Editing Darlene Vasil (section)

==Personality==
As one of Heartbreakers daughters and as such a member of a power influenced hedonistic cult,<ref name="R2">Look at it this way - at the age that many boys are raising an eyebrow at boobs, family members were saying 'hey, here are all the boobs you could want, in various shapes, sizes, and colors'.<br/>Interested in dick? Big ones, little ones, crooked ones. Dad's not that into it but a sister can hook you up.<br/>At an age when many are just figuring out enough of the world to ask 'what's heroin?' or 'what's weed?' he was given heroin and weed and everything else that was theoretically obtainable and told to only indulge if it was someone else's body.<br/>At an age when many are saying 'sex must be awesome' he was given free reign. Where other 12-13 year old boys might search the internet for weird and disturbing porn and kinky stuff just to see what's out there, he could experience it.<br/>He was given all of this in a context where people either didn't care or they didn't/couldn't judge (or, considering obligatory big brothers and their teasing, judgment didn't count for a hell of a lot compared to novelty.) - [https://redd.it/68zocs Alec's past prior to joining the Undersiders] ([[Wildbow]], Reddit.com, 2017-05-03)</ref> Darlene did not have a normal childhood and was ill-adjusted to larger society thanks to, among ''many'' other things, a dearth of role models.<ref name=Life>She took in a deep breath, happy, and she could smell the shampoo he wore and the birds he spent so much time around.  There had been a time a year ago when she hadn’t talked to him much, and she was still, as Imp put it, ‘understandably fucked in the head about certain things’.  Her best ideas of how to go forward with the feelings she already had about Aiden were from raw instinct, because Cherie was a ''bad'' big sister to look up to for that stuff, and Papa and ‘the women’ were a worse adult examples.<br/><br/>During that time a year ago, in her ‘fucked in the head’ phase, raw instinct had been to quietly hold her breath and only breathe in if he was close, anytime she was in his company.  Smelling him had mingled with the rush of having oxygen again and the dizzying feelings that swam through her.  He hadn’t noticed, because as much as her education in things had been a flood of too much, his had been too little.  Tattletale didn’t like ''anyone'', Imp was discreet, Bitch was too far away, and his parents had died when he was little, so he could barely remember them or their relationship.  He didn’t even like any of the shows that would teach him the little things.<br/><br/>Maybe that fucked up phase had been a good thing, as tragically lame as it had been, and as much as her cousins had teased her once they realized she was doing it, with Aroa and Juliette getting in her way and Candy playing on the other team, trying to get Aiden closer.  If she hadn’t needed to push herself to get closer so she could breathe and not pass out or die, she might never have started talking to him.<br/><br/>And then she wouldn’t be warm, her face this close to him. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/01/22 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 11.c II]]</ref>

Darlene has a quieter personality, unlike many of her siblings.<ref>“It’s good,” Aiden reassured.  Darlene was the quietest in a lot of ways.  She was the odd one out, when the others were what Aisha called high octane drama mixed two to one with nightmare fuel.  Whatever that meant.  He’d even defended Darlene when Aisha had said it, which had made Aisha laugh way too hard. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/12/15/interlude-10-z/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 10.z II]]</ref> She still participates in her siblings' banter, at times even getting aggressive in response to their teasing.<ref>He could feel the shift in the tension with that.  Roman chuckled, Amias outright giggling.  Darlene’s face got hot, and Candy barely reacted.  Why did she barely react?<br/><br/>“Aww,” Candy said.  “That’s a cute mental picture, isn’t it, Darlene?”<br/><br/>“Shut it, Candy.  I have one nerve left and if you get on it, I’m going to take it and choke you with it.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/12/15 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 10.z II]]</ref> She is fiercely loyal to her family and friends.<ref>This wasn’t the only time her mood had turned this black.<br/><br/>“Nobody’s taking them from me.  I have a family, a job, and things I want to do.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/01/22 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 11.c II]]</ref>

