in shape, and his taste in clothes demonstrate a man who has experienced a great deal of success in his life, and the money that comes with it, though he could hardly be called arrogant. He keeps his hair fairly short, though with enough length for it to always be just a little short of falling into his eyes. He favours a clean shaven look, and prefers the attentions of a Turkish barber though he will perform it himself if necessary, he has an appearance to maintain after all.

Whatever he does clearly allows him time for exercise, and his expensive, well cut clothes make it clear that he is trim and in shape, with solid layers of muscle concealed beneath his shirt. He has a faint tan, not from the sunbeds, but from time spent in warmer climes, though it is faint enough to make it clear that he is no sun worshipper.

Attire:

Optional

Personality

Innate & Outward Personality:

If there is one word that fits Matthew Drake as a man, it would be driven. He was never a man to push aside his obsessions so he could spend time with family or friends, and he still is not. That drive, that ability to forget about everything except his objective was what set him in good stead in his law career. That drive however, that obsessive nature, is what has driven him down a darker path, and with no way of resolution in sight, it has begun to eclipse the rest of his personality.

He can still hold conversations about other subjects, though loses interest in them easily, somewhat rudely, and has little time to spend with what friends he has left. He’s not particularly a loner, his social skills are rusty perhaps, but accomplished, and though it may take him time to warm up to people again, he could still be considered a good friend, as long as you don’t expect him to be on time for anything.

It’s not that he forgets about prior engagements or plans; it’s simply that he places a higher priority on other things, on training, researching, preparing for his next target. Occasionally he allows himself to be bullied into actually leaving his obsession, but usually excuses himself early, unable to forget himself so easily for so long.

Hobbies/Interests:

Optional

Skills/Talents:

Street fighting – There is no true art of fighting that Matthew is familiar with, but he has spent the last five years killing people, he can fight well, and he fights dirty, with no rules, no honour. It is just brutal, vicious efficiency intended to put down an opponent as quickly as possible, without concern for their health.
Lawyer – For years Matthew was one of the most successful lawyers in America, he may have left the profession behind, but he still knows his way around the law. It also means he is good at making people believe what he says, at trusting his interpretation of things.

Goals/Motivation

Matthew seeks closure, to feel like whatever mission he has is done. He is almost like a ghost, seeking to finalise its unfinished business, but his obsession will not allow closure, it will not allow relief, and he will spiral further into a dark and murderous state of mind from which he may never emerge.

History/Bio:

Matthew Drake was the last person you would expect to be a killer, a successful lawyer, he began a career as a defence lawyer. It paid well, and he was good at it, so it paid even better, but he was never truly comfortable in his job. He was an intelligent man with a passion for the law, and working as a defence attorney merely showed him how easily it could be twisted and manipulated to say whatever you want. Still he was very good at it, and he enjoyed doing what he was good at, as many do, and pushed his protesting conscience to the side in favour of profit and success.

He met a young lawyer there, a woman with an equal passion for her job, albeit with rather less flair than he himself possessed. She was young, attractive, and intelligent, and he fell in love with her, even beyond. Those who knew him agreed that it was a little too fast to really be healthy, but Matthew was infatuated, he didn’t listen to the warnings of his close friends. Of course it was excessively unprofessional for co-workers to sleep together, even more so considering that he was her superior, but they kept the affair a secret until it ended, suddenly. He’d assigned her to a case defending a young metahuman, one who had been accused of abusing his abilities to commit crimes.

He had sworn his innocence, and whether he was or not later became a moot point. He snapped under the pressure, and murdered eight people in the court room before being disabled and detained by NEST. Elizabeth Shriver was one of the eight, he’d snapped her neck with a single careless blow. The worst part of it all is that he should have been in the room, he was the lead chair in the case, but he’d been running late. Matthew knew only too well that he could have stopped the deaths of everyone in that room, but most of all Elizabeth. He left his job, disappeared for three weeks, and when he returned he had no interest in acting as a defence attorney, joining the DA’s office to become a prosecutor.

He worked tirelessly for four years, worked himself into the ground, and though he frequently got his man, too often did he see criminal metahumans, benefitted by a system that had never been equipped to deal with them. Every victory he achieved was made all the more hollow by those battles he lost, and he grew into a deeper depression, until finally taking the advice of his friends and family and quit. He was a wealthy man, without enough to retire in luxury, but at least enough to live comfortably for some time.

