Post by Karis Cartier on Jun 27, 2011 23:21:04 GMT -5
picture by Kimotaker @ DeviantArt
"No, put that there...No. No. There! Yes. yes!" Karis said frustrated. Bruce Wayne's office was nothing like it had been before. There were different decorations and pictures of random things that made no sense. "Coffee.." She said as a young intern walked over and handed her a cup while she chugged it. "Is that sugar?" She asked looking at the empty cup. "I want it hotter and extra cream but no sugar.." she told the girl and turned back to the movers. She made a disgusted face from the taste of the bland and sugary coffee. "Only Bruce Wayne could order this much stuff and not leave any instructions on where everything should go." She complained as she walked over to his desk.
She sat on it and picked up the Daily Globe absentmindedly. WILL REMAINING CARTIER CHOOSE TO REBUILD? It was the headliner. "What the-?" She asked as she turned the pages to find her picture in the paper. "Karis has yet to let any of the investors know of her future plans for her family investments." She said reading just one of the lines before looking back up at the men moving the paintings. She threw the paper back onto Bruce's desk. She hated that her life would be so public. "That'll do.." she said taking a lighter tone with the movers. She uncrossed her legs as the intern came back in with her coffee. Karis took the coffee and looked at the girl "i don't really have anything else for you to do. You shouldn't be up this early anyways. Why don't you come back in around two?" She asked her and the girl obliged with a thanks.
Karis had taken a vacation for two weeks, travelling and learning about different cultures. It was actually sort of fulfilling. The rest of the time she spent training. Learning different fighting styles and acquiring some new moves. She of course donated some millions towards Gotham and the re-building of it. "Didn't mention that in the paper.." She told herself, standing up and excusing herself from the room. Her desk sat outside of Bruce's office and was totally bare. Her apartment had yet to be refurnished due to the faulty insurance. She was pretty sure her apartment was last on the list but she'd been hanging it out at her estate.
She took the stairs to the top floor and went up to the roof. It was still warm out, thank god. She crossed her arms nevertheless as the sun was coming up. It was beautiful. The sky was painted in blue and pinkish red. It made her roll her eyes. She couldn't escape him no matter where she went.
Canon or your own
Original
Civilian Identity
Karis Seleste Cartier
Alias
KopyKat
Gender
Female
Age
Twenty
Occupation
Personal Assistant and Secretary to Bruce Wayne. Being unqualified and inexperienced and young, it was more so a favor. Where couldn't she work after working with Bruce Wayne?
Appearance
Catsuit
Although she doesn’t know Bruce is Batman she agrees that Gotham needs a frightening vigilante that can protect the city. Karis took it a step further with her costume. Karis mimics the costumes of other heroes and villains. She finds it amusing and it sort of suits her MO. She always keeps the basic layout of a catsuit, as she has now but she occasionally adds things and changes the colors around to mock other heroes. A true cop cat.
Personality
Karis' sarcasm, confidence and light sense of humor makes her an excellent public figure. She is carefree and upbeat, she finds that she usually relaxes people who are around her. There is never a dull moment when she is around. She likes people and likes to be around them, besides reporters and the media in general who seem to bring her down. Seeing Karis sad is a rarity, she's always happy and very optimist, though sometimes eh can be pessimistic but its hard to know the difference given her sarcasm. She is also a very tough girl and with her past she is truly an exception. She took the tragedy of her parents and learned from that. Still it is a sensitive subject, and will probably upset her. She doesn't like responsibility and usually rationalizes when she does something wrong, trying not to take responsibility for her actions.
Although she lives life to the fullest as much as possible, she can be unwise and reckless with her decisions. Being a rich kid, something bad had to rub off on her. Do things before really thinking about it. Ie- throwing her parachute out a plane then jumping. Hoping to catch it, assemble it and pull the latch all before she plummets to her death. Things like that she enjoys, which deems her an adrenaline junkie. But over all else, she is a good friend to her friends and just civil to the people she doesn't care for. She hates to see someone being mistreated and will typically defend them but at times she especially with love, she can be a coward.
