[hider=Maxine Mariah Carter (RP: Verthaven)]
[u][b]Basic Information[/b][/u]

[b]Name:[/b] 
[INDENT][i]Maxine Mariah Carter[/i][/INDENT]
[b]Nickname/Alias/Etc:[/b] 
[INDENT][i]Max, Smoking Angel[/i][/INDENT]
[b]Gender:[/b] 
[INDENT]Female[/INDENT]
[b]Age:[/b] 
[INDENT]19[/INDENT]
[b]Height:[/b] 
[INDENT]5'5[/INDENT]
[b]Weight:[/b] 
[INDENT]134[/INDENT]
[b]Home District:[/b] 
[INDENT]Academy 12 - Though, she has friends all over Verthaven she bugs to get her a place to sleep.[/INDENT]

[b][u]Appearance[/u][/b]

[b]Hair Color:[/b]
[INDENT]Black - With many strands dyed bright-red[/INDENT] 
[b]Eye Color:[/b]
[INDENT]Brown[/INDENT] 
[b]Ethnicity:[/b]
[INDENT]Irish, & Iroquois[/INDENT] 
[b]Physical Appearance:[/b]
[INDENT]Maxine gives off plenty of vibes. Punk, Rebel, Thug, with plenty of Hipster thrown in. It's the dyed hair, the way she acts, and the manner of dress she gives off. Not to mention her career choice, but I'll get into that later. Getting started, Maxine is a Caucasian girl (Irish, and technically she's Native American) of average height, and has a thin, medium, build. She isn't muscular, but she's certainly not fat. It's all the running, fighting, and other "activities" that have kept her in shape. And in this world, you can't afford to get fat. She doesn't have that "curvy" hourglass build that some women are blessed with, her body is roughly rectangle shaped. Maxine bra size is B-cup, her hips are rather thin, her waist is somewhat thinner, and she doesn't have the best buns, hun. Nor does she have spectacularly long legs, they're proportionate to the rest of her body. Same with her arms. Underneath all the clothes she wears, it's rather hard to make out her build other than her breasts. Maxine leans on Tomboy, it's just her short hair, her build, and the fact that she looks somewhat rough. The gruff, raspy voice of a smoker for years. She has a few scars, and bruises on her body - usually well hidden underneath her clothes. A few cut scars go up her arms up onto her chest, there's dog-bite scars on her legs, and there's several small, circular, burn scars from a cigarette on her right cheek (Right underneath her eyebrow) forming a triangle. Maxine also has some tats on her. Going up both arms are tribal-style tattooed of a long Chinese Dragon, surrounded by fire and smoke. Maxine has tattoos on and under her breasts. Under her breasts, and going in between them, are black, lacy, flowers. On her right breast, going across her chest, onto her shoulder slightly, is a very detailed tattoo of firey flowers. Finally, during a night of debauchery, she got a tattoo on her left buttock of two red lips. She really regrets getting the last one. It's safe to say that she has a damn good tattoo artist. Though, other than the tattoos on her arms, they're hidden underneath her clothes.

I mentioned this before, but Maxine has short, straight, hair. Styled into a shaggy and messy pixie-cut. Her hair is black, but several strands of it is dyed a bright-red color. Which causes a noticeable contrast between the two colors. She keeps it surprisingly well maintained, and clean. Now, Maxine is Caucasian, her roots come from Ireland (No, boys, she doesn't have an accent), and she's one-fourth native American - her father has roots coming from the Iroquois tribe. Her facial features are somewhat consistent with those two races. Speaking of which, Maxine has a strong jaw, with a large, rounded, chin - with a cleft in between it. Maxine has full, medium sized lips, that poke out somewhat. Her mouth isn't too large, either. Most notably is what's above her lips, her nose. She has a rather large nose - but not large enough for it to be ugly. It's big and round, somewhat droopy. Her nostrils are large and round, along with her nose bridge being a bit thick. Her eyes are small, almond shaped, and a hazel color. Maxine, finally, has medium-sized, diamond shaped, ears.

