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Player
Name: Kerry
Livejournal Username: boxeddreams
E-mail: fontcroire @ gmail.com
AIM/MSN: fontcroire
Timezone: GMT
Current Characters in Route: None
Character
Name: Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde
Series: X-Men (Movies)
Timeline: Post X-Men 3: The Last Stand
Canon Resource Links: X-Men: The Last Stand Wiki (I've only linked this one as this is Kitty's biggest/main appearance, and her own wiki is comic-verse centered)
Personality: When Kitty first discovered that she was a mutant - and had the ability of phasing - she was scared. She'd heard about mutants, knew what they were but in terms of herself it frightened her - she'd been just a normal girl and now everything was changing. This fear was lessened slightly when she met Professor Charles Xavier - the first mutant that she'd met. Although she was weary of him, the fact that he could understand her and her fears and knew a lot about mutants made her want to trust him. With him and the school Kitty learned to control and even feel differently about being a mutant, something which helped her control her ability.
At the school, as well as learning how to phase at will and extending her abilities onto others, Kitty proved to be a smart girl, excelling in subject areas. Her friendly, and often bubbly, personality allowed her to quickly make friends and even gain romantic interests and she was briefly involved in a relationship with a fellow student named Colossus. With her friends Kitty is a confident girl though at certain times, even with her friends, she will become unsure of herself and second guess herself too. The support from her friends as well as their friendship helps to reassure Kitty's beliefs and they have helped to make her stronger as a person, strengthening the girl that she is as well as her determination. Kitty wishes to help others and partakes in the training sessions in the Danger Room, training to become one of the new X-Men so that she may help as previous X-Men also have.
In the face of danger Kitty has shown herself to be rather gutsy and instinctual, able to use her ability under pressure and with quick thought. When faced with trouble, for example when Kitty rescued Leech from the Juggernaut, Kitty was able to come up with a quick solution when it was shown that her own ability was unable to work due to Leech's, her idea using that knowledge to also counteract the Juggernaut's so that they would be able to escape. While Kitty may not be tough in a physical sense, she is mentally and tries not to let danger scare her quite so much.
It is unknown as to whether Kitty's parents are still alive or whether they are part of the group which are not only afraid of but are also, in a sense, disgusted by mutants. In a conversation with Bobby after Professor Xavier had died, Kitty mentioned that she had no one or anything but the school. Despite her sadness around this, as well as that of the situation, one of Kitty's fondest memories of home is when it snows, particularly the first snow. Kitty is a skilled ice skater and skates when she wishes to relax or to relieve herself of tension or bad feelings.
Kitty is also a very morally strong and though her ability can be used for harm Kitty has no intentions or wish to harm anyone. She's seen and fully understands the fear regarding mutants without wishing to add to that herself and any training that she does she uses for a protective nature, to protect herself, other mutants and humans harmed by mutants. One of the things that Kitty would love to see - as well as the general mutant consensus - is peace between mutants and humans. Whilst things are becoming better, a mutant holds a high political standing, the president is understanding and humans are becoming more educated, full peace has yet to be fully achieved, something which - for Kitty - looks a little less likely through recent acts. Though she believes this it will not stop her from being who she is - she is a mutant first and is becoming prouder of that fact with every good thing which happens due to mutant acts. Kitty is also of Jewish heritage from her paternal grandfather, though whether she is religiously Jewish or just culturally is unknown, though no one has seen her practise or speak of religion.
On first appearance Kitty's beliefs may make her seem rather naive - her friendliness and wish to help everyone is a nice thought but realistically infeasible. Although Kitty knows that it isn't possible to save everyone - either through experience or plain understanding - it is still a wish that she holds - she'd rather save as many people as possible, even if she'd have to sacrifice herself to save another. Kitty's strong beliefs can also make her stubborn, something which is often more of a good thing than a negative thing. Her kind heart and refusal to harm others (except for extreme situations) helps to remind others that there are other ways to act or settle things than violence - though mostly those ideas are often just that.
Strengths: Studious - Kitty is an intelligent girl in all aspects of her studies - school, training and learning herself and her ability. She's a curious girl, wishing to know answers and looking to find the right questions to lead her where she wants. In the three years that she's been at Xavier's she's come a long way in learning her own mutant abilities but also in her training with others too, something which showed in the battle at Alcatraz.
Open minded - whilst Kitty may originally been afraid of being a mutant, meeting Professor Xavier opened her eyes to the better side about it. Kitty is proud to be a mutant and sees the good in people and their abilities even if others can't. She has strong ideas and wishes for others to be able to see and understand them like she does. She's open to ideas and suggestions, using them to help better herself or her work.
