Girl Crush
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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| Pretty in pink. | |
| Girl Crush | |
| Player: @Starflier | |
| Origin: | Mutant |
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| Archetype: | Controller |
| Security Level: | 48 |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Delilah |
| Known Aliases: | Dee, Girl Crush, GC, Pinkie |
| Species: | Human |
| Age: | 17 |
| Height: | 5'4" |
| Weight: | 105lbs |
| Eye Color: | Green |
| Hair Color: | Red |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Place of Birth: | Paragon City, RI |
| Base of Operations: | Paragon City, RI |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Known Relatives: | Jacob (Father), Kitty (Mother) |
| Known Powers | |
| Gravity Field Manipulation | |
| Known Abilities | |
| Tech Savvy | |
| Equipment | |
| Modified smart phone | |
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'General Knowledge' Stuff
The Girl
Delilah, aka Dee, aka Girl Crush, was born November 13 1993 to Jacob and Kitty. Her parents raised her in a palatial home just inside the city limits. She had everything they could provide for her. While she had the best tutors and instructors money could buy, her father felt it was important for her to attend a public school for her primary education.
As a popular, intelligent, beautiful young woman, Dee is well known in her school as an outgoing, bubbly individual. She hangs out with the popular kids, attends the cool parties, and otherwise enjoys the perks of 'high society'. But there is more to the girl than boys and cheerleading.
Dee has maintained a few friends throughout her years in different schools, the closest of those being Kaylee. While Kaylee does not share Dee's place in the 'it' group, the two remain best friends, even if they spend most of their time at school purposely ignoring one another.
As Dee has grown, she has fully embraced the wonders of modern technology. This is yet another secret she keeps hidden from her good 'friends'. An up and comer in the hacker 'community', she uses her skill mostly for harmless little pranks, although her computer skills are proving to be quite useful in her new job as a hero.
The Mutation
Dee was 14 when she discovered her ability. While vacationing at their summer home near Salamanca, she was hiking through the woods when she slipped off the trail and fell down a steep hill. It might have been just a bad fall if not for the sheer drop about 20 yards down the hill. As she careened off the hill into the wide open air and into free fall her mutation kicked in and she slowed her fall by 'lessening' the gravity acting on her. As she drifted to the earth, like a feather, she knew her life would be different.
Using a pseudonym and fake company name, she ordered a DNA test from a company that deals with GIFT. This was how she learned about her mutation, and began a 'triple' life. The 'It' crowd couldn't know and knowing would only make Kaylee's and her parent's lives difficult, so Dee began another secret life. A life with a mask.
The first couple years she didn't really fight crime. She mostly worked on getting control of her abilities. Mostly small stuff, the kind of stuff that would go unnoticed. As her powers have grown, so too has her desire to make a difference, and that has led her to her current companions.
The Crush
While developing her powers was a major role in Dee becoming a crime-fighting crusader, it was a chance meeting at age 15 that set her directly on the path. A field trip to city hall was wrapping up and the students were scattered about the grounds. Dee and Kaylee were near the statue honoring the hero Atlas when they realized someone had joined them.
This person was none other than Ms. Liberty. A great hero in her own right, and grand daughter of Statesman. She just just stood there with them for a moment in silence, looking up at the statue. The two young woman were stunned into silence. She was so impressive in real life.
"He was a great man. We only hope to be like him."
She turned and strode away, a throng of people gathering around her as she went. Kaylee recovered soon enough, but Dee was awestruck. Kaylee, always looking to get the better of her friend spoke up.
"Looks like someone has a girl crush." She laughed as she finished, and it snapped Dee back to focus.
Girl Crush. That was it. A hero was born.
The Look
The Team
Girl Crush is currently teamed up with the following mutant class heroes:
- Maximilian Gold
- Head to Head
- Incense N Peppermint
- Sandpile
- Red Cutter (MIA)
- Zeta Golem (former member)
- Aeromentalist (former member)
- Discord (former member)
- Riviere (former member)
- Johnny Electro (former member)
Roleplaying Related Stuff
((Well, maybe not strictly 'role-playing stuff', but more background stuff and information incorporated from play sessions.))
February 2, 2010
So I guess I'm keeping this diary as a backup plan. If I get hurt or worse. It would be nice to tell my parents the whole truth about me, but I guess I'm scared of how they'll react. Hey Mom, Dad, I'm a mutant! I really don't think it would go over well. They aren't bad people, but they live in a different world from most people. A daughter 'slumming' it as a hero would definitely not sit well with them or their 'friends'.
