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Nyx

Portrayed by Nilin from Remember Me
Statistics
Full Name	Samantha Twining
Age	18
Height	5'4"
Build	Athletic
Eyes	Hazel
Hair	Red
Factions	None
Occupation	Do you want fries with that?
Alignment	Confused

Table of Contents

Claim to Fame

She isn't even remotely famous. Yet.

Reputation

She has no super hero or villian reputation yet. At her old school she totally had a reputation as a punk raver loser who many were surprised made it out of high school.

Biography

Samantha was born in New York City, in one of the poorer neighborhoods of the Bronx names Hunts Point. The youngest child and only girl of a blue collar family working hard and barely making a living. Her dad Joseph "JT" Twining, worked for a steal shop doing fabrication work, and her mom was a dentist's receptionist (not even a dental hygienist). She had two older brothers - Lawrence (Larry) and Thomas (Tom) - both of which escaped the burbs on sport scholarships (basketball and a football respectively). Samantha didn't escape.

Samantha, was the one who managed to dead end in the 'crap hole burbs', as she considered their suburb. Had nothing good to say about her parents either. It was never that they are bad people, in reality they are really good people, trying to do the best they could for their kids to succeed. Which meant working themselves into almost constant near exhaustion at their respective jobs. They were a very loving set of parents, going to mass every Sunday as they tried to also bring the kids up in god's good graces. It just didn't seem to take with Samantha.

Despite what Samantha became, she an average, good girl until puberty hit her hard, fast, and agressive. And Samantha did not bloom into a rose, despite developing quite a few thorns. Her mom blamed it on the teenagers Samantha hung out with at school, the punk and goth teens that listened to what Samantha's Mom called 'satanic' music. /Those/ kids, the ones that snuck around their parents' backs, getting piercings and tattoos, and smoking behind the school, ranting about how they were 'not understood' and how much school sucked.

Samantha may have been more shy than those kids, but she desperately wanted their praise, to belong with them. Their attitude and her desire for their approval sucked her in and sent her spiralling down in a rampage of rebellion, not caring about either school, grades, or her parents.

High school job at the fast food joint? Money for smokes and CDs of the bands her parents hated, originally. But that job suddenly became her life when she took her SATs. Those SATs and her grades made it clear her chances of getting into college were nil. And no matter how she blustered and denied it, it was a shock and sever disappointment that she'd trashed her chance at even a community college. Her senior year was spent living in her parent's basement and coming home each night smelling of fried food and the fast food joint's grease pit.

One night while she was trying to just get away from the city and had gone on a dangerous ramble into Pelham Bay Park after a rave everything changed. A meteor took out a large chunk of park and nearly her. After picking herself up and making sure she was alive she approached it with as much caution as she could muster (which wasn't much due to her excitement), Samantha found in the meteor crater a very strange metallic egg. Curiousity most definitely got the better of her, because she actually reached out and touched it. It surged to life when touched, covering her hand then starting to spread. There was definitely an entirely embarrassing sequence of flailing and rolling around next. She even grabbed it with her free hand and ended up having it spread on that arm as well. When the dust settled it had sunk into her arms. Leaving her arms looking normal at the moment, but that didn't last. Since then it has caused her hands to change appearance multiple times, from gauntlets of a variety of shapes extending up to her elbows to her normal bare arms to any degree inbetween.

Now Samantha just needs to figure out what to do with it.

Character Details

Rebellious - She is a teenager into the punk culture and rebellion against her parents traditional and Christian morals and upbringing. This rejection of authority in the form of her parents, school officials, and other figures is pretty knee jerk in the girl at this point and will likely be difficult for her to work around.

Angry - She is often angry, usually because as far as she is concerned nothing in her life seems to work out right for her. No matter how big a break she gets she has trouble with success and often gets very frustrated and angry as a result. Not the best result for a girl who can now level a building in the process of a temper tantrum.

Bitter - She just wants to win, just once she wants to be the best at something. Her brothers and classmates all did better than her. They got all the attention from her parents as far as she could tell (which isn't true). So she is a bitter teenager which honestly how unusual is that. It is partially why she focused so much on the punk movement and fell in with the wrong crowd with the drugs and the raves.

