05-20-2006, 07:05 AM
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I told you I was coming back
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Location: Underneath a pile of DVDs
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Time for a change (A pun about my new character)
Another character from the same world as Fireball (my self based character). Look he even turns up i the Biograph in her orgin story. I'm very interested to her opinions on this one.
Name: Trisha "Shrapnel" Jarvis
Age: 17
Race: Human
Sex: Female
Hair: Brown, with died red streaks, cut short.
Eyes: Blue
Weight: 60 kilograms
Height: 150cm
Weapon: Various denomitations of Australian silver coins and the occasional New Zealand 20 cent piece. Used as projectiles and to occasionally to add more pain to a punch.
Armor: Belt for holding the change. Has specially made Gauntlets for carrying the small five cent pieces on both arms.
Strengths: Incrediblely accurate and aglie
Weakness: Dislikes close range combat, not physically powerful
Skills: Can always spot dropped spare change on the ground, usefully when she needs to resupply her amunition.
A well thrown Fifty cent piece can leave a mark on an oppent.
Appearance: A fairly normal looking teenage girl. Usually seen wearing jeans, a t-shirt and a comfortable looking pair of sneaker which could have been purchased from anywhere. Her hair is probably a defining feature with its red streaks and short style. She would be described as having an athletic build although when not fighting she usually slouches and appears more lazy than she is. Having blue eyes with her hair colour gives her what appears to be a vacant or at other time a soul penitrating stare. Most of the time she wears a little smirk. When displaying other emotions she often contorts her face to extremes unless they truely are heart felt.
Personality: Usually Amiable even during fights. She sees everyone as a potential ally until they give her ample reason to think otherwise. It is then she gets pissed off and her anger can only be dispistated by ending the battle. By winning or losing she doesn't care because after that she can forget her opponent and get on with her life.
There are occasions when she enjoys fighting against an opponent, in these cases she usually will attempt some witty banter. It doesn't always come off right due to her inexperience. Her fighting style also becomes cheeky. In her dealings with the general population of her world she is often to sure of herself due to her dealings with her mentor and his adventures. She feels she knows more than the person the street, hence her usual smirking expression Despite this she likes to help the underdog and will always lend them a helping hand. If pressed she will admit to being a follower of politics.
Biography: Trisha Jarvis was just like any other High Schooler's. School, tests, hanging out and helping out with the running of the family chores. Her favourite hang out was the local Arcade. If she had a day off you could find her there playing pool
with friends or just playing the DDR machine. As this was her favourite place she always saved any spare change. Her friends however would just use it at the earliest oppurtunity so it didn't take up space. Or in the case of her male friends see how far it would fly and see you would be desperate enough to pick it up of the ground. Trisha did pick this loose change up but always threw it back at them. Soon she could hit them from one hundred metres away and leave a mark. These boys soon learnt to be more careful with money. During one visit to the Arcade one of the staff started calling her Shrapnel, a slang term for loose change, due to the amount of silver coins she always handed over to change into the dollar coins the machines take. It caught on a soon everyone was calling Trisha by this nickname. A few short months after that there was a crime spree in town. Video rentl places, fast food outlets and small retailers where being robbed on public holidays, of which there is a steady stream during the first half of the year in Australia, and on the Queens Birthday holiday the Arcade was targeted. This was also the day that Shrapnel's
live would change from the ordinary. The masked man entered through the front door, brandishing a syringe filled wih blood, he had chosen his moment well. Other than an employee and Shrapnel there was only one other person in the store. The masked man ignored Sharpnel, who was finishing her final dance on DDR, and went Straight for the counter. He threatned the empolyee and asked for the cash. It was then that Shrapnel turned around and saw the scene. The employee was reaching to open the register but seemed to be completely calm. He seemed less harrassed then he did when Shrapnel had exanged some coinage earlier. She could see a glint of flame in his eye.
Thats when she decided to help the employee out. She grabbed a twenty cent piece from her pocket and hurled. It struck the armed robber on the hand. He dropped the syringe and cursed. It obviously stung some what. The employee turned and said he had the authority to kick the armed guy out. A ball of flame shot from his hand and knocked the masked robber clear out the door. It was then that Shrapnel realised that the employee was Fireball, a figure she thought was only suburban legend. After the police arrived, gathered statements and gave them both lectures on not taking stuff into their own hands Fireball thanked Shrapnel for her help. He than suggested he could help her hone her skills. He was having less time to do things these days and it would be handy to have another hereo in town. After the rush of the armed robber Shrapnel immediately agreed. Since then she has been fighting low level crooks with enthusiasm and accompaining Fireball on the odd jump to another dimension or three. She's still inexperienced but you will be in trouble if you get on her bad side.
EDITED: 26/05/2006
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