Kind/Helpful/Friendly - Kitty is a friendly girl, helping others where she can even if it's just by being their friend. When she met Leech, even though things seemed difficult she first was friendly and kind towards him, reassuring him and showing that she was good before trying to get him to go with her. Kitty wouldn't force anyone to do what they wouldn't want to do but if something was necessary she would be persistent in trying to help someone.
Always tries her best/hardest/Isn't quickly deterred by failure - This links in with Kitty's studious nature and her resourcefulness. When an answer or situation seems bleak (such as getting Leech out of his room without her power) Kitty wasnt deterred by the fact that her original option wasn't possible and instead tried again. As a student Kitty is an intelligent girl, working hard to learn what she can abs question until she understands or to learn more. In her X-Men training Kitty works hard to know the strengths and weaknesses of everyone in the team in case she can spot something that someone else hasn't to help defend (such as grabbing Bobby to let a flying object phase through them)
Quick thinker on her feet/Resourceful - In training with the X-Men (and the battle at Alcatraz) Kitty has been placed in situations where conventional means of defence or ideas aren't possible. To find solutions Kitty has had to think quickly in the moment and to think outside of the box - using what she knows as well as the situation around her to find an answer.
A strong person (doesn't let mutant hate get to her) - Kitty sees and hears about hate towards mutants far more often than she'd like and has grown from experiencing it, helping her to become stronger and more resilient. Things that would have hurt or saddened her now have less effect and it takes more to provoke those responses or anger.
Calm - Kitty is a very peaceful person, not wishing for violence and is training to be an X-Man to help and protect others. Her non-offensive mutant ability means that she can't attack with it, meaning she'd need to learn combat if she ever had to attack - something which she hasnt done and would prefer not to do either.
Weaknesses: Can seem naive - Kitty's wishes for peace between mutants and humans and especially now within mutants is strong. As unlikely as it seems she is a firm believer that it can happen, especially due to advances that have already happened. Despite this, her belief makes her seem naive as she is seeing the good in everyone for the peace to happen when it's going to be a long road with much opposition.
Possibly a little gullible - Kitty is still young and although she's had to grow and mature a lot and quickly she's still a young woman and is prone to youth fallacies. Although Kitty has her own mind and strong beliefs she can be swayed, especially when something can sound convincing.
Can have weaker moments (letting the hate effect her) - Although Kitty has grown through and because of the hate towards mutants, hearing and experiencing it frequently is still hard and when it builds up, particularly if she's having a bad day, it does still upset her. It hurts daily knowing that there are those who cannot accept mutants but Kitty works to ignore that and focus instead on the positives.
Not used to the outdoors - as a city girl Kitty has experienced little of nature or anything outdoors, for example the countryside, barring any camping trips she's taken. Although the school has large grounds, the majority of them is rarely used and they are still close to the city.
Has experienced little (other than her education and mutant abilities/training) - As Kitty is still young she has few life experiences other than those from being at school - both pre and during being at Xavier's. The battle at Alcatraz was her first 'adventure' as a part of the X-Men and was both a new experience and vastly different to what she'd experienced in training. Kitty still has a lot to learn both in life and her education and has many more things to experience.
Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Mareep
Password: Sunflower Seeds
Samples
First Person Sample: [ After Kitty had accidentally released Mareepshe'd spent a little time looking at it, slowly petting it. It was cute, and very soft too, and the fact that it was friendly helped calm her a little. She packed her bag back up, leaving out the odd device, and put her hand under Mareep's chin, looking carefully at it ]
Who do you belong to? What were you doing in that ball?
[ She didn't expect to receive a response, but the fact that Mareep came closer and lay its head on her made her smile ]
You're cute.
[ Giving another look to the device she picked it up, finally giving it a look over ]
You keep telling me things, maybe I should ask you.
[ Though she thought better than just asking it questions, instead looking through it. There were a lot of different options, most that she didn't really quite get - the book in her bag would probably help with that - but one caught her eye. Phone book. So she'd been right, it was like a phone. But who would she call? She didn't have anyone's number in here that she'd know. Underneath it was PokéGear Connect, which sounded useful. So that was what this was, a PokéGear. Connect sounded much like the internet so she selected that option and spoke ]
Uh, if I've got this working then hi. My name's Kitty and I've just arriver here. Wherever here is, other than New Bark Town. I don't know what's happened or how I arrived but if someone hears this and can help then I'd appreciate that.