Maxine gives off a very smoky odor. She smells like a raging fire. Especially after she starts using her power. Normally, however, you'd need to have enhanced smell, or get [i]uncomfortably[/i] close.[/INDENT] 

[b]Attire:[/b] 
[INDENT]Maxine dresses like a very stylish mixture of hipster and punk. She dresses to impress, and to feel great herself. The kind of girl that'd look good in a crowd. Now, Maxine doesn't wear too much in terms of skirts, or dresses, her attire is much more masculine. She generally wears a jacket, some shirt underneath that (T-shirt, polo-shirt, or button-up), and some long pants (Usually jeans). Though, she isn't the type to wear leather jackets. Maxine likes to wear jean jackets, and those vintage varsity jackets from back in the day. Maxine also sometimes wears a longcoat, or a hoodie. Because of her power, heat is essentially a non-factor, so she can wear pretty much anything she wants. Maxine doesn't wear a lot of jewelry, but she has her ears pierced, often she fake red jewel earrings on.[/INDENT]

[b][u]Personality[/u][/b]

[b]Innate & Outward Personality:[/b]
[INDENT]Yes, Maxine looks the part. She's the rebel, the punk, the outlaw... You get the picture. Maxine is the girl that likes to head out and party. Do the things that her parents warned her not to do. In fact, she does these things [i]because[/i] of them. Maxine is highly unpredictable with her actions. She does things to forward her own interests and goals, whether it's good or bad. Maxine's morality (or lack thereof) is flexible enough that she's willing to do just about anything. Steal, beat up people, sell drugs, and any and all of the many carnal pleasures. Maxine has the mentality of a criminal, and that's to do anything to get some cash. Which is why she has taken up drug dealing. She's constantly trying to one-up everyone, and does things to put herself ahead. This selfishness is why she's basically willing to betray anyone but the closest friends (And even they're not completely safe). Though, it's not something that helps her sleep easy. Now, Maxine has [i]some[/i] morality. She doesn't do the aforementioned acts for shits and giggles, it's because she believes she [i]has[/i] to. There are lines she won't cross, such as selling drugs to kids, killing people, and completely ruining an innocent person's life. Maxine will help people, such as her friends, long as it isn't at her own expense. Other than that, Maxine's a party girl. She likes to head out to parties, and concerts, with friends and indulge in the seven deadly sins. Though, all in all, Maxine is more laid back, rather than an anarchist. Most of the time, Maxine keeps a cool head, and an aloof demeanor. She's keeps that calm, "I don't give a shit" attitude most of the time. Because she strives to keep a level head at all times, and remain calm. It's not something she can keep in all situations. Often, when paired with more energetic people, she's snarky. Though, this leads to her downfall when she doesn't take people seriously, and stops being hyper vigilant. More importantly, Maxine doesn't think with her fists - she doesn't use violence or intimidation as the first option. When faced with conflict, she'll try to talk, or bribe, her way out of it. Nor does she like escalating things. However, if it comes down to it, then she'll have no other choice.

I should note that she isn't a complete asshole, when she isn't pushed, she's pleasant, even charming. It's that relaxed attitude that allows her to connect to other people, and forge friendships. Maxine isn't awful to talk to, and she speaks her mind (Though, she has a problem with saying the wrong thing at the wrong time). Hell, despite the above, she can be quite warm and friendly, not a total ball of piss and anger. She can be quite insightful, and skilled at pointing out things from observing people. Innately, it's that Maxine knows that pointlessly being an asshole won't benefit her in the long run. Though, this doesn't mean she's a ball of sunshine. Her brand of pleasantness is mostly due to apathy than actual kindness. Once she's annoyed, she's a lot more venomous. Maxine chooses her friends very carefully, because she has a bit of trust issues. She's not the type to let friends get too close, nor is she the type to be especially open. Because, she knows that someone will try to betray her, and she rather be the one to screw them over first. Yeah, she's a bit paranoid, and this plays against her when she preemptively attempts to screw them over. Speaking of which, Maxine is simply terrible at long-term planning. She can come up with a great short-term plan, but she rarely thinks about the long term consequences of things. Such as when she steals and cheats people and they come back to get even. Maxine will realize what a terrible decision she made later.

