[center][color=935DB8][h3][b]Valery Simmons / Veil[/b][/h3][/color][color=935DB8]{[/color]"We won't go quietly into the night."[color=935DB8]}[/color][/center]
Roleplays: [list][*][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/176039-the-gifted-mutantandproud/ic]The Gifted[/url][/list]
[hider=Veil][hr][hr][h1][b][i][center][color=935DB8]Veil[/color][/center][/i][/b][/h1][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/SN9j9gnc/130827-Lorde-0-640x426.jpg[/img][/center][hr][hr][h3][b][i][color=935DB8][center]Character Summary[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3]
[b][color=935DB8]Name:[/color][/b] Valery Hope Simmons 
[b][color=935DB8]Aliases:[/color][/b] Veil, the Red Queen 
[b][color=935DB8]Age:[/color][/b] 28
[b][color=935DB8]Birthday:[/color][/b] April 29th, 1993
[b][color=935DB8]Birth Place:[/color][/b] Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 
[b][color=935DB8]Gender:[/color][/b] Female 
[b][color=935DB8]Powers:[/color][/b] Invisible Energy Manipulation (Specialties: Cloaking and Invisible Energy Attacks)
[b][color=935DB8]Training:[/color][/b] Xavier's Institute (6 years), Mutant Underground (3 years)
[b][color=935DB8]Languages:[/color][/b] English and Quebecois [hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/Qdb8gwhK/giphy.gif[/img][/center][hr][h3][b][i][color=935DB8][center]Appearance[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3]
[b][color=935DB8]Height:[/color][/b] 5'5"
[b][color=935DB8]Weight:[/color][/b] 129 pounds 
[b][color=935DB8]Build:[/color][/b] Athletic 
[b][color=935DB8]Eyes:[/color][/b] Blue Grey
[b][color=935DB8]Hair:[/color][/b] Extremely Curly, Messy, and Untamable; Soft Brown 
[b][color=935DB8]Skin Tone:[/color][/b] Pale
[b][color=935DB8]Tattoos/Scars/Piercings:[/color][/b] Scar in the shape of an M on her upper left shoulder 
[b][color=935DB8]Personal Style:[/color][/b] In school, Veil was voted [i]most likely to be mistaken for a street urchin.[/i] Her curly and wild brown hair has broken over a dozen brushes in her lifetime and the number would continue to climb if she had continued to try. She wears plain shirts and jeans that have a fair deal of patches on them. In her line of work, dress code isn't really a problem - it's more of finding clothing that isn't completely tattered after a fight that can be the real issue. [hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/4dhR0Sk5/giphy.gif[/img][/center][hr][h3][b][i][color=935DB8][center]Psychology[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3]
[i][color=935DB8][center][color=00a651]Strong[/color] * [color=ed1c24]Restless[/color] * [color=00a651]Brave[/color] * [color=ed1c24]Emotionally Vulnerable[/color] * [color=00a651]Compassionate[/color] * [color=ed1c24]Blunt[/color][/center][/color][/i]

[b][color=935DB8]Sexuality:[/color][/b] Pansexual 
[b][color=935DB8]Relationship Status:[/color][/b] Single
[b][color=935DB8]Personality:[/color][/b] Veil describes herself as the bastard mutant child of a Slytherin and a Gryffindor. Her upbringing in Nova Scotia and at Xavier's Institute both taught her compassion for those in less fortunate situations. One person's weakness did not warrant ridicule - and another's strength meant little when it comes to their character. Some mistake her bluntness for anger or a quick temper - perhaps even disinterest - but Veil won't sugar coat things. She will tell you what you need to hear - even if it pains her. 

She is courageous and daring, just as she is ambitious and resilient. Veil dreams that one day, mutants won't have to live in fear - but she knows that the world needs more than just a superhero team from Westchester in order to achieve that. Sacrifices will have to be made in order to protect the people that she loves. And that's okay. 

