retrorsum: (ᴏɴᴇ ꜰɪꜰᴛʏ sɪx)
ʜᴇʟʟᴏ sᴡᴇᴇᴛɪᴇ ([personal profile] retrorsum) wrote in [community profile] arkiv 2019-02-18 12:10 pm (UTC)

Abilities/Powers/Weaknesses & Warping:
TIME LORD. Though born to human parents, River was conceived in the time vortex granting her a third helix strand of DNA that was Gallifreyan, making people question that she was more Time Lord than she was human. As such River has an augmented lifespan, a decreased need for sleep, has been able to regenerate (essentially cheat death and change her appearance, healing all injuries), possesses super human strength, has a respiratory bypass system (allowing her to go long periods of time without breathing, though she is not very experienced in using it), enhanced senses (including being able to distinguish materials/etc through smell) and two hearts. Though River has the ability to regenerate she gave all of her regeneration energy to the Doctor to save his life, thus sacrificing all of her remaining "lives" preventing her from being able to regenerate again. She has described herself as a "Proto-Time Lord", given that she's not quite human and not fully Time Lord, as well as being a "child of the TARDIS".
TELEPATHY. Time Lords are telepathically linked, allowing them to communicate over distances and understand any language. Using a form of touch telepathy they can share information or search another person's mind. As River isn't fully Gallifreyan her telepathic abilities are more limited. Using low-level psychic influence River was able to implant thoughts into Madame Kovarian's mind and, as all Time Lords can, she is able to translate any language, all of which River credits as being a "gift of the TARDIS" -- her genetic gifts. She also shares a psychic link with the other Proto-Time Lords made from her embryonic DNA when in their presence and, with the Doctor and another Time Lord, was able to help build a "psychic battering ram" against the Clocksmith by linking their minds.
TIMEY-WIMEY. A child of the TARDIS River is a fast learner, shown with how quickly she learned how to pilot the TARDIS. She is also able to detect time shifts and is well versed in temporal theory and advanced sciences. She is able to fix and operate the TARDIS, has built a "timey-wimey" distress beacon, and is highly familiar with sonic technology. As a child of a TARDIS River also has a unique psychic link with "her" TARDIS, able to be heard telepathically by the TARDIS over distance or through someone else's mind (as a data ghost when psychically linked to Clara's mind). While trapped on Gallifrey River was able to create a physical projection of herself through the time vortex of the TARDIS, which was supposed to be impossible, using it to help her friends get to safety.
ARCHAEOLOGY. River possesses a doctorate in archaeology, gained in the 52nd century at the Luna University. She has made significant progress in the field, even being contracted for her skills whilst in prison, and later goes on to become a Professor in archaeology. She, additionally, also has five other masters degrees.
LANGUAGES. River is fluent in multiple languages, including English, Gallifreyan and Old High Gallifreyan. She is also able to translate any known language in their universe, though there are the occasional languages that cannot be translated (usually very old or complex langugaes), and can tell when something is being translated. Being an archaeologist as well as a time traveller River may also have some insights into when languages developed though it isn't a hobby.
COMBAT. She is highly skilled with a gun, a very accurate shooter, and has used guns from human history as well as human future (from pistols to sub-machine guns and sonic blasters). She is also good at thinking logically to try and get herself out of a situation, sizing up the enemy and using multiple methods, including her strength, to fight her way out. Given that River was raised to kill she became familiar with weapons at an early age and would have some passing familiarity with other forms of handheld weaponry or how to use mundane objects as a weapon. She is also trained in Venusian aikido.
ESCAPING. River always has an escape plan, whether it is getting herself out of trouble or escaping from prison. Despite the Stormcage managing to hold all of its prisoners it could never keep its grasp on River who escaped that frequently that all of the guards were aware of it and her -- though she did always return, even mocking them sometimes as she did.
HACKING. River has some skill with being able to hack into computer databases or other ships systems. She is capable of repairing/maintaining ships, including the TARDIS, and being able to operate other ships with minimal effort.

WARPS/NERFS. My permissions post contains an opt-out for River's telepathic abilities, though this is also something that she has only (been seen to) use twice in canon and likely wouldn't again (excepting without any other option). If she does happen to use her telepathy I'd like it to be that whoever she is trying to get information from they also get a glimpse into her mind and see some of her memories. In terms of her ability to translate any language, this would only be for languages from her universe and not any new/alien language that she may encounter in the game. In terms of her "timey-wimey" senses, being out of their universe, River wouldn't be able to instinctively know when or where they were, though should she step further outside Deerington I'd like her to still know that there has been a time shift/loss of time (and how long she has lost). Her connection to the TARDIS would also no longer be there.

Inventory:
-- her blaster
-- sonic screwdriver
-- her diary
-- TARDIS key
-- outfit [#1]

WARPS. with the sonic screwdriver being a technological crazy thing I was thinking of warping it so that it only worked some of the time/maybe didn't quite do what she wanted. I can discuss something else too if you'd prefer!

Writing Samples: a disaster of a conversation + tdm link

OUT OF CHARACTER


Player Name: Kerry
Player Age: 27
Player Contact: skitties ( plurk )

Other Characters In Game:
In-Game Tag If Accepted: river song: kerry
Permissions for Character: here
Are you comfortable with prominent elements of fourth-walling?: having river question how real she is is a+ but no "you're fictional". her life is made on myths and legends (such as the doctor, or fictional characters that are actually real) so anything could happen. (plot wise it's fine for plot/npcs to say she's fictional/not real but i'd rather other characters didn't just go you're from doctor who etc)
What themes of horror/psychological thrillers do you enjoy the most?: body horror, monsters, psychological trauma/horror
Is there anything in particular you absolutely need specific content warnings for?: nope
Additional Information: hello sweetie

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