Low Self-Esteem - Underneath the anger and bitter rebellion she has low self-esteem which is also bad enough to be one of her flaws. She is hiding her low opinion of herself behind a wall of bluster and anger. She would rather everyone be afraid of her or think she was dangerous and tough then to let someone in and see how worthless she is.

Greed - She suffers from the deadly sin of envy. She wants the wonderful things that TV, the movies, and other kid's in school have. She wants to be rich, famous, and popular. She wants to be a success and prove herself and everyone else wrong about her lack of a future. Even if that means she covets her neighbors possessions as her parents would put it.

Sweet - Underneath everything she is honestly a very nice and sweet girl. She is a bit socially inept and really at the core a bit nave about how real people think. Underneath that self loathing and bluster she wants friends, she wants love, and she wants acceptance.

Curious - Despite her inadequacy with cognitive skills growing up, it didn't prevent the girl from being curious about every old thing in the world. This has usually resulted in serious amounts of trouble for her, but at least she wants to learn.

Determined - She is also deep down determined. Most people would call her stubborn as once she sets course she is hard to deter, but really she is determined. Usually she doesn't set course, which is a reflection of her believing she can't succeed. Still if she ever starts to believe in herself or a cause it will be pursued with vigor.

Energy Bolts
She is capable of producing energy blasts from two sources in the form of concussive force and high levels of heat. The first sources are the energy blaster cannons that can extend when her forearms reconfigure. The second form is from her eyes, though this is not something that is advertised and is a secret ace in the hole. The intensity of the energy blasts definitely reveals the extraterrestrial origin of the source. Traditional armor plating and protections afford minimal protection from these blasts. A solid blast of the energy canon could knock the treads right off an earth origin tank and a sustained salvo could take down a vault door. Hyper-technology, force shields, superhuman invulnerability, and extraterrestrial defense systems most definitely afford protection as they are advanced enough to cope with the intensity of the blasts.
Super Strength
She is incredibly strong by human standards. She doesn't have weak human musculature, or even strong secondary musculature of an animal. No she has cybernetic alien enhanced musculature and systems which is pretty awesome in her opinion. As a benchmark she could struggle and manage to heft and launch an semi-truck sans trailer(typically 30,000lbs) and the average car would be a snap (3,000lbs).
Emergency Teleport
One of the last powers Nyx developed but also probably one of the most important ones. The alien technology when advanced far enough into the host would not want the project to fall into enemy hands or be destroyed. This would be a last moment emergency teleport to somewhere the protocol considers safe. It cannot be used due to the strain on the systems and the host unless it is in a dire emergency as determined by the protocols not by Nyx. The range is limited to the current planet, though the closer is better when you consider system and resource strain and will be picked over distance anytime it is viable.
Fast Food Chef
She knows how to work a griddle and a deep fryer as well as make change at the cash register?
Sub-par Education
Sub-standard and public education. Basically she got grades that wouldn't get her into community college so don't expect a lot out of her in this department until the hypercognition kicks in.
Invulnerability
The Alien materials that are now spread throughout Nyx's system were designed for strength and resilience. It's tough enough to keep Nyx safe from commonly foreseen dangers, such as fire, poisons, anti-organics acids, as well as trauma from even the strong physical blows of common ballistics (immunity to small arms fire, grenades, and RPGs). This isn't to say that she's completely invulnerable however, heavy arms fire such as anti-armor rounds, shells, and weapons of war, while they might not kill her outright with one blow, will cause considerable damage. The Alien tech is a hardened system, keeping it from being affected by normal magnetics and she is insulated against electrical hazards such has high tension lines and similar. A powerful EMP such as one caused by a nuclear explosion, or prolonged exposure to higher voltages of electricity can disrupt her systems and cause a malfunction of the alien tech. Metal corroding acid is a very real danger to her however as it can eat through her systems and weaken her superstructure. Extremely powerful attacks or incredible amounts of damage (such as nuclear weapons or massively powerful energy blast) that would destroy her outright will likely end her existence before the teleporter can kick in. Tempature extremes range from mucking with her systems from -75C through 1200C and pretty much stopping her cold (haha) at liquid nitrogen (-210C) through melting titanium (1660C).