So yeah, I'm a mutant. Powers and everything. I look normal enough. Most of us do. I don't have horns or a tail, although I know some mutants that do. I guess that's part of the hangup for some people. Mutation is kind of a crap shoot. If we all looked normal it wouldn't be such an issue, but nobody wants little Sally Devilhorns running around the nursery.
My powers? I can manipulate gravity. It's pretty cool and there's so many things I can do with it. I invert a gravity field on a bad guy, and he just floats there helpless. I invert the gravity field on myself and use it to fly. I'm not big on hurting people with my powers, so I mostly use them to protect my fellow heroes, and keep criminals from hurting them or innocent people.
Fellow heroes you ask? Well, there's Max, Pep, Terry, and Head mainly. They're pretty cool. An odd group to be sure. Max is like super old, but he still looks young. Pep and Head are like my age and pretty cool. Terry is a little hostile, but given she's one of the 'non-normal' looking mutants, so I can't blame her. Things can be tough when you're alone. I'm starting to see that now. She's got a good heart, I'm sure of it, she just keeps it hidden where nobody can find it, or hurt her.
But I guess that will have to be all for today. Maybe in a few days I can add some more. Not that anyone will read this, but it's good to write it all down.
February 11, 2010
What to talk about this time out? Well, a couple more heroes joined the 'team': Johnny and Zeta. Don't really know much about either of them, but they seem all right. That makes 7 of us so far, and the two new guys continue the trend of oddball heroes.
We took out Frostfire tonight, the big bad Outcast leader. That was definitely an adventure. Just to get to him we had to go through hundreds of guys, the place was like a damned fortress. And when we did get to him, the battle was epic! I could barely even see my teammates for all the Outcasts pouring down on us. We won, some of us a little worse for wear, but we won.
I've been having some issues with my powers, mostly when hovering. I get headaches mostly, although today at one point I fell right out of the air, and after the battle with Frostfire I noticed I had a nosebleed. I wasn't hovering during that last battle though, so maybe it's something else at fault. I'm sure it's probably nothing to worry about; growing pains or something.
So anyways, that's all for tonight. I'm going to try to get in an update a little sooner this time, maybe focusing on my powers a little more.
February 12, 2010
Ha ha! No homework tonight, so I might as well add something to this little blog of mine.
So as near as I've been able to figure out, my mutation allows me to create localized gravitational anomalies. Seems simple enough. Make gravity weaker or stronger and the bad guys can't move well enough to be a threat. But there's more to it which I'll do my best to explain some of the basic processes here.
- Increased gravity on an enemy will draw in weapons/powers making them hit harder.
- Increased gravity on a enemy's location will make it hard, if not impossible for them to move.
- Inverted gravity on a teammate will push away weapons/powers making blows less deadly.
- Inverted gravity on an enemy can leave him suspended in midair, helpless.
- Inverting gravity on myself allows me to float, although I can control the field to move around.
So that's basically what I do to fight crime. It can be tricky though, maintaining all the different fields. Just one of the little things every hero does, I suppose, that goes unappreciated by everyone else.
While I haven't yet done so, I'm also certain there may be more intricate means of manipulating and creating the gravity fields for different effects. Something along the lines of a small-scale, contained, inverted-black hole which deflects light around a target making it effectively invisible. That's one of the theories I'm working on in the lab I set up in one of the guest houses. There are others I won't bother mentioning, but I want to be known for more than just crushing things.
Speaking of that, I've been working on my smart phone, modifying it. I figure it would save me valuable time in the field if I could set up some automated routines for interfacing with hostile networks. You know, for shutting down security systems, or stopping missile launches, that sort of thing. The quicker I can get into the network, the less likely we are to alert anyone.
Well, there's Jeffrey coming with some supper, so I better cut this short for now.
February 24, 2010
Hello once again. Getting ready to head out to meet the team and I'm pretty excited.
I've been working with Dr. Smythe in Atlas Park and he's been helping me to better understand the way my powers work. Experiments, analysis, data, reports... I think my brain might melt from all the information he found for me. Together we even found a use for it all.
I call it the Force Stabilizer. It's a modified version of the targeting drone many heroes use. We changed a few things inside the little guy and now it targets gravity anomalies. Why, you might ask, well let me tell you. While I'm using my abilities in combat, I need to focus to maintain the gravity fields or they simply dissipate. That concentration and control can be rather taxing. The Force Stabilizer targets my gravity fields and helps maintain them, allowing me to better focus on everything else. It's like a weight lifting off my shoulders.
