Ultrasound
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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| Ultrasound | |
| Ultrasound | |
| Player: Ultimogirl | |
| Origin: | Natural |
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| Archetype: | Defender |
| Security Level: | 50 |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Maura Connor |
| Known Aliases: | Ultra, Mo |
| Species: | Human? |
| Age: | 19 |
| Height: | 5'6" |
| Weight: | 115 lbs |
| Eye Color: | Green |
| Hair Color: | Red |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | Irish American |
| Occupation: | ' |
| Place of Birth: | Paragon City? |
| Base of Operations: | Paragon City |
| Marital Status: | In a Relationship |
| Known Relatives: | None Known |
| Known Powers | |
| Sound Manipulation | |
| Known Abilities | |
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| Equipment | |
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Ultrasound was originally created one night in the Ski Chalet, when 5 friends made plans to play a new 5 person RP group of young heroes with a mysterious connected past(unknown to them). Her Pentad teammates were Brightspell, Lunar-Blade, Splendor, and Stormrager. With the Pentad group never taking off, I had to rework her past a bit to make her a character I could play by herself. This lead me to RPing her origin as a Mutant so I could hide her "mysterious past" storyline til a later time if I chose to go there again.
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History
As an infant around 4-6 months of age, Maura was found abandoned one morning in Perez Park by a pair of joggers back in 1991. It was this same day that headlines reported 4 other abandoned infants were found throughout the city in 3 other areas (a pair of twins were found together). Placed in child services, Maura grew up most of her life bouncing between orphanages and several foster homes that never seemed to go well. Around the age of 10, it was discovered one day when throwing a fit after fighting with her foster parents at the time, that Maura could amplify her screaming where she wound up breaking several windows throughout a city block in King's Row. After seeing a few Specialist's, Maura was assumed to be a Mutant, though there was some complications in examining her blood work.
Recent days have found Maura in the care of another foster family, that only seem to care for Maura for the paycheck they receive from the state. Maura doesn't find them so bad, because she gets all the freedom to do what she wants and since moonlighting as a hero, she's been spending many late nights away from the house. After her 18th birthday, Maura decided to accept Chad's invitation and move into his apartment in Overbrook with him.
Appearance
If Ultrasound was ever portrayed in a live action movie, she would be portrayed by singer Hayley Williams (pictured left). Maura is also a singer, but her singing style is more like Lacey Mosley of the Band Flyleaf, as Maura uses her Sound Manipulation powers to change her voice pitch.
Personality
Ultrasound is a bit of a loner and has some issues trusting others. Those she does allow herself to become close with, she is loyal and will do anything for. She becomes uneasy when others talk about family and rarely talks about how she grew up as an orphan. Maura can also be pretty stubborn when it comes to asking others for help, this often leads her to trying to take on to much on her own and she has been severely injured on multiple occasions because of this stubborness. Maura has recently been taking time off of patrols to dabble into singing in a band. Maura's always had a great singing voice, but she was always embarrassed to sing thinking others would call her singing into question because of her mutant powers. After some encouragement from her friends, she decided to give it a try and is beginning to really enjoy it.
Powers
Ultrasound can manipulate all sound to do what she wishes. From manipulating the sound barrier to protect others, projecting hard hitting sound waves, and silencing all noise in a small radius around herself. Maura has proven she can be pretty creative using sound as an effective weapon.
Recently Maura has decided to better herself by learning how to fight in hand to hand combat. At first she wanted to learn to use bigger fancier weapons, but she has since found she prefers the smaller weapons like Daggers and Sai's because of their speed.
Affiliations
Friends
Maura has always kept to herself, but this does not mean she doesn't enjoy the company of friends once she gets to know someone. It may take her a little longer to trust someone, but she does eventually open up.
Teen Templars
In more recent days, Maura has found herself crossing paths with several members of the group known as the Teen Templars. Admiring how the group works so well as a team and how they seem to be a tight knit family in their downtime, Maura has definitely found her time fighting along side the group a pleasure and they have made her feel safe for the first time in a long while. It wasn't to long after, that Maura finally accepted the Templars invitation to join the team as an official member.
Templar Friends
- Beachbreak: The first moment Maura met Chad, she developed an instant crush on the surfer. Five minutes into their first date, she was already falling head over heels for him. In a life that has had its ups and downs, Chad is the one thing that has been a constant positive for Maura. The two are very much in love and are now living together in Chad's Overbrook Apartment, now that Maura is no longer in the custody of child services. She would do anything for him, even return to his homeland with him, knowing she might never be allowed to return to her own home in doing so.
- Bow-Slinger: Maura looks up to Dexter and sees him as a really good leader for her and the Templars to follow. Maura loves flirting with Dex and enjoys torturing him with her lack of knowledge in things like Comics and Popular Movies. It's not uncommon to hear the two playfully bickering at each other during the most dangerous of missions.
- Smoking Mirrors: Maura adores Max and always enjoys his company. Nicknaming him "Hotbox" since their first encounter, Max has come along way since meeting the shy guy covered shoulders to toes in layered clothing at the Templar Beach Party. Of all the Templars, Max is probably the first Maura would seek advice from.
