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ăMore Than Just A Pretty Face...ă
âI...uh...I can't talk right now.â
âFull Nameâ
Orfelina Orquidea Howlett
âNicknamesâ
âLina
âOrchid
âGearhead
âGreaser
âWhisper
âGypsy
âBirthdayâ
September 21st, 1993
âAgeâ
20
âEthnicityâ
Italian/Canadian
âGenderâ
Female
âSexual Orientationâ
Questioning
âHometownâ
Salem Center, New York
ăBe On The Lookout For...ă
âPlease don't stare at my scars...â
âHeightâ
5'0"
âWeightâ
108lbs
âEye Colorâ
Brown
âHairâ
A mane of raven cascades down her back in soft waves and ringlets, framing a round, pale face.
âBody Typeâ
It isn't a well known fact, but the girl has serious muscles. Not in a manly way, but in a way that would surprise people. She's a not busty, but she's bigger than Cataleia.
âSpecial Markingsâ
Her flesh bares only one tattoo, found on the back of her neck - It is a bar code, given to her when Stryker found out what she was. Other than that, the only distinguishing marks she has are the scars on her forearms and neck side that come from three years of constant injections. Her back and arms are littered with scars from what looks to be where whips tore into her flesh, and as such she often wears gloves that extend to her elbows and never wears anything that might expose her back.
âExtrasâ
Her canines are similar to a dog's, like her father's.
ăBehind The Mechanicsă
âYou wouldn't like it inside my head...â
âLikesâ
Her father and brother.
They're the only blood-related family that's ever been there for her. They went to go see her mother once and try to work out them being a family unit, but she was far too set into her party-girl ways. She had absolutely no intentions of settling down and laughed in surprise when she found out that her daughter had actually lived. Needless to say, her father and brother lost their tempers and killed her. Orquidea has always stuck to them like glue except of course when she takes off for the circus. And when either of them leaves the school, she leaves the school.
Mechanic/Handyman work.
She normally hates touching things to get a glimpse of their past, but when it comes to tech and vehicles, she loves to see the full history behind them. She even uses it to her advantage to try and fix them. Knowing what went wrong with something helps her a lot so she doesn't have to spend forever trying to figure it out, giving her more time to come up with a solution. Working on vehicles in her past time is one of her more favored activities. She can often be found next to certain vehicles, writing down their story.
Writing.
Orfelina loves old fashioned longhand writing. Within her possession are numerous poems, songs, and stories written by her derived from what she has seen and felt over the years. She has a shelf in her room dedicated to them - Though she has a safe in her room that she keeps her personal writings in, for fear of others reading about her darker side, her hatred for humans, and her twisted thoughts or her love letters never sent.
Her Godfathers.
Remy LeBeau, Kurt Wagner, Steve Rogers, and Henry McCoy. She enjoys Remy's outgoing personality and his knowledge and respect for the Tarots, often reading his cards for him. Kurt has a calming presence and she enjoys learning gymnastics from him as well as reading with him. Steve is an old war friend of her father's from WWII. Lina likes his sense of justice and his old fashion ways. She admires that he clings to his traditions and hasn't let the new world taint him. Henry was always very nice and understanding and she often went to him with a problem when she knew her father and brother would do something drastic.
Tarot cards.
She was often deemed as a walking cliche gypsy - Italian girl with tarot cards and a seemingly free spirit. But she didn't care. Even though she doesn't need tarot cards to see the past, present, and future of people, she prefers them because they don't come with all of the emotional overload that her powers bring.
Singing.
Not in front of people, of course, but she likes to sing alone outside. She can be found walking around the forest, the lake, or the labyrinth singing. Though, her singing voice is much more powerful that her speaking voice so people never make the connection.
Sociology and Psychology.
They are subjects that fascinates her and allows her to better understand people without having to speak to them. She loves being able to get inside people's heads and understand where they're coming from and why they do things.
âDislikesâ
Humans.
She won't say so, but she can't stand humans. She harbors a deeper hatred for them than anyone could ever imagine. Of course, she would never let it show or say so, but there have been times when it has slipped up some. When it comes to dealing with humans, she can actually be really brutal.
Loud, obnoxious people.
She enjoys serenity and quiet. When people talk loudly for no apparent reason, she will simply request their silence or leave. Typical Lina, of course. Though, she will blow up if her stress level is high. Which...actually seems to be a bit more often as of lately.
Bullies.