Also, during my practice and experiments in my makeshift lab, I came up with an idea to modify one of my gravity fields to boost its effectiveness, sorta. By weakening the strength of the particular field, I'm able to set up multiple fields and detain multiple foes. This should come in very handy, I think, in combat situations where a brief reprieve could help everyone out.
In more mundane matters, school is going well, my parents are still away on business, and I'm still dateless for the spring dance. That really might have bothered me before, and I guess it kinda does still, but really, I've got important stuff to do. So I won't be dancing, maybe I'll be out saving lives or something.
Anyhoo, I better get going to meet Max and the team. I take enough crap for being a teenager I don't need any for being late.
February 25, 2010
I don't really know what to say.
Last night was a disaster. Poor Terry. We went looking to rescue her friend from the Lost, and we failed. The heroes failed. I failed.
Terry took off after it all went down. I can't really blame her. I didn't stick around too long either. It's just too much, knowing you could have saved someone, and that you couldn't. I needed time to think, and I guess she did too.
I think I'll try going to sleep again. Every time I do, I see Jeremiah's face, and hear the pain in Terry's voice. What else can I do?
March 5, 2010
Parents are still out of town. I suppose this is where I would hold a giant party with tons of people if I were a 'normal' teenager. I just don't feel much like partying lately. That, and Stern and the boys would end a party like that in a heartbeat. I may be basically 'in charge' while my parents are gone, but Stern has strict instructions about what can, and can't, happen while they're gone.
Speaking of security, I've been noticing some weird stuff around the house lately. Like my toothbrush just up and disappeared. And sometimes I sure I left something in one spot before going to school, and then it's somewhere else when I get home. Creepy. I've checked the security feeds and there's nothing. Ghosts maybe? I kinda doubt it. I let Stern know, and he said he'll have the boys keep an eye out. Here I am, a superhero fighting evil night in and night out, and I still need a man around to make me feel safe at night.
Powers! Yes, powers. Not much really to report there. Since developing the Force Stabilizer I've since found a more efficient way to create and maintain the gravity fields which involves much less 'hands-on' work. Other than that I haven't really found any new ways to use the gravity fields, but I keep working at it.
Oh, and the team. Turns out Max is like a couple hundred years old. And he's been following our bloodlines during that time because of some promise he made way back in the day. Weird.
Well that's it for now. Maybe I'll have something more interesting to talk about next time.
March 18, 2010
Long time, no blog.
Mom and dad are still out of town. Vienna this week, I think. Hard to keep track sometimes. Kind of lonely at the house lately.
We got a couple new people on the team tonight: Discord and Riviere. They seem alright. The whole night went fairly well, although I think Max is starting to lose his patience. I don't think he's used to dealing with so many young people. I think Discord is probably late twenties, but before that the oldest non-Max person was Terry and she's only like 22. Kind of makes you wonder if he cut his hair off, or pulled it out.
I got to watching Discord a bit tonight, how he makes energy fields out of sound, and it got me thinking. Tonight I'll be working on something that came to mind. I'm thinking I can create two new, different, gravity fields: one to protect allies, and one to weaken enemies. I'm doing that currently on a single target basis, but I think I can make the fields BIG.
Noticed some weird lag on my system earlier, so I'm going to have to check my firewall. Can't have some random hacker getting his hands on my private files.
Until next time.
March 25, 2010
The Gold Corporation's New and Improved Super Team: Less Action, More Drama!
Seriously, with all the infighting going on right now it's like being on the set of some crappy teen drama like Gossip Girl or 90210. It doesn't seem like anyone's going to get through to Terry or Max; they're both too stubborn. Discord is taking sides with Max, Pep with Terry, and the rest of us are just stuck in the awkward crossfire. I guess we just show up, do our jobs, and try to keep them from killing each other.
Tested out the new gravity field tonight to great results. It basically covers anyone whose HeroID is recognized by the database in the Force Stabilizer and gives them a slightly weaker version of the individual protective fields. Interestingly, it seems to be additive in conjunction with the individual shields thus making teammates tough as nails. The inverted version of the field, which would make enemies in the area be hit harder, is taking a bit more work than I originally thought. That said, it should be ready to go in a week or two once I've worked the kinks out of it and gotten in some practice.
