IndividualCharacter's full name: Gladys Fitch
Alias/ Nickname/ Code name: Glitch
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Date of Birth: June 10th, 2000
Birthplace/ Home/ Place of origin: Originally San Diego, though she's been living in New York City for a couple of years.
Nationality: American
Ethnicity/ Cultural Heritage: Half African American, half French
AppearanceHair color and style: She has no hair, just some metal plating that resembles a helmet and fins.
Skin Tone: She technically has no skin, either. She's metallic gray in some places, yellow or dark gray in others.
Eye Color: Red
Height: 5'6”
Build: Slim and composed of metal panels
Visible mutation: Glitch looks like a robot. She has no mouth nor nose, just a metal plate covering where they'd be. Her eyes, which are red and box shaped, are the only part of her face capable of showing expression. Most of the metal plating is yellow, with the main exceptions being her face and the palms of her hands, which are gray, and the areas not covered by the plates, which are dark gray.
Scars/ Tattoos/ Piercings: N/A
Other features: N/A
Everyday clothing style: She tends to go for sleeveless shirts and skirts. As she cannot feel the temperature, her attire isn't always weather appropriate.
Uniform: N/A
Sleepwear: T-shirt and pajama bottoms.
Miscellaneous clothing: She keeps a raincoat and boots in the closet to keep dry in wet weather.
CharacterPersonality: Despite her appearance, Glitch's personality isn't remotely robotic. She is both talkative and sociable, even a bit of a motormouth. Most of the time, she acts carefree, and even perhaps a bit lazy. Yet, she is patient. It takes a lot to make her lose her temper. Having grown up with a mutant and a normal parent, she accepting of both groups. She's really competitive when it comes to video games, and some consider her a nerd for that reason. Given her appearance, Glitch can be a little hard to read. She's the type that will put on a happy face, pretending nothing is wrong when everything is.
Hobbies/ Interests: Cooking, board and video games, mysteries, and trying new things
Job or part time job and description: High school student
Fears/ phobias/ concerns: Glitch's biggest fear is going insane like her mother did. She is afraid of losing her humanity. She also avoids water for mutation-related concerns.
Special talents: Glitch has a fondness for learning codes and cyphers. She knows several common ones, including Morse code. Lately, she's also been trying to learn more about machinery and how to repair it.
MoralityGood/ bad/ neutral/ other: Glitch is mostly a decent girl. She has no intention of harming others nor making them miserable. She lies a bit towards the chaotic side of the alignment pool, though she prefers bending rules rather than breaking them.
MutationsMutation description:
Glitch's physiology is robotic. On the outside, she is composed of steel plates. They range from about an eighth of an inch thick on her hands to half an inch for her head. If one were to unscrew the panels and look inside of her, they would find mechanisms that parallel those of a human: Wires instead of nerves, a speaker instead of a larynx, mics instead of eardrums, video cameras for eyes, etc. A power box replaces her heart, and from it comes a power cord she can plug in to charge. Said cord is kept in a small compartment in her chest.
Every component of her could theoretically be replicated with modern technology except for the box in her head - her brain. On the outside, it looks like it could be some sort of computer. But, upon close examination, no one would not find any recognizable code nor parts. Functionally, it is just like an ordinary human brain – Glitch's mind did not change with her mutation.
Strengths:- Glitch is immune or resistant to a lot of the vulnerabilities of an organic body. She can't feel pain, heat, nor cold. She doesn't need to eat nor breathe. Toxins and illnesses would not affect her.
- Steel plates are tough. Most run-of-the-mill melee weapons wouldn't leave much more than a dent. Also, getting hit by a fist made of them would hurt.
- She's about fifty percent heavier than the average person of her height and build. It helps her stand her ground in a fight.
- For a lack of a better term, Glitch is repairable. Dents can be smoothed out, wires can be reconnected, broken parts can be removed and replaced, etc. As long as her brain box is undamaged, it is not impossible to fix her.
Weaknesses and Limitations:- Glitch has lost the senses of touch, taste, and smell. She really misses eating.
- She requires electricity to function. To get enough to maintain a normal schedule, she must plug in and charge for, on average, eight hours a day. Additionally, she can still feel exhaustion. While sprinting would make an average person use too much oxygen at once, it would make Glitch use too much electricity at once, leading to the same result, exhaustion. Her mind also requires rest, so she sleeps, an activity that usually coincides with charging.
