Post by tari on Jul 12, 2009 3:26:57 GMT -6
Category: X-Men
Birth Name: Samantha (Sam) Eleadora Bayaval
Codename: Mach
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Affiliation X-Men
Family: Javier Miguel and Alejandra (Alex) Jordana Bayaval (Parents) No siblings.
Basic Description: Sam has very long, dark drown hair, which is naturally curly. She fiddles with it quite a bit. For example, it's currently been dyed green. With brown eyes, very lightly tanned skin, a relatively short stature (5'3"), and a slim-but-curvy shape, she would be the epitome of her Spanish heritage if she didn't dye her hair so often. Generally seen with at least a few rings on, Sam enjoys wearing jewelry, as it dresses up her usually casual clothes. Jeans and t-shirts are what you'll usually see her wearing. As far as piercings go, she has two in each earlobe. No tattoos.
History: Raised by her mutant parents -Javier and Alex- Sam was taught to embrace her powers even if she was not able to control them. Unfortunately, as more and more Sentinels were developed, the life of a mutant was becoming more and more dangerous, and one day it caught up with Sam and her family. Fortunately, they all survived, but they came out of it badly battered. Later, Professor Xavier found Sam, and encouraged her to come to the Institute. Sam's parents soon settled nicely elsewhere and correspond with their daughter regularly to this day.
Her gift of manipulating sound waves manifested itself at the age of fourteen, in quite an ordinary way. The first time she realized her power was when she changed the sound of the radio station she was listening to. At first she actually thought it was static interference.
In the opposite fashion, her other gift, to copy DNA patterns, manifested after she had come to the Xavier Institute. At the age of nineteen, which has been admitted to be a little late for mutant abilities to manifest, she shook someone's hand. The Professor. Unable to control her newfound power, and what with Charles' mutant ability being so powerful, she lost control and collapsed. Sam was unconscious for a while, as it was difficult to understand what was wrong with her. Eventually, though, the solution was found and Professor Xavier helped her control it unconsciously so that she could awake and learn to control it herself. When she did wake, she could uncontrollably hear almost everyone's thoughts. Because she couldn't control the absorption, a small part of Charles' DNA bonded to her own, making her very slightly telepathic, and giving Sam and Charles a slight bond that can be explained by nothing else. Though she has learned to control her small telepathic abilities, she never uses them in battle, as they are of little consequence in that respect.
She also has one rarely mentioned point in her past: just before the Professor found Mach she had been sucked in by the Brotherhood. Magneto had told her that he was doing the best for mutantkind, and she joined them, wanting nothing but to help her fellow mutants. While she was with them, she had a relationship with Magneto. Later, she left, after Magneto tried to use her for his own purposes. Namely, he tried to use her untrained sonic powers to set off several bombs across the country. Coming to her senses before she could go through with it, she parted ways with the Brotherhood. She could never come to really hate the people she knew there, although she usually acts like it because she doesn't want them taking advantage of her again.
Personality: Sam is very outgoing, and usually tries to help those who she feels need someone. Despite her usually sunny disposition, she can often be sarcastic and pessimistic, although she never means it to be offending. She can bounce quite a bit between laid-back and hyper, and she goes back and forth quickly. Being in battle invigorates her, and she often appears upbeat when she's in one. However, this can annoy quite a few people, as she can get a bit carried away sometimes. People who know her, though, can tell it's just her way. As upbeat as she can be, she crashes as soon as she gets back to her room, and stays that way as long as she can.
While she is pretty social, she loves sitting in her room reading, watching movies, and listening to music. On rainy days, especially, she'd rather be alone in her room than out doing something with others.
Powers: Sound wave manipulation, enabling her to move things (which, in turn enables her to fly), let out both small and large 'sonic bombs' which are sonic energy contained in a small force field sphere that she can make explode on her command, create force fields, and change sounds. For example, she can make things louder, softer, change the sound of voices, etc.