Unfortunately, without his work he grew deeper into depression, and even further into obsession, he would never be able to truly gain closure, the man who killed his love was imprisoned in one of the highest security prisons in America, and would remain so until he died of old age. So Matthew sought closure elsewhere. A gangbanger with the ability to slice flesh with his fingers, released thanks to a broken chain of custody in evidence, was sliced apart in an alley. A woman who had slaughtered two of her co-workers in a moment of rage. She had been released when the arresting officer was found to have searched her apartment without a warrant. She was never found.

Matthew knew enough about the system not to get caught, and he grew gradually more convinced that the law couldn’t deal with them, it didn’t know how to deal with people who thought themselves gods. He’d had to take the law into his own hands. He kills those who have escaped justice, those who, in his mind, believe themselves superior. The arrogance, the superiority of metahumans had to be dealt with, and DOVE and RAVEN were more concerned with looking after their wellbeing than teaching them how to operate in a human society. So Matthew would have to be societies dark knight, judge, jury and executioner.

Relationships

Family:

Dynamics: (Relations with other characters - You don't have to put relation with family here.)

| Name Here |

| {Impression (Good/Bad/Neutral} | {Relationship (Friend, Rival, Crush, etc)} | "Quote Here." |

[Description of Relationship]

Abilities

Power Class:

Power

Power:

Simply put, Matthew passively saps the metahuman energy of anyone within thirty feet of him. This ability acts instantly on metahumans, and only functions when they attempt to utilise their ability, that is to say, that should they attempt to use their ability, Matthew’s ability will instantly absorb the energy that would have been expended in the use of the power, effectively rendering the metahuman powerless while they are within the radius of his power.

This means that metahuman’s will feel just as drained as they would do after any use of their ability, while receiving none of the benefits. It can even have a limited effect on abilities that have effected physical changes upon the metahuman in question. Though they will still be able to utilise whatever benefits the physical changes bestow upon them, they will tire out significantly more rapidly than they would in any other situation.

He can manipulate this aura, that is to say, the radius, expanding it from the surface of his skin, up to thirty feet about himself, and anything in between, at will. It will always make him immune to abilities that affect him directly, such as healing or telepathy, that is unconditional.

Limits:

Metahumans that are outside of his radius can still affect him, so, for example, a metahuman who can throw fire can still engulf him in flames, or a metahuman that wields powerful, matter destroying lasers can still cut him in half. As long as it does not rely upon manipulating his body or mind to have an effect. Metahumans who possess enhanced strength that has gifted them with far denser musculature can still use their strength, though they will tire more easily, as he cannot rob them of the physical changes their abilities have gifted them. This ‘theft’ of metahuman energy can also not induce ashing, no matter how far he pushes the metahuman in question, and he has tried, the most he can push them to is unconsciousness.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

Though he has not yet discovered his limit, it is likely that attempting to suppress any more than six or seven metahumans at a time will tax his abilities sorely, and should they persist in trying to break the effect they may even induce ashing in him as he absorbs more power than his system can deal with.

Other:

• Matthew is spiralling into an obsession that can only see his own destruction, he only targets metahumans who he believes have escaped justice for their crimes. His hold on the true meaning of justice and crime may be slipping however…

Ok, I tried just scrapping the personality entirely and rewriting it, maybe that helped :D.

Also, I am planning to create an academy kid as well :)

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@NosuchthingI'm reading "genuinely a good man" and "enjoys killing and torturing certain kinds of people" over and over again in your sheet. The repetitiveness sounds like someone talking to themselves and trying to rationalize murder. I don't think that's how you're gonna convince the reader that Matthew means well.

I'm also expecting him to commit suicide since he has a power too.

@Spoopy Scary

He is trying to rationalise murder...

I know someone who is actually quite a nice bloke, very polite, very intelligent, kind of guy that you wouldn't mind having a few drinks with or having around for dinner. He just happens to think that all non-white British are scum and should be deported.

Matthew is simply the same thing but with delusions.

And as to him having a power, he's obsessed, stands to reason that someone whose purpose it is to punish metahumans would be immune to metahumans. At least in his mind.

@Nosuchthing Matthew's sheet is... weird, to say the least. I can't get a good grasp on his character because it feels like the serial killer aspects are tacked on tbh. You keep mentioning how he's such a great person - that just so happens to kill people. I know what you're going for, but it could be phrased much better.

