Topsy

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Daniel Torres, known publicly as Topsy, is the leader of the Folk, operating in Chicago.

Appearance

Topsy wears a mask with an upside-down face.<ref name="25.2 e1">Simply making sure we were in the right place at the right time, luring a local power into a fight, with a plan already in mind…
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“Tecton,” I called out, as my eyes fell on a portrait of a supervillain with a mask of an upside-down face. An established power, located at the city’s edge for nearly ten years.
Too established? I didn’t want to set another ABB fiasco in motion. - Exerpt from Scarab 25.2</ref>

Personality

Topsy is an enforcer, specializing in mediating between enemy gangs aiming to meet with each other. He deals with situations promptly and efficiently; described as less happy than his jocular name would suggest.<ref name="25.3"> - Excerpt from Scarab 25.3</ref>

Abilities and Powers

Topsy has the power to alter the direction but not magnitude of gravitational pull on or by himself, other people, and objects within his range. He applies his powers most offensively by hurling people or objects up and then reversing his power to let them fall.<ref name="25.3"/>

This environmental change allows him to do things like walk along the sides of buildings. Presumably he is not strictly limited to shifting gravity ninety or even a hundred eighty degrees but every degree in between.<ref name="25.3 e67">I lifted the box, as Watch and Topsy made their way up the snow-covered ramp to us, underlings following them. An adjustment of gravity removed the issues the slope posed. Watch was saying something I couldn’t make out over the rush of wind. Something about our location. We didn’t have long. - Excerpt from Scarab 25.3</ref> It is unknown how controlled he can be with the effect or how localized it can be. He can only seem to manifest one gravitational change at a time.^{[citation needed]}

History

Background

Topsy worked at his job as a guarantor for the Folk on the edges of Chicago for more than a decade, becoming very wealthy in the process.<ref name="25.3 e1">The apartment was one of many detours in an extended distribution chain that saw guns and drugs making their way to the Folk, one of the rare criminal organizations that predated capes and still functioned in more or less the same fashion today. Topsy and his underlings were guarantors, middlemen who made it possible for diehard enemies to do business. If a fight erupted, he and his minions would deal with the situation quickly, promptly and efficiently.

It was a simple job, and it was one he’d done for nearly a decade. In the process, he’d apparently grown exceedingly rich, and he had recently started to become more ambitious. Campanile and Shuffle had interfered with a deal, and Topsy had hired some mercenaries to seek out retaliation. If the escalation of the situation wasn’t bad enough, the mercenaries had crossed lines, and Topsy had been relocated to the heroes’ shit list as a consequence. He was an acceptable target.

The only thing that would make Campanile and Shuffle happier than us fucking up and giving them an excuse to step in would be a perfectly executed operation and a humiliating loss for Topsy. I’d do my best to oblige on that front. - Excerpt from Scarab 25.3</ref>

Post-Echidna

When Chicago Protectorate members Campanile and Shuffle interfered with one of his deals, Topsy sent mercenaries to retaliate, breaking rules and becoming a wanted villain.<ref name="25.3 e1"/>

Chicago Wards Weaver, Annex, Cuff, Tecton, and Grace subsequently executed a counterattack against Topsy's team by cutting off their communications and forcing them out of their headquarters, eventually leading to the PRT capturing Topsy, Watch, and Mockshow.<ref name="25.3"/>

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