- Blase': Like with most of the girls in the Templars, Maura tends to feel out of place around Amelia and the others she secretly calls "The Striped Shirt Crew". Ameila has on occasions been a good friend to Maura when the two have spoken one on one. Maura sees Amelia as strong, confident, with strong morales. Amelia is the kind of hero Maura wishes she could be, but knows she'll never become.
- Pulsegirl: Another member of the Striped Shirt Crew, Maura sees Emma as very kind, sweet, and innocent. Although Maura would love nothing else but to nail down Emma's cape when she twirls it in circles over and over again, Maura would probably be crushed if she ever saw Emma upset.
- Galaxy Shot: Maura likes Clarity and respects what she created as one of the founders of the Templars. Maura hasn't had as much interaction with this Striped Shirter as she would have liked, but found herself very concerned for Clarity when she was abducted and was extremely happy when they got her back.
- The Scion of Dagon: It figures the girl most in the group consider quiet and anti-social, is the one girl Maura would feel most comfortable around. Maura thinks Zane is a total badass and one of the coolest people she has met since joining the team.
- Elemental Envoy: Maura finds Jinx to be a bit odd, but that hasn't stopped her from enjoying hanging with the boy from the land of the rising sun. But what is this "Power Ranger" hiding beneath that suit he never takes off?
- Red-Ripper: Yonejiro was Maura's first crush in the Templars, before she met Chad. Maura found herself intrigued with Yone and really got along well him. It wasn't long after that Maura found she wasn't resistant to Yone's body toxins, so nothing more ever became of her crush. This hasn't kept Maura from providing Red the "Rings" he seems to enjoy!
- Diablo Boy: Maura found herself annoyed with Dabs the first time they met. Between the constant running in circles and him turning into tiny creatures and crawling in her hair, Maura kept her distance for a while. Over time she slowly grew to adore Dabs and now treats him like a little brother.
- Dusk-Hawk: Maura respects David and his fighting skills greatly, she has always found it funny that someone who is so disciplined in the art of fighting can be so nervous and shy around females. Maura worries David may get himself or others hurt when he becomes angered.
- Fire-Burn & Fujihime: Jack's behavior concerned Maura for a time, but after some talks with him she has come to understand where some of his anger comes from. After seeing how Jack's attitude changes when he is around his girlfriend Chisa, she knows there is hope for him. Maura enjoys Jack & Chisa's company when they're together.
- Belle Majeure: Maura finds Belle very funny and loves when she curses in her foreign accent. Maura feels bad for the girl when she starts her dramatic scenes, but Maura has always been one to stay away from the drama.
- Starswarm: Maura only met the newcomer twice, but so far she has found Richard to be nice and a good member of the team.
Other Friends
- Thryth: Thryth and Maura have had a rocky friendship. Maura cares for the female Troll greatly, but Thryth hasn't made it easy for Maura to be there for her. Maura very much wants to show the girl that she isn't the "dumb monster" she thinks herself as, but after these last few months, she now thinks it probably won't ever happen.
- Cloudgazer: Despite annoying her by always calling her "Laura", Maura thinks Skye is sweet, wise, and a great pilot.
- Splendor & Stormrager: Over the years Maura has kept in touch with Shawn and Shannon, twin siblings who became friends of Maura from the orphanage, who later were placed in a good home with a loving foster family. Maura is protective of the twins from those that would try to take advantage of their good hearts and trusting innocence. Recently she hasn't seen the twins as much as she likes, but knows they are always busy with their volunteer work when they aren't in school or fighting crime.
- Graffiti Samurai: Whatever...
Enemies
Maura may be a grump and roll her eyes at a lot of people, but she is usually way to laid back to actually hate someone. A person would have to really be evil or extremely creepy to be considered an enemy to her.
- Breaker: Maura has never interacted or seen Breaker in person and if she can have her way, she would love to keep it that way. He attempted to hurt one of her friends and that doesn't sit to well with her.
- Mosquitoes: Maura really hates Mosquitoes, they really skeeve her out.
- Stryker[1]: Like Breaker, Stryker was responsible for abducting one of her friends and tarnishing Dex and the Templars name for a brief period. Stryker is assumed dead or missing at this point and Maura hopes they've heard the last of him, but like the other Templars she doubts it.
- Batman: Maura just doesn't get what is so special about this Comic Book Icon that most of the other Templars worship. All she knows is this Batman got his butt kicked by a villain, that Katie Holmes easily defeated with a stun gun.
Rumors
- Many have seen Maura sporting a black eye and trying to hide it with a pair of sunglasses.
- Rumor has it Maura is very interested in receiving lessons on how to skimboard.
- Word is Maura was recently seen at a Tattoo Shop in Talos Island, could she have gotten a new tattoo?
- Graff is so fucking awesome!
Footnotes
- ↑ Stryker is an NPC in Bow-Slinger's background and not a real player character.