@Mr Allen J

I'll see what I can do :)

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Matthew Drake

Basic Information

Name:

Matthew Drake

Nickname/Alias/Etc:

Gender:

Male

Age:

38

Height:

6 ft

Weight:

200lbs

Home District:

Appearance

Hair Color:

Brown

Eye Color:

Brown

Ethnicity:

Caucasian

Physical Appearance:

Casually, almost disarmingly good looking, Matthew has aged well, he is in his late thirties, but could be mistaken for a man in his late twenties, with natural, thick hair, and a relatively unlined face. He is clearly trim and in shape, and his taste in clothes demonstrate a man who has experienced a great deal of success in his life, and the money that comes with it, though he could hardly be called arrogant. He keeps his hair fairly short, though with enough length for it to always be just a little short of falling into his eyes. He favours a clean shaven look, and prefers the attentions of a Turkish barber though he will perform it himself if necessary, he has an appearance to maintain after all.

Whatever he does clearly allows him time for exercise, and his expensive, well cut clothes make it clear that he is trim and in shape, with solid layers of muscle concealed beneath his shirt. He has a faint tan, not from the sunbeds, but from time spent in warmer climes, though it is faint enough to make it clear that he is no sun worshipper.

Attire:

Optional

Personality

Innate & Outward Personality:

Matthew is a charming man, he’s a gentleman, with impeccable manners, a truly chivalrous nature, and a proclivity for brutally murdering metahumans. A humanitarian, he will never put himself before others, and is, above all, willing to sacrifice himself for the betterment of humanity. In particular the part of humanity that doesn’t wield terrifying, reality defying powers.

Thanks perhaps to his experience as a lawyer he has the knack for earning people’s trust, for speaking to someone for but a few moments and behaving easily and comfortably in their presence, like old friends reunited after years. He can be kind, and fiercely loyal to those he calls a friend. He doesn’t particularly enjoy violence, but is a man who is willing to do what must be done, or at least what he feels must be done.

Truthfully, he struggles with what he does, but knows that someone has to return balance to the world. He tries to give them a chance, but after enough time they all trip up, they all demonstrate that they believe themselves to be better than normal humans, and then the terrible, cold rage comes over.

Hobbies/Interests:

Optional

Skills/Talents:

Street fighting – There is no true art of fighting that Matthew is familiar with, but he has spent the last five years killing people, he can fight well, and he fights dirty, with no rules, no honour. It is just brutal, vicious efficiency intended to put down an opponent as quickly as possible, without concern for their health.
Lawyer – For years Matthew was one of the most successful lawyers in America, he may have left the profession behind, but he still knows his way around the law. It also means he is good at making people believe what he says, at trusting his interpretation of things.

Goals/Motivation

Matthew seeks closure, to feel like whatever mission he has is done. He is almost like a ghost, seeking to finalise its unfinished business, but his obsession will not allow closure, it will not allow relief, and he will spiral further into a dark and murderous state of mind from which he may never emerge.

History/Bio:

Matthew Drake was the last person you would expect to be a killer, a successful lawyer, he began a career as a defence lawyer. It paid well, and he was good at it, so it paid even better, but he was never truly comfortable in his job. He was an intelligent man with a passion for the law, and working as a defence attorney merely showed him how easily it could be twisted and manipulated to say whatever you want. Still he was very good at it, and he enjoyed doing what he was good at, as many do, and pushed his protesting conscience to the side in favour of profit and success.

He met a young lawyer there, a woman with an equal passion for her job, albeit with rather less flair than he himself possessed. She was young, attractive, and intelligent, and he fell in love with her, even beyond. Those who knew him agreed that it was a little too fast to really be healthy, but Matthew was infatuated, he didn’t listen to the warnings of his close friends. Of course it was excessively unprofessional for co-workers to sleep together, even more so considering that he was her superior, but they kept the affair a secret until it ended, suddenly. He’d assigned her to a case defending a young metahuman, one who had been accused of abusing his abilities to commit crimes.

He had sworn his innocence, and whether he was or not later became a moot point. He snapped under the pressure, and murdered eight people in the court room before being disabled and detained by NEST. Elizabeth Shriver was one of the eight, he’d snapped her neck with a single careless blow. The worst part of it all is that he should have been in the room, he was the lead chair in the case, but he’d been running late. Matthew knew only too well that he could have stopped the deaths of everyone in that room, but most of all Elizabeth. He left his job, disappeared for three weeks, and when he returned he had no interest in acting as a defence attorney, joining the DA’s office to become a prosecutor.

