Beach Baby
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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| Beach Baby poses for the camera. | |
| Beach Baby | |
| Player: @LooneyToons | |
| Origin: | Natural |
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| Archetype: | Blaster |
| Security Level: | 38 |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Tanya Merriweather |
| Known Aliases: | None |
| Species: | Human |
| Age: | 23 |
| Height: | 5'8" |
| Weight: | 130 lbs. |
| Eye Color: | Blue |
| Hair Color: | Blonde |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Grad Student, Paragon University |
| Place of Birth: | San Diego, CA |
| Base of Operations: | Paragon City, RI |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Known Relatives: | Lou Merriweather (Father), Felice Merriweather Clark (sister) |
| Known Powers | |
| Elemental Water Control | |
| Known Abilities | |
| Beach Sands of Mu, Speed | |
| Equipment | |
| Jump pack, base transporter, Pocket D VIP Card, police band radio | |
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Danger, in every corner.
I have become pure water.
-- "Swords", by Leftfield
Once a beauty queen and star athlete, Tanya Merriweather is now a different kind of champion, manipulating the awesome blue power of water as Beach Baby.
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Affiliations
Supergroup: The Legendary (Rank: Fable)
Frequently teams with
Personality
Supremely confident (some would even say arrogant) and smart. Beach Baby is a "tough chick" who projects a seriously bad-ass presence and attitude.
Powers
Almost all her powers are based around elemental control of water, represented in the game as the Energy sets, whose effects are mostly blue in color.
Energy Blast
Beach Baby's primary power is the creation and projection of powerful streams and jets of water. At the present time she possesses the following attacks:
- Sluice (Power Bolt)
- Waterspout (Power Blast)
- Riptide (Energy Torrent)
- Hydrojet (Sniper Blast)
Energy Manipulation
Similarly, the Energy Manipulation power set represents mostly melee use of water and pressure.
- Wipeout (Power Thrust)
- Tsunami Punch (Energy Punch)
- Pressurize (Build Up)
Additional Powers
Tanya's body, although it looks completely normal, is in fact closer to a liquid than a solid. While she cannot change shape, this strange state gives her several advantages, including an apparent ability to remain comfortable in a wide range of temperatures which allows her to wear a bikini in Rhode Island all year round.
She has of late learned how to become as transparent as pure water, rendering her all but invisibile.
In addition to her water powers, she seems to have acquired one specifically beach related power -- the Beach Sands of Mu, which manifest in hand-to-hand combat.
Speed
Beach Baby possesses the ability to briefly change the solid-to-liquid ratio of her body structure, accelerating many of its processes (Hasten).
Also, by generating and maintaining a "slick spot" directly under her feet while pushing herself with discreet jets of water vapor, she can increase her running speed to phenomenal levels (Super Speed).
Abilities
Beach Baby is a fitness freak, with a little of almost every kind of exercise and training system under her nonexistent belt. A former beauty queen, she's adept at charming and manipulating people and is a fair actress when she needs to be.
As might be expected, she's an excellent swimmer and surfer.
In addition to English, she speaks a smattering of gutter Spanish.
Weaknesses and Limitations
None yet determined.
Equipment
Jump pack, Pocket D VIP Card, base transporter, police band radio, Nemesis staff.
Character History
Tanya Merriweather was a professional surfer, fast-tracked for a championship, until she was caught in the shockwave and subsequent fallout from a villain group's illicit paranuclear experimentation.
She was found shortly afterwards washed up on a beach, near death, and spent the next six weeks in a coma. Her water powers first manifested during her coma, distressing both the doctors treating her and the janitors tasked with keeping her room dry.
After her recovery, Tanya discovered that her changes disqualified her from any future competition. Dismayed, she drifted aimlessly for several months before stumbling upon a bank robbery in progress in Bakersfield. Using her powers for the first time in public, she stopped the robbery and apprehended the criminals.
The personal gratification that this gave her surprised Tanya, and after careful consideration she decided to try the life of a superhero. She moved to Paragon City both because of its open embrace of superheroes, and because of Paragon University's well-regarded graduate program in Criminal Justice, in which she is currently enrolled.
Battle Cries and Catchphrases
"First class, all the way!"
"Surf's up!"
"Time to drink from the firehose!"
Trivia
Maintains a 3.8 average despite an active superhero career.
Frequently teams with Passion Cat, As a jay bird and Naked Elf Maden; they joke that between the four of them they wear enough cloth to make one whole costume.