Low Self-esteem
She is a teenage girl who doesn't really believe deep down that she has a future. While she is cute she never was a cheerleader or a popular girl so she doesn't really understand the world of boys actually being interested in her. She was never the smart girl in class so she doesn't really understand being appreciated for what she could add to conversations or group projects. All in all she really does have a very low self-esteem at this point. She has always hid her low opinion of herself and her capabilities behind bluster and bravado, pushing others away who got more than being casual friends and not letting anyone in very close to her. Friends are all well and good, but anything other than casual friends is likely a foreign concept to the girl. The low self-esteem and lack of social adeptness also makes her vulnerable to manipulation by the charismatic or manipulative. Deep down she really does want someone to find value in her, to tell her she has done a good job, and shower attention or affection upon her.
Greed
Her family is pretty poor and she has never had anything really nice growing up. She never had a pony, and to be honest never really had more than one my little pony. She never for a day of her life ended up with brand name clothing and by the time she was in her teens was quite adept at shop lifting or hitting good will for her punkish attire. Now that she has been presented with what to her at least seems like unlimited power or even god like power, this makes being a good girl very difficult. When one can finally take everything one ever wanted or dreamed of from the world by force. Staying good and trying to not break the system in the process will prove troublesome. Deep down the girl does want to be a good person of course and she will try to resist the greed whispering about there being an easier way. Whenever things get hard, or frustrating, she will have to struggle not to just give in and take the easy way out.
Unskilled
Samantha is not a prodigy trained from birth in advanced alien technologies and weapon systems. She has no idea of her limitations. She has no idea how to really fight with skill. She has no idea how to shoot a gun without the targeting system. Can she learn all of this, yes of course, but she has a whole lot of training to do. She needs to be trained, and conditioned. She needs to learn how to use restraint with her new found strength and the sheer forces with which she can accidently interact with the world. Handing this much hardware and firepower to Nyx is a lot like handing over an assault rifle to someone in the dark ages, sans instruction manual of course.
Alien Technology
The protocol in the alien technology has its own plans and is actually quite malignant. For the most part it is just subtly influencing, whispering, and tilting events as well as Nyx's actions towards the long term goals. It does this by making things seem like a good idea and Nyx's when they really are neither. The protocol goals are that of conquest, what other goals do these things usually have. The program could be overcome by someone with extreme skills and specialty, turning it off. The kicker is of course the fact the base program is the base program and shutting it off or diverting it and freeing Nyx in no way guarantees it can never turn back on again.
Inhuman Healing
Nyx is invulnerable right. The problem is that while she may be able to survive a whole range of threats and injuries there is the twist. If she loses her arm or suffers damage to her organics, it will be replaced by materials from her environment (either directly through absorbtion by the alien technology or by forcing her to consume things if there is a need for more subtly. The technology can of course camoflage itself with an overlay of 'synthetic' skin just as it can reconfigure itself. This slow replacement of organic components (skin, tissue, muscle, bone, and potentially more) is definitely alien technology (cybernetic/techno-organic). Basically every gunshot or bonebreak will be one step further from humanity.

Relationships

Image	Name	Relation	Information
	Bobby Drake	Friend	Bobby convinced her to be a hero.
	Sho	Mentor	Sho is training her to be a hero.

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Demon Tech
April 1, 2014: Jericho works out that Nyx has taken on some of his demonic goodness
(log: 20150401-demontech | tags: aspect nyx | posted: 03 Apr 2015 06:58)

Polymorphing Mage
March 29, 2015: A visit to a basement, a surprise and some freezing occurs
(log: 20150329-polymorphingmage | tags: aspect nyx supergirl | posted: 03 Apr 2015 07:33)

Talk to The Hand
March 23, 2015: The Hand attempt to attack members of Umoja international and several heroes rush in to the rescue! (Emits by Morien/Ozymandias)
(log: 20150323-talk-to-the-hand | tags: gwen iceman kamala-khan martian-manhunter ms-marvel ms._marvel nyx ozymandias rocket_red_iv shift | posted: 24 Mar 2015 23:02)

Hydra Grabby Hands
March 16 2015: Another snatch on some targets of opportunity.
(log: 20150316-hydra-grabby-hands | tags: aspect lunair nyx outsiders supergirl zatanna | posted: 20 Mar 2015 11:43)

Turning Cyborg
March 15, 2015: Aspect calls May and Simmons to consult on Nyx's interesting problem
(log: 20150315-turningcyborg | tags: aspect nyx simmons the_cavalry | posted: 26 Mar 2015 18:40)

Like Clockwork
March 14 2015: Bobby, Samantha and Wanda all meet to catch up. Wanda mentions that the clockwork men are still out there.
(log: 20150314-like-clockwork | tags: iceman nyx scarlet_witch | posted: 16 Mar 2015 03:01)

Legacy of Zod
March 13th, 2015: A young up and coming hero named Power Slammer stops an armored car robbery. He meets his hero Superman, only it isn't Superman; it's the so called 'Dark Superman' who reveals himself as GENERAL ZOD and kills him.