He worked tirelessly for four years, worked himself into the ground, and though he frequently got his man, too often did he see criminal metahumans, benefitted by a system that had never been equipped to deal with them. Every victory he achieved was made all the more hollow by those battles he lost, and he grew into a deeper depression, until finally taking the advice of his friends and family and quit. He was a wealthy man, without enough to retire in luxury, but at least enough to live comfortably for some time.

Unfortunately, without his work he grew deeper into depression, and even further into obsession, he would never be able to truly gain closure, the man who killed his love was imprisoned in one of the highest security prisons in America, and would remain so until he died of old age. So Matthew sought closure elsewhere. A gangbanger with the ability to slice flesh with his fingers, released thanks to a broken chain of custody in evidence, was sliced apart in an alley. A woman who had slaughtered two of her co-workers in a moment of rage. She had been released when the arresting officer was found to have searched her apartment without a warrant. She was never found.

Matthew knew enough about the system not to get caught, and he grew gradually more convinced that the law couldn’t deal with them, it didn’t know how to deal with people who thought themselves gods. He’d had to take the law into his own hands. He kills those who have escaped justice, those who, in his mind, believe themselves superior. The arrogance, the superiority of metahumans had to be dealt with, and DOVE and RAVEN were more concerned with looking after their wellbeing than teaching them how to operate in a human society. So Matthew would have to be societies dark knight, judge, jury and executioner.

Relationships

Family:

Dynamics: (Relations with other characters - You don't have to put relation with family here.)

| Name Here |

| {Impression (Good/Bad/Neutral} | {Relationship (Friend, Rival, Crush, etc)} | "Quote Here." |

[Description of Relationship]

Abilities

Power Class:

Power

Power:

Simply put, Matthew passively saps the metahuman energy of anyone within thirty feet of him. This ability acts instantly on metahumans, and only functions when they attempt to utilise their ability, that is to say, that should they attempt to use their ability, Matthew’s ability will instantly absorb the energy that would have been expended in the use of the power, effectively rendering the metahuman powerless while they are within the radius of his power.

This means that metahuman’s will feel just as drained as they would do after any use of their ability, while receiving none of the benefits. It can even have a limited effect on abilities that have effected physical changes upon the metahuman in question. Though they will still be able to utilise whatever benefits the physical changes bestow upon them, they will tire out significantly more rapidly than they would in any other situation.

He can manipulate this aura, that is to say, the radius, expanding it from the surface of his skin, up to thirty feet about himself, and anything in between, at will. It will always make him immune to abilities that affect him directly, such as healing or telepathy, that is unconditional.

Limits:

Metahumans that are outside of his radius can still affect him, so, for example, a metahuman who can throw fire can still engulf him in flames, or a metahuman that wields powerful, matter destroying lasers can still cut him in half. As long as it does not rely upon manipulating his body or mind to have an effect. Metahumans who possess enhanced strength that has gifted them with far denser musculature can still use their strength, though they will tire more easily, as he cannot rob them of the physical changes their abilities have gifted them. This ‘theft’ of metahuman energy can also not induce ashing, no matter how far he pushes the metahuman in question, and he has tried, the most he can push them to is unconsciousness.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

Though he has not yet discovered his limit, it is likely that attempting to suppress any more than six or seven metahumans at a time will tax his abilities sorely, and should they persist in trying to break the effect they may even induce ashing in him as he absorbs more power than his system can deal with.

Other:

• Matthew is spiralling into an obsession that can only see his own destruction, he only targets metahumans who he believes have escaped justice for their crimes, or who may never be brought to court. His hold on the true meaning of justice and crime may be slipping however…

OK, I've tweaked him a little, trying to make him sound less like a serial killer and more like a vigilante who exclusively targets criminal metahumans, albeit with far more lethal force than is perhaps necessary. Let me know what you think @Mr Allen J

Baybridge: Old Ghosts [COMPLETED]

Matthew Drake

Basic Information

Name:

Matthew Drake

Nickname/Alias/Etc:

Gender:

Male

Age:

38

Height:

6 ft

Weight:

200lbs

Home District:

Appearance

Hair Color:

