Stagnant
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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| Choke on this! | |
| Stagnant | |
| Player: @hydrothermia | |
| Origin: | Mutation |
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| Archetype: | Corruptor |
| Threat Level: | Rising |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Ran Kahana |
| Known Aliases: | Ran, Stag |
| Species: | Homo sapiens |
| Age: | 19 |
| Height: | 5'5" |
| Weight: | 117 |
| Eye Color: | Brown |
| Hair Color: | Black |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | US Citizen |
| Occupation: | Professional Skater |
| Place of Birth: | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Base of Operations: | Port Oakes |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Known Relatives: | Jonathan Kahana(brother, The Islander), Luke Kahana(father, deceased), Utau Kahana(mother, deceased) |
| Known Powers | |
| Energy Blast/Radiation Emission | |
| Known Abilities | |
| None | |
| Equipment | |
| None | |
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Contents |
Mutation
Bodily stagnation of internal fluids creating large amounts of bacterial emissions. The ability to turn bacterial fluids into bacteria infested jets of water and poison others through skin contact. Being close to water or high humidity levels amplify her powers and causing her hair to discolor into a mossy like appearance. Conversely going to low humidity and dry places allows her to live as if she has no mutation.
Personality
She's always fun to be around, at least for the most part. Unless there is someone she isn't particular to she'll let everyone know it. Considering her situation she puts on a smiling face even though she could easily be crying instead.
Character History
Early Life
The first years of her life were easy street. Upper middle class family living in Honolulu, Hawaii. She was happy, a caring brother, and two loving parents. She enjoyed playing on the beach building sand castles and burying her family in sand. The paradise ended when her brother's mutant abilities surfaced. Jonathan, her brother, had been sleeping that night and his body could create lava rock and magma, catching his room on fire due to its intense heat. By the time he had awoken their house had been engulfed in flames. He learned quickly he was resistant to the flames attempting to save their parents, they were already gone. He was able to save Ran before the last of the house collapsed. She knew that he blamed himself for the death of their parents, which made him extremely protective of her.
Long Journey
They were in and out of Child Services for a few years. Jonathan really never like anyone not allowing themselves to ever be in a stable living situation for long periods of time. They officially put themselves off the map once she to found out she was a mutant. The first warning signs had been the odd shade of green her hair would turn to. She accidentally poisoned Jonathan, but he was able to stave off the bacteria by rising his body temperature to levels above their living capacity. Ran eventually learned that her mutation was dependent on how close she was to a body of water. She was very self-conscious when her hair would turn green, always having it tucked under a baseball cap. Her brother vowed to find a way out of Hawaii and move her to a place where she could live as normal as possible.
Ran did what she could as they squatted from place to place surviving day to day. They had each other and it seemed to be enough for both of them. Jonathan had done a few odd jobs to make some money and plotted out how much it would take to fly them out of Hawaii. It took a couple of months but Jonathan was able to scrape up enough money to fly them to Los Angeles, California. They slowly moved their way east through California and reaching Arizona eventually stopping and taking residence in Phoenix, Arizona.
I Will Buy You a New Life
It had been a hard seven years up to this point, but things were starting to look up. They had a house and Jonathan had dinger of car, but it got them from point-a to point-b. On her thirteenth birthday Jonathan had gotten her a skateboard. She was glowing with joy when he gave it to her, however she never knew how he was able to obtain it. He had been doing small time criminal jobs for the Family, when they needed a little extra muscle. He figured she'd it like since she always said she had wanted to surf, but due to her aliment this was the next best thing. Slowly but surely the life became as normal as it could despite the lack of having parents. Ran had become a whiz at skateboarding. It was only a matter of time before people would start to take notice.
She went back to school and skateboarded whenever she could. While a good student, she was also blooming into an attractive young lady that skated with the boys. Her brother was never too far away and was quick quash any passes at his sister. She told any of the boys that's it was okay, because of how protective he is of her. She was the talk of the Phoenix skating crowd by her junior year and some of the top named skating sponsors started to contact her. She loved the attention, but she tried to keep it from her brother because she knew how he would react. She took on a few sponsors so she too could provide what her brother had been doing for her for so long.
Sk8er Grrl
The photo shot with Thrasher magazine meant that she had to come clean with her brother. To her surprise he took pretty well, saying, "I can't stop you from doing anything, you're eighteen now and as long as your happy with the decision I'll bit my lip and support you." Those words her brother said truly opened the door for her. There was nothing that was going to stop her, not even her strange mutation. She finally embraced her green hair whenever she was at a contest when it was at a coastal city, it was considered normal in the skater circle.
Phoenix Invitational
"It's nice to be able to be the home crowd favorite," Ran said to the local newscasters.
"Have you heard that the hero Lagoon is in town and that he might come and watch," one newscaster asked.
"Really," Ran said giddily, "guess I need to throw in an extra trick."
While the other skaters were showing off their skills to the judges she was getting ready in her usual pre-skate ritual. Unbeknown to her Lagoon and Jonathan know each other through their few battles and had began to chat it up. "Hey, Hawaiian, you here to see that hot skater chick," Calvin asked.