Tonight we took on some missions in Faultline for Doctor Delilah Stein and her associate Agent G. We fought Skyraiders and Arachnos, mostly. It also went pretty well, mostly. To put it bluntly, we got ass-raped by Arachnos during one mission. Didn't help that they were waiting in ambush for us. Didn't help that we were unprepared and charged in without thinking. Terry might not want to hear it, but Max is right. Having fantastic powers might have been enough in the beginning, but now we're getting into the big leagues here. Mistakes aren't tolerated, and this is a deadly serious business.
But it's a business I love. I enjoy school, as much as one can. I enjoy hacking as a hobby. Fighting crime, being a superhero, is a calling. It's what I want to do. It's what I want to be. Some of the others feel the calling too, I know they do. We just need to figure out how to make it all work, and take things to the next level. We might not be the Freedom Phalanx, or even the Vindicators, but I think we can become a powerful force for good if we can work things out.
I guess it's best to end things there, on a happy and upbeat note for a change.
April 2, 2010
All in all, things went well for the team last night.
Kelly is having a rough time dealing with the death of her friend Stacy. I feel terrible for her, especially not knowing what really happened. She got caught in the crossfire of a battle between a hero and villain, and when it was all over she was dead. I talked with Kelly a bit in private, trying to calm her down because she was starting to get reckless. I hope it helped. We don't need two emo suicide queens on the team.
As for the team, we're getting into some real superhero work. I know it was overshadowed by personal stuff, but we literally saved the world last night. We took care of the PsychoChronoMetron for good and took the boots to both Arachnos and the Skyraiders. I'm sure they'll be back, but that monstrous device won't threaten anyone again.
Regarding my power research, I had a breakthrough during our fight with Arbiter Sands. The 'inverse' protection field, which in-fact weakens enemies is now ready to go. The Force Stabilizer will determine which targets are affected, or in this case unaffected, based on HeroID just like with the protective shield. I'm thinking it'll be best to center the field around Max, or Terry, for best effect as the size will be limited.
On a personal note, my parents are still gone and it doesn't seem like they'll be back soon. Dad is dealing with some business in the Paris offices, and mom is enjoying the vacation. I asked Kaylee to come stay with me at school yesterday. She always seems to have fun when she's here, and it's getting so damned lonely and depressing. Maybe I should ask Kelly if she wants to come along too. She could probably use some fun and this place is pretty cool.
That brings up another thought though: specifically how to deal with introducing elements from my private and hero lives together. I mean, there's the whole 'don't tell anyone' thing for sure, but things happen. Max looks like he's forty, and Terry's bright red, both of whom would kind of ruin the 'just a normal school get together' vibe for the security guys.
Well, I guess I'll have to think on that, on a lot of things.
April 29. 2010
Wow, long time since I wrote anything down here; almost a month since my last entry.
Last time the team got together we took care of some stuff for Aero. Seems his brother wasn't as dead as he thought. He also wasn't as not-evil as he thought as well. Took the whole team to take him down. There was quite a bit of tension afterward as Max decided to house Aero's brother in a private detention area rather than sending him to the Zig like we do with the rest of them. I understand the looking after your friends/family angle to it, but it didn't sit right with me, or some of the others.
My parents came back home for a little while here in April. That's mostly why I haven't done much writing or hero work. I might miss them when they're gone, but it does make it a lot easier to sneak out for some crime fighting. They're gone again though, off to 'SomewhereI'veneverheardofistan' to deal with some export issues.
So a little time away from the game, and a little time spent with the parents, and I'm feeling refreshed and ready to kick some criminal butt. Max is outta town, but the team is meeting up tonight anyways. Can't get too rusty and definitely can't let the criminals think we're out of the game.
Should have more to talk about tonight or tomorrow.
May 7. 2010
So maybe not 'tonight or tomorrow' but I'm back to writing. Not that there's much to say.
We did take down a big evil scheme and saved the city, but only about half the team showed up. It's disheartening, really. I spend so much of my life hiding things from everyone around me. With the team I don't have to worry about stuff, I can just be me. Even when we're fighting for our lives, it's still relaxing. Just too bad I had to cut out early to go help mom with some stuff.
Things have been pretty chaotic lately. Maybe I'll try to get out on my own a bit more. I haven't really done much on my own, so I'm a little nervous about the prospect. The nature of my powers doesn't help much in that respect. If I felt like killing everyone I could just breeze through town and clean house, but the non-lethal application of my powers is a lot less effective at outright stopping criminals. Still, I could use the practice and I do want to contribute more to the team, so maybe I'll give it a go. Maybe even team up with some random heroes that need help.