Innately, Maxine holds a great deal of contempt and deep down anger towards her parents for their actions. They were the reason why Maxine became the person she is today - to defy them. Now, she regrets her actions. Maxine bristles with restlessly, fatigue, paranoia, and disappointment. Life has become a fight that never ends, and she wants to stop. Maxine also holds a great deal of contempt for the city of Verthaven. She thinks a hive of scum and villainy that will never change. No matter what NEST, the VPD, or any vigilante may think. Because she knows that the corruption is rooted up into their system. Because of this, Maxine holds a great deal of distrust towards NEST, and will downright. Authority and Maxine aren't friends, and she's defiant of it. It's just the way that she is. Ultimately, Maxine is desperate to leave Verthaven. Which is why she's taken up to dealing. Because it's the only way she knows how to make money anymore. The last thing that Maxine hates are the Iron Cross, The Pure, and racists. She's willing to go to great lengths in order to screw one of them over. It's a family thing.
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[b]Hobbies/Interests:[/b]
[INDENT]Maxine loves to smoke, whether it's cigarettes, or marijuana. It's uncommon for her to go long without one. Though, it's easier to get away with the cigarettes (Cops are rarely fooled by the "it's for a condition" excuse). Maxine also likes to party and go wild. Maxine's a huge Automotive junkie. Her heart pumps petrol (Almost literally!). She's spent a great deal of time lusting after cars, so naturally she knows a bit about them. Inside and out. Give her a car, and she'll poke out it's specs, and tell you stuff you didn't want to know. Driving is also a big hobby of hers. Now, this might sound a bit out of place, but Maxine is also a book nerd. She reads books whenever she gets her hands on them (By stealing them, of course!). In her alone time, she'll often be seen reading a book or two. Maybe even about cars! [/INDENT]

[b]Skills/Talents:[/b] 
[INDENT]As you may have realized, Maxine's a crook, and she's honed plenty of skills related to that. Starting off, Maxine's a businesswoman, she knows how to barter trades. Just that these trades mostly involved drugs. Because she dealt drugs, she knows plenty about them. She's also pick-pocketed, hotwired, robbed, and jaywalked. Maxine also has plenty of contacts within the gangs and the criminal underworld. With one call, she can find out what's going on, or arrange a favor. Now, her NEST Parents taught her quite a bit of their military training. Whatever they could get away with. Maxine was taught a bit of their hand-to-hand fighting. Not to say that she's an expert, they just taught her the basics, and a few tricks to get out of trouble. She used and honed these hand-to-hand skills on the streets, causing trouble. Maxine was also taught how to shoot a gun, specifically pistols. Now, she's not a crack shot, but she knows how to handle one. And she [i]has[/i] fired one in a live situation before.[/INDENT]

