Byzantine Bystander
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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| Just act natural. Like I was always here. | |
| The Byzantine Bystander | |
| Player: @Dev | |
| Origin: | Technology |
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| Archetype: | Blaster |
| Security Level: | Classified |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Rook Staunton |
| Known Aliases: | Fuschia Fighter, Oh No Look Out It Is a Ray Gun, Rookie |
| Species: | Futuruman |
| Age: | Futwenty |
| Height: | Futurive feet, nine inches |
| Weight: | Timestream sensitive |
| Eye Color: | Classified |
| Hair Color: | Classified |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | Futopia |
| Occupation: | Bystanding |
| Place of Birth: | Futureopolis, Futopia |
| Base of Operations: | Tomorrowton |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Known Relatives: | Byzantine Bandit, Commander Constantinople, Istanbul Inquisitor |
| Known Powers | |
| Shooting Guns, Electric Manipulation | |
| Known Abilities | |
| Time Travel, Eidetic Memory | |
| Equipment | |
| Pastotron, Pastatron, Pacemaker | |
| Most recently sighted in Atlas Hospital; claims was necessary that she pass out, then walk out of Hospital still dazed. | |
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Rook Staunton
- Is a perfectly ordinary citizen
- From this time period
- She is simply the most fashionable person alive
The Byzantine Bystander
- Is clearly a time-traveler
- From a different time period
- Who just also happens to dress fabulously
If both of them seem to share a favorite color, it is clearly, purely coincidence.
Fighting Crime
The mysteriously Byzantine Bystander comes from a future so distant no other time traveler knows of it save perhaps the Umbral Glacier. Her purpose in returning to the past is unknown, though she insists when asked that she is merely ensuring the existence of her own timeline. When pressed further for details, she has been reported to demur, saying only "if I explained too much, it would damage the timeline."
Her taste in clothing is impeccable, despite occasional suggestions to the contrary: her armor is impenetrable, well-insulated, and perfectly ventilated to allow maximum comfort while remaining form-fitting. Despite this obvious superiority to present-day clothing, the trend of fuschia seems not to have caught on thus far. The Bystander has made no public comment on the matter, but has been known to peddle strange fuschia wares that match her own to the unsuspecting. Some have speculated that this is because, like so many superheros, she lacks a monetarily rewarding job, but others have accused her of attempting to swindle the innocent, the blind, and various other parties who might not know better than to wear Fuschia. Fortunately for the Bystander, these claims have yet to escalate into actual legal action against her.
Despite the seeming quandary of one who has been sent back in time-- the danger of tarnishing that which has been outlined as in need of protection-- the Byzantine Bystander seems to see no conflict with her calling and the crimefighting creed. She assures all those who might ask that this is simply how the timeline in which her future is a reality, including her own time-traveling do-gooding, is created. One or two hours of eidetic recitation of the exact events which the Bystander has sworn to reproduce and uphold tends to silence any qualms that one might have regarding the veracity of the vixen's mission. That, or the droning of her voice drives one to bored submission. Either way, it seems that part of the Bystander's calling involves the fighting of crime.
Friends and Relations
Byzantine Bandit
Relation: Half-brother. Byzantine Beauty Queen and Bantering Bandit had a brief affair after Miss Bystander's father, Biased Bystander, disappeared into the west in search of himself. Byzantine Bandit was the best brother Miss Bystander could have hoped to have. They still see each other occasionally, though the conversations are naturally almost too confusing and awkward to ever really last. They have a sibling relationship in which the value of coexisting in cooperative silence is completely understood. (Don't start thinking about the fact that all of that is superhero-nickname-talk, or it'll get mighty confusing.)
Commander Constantinople
Relation: Classmate from Alliterative Academy. He was Salutatorian.
Istanbul Inquisitor
Relation: Alternate self from divergent, transsexual timeline. Notoriously interested in asking Miss Bystander lots of uncomfortable questions, including the oft-repeated "will you go out with me?"
Umbral Glacier
Relation: Acquaintance, fellow citizen of Paragon City from the future with an interest in aiding the past. Umbral is the only time traveler that Rookie knows of who actually comes from a time even further into the future than her own.
Gadgets and Gizmos
Pastotron
The device which is employed by miss Staunton in order to travel the length and breadth of time. Though it is quite capable of taking her forward in time as well, she has long since affectionately dubbed it the "Past-o-tron" out of love for the Ancient Scrawlings of Science Fiction that first inspired her to travel back in time.
Pastatron
Lacking in resources though she may be, miss Staunton is too clever to be long without food. An hour or two after arriving in the current time, she had cobbled together this ingenious device that converts air into delicious pasta.
Pacemaker
Unlike its name-relation, the Futopian Pacemaker is actually a device that helps one to keep track of one's itinerary. Miss Staunton uses her pacemaker to be sure she has completed each action she recorded in her eidetic memory as necessary to complete in order to maintain the timeline.
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