[b][color=935DB8]Habits:[/color][/b] Tapping her fingers, picking at her fingernails 
[b][color=935DB8]Hobbies:[/color][/b] Singing 
[b][color=935DB8]Fears:[/color][/b]
[list][*]OMEN's Resurgence 
[*]Zombies
[*]Magneto
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[b][color=935DB8]Likes:[/color][/b] 
[list][*][i]Harry Potter[/i]
[*]Rabbits 
[*]Dawns 
[*]Dream Pop
[*]Lollipops
[*]Blue Raspberry Syrup[/list]
[b][color=935DB8]Dislikes:[/color][/b] 
[list][*]Lizards
[*]Coffee
[*]The Smell of Rust 
[*]Lipstick 
[*]E-Readers 
[*]Windy Days[/list][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/HsdF0xx3/giphy.gif[/img][/center][hr][h3][b][i][color=935DB8][center]Cards On The Table[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3]
[b][color=935DB8]General World Skills:[/color][/b] 
[list][*]First Aide 
[*]Scavenging 
[*]Forgery 
[*]Leadership 
[*]Deception
[*]Perception 
[*]Investigation 
[*]Mission Strategy 
[*]Espionage 
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[b][color=935DB8]Combat Skills:[/color][/b]
[list][*]Parkour 
[*]Hand to Hand Combat 
[*]Invisible Energy Attacks 
[*]Stealth 
[*]Stamina 
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[b][color=935DB8]Medical Issues/Injuries:[/color][/b] 
[list][*]N/A
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[b][color=935DB8]Possessions:[/color][/b]
[list][*]Fake I.D.: Kayley Viola Webber, Age 25, New York
[*]Empty Silver Locket with Rusting Chain 
[*]Clothing: Olive Green Army Jacket, Grey Shirt, Patchy Blue Jeans, White Sneakers 
[*]Burner Phone 
[*]$20 Cash (U.S. Currency)
[*]Bracelet with a [i]V[/i] pendant 
[*]Half used roll of duct tape 
[*]Hair Tie
[*]Bottle of Advil Extra Strength (10 pills remaining)
[/list][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/YC145dkt/giphy.gif[/img][/center][hr][h3][b][i][color=935DB8][center]History[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3]
[b][color=935DB8]How did you discover your powers:[/color][/b] Valery's parents had taken the family on holiday to Montréal. They were visiting family and while the adults were inside discussing politics, Valery and her cousins had gone outside to play. In the midst of their light hearted and spirited fun, the neighborhood bullies had come by. They towered over the Simmons children and soon, the bullies were chasing after them as they took off at a run. Valery tripped and fell over a branch once she reached the end of the block, but no matter how hard they tried to throw rocks at her, they always seemed to miss - as if a shield was deflecting them. 

Valery didn't understand what had happened. She reached out and felt a force of energy surrounding her like a barrier - energy that no one else could see and was virtually impossible to detect. She decided to keep it a secret, yet when she was flung from her bicycle and emerged from it unscathed without a scratch a few months later, her parents realized that their daughter was indeed a mutant. 

[b][color=935DB8]General History:[/color][/b] Valery was the middle child in her family, often overlooked or forgotten. Her elder brother, a promising hockey player, took up most of her parents attention. And when it wasn't him, it was her younger brother, a genius on the autism spectrum with peculiar fixations at time. As long as she stayed out of trouble, she was allowed to do whatever she liked. It was only when the teachers sent notes home that they truly paid attention to her. 

Her best friend growing up in Nova Scotia - a boy - was the son of the local police chief. Their friendship was strained once Valery discovered her powers and confessed them to him, since his mother had been killed by a mutant. He told her that she had to hide her true nature - that no one could ever know that she was a mutant and that he would make sure an exception was made for her when mutants were forced into captivity. For an impressionable small child, Valery believed him. When her parents discovered her powers, she screamed and cried, afraid that they would send her to something like a concentration camp - or a mutant detention center.

Instead, worried for their daughter in a world that hated mutants, her parents sent her to the Xavier Institute in New York. They were nervous to send their daughter to America, where mutant laws were tight, but the reputation of the school exceeded others internationally and it would keep her closer to home - somewhat at least. She spent six years at the Xavier Institute, learning about her powers and expanding them. She had a relatively normal life - having her heart broken by a few guys and a few girls - while also training to fight. 