[ And in the background you can hear a cry of 'Mareep' and a giggle as Kitty pets it again ]
It'd be great to know what a Pokémon is too, and why I have one. Uhm... I'll leave it at that for now. Help?
Third Person Sample: Kitty had found a bench in the middle of town, finally taking the opportunity to look in her backpack. She'd been ushered out of the building she'd found herself in far too quickly to ask any questions and when she'd gotten to town there'd been too many people to do the same then - she'd stayed to listen for a little while before wandering off, seeing what she had with her that could possibly tell her anything. Along with the device that had spoken to her earlier - "Welcome to the world of Pokémon", whatever that was - there was some clothes, what looked like camping materials, some funny shaped objects and red and white balls.
She looked around the town, a sign had told her that this was New Bark Town, watching the others for a little bit. They'd seemed just as confused as she had, though she hadn't stopped to ask anyone what was going on - this was all too odd and too busy. After spending a few moments watching the others, Kitty returned her attention to her bag. She wondered what to do, and what they were; there seemed to be no explanation to them. She slowly took them out, placing them beside her on the bench. The device that had spoken to her earlier - it looked like a phone but well... not - she opened and placed down, sitting the other items next to it until she came to the balls. Removing only one of them she held it, looking curiously at it. It wasn't like any ball that she knew, and it certainly didn't look like any ball that could be used for sport.
Kitty didn't know why, or even how - she assumed that her finger had slipped to the button on it - the ball opened. Even more strange than that something came from it, emerging in a growing white light. She jumped a little, even more so when the creature turned to her, sitting and smiling up at her.
"Mareep." All Kitty could do was stare. It was cute but... what was it. What was an Eevee and why did she have it, even more so how did it fit into that ball? It would seem that her questions would be answered quicker than she expected as the device spoke again.
"Mareep, the Wool Pokémon. Mareep stores static electricity in their wooly coat. They avoid battle and have mild dispositions."
That was... Kitty couldn't describe it. She still didn't know where she was or what Pokémon were but apparently Mareep was one of them. She was still unsure of what to do but this little thing seemed friendly enough. Slowly, she reached a hand out to it, not reaching far enough to actually touch it yet.
"Hi, Mareep." Whatever this was it sounded pretty special.
Name: Kerry
Livejournal Username: boxeddreams
E-mail: fontcroire @ gmail.com
AIM/MSN: fontcroire
Timezone: GMT
Current Characters in Route: None
Character
Name: Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde
Series: X-Men (Movies)
Timeline: Post X-Men 3: The Last Stand
Canon Resource Links: X-Men: The Last Stand Wiki (I've only linked this one as this is Kitty's biggest/main appearance, and her own wiki is comic-verse centered)
Personality: When Kitty first discovered that she was a mutant - and had the ability of phasing - she was scared. She'd heard about mutants, knew what they were but in terms of herself it frightened her - she'd been just a normal girl and now everything was changing. This fear was lessened slightly when she met Professor Charles Xavier - the first mutant that she'd met. Although she was weary of him, the fact that he could understand her and her fears and knew a lot about mutants made her want to trust him. With him and the school Kitty learned to control and even feel differently about being a mutant, something which helped her control her ability.
At the school, as well as learning how to phase at will and extending her abilities onto others, Kitty proved to be a smart girl, excelling in subject areas. Her friendly, and often bubbly, personality allowed her to quickly make friends and even gain romantic interests and she was briefly involved in a relationship with a fellow student named Colossus. With her friends Kitty is a confident girl though at certain times, even with her friends, she will become unsure of herself and second guess herself too. The support from her friends as well as their friendship helps to reassure Kitty's beliefs and they have helped to make her stronger as a person, strengthening the girl that she is as well as her determination. Kitty wishes to help others and partakes in the training sessions in the Danger Room, training to become one of the new X-Men so that she may help as previous X-Men also have.
In the face of danger Kitty has shown herself to be rather gutsy and instinctual, able to use her ability under pressure and with quick thought. When faced with trouble, for example when Kitty rescued Leech from the Juggernaut, Kitty was able to come up with a quick solution when it was shown that her own ability was unable to work due to Leech's, her idea using that knowledge to also counteract the Juggernaut's so that they would be able to escape. While Kitty may not be tough in a physical sense, she is mentally and tries not to let danger scare her quite so much.