She's put up with them her entire life and now refuses to be pushed over any longer.
Snobs.
Anyone who thinks themselves above others because of more wealth or looks will not earn her favor. She's been at the mercy of the wealthy and beautiful snobs far too many times to have any sort of kindness in her heart for them.
Human Government, Politicians, and Law Enforcement.
Since her childhood, she has never trusted the government because it was because of them Stryker did all that he did. He had secret funding to experiment on whomever he wished. She dislikes politicians because of how they portray mutants to be, going so far as to disgustingly slander the most honest of mutant politicians and have them turned against. Law enforcement makes her want to hurl when she watches the way they treat mutants. As far as she is concerned, its the '40s all over again and mutants are the new blacks.
Chemical Labs.
She has a pathological fear of them that stems from her early childhood memories of constantly being injected and force fed various chemical concoctions while under Stryker's care and then some more while at Xavier's to try and flush out what Stryker had put in.
âHabitsâ
Orfelina is constantly shuffling her Tarot cards and always has them with her. She has a need to keep her hands on something, so if not shuffling her Tarots, her hands are in her pockets, playing with her hair, or wringing her hands together. She also has a habit of wearing a toolbelt wherever she goes, always ready to fix something that's broken.
âFearsâ
âAspirationsâ
âSecretsâ
âDisabilitiesâ
Orfelina has a slight case of paranoia when in public, constantly looking around her, ready to defend herself against someone who might jump out to capture her and drag her back to Alkali Lake. She also has a stress-induced anxiety disorder which has often lead her to cutting herself.
âPersonalityâ
Since she was young, Orfelina had always been shy. There were only a handful of people she truly opened up to besides her brother and father. She's had a connection with Remy, Joe, Kurt, and Cataleia. She generally stayed away from others unless she was called upon. Over the years, she did open up a little bit more to those around her and found that she had an aptitude for teaching. She would often tutor kids whenever she had the free time and was in a decent mood. Whenever she wasn't tutoring, she could be found tending vehicles with her father, doing gymnastics with Kurt, or playing cards with Remy. Ofelina is a bit sensitive, though she would never let anybody see her cry. When teased, she simply clenches her jaw and continues on until she can get away to a place on her own where she will often cry or simply tell someone about her offender.
She really is a kind girl, even though one would take a look at her working under the hood of a truck wearing ripped jeans and a tight shirt and expect her to be a tough girl. There are rare times when she will express anger, though when she does she is rather brutal about it. She has shown to be perpetually calm so long as Beauregard is in her presence, even with a human making verbal attacks. When physically attacked, she will use her gymnastic skills to evade and put herself in a position to place her fingertips upon them.
ăArmed And Dangerous...ă
âI'm more dangerous than I look.â
âSkillsâ
[+]Boxing
[+]Marksmanship
[+]Engineering
[+]Inventing
[+]Mechanic and Handyman work
[+]Gymnastics
[+]Psychology
[+]Mutations
[+]Biochemistry
âEquipmentâ
[+]Dual .45s
[+]Vehicles - 2012 Ford Mustang Cobra, 2013 Cadillac Escalade, 2008 Big Dog Pit Bull, 1997 Harley Davidson Fat Boy, and a 1999 Shelby Series 1. All of them are enhanced with her own technology and Stark Industries tech.
[+]Tarot cards
[+]Toolbelt
[+]Custom Howlett sphere
âMutationâ
Chronovision, Enhanced Brain Capacity, Peak Human Condition, Rapid Self-Healing, Animalistic Senses.