She has a habit of biting her thumbnail and number of other nervous ticks.<ref>Darlene was biting her thumbnail again.  Aiden could feel the pain as she got to the quick, flinched, and felt her flinch in response. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/12/15/interlude-10-z/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 10.z II]]</ref><ref>[[Interlude 11.c II]]</ref> She has a strong aversion to being physically restrained.<ref>“Cuff yourself to that bench.  If you use a power, I cut you where it hurts,” the man in red said.<br/><br/>She opened the cuff, looking at the serrated metal edge that allowed for the handcuff’s adjustments.<br/><br/>“I can’t stand being tied up,” she said.  “It makes me want to barf.”<br/><br/>“It has to be better than being hurt or dead [...] Cuff yourself, then.”<br/><br/>She shook her head.  She had to swallow gorge to keep from coughing or vomiting into her mouth.  Just the idea of it brought her to that point, made her breathing uneasy.  “I’d lose my mind.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/01/22/interlude-11-c/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 11.c II]]</ref> She also suffers frequently from insomnia and nightmares.<ref>“Who has insomnia?” Chris asked Chicken Little.<br/><br/>“Um.  Tattletale.  Darlene too, she wakes up with nightmares a lot, scares the crap out of the rest of us if she forgets to disconnect from us when she falls asleep.  But Darlene doesn’t take anything for it.  She hates the feeling of being drugged.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/02/15/infrared-19-10/ Excerpt] from [[Infrared 19.10]]</ref>

===Relationships===
====[[Cherie Vasil]]====
As Darlene matured she didn't consider her older sister as someone to look up to.<ref name=Life/>
====[[Candy Vasil]]====
Can-can is her closest 'cousin'.<ref>[[Heavens 12.x]]</ref>
====[[Chicken Little]]====
Darlene has a crush on Chicken Little, that he was totally oblivious of until [[Lookout]] draws his attention to it.<ref>“I’m not confused.  I really do like it, and I’m glad other people do too.  I get being jealous.”<br/><br/>Darlene dropped one of the makeup things.<br/><br/>“Oh, whoops, foot in mouth,” Kenzie said.  “Can I blame the pain drugs?”<br/><br/>“No,” Darlene said.<br/><br/>“You can blame the drugs,” Candy said, giving Kenzie’s lap a pat.<br/><br/>''Jealous?''  Oh. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/12/15/interlude-10-z/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 10.z II]]</ref> They seem to have a started comfortable relationship so far.<ref name=Yel>I had a projector disc with me.  I brought it up, tapping on the side.  A group of small holographic figures appeared above the disc, tinted yellow from head to toe.<br/>[...]<br/>They were mostly silhouettes, but I could make out details like how one of the Heartbroken was resting a head on Chicken Little’s shoulder, apparently asleep.  Chicken Little was moving his hands like there was something in them.  A bird, I assumed. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/01/05 Excerpt] from [[Blinding 11.5]]</ref>

===[[Kenzie Martin]]===
Darlene was initially wary of Kenzie, as she thought that she might be getting in the way of her and Aiden. However, they soon became very close friends.<ref>Darlene hopped out, crossing to where Kenzie was, doing the same thing Chastity had done with Cassie, with the kiss on each cheek.  Kenzie was better at rolling with it than Rachel’s henchman had been.<br/><br/>I didn’t get quite why they were suddenly chattering at high speed from the moment they were reunited when they were connected with Darlene’s body-interlinking power and Kenzie’s cameras and microphones for good portions of the day.  Kenzie had fixed her microphones first thing as we’d returned from the Wardens HQ.- [[Black 13.4]]</ref>

===Reputation===
It was [[Juliette Vasil|Juliette]] who took credit for the kill of Operator Red.<ref>Not that Operator Red was with us anymore.  Juliette had taken credit, which was chilling to think about.  More chilling that she and her brother competed over kills. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/02/12 Excerpt] from [[Heavens 12.1]]</ref>