Bella Facade
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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| Bella Facade | |
| Player: @DoctorVoid | |
| Origin: | Mutant |
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| Archetype: | Brute |
| Threat Level: | 32 |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Isabella (no family name given) |
| Known Aliases: | Izzy-chan (Only by one person) |
| Species: | Human Mutant |
| Age: | 24 |
| Height: | 6' |
| Weight: | 135-140 lbs. |
| Eye Color: | right: Icy blue left: Dull blue |
| Hair Color: | Black & Purple (dyed) |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | "Courier" |
| Place of Birth: | The Rogue Isles |
| Base of Operations: | Haven, Cap au Diable |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Known Relatives: | None |
| Known Powers | |
| Highly resistant to psionic intrusion, possibly others | |
| Known Abilities | |
| High pain tolerance, expert melee combatant, extreme focus, reflexes bordering on precognition, enhanced vision (left eye). | |
| Equipment | |
| Pair of double-edged combat knives, customized Honda VFR800 motorcycle, modified Blackberry cellphone, cybernetic left eye with visual enhancements, thumbcuffs for transporting prisoners. | |
Prone to nosebleeds under certain conditions.
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Bella originally came into my head as a placeholder until I could remake her as another AT when I got Dr. Wretched to 50. I had this whole plan...and then she went and took on a life of her own. I decided I liked her as she was, and kept her as such. It took awhile for me to figure out who exactly she was, and more to the point, how she would behave in a given situation. Where Dr. Wretched is friendly and (almost) warm, Bella is detached and cold as ice, at times. Much of this information is OOC.
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Affiliations
Dr. Wretched
Bella has a history with Dr. Wretched that she has mostly disclosed with only one person. Whatever it happens to be, she seems intent on finding him since coming to the Rogue Isles. Neither she, nor the doctor, are being very forthcoming.
The Courier Service
At present, Bella is the owner and sole operative of The Courier Service. Given her personality...issues...it is perhaps unsurprising that she has not sought to recruit more assistance.
Piper McCormick
One of the first people Bella interacted with in the Pocket D. Piper possesses the ability of minor prophetic visions, and picked up on one involving a confrontation between Bella and Dr. Wretched. A friendship and short-lived fling developed from this encounter, and Piper remains one of the handful of people that Bella will actually refer to as a "friend" (also one of the few people she keeps on speed dial). It was Piper who convinced Bella to find a place to settle in Cap au Diable.
Black Symphony
At the same time she encountered Piper, Bella encountered her then-paramour, Zeke. As it happened, Zeke shared his body with a powerful demoness by the name of Az. While she has not interacted with either of them as much as with Piper, she considers them "friendlies". Recently, Bella accompanied Zeke to a dinner with his wealthy family, playing the role of a classy, charming date to the letter.
Security and Acquisition Services
Bella has also struck up a degree of camraderie with Sunny Jack and the members of Security and Acquisition Services. She managed to best both men in a game of pool. Badly. Clay, another member, ever the womanizer, has tried to seduce Bella at least twice (if, indeed, his over-the-top, Desperate-Guy-level attempts can be called "seduction"). She has politely declined, or teased with a comment like, "Maybe next time."
The Cape Radio
Bella has become a frequent attendee of various Cape functions in the time she's been in the Isles. She does not often engage in dancing, preferring to lounge on the sidelines, sometimes with a pack of Lucky Strikes.
Personality
Bella Facade's personality is, to those who simply observe her, very cool. Cool in the sense that she doesn't overreact, and treats most things with casual interest at best. Some might describe her as "frigid". However, she is quite adaptable, and can play the role of a socialite, club-hopping party girl, hard-working student, or seductive vixen with the same ease one with which one would don a mask. Her true self, however, is a bit more complicated. Those that truly get to know Bella come to see that her "coolness" is a true detachment - Bella, when relaxed, rarely shows any true emotion, often having to consider the proper emotional reaction she should express in a given situation. This is not a conscious condition; the trauma of her youth has left her somewhat emotionally disconnected. Despite this emotional detachment, Bella has, at times, shown a glimmer of emotion. She has also shown a fierce determination in combat, though her neutral expression seldom changes; Bella has a deeply-ingrained will to survive, something that has helped her persevere from the time she was a child. Her training as a courier has also left her with a deep sense of professionalism, willing to depart from social gatherings as soon as she receives a call.
Powers
(More info on her powers in the History section.)
Telepathic Resistance
Bella's mind is extremely resistant to psionic intrusion. Attempts are often met with a burst of white noise and static, or encountering a vast, thick wall. She seldom does this with surface scans, but deeper intrusion is reflexively interfered with. There may also be something else further inhibiting intrusion; not an entity, as there is no personality to it, but some outside force, which may be the source of the static interference.
Abilities
High Pain Tolerance
Due to her high willpower and conditioning (physical and mental), Bella has an unusually high tolerance for pain. She is able to put the pain out of her mind, focusing on what needs to be done, while still aware enough of her physical condtion to know when it's time to retreat.
Quick Recovery
Bella has also displayed an ability to recover from wounds somewhat faster than the average person. It is unknown at this time if this is a facet of her mutation, or simply due to her remarkable fitness.
Combat Abilities
As a result of her training, Bella is an adept fighter with knives. She is also capable of adapting to other weapons as a situation warrants, and her preferred blades are unavailable. Further, she is possessed of an uncanny focus (which has a clear relation to her tolerance for pain), and shows significant situational awareness, keeping her wits about her in battle.
