Velvet
<infobox> <title source="name"><default>Velvet</default></title>
<image source="Image"></image> <image source="image"></image> <group><header>Basic Information</header> <label>Civilian Name</label> <label>Aliases</label> <label>Gender</label><default>Unknown</default> <label>Death</label> <label>Age</label><default>Unknown</default> <label>Post-timeskip</label> <label>Ward start</label> <label>Relations</label> <label>Family</label></group> <group><header>Professional Status</header> <label>Occupation</label> <label>Classification</label> <label>Unique Features</label> <label>Alignment</label>
<label>Status</label><format><label>Location</label> <label>Teams</label> <label>Previous Team(s)</label> <label>Base of Operations</label></group> <group><header>First Appearance</header> <label>Worm Debut</label> <label>Ward Debut</label></group> </infobox> Velvet is a supervillian from Alaska.
Personality
She was the leader of a loose gang of mostly highschoolers.<ref name="PRT1"/> Dan Seneca speculated that, had she not triggered, she would have been a small time dropout dealing drugs to the local high school rather than a leader.<ref>Small timers, it seems. Rather than be the small fish in a large pond, they elected to be small fish in a small pond. If they hadn’t gotten powers, Velvet might simply be a small time dropout, dealing to the local high school, Prancer a thug. Now they are leaders. - Department Sixty Four, PRT Quest thread iii p18</ref>
Appearance
At one time, Velvet had a deer and formal-wear motif to her costume.<ref name="PRT1"/>
Later, she wore a purple, velvet-colored sleeveless top with a hood, that trailed down over her leg like a robe on one side. She wore skintight shorts underneath. She had a black mask on her upper face in a style matching Prancer's, with "truncated, forking horns" that stuck out the top of the hood and kept it from falling back.
She has an accent which becomes thicker the softer she talks.
Abilities and Powers
Gaseous Kinesthesia; pink spores of dust accumulate over time in her vicinity. These serve as a vector for her power letting her exert greater strength, leverage and maneuverability of objects and persons over time.<ref name="PRT1"/>
It can also be used to jump start a truck that should have been scrapped a decade ago. Though this can take up to five minutes .
History
Background
Harper has poor memories of her childhood and of being told to stay downstairs with the kids, away from adults, during the holidays. She disliked her cousins and was happy that they were killed during Gold Morning.
She is a small-time drug dealer originating from Washington. She moved to Alaska after larger gangs forced her out and then met with her future partner, Prancer, in Anchorage. Together, they moved to Fairbanks.<ref name="PRT1">Small-time dealer from Washington, moved to Alaska after larger gangs forced her out. Met with partner Prancer in Anchorage and then moved to Fairbanks. Activity is so low-level that she might not even be on the radar if her powers weren’t a consideration. A known drug trafficker, her ‘gang’ consists predominantly of high school students. Possibly consorting with said students? Gaseous telekinetic/forcefield spores accumulate over time in her vicinity, allowing greater strength, leverage and maneuverability of objects and persons over time.
Deer & formalwear motif to costume. - Department Sixty Four, PRT Quest thread iii p18</ref>
She and Prancer operated primary as drug dealers at first, with their powers as a sideline. In a possible timeline, they began escalating somewhat, partying harder and drawing teenagers into it.<ref name="PRT2">“Horizon, please tell us about Fairbanks.”
“Hm,” she says, “Okay. From a strategic, cape-based perspective, there aren’t many capes there. Velvet and Prancer are drug dealers with powers as almost a secondary concern. I didn’t run into them, but I heard about them. Capes have a way of getting weird if they’re too isolated.”
[...]
“They’re escalating. They used to deal drugs and party on the side, sometimes pushing limits. Now they’re partying and testing limits, and dealing drugs on the side. When I say testing limits, I mean just in terms of the level of disruption they’re causing, and who’s getting involved. Teenagers ending up in the hospital with alcohol poisoning, Teens boasting to classmates that they’ve slept with Prancer.” - Department Sixty Four, PRT Quest thread iii p18</ref>
Presently, her, Prancer, and Moose are on a team traveling in her beloved truck looking for opportunities for work and teammates.
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