I already thought of how a Peter Parker or Miles would work. With the Reach’s defeat, their experimental or cosmic spider that turned Cindy into Silk, was released into the wild.
I imagine a lot of folks have learned the "ignore the blonde" strategy from A Beautiful Mind, and rather than go for roles that usually have a lot of competition and risk disappointment, they find a more obscure character with less chance of someone else gunning for the same spot.
It makes a path for someone to pick up that character, too. Increasing the likelihood of having someone to work with because they get the popular character.
A B I L I T I E S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Superhuman Spider Physiology As with the regular comics, Cindy has superhuman strength, agility, stamina, speed, durability. She has a Silk Sense that gives her awareness to things around her even if she can't see. Finally, she is able to produce an organic webbing from her fingertips. -
T O O L (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ TOOL None at the moment. -
N O T A B L E S K I L L S & T A L E N T S N O T A B L E S K I L L S & T A L E N T S
S K I L L (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ SKILL Sewing was something she ended up learning to deal with her excessive silk production at the early onset of her powers. When she was in Reach custody, she stitched things by hand out of sheer boredom. Now, however, she has access to better tools and can actually make full costumes. She even made her own! -
T A L E N T (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ TALENT Smarts was something that Cindy was appreciative to have because it made her catching up with school a lot easier. She was at least appreciative that the Reach did allow her some teaching, but catching up to high school was simpler than she had thought! In fact, her time in Reach custody had taught her a few more advance things about automation. She did just join the robotics club this year... -
T H E S T O R Y S O F A R... T H E S T O R Y S O F A R...
Nine years ago, Cindy Moon was living quite content with her family except for her younger brother always going into her room and ruining just about everything. At least that's what she remembers that day when she stormed out of the parent's home in upstate New York, the last time she had been with them. She couldn't even remember what she was mad about and why she thought storming outside was a good idea, but she did remember the Reach. Had they been waiting to abduct her or did they just seize the opportunity to?
Cindy couldn't help but curse herself on that fateful night. Something so stupid had resulted in her being taken away into the Reach's custody for almost six years. Her whole life for that time was contained by one little room, all to experience one bite by a spider and the reaction it would have on her. She mutated, genetically altering from that bite to become what she is now. Why had the Reach approached an experiment like this? Where did that spider come from? Was it genetically altered or something from a different planet? It did look like it could be.
The Reach invested time in Cindy to showcase her abilities and experiment with them for years. Looking back, it was possible that this was one approach that a Reach division was attempting to experiment with human genetic malleability, but Cindy wouldn't really be able to be certain. She was far too young to understand, but when her salvation would come, she'd be able to understand something far more important. With great power, comes great responsibility.
It was Superman that had saved her, and the others that were kept in secret at that facility. She could remember how he effortlessly ripped open that door she had never seen beyond and offered her a hand. She was freed from that room but the life she had known was gone. Cindy would find herself deposited in the nearest city, New York City, with the other victims in that facility. She was passed off to Martin Li, a known philanthropist operating in New York City for many causes but for Cindy's case, New Way was his organization to help runaway teens find a place if they couldn't go back to their old lives. New Way helped her get back into school, helped her find a place to stay and to eventually, hopefully, find her family.
P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S )
So with this story backdrop of a tyrannical government, I thought of Silk instantly. Not because that's the only thing I play, either! I thought of how fun it'd be to play an icon behind that kind of NYC resilience and defiance in the face of unpopular and/or aggressive governing motions. I can only imagine NYC displaying their contempt for government overreach against a particular group of people with fairly regular protesting and presenting themselves as an obstacle. Cindy comes in as the young spider-hero this time as a onetwo-year veteran, able to build up a rapport with the city. Likely they were skeptical at first but given a year of saving people's butts, she has earned her place for the average New Yorker to respect.
Still a high schooler, Cindy gets to find the joys of trying to juggle classwork, a job, and fighting crime while the city juggles constant patrols, police crackdowns, Agency raids, and the odd supervillain. How long can this last? Who knows, Cindy certainly doesn't. New York City, as a result, might be appealing for the odd superpowered hero to migrate to if they can see past all the propagandized news cycles that state NYC is just fine, no protesting here. Ignore the Silk merchandise booth on the corner of the street.
Any other NYC residents? Feel free to say hi. Cindy doesn't have anyone to lean on at the moment. ;;;;_;;;;
A B I L I T I E S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Superhuman Spider Physiology As with the regular comics, Cindy has superhuman strength, agility, stamina, speed, durability. She has a Silk Sense that gives her awareness to things around her even if she can't see. Finally, she is able to produce an organic webbing from her fingertips. -
T O O L (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ TOOL None at the moment. -
N O T A B L E S K I L L S & T A L E N T S N O T A B L E S K I L L S & T A L E N T S
S K I L L (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ SKILL Sewing was something she ended up learning to deal with her excessive silk production at the early onset of her powers. When she was in Reach custody, she stitched things by hand out of sheer boredom. Now, however, she has access to better tools and can actually make full costumes. She even made her own! -
T A L E N T (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ TALENT Smarts was something that Cindy was appreciative to have because it made her catching up with school a lot easier. She was at least appreciative that the Reach did allow her some teaching, but catching up to high school was simpler than she had thought! In fact, her time in Reach custody had taught her a few more advance things about automation. She did just join the robotics club this year... -
T H E S T O R Y S O F A R... T H E S T O R Y S O F A R...