[b]History/Bio:[/b]
[hider=Maxine's story][INDENT]Maxine, born in Verthaven, had a pretty good childhood. She has both parents, and a good relationship with both of them. Both of them were NEST Agents that were excellent at their jobs. Yet, they had plenty of time to give Maxine that TLC that would keep her from growing up to be a sociopath. Particularly, she got especially close to her father, who was the one who had the largest impact on the large girl. They went places together, and forged the tightest bond. Maxine was sent to school where she developed an education, and gained proper social skills from interacting with other people. She wasn't anything spectacular, nor was she really interested in any hobbies. Thus, she wasn't pushed to any. Maxine grew up without any major events going down. Up until she was twelve, that is. Maxine's father went out to a mission to pursue a rouge Metahuman, and everything was going well until The Pure got involved. One thing lead to another, and a violent shootout took place, and her father was shot over seven times by Pure. The shootout lasted long enough for reinforcements from the VPD and NEST to arrive, but they were too late. Her father had bled to death (Rip). This hit the Carter family like a bag of bricks. Her mother resorted to drinking, while Maxine... she just didn't know how to react to it. She simply shut down. She grew apathetic, as her mother didn't do anything to help her. Months passed, and her apathy made her simply unaware of current events. She didn't notice that her mother had found another man in NEST known as Hank Smith, and it wasn't long until they got married.

That's when things started to go to shit.

Hank was not a good man. Not at all. While Maxine's mother seen something in him, to Maxine, the cons outweighed the pros. Hank was a violent racist, and secret member of the Iron Cross. Who used his position to abuse and terrorize non-white Metahumans all over the city without anyone batting an eyelash. He was paranoid, and feared that there was a race war coming up. Worst of all, he dragged Maxine and her mother into this. Her mother was more accepting of this, after all, she loved Hank. They tried to fill Maxine's head with racist and paranoid nonsense, which Maxine wasn't sure about. Some of her best friends are black! Along with preparing her for the "upcoming race war". He taught her how to fight, and how to shoot a gun. Two skills that stuck with her. She was conflicted, but tried her best to be understanding of everyone. Though, Hank's beliefs caused Maxine some problems. He began driving off Maxine's colored friends whenever she tried to hang out with them. Though, this was the start of a whole new problem altogether. She wanted to be their friend, screw what her stepfather thought. Maxine quickly realized what racism was, and how it was bad. That's when she started openly rebelling against her stepfather's indoctrination. That quickly caused a noticeable rift between them. That's when he decided to clamp down tighter on her, and restricting her to the best of his ability - which caused Maxine escalate things by acting even more rebellious.

Maxine pretty much became obsessed with the idea of being a rebel, and she pretty much tried too hard. She hung out with the wrong crowds, went to parties, fought people, did drugs and alcohol, and she stayed up late. Of course, she was young and reckless, and didn't know when enough was enough. Many times, she was picked up by the police and sent home. All in the name of defying her asshole stepfather, and her apathetic mother. Nothing her parents did ever changed Maxine. When she was about seventeen, the rift between them as so great that they were just about ready to throw them out, and that situation got worse one summer afternoon. Maxine brought her friends, some colored, into the house while her "parents" were off on their NEST business. They just chit-chatted a bit, and just swam the pool in their backyard. When her family came back, that's when things got heated. Her stepfather was so heated that he ordered all of them out, and even tossed threats. After they were all gone, they got into one hell of an argument. Where Maxine argued that Hank stays out of her business, Hank affirmed in his racist beliefs. Up until Maxine gave and blew him off. He smack
ed her right across the face and made her fall to the ground. Blaming [i]her[/i] for it.

That's when Maxine did the unthinkable.

In a fit of pure anger, she threw a punch at him that was surrounded in a aura of fire and smoke. Hank was so surprised that he couldn't react in time to dodge the flaming fist. The force burned the hell out of his face, and knocked him over. Once the rage subsided, Maxine started screaming. Because her [i]hand was on fire[/i]! Afterwards, Hank arrested Maxine for assault, and attempted to get her tossed into a prison. Maxine explained what happened (Along with Hank's racism), and telepaths confirmed that she was telling the truth. That's when NEST launched an investigation into Hank, and uncovered all the heinous acts he committed. He was quickly arrested... but, it was quickly revealed that Maxine's mother had a heavy hand in it. An inexcusable hand in it. She was arrested along with Hank. Which left Maxine parentless. She was given over to her grandparents, since they had a house in the Columbian-Heights Park. Maxine barely stayed with them. Those bad crowds I mentioned before? Maxine became pretty engrossed in them. Especially since she manifested as a Metahuman. Eventually, her friends became her family. 