Alas, Karis has a few quirks about her. She's easy to read because her facial expressions say it all. When she lifts her eyebrow, she has an idea and usually it’s a reckless or very insightful one. She is very smart but she still speaks before she thinks; bad habit for anyone. When she feels guilty or ashamed, she looks at the ground and can't look the person in the eye. A trait she picked up from when her father would scold her.
Abilities:
- Peak Human Conditioning
- High Level Intellect- Karis is currently in college for engineering which she uses to make some of the things included in her suit.
- Photographic Memory- Not really an ability but Karis can retain information very well.
- Novice Strategist and/or Escape Artist- She hasn’t had much expert training but picked up a few things.
Because of her experimental surgery and nanomachines her powers were given to her, something she was not born with. She has the ability of advanced muscle mimicry, able to record and recall any bodily movement and preform it with perfect precision. The nanomachines in her body allow her to attack virus’ and any other thing that is not supposed to be in her body. On the contrary, her body can also heal itself much faster from virtually anything but some are easier than others and take less time. Lastly, she can mimic a voice after she has heard it. She cannot mimic a voice powered gift though, such as the Canary Cry. Because of her powers, she is excellent at reading body language which she looks to as a danger sense.
Equipment:
Catsuit
Karis made her suit from materials found in the basement of Wayne Enterprises. Stealing from her boss has given her many additions to her suit. Her boots have a light steel implant for powerful kicks and the soles and heel hold springs for added heights in her jumps and soundless, shock absorbent falls. Her undersuit basically functions as waterproof, light armor with temperature-regulating elements that maintain the body's temperature and keep muscles from freezing up in the field. Karis also built and sewed in little pockets all over her suit to make it quick and easily to access many of her gadgets. These gadgets include but are not limited to: pepper spray, lock pick set, medical kit, special climbing gloves, flashlight, and handcuffs. She carries a small climbing book bag on her back in case she has to carry anything. Around her right wrist/forearm is a mini computer that she uses to access security systems and or vaults rendering them useless. Her weapons of choice are two 14 inch sais with projectile tips that launch out twin whips. Her mask is made with Kevlar making it bullet-proof to small arms. The ears are implanted with little microphones to hear from a far off distance.
Weaknesses:
If shot in the head, Karis will die. Her healing capabilities, all her powers are done consciously. So if she is shot in the head, she will die on the spot.
She is very quick when fighting and using fighting styles. But she is not the energizing bunny and it takes its toll on her.
Background:
Karis was born into the second richest and established family in Gotham. Her father Thomas Cartier and mother Martha Cartier -Thompkins were the owners of Gotham's most elite museums and art galleries, if it was a rare item my family owned it. When I was six my father and mother were brutally murdered. After, their death she moved in with my grandmother Dr. Leslie Thompkins, the only one in her family she even got along with, even at that age. Leslie was always there for Karis growing up, but especially when her parents died. For her grandmother had been lonely since her husband was murdered, something she didn't like to talk about much. She had a son who was committed for the crime although she told the police she didn't know who killed her husband; never the less Karis never met him. The similarities between Karis’ and Bruce Wayne’s parents were very much so a like. Leslie happened to be the same therapist that Bruce Wayne saw after his parents were murdered. The Wayne’s were always such close friends to the Cartier’s, so much so that Leslie could not live with herself if she was not the one who counseled Bruce. Karis also saw a doctor but a different one due to their family ties. As soon as she joined her grandmother, she started having nightmares that the bad men had come back. So her grandmother had enrolled her into martial arts. She said it’d take the pain away. Karis has already been going to gymnastics since she was four and that was where she met Barbara Gordon and they’ve been best friends ever since.