Although she had the chance to, Valery didn't join the X-Men. It wasn't her calling and according to Xavier, she didn't have the right temperament for it. So instead she traveled the world - learning skills and meeting new people. It exposed her to reality and she matured in the process, developing leadership skills and self discipline - traits she lacked while a sheltered student in New York. She was working as a bartender in a mutant friendly bar in New York City, hiding fugitive mutants from the police, when she received a phone call from her old teacher, asking to talk.

Along with a few others, Valery was asked to help create an organization independent of the X-Men called the Mutant Underground. Its purpose was to help mutants in trouble get to safety. Her connections and her abilities made her an ideal candidate, and ready to finally help those of her kind, Valery agreed to his offer, taking the name [i]Veil[/i]. She has been running the Washington D.C. station ever since, specializing in quite literally making wanted mutants [i]disappear[/i] from the prying eyes of the human authorities. [hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/JhM2fVT1/tumblr-mv3894gd-HS1rs539ro1-500.gif[/img][/center][hr][h3][b][i][color=935DB8][center]Extras[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3]
[b][color=935DB8]Character Quote:[/color][/b] "They used to shout our names; now they whisper them."
[b][color=935DB8]Theme Song:[/color][/b] [url=https://youtu.be/3PdILZ_1P74]Yellow Flicker Beat - Lorde[/url]
[b][color=935DB8]Anything Else:[/color][/b][list][*] Polaris [*][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4793376]X-Men: Darkness Rising - Days of Future Past[/url]
[*]Her powers are similar to Violet Parr from the Incredibles[/list]
[sub][color=ed1c24]*By submitting this CS in its completion I am stating I have read all the rules for this Rp and am agreeing to follow them to the fullest with respect and courtesy. I acknowledge that I can and will be removed from the RP without warning if I break a rule or cause problems with my fellow Rpers or the GM.[/color][/sub][/hider]
[hider=Relations - Season One I][center][hr][hr][h1][b][i][color=f7941d]Relations[/color][/i][/b][/h1][hr][h2][b][i][color=935DB8]Veil[/color][/i][/b][/h2][img]https://i.postimg.cc/TPDC56TY/giphy.gif[/img]
[i][color=935DB8]"Mutant and proud."[/color][/i][hr][hr]⟢ 🎆Respects ⟡ 🌓Neutral ⟡ 👋Acquaintance ⟡ 🙇It's Complicated ⟣
⟢ 💛Friend ⟡ 💙Good Friends ⟡ 💜Best Friends ⟡ ❣️Ex-Friends ⟡ 😈Frienemy ⟣
⟢ 💘Infatuation ⟡ 💓Loves ⟡ 💗Couple ⟡ 💕Basically Family ⟡ 💞Family ⟡ 💔Ex-Lovers ⟣
⟢ ♨️Tense ⟡ 💀Dislikes ⟡ 😡Hates ⟡ 👿Enemy ⟡ 👹Absolutely Loathes ⟣[hr][hr]💙/♨️ [b][color=87d0f2]Spark Plug[/color][/b] ♨️/💙
[i]"I don't actually hate her."[/i]
Veil and Spark Plug don't always seem to get along. They're both very passionate and blunt, although Veil comes off a lot colder in comparison. Arguments between the pair of them get heated, but their friendship is stronger because of it. Honesty has preserved their friendship and Veil respects Spark Plug, even trusting her to carry on if she herself was ever killed. 
[hr]💜 [b][color=A4FFFC]Sapphire[/color][/b] 💜
[i]"For someone who loves ice, she's a bit of a hothead."[/i]
Sapphire is easily Veil's best friend at the Mutant Underground. Veil is touched to know that Sapphire was comfortable sharing her secrets with her and wouldn't do anything to betray that trust. She is however 100% dedicated to the cause of getting her friend laid by that S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Sapphire has been obsessing over. 
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[/center][/hider][hider=Relations - Season One II][center][hr][hr][h1][b][i][color=f7941d]Relations[/color][/i][/b][/h1][hr][h2][b][i][color=935DB8]Veil[/color][/i][/b][/h2][img]https://i.postimg.cc/1RwB30C5/giphy.gif[/img]
[i][color=935DB8]"They said I couldn't. So I did."[/color][/i][hr][hr]⟢ 🎆Respects ⟡ 🌓Neutral ⟡ 👋Acquaintance ⟡ 🙇It's Complicated ⟣
