Midnight as a Protege, not Legacy
Michael Khayyam / Midnight
Michael manifested his powers at puberty. He'd always been a precocious child with a vivid imagination, sometimes talking with his "imaginary friend" for minutes at a time. He got over that after a few too many scoldings or strange looks from adults. But secretly, he continued to have long exchanges with Mila, his "little sister", who was sometimes more real to him that reality.. She often provided insight in the form of "shared secrets" from her nightly sojourns when he was asleep....
<Orange>Mike can manipulate shadows (but they must exist--he cannot create them), and can create constructs of a certain size and volume (to be determined) from those shadows. He can cast his senses to any existing shadows within his visual ranger. He can cloak himself in shadows and he can "scry" through shadows (there are limits)...
When Mike is unconscious, Mila may come out to play... she can do everything Mike can, but she can also shadow-walk, cast herself between shadows (but they have to be within visual range of each other). If the shadows she is in disappears, she discorporates and her consciousness returns to Mike's body "housing". Recently, Mila has also taken physical control of Mike's body when he's asleep...
Name: Michael Khayyam
Codename: Midnight
Playbook: Protege
Look: male, darker-skinned, comfortable clothing, functional costume, no insignia
Powers:
- Shared Abilities: Shadow constructs, shadow cloak stealth, shadow senses
- My Abilities: Shadow-teleport (as Mila), Shadow-scry (far-sight via shadows)
- Mentor's abilities: Shadow-teleport, Shadow-force-bolt, flight
Labels: Danger -1, Freak +0, Mundane +0, Savior +2, Superior +2
Mentor: Embody Savior, Deny Danger
Conditions: [_] Afraid, [_] Angry, [_] Guilty, [_] Hopeless, [_] Insecure
BackStory:
When and why did you choose to train with them?
Simple, actually... Michael wrote to her, sought out someone with similar powers to help him learn. He'd always intended to help others, and this just seemed a logical step. His (single) mother was perhaps apprehensive, but after a few incidents when it became clear that he was going to pursue the life of a costumed vigilante, whether she approved or not, she reluctantly support him.
How did you first meet your mentor?
It took an enormous letter-writing campaign to finally catch Laynia's attention. Ironically, it ended up being that Michael helped to stop a cell of a human trafficking ring... he did most of the leg-work and investigation then passed the information on to his local authorities, but further investigation showed that some of those being trafficked were mutants... and that allowed justification to call in some of the big guns. His exposure and levelheadedness finally got him the interview and agreement to train with Laynia.
Why did they agree to train you?
He showed promise, he seemed to be honest and they actually hit it off.
Who else, outside of the team, knows about your training?
Working on it...
Why do you care about the team?
It's a natural progression. And these people are going to be his peers, the people he'll work beside, fight with and against and--most likely--build a family with.
When the Team First Came Together...
We stuck together after all was said and done. Why? How’d we keep in contact?
TO BE DETERMINED
Relationships
You and
TO BE DETERMINED teamed up a few times before the rest of you came together.
Your mentor is cautious; they asked you to keep an eye on
TO BE DETERMINED.
Mentor Resources
Pick 3: A hidden base, a vehicle, a supercomputer, communicators, surveillance equipment, false identities, badges of authority, a chem lab, a med lab, a teleportal, a weapon of last resort, security systems, simple robots
Will take this to the team...
This message was last edited by the player at 07:39, Sat 22 May 2021.