▶ PLAYER HANDLE: Kerry CONTACT: pm OVER 18? yes CHARACTERS IN-GAME:
▶ CHARACTER NAME: River Song CANON: Doctor Who CANON POINT: 602 Day of the Moon AGE: 100+ BACKGROUND:link | episode timeline
PERSONALITY:
LOYAL. Whilst River doesn't get attached to many people there are a few people that she would do anything for who she has shown to be fiercely protective of. River would run into danger for those that she loves and even kill for them. As well as protecting those that she loves River will also listen to them above anyone else, trusting their opinions about a situation even if she disagrees. River has held back on acting if the Doctor has disapproved, trusting him above her own beliefs. As River explored time and space she learned who she was, particularly during her time with the Doctor, developing into a more responsible person, even sacrificing her adventure to save others.
COURAGEOUS. She portrays herself with a wild persona, someone that runs towards danger rather than away from it. Whilst some would see that as foolish River has enough faith in herself and her abilities to know that she will be able to get herself out of danger and save those that are in trouble. She has learned not to show fear, something that the Doctor taught her, knowing that showing fear only helps their enemy.
RESOURCEFUL. She has become highly resourceful, leading to being creative with the items around her to get out of danger. She is known as being very clever, able to keep up with the Doctor where few others can. She is academically skilled as well as being an incredible sharpshooter, her vast knowledge of time and space travel, alien cultures and mechanics assisting in her survival.
PERSONABLE. At her core, she is a very cheeky person with a lot of pride in herself and knows how to use it to her advantage. She flirts to turn someone to her side, skillfully playing people's strengths and weaknesses to gain the upper hand. Around those River feels comfortable with she is calm, kind and playful, engaging in banter with the Doctor and her parents, particularly if it is at the Doctor's expense.
INDEPENDENT. Though River occasionally travels with the Doctor she has spent much more of it alone. She has had to learn to rely on her skills and though River may sometimes have a team with her it is more than likely that she hasn't told them much of herself or the job and whilst she may use them for their skills or back up she doesn't trust them in a way that would have them save her life. Though a lonely life it has helped River to become stronger, more skilled and more certain of who she is and what she can feasibly do.
RUTHLESS. River is particularly ruthless, very quick to act and equally quick to shoot and kill. She will kill without hesitation if it will protect those that she loves, or herself, and whilst she prefers the Doctor not to see her do this, knowing he disapproves, it doesn't stop her from still doing so. Though she was flirting with the Doctor, upping his estimate of how many Silents she would kill from 3 to 7 River proved that this was not just flirting, killing all of those in the room to allow the Doctor to rescue her mother.
STUBBORN. She has an incredibly strong will, something that has been present since River was a child. Raised by the Silence, River was very afraid of what they wanted her to do, and what they did to her, and tried to run away from them. Given that River had fallen in love with the Doctor she tried to prevent this from happening. It should have been impossible, the suit she was in acting on its own, the moment a fixed point in time that couldn't be changed but River did. She overpowered the suit, stopping it from killing the Doctor and changing that event, though it resulted in time being broken. Even knowing that the universe was collapsing in on itself, all of time happening at once, River was determined not to undo the event -- it would mean killing the Doctor and whilst he was integral to the universe she also couldn't live without him being there or live with that action.
PSYCHOPATH. Despite all that River has learned throughout her life, despite trying to be more than what she was raised, River is a psychopath. Though she is personable and shows affection she also has little remorse, able to kill someone without a second thought and quickly moves on in a situation after someone has died, rather than showing sadness or upset over their death. It would be too easy to look at that and think that River was limited just by her upbringing and moulding into a psychopath. Though she can easily kill someone she only does so when tactically advantageous, in revenge or when someone is in danger. Though River doesn't show sadness when someone has died it's a compartmentalisation -- they're likely still in danger and she wants to save everybody else. After her parents died and the Doctor tried to comfort her she brushed him off, saying that it didn't matter even though it did, even though it hurt her deeply. River never had a proper childhood with them, instead spending a different childhood as their best friend, but grew to love them. Though she didn't show her sadness at that moment of their death it could have been in shock or the fact that River refuses to let the Doctor see her when she's hurt, having earlier told her mother that she never lets him see the damage, whether that is physical or emotional pain. Though she is a psychopath she has built herself to be so much more than that -- finding love, feeling hurt from loss, working to become more than just an assassin. There are still a lot of flaws to her character, parts of herself that River does not like or isn't proud of, but she is more comfortable with who she is.
POWERS/ABILITIES:
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.
NOTE. I have a permissions note regarding her telepathy, having it on an opt-in basis (particularly with it being touch telepathy). She also will not be able to maintain her psychic link with the TARDIS nor know any temporal information about their location aside from what is available to be discovered by characters. River will also only be able to translate language from "her world" rather than automatically translate anything new she encounters in game that would not exist in her universe.
INVENTORY:
-- outfit [1] [2] -- her diary [1] [2] -- her blaster [1] [2]
VISUALS | ~5'5, comfortably dressed in clothes easy to move in, wild curly, dark-blonde hair, light makeup and no distinctive markings. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] SMELL | A light scent when working, though to have fun she has a stronger, more distinctive perfume. Those with additional senses might detect another subtle scent to her (stardust). VOICE | British sounding, easily flirty and warm with hidden depths. Very confident and difficult to fluster. [1] [2] [3]
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-- outfit [1] [2] -- her diary [1] [2] -- her blaster [1] [2]
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HANDLE: Kerry
CONTACT: pm
OVER 18? yes
CHARACTERS IN-GAME:▶ CHARACTER
NAME: River Song
CANON: Doctor Who
CANON POINT: 602 Day of the Moon
AGE: 100+
BACKGROUND: link | episode timeline
PERSONALITY:
POWERS/ABILITIES:
INVENTORY:
MOONBLESSING: Cordis
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