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Funhouse

Real Name: Olivia Raith

Power: Crafting solid walls of incredibly dense mirror-like material, each construct then warps the viewer's reflection in various ways. The alterations are said to mimic dark thoughts and memories from inside of the victim, on occasion. Often, she will fully encase a person within a hexagonal box made out of these mirrors. Given enough time, an entire maze can be constructed from them, one of the reasons why no-one has ever found the Funeral Parlour's hideout. No-one has ever made it through the mirror-maze before being killed by Switchboard. 

PRT Rating: The PRT rate Funhouse as Shaker 3. 

Backstory: Olivia enjoyed a nice and comfortable life. One night, she stumbled into the wrong alleyway while drunk. A few bored PRT goons decided she was cute, and attempted to have their way with her, despite her objections. The mere realisation that her perfect life was shattering around her was enough to trigger her there and then. Mirrors are only so much use, and if anything, spurred the footsoldiers on.

That was when Switchboard showed up. 

Brutally, he murdered them using his power. Afterwards, the two began to travel together, and formed the Funeral Parlour, a vigilante group seeking to protect innocent people from the worst of society. 

Personality: Very happy-go-lucky, Olivia is kind-hearted and strong willed. As a result, she is very thankful to have a non-lethal power, even if it can kill after days without food or water. Her power is rather well suited to defense, even if it is an unconventional use of it, blocking powers and gunfire with the very sturdy mirrors. She holds a deep affection for Switchboard, for saving her.

Switchboard

Real Name: Tristan Sloan

Power: Switchboard was aptly named after his ability to 'switch' the neural signals intercepted by the brain in various ways. Flipping your vision upside down to induce confusion and vertigo, causing you to experience extreme bouts of ticklishness, or turning pain receptors on and off rapidly. Any signal received by the human brain can be altered by Switchboard's power, giving him a vast repertoire of different abilities from the same root cause. 

PRT Rating: Tristan's ability to scour people out of a fight with ease ranks him as a Master 7.

Backstory: Tristan lived in a small town outside of Boston, originally. Always a bit of a rogue, his family wasn't rich. As a result, some pretty underhanded tactics were needed to make ends meet. Nothing major, no hijacking cars, no selling drugs, but minor things. Stealing something from the back of a flatbed truck, conning the gullible out of money and items, and screwing over the government for that little extra in benefits. At some point though, the local council set aside enough money for a small PRT base in the town. People were overjoyed, claiming that the presence of the heroes would put off the handful of super-villains, and leave the regular policing to the actual police.

But it didn't work out that way. 

Heroes backed the police, who, in turn, started to bend the rules. Going too far, being overly violent and trying to impress the guys and gals in the flashy costumes. Paperwork had a miraculous ability to be lost int he shuffle between the PRT and local PD offices. Steadily, things got worse. They became aggressive, openly attacking people and stealing from those who had nothing in the first place. Humiliating people, they shot tasers for kicks. Dark rumours had surfaced of some people being violated in even worse ways, so much so that Tristan didn't know what to believe anymore, things were that bad. The law had turned utterly lawless. 

One day, and out-of-uniform police officer cause Tristan shoplifting, and dragged him underneath a bridge. All of the town's capes were also present, as the officer began to waterboard him. It all became too much, and Tristan triggered. Flicking the pain receptors of each and every one of them on and off repeatedly, they died one after another of heart failure. He left the town, then, on the run. Finding himself in Boston, Tristan swore to never let the authorities get to that stage of depravity again, no matter the cost. 

Personality: Switchboard is callus, and doesn't care who knows it. His reputation is there to make people fear him, and for that reason, he is one of the few capes who doesn't bother wearing a mask. Anyone who commits a serious crime can expect a very violent encounter with Switchboard, if he tracks them down. Doubly so for anyone in the authorities. He holds little respect for the Covenant, seeing them as no better than the other gangs in the city. Holding a deep-seating hatred for the PRT and Protectorate, it doesn't take much to causing him to fly off the handle, where they are concerned. Fiercely protective of innocents, he will risk personal injury in order to protect them. Switchboard is a wanted man, hated on a personal level by Praetor.

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