Maria Adesso (oc)


Name: Maria Adesso 
Nicknames: Rhea, R-43A
Age range: any ages 20+
Hair: light brown/dark blonde, bobcut, curly/fluffy, side bangs.
Eyes: blue-green 
Skin: fair
Body type: hourglass, lean muscle, average weight, 5'7"
Sexuality: Bisexual, male lean

Bio:
Maria was the second oldest to a large family. She's got a big softspot for children and because of this, was studying to become an elementary school teacher. She grew up in NY, had a normal and fulfilling childhood, and graduated highschool with above average grades and a nice group of friends.

A few short months into her second year of college, she was kidnapped and tested in an illegal lab by an organization called Pius, trying to create a bioweapon. The bioweapon was the virus R-43A (codename Rhea), designed to mimic cells, avoid detection, and kill as quickly as possible. It essentially succeeded, but to do so it had to copy the nucleus, DNA, and RNA. So when it reached her brain, the virus copied all her knowledge and memories, taking on her form and conciousness.

Maria suffered through dehumanizing and painful testing before she discovered some of her useful abilities and escaped. She was forced to live a life on the run, never again to see anyone who ever knew her. Pius had tracked them down, killed them, and erased records of them, one by one during her absence from society.

Concerning the actual event of Maria's escape, she had started a riot upon escaping by letting all the other subjects loose. This would prove to be a fatal mistake, as the lab, along with everyone in it, would be destroyed in the chaos with Maria as the sole survivor thanks to making it outside before it all came crashing down.

Personality:
When not running from Pius, she prefers to be alone and go sight seeing, as well as read. Despite prefering to be alone, it's for the sole reason that she feels like she has to be. Maria is a lonely extrovert, and enjoys socializing when she can. As a result of Pius, she has slight claustrophobia from being kept in a tight cell, and better enjoys the simple pleasures of freedom. Back in college, she was a very sociable, mother-hen type friend and that part of her bleeds through should you come close enough. She still longs for the old days, when she used to volunteer at daycare and go to parties, and shopping, and girls night-outs.

The best way to describe Maria, most soon after escaping Pius, is broken. The practices and experiments used on her were dehumanizing on her best days there. She's almost constantly in an existential crisis, trying to decide if she's alive, or not, or if she's even real. Part of the reason she doesn't sleep is because when she tries, she has nightmares of Pius. The only thing keeping her alive are the happy memories of her family and stubbornness against Pius having her or her body to experiment on. Despite most definitely wanting to die on some days, she also wants to outlive the people of Pius out of spite.

Much longer after her escape, she'd end up a much happier person. Depending on the events of the rp or leading to it, Maria would be much of the same person as she was back in college. However, this Maria would lack the sense of naivety she used to have and be a much more alert person, as well as be nearly completely desensitized to gore or existential horror. She'd also have a feral or mischevious streak from living so many years homeless and on the run without need to physically take care of her body.

Abilities:
Maria can transform into her virus form, which is dubbed "Rhea". In virus form, Maria is an indigo humanoid monster, with a lean and toned build, no sexual organs, sharp teeth, thin white hair, pointed ears, and claws on her hands and three toed feet (similar to a bird in desigb). Rhea and Maria are the same person and technically aren't alive, despite having a human mind and sentience. Rhea can shut off the basic human functions she mimics, which when running will trick her brain into believing the body is dying or dead. Which will leave her permanently braindead. This means if one were to want to kill her, they'd have to destroy or remove her head. Other abilities implied or otherwise include:*

•Ability to shut off nerves and feel no pain
•Near eternal endurance
•Biological immortality (can only be killed by outside force destroying head or curing virus)
•Being completely uneffected by harmful illness, poison, or chemicals (unless corrosive or related to cure, etc.)
•healing factor
•No need for normally basic needs such as food, water, oxygen, sleep, blinking, etc.
•Reattachment/regeneration of limbs
•generating extra flesh and/or bones, hair, and nails
•Manipulation of natural chemicals generated by her body (example: increase adrenaline at will)

She's not a trained fighter, but if it comes to it she prefers straight forward sneak attacks. If it were to come to one on one combat, she'd be all about ending it as quickly as possible, whether that means playing dead or knocking the opponent out fair and square. Or in a usually rare case, finishing the job.

*Not all her abilities are immediately accessible for rp use. Depending on the circumstances or setting in her personal timeline, she can have all, none, or only some of these abilities.

Themesong: youtu.be/NoAg6Mi7BHk
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7 | Jul 6th 2018 01:53