Brown

Eye Color:

Brown

Ethnicity:

Caucasian

Physical Appearance:

Casually, almost disarmingly good looking, Matthew has aged well, he is in his late thirties, but could be mistaken for a man in his late twenties, with natural, thick hair, and a relatively unlined face. He is clearly trim and in shape, and his taste in clothes demonstrate a man who has experienced a great deal of success in his life, and the money that comes with it, though he could hardly be called arrogant. He keeps his hair fairly short, though with enough length for it to always be just a little short of falling into his eyes. He favours a clean shaven look, and prefers the attentions of a Turkish barber though he will perform it himself if necessary, he has an appearance to maintain after all.

Whatever he does clearly allows him time for exercise, and his expensive, well cut clothes make it clear that he is trim and in shape, with solid layers of muscle concealed beneath his shirt. He has a faint tan, not from the sunbeds, but from time spent in warmer climes, though it is faint enough to make it clear that he is no sun worshipper.

Attire:

Optional

Personality

Innate & Outward Personality:

Matthew is a charming man, he’s a gentleman, with impeccable manners, a truly chivalrous nature, and a proclivity for brutally murdering metahumans. A humanitarian, he will never put himself before others, and is, above all, willing to sacrifice himself for the betterment of humanity. In particular the part of humanity that doesn’t wield terrifying, reality defying powers.

He has the knack for earning people’s trust, for speaking to someone for but a few moments and behaving easily and comfortably in their presence, like old friends reunited after years. In truth he is a good man, kind, and fiercely loyal to those he calls a friend. He doesn’t enjoy violence, but is a man who is willing to do what must be done, or at least what he feels must be done.

Apart from the glaring fault of his occasional homicidal tendencies, Matthew truly is a good man. He is patient, understanding, and makes an effort to understand people. Truthfully, he struggles with what he does, but knows that someone has to return balance to the world. He tries to give them a chance, but after enough time they all trip up, they all demonstrate that they believe themselves to be better than normal humans, and then the terrible, cold rage comes over.

Hobbies/Interests:

Optional

Skills/Talents:

A working knowledge of human anatomy – He enjoys making metahumans suffer for their crimes, causing them pain, and he knows exactly where to punch, to slice, and to brand without killing. This brings with it a basic understanding of first aid and medicine, he doesn’t want his victims dying too soon after all, metahumans think that they are better, he aims to teach them otherwise, slowly.
Street fighting – There is no true art of fighting that Matthew is familiar with, but he is experienced, he can fight well, and he fights dirty, with no rules, no honour. It is just brutal, vicious efficiency intended to put down an opponent as quickly as possible, without concern for their health.
Lawyer – For years Matthew was one of the most successful lawyers in America, he may have left the profession behind, but he still knows his way around the law.

Goals/Motivation

Matthew seeks closure, to feel like whatever mission he has is done. He is almost like a ghost, seeking to finalise its unfinished business, but his obsession will not allow closure, it will not allow relief, and he will spiral further into a dark and murderous state of mind from which he may never emerge.

History/Bio:

Matthew Drake was the last person you would expect to be a killer, a successful lawyer, he began a career as a defence lawyer. It paid well, and he was good at it, so it paid even better, but he was never truly comfortable in his job. He was a good man with a passion for the law, and working as a defence attorney merely showed him how easily it could be twisted and manipulated to say whatever you want. Still he was very good at it, and he enjoyed doing what he was good at, as many do, and pushed his protesting conscience to the side in favour of profit and success.

He met a young lawyer there, a woman with an equal passion for her job, albeit with rather less flair than he himself possessed. She was young, attractive, and intelligent, and he fell in love with her, even beyond. Those who knew him agreed that it was a little too fast to really be healthy, but Matthew was infatuated, he didn’t listen to the warnings of his close friends. Of course it was excessively unprofessional for co-workers to sleep together, even more so considering that he was her superior, but they kept the affair a secret until it ended, suddenly. He’d assigned her to a case defending a young metahuman, one who had been accused of abusing his abilities to commit crimes.

He had sworn his innocence, and whether he was or not later became a moot point. He snapped under the pressure, and murdered eight people in the court room before being disabled and detained by NEST. Elizabeth Shriver was one of the eight, he’d snapped her neck with a single careless blow. The worst part of it all is that he should have been in the room, he was the lead chair in the case, but he’d been running late. Matthew knew only too well that he could have stopped the deaths of everyone in that room, but most of all Elizabeth. He left his job, disappeared for three weeks, and when he returned he had no interest in acting as a defence attorney, joining the DA’s office to become a prosecutor.