Also, she can create 'copies' of limited amounts of genetic materials by touch, allowing her to shapeshift into the source of the selected DNA pattern, or a combination of sources. This also means she can call back single parts of the genetic structure, allowing her to only change certain parts of her appearance, etc. (eg: Hair, eyes, mutant powers) This, however, is a secondary power and is only used when absolutely necessary, as her control over it is somewhat limited. Also, as mentioned above she can only copy a certain amount of combined genetic structures. If she has about nine full DNA patterns, she cannot copy any more unless she 'deletes' some.
Also, by consequence of an old accident, she has very slight telepathic abilities, although they're not very strong at all. (See History)
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Category: X-Men
Birth Name: Martina (Marty) Rae Jameson
Codename: Revery
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Affiliation Brotherhood
Family: Alan Fuller Jameson and Eliza Leah Jameson (Parents) No siblings.
Basic Description: Marty has dark hair that reaches her mid-back, with brown eyes that take in as much as they can. She usually has an indifferent, professional expression across her face, and her usual silence only contributes to that image. Marty's usually seen in jeans and t-shirts. Although she does enjoy dressing up occasionally, she doesn't normally have the time, so she dresses her usual clothes with the occasional piece of jewelry, more fashionable shirt, pair of heels, or otherwise.
History: Marty discovered that she was a mutant one day when she was in school. She was in tenth grade when her entire class suddenly became still, as if hypnotized, and she instantly got a shooting pain through either temple. She managed to control it enough to avoid suspicion, but it didn't last for long. A little over a week later, it occurred again, only this time Marty couldn't contain herself and screamed from the mental strain that ended up causing more mental strain.
After Marty's powers were found out, her family lifestyle was understandably distressed, although her parents did try to understand and accept her change. Marty did realize that it couldn't be easy for them, but it still didn't hurt her any less. Back at school she was ignored, ridiculed and looked down on. Along the way she formed a slight resentment for humans, and Magneto found her about a year later. He shared his vision for mutant freedom and happiness with her, and was one of the only people Marty had met that told her it wasn't a bad thing to be a mutant.
Shortly after, Marty joined the Brotherhood, and over the years Magneto earned her loyalty but, unfortunately, not her trust. Marty realized that there must be another way for mutants to live peacefully and is often tempted to join Xavier, but stays with the Brotherhood because she feels Magneto was the only one to help her when her powers scared everyone else away. She is currently in training to expand her powers.
Personality: Marty is usually quiet, reserved, and wary of others. She doesn't like to show when her powers affect her negatively, and as such she is often stone-faced, having learned to keep her emotions to herself. Deep inside, she longs for an optimistic point of view, but the more she sees what humans think of mutants -and in turn often do to them- the more Magneto's views seem to her to be the best way. Marty seems to be quite mature for her age, and most people wouldn't think she was nineteen, although when she's in private she lets the idealistic part of her loose. Though she's usually quiet, it's not because she's shy, it's because she tries to observe as much as she can before speaking.
When Marty has some free time she likes doing research, studying languages, and memorizing strange tidbits that will probably never come in handy. Her room is littered with books on things from ancient civilizations to fictional languages like Elvish and Dwarvish.
Powers: Can telepathically place people's minds into a sort of dream-like state that can be as real or surreal as she wishes. The victims are in what can mostly be considered a waking dream that can be awoken from if their mind is strong enough, however, unlike a sleepwalker, Marty's victims usually stay put, the world only being explored in their minds. Marty's powers are limited, though, to a certain amount of people. However, with training, she is learning to refine her power and increase that number. Using her power over too many people takes a large amount of concentration, decreasing her control dramatically and not allowing her to do anything but focus on her power -as opposed to when she uses her power within her control and can move around undetected. Using her power outside of her command, though, can sometimes cause pain or mental distress.
Some other telepathic abilities sometimes come to Marty in short bursts, being difficult to control and quickly fizzling out. She isn't able to call the powers back without telepathic reinforcement. She has hopes to be able to control her powers enough in the future to call back the other gifts on her own.