⟢ 💛Friend ⟡ 💙Good Friends ⟡ 💜Best Friends ⟡ ❣️Ex-Friends ⟡ 😈Frienemy ⟣
⟢ 💘Infatuation ⟡ 💓Loves ⟡ 💗Couple ⟡ 💕Basically Family ⟡ 💞Family ⟡ 💔Ex-Lovers ⟣
⟢ ♨️Tense ⟡ 💀Dislikes ⟡ 😡Hates ⟡ 👿Enemy ⟡ 👹Absolutely Loathes ⟣[hr][hr]
💙 [b][color=87d0f2]Spark Plug[/color][/b] 💙
[i]"I love her, but she needs to think before she speaks."[/i][/center][list][*]In the event that Veil dies, retires, or is otherwise unable to lead, Spark Plug would become the leader of the Washington D.C. Mutant Underground cell.
[*]It's unclear whether or not Veil feels something more for her.[/list][center]
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💜 [b][color=A4FFFC]Sapphire[/color][/b] 💜
[i]"Underneath the icy exterior, there's a kind and gentle person."[/i][/center][list][*]Veil is the only one (besides Havok) who knows Sapphire's secret.
[*]She is a bit frustrated with her friend due to her treatment of Ice Queen when she first arrived.[/list][center]
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👋 [b][color=aba400]Tome[/color][/b] 👋
[i]"I'm shocked he isn't a model."[/i][/center][list][*]Veil just met him, she doesn't have too many thoughts on him so far aside from his fashion sense.[/list][center]
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👋 [b][color=mediumspringgreen]Caduceus[/color][/b] 👋
[i]"He's an engineer - or something."[/i][/center][list][*]She's just met him, but he came in saying something about fixing electrical systems - and Veil is wondering if he can help them out some with their set up potentially. [/list][center]
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🙇 [b][color=FB5A7E]Ice Queen[/color][/b] 🙇
[i]"She didn't leave the best first impression with me."[/i][/center][list][*]Upon arrival, Leighton was provoked by Sapphire and called Veil's best friend a [i]bitch[/i]. 
[*]Veil will help Ice Queen because it's the right thing to do. She is hoping Leighton will be better than when she first arrived with time.[/list][center]
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🙇 [b][color=#556B2F]Glimpse[/color][/b] 🙇
[i]"I hope I'm not wrong about her."[/i][/center][list][*]Despite many objections from the rest of the Mutant Underground, Veil is trusting Glimpse - but keeping an eye on her as well.
[*]Glimpse's information on Shaw caused Veil to propose changing the mission of the Mutant Underground to be more active in fighting threats mutants face.[/list][center]
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👋 [b][color=#FFDAB9]Moonwalker[/color][/b] 👋
[i]"I don't have any problems with him."[/i][/center][list][*]Since Moonwalker is new to this branch of the Underground, Veil doesn't really know him.[/list][center]
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[/center][/hider][hider=Relations - Season Two][center][hr][hr][h1][b][i][color=f7941d]Relations[/color][/i][/b][/h1][hr][h2][b][i][color=935DB8]Veil[/color][/i][/b][/h2][img]https://i.postimg.cc/QMcjNJYz/source.gif[/img]
[i][color=935DB8]"Sometimes, it feels like after every step we take forward, we go another two back."[/color][/i][hr][hr]⟢ 🎆Respects ⟡ 🌓Neutral ⟡ 👋Acquaintance ⟡ 🙇It's Complicated ⟣
⟢ 💛Friend ⟡ 💙Good Friends ⟡ 💜Best Friends ⟡ ❣️Ex-Friends ⟡ 😈Frienemy ⟣
⟢ 💘Infatuation ⟡ 💓Loves ⟡ 💗Couple ⟡ 💕Basically Family ⟡ 💞Family ⟡ 💔Ex-Lovers ⟣
⟢ ♨️Tense ⟡ 💀Dislikes ⟡ 😡Hates ⟡ 👿Enemy ⟡ 👹Absolutely Loathes ⟣[hr][hr]
💙 [b][color=DAF7A6]Sunshine[/color][/b] 💙
[i]"Welcome to adulthood, kid. Sorry it sucks so much."[/i][/center][list][*]Sunshine remindes her a lot of Sapphire - hard exterior, emotionally needy interior. Like a lot of the Underground, she's sort of taken Sunshine under her wing to mentor her. She hopes that Sunshine and Feedback can be good influences on each other.[/list][center]
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💙 [b][color=87d0f2]Spark Plug[/color][/b] 💙