It is unknown as to whether Kitty's parents are still alive or whether they are part of the group which are not only afraid of but are also, in a sense, disgusted by mutants. In a conversation with Bobby after Professor Xavier had died, Kitty mentioned that she had no one or anything but the school. Despite her sadness around this, as well as that of the situation, one of Kitty's fondest memories of home is when it snows, particularly the first snow. Kitty is a skilled ice skater and skates when she wishes to relax or to relieve herself of tension or bad feelings.
Kitty is also a very morally strong and though her ability can be used for harm Kitty has no intentions or wish to harm anyone. She's seen and fully understands the fear regarding mutants without wishing to add to that herself and any training that she does she uses for a protective nature, to protect herself, other mutants and humans harmed by mutants. One of the things that Kitty would love to see - as well as the general mutant consensus - is peace between mutants and humans. Whilst things are becoming better, a mutant holds a high political standing, the president is understanding and humans are becoming more educated, full peace has yet to be fully achieved, something which - for Kitty - looks a little less likely through recent acts. Though she believes this it will not stop her from being who she is - she is a mutant first and is becoming prouder of that fact with every good thing which happens due to mutant acts. Kitty is also of Jewish heritage from her paternal grandfather, though whether she is religiously Jewish or just culturally is unknown, though no one has seen her practise or speak of religion.
On first appearance Kitty's beliefs may make her seem rather naive - her friendliness and wish to help everyone is a nice thought but realistically infeasible. Although Kitty knows that it isn't possible to save everyone - either through experience or plain understanding - it is still a wish that she holds - she'd rather save as many people as possible, even if she'd have to sacrifice herself to save another. Kitty's strong beliefs can also make her stubborn, something which is often more of a good thing than a negative thing. Her kind heart and refusal to harm others (except for extreme situations) helps to remind others that there are other ways to act or settle things than violence - though mostly those ideas are often just that.
Strengths: Studious - Kitty is an intelligent girl in all aspects of her studies - school, training and learning herself and her ability. She's a curious girl, wishing to know answers and looking to find the right questions to lead her where she wants. In the three years that she's been at Xavier's she's come a long way in learning her own mutant abilities but also in her training with others too, something which showed in the battle at Alcatraz.
Open minded - whilst Kitty may originally been afraid of being a mutant, meeting Professor Xavier opened her eyes to the better side about it. Kitty is proud to be a mutant and sees the good in people and their abilities even if others can't. She has strong ideas and wishes for others to be able to see and understand them like she does. She's open to ideas and suggestions, using them to help better herself or her work.
Kind/Helpful/Friendly - Kitty is a friendly girl, helping others where she can even if it's just by being their friend. When she met Leech, even though things seemed difficult she first was friendly and kind towards him, reassuring him and showing that she was good before trying to get him to go with her. Kitty wouldn't force anyone to do what they wouldn't want to do but if something was necessary she would be persistent in trying to help someone.
Always tries her best/hardest/Isn't quickly deterred by failure - This links in with Kitty's studious nature and her resourcefulness. When an answer or situation seems bleak (such as getting Leech out of his room without her power) Kitty wasnt deterred by the fact that her original option wasn't possible and instead tried again. As a student Kitty is an intelligent girl, working hard to learn what she can abs question until she understands or to learn more. In her X-Men training Kitty works hard to know the strengths and weaknesses of everyone in the team in case she can spot something that someone else hasn't to help defend (such as grabbing Bobby to let a flying object phase through them)
Quick thinker on her feet/Resourceful - In training with the X-Men (and the battle at Alcatraz) Kitty has been placed in situations where conventional means of defence or ideas aren't possible. To find solutions Kitty has had to think quickly in the moment and to think outside of the box - using what she knows as well as the situation around her to find an answer.
A strong person (doesn't let mutant hate get to her) - Kitty sees and hears about hate towards mutants far more often than she'd like and has grown from experiencing it, helping her to become stronger and more resilient. Things that would have hurt or saddened her now have less effect and it takes more to provoke those responses or anger.
Calm - Kitty is a very peaceful person, not wishing for violence and is training to be an X-Man to help and protect others. Her non-offensive mutant ability means that she can't attack with it, meaning she'd need to learn combat if she ever had to attack - something which she hasnt done and would prefer not to do either.
Weaknesses: Can seem naive - Kitty's wishes for peace between mutants and humans and especially now within mutants is strong. As unlikely as it seems she is a firm believer that it can happen, especially due to advances that have already happened. Despite this, her belief makes her seem naive as she is seeing the good in everyone for the peace to happen when it's going to be a long road with much opposition.
