Character Creation & Initial Relationships

Pic check.

__ is your love. You've opened up to them about the worst parts of your past. *
__ is your rival. They tried to control you at a crucial moment. **

* I am thinking of revising my answer on "Who, outside the team, tries to take care of you now". Anyone wanna share guardians/parents? Maybe we could be bunkmates/flatmates (or maybe we could be in a dorm for highschoolers)? I could also work for someone's landlady, tending the lawn and occasionally fixing the air conditioning/washing machine.

** I figure beginning the game with Quasar or the Mist as my rival seems appropriate. I'd like to know what you guys think.

Re: Mole people: I'd like to add to the notion that somebody was controlling them with the idea that the controller could be someone close to the Alderman's. We could also work out something like if it was a schemer, a brute, or a magical controller.

And, my backstory questions:

• When did you first put on the mask? Why?
The summer after 8th grade. I was feeling the pressure of starting high school in the fall weighing down on me. I'm usually so Type A. I practically spent the entire school year studying and taking care of my little brother. I needed an outlet. Something outside of my family and my life. Thus, Cammy was born.

• Why do you keep a secret identity?
The reasons stated above. Cammy is my excuse to pretend to be someone else. Someone not like me, who's maybe a little bold, confident, daring even! And to do it for a greater cause is better than a lot of the other volunteer work I've done in the past! (Those were filled with kids just looking to bulk up their resumes anyway.)

• Who, outside of the team, knows about your dual identity?
I think Mist knows. One day, out of the blue, he walked up to me at school and started talking to me like he knew me, whereas most people pass me by without noticing me. I told him "Sorry, you must have confused me with someone else" and walked away. We've never talked about it or anything, but now every time he looks at me I feel like I have to show him somehow that Cammy and Talia are not the same and that maybe even if he thought we were, he was mistaken.

Our landlady Rabia knows. The first time I took the costume out for a spin, it was kind of a disaster. I ripped it in two places and I was limping home when I ran into her. I thought it was over for sure and she'd tell my uncle. But she understood and even patched up my costume for me. Now every so often I'll find a fruit and nut basket at our door with a note that says "For strength, energy, and good health". She always leaves it there after my uncle leaves for work, so she knows that only me and my little brother will get it. I guess she doesn't like my uncle much either.

• Who thinks the worst of your masked identity?
My uncle thinks only heroes that fly or teleport are worth anything, so to him Chameleon is nothing but a lame wannabe hero. He doesn't know she's me, so it's nothing personal. It's not like my uncle is a bad person or anything. He's just... he's had some health problems what with all the drinking. He forgets things sometimes. But he always makes sure to leave enough money in the change jar for when I have to buy groceries.

• Why do you care about the team?
They're the cool friends I never had in real life, and they think I'm cool too.

Even though she'd said this before, Rosethorn still bristles - literally - every time. "What people say they do and what they actually do can be totally different things Whimsy. Even you know that. There have to be fae that are liars and cheats..."