Nine years ago, Cindy Moon was living quite content with her family except for her younger brother always going into her room and ruining just about everything. At least that's what she remembers that day when she stormed out of the parent's home in upstate New York, the last time she had been with them. She couldn't even remember what she was mad about and why she thought storming outside was a good idea, but she did remember the Reach. Had they been waiting to abduct her or did they just seize the opportunity to?
Cindy couldn't help but curse herself on that fateful night. Something so stupid had resulted in her being taken away into the Reach's custody for almost six years. Her whole life for that time was contained by one little room, all to experience one bite by a spider and the reaction it would have on her. She mutated, genetically altering from that bite to become what she is now. Why had the Reach approached an experiment like this? Where did that spider come from? Was it genetically altered or something from a different planet? It did look like it could be.
The Reach invested time in Cindy to showcase her abilities and experiment with them for years. Looking back, it was possible that this was one approach that a Reach division was attempting to experiment with human genetic malleability, but Cindy wouldn't really be able to be certain. She was far too young to understand, but when her salvation would come, she'd be able to understand something far more important. With great power, comes great responsibility.
It was Superman that had saved her, and the others that were kept in secret at that facility. She could remember how he effortlessly ripped open that door she had never seen beyond and offered her a hand. She was freed from that room but the life she had known was gone. Cindy would find herself deposited in the nearest city, New York City, with the other victims in that facility. She was passed off to Martin Li, a known philanthropist operating in New York City for many causes but for Cindy's case, New Way was his organization to help runaway teens find a place if they couldn't go back to their old lives. New Way helped her get back into school, helped her find a place to stay and to eventually, hopefully, find her family.
P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S )
So with this story backdrop of a tyrannical government, I thought of Silk instantly. Not because that's the only thing I play, either! I thought of how fun it'd be to play an icon behind that kind of NYC resilience and defiance in the face of unpopular and/or aggressive governing motions. I can only imagine NYC displaying their contempt for government overreach against a particular group of people with fairly regular protesting and presenting themselves as an obstacle. Cindy comes in as the young spider-hero this time as a two-year veteran, able to build up a rapport with the city. Likely they were skeptical at first but given two years of saving people's butts, she has earned her place for the average New Yorker to respect.
Still a high schooler, Cindy gets to find the joys of trying to juggle classwork, a job, and fighting crime while the city juggles constant patrols, police crackdowns, Agency raids, and the odd supervillain. How long can this last? Who knows, Cindy certainly doesn't. New York City, as a result, might be appealing for the odd superpowered hero to migrate to if they can see past all the propagandized news cycles that state NYC is just fine, no protesting here. Ignore the Silk merchandise booth on the corner of the street.
Any other NYC residents? Feel free to say hi. Cindy doesn't have anyone to lean on at the moment. ;;;;_;;;;
Erika clenched at her bag strap with both hands as she tried to bring her focus rapidly back in. Sno out. Eep wasn't there yet. Kay trying her best. She was leading but for how long now that she was on the back foot? What was her move now?
"Kay, use Topsy-Turvy and turn that Leer into a defense boost for yourself!" Erika hollered turning to one of her favorite tricks to utilize since it often tripped people up. It would help Kay more than Sno at the moment, anyway. Sorry Sno, but maybe that barrage would wake you up.
Kay spun, flipping herself upside down to meet that Leer by Pansear. "In~ʎɐɐʞ" The floating squid chimed, boosting her defense just in time for the razor leaf to pelt her.
Sno snoozed and was blasted back which was expected. She rolled past Eep who was still inching his way up but not quite there yet. He'd be the nail in the coffin for her win, she thought, but for now he could only support.
"Eep, use Astonish against..." She thought for a moment. The flinch chance was low but it was better than nothing. The question was, who was more dangerous. Tropius or Pansear? Perhaps the one with mass? "...Tropius!"
Eep was still worming up but paused, looking at the large leaf Pokemon and made a startling sound! "Liiilllleeeeep!"
Sounds fair! I'll get to work on a character proposal and we can see from there. For record, I am coming off of a few year hiatus for reasons. If that doesn't seem appealing, that's fair, but I do want to try!
Erika clenched her fists. She was winning but barely. Yet things weren't going awful for her yet! Sno was hanging in there even if she was asleep. Eep needed more time but as he made his way up, he did have one attack he could do. "Eep! Lob some acid over to their side! Aim for Pansear and try to get the feet to have his attacks go wildly off course!" Her gaze shifted to Sno who was still asleep. Did she have any move to help wake her up? Tara did with Safeguard. Maybe she should have brought her instead of Eep... but she knew Eep could hold his ground. He just needed time!
Her turned her head and caught Kay floating her way back up. [color=6ecff6]"Kay! Play dirty and go for Foul Play! Knock that Vanillitte back and hopefully off the top of the hill by any means!"
"Sno! Get up, please!" Honestly Erika didn't expect that to work but she liked to hope.
That left her team to enact their orders. Eep had to pause his climb to fling Acid up and over the top of the hill like a purple cascade of goo. Kay would charge and ram herself against Vanillitte since Foul Play was physical but used Vanillitte's attack against itself? Erika wasn't quite sure how that worked... That left Sno who was still sleeping!
I've been a reader for at least a month now. Waaay back at the start of chapter two, you stated you were looking for another member... would that still be the case?
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