Scrib
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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Summary
A 16 year old teenager, with a Hero identity
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| Scrib | |
| Player: | |
| Origin: | Science |
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| Archetype: | Scrapper |
| Security Level: | 20 |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Ben Walfort |
| Known Aliases: | Scribbles |
| Species: | Human |
| Age: | 16 |
| Height: | 5' 9" |
| Weight: | 135 |
| Eye Color: | Blue |
| Hair Color: | Confidential |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | U.S. mix |
| Occupation: | Paragon high student, Hero |
| Place of Birth: | Paragon city, United states |
| Base of Operations: | Paragon city |
| Marital Status: | single |
| Known Relatives: | Maria Walfort (mother) Dennis Walfort (father) Frank Walfort (uncle) and extended family |
| Known Powers | |
| Enhanced strength, Bone claws, Regeneration | |
| Known Abilities | |
| Hyper metabolism | |
| Equipment | |
| Jump suit top, ski goggles, lockpick, throwing stars, other helpful devices | |
| No additional information available. | |
History
Ben Growing up
Born in 1992 in a king's row hospital, Ben was not like most children, while most children felt anger or sorrow over the little things in life when they were Tots. Ben was always mellow or calm. Never wanting to start fights, or taking offense to anything; while his parents were concerned, they were comforted by he was an easy child to raise.
At age 7 Ben met his uncle frank, a SERAPH researcher, his happy outlook and Ben's mellow attitude allowed them to be one of Ben's closet friends and confident.
In highschool Ben Always visited and still visits his uncle in his Two story apartment, at the time he had left from SERAPH due to disagreements with his co workers, and his ideas being deemed "too reckless and stupid". They would spend the afternoon Chatting and laughing while he worked on some B movie-ish Science project, and if ever needed, volunteer for human testing. While the Rays or needles or pills only somewhat worked, Ben would end up purple, sprouting hooves or seeing in black and white. these effects only lasted a few hours and led to many jokes, Well untill he tried a cure for the common cold....
The birth of Scrib
A coughing fit and passing out was never what Frank intended for his nephew, Ben did wake up but with mutations that had manifested into bone claws, regeneration and increased strength and deformed hands; but this time they did not go away... Frank asked Ben to come back the next day, as he was to work on a cure. He did so but that night had ideas, to be a hero, to help the city, after school have something else to do...
The next day he showed up and confessed this to his Uncle, and he agreed to help only if he could do what he could to keep him safe however he could. Calling old contacts and associates he got Ben a hero ID without parental consent, and gave him a Jump suit top from his closet from days at SERAPH, red tinted ski goggles, and a belt with some odd weapons he had engineered, as he agreed to test them and use them as needed. Though he never questioned why a cold vaccine would give him super powers...
The truth(you can't handle the truth!)
The cold medicine Was what Frank walfort called "darwin's salvation" This Vaccine would mutate the host and allow them to hyper adapt to their environment, So if given a case of the sniffles the subject's body would Fend off the attack and make it's own permanent Vaccine, Ben reacted the way he did due to his stressful life in school and puberty, his body increasing it's own metabolism to do more in life and claws to deal with local gangs and bullies, Though who knows how Ben will adapt and mutate when he leads a hero life...
The Alpha Squad
Taking the advice of his uncle, Scrib looked for a group of allies, doing the logical thing he looked for a suited group in Hero tabloids of the newspaper, and Alpha Squad seemed to suit him. Scheduling and interview with their leader Cobra Fist was a rocky start, being told common outcast would chew him up he bit back telling the hero "just because I'm a hero doesn't mean i have to have a bad outlook on life". this led to his meddle being tested on local council cells, and granted basic membership to the Alpha squad. While taken a-back by the challenge that faced him in their affairs, he is doing his best to put on a tough face and get the job done, and is doing well.
Doctor vahzalok
"Scrib don't you understand! i am trying to defeat death itself! what you heroes try to do every day!"
"By cutting up innocent people!? i don't see the connection!" - Scrib and Vahz arguing before their showdown
Scrib has a special disdain for the Vahzalok group, while it is not their puking zombies, and him viewing them as a VERY sick group. it started another way... Getting a call while sleeping in the wee hours of the morning from Dr. Ann-Marie Engles, he was Asked to investigate some of the Vahzalok and a plague they may have started, being an insomniac (see below) he agreed and wanted to wrap it up quickly, This lead him to a terrifying experience getting infected by that very plague and rushing to get cured, this being his closet brush with danger and death. in the end he defended the lab developing the serum and he breathed a sigh of relief as a doctor he saved helped him, now all that was left was to put an end to the one who started this...
Being guided to the local sewer network where the doc Vahzalok was trying to alter his Plague Scrib found the doctor, and they exchanged banter, Ignoring all His pleas for logic, and filled with rage over his practices and almost getting him killed. he charged Vahzalok and after a heated brawl defeated him, though the memory and hate for him and his group always remains.
Temporal drafting
As a show of good gesture for helping alpha squad, Scrib was given a time crystal once used by cobra fist by....well cobra fist, not knowing how it worked he was only told it had a mind of it's own, a week later it kicked up while he was sleeping and transported him to france of 1942...
Waking up to the sounds of bombardment he fled and met allied forces, he was held as a german spy but let go when they could not prove or disprove it, he agreed to help their side even with his insane story told. for two days he fought in a few battles and saw a people in the squad he was in die, and made friends in said squad aswell.
exactly two days later Scrib and the squad that had "adopted" him were pinned down and odds looked terrible, the commanding officer having a plan spoke it to the rest of his men, but sadly scrib could not hear as the same crystal that had brought him there, dumped him back in his time and home again.
Telling his parents the lost had kidnapped him and he escaped to account for his missing days, he took those events at heart. seeing what power those who wanted the world could do.
Powers
Currently scrib has bone claws extending from his hands, and powers of regeneration and great metabolism. he also has devices he carries around to give him an edge
weaknesses
Regeneration has it's limits, While he can heal grievous wounds, he is still mortal and a stronger foe or psionics will defeat him
Ben is an insomniac due to his metabolism, often being restless and having issues sleeping, His initial mutations also have deformed his hands and nails and While he tries to calm his parents down assuring them he is probably a mutant and his powers were freakish hands. if he does to a doctor to get a gene screening they will get the real answer and will have to explain a long, disapproving story....
