Lucretia Character Profile

World Setting: Bystander

Status: Published

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Birth Name: Unknown

Aliases: Lu (friends), Bystander (Kali), Kimono (Jason)

Age: Unknown, the law puts her at 25, other estimates put her 2-3 years younger

Height: 5'2"

Weight: Between 96 and 125 lbs

Hair: Silver

Eyes: Blue

Complexion: Pale

Ethnicity: Presumed French-Canadian/Japanese

Nationality: American

Home: Seattle, Washington

Occupation: Librarian

Languages: English, Japanese, French, Thai, Arabic, Latin.....many others


Quotes:

"Bardus res magis perturbo quam libri in ventosus dies. Quam operor populus lego illa res?"

"I could lift this car if I had to. Makes me little bit of extra baggage up front about as heavy as crap in comparison."

"If you want a research aide, listen to the research aide. If you don't want an aide, don't ask for one."

"Shimatta! The bank robbery has been over pour...for...forty minutes! How long does it take after a robbery to get a check deposited?!"

"Jurassic Park, Crichton, Michael, check out October 1st, 2035, turned in November twentieth, sans cover and stained with something I do not want to identify!"

"Truth? Like there's only three hundred soldiers in the valley truth? Some truth is deception."

"I am not that usual."


Abilities:

Strength: Can reliably lift in excess of two tons. But gets stronger in cold weather.

Stamina: Extremely durable and heals very fast. Immune to all known diseases and resilient to all known toxins.

Heat Senses: Sees temperature changes, this can overwhelm her normal spectrum vision at times.

Electrical Senses: Can see electricity signals, this also tends to overwhelm her normal vision.

Awareness: She knows you're watching her and how.

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Skills:

Manipulation: She's very good at getting people to come to faulty conclusions, at least on the short term.

Thievery: Lu is an exceptional pickpocket, lock pick and is very stealthy.

Librarian/Researcher: Lucretia is surprisingly skilled at doing detailed research.

Weaknesses:

Low Heat Tolerance: Burns easily and suffers both heat exhaustion and heat stroke earlier than average people.

Electrical Reaction: Lu gets a bit giddy and slightly off when in very strong electrical fields.

Alcoholism: Knows, but hasn't admitted it yet, rarely drinks save when there is emotional stress. Binges when she drinks. Commonly has blackouts.

Fighting "skills": Lucretia's fighting ability is such that all things considered, a handful of untrained, unpowered average joes were able to toss her in a garbage compactor.

Vision: Her various senses make reading signs and books difficult at times.

Appearance: Lucretia's ethnicity is hard to identify, most of the time she seems Asian with a touch of Caucasian, but her features seemed to shift subtly to match different appearances. Most people, including Lucretia usually assume it's a trick of the light. If asked, she'll insist she's Japanese/Canadian. Lucretia alters her hair to match whatever outfit she's wearing, but always has two braided forelocks coming down in front of her ears and resting on her chest. She keeps these braids even if they don't really fit the rest of the outfit.

Lucretia always dresses in high-necked, long-sleeved dresses which extend low enough to hide her feet. These dresses are varying quality depending on whether she wears them for work or spare time. Her spare time dresses are of extremely high quality and modeled off of various traditional costumes from around the world ranging from kimonos and hanbok to poodle skirts and Victorian dresses.

She tends to appear ethereal and almost not there right up until she opens her mouth to talk and the coarse nature of her vocabulary and her normally poor grammar crashes that image.

Personality: Lucretia is very acerbic and coarse in speech. She frequently curses or swears and shows little to no shame about her conviction for attempted grand theft and destruction of property. Quite often she will flirt with people around her but states that if you have to touch the other person or show any skin then it's not being done right. She prefers raw food and eats in ways that most would consider unhealthy, taking advantage of her superhuman resilience. Food is not so important to her save that it means she's no longer hunger after eating it.

Lucretia is an intense history buff, primarily in terms of economic and political histories. She prefers reading books in their original language and knows tons of languages. She also has a good interest in modern day spy novels. It is a very bad idea to damage any book that Lucretia feels is her responsibility. She will find ways to get you back for that.

Lu has trouble with leaving dangerous situations alone. If she will involve herself in things that she is afraid might result in someone's death. Usually, she'll try to involve herself in a way that most people don't figure out that she is trying to help. Despite her criminal and homeless background, Lucretia tends to be more conservative politically speaking.

Around younger children, Lucretia's personality shifts fairly sharply to become a lot less coarse and abrasive. She is very kind and protective of children, and tends to be kind and big-sisterly with them.

Background: Lucretia was homeless up until she was arrested for her attempted bank robbery. At the time, the courts ruled that she was nineteen and her current legal age is based on that. There were some concerns that she was actually a minor at the time, and the case is still studied for the arbitrary assignment of age. She spent three years in prison, during which time she earned her Library Science degree and one other and also ended up being part of a research project run by Stannich Research. When prison guards interrupted a vivisection with her as the subject, the research was halted and some of the involved parties were arrested. Lucretia filed a lawsuit against Stannich for an unstated but substantial amount of money and also was granted early parole.

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