He worked tirelessly for four years, worked himself into the ground, and though he frequently got his man, too often did he see criminal metahumans, benefitted by a system that had never been equipped to deal with them. Every victory he achieved was made all the more hollow by those battles he lost, and he grew into a deeper depression, until finally taking the advice of his friends and family and quit. He was a wealthy man, without enough to retire in luxury, but at least enough to live comfortably for some time.

Unfortunately, without his work he grew deeper into depression, and even further into obsession, he would never be able to truly gain closure, the man who killed his love was imprisoned in one of the highest security prisons in America, and would remain so until he died of old age. So Matthew sought closure elsewhere. A gangbanger with the ability to slice flesh with his fingers, released thanks to a broken chain of custody in evidence, was sliced apart in an alley. A woman who had slaughtered two of her co-workers in a moment of rage. She had been released when the arresting officer was found to have searched her apartment without a warrant. She was never found.

Matthew knew enough about the system not to get caught, the law couldn’t deal with them, it didn’t know how to deal with people who thought themselves gods. He’d had to take the law into his own hands. It began with those who escaped justice, not an entirely ignoble cause perhaps, but as his obsession deepened he grew less concerned with crimes, and more concerned with the root of the problem. The arrogance, the superiority of metahumans had to be dealt with, and DOVE and RAVEN were more concerned with looking after their wellbeing than teaching them how to operate in a human society. So Matthew would have to be societies dark knight, judge, jury and executioner.

Relationships

Family:

Dynamics: (Relations with other characters - You don't have to put relation with family here.)

| Name Here |

| {Impression (Good/Bad/Neutral} | {Relationship (Friend, Rival, Crush, etc)} | "Quote Here." |

[Description of Relationship]

Abilities

Power Class:

Power

Power:

Simply put, Matthew passively saps the metahuman energy of anyone within thirty feet of him. This ability acts instantly on metahumans, and only functions when they attempt to utilise their ability, that is to say, that should they attempt to use their ability, Matthew’s ability will instantly absorb the energy that would have been expended in the use of the power, effectively rendering the metahuman powerless while they are within the radius of his power.

This means that metahuman’s will feel just as drained as they would do after any use of their ability, while receiving none of the benefits. It can even have a limited effect on abilities that have effected physical changes upon the metahuman in question. Though they will still be able to utilise whatever benefits the physical changes bestow upon them, they will tire out significantly more rapidly than they would in any other situation.

He can manipulate this aura, that is to say, the radius, expanding it from the surface of his skin, up to thirty feet about himself, and anything in between, at will. It will always make him immune to abilities that affect him directly, such as healing or telepathy, that is unconditional.

Limits:

Metahumans that are outside of his radius can still affect him, so, for example, a metahuman who can throw fire can still engulf him in flames, or a metahuman that wields powerful, matter destroying lasers can still cut him in half. As long as it does not rely upon manipulating his body or mind to have an effect. Metahumans who possess enhanced strength that has gifted them with far denser musculature can still use their strength, though they will tire more easily, as he cannot rob them of the physical changes their abilities have gifted them. This ‘theft’ of metahuman energy can also not induce ashing, no matter how far he pushes the metahuman in question, and he has tried, the most he can push them to is unconsciousness.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

Though he has not yet discovered his limit, it is likely that attempting to suppress any more than six or seven metahumans at a time will tax his abilities sorely, and should they persist in trying to break the effect they may even induce ashing in him as he absorbs more power than his system can deal with.

Other:

• It seems strange considering his hobby, but Matthew, at heart, is a good man with just one obsession that is slowly driving him mad. He genuinely struggles with his conscience sometimes, but ultimately returns to what he now believes is his calling.

Edit: fixed... I think XD

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Alice Barrett

Basic Information

Name:

Alice Barrett

Nickname/Alias/Etc:

Shortcut

Gender:

Female

Age:

26

Height:

5ft 2

Weight:

90lbs

Home District:

Appearance

Hair Color:

Blonde

Eye Color:

Blue

Ethnicity:

Irish Caucasian

Physical Appearance:

Alice is slim and petite, standing a bare five foot two in height, and with little to her form in terms of weight. Her chest, always a source of embarrassment, is as flat as they come, and she frequently wears expensive push up bras in an attempt to make them look far more substantial than they actually are. The theme is continued elsewhere, and with her diminutive figure she could easily be mistaken for a boy at a distance.

