Power replication offers a nice variety. As long as it doesn't enhance the copied power's base stats, I'd love to see it in action.

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To give CS applications an idea of the amount of power I'm looking for, I've posted my character. I'm looking for realistic, logical powers that put you at a good advantage, but they should be specialised.

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[b]Valerie Ash[/b] | [b]22[/b] | [b]Female[/b]

Ideology: Legend

Nickname/Alias: [TBA]

Occupation: Thievery 

[b]APPEARANCE[/b]

Height: 5’5 ft.

Weight: 125 lbs.

Hair Colour: Ash brown.

Eye Color: Cool, dark hazel.

Ethnicity: Caucasian 

Physical Appearance: Pale skin, sharp, tense eyes. Her symmetrical face is framed with a feathered pixie cut — short in the back, longer in the front — with bangs sweeping in from the side. Her thin fingers can often be found hovering at her mouth, cuts near the nail. Mainly void of marks, Valerie has a few freckles scattered across her face and arms. A small beauty mark can be seen at the side of her lips. In certain light, the crow’s feet at the edge of her eyes becomes more prominent.

Preferred Attire: On any given day, Valerie wears a dark graphic T-shirt under a leather jacket, black leggings and leather boots. It’s an easy wardrobe to put together, and she doesn’t have to iron a single thing. When the weather is hot, she opts for jean shorts and printed tank tops.

[b]PERSONALITY[/b]

Outward personality: Deals with most situations in a cool, detached manner. She mainly keeps interactions at arm's-length. Smiles a lot about roguish ideas. Valerie typically doesn’t go out of her way for anyone and would prefer to be debt/favor-free. She does not, however, remain idle if someone is in danger. Valerie likes to think of herself as non-confrontational, but when shit hits the fan Valerie stands her ground fiercely.

Innate Traits:
-- Confident
-- Observant
-- Mischievous
-- Deceptive
-- Daring
-- Dreamer

Fears/Weakness: Fears pain and has no resistance to prolonged exposure to it. Also is very uncomfortable with being subject to medical attention. She can’t stand needles. Valerie fears anything that would inhibit her power. She dislikes heights and airplanes.

Being naturally lazy, Valerie tends to take shortcuts and doesn’t enjoy hard work. Having expectations to do something by someone is a situation she avoids with great care. She is aimless and has no concrete plans for her life, however, she does enjoy armchair philosophy. She has varying degrees of gullibility. 

Hobbies/Interests:
-- Listening to music
-- Taking walks
-- Painting
-- Working out
-- Stalking the streets late at night
-- Pondering ideas
-- Practising abilities

Talents:
-- Thieving
-- Smooth talking
-- Animation

[b]SUPERPOWER[/b]

Power: Animation -- "The power to give crude life to inanimate objects. Not to be confused with Creation as the lives of animations are tied to the user and not their own." ~SuperpowerWiki

Valerie is able to create a mental link with objects, allowing her to give them energy and a program to follow. She requires a visual contact first prior to linking up. Inanimate objects can be imbued with a variety of programs to follow, but are limited in how much they can move. Cloth is a bendable, fluidic material and can be animated with ease. A thick, wooden wall is difficult to animate. The best Valerie can do is shatter pieces of it with effort.

She can animate several small objects at a time. Rocks can be animated to throw themselves in any direction, but cannot hover on the spot. Their trajectory can change, but if they stop their momentum, they fall. Valerie can puppet them to ‘jump’ back up, but no animation can defy the laws of gravity.

Valerie can open any lock with ease, provided she can see it. TVs turn on and window panes move to the side without her physically doing so. A plastic Barbie doll can walk all natural-like on a table (which is surreal to watch). Valerie can make the flame of a candle grow and have it shoot off in a direction until it eventually sputters out (as anything attached to its source would). Valerie can hit a bullseye with a dart every single time with Animation. 

Ability Drawbacks:

Anything organic or with a form of awareness, like humans, animals and plants, cannot be animated. Large objects, or rigid materials like steel, require lots of energy to puppet. Like trying to lift a 250 lbs weight, sometimes the animation is too difficult to follow through.

[b]BACKGROUND[/b]

History: Valerie grew up in a broken family. Her superpower manifested in her teens, adding tension to her social circles. It was terrible; she moved away at the age of 17. On her own in Chicago, she took a part-time job while she finished school. There were demands on her from friends, teachers and her boss. She felt she had to comply in order to fit in (being the only ‘metahuman’ around *sneer*), and never said no. Valerie hardly had a moment to herself before someone expected something of her. Months passed by, and eventually she shut down. She quit her job, shut out her friends, and did extra schooling on the side so she could graduate early. 

This was around the time she figured out how easy it was to steal what she needed with Animation. At first it was dinner, snacks for the week, maybe a new toothbrush. But soon she found herself taking clothes, carts of food and luxury items. She would never need a J-O-B ever again with this new form of ‘income’, and she happily furnished her apartment with the spoils of her labour. 

To not go stir-crazy, Valerie got into the habit of touring Chicago at the break of day, and late into the night. Her confidence of the streets grew, and any unwanted attention gained was thrown back in the alley-dwellers’ faces. There were a couple times she ran into the law while pocketing fine wares after closing hours, leaving community hours and fines on her record. 

Currently, Valerie takes life day by day.

Other: Always has a bag of gadgets on her that are easy to animate. Lives in a spacious apartment in Near South Side. She takes great pleasure in her thievery game. However, this has made the cops moderately familiar with her.
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