When she came became a teenager, to rebel against my grandmother’s rules, she moved out. She started living with friends and when they found out Karis was planning to run away, they told her grandmother where she was. Karis hit the streets after that, living the surreal life of a homeless teenager. That only lasted a summer and when Karis and her grandmother reconciled, she moved back in with her. Living on the streets had to be kept quiet because the media would have a field day with it if they found out. Her grandmother went through great lengths to provide for Karis a life that was stolen from her. When Karis learned just how much her grandmother cared, she let her in and decided to continue counseling. By her sophomore year of high school, she was asked to take part in the Olympics, she was so good. She decided yes and would contend in the next Olympics. She already surpassed her other classmates in gymnastics, but she trained even harder waiting for the Olympics. One night while she was out with friends, they broke into a medical lab in downtown Gotham.
They vandalized the lab, but little did they know that the wrong mix of chemicals would create a chemical fire. The entire place exploded, the exact details of that night were hazy and have been ever since. Karis woke up in Gotham Hospital, Bruce Wayne asleep next to her. She checked herself to make sure everything was alright and she was surprised to find out that she was alright. Unfortunately, she was sadly mistaken. Removing the covers from her legs, and trying to get out of bed, she found that her legs didn’t work and there was a sharp pain in the middle of her back. The doctors explained to her that she would never walk again. This crushed Karis, she felt as though someone had taken her dreams from her and stepped on them. It was the darkest time in the girl’s history. Being so established and rich, her grandmother set out to find the best doctor that they could to see if she could be fixed. Finally, she receives a letter from a Dr. Hugo Strange, telling her of an experimental surgery using nanomachines, micro super machines injected into the body that would attach themselves to her spinal cord and make it function.
Something during the surgery went wrong. Instead of staying attached the super machines duplicated and ran throughout her body, but her legs didn’t work. Returning home after a failed attempt, she was watching TV when she found that she could move her legs. Weeks later, she could move her toes and walk. She kept this a secret, first to keep the media out of her hair and secondly to ensure that it worked permanently. But one day while watching TV, she could feel her boy processing what she was seeing and mimic it perfectly. It was then that she knew she was destined for greatness. When she decided to use these powers, she knew that being wheelchair bound was the perfect cover. She had been for years and no one would ever expect her. She let KopyKat get known before she started to walk again. That way even if someone did figure it out, the dates wouldn’t line up.
Base of Operations:
Gotham
Sample Post:
Original
Civilian Identity
Karis Seleste Cartier
Alias
KopyKat
Gender
Female
Age
Twenty
Occupation
Personal Assistant and Secretary to Bruce Wayne. Being unqualified and inexperienced and young, it was more so a favor. Where couldn't she work after working with Bruce Wayne?
Appearance
Catsuit
Although she doesn’t know Bruce is Batman she agrees that Gotham needs a frightening vigilante that can protect the city. Karis took it a step further with her costume. Karis mimics the costumes of other heroes and villains. She finds it amusing and it sort of suits her MO. She always keeps the basic layout of a catsuit, as she has now but she occasionally adds things and changes the colors around to mock other heroes. A true cop cat.
Personality
Karis' sarcasm, confidence and light sense of humor makes her an excellent public figure. She is carefree and upbeat, she finds that she usually relaxes people who are around her. There is never a dull moment when she is around. She likes people and likes to be around them, besides reporters and the media in general who seem to bring her down. Seeing Karis sad is a rarity, she's always happy and very optimist, though sometimes eh can be pessimistic but its hard to know the difference given her sarcasm. She is also a very tough girl and with her past she is truly an exception. She took the tragedy of her parents and learned from that. Still it is a sensitive subject, and will probably upset her. She doesn't like responsibility and usually rationalizes when she does something wrong, trying not to take responsibility for her actions.
Although she lives life to the fullest as much as possible, she can be unwise and reckless with her decisions. Being a rich kid, something bad had to rub off on her. Do things before really thinking about it. Ie- throwing her parachute out a plane then jumping. Hoping to catch it, assemble it and pull the latch all before she plummets to her death. Things like that she enjoys, which deems her an adrenaline junkie. But over all else, she is a good friend to her friends and just civil to the people she doesn't care for. She hates to see someone being mistreated and will typically defend them but at times she especially with love, she can be a coward.
