Don't suppose there's any room for little old me?
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•	Name:  Martha Rodes

•	Age: 26

•	Gender: Female

•	Appearance: A very average young woman with red hair reaching down just past her shoulder blades, but normally tied up into a pony tail to keep it out of her eyes. Eyes are a beautiful brown while her skin is lightly tanned though her face is somewhat spotty. Typical clothing takes the form of sturdy blue jeans, good brown boots, brown leather gloves and a red t-shirt. She also wears a pair of goggles that when aren’t protecting her eyes sit atop her head. She also has a little fire flower pendant around her neck.

•	World of Origin: Earth…sorta. Marthas Earth is one connected directly to the Mushroom Kingdom, home to the ever famous Mario Bros which is also connected to other universes home to memorable characters.

•	Powers: 
o	Generally, much more durable and powerful than your average human due to the unique radiation from the Mushroom Kingdom saturating Earth, allowing Martha to do things like hold her breath easily for almost an hour or even survive in space without a suit! But of course these things have limits and even though she could take a cannon ball to the face from a distance with little more than a lot of bruising, and maybe a few less teeth, a gun to the head will kill her.
o	Power Up: Martha is able to easily absorb extra power and use it for a short while. This normally includes things like Fire Flowers, Giga Mushrooms and the like but it can easily extend to other such items that she may not have encountered before (in theory anyway).
o	The little bag: A small string tied back-pack that goes everywhere with Martha simply because it’s such a brilliant bag. Enchanted to be much bigger on the inside the opening can be stretched wide enough to admit even her kart which makes carrying things a breeze. Although the gulping a slurping downs it makes when anything goes it is a bit disconcerting not mention how it’s weight never really changes.

•	Personality: Brash and Bold Martha won’t let anyone stand in her way if there’s something she’s after, although when things start to go downhill she will also be the first one to admit it. As you can probably tell forethought isn’t one of her strongest assets but on the other hand she does also learn from her mistakes most of the time. But of course what’s probably her most defining feature is her curiosity and sense of adventure, where many of us will avoid for sense of fear Martha will probably already be heading down that dark alley to see what lurks within, lets just hope for her sake it’s not something dangerous.


•	Backstory: Surprisingly Martha isn’t the biggest fan of video games, probably because the world she lives in pretty much is connected to one with the first stable connection between Earth and the Mushroom Kingdom being made in 1992, a few years after she was born. The majority of her younger years had the backdrop of various probes into the connections between the two worlds followed by mass scares about radiation spikes in big cities and certain video game designers being held almost at gun point. Video Games themselves even came under deep philosophical questioning when even more worlds were found to be connected to the Mushroom Kingdom, but this soon passed with some awkward confusion and uncertainty.

Martha was always an adventurous type though and one who often found herself climbing a bit higher up a tree than she could climb down (and then clinging to the poor soul who went up to fetch her). So it was no surprise that these connections between worlds held her interest so tightly even when many others feverously told her to stop.

Years passed and Martha found life within the City of London to be stifling with no way out. At least until very recently when in 2004 when it was revealed that there would be a separate set of Olympics to be held in 2008 featuring none other than the famous Mario, Sonic and various other characters from their respective worlds. Much to her disappointment Martha wasn’t able to get tickets but still remained glued to the television every moment she could spare not only to watch the games themselves, but also to hear the fantastic news of free travel between worlds being finally allowed. Furthermore, whilst the radiation now fully wrapped around Earth people were now starting to develop abilities as Humanity as a whole was launched forward in evolution.

Fairly soon Martha had managed to grab a semi-permanent residence on Wuhu Island, which had formed smack in the middle of the Bermuda Triangle and also another direct connection to the Mushroom Kingdom via Warp Pipe. From their Martha spent her days almost blissful exploring the kingdom and helping to document its borders, earning a living as a tourist guide for visitors to the world who had only seen it in the games no longer in production. A number of times Martha had also entered the Mario Kart Grand Prix and even the Spectators Smash Tournament but never quite qualified for either.

•	Other:
o	She uses a MK8 (the very latest version) kart to get around the place. The Standard ATV frame coupled with the standard tyres allow for not only speedy travel but also an easy way to explore thanks to its ability to go underwater (water breathing spell for those in contact with the vehicle included), gliding and even anti-gravity (surface must be flat-ish) capabilities.
o	Standard Gunner outfit: it wouldn’t do to go travelling without some protection, or at least some means of defence. Which is where this happy little energy based weaponry comes into play, although Martha isn’t the best at using it.
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