[i]"She's my number two. If I die, she gets it all."[/i][/center][list][*]In the event that Veil dies, retires, or is otherwise unable to lead, Spark Plug would become the leader of the Washington D.C. Mutant Underground cell.
[*]Veil has confided in Spark Plug her fears that they may have painted a target on their back after what they did to Sinister.[/list][center]
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💜/💘 [b][color=A4FFFC]Sapphire[/color][/b] 💘/💜
[i]"She's cold on the outside, warm on the inside."[/i][/center][list][*]They're besties. As much as Sapphire frustrates Veil, she's someone she can count on and be emotionally vulnerable with. 
[*]She has talked to Sapphire about her worries that she's going to get everyone in the Underground killed and that she's out of her depth with the Hellfire Club in the neighborhood. 
[*]She doesn't think that Havok is a good choice for Sapphire, romance-wise. 
[*]Veil is one of the only people to know Sapphire's secret.[/list][center]
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💙 [b][color=mediumspringgreen]Caduceus[/color][/b] 💙
[i]"Our saving grace - literally."[/i][/center][list][*]Veil has really come to appreciate James and sees him as vital. He's done so much to make the Underground a better place to live and he's saved so many people. Without him, she doesn't know what the Underground would be like.[/list][center]
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💛 [b][color=9C00FF]Stretch[/color][/b] 💛
[i]"He worries me."[/i][/center][list][*]While they are friends, they have mostly a professional relationship. 
[*]She's wary of him since he seems to have one foot in and one foot out of the underground with his PI practice. 
[*]His connection to Sinister causes her to be careful, never sending him alone on a mission. She wants to protect him from his father, as well as everyone else. [/list][center]
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🙇 [b][color=DBA1DE]Spirit Box[/color][/b] 🙇
[i]"His father clearly didn't care about him - it's made me admit that Xavier could be doing more to help us than he is."[/i][/center][list][*]She likes Casper, he's pretty funny and amusing. However, hearing about his childhood, it's forced her to confront a lot of realities when it comes to her mentor, Xavier. The Underground is so underfunded because X chooses it to be. It's willful neglect.[/list][center]
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🎆/🙇 [b][color=#556B2F]Glimpse[/color][/b] 🙇/🎆
[i]"She's a capable fighter."[/i][/center][list][*]Veil respects Glimpse's abilities as a fighter and appreciates all of the help she's given. She does have her own quiet observations on the pattern of her behavior (i.e., her ego), but she's willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. 
[*]Glimpse's information on Shaw is what caused the Mutant Underground to investigate the Hellfire Club and Mister Sinister.[/list][center]
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💛 [b][color=#FFDAB9]Moonwalker[/color][/b] 💛
[i]"He's got heart - something we need."[/i][/center][list][*]She sees a lot of potential in him. He's young and innocent, but that's also the sort of light that they need. 
[*]He's been there a bit longer than some of the other recruits.[/list][center]
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💙 [b][color=800080]Feedback[/color][/b] 💙
[i]"She has the potential to be great - I just hope she decides to be good."[/i][/center][list][*]Veil sees a lot of potential in her, but she's worried that Feedback might go to the dark side after her trauma (the murder of her mother at the hands of Max). She's been taking Waverley under her wing and mentoring her in her powers, as well as how to function as a member of the Mutant Underground.
[*]She hasn't told Feedback this, but she believes Feedback could become a member of the X-Men one day.[/list][center]
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