Alas, Karis has a few quirks about her. She's easy to read because her facial expressions say it all. When she lifts her eyebrow, she has an idea and usually it’s a reckless or very insightful one. She is very smart but she still speaks before she thinks; bad habit for anyone. When she feels guilty or ashamed, she looks at the ground and can't look the person in the eye. A trait she picked up from when her father would scold her.
Abilities:
- Peak Human Conditioning
- High Level Intellect- Karis is currently in college for engineering which she uses to make some of the things included in her suit.
- Photographic Memory- Not really an ability but Karis can retain information very well.
- Novice Strategist and/or Escape Artist- She hasn’t had much expert training but picked up a few things.
Because of her experimental surgery and nanomachines her powers were given to her, something she was not born with. She has the ability of advanced muscle mimicry, able to record and recall any bodily movement and preform it with perfect precision. The nanomachines in her body allow her to attack virus’ and any other thing that is not supposed to be in her body. On the contrary, her body can also heal itself much faster from virtually anything but some are easier than others and take less time. Lastly, she can mimic a voice after she has heard it. She cannot mimic a voice powered gift though, such as the Canary Cry. Because of her powers, she is excellent at reading body language which she looks to as a danger sense.
Equipment:
Catsuit
Karis made her suit from materials found in the basement of Wayne Enterprises. Stealing from her boss has given her many additions to her suit. Her boots have a light steel implant for powerful kicks and the soles and heel hold springs for added heights in her jumps and soundless, shock absorbent falls. Her undersuit basically functions as waterproof, light armor with temperature-regulating elements that maintain the body's temperature and keep muscles from freezing up in the field. Karis also built and sewed in little pockets all over her suit to make it quick and easily to access many of her gadgets. These gadgets include but are not limited to: pepper spray, lock pick set, medical kit, special climbing gloves, flashlight, and handcuffs. She carries a small climbing book bag on her back in case she has to carry anything. Around her right wrist/forearm is a mini computer that she uses to access security systems and or vaults rendering them useless. Her weapons of choice are two 14 inch sais with projectile tips that launch out twin whips. Her mask is made with Kevlar making it bullet-proof to small arms. The ears are implanted with little microphones to hear from a far off distance.
Weaknesses:
If shot in the head, Karis will die. Her healing capabilities, all her powers are done consciously. So if she is shot in the head, she will die on the spot.
She is very quick when fighting and using fighting styles. But she is not the energizing bunny and it takes its toll on her.
Background:
Karis was born into the second richest and established family in Gotham. Her father Thomas Cartier and mother Martha Cartier -Thompkins were the owners of Gotham's most elite museums and art galleries, if it was a rare item my family owned it. When I was six my father and mother were brutally murdered. After, their death she moved in with my grandmother Dr. Leslie Thompkins, the only one in her family she even got along with, even at that age. Leslie was always there for Karis growing up, but especially when her parents died. For her grandmother had been lonely since her husband was murdered, something she didn't like to talk about much. She had a son who was committed for the crime although she told the police she didn't know who killed her husband; never the less Karis never met him. The similarities between Karis’ and Bruce Wayne’s parents were very much so a like. Leslie happened to be the same therapist that Bruce Wayne saw after his parents were murdered. The Wayne’s were always such close friends to the Cartier’s, so much so that Leslie could not live with herself if she was not the one who counseled Bruce. Karis also saw a doctor but a different one due to their family ties. As soon as she joined her grandmother, she started having nightmares that the bad men had come back. So her grandmother had enrolled her into martial arts. She said it’d take the pain away. Karis has already been going to gymnastics since she was four and that was where she met Barbara Gordon and they’ve been best friends ever since.
When she came became a teenager, to rebel against my grandmother’s rules, she moved out. She started living with friends and when they found out Karis was planning to run away, they told her grandmother where she was. Karis hit the streets after that, living the surreal life of a homeless teenager. That only lasted a summer and when Karis and her grandmother reconciled, she moved back in with her. Living on the streets had to be kept quiet because the media would have a field day with it if they found out. Her grandmother went through great lengths to provide for Karis a life that was stolen from her. When Karis learned just how much her grandmother cared, she let her in and decided to continue counseling. By her sophomore year of high school, she was asked to take part in the Olympics, she was so good. She decided yes and would contend in the next Olympics. She already surpassed her other classmates in gymnastics, but she trained even harder waiting for the Olympics. One night while she was out with friends, they broke into a medical lab in downtown Gotham.