Maxine wanted money, and freedom. One friend of hers was a Highway Star that had access to their drugs, and another friend of hers recommended that she tries to get into Academy 12, and deal drugs from there. Which was a good idea. Maxine applied to Academy 12, and was accepted. She quickly moved there, and lived with more freedom than she ever had before. She dealt drugs to the older students (She refused to sell them to the kids). During this time, Maxine barely paid attention to the academics. To her, it was only stomping grounds to sell drugs, she spent most of her time off campus. Either in a friend's house, or in a club in the Knightdale Rows. Only thing she [i]did[/i] pay attention to was the power training. She quickly learned that she could manipulate three different elements related to fire, and it gave her some interesting ideas for causing trouble. Selling drugs was profitable, but Maxine wanted to get enough money to get out of the city.

Maxine caught wind of the Fiends having a way to give people powers, and she just found her ticket out of the city.[/INDENT] [/hider]

[u][b]Relationships[/b][/u]

[b]Family:[/b] 
[INDENT]Father - Daniel Carter (Deceased)
Mother - April Carter/Smith (Detained by the VPD)
Stepfather - Hank Smith (Electrokinetic, detained by NEST)[/INDENT]

[b]Dynamics:[/b]
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[b][u]Abilities[/u][/b]

[b]Power Class:[/b]
[INDENT]Elemental, & Super-System[/INDENT] 
[b]Power:[/b] 
[i]Smoke, Fire, & Ash Manipulation.[/i]
[indent]A blend of three different elements, Maxine is capable of freely secreting and manipulating Fire and Smoke. Three closely related elements (One creates the others). Maxine has a telekinetic control over these elements, she can control fire, smoke, and ash completely separately. She can shoot fire off like a flamethrower, burn people with hot ash, or create a smoke-screen. She is capable of using a combination of all these elements. She can shoot balls of ash, embed with fire and smoke at high velocity in order to impact foes, and burn them. She's also capable of creating grenades of fire, and smoke, that explode when she times it, or missile that explodes on impact - blanketing the area with smoke. Now, I should explain that this power runs off fuel. She doesn't necessarily create these fire-byproducts, she has to absorb it first. Maxine can absorb heat/fire, smoke, and burnt ash, and store it inside of herself. The bigger the feat she preforms, the more she has to absorb. She can absorb it by touching it - at the same time, she can simply manipulate it in order for it to flunnel into her. Inside of Maxine is a burning hot core that rages like a fire. It defies all laws of physics, and it's the source of her powers. It's a battery, she feeds it with the elements she absorbs. Think of it like a furnace. 

Technically, Maxine is a shapeshifer, because she can turn into fire, ash smoke for a few moments in a burst of speed, becoming intangible. A smoke-dash, basically works like teleportation. This allows her to dodge attacks, or easily retreat. While she's in smoke-form, she cannot control either element until she's back in human form. Maxine has a regenerative factor too. The way it works is that her power partially turns the area with the damaged/missing flesh into ash, and her power automatically puts ash from her reserves in it's place. Turning it back into perfectly normal flesh. This also lowers her risk of bleeding out, since converted areas won't bleed. Smoke and burning embers can be observed floating around her during this process. This allows her to bounce back from wounds pretty quickly. Though, if she's actively absorbing, the process will speed up - At the cost of greatly lowering how much she actually absorbs. As a side effect, Maxine won't receive any negative effects from smoke, and she has a high-resistance to heat. She doesn't easily burn. Maxine is more of a jack-of-all-trades with her power. She's not as strong as a specialist, but she does have a bit of versatility.[/indent]

