application for sweven;

[worldless]

PLAYER INFO

PLAYER NAME » Kat
PLAYER JOURNAL » lyntergalactic
AGE » 19
EMAIL » celtically@gmail.com
INSTANT MESSAGING » aim — paravels
OTHER METHOD OF CONTACT » clocktower
HOW MANY CHARACTERS DO YOU CURRENTLY PLAY? » N/A


CHARACTER INFO

CHARACTER NAME » Rikki Barnes
FANDOM » Marvel 616
CANON-POINT » Post- Captain America #615

HISTORY » Wikipedia link
AU SETTING/PAST GAME HISTORY » N/A

PERSONALITY »

Rikki is, in a phrase, a plucky young sidekick. She’s a fierce little thing, with an immense amount of inner strength, lots of nerve, and a heart of gold. She’s a hero and she takes her job seriously. Protecting people and fighting the bad guys is priority number one for her, and she throws herself into it. Really, outside of school and the few odd jobs she does to get the meager amount of money she survives on, her entire life is about crime-fighting. When things get in the way of that, she has a tendency to get a little annoyed and upset.

Though she does have a fairly long fuse, at least in some respects. Annoyance is something she may be quick to show in scowls and harsh words, but Rikki’s not the type to explode at someone unless it’s been building for a very, very long while. And even then, she’s able to push past her irritation and her grudges to forgive mistakes, like she does with Anya Corazon. She started off not liking the girl at all, and thinking her more than a little foolish, but the two ended up becoming fairly fast friends once the initial bumps had a chance to get smoothed out.

Part of that also probably deals with another part of Rikki’s personality and that’s the fact that she’s a bit of a loner. It's not by choice, but she’s a girl without a world and she’s painfully aware of that fact every day. But instead of asking for help, she pushes through on her own, finding ways to make sure she can fend for herself and accomplish what she needs to. That’s part of where her inner strength really shines. While she was still a teenager, she was prepared to give up her life to save her world. She thought she had. When that landed her in this strange alternate universe where she was apart from everything she ever knew, she pushed on and kept doing her thing as Bucky.

Of course, she’s the type of person who wouldn’t be able to sit by and let other people get hurt when she could do something to stop it, but it’s still incredible that she didn’t choose to give up. And going off from that, Rikki really is an incredibly kind-hearted person. She reaches out to people she’s fought in the past and tries to help them when they’re in trouble. Even though she’s a bit paranoid, (more on that in a second) she looks for the kindness in other people and does what she can to try and help them — sometimes with disastrous results. When things do go wrong, she even berates herself for being so trusting of other people, for looking for their humanity. But it’s a good thing, not a character flaw.

In contrast with that, she can be a bit paranoid. And by a bit, I mean a lot. It’s not her fault that it almost always turns out to be evil cabals behind everything! Still, it’s a prevalent enough character trait that more than one person has remarked on her tendency to jump to conspiracy theories when odd things start happening. Captain America himself says once that Rikki can sometimes make herself a little crazy with her theories and ideas.

Part of that is probably her youth coming into play, though. Because she’s still just a kid at times. A surprisingly mature kid who likes to play by the rules as much as possible, sure. But she’s still a lonely kid who’s maybe a little too used to wild and crazy things happening, a kid who still gets intimidated by other heroes but aspires to be like them someday, a kid who goes looking for a partner and a mentor because she knows she’s not done growing yet. And all these things combined together? Makes Rikki one hell of an interesting character.

ABILITIES/WEAKNESSES »

Rikki is a badass normal in canon. She started off as a dancer, so she's really pretty flexible and strong for a girl her size, with quite a bit of endurance. Add to that the fighting and weapons training she received from S.H.I.E.L.D. and Captain America in her original world, and she's one badass little lady. In addition to her physical strengths, she also has an energy shield as a part of her costume that she can use both as a defensive tool and an offensive weapon.

All that said, she doesn't have as much experience as she could, so that's a bit of a weakness for her, though it will lessen in time. She's also completely human and thus very squishy. Physical injuries are things she's very susceptible to. It's likely she's had some sort of basic mental shielding training, but that would be basic and an experienced telepath could probably do some damage. Also, as a teenager with some crazy obvious soft-spots, hurting her emotionally isn't too hard of a thing to do, if one knows where to hit.

DREAM POWER »

Rikki is going to gain the power of dream healing upon entrance to Sweven. This isn't a healing factor, but instead the ability to heal the wounds of others, provided they fall asleep next to each other and they're asleep for more than twenty minutes. It will work quicker and heal more if they're touching (like holding hands or something) but it's not completely necessary for it to work.

CHARACTER SAMPLES

NETWORK SAMPLE »

Strange things always seem to happen when we least expect them, don't they? I can't help but wonder if the reason they're strange is because they're unexpected. What's normal for me is probably strange to the rest of the world. Actually, I know it's strange to everyone else, but it doesn't bother me because weird things happen so often. Does that make sense?

I don't really know where I was going with that. I guess I'm just trying to make conversation. I'm a little out of practice. Let me start over.

Hi. I'm Nomad. Who are you?

LOG SAMPLE »

She doesn't have the money to buy pointe shoes, tights, or a leotard. Nor does she have the money to be able to work in a space specifically made for this. But that doesn't keep her from clearing out a space in her death-trap-turned-home so she can take off her shoes and socks without fear of stepping on glass or something worse. Damaging her feet would be beyond terrible.

Rikki doesn't have anything to play music on, either. Not even a cheap radio with an antennae. But she's been dancing for enough years that she doesn't need to actually hear it to know how it goes. In her mind, she can hear it perfectly. If she closes her eyes, it's easy to imagine that she's back home, on the world with her grandparents and the dance studio she spent so much time in. Probably too much time for it to really have been healthy.

Her knee bends, her arm sweeps down. Up onto her toes she goes as the imaginary orchestra plays in her head. It's harder now, to dance like she used to. Her muscles aren't used to moving like this anymore. Her legs are more accustomed to kicks designed to harm and incapacitate than they are anything else. It takes conscious effort for her to remember to point her toes as she leaps and jumps across the floor.

She knows her form is off, but Rikki doesn't really care at the moment. She can feel the sweat dripping down her back and the burn in her muscles as she works them hard. It feels good. And she's dancing. There's very little that could make her more content in her home than she is at that moment.

ANYTHING ELSE? » Rikki will be showing up in her Nomad costume, so all her equipment, weaponry, and her shield will be coming with her.