- Her joints (neck, shoulders, etc.) are her most vulnerable points, as there are gaps in the metal plating there. A severe blow to those areas can easily damage her inner workings. Most notably, she has wires that go down her back and through her limbs that are basically her equivalent of motor neurons. If one of those was severed, depending on the location, it could render an arm, leg, or even her entire body useless.
- Glitch cannot heal naturally. She must be repaired. And, some parts are a pain to find or afford.
- As her brain box does not resemble any available technology, it cannot be repaired nor replaced. Damage to it would be serious and could potentially lead to death.
- It is impossible to properly graft, say, an extra robotic limb or anything other mechanical advancements onto her. Her control wouldn't extend to the excess mechanisms, meaning they'd be useless.
- Metal manipulators. Being largely comprised of metal leaves her at their mercy.
- Water. A little bit is not an immediate threat, but, over time, it can corrode her metal parts. Getting submerged in it is much worse. Like normal electronic devices, she'll short out, potentially causing massive damage to her components. Swimming's out of the question.
Physical AbilitiesGeneral Physical Capabilities: Due to her metal makeup, she's fairly strong and can throw some nasty blows. However, her movements are stiff, making it hard for her to keep up with a more nimble opponent.
Fighting Style: She's got no formal training, so she relies on brute force tactics instead. Attempting to punch her opponent is her default style.
Fighting Style Pros/Cons: A punch from her would be painful to the average human. But without any real fighting skills, she could easily lose to an experienced opponent.
History Of Your Character
Glitch was born to a Californian couple. The only thing considered unusual about her family was her parents. Her father was a normal human, and her mother was openly a mutant - a snake shifter. Early on, Glitch was aware that developing a mutation was a likely possibility. Most of her childhood passed without incident, save the occasional hateful words directed at her parents.
Glitch was twelve when her family life unexpectedly changed. It started when an anti-mutant bigot assaulted her mother. She was able to fend him off by shifting into a large snake, but not before suffering some injuries. Overall, it was a very scary incident for the whole family. Soon after that, she started to find it easier to stay in her snake form, and her personality began to become more feral. About a month after the assault, she completely snapped and attacked Glitch and her father. The officials that dealt with the incident referred her to a treatment facility in New York City that specialized in mutation-related insanity. Glitch and her father relocated across the country so they could be near her. Unfortunately, Glitch's mother hasn't shown any improvement since.
Glitch's mutation appeared only recently. Four months after she turned fifteen, she was hospitalized with intense pain inside her arms and legs. Bright spots on the X-ray images soon revealed the cause. Metal machinery was slowly replacing her human body. There was nothing the doctors could do but wait for it to stop. The process lasted only a week, but the changes were much more dramatic than she'd expected.
Once parents caught wind of this, many made it clear they did not want such an obvious mutant attending the high school with their children. Her father even received a threatening call. In order to avoid potentials problems, Glitch had to find a new school where mutants were openly welcomed. The choice seemed clear: She would go live at the Mansion.
RoleplayWhat’s your OOC alias?: Miss X
Where did you learn about this site?: Google
Do you have any other characters on MRO, if so who: Clyde Lambert (inactive)
Sample RP:“Excuse me, robot lady?”Glitch looked down as she got off the elevator. A little boy, no more than five years old, was looking up at her with a wide-eyed stare.
“Yes?” she replied in her usual perky tone.“Who built you?”She blinked. Just a curious kid who probably didn't know what a mutant was.
“Actually, I-”“What do you think you are doing?” an angry voice interrupted. Glitch turned to face the voice's owner, a twenty-something year old woman.
The mutant gave a nervous laugh.
“Sorry ma'am. He just came to me, and-”“#^@$# off before I call the cops, freak.” A protective arm was stretched out in front of the confused child, holding him back.
“And stay away from my kid!”As badly as Glitch wanted to chew that mother out for her behavior, her hands ultimately went up in defense.
“Don't worry, I'm leaving.” She hurried down the hallway as fast as her metal legs could carry her. Her key couldn't unlock the apartment door soon enough.
After what she had just experienced, she had to sit down. She was yelled at and threatened with police when she hadn't done anything wrong. All because she didn't look normal. She heaved a sigh. This was what it meant to be a mutant.
No wonder her mother went insane.
