Melissa Reldin
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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| Melissa Reldin | |
| Player: @Robo - Reldin | |
| Origin: | Science |
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| Archetype: | Blaster, Dominator |
| Security Level: | 42, 50 |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Melissa Reldin |
| Known Aliases: | Mel, Ember Serpent |
| Species: | Human |
| Age: | 23 |
| Height: | 5'5'' |
| Weight: | 110 lbs. |
| Eye Color: | Brown |
| Hair Color: | Purple (Natural brunette) |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Student, Assistant |
| Place of Birth: | San Jose, California |
| Base of Operations: | Atlas Park |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Known Relatives: | Gabriel Reldin (Souless Titan - Known) |
| Known Powers | |
| Fire Blast, Energy Manipulation, Flight | |
| Known Abilities | |
| Capable of using flames as projectiles, also able to project powerful punches by focusing her strength into her fists. | |
| Equipment | |
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| Hobbies include: Dancing, eating, learning and going to movies. | |
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Background
Melissa is a fairly intelligent woman. She was able to skip sixth and seventh grade when she was attending middle school since many of the classes she had to take weren't much of a challenge for her. Currently, Melissa attends the University of California in San Fransisco. There, she studies hard, wanting to become more involved with the human genetics and human biology. She was greatly influenced when she managed to land a job as an assistant to a team of geneticists. Why was she greatly influenced? Well, before she worked as an assistant, she studied to become a computer programmer. After spending months with the team, she began to realize that the human species was much more interesting than pushing keys on a keyboard to tell the computer to perform a certain action.
Personality
She can be a bit odd at times, often making remarks about something she finds to be funny. Melissa is a nice, caring woman, sometimes perhaps a little too nice. She has trouble with turning down people who try to take interest in her, often fearing for the worst if she wasn't showing interest of her own. Past experiences have left her emotionally crippled and had also caused her to develope a minor case of Agliophobia (Fear of pain). She's learned to be careful of who she trusts, often thinking about what the other's true motives are. Melissa can be a little hot headed at times, especially when she becomes frustrated or angry.
Melissa has a love for dancing. She fell in love with dancing since she was the age of four. Her brother Gabriel ( Souless Titan ) was the first person that sparked her interest since she was very close to her older brother. She also enjoys eating various foods, especially if it's something new that she has never tried before. She enjoys socializing, may it be someone she knows, or even a total stranger.
Family
She was blessed to be part of a loving family. Her parents worked hard so their children could live a life without hardship. Her father was a military veteran and hero. Charles Reldin, Melissa's father, was born with the Reldin family's gift. Their bloodline dates back to over seven thousand years ago with the first ancestor who had special abilities whom is also thought to be still alive today... However, the bloodline had thinned out over the course of these many years and so it is nearly impossible for a child of the Reldin family to be born with the gift.
Even though Melissa wasn't born with a natural ability, her father and her second oldest brother Dan Reldin were. Having one person in a family with the special gift was impossible on it's own, but her own little family had two members that had abilities. Dan however, chose not to follow in his father's foot steps in becoming a true hero. Instead, he lives a normal life with his wife and two year old daughter. Her younger brother Gregory, who is two years younger than Melissa, attends college in Florida.
The one family member Melissa has a strong bond with is her oldest brother, Gabriel Reldin. She has learned much from her brother. How to drive, how to dance and even how to stand up for herself. Melissa considers Gabriel to be her "second father" since he had spent as much time with her, if not more than their own father. She had enjoyed spending her time with her brother when she did. However...her brother was much older than her, twelve years older in fact. Once her brother had began his career as a professional bodybuilder at the age of twenty, she did not see as much of him as she had wanted.
Seven Years Ago
Melissa was a young teenager, attending her senior year of high school. She was only sixteen at the time, having skipped a couple of grades in middle school. She was smart, attractive and naive. Melissa was the valedictorian of her class, having done exceptionally well in her studies. She played for the softball team of her school. She also played volleyball and had a place on the track team. She enjoyed what she did in high school, and so did everyone else. She did well in the sports she played and so because of this, many young men were attracted even more to her.
