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BASIC

BIRTH NAME: Melody ████████ ALIAS: Eta AGE: 23 DATE OF BIRTH: November 2nd BIRTHPLACE: ██████ CURRENT LOCATION: SPECIES: Meta human ETHNICITY: Afrikaner [Dutch, German, Irish] GENDER: cisfemale PRONOUNS: she/her ORIENTATION: panromantic/sexual, polyamorous [closeted, doesn’t know terms] RELIGION: N/A OCCUPATION: waitress LIVING ARRANGEMENTS: verse dependent LANGUAGE(s) SPOKEN: English, Russian

APPEARANCE

FACE CLAIM: Madelaine Petsch EYE COLOUR: Light brown HAIR COLOUR: Ginger HAIR STYLE: Melody’s hair is naturally wavy. While at the NNSS her hair was kept short, not allowed to grow past her ears in case it got in the way during tests. Now that she’s escaped she had let it grow past her waist. DOMINANT HAND: Ambidextrous, uses her right hand more often HEIGHT: 5'5" WEIGHT: 54 kg TATTOOS: The lower case symbol for the Greek letter Eta on the outer side of her left wrist, she often covers the tattoo with a watch. PIERCINGS: Standard lobe piercing and a weave piercing in her right ear. MARKS/SCARS: She has track marks along her arms from repeated injections during experimentation, but most assume they come from previous drug abuse so she covers them with make up. CLOTHING STYLE: For the beginning of her life Melody didn’t have to put any thought into what she was wearing now that she’s free she enjoys experimenting with styles, but more often than not puts comfort of fashion.

HEALTH

PHYSICAL AILMENTS: None NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS: Generalised Anxiety Disorder ALLERGIES: Pollen SLEEPING HABITS: She stays up late most nights working and is not a stranger to pulling an all-nighter. Despite this, she also wakes up early and can stay pretty active and alert, even when exhausted, as long as she doesn’t become hungry. EXERCISE HABITS: Melody is used to the exercise routine that she was given at NNSS, so even now that she’s left she goes for a run most mornings and tries to go to the gym twice of week. EATING HABITS: Like many things cooking for herself was something Melody had to learn to do, initially she was living off ready meals until she grew closer with Earl, the owner of the diner she worked at, and he taught her to cook. SOCIABILITY: Melody is very sociable she loves being around people and can’t stand being alone unless she has something to distract her.

PERSONALITY

POSITIVE TRAITS: free-spirited, open-minded, daring, brave, confident, creative, quick-witted, resourceful, loyal NEGATIVE TRAITS: restless, impulsive, stubborn, disorder, envious, obsessive ZODIAC SIGN: Scorpio MBTI: ESTP ENNEAGRAM: 4 TEMPERAMENT: Choleric HOGWARTS HOUSE: Slytherin MORAL ALIGNMENT: Neutral Good VICE: Wrath VIRTUE: Temperance ELEMENT: Fire

FAMILY

FATHER: Nathaniel ████████ née ████████ MOTHER: Stephanie ████████ SIGNIFICANT OTHER: verse and timeline dependent SIBLINGS: Noah ████████ [twin], the other Marked Subjects CHILDREN: none PET(s): a stray King Charles Spaniel she named Margo

SUPERNATURAL CHARACTERISTICS

ABILITIES:

Radiation Immunity: Immunity to all forms of radiation. Melody does not require sunscreen and she can look directly at a solar eclipse, etc.

Radiation Absorption: Melody is able to absorb all types of radiation and used it to heal herself at an accelerated rate. The more harmful the radiation to normal humans, the faster and more effective the healing is.

Fire Manipulation: Melody can create, shape and manipulate fire.

Fire Immunity: She is immune to fire/heat, being completely invulnerable to direct and indirect effects.

LIMITATIONS

Radiation Absorption: Absorbing too much radiation in one go can effect her emotional stability.

Fire Manipulation: Control, discipline, and restraint are extremely important. Unconscious, emotion-influenced, impulsive, or reckless use of this power can be catastrophic, and the fire can get out of her control.

Fire Immunity: Only an external immunity, meaning internal organs are still vulnerable to heat/fire.

NEVADA NATIONAL SECURITY SITE

Following the second World War, the Nevada National Security Site was established as one of several national laboratories across the United States, to take part in a program of experiments on human subjects which were designed and undertaken by the CIA, known as “MKUltra”.

In these experiments, participants would be given psychedelic drugs and placed in isolation tanks in hopes of “expanding the boundaries of the mind”. At the start of the 1970s, MKUltra was brought to public attention along with the abuse of the test subjects. Despite this, the program managed to block any inquiries and at some point began abducting children, mostly orphans, to experiment on instead.

These new subjects were kept on the site and called the Marked, they were designated by Greek alphabet names and split into six groups of four based on their ages. The program in Nevada was run by Dr Odette Marks, who the subjects referred to as Gaea or Mama ( smam’s char ). Instead of sensory deprivation being used to trigger powers, the doctors at the site used nuclear radiation.

The Cold War was at its heights in the late 70s and early 80s, causing the CIA to exploit the subjects in the different laboratories across the USA to gain intel on the Russians. Those with abilities that could not be put to use while they remained in the confines of the NNSS were trained in combat and espionage plus they were provided a high school and college education in order to give them a better chance at blending in amongst regular citizens.

BIOGRAPHY

Melody no longer remembers how long she was held within the Nevada National Security Site, she assumes she was taken shortly after she was born as she has no memories of her birth family, she also believes that Dr Mark gave her the name Melody and although she has a complicated relationship with the scientist chose to keep the name after her escape out of nostalgia for the good memories.

The truth is she was taken from her family after her parents were killed in a car accident, only her and Noah, her twin, survived the crash. They were four at the time. The two were in critical condition for a week before a group of doctors claiming to represent a company conducting clinical trials of a new treatment arrived at the hospital. After they were taken away, the twins never saw each other again and became a well known kidnapping, the search lasted for five years until it was listed as a cold case.

She remained unconscious for the first few months she was at the Nevada National Security Site, undergoing radiation therapy to enhance her abilities and promote healing, before eventually awaking from her coma. The radiation therapy continued but Melody was also placed in classes with the other subjects her age to be taught both the normal education children their age received and topics that would prepare them to retrieve intel when they were older.

Part of the second oldest group of subjects at the facility, Melody grew to be protective of the children who were brought onto the site over the years, although Dr Marks did her best to make sure the subjects were comfortable so Melody very rarely had to worry. However, everything fell apart when during an experiment an accident caused one of the children, Sigma, to lose her right leg.

It was the last straw, suddenly Melody began to see all that was wrong with the life she was living and grew to hate the scientists who had raised her. It took her months of planning and convincing, but she eventually she had a group together who wished to escape.

They fought their way to freedom, using their abilities to gain the upper hand before fleeing into the desert surrounding the facility. Once they were sure security were no longer following them, Alpha split the group up and sent them in different directions. Melody didn't think separating was wise, but agreed with her older sibling, under the condition that she was allowed to take Sigma with her.

The pair eventually reached a trailer park at the edge of a small town, where Melody broke into an abandoned trailer for them to stay in. At first she found a job as a bike messenger but still had to revert to theft every so often in order to support herself and Sigma, who she managed to put into the local public school.

After a year, Melody and Sinead (Sigma) had become a part of the town’s community, Melody was now working at a local diner, Sinead was at high school and they had moved out of the trailer into a small apartment. Although they tended to be the subject of a lot of town gossip Melody told most that Sinead was her little sister and they had lost their parents a couple of years ago.

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