[b]Limits:[/b]
[INDENT]Maxine can't control external elements (I.E, what she hasn't absorbed) that well. Her control over it is rough, taxing, and unstable. So it's better if she just absorbs it and moves on. The furthest she can manipulate an external element is around ten feet. While her control over what she expels has a range of around ten meters - though, her power doesn't work in the way that she "controls" it. It's basically just shooting it out in a bunch of different ways. Reiterating it, Maxine's power runs off how much of her elements she has stored, she cannot create anything herself. Her power works like a battery. Therefore, the feats she can preform are limited to how much she has inside of herself at any given moment. She'll need to rely on the area around her to resupply her if she depletes her supply. How much she can absorb is finite. Now, it's still a process that takes energy out of her, and leaves her susceptible to ashing. Absorbing a burning building would knock her ass out for awhile, while absorbing an entire forest fire would make her instantly ash. If she doesn't have anything to absorb, then she's essentially powerless. While Maxine can absorb heat, she cannot snap-freeze an object. Her regeneration burns through her supply pretty quickly, and cuts how much she absorbs into a fraction. 

Now, her regeneration only works on her flesh - bones won't be affected by her regeneration. She is not completely immune to heat. After using her power enough, she'll reach a point where she "overheats" and begins to burn herself up. That's the point where she'll be on the verge of ashing, and if she uses her power for too much longer, then she'll begin the ashing process and die. Maxine can remain in her smoke-dash for around five seconds, and she must wait a few moments before she preforms another one. This also takes up the fuel inside of herself. Speaking of which, Maxine is blind in the middle of a smoke-dash, she'll have to rely on her ability to measure distances to tell where to stop. Maxine doesn't instantly reform from a smoke dash. If she hits something (Or vice-versa) before completely reforming, then she'll end up damaging herself. Maxine can only interact with ash if it's [i]hot[/i] - otherwise, it'd be useless to her. Other than causing minor burns, it doesn't make that good of a weapon on it's own. Speaking of which, any ash that she expels will instantly become cold after a few moments. Meaning she'll have to reheat it somehow to absorb it again, which is impractical in fights (And most situations). Smoke isn't good for fights either. It doesn't have too much nonlethal applications, and Maxine... she's not out to take anyone's life.[/INDENT]

[b]Weaknesses/Drawbacks:[/b] 
[INDENT]Water. It's obvious, but it's the simplest counter to her abilities. Dousing her in water can completely cut her off from her ability, and dropping her in a large body of water will cause her some trouble. The same applies for fire eliminating agents. Now, a little water won't bother her. She can withstand light-rain, and tiny splashes of water. However, if she gets doused in water in the middle of a smoke-dash, then she'll be instantly reverted back to her human form, and will be severely weakened. She's also susceptible to being blown away from a strong gust of wind. It won't do anything like cut her off from her power, but it'll send her flying off course, and the momentum can carry over to her human form - thus, she can possibly injure herself. Using her power will leave her body dry, and severely dehydrated. She'll need to drink a bit of water to replenish that supply. That aforementioned core can also cause Maxine some problems. Once she begins using her power, the core will be kicked into overdrive, and will get perpetually hotter and hotter. What this does is gradually turn her into ash, which makes her much more fragile. A solid punch could knock a chunk of her body off, and a blow that affects a wide area can cause her some serious damage - even kill her. Fortunately, she can regenerate. Though, just for balance, any ash that falls off of her will be cold - so it'd be useless to her. Maxine can also accidentally burn off her clothes. Which totally sucks.[/INDENT]

[b][u]Other:[/u][/b] 
[INDENT]Drug dealer for Academy 12, and whoever else is willing to buy. Maxine dishes out marijuana, ecstasy, and... Incapacitating agents. She's been doing this for awhile - and she'll continue to deal drugs until she has enough money. Maxine is also armed, she has a Smith & Wesson Model 60 she bought from a Highway Star. She doesn't carry it around with her unless she knows she needs to (She hides it in her Dorm room in Academy 12), but she won't hesitate to shoot someone down.[/INDENT]

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