Nyx, Hawkeye (The Girl one), Booster Gold, Spearhead, Contingency C & Supergirl try to stop him.

They all fail.
(log: 20150313-legacy-of-zod | tags: booster_gold contingency_c general-zod hawkeye_ii nyx spearhead supergirl | posted: 14 Mar 2015 22:33)

Catching up with Nyx
March 03 2015: Bobby and Samantha catch up after an eventful couple of days.
(log: 20150303-catching-up-with-nyx | tags: iceman nyx x-men | posted: 04 Mar 2015 11:32)

Cleaning Up The Bronx
March 1, 2015: Aspect and Nyx catchup to cleanup after the HYDRA Helecarrier incidence.
(log: 20150301-cleaningupthebronx | tags: aspect nyc nyx | posted: 03 Mar 2015 06:38)

Wings and Weapons
February 7, 2015: Sam uses what medical knowledge he has of metahumans to try to figure out what's going on with Nyx
(log: 20150207-wings-and-weapons | tags: falcon nyx | posted: 08 Feb 2015 01:13)

Kryptonian Chaos (Alt. Title: 'What about Bob?')
February 7, 2015:General Zod and his team perform a heist. Then things get crazy.
(log: 20150207-kryptonian-chaos | tags: columbia general-zod green_lantern metropolis nyx supergirl | posted: 07 Feb 2015 07:38)

20150206-Passive Aggressive Villainy
Wednesday, December 31st 2015>: A man wants REVENGE! on Tony Stark and all that is Stark Industries! He's… just … not doing too well at it.
(log: 20150206-passive-aggressive-villainy | tags: lucky lunair nyx pepper_pots rp | posted: 18 Mar 2015 18:48)

Neverwhere Camping Trip
January 28 2015: Fenris, recovering in Neverwhere, finds himself suddenly hosting a camping trip. He doensn't mind.
(log: 20150128-neverwhere-camping-trip | tags: fenris hawkeye_ii lunair nyx pepper_potts | posted: 29 Jan 2015 10:56)

Tactical Snowball Training
January 27 2015: Things are getting dark and dangerous once more… but there's always tactical snowball training.
(log: 20150127-tactical-snowball-training | tags: aspect lunair lux nyx sunspot u-s-agent x-men | posted: 28 Jan 2015 11:01)

Souleaters
January 25, 2015: Something is coming to M-Town and Scarlet Witch is on the case. Nyx and Iceman arrive to do all the heavy lifting.
(log: 20150125-souleaters | tags: iceman nyx scarlet_witch | posted: 08 Feb 2015 09:51)

Under Da Sea
January 15 2015: Rowan goes looking for seafood. And gets a bit more than he bargained for
(log: 20150115-under-da-sea | tags: aquaman aquawoman eliza nyx rowan | posted: 16 Jan 2015 11:52)

Clockwork Conflagration
January 03 2015: Nyx, Bobby and Wanda investigate the latter's premonitions of trouble in the sewers.
(log: 20150103-clockwork-conflagration | tags: iceman nyx scarlet_witch | posted: 06 Jan 2015 04:40)

Central Park Rampage
January 03, 2015: Doctor Nemesis takes Nyx and Eventide for a Science Fieldtrip to the Park with ePocalypse
(log: 20150103-centralparkrampage | tags: doctor_nemesis eventide nyx | posted: 04 Jan 2015 08:48)

AIMing High
March 14 2015: After a coded call for aid, a mismatched, impromptu group of heroes and military types attacks an AIM Lab.
(log: 20140315-aiming-high | tags: aspect contingency_c nyx spearhead | posted: 16 Mar 2015 03:10)

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