They vandalized the lab, but little did they know that the wrong mix of chemicals would create a chemical fire. The entire place exploded, the exact details of that night were hazy and have been ever since. Karis woke up in Gotham Hospital, Bruce Wayne asleep next to her. She checked herself to make sure everything was alright and she was surprised to find out that she was alright. Unfortunately, she was sadly mistaken. Removing the covers from her legs, and trying to get out of bed, she found that her legs didn’t work and there was a sharp pain in the middle of her back. The doctors explained to her that she would never walk again. This crushed Karis, she felt as though someone had taken her dreams from her and stepped on them. It was the darkest time in the girl’s history. Being so established and rich, her grandmother set out to find the best doctor that they could to see if she could be fixed. Finally, she receives a letter from a Dr. Hugo Strange, telling her of an experimental surgery using nanomachines, micro super machines injected into the body that would attach themselves to her spinal cord and make it function.
Something during the surgery went wrong. Instead of staying attached the super machines duplicated and ran throughout her body, but her legs didn’t work. Returning home after a failed attempt, she was watching TV when she found that she could move her legs. Weeks later, she could move her toes and walk. She kept this a secret, first to keep the media out of her hair and secondly to ensure that it worked permanently. But one day while watching TV, she could feel her boy processing what she was seeing and mimic it perfectly. It was then that she knew she was destined for greatness. When she decided to use these powers, she knew that being wheelchair bound was the perfect cover. She had been for years and no one would ever expect her. She let KopyKat get known before she started to walk again. That way even if someone did figure it out, the dates wouldn’t line up.
Base of Operations:
Gotham
Sample Post:
"No, put that there...No. No. There! Yes. yes!" Karis said frustrated. Bruce Wayne's office was nothing like it had been before. There were different decorations and pictures of random things that made no sense. "Coffee.." She said as a young intern walked over and handed her a cup while she chugged it. "Is that sugar?" She asked looking at the empty cup. "I want it hotter and extra cream but no sugar.." she told the girl and turned back to the movers. She made a disgusted face from the taste of the bland and sugary coffee. "Only Bruce Wayne could order this much stuff and not leave any instructions on where everything should go." She complained as she walked over to his desk.
She sat on it and picked up the Daily Globe absentmindedly. WILL REMAINING CARTIER CHOOSE TO REBUILD? It was the headliner. "What the-?" She asked as she turned the pages to find her picture in the paper. "Karis has yet to let any of the investors know of her future plans for her family investments." She said reading just one of the lines before looking back up at the men moving the paintings. She threw the paper back onto Bruce's desk. She hated that her life would be so public. "That'll do.." she said taking a lighter tone with the movers. She uncrossed her legs as the intern came back in with her coffee. Karis took the coffee and looked at the girl "i don't really have anything else for you to do. You shouldn't be up this early anyways. Why don't you come back in around two?" She asked her and the girl obliged with a thanks.
Karis had taken a vacation for two weeks, travelling and learning about different cultures. It was actually sort of fulfilling. The rest of the time she spent training. Learning different fighting styles and acquiring some new moves. She of course donated some millions towards Gotham and the re-building of it. "Didn't mention that in the paper.." She told herself, standing up and excusing herself from the room. Her desk sat outside of Bruce's office and was totally bare. Her apartment had yet to be refurnished due to the faulty insurance. She was pretty sure her apartment was last on the list but she'd been hanging it out at her estate.
She took the stairs to the top floor and went up to the roof. It was still warm out, thank god. She crossed her arms nevertheless as the sun was coming up. It was beautiful. The sky was painted in blue and pinkish red. It made her roll her eyes. She couldn't escape him no matter where she went.