She has also demonstrated uncanny reflexes in battle, moving at times to perfectly counter or evade an enemy's attack. At times it seems almost as if she knows how her enemy will attack before he or she does it. This, of course, is of little use against opponents whose speed surpasses her own. She has also shown some difficulty with significantly large groups of enemies.
Other Skills
Because of the requirements of her job, Bella has learned many other skills to varying degrees of proficiency. For example, she is handy with a computer, but nowhere near the level of an expert hacker, and knows proper etiquette in a variety of social situations. Her ability to act, as mentioned earlier, is quite considerable. In addition, she is a very skilled cook.
The one skill that stands above all others, though, is Bella's capacity for learning. She is an extremely quick study, something that has surprised a number of people, mastering and memorizing things in a markedly shorter time than the average person. This is one of her greatest strengths.
Equipment
Combat Knives
Bella's weapon of choice is a pair of double-edged combat knives that she usually keeps concealed in sheaths behind her back and under her jacket. She is an expert at dealing out damage with these blades. It is perhaps worth noting that Bella has not been known to kill foes who are already incapacitated, but in a fight, she plays for keeps.
Honda VFR800
Bella drives a modified Honda VFR800 sport touring motorcycle, and has done so for several years. As her job, until now, has kept her constantly on the move, she seldom carries very many personal belongings, and typically stored many of them in her bike's storage compartments. The bike is jet black, with a wave-like purple flame pattern spread along the side and lower area of the front. It is modified to run faster than a typical VFR800 for short distances. Bella possesses a pair of helmets, one of which has a similar purple design to that of the bike.
Left Eye
While many people are quick to notice the scar over Bella's left eye, what many do not likely realize is that the eye itself is a cybernetic replacement. With it, Bella is able to see into the infrared and ultraviolet spectrum. As her other eye is unmodified, this can be a bit disorienting. The eye also has a certain degree of visual magnification.
Weaknesses and Limitations
While possessed of great combat skill and a will of iron, Bella's body is, ultimately, human. While she is exceptionally fit and strong, she is as vulnerable to a bullet to the head as any "normal" person. She is seldom given to illness, due to the condition she keeps herself in, and a strong immune system, but she could be done in by disease as easily as anyone.
Other Distinguishing Features
Perhaps the first thing people notice about Bella is her height. At six feet, she is noticeably taller than the average woman. Another distinguishing feature is her hair, which she keeps highlighted in purple. Due to her preferred haircut, she is often seen brushing it back from her left eye.
While it is a distinctive mark on her face, few people comment on the large scar over her left eye. Bella also doesn't draw attention to it, but neither does she attempt to cover it up. Her left eye itself, on more than a passing inspection, is a slightly different shade of blue from her right eye, and while it lacks the spark of life in the other eye, otherwise appears normal.
One final item of note is Bella's nosebleeds. Curiously, these have only been seen to occur (when not caused by being struck hard enough in the face) in public situations. Frequently people assume that Bella is "on something", but she has denied this every time, only going as far as to say "not for a long time." She has yet to explain the reason for this condition publicly.
History
Bella has not been very forthcoming with the truth of her past. In fact, in the last 10 years, she has shared knowledge of it with only two people (one of whom was involved in it). She has good reason for this. Few, if any of her childhood memories are pleasant. One thing that is known is that, for a period of about two years in her youth, she was involved (though not romantically) with Dr. Wretched. After that period they went their separate ways.
(( Spoilers removed. A bit late, but better late than never. May put them back, or put up a link to a story concerning said information. ))
Bella travelled the world in the course of the next ten years, making a name for herself as a masterful professional, taking jobs all across the United States, Canada, Mexico, parts of South America, and even a few places in Europe. She was quite a success. In 2009, she received an unexpected message from her former mentor, calling her home to a place she hadn't seen in nearly 12 years - the Rogue Isles. Bella wasted little time in getting there, and set about attempting to track her mentor, while at the same time building up her reputation in her old home town. She has not encountered anyone from her past, as yet, but has gotten comfortable, making a handful of friends, purchasing a nice loft apartment, and setting up a few safehouses of her own in Paragon and the Isles. Having used it to assist a friend of Piper McCormick's, she has since abandoned her safehouse in Boomtown as "compromised". Her career continues to rise, and she continues her search.
Most recently, Bella, with a little help from Piper, finally caught up to the doctor at the Golden Giza. He did not seem particularly surprised or disappointed by this, nor was he particularly excited.
Trivia
- Bella's theme song is "Sleep Isabella" by Abney Park.
- Bella was originally intended to be rerolled as a Widow, acting as Wretched's mole in Arachnos. Then she had other ideas, and the player realized that Wretched doesn't care enough about Arachnos to place a mole in the group.
- Bella is a social smoker. She is also very good at blowing smoke rings. Her brand of choice is Lucky Strike.
- Bella has a strong constitution, and her drink of choice is Bushmill's whiskey.
- While she does not do it often, she is an accomplished dancer.
- Bella speaks at least three other languages.
- Bella is not a registered "villain". She goes where she likes (and really will when Going Rogue goes live).
- Bella has several piercings - both earlobes are pierced, along with three more silver loops in her upper left ear, and one in her navel. No known tattoos.
- Bella is a pretty good cook, though she doesn't make use of this much.
- Bella has liked cats since she was little. It's one of the few things she's expressive about (albeit only a little).
Word of Mouth
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