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"Anything you can do, I can do better."CALVIN RANKIN   ♦   1986 (31)   ♦   MALE   ♦   HEROIC

C O N C E P T   A B S T R A C T:
For this, I intend to take a healthy dose of inspiration from the Earth 12 (Exiles) version of Mimic, in that this Calvin was a former Brotherhood of Mutants recruit turned X-Men member and eventual leader. Having suffered and been experimented on at the hands of his scientist father, Ronald Rankin, to develop Calvin's abilities, and then later having been manipulated by Magneto and his Brotherhood, Calvin has long-since found a home where he feels he truly belongs. 

I plan for Calvin to have been an important figure in the X-Men's history of this universe, the first new member after the original five, and the first and most consistent/long-lasting field and team leader for the various incarnations throughout the past fifteen years. Having time and again proved himself to be a hero worth admiring, this Calvin wishes to show the world at large that mutants are not the dangerous monsters that some see them as, despite not being a mutant himself. As such, he has led the X-Men in a much more open and welcoming environment than has been demonstrated in most comic-versions of the team. Should there be a Justice League in this world, I'd like to have had past, positive collaborations between them and the X-Men. Less of an isolated feel to the X-Men's direction than is usual. 

I want to switch between telling brief stories of important events in Calvin's life since being approached by Magneto fifteen years ago and subsequently joining the X-Men, and exploring current arcs. I have two potential solo arcs in mind that will pull Calvin away from his pivotal role in the X-Men. These arcs may offer room for collaboration depending on other players' characters, I'm intending to write Calvin in such a way that he can, and will, participate in many of the crossover events that should arise. 

Finally, it can be assumed that Calvin has led the X-Men against the majority, if not all of, their classic foes. With a decided fifteen years worth of X-Men history in this universe, much of the X-Men's comic book roster has been explored. 

N O T E S:
Anna Marie | Rogue: It was Calvin that reached out to Rogue when she had originally shown up confused and angry, working alongside X-Men villain Mystique. Recognizing in her what he had once gone through, Calvin was able to get through to the young woman and convinced her to join the X-Men. Less than a year later, the two would strike up a romance that persisted through the years and many crises. Often a secondary leader of the X-Men, she is one of the few members who have been a constant since her arrival. On a fact-finding mission to discover the perpetrator of a recent devastating attack on the X-Mansion, Rogue has disappeared leaving a concerned Calvin to search for her.

Scott Summers | Cyclops: When Calvin first joined the team, Scott viewed him as a bit of a rival. The somewhat shy and reserved Scott saw the more relatable young man as taking over his position on the team, which was only exacerbated once Calvin received team leadership. Over the years, however, the two developed a deep respect and friendship. It was Calvin who had helped to bring Scott out of his shell, and encouraged him to ask Jean Grey out on a date. Scott has historically been the second-in-command for much of the X-Men's history, and has recently taken over as field leader after Calvin announced he would take a leave-of-absence to search for Rogue.

Charles Xavier | Professor X: The man credited with giving young Calvin Rankin a second chance, and turning his life around dramatically for the better. Had Xavier not had faith in him, Calvin doubts he ever would have left the life of crime he had been heading towards. With Calvin's own father dead, Xavier would over the years grow to become a surrogate father figure to Calvin. Xavier was the first to ever willingly allow and give permission for Calvin to "permanently" mimic his powers; an act Calvin has always admired. Currently, Xavier was injured in the recent attack on the mansion, as he was in the room at the time Cerebro was destroyed in an explosion. He's currently receiving medical attention by their resident nurse, Cecilia Reyes.

Piotr "Peter" Rasputin  | Colossus: One of Calvin's closest friends at the Xavier Institute, and the member of the X-Men who has had the greatest positive influence on his moral code. Peter has been nothing but kind and caring, a gentle giant one might say, and his attitude has in many ways rubbed off onto Calvin throughout the years.

Kitty Pryde | Shadowcat: The first young mutant that Calvin ever mentored. Kitty joined the X-Men a couple years in, one of the few new members in the early years. Calvin took her under his wing during this time, and helped her to better understand her abilities. This was a role Calvin would eventually take and excel in for the rest of his career with the X-Men, his powerset making this something he was uniquely suited for, but Kitty, being the first of his proteges, has a special place in his heart, and she in turn looks up to him.

Kevin Sidney | Morph: The most recent of Calvin's personal proteges to graduate to the X-Men team full-time. Out of all the other X-Men Calvin has ever spent time with, Kevin is the only one able to consistently make Calvin smile regardless of how upset he may be. He is also, out of all of Calvin's proteges, the one he feels has the most potential. With Calvin stepping down from active duty while in his search for Rogue, Kevin will be taking his place on the main team. 

Megan Gwynn | Pixie: The X-Men trainee who was with Rogue on the fact-finding mission when she disappeared. Having split up, by the time Megan returned to meet back up with Rogue she was gone and only a few drops of blood remained at the scene. Despite reassurances otherwise, Megan partially feels responsible and had practically begged Calvin to allow her to help in his search. A request Calvin denied, much to her frustration.

 This is all liable to change, and is, of course, adjustable should any players wish to pick up any aforementioned character.

Without getting into a lengthy description of how Calvin's mimicking abilities work, nor their limitations, the following is a list of the five individuals to whom Calvin has currently "set" himself to.
Sabertooth
Professor X
Colossus
Northstar
Bishop

@DC The Dragon I think you're confused as to what I was asking. Nowhere did I suggest Miles was from the 616 universe. I was asking if you, as the player, are intending for your version of Miles to be similar to what was recently done, i.e., bring Miles from an alternate universe (one in which Peter Parker had died, as was the events in the Ultimate universe) to this current Absolute universe (the one that we as players will all be writing in). 

So, my questions are: 1) Is your Miles Morales (your character, not the comic versions) from a separate universe originally? 2) Are you trying to make this Miles the actual version from Earth 1610? And 3) is your intention to suggest that a similar cataclysmic event such as what was depicted in the comic's Secret Wars has occurred in the multiverse of Absolute Comics? 

As GreenGrenade has mentioned, Absolute Comics follows it's own, completely separate and unique continuity. It is not beholden or linked to any previous continuities depicted in comics, shows, movies, or other roleplays. You can, and are encouraged to, base your character upon and draw inspiration from events and such depicted in the aforementioned media, but that does not mean your character would actually be from those universes. 

And, to prevent any further misunderstandings, I am the Co-GM for this game, and am asking these in an official capacity, not to incite any issues. I apologize for that not having been made clear on my part, as obviously I do not have the GM tag yet. 

EDIT: I'm a little late on the draw, apparently. Curse you, food, for dinging as I was mid-response. 
I encourage you, DC, to further discuss with @GreenGrenade the specifics of your character, and how your intended version of Miles fits with what he envisioned for Spider-Man. I would, though, suggest that alternate universes and people traveling from them to this one not be included quite yet. 

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