âMutation Capabilitiesâ
Like the Tarot Cards she carries, Orfelina can see into the past, present, and future. This has proven to contribute to her sensitive and empathetic personality. By placing her left palm(bare) on an object or person, she is able to see in only a matter of moments everything that has happened to them from start to finish. By placing her right palm(bare) on someone, she can relay what she sees from other things and people to their mind. Anyone holding hands with said person will see what they see and so on and so forth, allowing her to relay to several people at once. Using her fingertips rather than palms will relay her life, rather than that of another. As far as her ability to see the present, such is a form of astral projection. By focusing on a single person, she has the ability to see exactly where they are and what they are doing as though she were right there. The farther away the person is, the shorter amount of time she can do this. Her presence will not be detected because she is not intruding into their mind. As far as her ability to to see into the future, that is not always something that she can control. She can trigger it by grasping someone with both hands at once. Though there are times when visions simply come to her, causing her to enter a trance until the vision has passed. Her enhanced brain capacity came from an X-Gene that Stryker injected her with and found that it actually integrated to her perfectly, allowing her to store more information and boosting her memory. (Father's abilities will come later into the story)
âWeaknessesâ
ăA Glimpse Into The Past...ă
âI don't want to talk about it...â
âHistoryâ
Orfelina was born as a product of a one-night stand at a party. Her mother was an Italian mutant that had come to America in search of a good party and great sex. One of her more frequented partners was a man by name of James Howlett. When she was born, her mother had made the decision that she didn't want the child and decided to leave the newborn in a ditch on a stormy night. It was by fate's hand that a young William Stryker had found her. He had no idea that she was a mutant, taking her in. He had recently taken the life of his own son and thought that maybe this baby girl could make up for that loss, thinking she had been sent by God. But that wouldn't last for long because when she was but a few months old, her mutation began to manifest. After brushing her hands against him, grabbing onto him, she saw his past. At first, he was confused, thinking that it was just a flashback. But noticing that she was crying and refusing to touch him, he realized that she had invoked such memories.
Shortly after that, Stryker was torn between what to do. Should he kill her or use her for his experiments? Experimenting won out and she was no longer allowed to live in the home with Stryker, instead being kept in his lab underneath Alkali Lake. She was injected daily with a number of things â She was also injected with a few separate X-Genes, but showed no signs of adopting the powers. She was like her father in that way, able to reject foreign substance from her body such as the various viruses she had been injected with. It wasn't until she was three years old that she had a hope of salvation when her 'father' returned with a number of students from a place called Xavier's Institute for Gifted Youngsters. Orfelina had often heard Stryker talking about the horrors of that place. Stryker would daily tell her that mutants were abominations that had no place in this world and it was her duty to help God's human children find a way to kill them. With this, he hoped to instill within her a fear of mutants as well as a hatred of herself. But it did the opposite. Every passing day, her hatred for humans grew stronger which would begin to show when she got older. As the students said, salvation did come in the form of a twelve-man team dressed in black. Orfelina as well as three others who weren't with Xavier's were rescued. The three others had been kidnapped from loving families and were returned. Orfelina had nowhere. She felt a draw to the one that they called Wolverine and clung to him like lint to a belly button.
The man seemed to be taken by the little girl and decided to take her under his wing after being unable to keep her away. When she was four years old, he had already gotten used to her presence and didn't seem to mind â He would often tell her that she reminded him of a girl he once knew. Little did he know that the girl he once knew was her mother; And he was the father. This was discovered shortly after Orfelina found out that James had no recollection of most of his life. She decided to return it to him using her powers. She had pressed her entire hand, fingertips and all against his face, causing his memory to return as well as transferring not just her memory, but everything about her starting at conception. After that, he was more protective of her than he had ever been. From then on out, he did all that he could to ensure that she would be able to get by in life. Orfelina was trained in marksmanship, boxing, mechanics/engineering, and acrobatics.
Like virtually everyone else, her first friend was the outgoing Cataleia. When she turned eight, she began to run away for months at a time; sometimes with her father, sometimes with her brother, and other times with the carnival to be a fortune teller. This, of course, often got her picked on. Around the age of sixteen, she began to date Markus Wagner after he claimed that she brought out his good side. That lasted for a year when she found out that he had been cheating on her and bragging about it the entire time. This lead her into further distrusting people in general, especially men. Though the only men she could never distrust were her father, Uncle Remy, Uncle Kurt, Uncle Steve, Uncle Hank, Javier, and Caelan.
By the time she was nineteen, she had committed ninety-eight off-duty human murders. Of course, she never told a single person though her father and brother suspected. They wouldn't say anything about it, knowing that she was smart enough not to leave behind a trace; she would settle things how she wished to settle them. While most everyone else had gone off to college, Orfelina simply took a road trip for a year and a half, building up her vehicular collection and worked in tandem with Tony Stark to modify her vehicles. The moment M-Day occurred, she left for a week to dole out punishment to any humans she could find, trying to rescue as many mutants as she could; her murder count increased to one-hundred and forty-seven. She then returned to Xavier's as though nothing had happened.
ăJust A Little Extra...ă
â...â
âTheme Songâ
Imaginary - Evanescence
âFamilyâ
Father - James Logan Howlett
Mother - Orquidea Aryna Castigleone
Brother - Caelan Howlett
âFashionâ
â Thoughts on Humans â