She wore her blonde hair long in some attempt to preserve what little feminine appearance she had, but thanks to a rather heated encounter with a pyrokinetic metahuman she was forced to have what the stylist referred to as emergency hair surgery. As a result it is now cropped extremely short, and only highlights her boyish figure, much to her mortification.

Attire:

Though she tries to wear more feminine attire, her career as a RAVEN agent means that practical, hard wearing clothes are far more appropriate than dresses and skirts. In her off time however, she favours summer dresses and relaxed skirts, being extremely self-conscious about her boyish figure. Her skin is, or was, unblemished, apart from a large, vicious looking scar, still raw looking, as though fresh. The scar twists down and across her neck, interfering with her extensive tattoos, with two full sleeves that spiral and entwine across her chest and back.

Personality

Innate & Outward Personality:

Alice is a difficult person to get a handle on, a person full of contradictions. Perhaps one of her defining traits is her faith, it doesn’t quite fit, but it is irrevocably part of her, even if she occasionally struggles with the responsibilities and beliefs that come with it. She doesn’t force her faith on others however, or at least she tries not to, as long as they don’t bother her, she won’t bother them. That said, she is particularly uncomfortable around homosexuals, though she rarely expresses actual disapproval, anyone who knows her can identify her discomfort.

Mostly she is fairly easy going, and even tends to a slightly mischievous, if repetitive sense of humour. She has a habit of teleporting into close proximity of colleagues without warning, it hardly reduces her to uproarious laughter, but it usually brings a smirk to her face. She’s usually smiling, and finds herself comfortable amidst her peers, with thick skin and the ability to easily turn the other cheek. At least about most things.

She can be self-conscious regarding her appearance, she has an undeniably boyish figure, and drawing attention to that will only embarrass and anger her. She won’t hold onto her anger for long though, and is nothing if not forgiving. She has a lot of time for people, and despite her somewhat warped sense of humour makes friends easily. Perhaps in this quality she is developing the skills of a born leader, hardly honed, but someone who could easily take command of a difficult situation.

Hobbies/Interests:

Optional

Skills/Talents:

Make-up, seriously, Alice could be a make-up artist professionally, and has a knack for applying cosmetics with a touch that makes it near invisible, while also being capable of giving someone a complete makeover at the same time.
Capoeirsta, Alice is a practiced and experienced user of Capoeira, primarily for its uses in combat, though she also enjoys it’s more recreational aspects.
Drinking, so she’s five foot two and weighs 90 pounds, she’ll still drink you under the table without breaking a sweat.
Cop Instincts, Alice comes from a family of police officers, has been brought up with, raised with stories about the people they dealt with on their beats, about raids, about crime and punishment. She has the kind of instincts you would find on a veteran beat cop, able to tell when someone is lying, or needs her to step in and help.

Goals/Motivation

Alice is, in her heart of hearts, a cop, and sometimes that's all she wants to be, to forget all the confusion that came with her abilities, albeit not directly linked to them. Part of her just wants to keep her head down, to forget about her partner and the things that happened in New York. There is an iron core of duty in her, and she wants to make her parents proud, and maybe, one day, look back at something she's done and be able to feel proud of that too.

History/Bio:

Mom was a cop, dad was a cop, it seemed that it was just a matter of time before Alice followed in the family footsteps. At least after her brief period of rebellion when she turned eighteen, time in her life that cost her several thousand dollars and left her with an exquisite set of tattoo, back, and chest tattoos. She regrets the decision, but is still oddly proud of the art upon her skin.

Only a year later Alice was enrolled in the NYPD Academy, and true to her roots, to her heritage, she proved to be a natural, being raised a cop probably had something to do with it. She graduated with honours, and was assigned a position as a beat cop at the tender age of twenty-one, and appeared in the accident and emergency room rather soon afterwards. Quite literally. A year after beginning her new job, she popped out of thin air into the middle of the accident and emergency room of Mount Sinai. One moment there was no one there, the next a uniformed patrol officer had collapsed, blood pumping from a vicious cut in her neck.