"She's my sister, might want to rephrase that, and you can call me Jonathan," he retorted as a flicker of a flame appear in his eyes.
"Alright, Jonathan."
To much of Jonathan's chagrin the Family had gotten word that Lagoon was going to be at the event and had devised a plan to bag him without his knowledge. Family mobsters and hit men began to bleed onto the playing field as Ran was getting ready for her run. Thinking it would help Lagoon come out into the open, one of them grabbed Ran. "LET GO OF ME," she screamed and squirmed. Jonathan and Lagoon both heard it and jumped down from the stands. "I'm going to save my sister, you got any plans," Jonathan said to Lagoon.
"I just let it come to me," he said.
"Yeah, thanks for that," Jonathan said sarcastically.
Jonathan's lava rock fists and hammers quickly ran through the opposing Family in attempts to retrieve his sister. Not to be out done, Lagoon made himself look cool while fighting though not putting a lot of effort into it. "Hey, Jonathan got any water over there," Lagoon asked.
"Yeah, CATCH," Jonathan said as he picked up a cooler of water and threw it at Lagoon's head. The cooler sailed through the air and had just missed Lagoon's head, but the water had reached it target helping energize him more. Still squirming Ran said, "There isn't time for this." She was able to escape from the mobster by kicking her feet and landing a shot to his groin doubling over. "You should've worn a cup," she said as she was running to the edge of the stands between Jonathan and Calvin. The authorities had just arrived and the remaining standing Family took off in opposite directions to avoid being arrested. With reporters on hand, they went straight for Lagoon asked about how he staved off the Family at the Phoenix Invitational. Lagoon's lack there of in mentioning Jonathan prompted them to take him in as well. "What are you doing, he didn't start this," Ran said as they drug off Jonathan to a police car. "It'll be okay, Ran," as his head popped into the police car. Almost in tears Ran marched through the mob of interviewers up to Lagoon and slapped him. "You bastard, he's all I have. All you really do care is your image!" She stormed off and went to the local precinct to find where they had taken her brother. Lagoon just shrugs and continued to take questions at the now canceled skating event.
Stagnation
Ran's brother, Jonathan, was to be delivered to Paragon City, RI at the Zigursky Penitentiary. All she could do was watch, and it pained to such a degree if he hadn't of tried to give her a normal life none of this would've happen. She spent little time on Phoenix after his incarceration and promptly gathered up some of the more important belongings renting a moving truck and made her trip to Paragon City. The drive coming near the eastern seaboard seemed to have given her new life, she felt a bit stronger, she wasn't sure why but it felt comfortable. Her hair had started its transformation again, the black sleek hair turned green and mossy-like. She spent a few days in Paragon to see some of the local sites and to find out when she could visit her brother. She took a ferry to Port Oakes well outside of the realm of Paragon's hero paradise and went looking for a place to stay.
Ran wasn't interested in being anything aside from being a skater, but it still bothered her that Lagoon had left her brother out to dry. She wanted to make him suffer, suffer like she did when he was taken away. Never had she ever really try to use her powers willingly, only on accident with her brother all those years ago. The Rogue Isles not being known as the most scrupulous place in the world. Looking for some sort of teacher, never finding one she liked or one honest enough, she decided to enroll at Aeon University and continue her studies.
Biology seemed boring to Ran that day as she flipped through her biology course book. Looking through the pictures she ran across an excerpt of a poison dart frog, assuming her powers worked in a similar fashion she took out a piece of paper and sketched out a costume that favored the marking and coloration. Bringing it to Facemaker in Cap au Diable to get an idea on the cost and how long it would take. Less than a week later a pristine brown and lime green suit was ready for her to pick up. Trying it on to make sure it fit she asked Facemaker, "How do I look?"
"Marverlous, you just ooze with stagnant sweetness."
"Uh, thanks," Ran replied with a faint smile, not knowing if she was complimenting her.
Going back home to her Port Oakes apartment she passed by the Architect Entertainment building, giving it a quick look. Architect Entertainment she thought, I'll have to check that out later. Getting a good nights sleep and having the day of from her studies at Aeon allowed her give AE a go. Donning her new costume she made her way to the AE building, looked around and getting her bearing on its inter workings. Shortly there after someone asked, "Hey, we could use another, mind helping us test out something?"
She didn't have anything better to do that day, "Sure."
"So I know who I'm talking to, what's your name?"
"Ra-I mean Stagnant, yeah sorry thought you meant my real name."
He laughed and she began to train through Architect Entertainment.
Tune In, Grind Out
"Into You" - Zebrahead
"Run to the Hills" - Iron Maiden
"Monkeywrench" - Foo Fighters
"Judas Kiss" - Metallica
"Click Click Boom" - Saliva
"The Game" - Motörhead
"Dirty Little Secret" - All-American Rejects
"Poison" - Alice Cooper
"I Will Buy You a New Life" - Everclear
To contact this character's creator
- In-game: @hydrothermia
- CoH official forums: Hydrothermia
- CoH Guru forums: Hydrothermia
- Deviant Art: Hydrothermia
- E-mail: hydrothermia@yahoo.com
Creator Notes and Trivia
- High Jinks allowed me to use Lagoon and one of his NPC's in correlation with Stagnant.