Alex Williams
Alex Williams was the first young man Melissa had ever fell in love with. He was smart, athletic and quite charming. Her plans of swearing off boys until she graduated college were pushed back when she soon found herself attracted to Alex. Alex managed to work his charm on poor young, naive Melissa. He smooth talked his way into her heart, convincing her to finally go out on a date with him. What Melissa didn't know was, Alex was known to deceive the girl he had interest in into getting what he wanted, then dumping her after he had managed another notch onto his belt. The two went out for several weeks. Alex had a special evening planned for young Melissa. The two had gone to a school dance, enjoying themselves on the dance floor. After, the two shared a candlelit dinner back at Alex's home. There the deceitful Alex confessed his "true" feelings for Melissa, which in turn caused Melissa herself to confess her own feelings towards Alex. This was the night that would change her life and skew her thoughts about how men work. It was the first time she had ever seen a young man the way she had never thought of viewing until much later on in her life. It was a passionate night that made Melissa feel more like a women than a teenager.
Doubt
Two weeks have passed since that night the couple had shared their night of passion. Lately however, Melissa had noticed she was very ill, often finding herself sitting near the toilet of the bathroom. Of course, to her, she thought it was a bad case of the flu. But she couldn't pin point where she could have caught the sickness. She hadn't been around people that were sick. And then...it hit her, the only other thing that could make her so sick without having to become in contact with someone who was sick themselves was morning sickness. Full of doubt, she couldn't believe someone such as herself could be so careless to become pregnant. Thinking back, she remembers the two had used protection, but how can it be? She quickly made her way to the pharmacy to purchase herself a pregnancy test, to make sure she was wrong about what she was thinking for the worse. She waited, and waited, and waited until...the test was positive.
The Incident
The next evening, young Melissa and Alex had made plans to see each other. She was going to tell him what she found out. She waited until they were alone, after they had dinner and watched a movie. She felt terrible that evening, but stuck it out so she can tell Alex what happened. However, like her plans before, things did not go the way she wanted. He began to pressure her, but she resisted. She kept insisting that the two talk, but he would simply not listen. He wanted what he only wanted, seeing how he had deserved it after doing so much for Melissa. Things especially took a turn for the worse when Alex began to become frustrated with her.
"You're nothing but a cock tease." He would call her for not wanting to mess around with him. "You're nothing but a whore and you know it, Mel. You knew you would get something out of it if you stayed with me." That is when she experienced her first real anger towards someone. She narrowed her eyes at him, raising her voice, "I'm a whore? You're the bastard that's trying to force me to have sex with you again, you selfish jerk. You can't even take the time to think about how I'm doing. You're nothing but scum!" Those words would be words she would regret saying. It set off the already frustrated Alex. He would then raise a hand against her, hitting her across the face. This was when she finally realized she was weak, defenseless. She did not cry though. She grew silent, ignoring the cries of forgiveness of Alex. She did not tell him she was pregnant that night, or ever.
The Choice
A few days have passed and Melissa never spoke a word to Alex after that night. She turned to the only person she trusted most, Gabriel. She told him everything that happened. She was frightened. What was she going to do? She wasn't ready to become a parent. She still had plans to full fill before she even thought about having a child. The only suggestion her brother had given her was abortion. She thought long and hard before making the difficult decision. She followed her brother's suggestion. Only he and herself knew of the pregnancy and they would be the only ones to know until she was ready to tell somebody else...
Present Day
Seven years have passed since the incident with Alex. Melissa has grown to become a strong independent woman. Currently she attends college to work on her degree in Genetics and Human Biology. Melissa also works as an assistant to a team of geneticists that have successfully developed a way for people to gain special abilities.
College
From the start of her first day of college back in 2001, Melissa worked on obtaining a degree in Computer Programming. She was fairly handy with computers, having been interested in working on them from both the inside and out. She would work on getting her Programming degree for two years before landing her job as an assistant to the geneticists.
Abilities
Friends and Allies
When Melissa had arrived in Paragon, she was alone. She knew absolutely nobody in the city. Of course this didn't keep her from trying to make friends. She came to the city in search of her brother and of course, if she made allies, she would have help in her search for her brother.
Trivia
Melissa was terrified of heights until she learned the ability to fly.
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Battle Theme: "The Brink of Death" from Chrono Cross OST by Yasunori Mitsuda