She was fortunate, had she been anywhere else, out on the street, any further than a minute from a hospital, then she would have died. As it was she was left with an eye catching, raw looking scar, and permanent damage to her vocal cords. DOVE visited her in hospital to register her as a metahuman, and to discuss her options now that she had developed abilities. It wasn’t long before she officially left the NYPD, transferred indefinitely to RAVEN, both for training in the use of her newfound gifts, and to put them to good use in policing those that normal police forces had to leave alone.

Though certain of her police instincts had to find a new home once she had formally joined RAVEN, she showed a talent for her duties, and was often able to talk down newly developed, or unstable metas from dangerous situations, as well as judging when those situations were about to go south rapidly. She was doing well, until her relationship with her last partner took a direction she wasn’t expecting, wasn’t prepared for, and was somewhat in denial of. She immediately requested a transfer to a different city, it was expedited, and she arrived in Baybridge only three weeks ago.

Relationships

Family:

Father - Sean Barrett
Mother - Michelle Barrett

Dynamics:

| Cindy Keagan |

| Good | Friend | "Quote Here." |

Alice has not been herself since transferring to Baybridge, thanks, in part, to the events that led to her transfer. She's kept up her normal appearances but occasionally a darker mood shines through, even when she's with co-workers and friends. She's beginning to feel better, in part thanks to the efforts of Cindy to socialise with her.

| Maxine Diaz |

| Neutral | Co-worker | "Quote Here." |

Alice hasn't had time to get to know Maxine yet, she's only recently been transferred to Baybridge, so has mostly been preoccupied with induction, briefing, debriefing, and the myriad amounts of paperwork that come with dropping your life and moving to a new city at a moment's notice. She has picked up that Cindy has some misgivings about the RAVEN, though not due to Cindy's behaviour around Max in professional environments.

Abilities

Power Class:

Other

Power:

Alice has the ability to quite literally break the laws of physics, to bend the very fabric of space itself. Put simply, Alice can traverse great distances in the blink of an eye, or, in laymans terms, teleport. Effectively, Alice moves from one place to another without bothering to cross the space in between. This ability can displace liquids and gasses upon travel, though not solids. This ability has a potentially long range, and Alice can jump up to two miles at a time. Multiple short range jumps can be accomplished extremely rapidly and with pin point precision in line of sight.

Limits:

Alice can carry people with her, but only a maximum of two, any more than that and any attempt to jump would likely fail and end in a crippling migraine for Alice. Jumping with new passengers can also lead to a strong sense of nausea for the passengers, even vomit if they are particularly unaccustomed to it. They can grow used to this sensation after enough time and experience of it. Also, although Alice can jump by herself with ease, adding even one passenger can rapidly tire her out. Also, although she can displace gas and liquid when teleporting, solids are not nearly as accommodating, and if Alice does not already know an area well she could end up reappearing halfway into a wall, and the wall would win. Her current maximum range is two miles, but that would push her to her limits, exhausting her and potentially even making her throw up.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

Jumping takes a lot out of Alice, she is quite literally generating the energy required to leap across space in an instant, and she therefore burns energy and calories at an accelerated rate, and consumes copious amounts of greasy and fattening foods, without it having the slightest effect on her figure. She needs to consume somewhere in the region of twelve to fifteen thousand calories a day, more if it’s particularly strenuous. Her ability isn’t silent; displacing such a large amount of air makes a distinctive, solid, thump of suddenly compressed air. Long distance jumps take more out of her, with reaching her maximum range causing migraines, blackouts, and often vomiting. She also needs to be familiar with the area she is jumping to if it is long distance or a blind jump. She may be able to teleport with pinpoint accuracy if she can see her target, but teleporting to something she can’t see can easily end with her buried up to her waist in the earth or halfway through a wall.

She also maintains whatever momentum she has when she teleports, so if she falls off a building, she’d have to react pretty quickly in order to catch herself. Teleporting once she has acquired enough speed will still leave her travelling fast enough to leave her a smear on the pavement.

Other:

• Alice was raised a strict Catholic, carries a Rosary and visits Church every Sunday.
• She has some internalised homophobic views, partly thanks to her extremely strict Roman Catholic upbringing, and partly thanks to her own insecurities and fears about her own sexuality.
• Alice suffered permanent damage to her vocal cords when she was attacked, and sounds perpetually hoarse, she also struggles to raise her voice above the volume of normal speech.