Till next time.
May 27, 2010
Well, that was interesting.
Seems the 5th Column are back in action and bringing clones and alternate dimensions to the party. The 5th Column are basically Nazi saboteurs, thought defeated in the hostile takeover that brought us those lovely rays of sunshine, the Council. The 5th are really bad guys. Determined, intelligent, well-trained, and evil.
Seems they got mixed up with an even worse guy, Protean, and were planning to use evil clones of heroes to wreak havoc on the city. Well, we put a stop to that and sent them packing. Protean got away, with help from some unknown player. Needless to say, running into alternate reality you, and evil clone you, is tough to deal with. Everyone needs some down time I think.
Enough business for now. I'm beat to hell and need a hot bath before bed.
July 23, 2010
It's kind of funny how this blog was pretty much forgotten when things were going well. It's only when life gets all fucked up that I feel the need to write about. God, pretty soon I'll be all emo like Terry.
Michael Carver. That's his name. The man who was apparently stalking me; who apparently was in love with me. He was insane. As we found out, the same Lost group that had converted Terry's friend killed Michael's wife and son. When we took them down he became fixated, for whatever reason, on me.
I mentioned before that I thought someone had been going through my stuff. Well it was him. I don't know how he got past security, or the cameras, but he even had my things in his lair.
I feel... violated; sick. Yet I can't help but pity him. All the horrible things that happened to him.
What am I supposed to do? How do I deal with this? I can't really talk to my family. Stern's been acting like nothing happened. I can't really talk to Kaylee without dragging her into all of this, and I don't want that. The team has better things to do than worry about another emo-girl. Guess it's up to me to figure it all out.
August 20, 2010
Things are going better. I'm starting to feel more... normal. The nightmares have gone away, for the most part. I'm still taking sleeping pills, from time to time, but I haven't needed on in awhile.
I've managed to really focus on my power research lately. My research has given me the ability to open a gravity well and, using the Force Stabilizer, harness it's power in addition to my own. This allows me to effectively double my power output in the field.
I'm a little concerned about the team. We've been drifting apart lately. Terry has been gone for quite some time and to my knowledge no one's heard from her. It's troubling. She's not as strong as she wants us to think. I want to help her, but we've got find her first.
Mom and dad have been home for the past week. It's the most I've seen them in months. It's nice; comforting.
And while it doesn't have anything to do with anything, I'm kind of looking forward to starting the eleventh grade.
September 30, 2010
Things have been very hectic. School's picking up and most of the team are busy with that. Max is off on business, and apparently I'm 'in charge' of the team while he's gone. Here's hoping I don't kill us all.
I actually had fun tonight. Kelly was back in action for the first time in quite a while. The four of us, Head to Head, Sandpile, Incense N Peppermint, and myself, took on the Rikti invaders in the Rikti War Zone. We did really well. They're tough bastards, but we sent them packing.
Things at home have become almost 'normal'. Mom and Dad have been home for over a month now. It's still a little weird. I mean, how can it not when I'm in charge of me for weeks, even months, on end and suddenly they're back and telling me what to do. It's kind of frustrating, but I'm still glad they're around. Mom's started getting the college stuff together. She's got her heart set on Yale. I know Dad wants me to got Oxford like he did. I really don't know. Maybe MIT? I am pretty good with the tech stuff if I do say so myself.
Speaking of the 'tech stuff', I've finished a new custom security system for my lab under the guest house. I gotta say I'm quite proud of it. I know where all the surprises are and I still couldn't get past it. Nobody's getting in there any time soon. The new encryption on my hard drive is impossible to crack. Literally. Even if someone gets in, they're not getting anything useful off of it without a dozen supercomputers and a couple years of processing. A lot of hard work for some English papers, ha!
So that's what's new in my world. Now, back to studying for the chem quiz tomorrow.
Trivia
- Favorite color is sky blue.
- Favorite band is Joan Jett & the Blackhearts.
- Also likes: Paramore, Tegan and Sara, The B-52's, and Metric.
- Favorite book is Cryptonomicon by Neil Stephenson.
- Favorite movie is Beauty and the Beast, although she will claim it is Fight Club if asked.
- Holds a learner's permit for passenger vehicle and motorcycle.