Possibly a little gullible - Kitty is still young and although she's had to grow and mature a lot and quickly she's still a young woman and is prone to youth fallacies. Although Kitty has her own mind and strong beliefs she can be swayed, especially when something can sound convincing.
Can have weaker moments (letting the hate effect her) - Although Kitty has grown through and because of the hate towards mutants, hearing and experiencing it frequently is still hard and when it builds up, particularly if she's having a bad day, it does still upset her. It hurts daily knowing that there are those who cannot accept mutants but Kitty works to ignore that and focus instead on the positives.
Not used to the outdoors - as a city girl Kitty has experienced little of nature or anything outdoors, for example the countryside, barring any camping trips she's taken. Although the school has large grounds, the majority of them is rarely used and they are still close to the city.
Has experienced little (other than her education and mutant abilities/training) - As Kitty is still young she has few life experiences other than those from being at school - both pre and during being at Xavier's. The battle at Alcatraz was her first 'adventure' as a part of the X-Men and was both a new experience and vastly different to what she'd experienced in training. Kitty still has a lot to learn both in life and her education and has many more things to experience.
Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Mareep
Password: Sunflower Seeds
Samples
First Person Sample: [ After Kitty had accidentally released Mareepshe'd spent a little time looking at it, slowly petting it. It was cute, and very soft too, and the fact that it was friendly helped calm her a little. She packed her bag back up, leaving out the odd device, and put her hand under Mareep's chin, looking carefully at it ]
Who do you belong to? What were you doing in that ball?
[ She didn't expect to receive a response, but the fact that Mareep came closer and lay its head on her made her smile ]
You're cute.
[ Giving another look to the device she picked it up, finally giving it a look over ]
You keep telling me things, maybe I should ask you.
[ Though she thought better than just asking it questions, instead looking through it. There were a lot of different options, most that she didn't really quite get - the book in her bag would probably help with that - but one caught her eye. Phone book. So she'd been right, it was like a phone. But who would she call? She didn't have anyone's number in here that she'd know. Underneath it was PokéGear Connect, which sounded useful. So that was what this was, a PokéGear. Connect sounded much like the internet so she selected that option and spoke ]
Uh, if I've got this working then hi. My name's Kitty and I've just arriver here. Wherever here is, other than New Bark Town. I don't know what's happened or how I arrived but if someone hears this and can help then I'd appreciate that.
[ And in the background you can hear a cry of 'Mareep' and a giggle as Kitty pets it again ]
It'd be great to know what a Pokémon is too, and why I have one. Uhm... I'll leave it at that for now. Help?
Third Person Sample: Kitty had found a bench in the middle of town, finally taking the opportunity to look in her backpack. She'd been ushered out of the building she'd found herself in far too quickly to ask any questions and when she'd gotten to town there'd been too many people to do the same then - she'd stayed to listen for a little while before wandering off, seeing what she had with her that could possibly tell her anything. Along with the device that had spoken to her earlier - "Welcome to the world of Pokémon", whatever that was - there was some clothes, what looked like camping materials, some funny shaped objects and red and white balls.
She looked around the town, a sign had told her that this was New Bark Town, watching the others for a little bit. They'd seemed just as confused as she had, though she hadn't stopped to ask anyone what was going on - this was all too odd and too busy. After spending a few moments watching the others, Kitty returned her attention to her bag. She wondered what to do, and what they were; there seemed to be no explanation to them. She slowly took them out, placing them beside her on the bench. The device that had spoken to her earlier - it looked like a phone but well... not - she opened and placed down, sitting the other items next to it until she came to the balls. Removing only one of them she held it, looking curiously at it. It wasn't like any ball that she knew, and it certainly didn't look like any ball that could be used for sport.
Kitty didn't know why, or even how - she assumed that her finger had slipped to the button on it - the ball opened. Even more strange than that something came from it, emerging in a growing white light. She jumped a little, even more so when the creature turned to her, sitting and smiling up at her.
"Mareep." All Kitty could do was stare. It was cute but... what was it. What was an Eevee and why did she have it, even more so how did it fit into that ball? It would seem that her questions would be answered quicker than she expected as the device spoke again.
"Mareep, the Wool Pokémon. Mareep stores static electricity in their wooly coat. They avoid battle and have mild dispositions."
That was... Kitty couldn't describe it. She still didn't know where she was or what Pokémon were but apparently Mareep was one of them. She was still unsure of what to do but this little thing seemed friendly enough. Slowly, she reached a hand out to it, not reaching far enough to actually touch it yet.
"Hi, Mareep." Whatever this was it sounded pretty special.