by Harri-chan » Mon May 24, 2010 7:55 am
Name: Katherine 'Kitty' Harrison AKA The Flying Fox
Height 5'5"
Weight: 120 lbs
Age: 28
Sex: Female
Hair color: Blonde
Eye color: Blue
Hero Tier: 3
Description – Super Hero form - She wears a red lycra bodysuit, covering everything from the neck down, in the skin tight but stretchy material. Gloves and panties of the same material but in white are worn over this, and she has white leather boots that come half way up her calves. The finishing touch to her outfit is a simple white bandit mask across her eyes. She's quite short and slim, although definitley has curves in the right places, emphasised by the snug outfit, while her shoulder length blonde hair is always tied in a high ponytail.
Secret Identity - A librarian at Stepford City University, her blonde hair usually worn loose, with thick but stylish glasses. She likes to keep a smart image, lots of crisp blouses and short skirts, with nylons and heels, and is usually carrying a stack of books around under her arm.
Weapons – She has basic firearms training, but doesn't usually carry any weapons around with her.
Biography – (I'm checking if real world locations can be used in the bio. If not, I'll rewrite this to be more vague)
Katherine grew up on the coast of Cornwall, in England, in a lazy little beachside village, which was packed with tourists every summer, but just the locals and some surfers during the rest of the year. Her parents ran a tea shop in the village, where they baked their own cakes and even made their own ice cream. Due to the nature of the town, business boomed during the summer, but it was quite quite a struggle the rest of the time. Katherine, or Kitty as she was known during her childhood, loved it. Every day after school, she'd head for the beach with her friends, where she'd surf until she was too tired to even stand anymore.
When she was seventeen, her parents decided their business couldn't go on as it was, losing money for three quarters of the year, so they decided to leave the village, and head to the United States of America, where the novelty of their traditional English tea shop could make them money all year round. They ended up in Stepford City, and sure enough, business was booming. Kitty was not happy however. Feeling her name was a bit childish now, she used the fresh start to introduce herself to everyone as Katherine. Her routine went through a big change too. No longer near the ocean, there would be no more surfing. Desperate to pick up a new hobby, she began trying everything that the kids at school were into, although nothing really grabbed her, aside from developing a curiosity in comic books, and she became a regular customer at the local store, picking up new issues every week.
It was six months after the move across the atlantic that she finally found something to replace the thrill of surfing. It wasn't from anyone at school, but from TV. A documentary on free runners in Paris. She watched in fascination as these people ran up walls, vaulted fences and leapt gracefully over giant gaps, and even viewing it on the TV was enough to give a small adrenaline thrill. As soon as the show was over, she headed out and started to practice, which resulted in a lot of bruises and soreness for several months before she started to get good at it.
Another few months passed, and her closest friend at school, a girl her age called Jane, started to mention martial arts classes an awful lot. She wanted to join, to make her feel more confident in the big city, but didn't want to go alone. The idea didn't exactly thrill Katherine, she wanted to spend as much time as she could practicing her free running, but she reluctantly agreed to accompany her friend to the evening classes, once a week.
A year passed, Katherine and Jane both graduated from High school, and made the move to Stepford City's University. By now, Katherine almost never fell when she was out free running, which she still did as often as she possibly could, and she'd even advanced a little faster than Jane had in their martial arts classes. It was a cold December night, when the girls were walking to Katherine's car after an evening of shopping for Christmas gifts, when Katherine's life changed forever. In the dark parking lot, they were attacked by a guy demanding all the gifts, as well as their purses. Considering they'd spent over a year in martial arts class to prepare for a moment like this, Jane made the first move to scare the guy off, but after being startled, he pulled a gun and fired in a panic, the bullet digging deep into Jane's chest. He fled the scene as Jane lay there dying, Katherine screaming at her side. No help came.
Overcome with grief for the loss of her best friend, Katherine vowed to do something to put a stop to crime in Stepford City. She was overly-emotional, and had probably been reading too many comic books, as her imagination started to get the better of her. When Jane had first mention learning some self defense, a guy in their class had offered to hook them up with his older brother who could get them all kinds of guns. First, she tracked down the former class mate, and then, his brother. She not only wanted to buy guns, but learn how to use them, so he hooked her up with a friend of his, who for a small fee, gave her some lessons in how to use her new firearms. She doubled her martial arts classes, and managed to squeeze in even more free running, eventually learning to combine all three of her new talents.
Several months later, she'd managed to break up five muggings, and also busted a drug dealer that was taking advantages of some of the local high school kids. It didn't come without dangers however, as after one particular attack, the criminals came back for her in larger numbers, and she was barely able to get away. After that experience, she realised she needed some kind of disguise, just like the super heroes in her comic books. This was harder than it sounded, and she went through several thrown together costumes before deciding to do things with a little more style. Everything she did relied on her speed and agility. If she got shot, she'd already screwed up, so the new outfit was light on protection. A red lycra bodysuit, bought from a dance store, white lycra gloves from the same store, a pair of white leather boots from a seventies fancy dress store, and a pair of white lycra panties to go on the outside, just like super man! The final piece of her costume she actually borrowed, on a night out with some of the college girls, she ended up in a bar with a party of girls dressed as cowboys and indians. One particularly drunk girl had a white plastic bandit mask over her eyes, a mask that she didn't end up taking home with her.
During her final weeks of university, she saw they were advertising for a new librarian, which proved to be quite an inspiration. Who'd ever imagine that a librarian and a costumed super hero could ever be the same person? She adjusted her image a little, and started to wear smart business skirts and blouses, with nylon tights and high heels. She started to wear glasses, and cut her hair short to add to the appearance of maturity. And that's how she now lives her two lives, renting a small apartment above a comic store, just a couple of blocks away from the university campus, spending every evening fighting crime on the streets of Stepford City.
General Abilities – While she doesn't have any actual powers, she's an excellent free runner, able to climb Walls and leap over gaps with the grace of a feline, and like a cat, she always lands on her feet. Her other talent is martial arts, using her speed and agility to avoid incoming attacks, disarm her opponent, and deliver pinpoint blows of her own.
TF Preference - I'd really like an AR here. Around the 13-15 range. As she's only a minor hero, I'd like her to keep her memories, but have her body transform to fit the new reality, with the villains thinking that was enough. Then it would be Katherine's (maybe referred to as Kitty again like she was as a teen) task to adapt, to start practicing her skills while in her new and different feeling body, and then trying to balance her quest for revenge and super hero secret life, with a normal schoolgirl's life, worrying about keeping up with grades, keeping up with a social life etc.
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Harri-chan on Wed May 26, 2010 1:08 pm, edited 3 times in total.